Bologna
Bologna ranks 93rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Seattle, Baghdad, and Kyoto. Memorable people born in Bologna include Guglielmo Marconi, Pope Gregory XIII, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Memorable people who died in Bologna include Enzo Ferrari, Saint Dominic, and Ayrton Senna. Bologna has been the birth place of many painters, and soccer players and the death place of many painters, and religious figures. Bologna is located in Italy.
Bologna is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region, in northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan area is home to more than 1,000,000 people. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the oldest university in continuous operation, the University of Bologna, established in AD 1088. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 115 BC and 2002, Bologna was the birth place of 115 globally memorable people, including Guglielmo Marconi, Pope Gregory XIII, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Additionaly, 88 globally memorable people have passed away in Bologna including Enzo Ferrari, Saint Dominic, and Ayrton Senna.
People Born in Bologna
Go to all RankingsGuglielmo Marconi
INVENTOR
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 1
Pope Gregory XIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1502 - 1585
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 2
Pier Paolo Pasolini
FILM DIRECTOR
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 3
Luigi Galvani
PHYSICIST
1737 - 1798
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 4
Pope Gregory XV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1554 - 1623
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 5
Pope Benedict XIV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1675 - 1758
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 6
Pope Innocent IX
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1519 - 1591
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 7
Pope Lucius II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1100 - 1145
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 8
Pope Paschal II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1050 - 1118
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 9
Giulietta Masina
ACTOR
1921 - 1994
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 10
Guido Reni
PAINTER
1575 - 1642
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 11
Annibale Carracci
PAINTER
1560 - 1609
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bologna
Go to all RankingsTeresa de Lauretis
WRITER
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 84
Claudia Testoni
ATHLETE
1915 - 1998
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 104
Paolo Canè
TENNIS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.12
Rank: 110
Matilda De Angelis
ACTOR
1995 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 111
Asia Lanzi
ATHLETE
2002 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 114
Michele Vitali
ATHLETE
1991 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 115
People Deceased in Bologna
Go to all RankingsEnzo Ferrari
RACING DRIVER
1898 - 1988
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 1
Saint Dominic
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1170 - 1221
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 2
Ayrton Senna
RACING DRIVER
1960 - 1994
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 3
Farinelli
SINGER
1705 - 1782
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 4
Claudio Abbado
CONDUCTOR
1933 - 2014
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 5
Guido Reni
PAINTER
1575 - 1642
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 6
Bonaventura Cavalieri
MATHEMATICIAN
1598 - 1647
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 7
Laura Bassi
PHYSICIST
1711 - 1778
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 8
Antipope Alexander V
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1339 - 1410
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 9
Giosuè Carducci
WRITER
1835 - 1907
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 10
Ulisse Aldrovandi
BIOLOGIST
1522 - 1605
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 11
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
PHYSICIST
1618 - 1663
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bologna
Go to all RankingsFelice Pasquale Baciocchi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1762 - 1841
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 41
Guido Bonatti
ASTRONOMER
1210 - 1296
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 58
Lucy Salani
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1924 - 2023
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 75
Luciano Savorini
GYMNAST
1885 - 1964
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 82
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bologna were painters (17), soccer players (10), religious figures (9), composers (9), and writers (9), while most who died were painters (13), religious figures (9), mathematicians (8), composers (8), and racing drivers (6).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bologna, including Christian Vieri, Gianluca Pagliuca, and Luca Bucci. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bologna, including Guido Reni, Annibale Carracci, and Lavinia Fontana.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Bologna since 1700.