Naples
Naples ranks 50th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Montreal, Dublin, and Melbourne. Memorable people born in Naples include Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bud Spencer, and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Memorable people who died in Naples include Hadrian, Heinrich Schliemann, and Artemisia Gentileschi. Naples has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Naples is located in Italy.
Naples is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 30 kilometres. Naples plays also a key international role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 275 BC and 2002, Naples was the birth place of 188 globally memorable people, including Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bud Spencer, and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Additionaly, 139 globally memorable people have passed away in Naples including Hadrian, Heinrich Schliemann, and Artemisia Gentileschi.
People Born in Naples
Go to all RankingsGian Lorenzo Bernini
ARCHITECT
1598 - 1680
HPI: 79.25
Rank: 1
Bud Spencer
ACTOR
1929 - 2016
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 2
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1947
HPI: 75.33
Rank: 3
Enrico Caruso
SINGER
1873 - 1921
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 4
Pope Boniface IX
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1350 - 1404
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 5
Domenico Scarlatti
COMPOSER
1685 - 1757
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 6
Pope Boniface V
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
575 - 625
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 7
Pope Gelasius II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1062 - 1119
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 8
Giorgio Napolitano
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2023
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 9
Giambattista Vico
PHILOSOPHER
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 10
Charles I of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1288 - 1342
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 11
Ruggero Leoncavallo
COMPOSER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Naples
Go to all RankingsPrincess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
NOBLEMAN
1844 - 1899
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 69
Luis Egidio Meléndez
PAINTER
1716 - 1780
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 96
Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress
NOBLEMAN
1252 - 1275
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 99
Edoardo Bennato
MUSICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 124
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1851 - 1948
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 126
Carlo Giuffrè
ACTOR
1928 - 2018
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 134
Rosa Russo Iervolino
POLITICIAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 136
Federico De Roberto
WRITER
1861 - 1927
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 139
Raffaele La Capria
WRITER
1922 - 2022
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 142
Fabrizio Romano
JOURNALIST
1993 - Present
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 143
Mario Martone
FILM DIRECTOR
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 148
Roberto Fico
POLITICIAN
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 159
People Deceased in Naples
Go to all RankingsHadrian
POLITICIAN
76 - 138
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 1
Heinrich Schliemann
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1822 - 1890
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 2
Artemisia Gentileschi
PAINTER
1593 - 1653
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 3
Enrico Caruso
SINGER
1873 - 1921
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 4
Jusepe de Ribera
ARTIST
1591 - 1652
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 5
Alessandro Scarlatti
COMPOSER
1660 - 1725
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 6
Giambattista Vico
PHILOSOPHER
1668 - 1744
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 7
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
POLITICIAN
1751 - 1825
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 8
Miriam Makeba
SINGER
1932 - 2008
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 9
Pope Innocent IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1195 - 1254
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 10
Lucky Luciano
MAFIOSO
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 11
Giuseppe Piazzi
ASTRONOMER
1746 - 1826
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Naples
Go to all RankingsEugippius
WRITER
460 - 533
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 90
Massimo Stanzione
PAINTER
1585 - 1656
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 106
Ferdinando Galiani
ECONOMIST
1728 - 1787
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 108
Quodvultdeus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
400 - 454
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 115
Ranieri de' Calzabigi
WRITER
1714 - 1795
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 121
Henry III, Count of Bar
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1259 - 1302
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 122
Valerio Perentin
ATHLETE
1909 - 1998
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 135
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Naples were politicians (38), soccer players (23), actors (14), composers (13), and writers (13), while most who died were politicians (33), writers (20), composers (17), religious figures (11), and painters (9).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Naples, including Fabio Cannavaro, Vincenzo Montella, and Antonio Di Natale. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Naples, including Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, and Charles I of Hungary.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Naples since 1700.