Bologna
Bologna ranks 79th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tehran, Chiba Prefecture, and Dresden. Memorable people born in Bologna include Guglielmo Marconi, Pope Gregory XIII, and Luigi Galvani. Memorable people who died in Bologna include Saint Dominic, Luigi Galvani, and Enzo Ferrari. Bologna has been the birth place of many painters and religious figures 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. It is known as the Fat, Red, and the Learn'd City due to its rich cuisine, red Spanish tiled rooftops, left-wing politics, and being home to the oldest university in the western world. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 115 BC and 1995, Bologna was the birth place of 103 globally memorable people, including Guglielmo Marconi, Pope Gregory XIII, and Luigi Galvani. Additionaly, 73 globally memorable people have passed away in Bologna including Saint Dominic, Luigi Galvani, and Enzo Ferrari.
People Born in Bologna
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Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
HPI: 84.02
Rank: 1
Pope Gregory XIII
1502 - 1585
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 2
Luigi Galvani
1737 - 1798
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 3
Pope Benedict XIV
1675 - 1758
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 4
Pier Paolo Pasolini
1922 - 1975
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 5
Pope Gregory XV
1554 - 1623
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 6
Pope Innocent IX
1519 - 1591
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 7
Pope Paschal II
1050 - 1118
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 8
Guido Reni
1575 - 1642
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 9
Annibale Carracci
1560 - 1609
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 10
Giulietta Masina
1921 - 1994
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 11
Lavinia Fontana
1552 - 1614
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Bologna
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Aristotele Fioravanti
1415 - 1486
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 66
Giovanni Battista Vitali
1632 - 1692
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 67
Giovanni Artusi
1540 - 1613
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 69
Dorotea Bucca
1360 - 1436
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 76
Aldo Gordini
1921 - 1995
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 86
Pierluigi Gollini
1995 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 101
People Deceased in Bologna
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Saint Dominic
1170 - 1221
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 1
Luigi Galvani
1737 - 1798
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 2
Enzo Ferrari
1898 - 1988
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 3
Farinelli
1705 - 1782
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 4
Ayrton Senna
1960 - 1994
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 5
Guido Reni
1575 - 1642
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 6
Claudio Abbado
1933 - 2014
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 7
Bonaventura Cavalieri
1598 - 1647
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 8
Laura Bassi
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 9
Antipope Alexander V
1339 - 1410
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 10
Giosuè Carducci
1835 - 1907
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 11
Lodovico Ferrari
1522 - 1565
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Bologna
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Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
1785 - 1853
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 49
Giovanni Battista Vitali
1632 - 1692
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 56
Dorotea Bucca
1360 - 1436
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 63
Giuseppe Vitali
1875 - 1932
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 69
Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano
1872 - 1952
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 70
Piero Drogo
1926 - 1973
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 71
Ezio Bosso
1971 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 72
Marino Perani
1939 - 2017
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 73
Most individuals born in present day Bologna were painters (14), religious figures (9), soccer players (9), composers (8), and politicians (7), while most who died were painters (12), religious figures (8), mathematicians (8), composers (7), and writers (6).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bologna, including Gianluca Pagliuca, Christian Vieri, 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.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Bologna since 1700.
