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Italy
Italy ranks 6th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Germany, France, and Japan. Memorable people born in present day Italy include Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo Galilei. Memorable people who died in Italy include Marco Polo, Julius Caesar, and Michelangelo. Italy has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. The top cities in Italy by number of biographies are Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, and Naples.
People
Between 3345 BC and 2008, present day Italy was the birth place of 5,905 globally memorable people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo Galilei. Additionaly, 3,931 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Italy including Marco Polo, Julius Caesar, and Michelangelo.
People Born in Present Day Italy
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Leonardo da Vinci
INVENTOR
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.80
Rank: 1
Marco Polo
EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 96.21
Rank: 2
Galileo Galilei
ASTRONOMER
1564 - 1642
HPI: 95.08
Rank: 3
Christopher Columbus
EXPLORER
1451 - 1506
HPI: 94.91
Rank: 4
Julius Caesar
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 93.78
Rank: 5
Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 6
Archimedes
MATHEMATICIAN
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 93.41
Rank: 7
Dante Alighieri
WRITER
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 8
Augustus
POLITICIAN
63 BC - 14
HPI: 92.03
Rank: 9
Antonio Vivaldi
COMPOSER
1678 - 1741
HPI: 91.00
Rank: 10
Raphael
PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 11
Niccolò Machiavelli
PHILOSOPHER
1469 - 1527
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Italy
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Lidia Poët
LAWYER
1855 - 1949
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 679
Pasquale Squitieri
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,256
Vittorio Mussolini
PRODUCER
1916 - 1997
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 1,703
Benedetta Carlini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1590 - 1661
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 1,811
Ninetto Davoli
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 2,321
John Paul Getty Jr.
BUSINESSPERSON
1932 - 2003
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 2,375
Alessandro Pavolini
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1945
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 2,448
Pietro Ferrero
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1949
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2,553
Angelo Infanti
ACTOR
1939 - 2010
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 2,735
Walter Audisio
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1973
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 2,778
Angela Luce
ACTOR
1938 - 2026
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 2,800
Pippo Baudo
PRESENTER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,811
People Deceased in Present Day Italy
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EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 96.21
Rank: 1
Julius Caesar
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 93.78
Rank: 2
Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 3
Archimedes
MATHEMATICIAN
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 93.41
Rank: 4
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 93.36
Rank: 5
Dante Alighieri
WRITER
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 6
Augustus
POLITICIAN
63 BC - 14
HPI: 92.03
Rank: 7
Paul the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
5 - 66
HPI: 91.31
Rank: 8
Raphael
PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 9
Niccolò Machiavelli
PHILOSOPHER
1469 - 1527
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 10
Herodotus
HISTORIAN
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 90.06
Rank: 11
Commodus
POLITICIAN
161 - 192
HPI: 89.79
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Italy
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RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1590 - 1661
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 1,496
João Saldanha
JOURNALIST
1917 - 1990
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 1,727
Alessandro Pavolini
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1945
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 1,832
Arnaldo Pomodoro
SCULPTOR
1926 - 2025
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 2,063
Conrad of Piacenza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1290 - 1351
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 2,220
Fortunato Depero
PAINTER
1892 - 1960
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 2,235
Walter Chiari
ACTOR
1924 - 1991
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 2,279
Cesare Maestri
MOUNTAINEER
1929 - 2021
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 2,329
Gaetano Salvemini
POLITICIAN
1873 - 1957
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 2,352
Luisa Ferida
ACTOR
1914 - 1945
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 2,385
Fosco Maraini
PHOTOGRAPHER
1912 - 2004
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 2,392
Pietro Ingrao
POLITICIAN
1915 - 2015
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 2,406
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Italywere politicians (963), soccer players (746), religious figures (573), athletes (478), and writers (307), while most who died were politicians (935), religious figures (631), writers (319), painters (296), and soccer players (171).
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Italy since 1700.
