Padua ranks 258th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chiba (city), Cape Town, and Essen. Memorable people born in Padua include Livy, Andrea Palladio, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. Memorable people who died in Padua include Anthony of Padua, Livy, and Giuseppe Tartini. Padua has been the birth place of many soccer players and writers and the death place of many religious figures and physicians. Padua is located in Italy.
Padua is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, 40 kilometres west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 214,000. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 59 BC and 1989, Padua was the birth place of 42 globally memorable people, including Livy, Andrea Palladio, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Padua including Anthony of Padua, Livy, and Giuseppe Tartini.
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 1
1508 - 1580
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 2
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 3
1275 - 1342
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 4
1778 - 1823
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 5
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 6
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 7
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 8
190 - 220
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 9
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 10
1600 - 1634
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 11
1397 - 1468
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 12
1600 - 1634
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 11
1707 - 1746
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 15
1523 - 1554
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 17
1562 - 1604
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 19
1496 - 1542
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 25
1920 - 1990
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 31
1933 - 1970
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 34
1940 - 2019
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 35
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 36
1963 - Present
HPI: 33.27
Rank: 38
1195 - 1231
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 1
59 BC - 17
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 2
1692 - 1770
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 3
1646 - 1684
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 4
1523 - 1562
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 5
1619 - 1677
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
1370 - 1443
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 7
1682 - 1771
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 8
1922 - 1984
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 9
1633 - 1714
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 10
1533 - 1619
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
1652 - 1708
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 12
1683 - 1761
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 25
1485 - 1557
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 27
1496 - 1542
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 29
1800 - 1878
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 31
1914 - 1992
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 34
1933 - 1970
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 36
Most individuals born in present day Padua were soccer players (9), writers (4), philosophers (3), politicians (3), and mathematicians (2), while most who died were religious figures (4), physicians (4), biologists (3), politicians (3), and composers (3).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Padua, including Francesco Toldo, Omero Tognon, and Alberto Bigon. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Padua, including Francesco Toldo, Mario Perazzolo, and Pietro Pastore.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 17 globally memorable people born in Padua since 1700.