Italy ranks 409th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Luxembourg City, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, and Ankara. Memorable people born in Italy include Bartolomeo Cristofori, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, and Constans. Memorable people who died in Italy include Luciano Pavarotti, Suetonius, and Roberto Rossellini. 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, is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it. Italy is located in Southern Europe, and is also considered part of Western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial enclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 0 and 1959, Italy was the birth place of 25 globally memorable people, including Bartolomeo Cristofori, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, and Constans. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Italy including Luciano Pavarotti, Suetonius, and Roberto Rossellini. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Italy than were born there.
1655 - 1731
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 1
1072 - 1112
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 2
320 - 350
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
1474 - 1497
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 4
1491 - 1570
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 5
900 - 894
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 6
45 - 95
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 7
510 - 604
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 8
1647 - 1734
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 9
880 - 898
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 10
1420 - 1501
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
1400 - 1449
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 12
1935 - 2007
HPI: 84.55
Rank: 1
70 - 126
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 2
1906 - 1977
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 3
1898 - 1974
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 4
1883 - 1968
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 5
1906 - 1959
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
1906 - 1989
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 7
1920 - 2012
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 8
1905 - 1990
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 9
1902 - 1956
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 10
1430 - 1480
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 11
1065 - 1115
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 12
1900 - 1969
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 20
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 25
1224 - 1275
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 26
1925 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 33
1945 - 2004
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 35
1859 - 1924
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 36
Most individuals born in present day Italy were politicians (10), painters (3), writers (2), religious figures (2), and mathematicians (2), while most who died were soccer players (11), religious figures (7), painters (4), politicians (3), and noblemen (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 Guy III of Spoleto.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Italy since 1700.