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Naples ranks 47th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Constantinople, Tbilisi, and Dublin. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 275 BC and 1997, Naples was the birth place of 166 globally memorable people, including Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bud Spencer, and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Additionaly, 130 globally memorable people have passed away in Naples including Hadrian, Heinrich Schliemann, and Artemisia Gentileschi.

People Born in Naples

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Naples were politicians (37), soccer players (22), actors (13), composers (12), and writers (11),  while most who died were politicians (33), writers (18), composers (17), religious figures (10), and painters (8).

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Naples, including Fabio Cannavaro, Antonio Di Natale, and Vincenzo Montella. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Naples, including Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Charles I of Hungary, and Lentulus Batiatus.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Naples since 1700.

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