Bergamo ranks 465th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Santiago de Cuba, Spokane, Washington, and Kutaisi. Memorable people born in Bergamo include Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Locatelli, and Palma Vecchio. Memorable people who died in Bergamo include Gaetano Donizetti, Giulio Natta, and Giovanni Battista Moroni. Bergamo has been the birth place of many soccer players and racing drivers and the death place of many composers and religious figures. Bergamo is located in Italy.
Bergamo is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of Northern Italy, approximately 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Milan, and about 30 km (19 mi) from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como and Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Garda and Maggiore. The Bergamo Alps begin immediately north of the city. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1480 and 1994, Bergamo was the birth place of 26 globally memorable people, including Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Locatelli, and Palma Vecchio. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Bergamo including Gaetano Donizetti, Giulio Natta, and Giovanni Battista Moroni.
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 1
1695 - 1764
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 2
1480 - 1528
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 3
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 4
1930 - 2011
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 5
1750 - 1800
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 6
1540 - 1599
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 7
1908 - 1991
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 8
1822 - 1901
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 9
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 10
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 11
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 12
1540 - 1599
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 7
1908 - 1991
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 8
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 12
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 15
1885 - 1950
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 18
1797 - 1848
HPI: 75.19
Rank: 1
1903 - 1979
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 2
1525 - 1578
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 3
1763 - 1845
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 4
1915 - 2016
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 5
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 6
201 - 303
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 7
1650 - 1716
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 8
1943 - 2017
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 9
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 10
1586 - 1630
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 11
1910 - 1995
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 12
1933 - 2021
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 6
201 - 303
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 7
1885 - 1950
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 16
Most individuals born in present day Bergamo were soccer players (7), racing drivers (3), composers (2), painters (2), and mountaineers (2), while most who died were composers (4), religious figures (2), soccer players (2), racing drivers (2), and chemists (1).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bergamo, including Piermario Morosini, Pierluigi Pizzaballa, and Roberto Gagliardini. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bergamo, including Carlo Ceresoli, Piermario Morosini, and Pierluigi Pizzaballa.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Bergamo since 1700.