Bergamo
Bergamo ranks 492nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind La Paz, Swansea, and Algiers. Memorable people born in Bergamo include Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Locatelli, and Walter Bonatti. Memorable people who died in Bergamo include Gaetano Donizetti, Giulio Natta, and Giovanni Battista Bassani. Bergamo has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes 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 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
People
Between 0 and 1996, Bergamo was the birth place of 30 globally memorable people, including Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Locatelli, and Walter Bonatti. Additionaly, 16 globally memorable people have passed away in Bergamo including Gaetano Donizetti, Giulio Natta, and Giovanni Battista Bassani.
People Born in Bergamo
Go to all RankingsGaetano Donizetti
COMPOSER
1797 - 1848
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 1
Pietro Locatelli
COMPOSER
1695 - 1764
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 2
Walter Bonatti
MOUNTAINEER
1930 - 2011
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 3
Giacomo Manzù
SCULPTOR
1908 - 1991
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 4
Ermanno Olmi
FILM DIRECTOR
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 5
Lorenzo Mascheroni
MATHEMATICIAN
1750 - 1800
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 6
Simone Peterzano
PAINTER
1540 - 1599
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 7
Carlo Ubbiali
RACING DRIVER
1929 - 2020
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 8
Carlo Ceresoli
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1995
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 9
Carlo Alfredo Piatti
MUSICIAN
1822 - 1901
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 10
Piermario Morosini
SOCCER PLAYER
1986 - 2012
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 11
Simone Moro
MOUNTAINEER
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bergamo
Go to all RankingsPieralberto Carrara
ATHLETE
1966 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 18
Cesare Natali
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 30.69
Rank: 25
Ofelia Malinov
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 28
Jeong Seung-won
ATHLETE
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 29
Marcella Filippi
ATHLETE
1985 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 30
People Deceased in Bergamo
Go to all RankingsGaetano Donizetti
COMPOSER
1797 - 1848
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 1
Giulio Natta
CHEMIST
1903 - 1979
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 2
Giovanni Battista Bassani
COMPOSER
1650 - 1716
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 3
Simon Mayr
COMPOSER
1763 - 1845
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 4
Loris Francesco Capovilla
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1915 - 2016
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 5
Alexander of Bergamo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
201 - 303
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 6
Jeffrey Tate
CONDUCTOR
1943 - 2017
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 7
Carlo Ubbiali
RACING DRIVER
1929 - 2020
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 8
Alessandro Grandi
COMPOSER
1586 - 1630
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 9
Carlo Ceresoli
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1995
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 10
Antonio Pesenti
CYCLIST
1908 - 1968
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 11
Ken Kavanagh
RACING DRIVER
1923 - 2019
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bergamo
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Most individuals born in present day Bergamo were soccer players (8), athletes (4), racing drivers (3), composers (2), and mountaineers (2), while most who died were composers (4), religious figures (2), racing drivers (2), soccer players (2), and chemists (1).
Occupational Trends
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 Ivan Pelizzoli. 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.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Bergamo since 1700.