Cultural Production in
Present Day
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 Marco Polo, Galileo Galilei, and Pythagoras. Italy has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures.
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and two enclaves: Vatican City and San Marino. It is the tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi), and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of nearly 60 million. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome; other major urban areas include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 3345 BC and 2005, present day Italy was the birth place of 5,463 globally memorable people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo Galilei. Additionaly, 3,830 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Italy including Marco Polo, Galileo Galilei, and Pythagoras.
People Born in Present Day Italy
Go to all RankingsLeonardo da Vinci
INVENTOR
1452 - 1519
HPI: 95.06
Rank: 1
Marco Polo
EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 93.99
Rank: 2
Galileo Galilei
ASTRONOMER
1564 - 1642
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 3
Christopher Columbus
EXPLORER
1451 - 1506
HPI: 92.63
Rank: 4
Julius Caesar
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 90.92
Rank: 5
Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 90.81
Rank: 6
Archimedes
MATHEMATICIAN
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 89.76
Rank: 7
Dante Alighieri
WRITER
1265 - 1321
HPI: 89.54
Rank: 8
Augustus
POLITICIAN
63 BC - 14
HPI: 88.84
Rank: 9
Raphael
PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 10
Antonio Vivaldi
COMPOSER
1678 - 1741
HPI: 87.85
Rank: 11
Niccolò Machiavelli
PHILOSOPHER
1469 - 1527
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Italy
Go to all RankingsRodolfo Gucci
ACTOR
1912 - 1983
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,310
Alfredo Ferrari
RACING DRIVER
1932 - 1956
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,362
Carlo M. Cipolla
ECONOMIST
1922 - 2000
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 1,387
Giovanni Battista Bugatti
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1869
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,522
Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici
BUSINESSPERSON
1421 - 1463
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 1,606
Margarita Luti
PAINTER
1500 - 1522
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,629
Marietta Robusti
PAINTER
1554 - 1590
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,765
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
PAINTER
1609 - 1685
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,767
Rocco Granata
MUSICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,778
Leonarda Cianciulli
EXTREMIST
1893 - 1970
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,795
Eugénie de Beauharnais
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1847
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,796
Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat
POLITICIAN
1202 - 1253
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,825
People Deceased in Present Day Italy
Go to all RankingsMarco Polo
EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 93.99
Rank: 1
Galileo Galilei
ASTRONOMER
1564 - 1642
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 2
Pythagoras
PHILOSOPHER
570 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 91.06
Rank: 3
Julius Caesar
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 90.92
Rank: 4
Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 90.81
Rank: 5
Archimedes
MATHEMATICIAN
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 89.76
Rank: 6
Dante Alighieri
WRITER
1265 - 1321
HPI: 89.54
Rank: 7
Paul the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
5 - 66
HPI: 88.90
Rank: 8
Augustus
POLITICIAN
63 BC - 14
HPI: 88.84
Rank: 9
Raphael
PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 10
Herodotus
HISTORIAN
484 BC - 425 BC
HPI: 87.90
Rank: 11
Niccolò Machiavelli
PHILOSOPHER
1469 - 1527
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Italy
Go to all RankingsRodolfo Gucci
ACTOR
1912 - 1983
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 1,291
Alfredo Ferrari
RACING DRIVER
1932 - 1956
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 1,345
Carlo M. Cipolla
ECONOMIST
1922 - 2000
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 1,362
Giovanni Battista Bugatti
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1869
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 1,497
Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici
BUSINESSPERSON
1421 - 1463
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 1,580
Margarita Luti
PAINTER
1500 - 1522
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,598
Berthold
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1180 - 1251
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,676
Valentin de Boulogne
PAINTER
1591 - 1632
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,680
Marietta Robusti
PAINTER
1554 - 1590
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,738
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
PAINTER
1609 - 1685
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,741
Leonarda Cianciulli
EXTREMIST
1893 - 1970
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 1,766
Boniface II, Marquis of Montferrat
POLITICIAN
1202 - 1253
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,795
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Italy were politicians (944), soccer players (678), religious figures (559), athletes (412), and writers (295), while most who died were politicians (929), religious figures (626), writers (313), painters (294), and soccer players (167).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Italy, including Cesare Maldini, Roberto Baggio, and Paolo Maldini. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Italy, including Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Commodus.
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.