Italy ranks 447th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vitoria-Gasteiz, Maribor, and Syracuse, Sicily. Memorable people born in Italy include Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Constans, and Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia. Memorable people who died in Italy include Luciano Pavarotti, Suetonius, and Julius Evola. Italy has been the birth place of many politicians and painters and the death place of many soccer players and religious figures. Italy is located in Italy.
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of 301,230 km2 (116,310 sq mi), with a population of about 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 0 and 1959, Italy was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Constans, and Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia. Additionaly, 37 globally memorable people have passed away in Italy including Luciano Pavarotti, Suetonius, and Julius Evola. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Italy than were born there.
1072 - 1112
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1
320 - 350
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 2
1474 - 1497
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 3
1491 - 1570
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 4
45 - 95
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 5
880 - 898
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 6
510 - 604
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 7
1400 - 1449
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 8
1647 - 1734
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 9
1230 - 1290
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 10
400 - 400
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 11
1175 - 1193
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 12
1470 - 1531
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 14
300 - 300
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 18
1013 - 1052
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 19
820 - 886
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 23
1913 - 1982
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 25
1906 - 1983
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 26
1935 - 2007
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 1
70 - 126
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 2
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 3
1883 - 1968
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 4
1906 - 1959
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 5
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 6
1430 - 1480
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 7
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 8
1065 - 1115
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 9
1920 - 2012
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 10
1432 - 1499
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 11
1926 - 2022
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 12
1901 - 1986
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 15
1892 - 1959
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 34
1900 - 1979
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 35
1905 - 1974
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 37
Most individuals born in present day Italy were politicians (10), painters (4), cyclists (4), religious figures (3), and writers (2), while most who died were soccer players (9), religious figures (8), politicians (4), painters (4), and military personnels (2).
Over the past 100 years, cyclists have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Italy, including Vittorio Adorni and Franco Chioccioli. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Italy, including Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Constans, and Lambert of Italy.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Italy since 1700.