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.
1874 - 1937
HPI: 84.02
Rank: 1
1502 - 1585
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 2
1737 - 1798
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 3
1675 - 1758
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 4
1922 - 1975
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 5
1554 - 1623
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 6
1519 - 1591
HPI: 79.34
Rank: 7
1050 - 1118
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 8
1575 - 1642
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 9
1560 - 1609
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 10
1921 - 1994
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 11
1552 - 1614
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 12
1415 - 1486
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 66
1632 - 1692
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 67
1540 - 1613
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 69
1360 - 1436
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 76
1921 - 1995
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 86
1995 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 101
1170 - 1221
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 1
1737 - 1798
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 2
1898 - 1988
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 3
1705 - 1782
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 4
1960 - 1994
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 5
1575 - 1642
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 6
1933 - 2014
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 7
1598 - 1647
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 8
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 9
1339 - 1410
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 10
1835 - 1907
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 11
1522 - 1565
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 12
1785 - 1853
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 49
1632 - 1692
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 56
1360 - 1436
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 63
1875 - 1932
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 69
1872 - 1952
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 70
1926 - 1973
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 71
1971 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 72
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.