Milan
Milan ranks 22nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Seoul, Copenhagen, and Barcelona. Memorable people born in Milan include Caravaggio, Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Pius XI. Memorable people who died in Milan include Giuseppe Verdi, Theodosius I, and Umberto Eco. Milan has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many soccer players, and politicians. Milan is located in Italy.
Milan is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban population and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.22 million residents. The urban area of Milan is the fourth-most-populous in the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU. Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global financial centre. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 230 BC and 2003, Milan was the birth place of 298 globally memorable people, including Caravaggio, Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Pius XI. Additionaly, 233 globally memorable people have passed away in Milan including Giuseppe Verdi, Theodosius I, and Umberto Eco.
People Born in Milan
Go to all RankingsCaravaggio
PAINTER
1571 - 1610
HPI: 83.90
Rank: 1
Silvio Berlusconi
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2023
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 2
Pope Pius XI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1857 - 1939
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 3
Pope Paul VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1897 - 1978
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 4
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
PAINTER
1526 - 1593
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 5
Adriano Celentano
SINGER
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 6
Pope Pius IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1499 - 1565
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 7
Luchino Visconti
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1976
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 8
Giuseppe Meazza
SOCCER PLAYER
1910 - 1979
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
Didius Julianus
POLITICIAN
133 - 193
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 10
Torquato Tasso
WRITER
1544 - 1595
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 11
Tinto Brass
FILM DIRECTOR
1933 - Present
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Milan
Go to all RankingsEugénie de Beauharnais
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1847
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 67
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
PAINTER
1455 - 1522
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 96
Leonardo Del Vecchio
BUSINESSPERSON
1935 - 2022
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 98
Ercole Dembowski
ASTRONOMER
1812 - 1881
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 137
Sergio Toppi
COMIC ARTIST
1932 - 2012
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 141
Mario Bellini
ARCHITECT
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 146
Tony Renis
SINGER
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 147
Gundi Busch
SKATER
1935 - 2014
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 151
Roberto Battaglia
ATHLETE
1909 - 1965
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 152
Enrico Maria Salerno
ACTOR
1926 - 1994
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 157
Carlo Cattaneo
PHILOSOPHER
1801 - 1869
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 158
Tommaso Ceva
MATHEMATICIAN
1648 - 1737
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 161
People Deceased in Milan
Go to all RankingsGiuseppe Verdi
COMPOSER
1813 - 1901
HPI: 86.26
Rank: 1
Theodosius I
POLITICIAN
340 - 395
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 2
Umberto Eco
WRITER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 3
Toto Cutugno
SINGER
1943 - 2023
HPI: 77.30
Rank: 4
Ambrose
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
340 - 397
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 5
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
PAINTER
1526 - 1593
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 6
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 7
Dario Fo
WRITER
1926 - 2016
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 8
Charles Borromeo
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1538 - 1584
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 9
Cesare Maldini
SOCCER PLAYER
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 10
Cesare Beccaria
PHILOSOPHER
1738 - 1794
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 11
Guccio Gucci
BUSINESSPERSON
1881 - 1953
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Milan
Go to all RankingsRodolfo Gucci
ACTOR
1912 - 1983
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 53
Achille Starace
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1945
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 98
Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis
PAINTER
1455 - 1522
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 102
Giovanni Battista Crespi
PAINTER
1573 - 1632
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 124
Camillo Boito
ARCHITECT
1836 - 1914
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 135
Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1769 - 1846
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 143
Daniele Crespi
PAINTER
1598 - 1630
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 146
Paolo Monti
PHOTOGRAPHER
1908 - 1982
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 150
Alessandro Rolla
COMPOSER
1757 - 1841
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 151
Anna Kuliscioff
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1925
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 153
Sergio Toppi
COMIC ARTIST
1932 - 2012
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 154
Tomás Maldonado
PAINTER
1922 - 2018
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 158
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Milan were politicians (33), soccer players (33), athletes (25), actors (19), and racing drivers (18), while most who died were soccer players (23), politicians (22), writers (22), painters (20), and composers (16).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Milan, including Paolo Maldini, Giacinto Facchetti, and Giuseppe Bergomi. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Milan, including Silvio Berlusconi, Didius Julianus, and Francesco I Sforza.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Milan since 1700.