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 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 1540 and 1994, Bergamo was the birth place of 27 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
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Gaetano Donizetti
1797 - 1848
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 1
Pietro Locatelli
1695 - 1764
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 2
Walter Bonatti
1930 - 2011
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 3
Giacomo Manzù
1908 - 1991
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 4
Ermanno Olmi
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 5
Lorenzo Mascheroni
1750 - 1800
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 6
Simone Peterzano
1540 - 1599
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 7
Carlo Ubbiali
1929 - 2020
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 8
Carlo Ceresoli
1910 - 1995
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 9
Carlo Alfredo Piatti
1822 - 1901
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 10
Piermario Morosini
1986 - 2012
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 11
Simone Moro
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bergamo
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People Deceased in Bergamo
Go to all RankingsGaetano Donizetti
1797 - 1848
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 1
Giulio Natta
1903 - 1979
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 2
Giovanni Battista Bassani
1650 - 1716
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 3
Simon Mayr
1763 - 1845
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 4
Loris Francesco Capovilla
1915 - 2016
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 5
Alexander of Bergamo
201 - 303
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 6
Jeffrey Tate
1943 - 2017
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 7
Carlo Ubbiali
1929 - 2020
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 8
Alessandro Grandi
1586 - 1630
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 9
Carlo Ceresoli
1910 - 1995
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 10
Antonio Pesenti
1908 - 1968
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 11
Ken Kavanagh
1923 - 2019
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 12
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Most individuals born in present day Bergamo were soccer players (8), racing drivers (3), composers (2), mountaineers (2), and cyclists (2), while most who died were composers (4), religious figures (2), racing drivers (2), soccer players (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 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 10 globally memorable people born in Bergamo since 1700.
