Rome
Rome ranks 6th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind London, Moscow, and Los Angeles. Memorable people born in Rome include Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Marcus Aurelius. Memorable people who died in Rome include Michelangelo, Paul the Apostle, and Raphael. Rome has been the birth place of many politicians, and religious figures and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Rome is located in Italy.
Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome, with a population of 4,355,725 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city. Rome is often referred to as the City of Seven Hills due to its geographic location, and also as the "Eternal City". Rome is generally considered to be the cradle of Western civilization and Western Christian culture, and the centre of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 800 BC and 2005, Rome was the birth place of 824 globally memorable people, including Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Marcus Aurelius. Additionaly, 1,272 globally memorable people have passed away in Rome including Michelangelo, Paul the Apostle, and Raphael. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Rome than were born there.
People Born in Rome
Go to all RankingsJulius Caesar
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 90.92
Rank: 1
Augustus
POLITICIAN
63 BC - 14
HPI: 88.84
Rank: 2
Marcus Aurelius
POLITICIAN
121 - 180
HPI: 82.92
Rank: 3
Tiberius
POLITICIAN
42 BC - 37
HPI: 80.10
Rank: 4
Evangelista Torricelli
PHYSICIST
1608 - 1647
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 5
Pope Leo XIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1810 - 1903
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 6
Pope Gregory I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
540 - 604
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 7
Enrico Fermi
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1954
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 8
Pope Pius XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1876 - 1958
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 9
Sophia Loren
ACTOR
1934 - Present
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 10
Titus
POLITICIAN
41 - 81
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 11
Vitruvius
ARCHITECT
75 BC - 15 BC
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Rome
Go to all RankingsPaolo Bonacelli
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 421
Tullia d'Aragona
WRITER
1510 - 1556
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 424
Attica
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
55 BC - 28 BC
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 425
Junia Tertia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
70 BC - 22
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 436
Hripsime
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
300 - 301
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 466
Julia Major
POLITICIAN
102 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 468
Marcia
POLITICIAN
33 - Present
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 478
Camillo Boito
ARCHITECT
1836 - 1914
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 493
Flavia Domitilla
NOBLEMAN
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 498
Vincenzo Camuccini
PAINTER
1771 - 1844
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 506
Marcia Furnilla
NOBLEMAN
1 - Present
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 517
Giovanni Maria Lancisi
PHYSICIAN
1654 - 1720
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 533
People Deceased in Rome
Go to all RankingsMichelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 90.81
Rank: 1
Paul the Apostle
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
5 - 66
HPI: 88.90
Rank: 2
Raphael
PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 87.93
Rank: 3
Commodus
POLITICIAN
161 - 192
HPI: 86.14
Rank: 4
Giordano Bruno
ASTRONOMER
1548 - 1600
HPI: 85.36
Rank: 5
Nero
POLITICIAN
37 - 68
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 6
Seneca the Younger
PHILOSOPHER
4 BC - 65
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 7
Josephus
HISTORIAN
37 - 100
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 8
Galen
PHYSICIAN
129 - 215
HPI: 82.12
Rank: 9
Horace
WRITER
65 BC - 8 BC
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 10
Pope Clement VII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1478 - 1534
HPI: 79.28
Rank: 11
Pope Gregory I
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
540 - 604
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Rome
Go to all RankingsGiovanni Battista Bugatti
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1869
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 567
Margarita Luti
PAINTER
1500 - 1522
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 599
Valentin de Boulogne
PAINTER
1591 - 1632
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 618
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato
PAINTER
1609 - 1685
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 635
Leonard of Port Maurice
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1676 - 1751
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 727
Tiberius Claudius Pompeianus
POLITICIAN
130 - 193
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 771
Tullia d'Aragona
WRITER
1510 - 1556
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 777
Frank Wolff
ACTOR
1928 - 1971
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 790
Luigi Jacobini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1832 - 1887
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 795
Junia Tertia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
70 BC - 22
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 807
Lucius Flavius Silva
MILITARY PERSONNEL
40 - 81
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 810
Teutobod
MILITARY PERSONNEL
200 BC - 101 BC
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 820
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Rome were politicians (212), religious figures (173), actors (84), soccer players (64), and athletes (42), while most who died were religious figures (388), politicians (290), writers (110), actors (82), and painters (69).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rome, including Sophia Loren, Ornella Muti, and Monica Vitti. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rome, including Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Marcus Aurelius.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Rome since 1700.