Italy
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 south-central 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.
People Born in Italy
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Bartolomeo Cristofori
1655 - 1731
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 1
Tancred, Prince of Galilee
1072 - 1112
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 2
Constans
320 - 350
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia
1474 - 1497
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 4
Francesco Melzi
1491 - 1570
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 5
Guy III of Spoleto
900 - 894
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 6
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
45 - 95
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 7
Augustine of Canterbury
510 - 604
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 8
Giovanni Ceva
1647 - 1734
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 9
Lambert of Italy
880 - 898
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 10
Agostino Barbarigo
1420 - 1501
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
Hüma Hatun
1400 - 1449
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 12
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People Deceased in Italy
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Luciano Pavarotti
1935 - 2007
HPI: 84.55
Rank: 1
Suetonius
70 - 126
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 2
Roberto Rossellini
1906 - 1977
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 3
Julius Evola
1898 - 1974
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 4
Giovanni Messe
1883 - 1968
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 5
Ettore Majorana
1906 - 1959
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 6
Giuseppe Siri
1906 - 1989
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 7
Tonino Guerra
1920 - 2012
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 8
Angelo Schiavio
1905 - 1990
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 9
Gianpiero Combi
1902 - 1956
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 10
Justus van Gent
1430 - 1480
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 11
Adela of Flanders
1065 - 1115
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Italy
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Giovanni Urbani
1900 - 1969
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 20
Fortunato Baldelli
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 25
Marie of Brienne
1224 - 1275
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 26
Francesco Colasuonno
1925 - 2003
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 33
Ugo Ferrante
1945 - 2004
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 35
Anna Palm de Rosa
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.
