Cultural Production in
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Italy
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 Raphael, Benito Mussolini, and Pope Paul VI. 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 5,868 globally memorable people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo Galilei. Additionaly, 3,906 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Italy including Raphael, Benito Mussolini, and Pope Paul VI.
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
Benedetta Carlini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1590 - 1661
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 1,810
Ninetto Davoli
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 2,320
Alessandro Pavolini
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1945
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 2,446
Pietro Ferrero
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1949
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2,551
Angelo Infanti
ACTOR
1939 - 2010
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 2,733
Walter Audisio
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1973
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 2,776
Angela Luce
ACTOR
1938 - 2026
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 2,798
Pippo Baudo
PRESENTER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,809
Bruno Cipolla
ATHLETE
1952 - 2026
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 3,025
Vittorio Caprioli
ACTOR
1921 - 1989
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 3,070
People Deceased in Present Day Italy
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PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 1
Benito Mussolini
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1945
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 2
Pope Paul VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1897 - 1978
HPI: 88.00
Rank: 3
Helena
COMPANION
250 - 330
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 4
Galen
PHYSICIAN
129 - 215
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 5
Tiberius
POLITICIAN
42 BC - 37
HPI: 84.83
Rank: 6
Sulla
POLITICIAN
138 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 7
Evangelista Torricelli
PHYSICIST
1608 - 1647
HPI: 84.27
Rank: 8
Vespasian
POLITICIAN
9 - 79
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 9
Pope Linus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 79
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 10
Pope Clement XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1652 - 1740
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 11
Pope Pius IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1499 - 1565
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Italy
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Zeudi Araya
ACTOR
1951 - 2026
HPI: NaN
Rank: 925
Lidia Poët
LAWYER
1855 - 1949
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 1,550
Pasquale Squitieri
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,992
Benedetta Carlini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1590 - 1661
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 2,401
Ricciotti Garibaldi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1847 - 1924
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 2,857
Alessandro Pavolini
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1945
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 2,871
Pietro Ferrero
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1949
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2,949
Angelo Infanti
ACTOR
1939 - 2010
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 3,096
Walter Audisio
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1973
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 3,125
Angela Luce
ACTOR
1938 - 2026
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,138
Pippo Baudo
PRESENTER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 3,143
Bruno Cipolla
ATHLETE
1952 - 2026
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 3,284
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Italywere politicians (960), soccer players (742), religious figures (571), athletes (478), and writers (305), while most who died were politicians (935), religious figures (629), writers (318), painters (295), and soccer players (170).
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.
