Venice ranks 34th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind San Francisco, Detroit, and Istanbul. Memorable people born in Venice include Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giacomo Casanova. Memorable people who died in Venice include Marco Polo, Richard Wagner, and Titian. Venice has been the birth place of many politicians and painters and the death place of many politicians and painters. Venice is located in Italy.
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. In 2018, 260,897 people resided in the Comune di Venezia, of whom around 55,000 live in the historical city of Venice. Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 0 and 1977, Venice was the birth place of 174 globally memorable people, including Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giacomo Casanova. Additionaly, 170 globally memorable people have passed away in Venice including Marco Polo, Richard Wagner, and Titian.
1254 - 1324
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1678 - 1741
HPI: 91.90
Rank: 2
1725 - 1798
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 3
1518 - 1594
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 82.08
Rank: 5
1671 - 1751
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 6
1335 - 1417
HPI: 80.77
Rank: 7
1430 - 1516
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 8
1610 - 1691
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 9
1383 - 1447
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 10
1693 - 1769
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 11
1696 - 1770
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 12
1888 - 1974
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 91
1300 - 1382
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 94
1491 - 1585
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 119
1804 - 1857
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 126
1580 - 1651
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 130
1482 - 1570
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 133
1575 - 1655
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 141
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 142
1900 - 1969
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 147
1455 - 1532
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 148
1470 - 1530
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 150
1413 - 1494
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 153
1254 - 1324
HPI: 95.23
Rank: 1
1813 - 1883
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 2
1488 - 1576
HPI: 85.86
Rank: 3
1518 - 1594
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 4
1567 - 1643
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 5
1435 - 1488
HPI: 81.95
Rank: 6
1671 - 1751
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 7
1528 - 1588
HPI: 81.23
Rank: 8
1478 - 1510
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 9
1430 - 1516
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 10
1803 - 1853
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 11
1757 - 1822
HPI: 77.83
Rank: 12
1821 - 1847
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 83
1750 - 1810
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 85
1871 - 1949
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 91
1300 - 1382
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 94
1470 - 1535
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 107
1491 - 1585
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 119
1482 - 1570
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 130
1731 - 1803
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 136
1575 - 1655
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 137
1469 - 1549
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 138
1455 - 1532
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 142
1470 - 1530
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 146
Most individuals born in present day Venice were politicians (77), painters (27), composers (14), writers (12), and religious figures (11), while most who died were politicians (71), painters (35), composers (18), writers (12), and sculptors (4).
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Venice, including Terence Hill and Debora Caprioglio. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Venice, including Enrico Dandolo, Catherine Cornaro, and Andrew III of Hungary.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Venice since 1700.