Venice
Venice ranks 36th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mexico City, San Francisco, 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 built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers. In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the Comune di Venezia, of whom around 51,000 live in the historical island city of Venice and the rest on the mainland (terraferma). Together with the cities of Padua and Treviso, Venice 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
People
Between 0 and 1989, Venice was the birth place of 233 globally memorable people, including Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giacomo Casanova. Additionaly, 227 globally memorable people have passed away in Venice including Marco Polo, Richard Wagner, and Titian.
People Born in Venice
Go to all RankingsMarco Polo
EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 93.99
Rank: 1
Antonio Vivaldi
COMPOSER
1678 - 1741
HPI: 87.85
Rank: 2
Giacomo Casanova
WRITER
1725 - 1798
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 3
Tintoretto
PAINTER
1518 - 1594
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 4
Terence Hill
ACTOR
1939 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 5
Pope Gregory XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1335 - 1417
HPI: 74.53
Rank: 6
Giovanni Bellini
PAINTER
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 7
Tomaso Albinoni
COMPOSER
1671 - 1751
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 8
Pope Clement XIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1693 - 1769
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 9
Pope Eugene IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1383 - 1447
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 10
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
PAINTER
1696 - 1770
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 11
Pope Alexander VIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1610 - 1691
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Venice
Go to all RankingsMarietta Robusti
PAINTER
1554 - 1590
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 75
Marco Antonio Bragadin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1523 - 1571
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 88
Marino Sanuto the Younger
HISTORIAN
1466 - 1536
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 179
Giuseppe Volpi
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1947
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 183
Ambrogio Contarini
DIPLOMAT
1429 - 1499
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 195
Giulia Lama
PAINTER
1681 - 1747
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 203
Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri
COMIC ARTIST
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 205
Giovanni II Cornaro
POLITICIAN
1647 - 1722
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 208
Francesco Cornaro
POLITICIAN
1585 - 1656
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 216
Lamberto Gardelli
MUSICIAN
1915 - 1998
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 218
Angelo Maria Querini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1680 - 1755
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 219
Giovanni d'Alemagna
PAINTER
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 222
People Deceased in Venice
Go to all RankingsMarco Polo
EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 93.99
Rank: 1
Richard Wagner
COMPOSER
1813 - 1883
HPI: 84.82
Rank: 2
Titian
PAINTER
1488 - 1576
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 3
Claudio Monteverdi
COMPOSER
1567 - 1643
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 4
Tintoretto
PAINTER
1518 - 1594
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 5
Paolo Veronese
PAINTER
1528 - 1588
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 6
Andrea del Verrocchio
PAINTER
1435 - 1488
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 7
Giorgione
PAINTER
1478 - 1510
HPI: 74.88
Rank: 8
Giovanni Bellini
PAINTER
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 9
Tomaso Albinoni
COMPOSER
1671 - 1751
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 10
Christian Doppler
PHYSICIST
1803 - 1853
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 11
Canaletto
PAINTER
1697 - 1768
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Venice
Go to all RankingsMarietta Robusti
PAINTER
1554 - 1590
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 72
Ida Dalser
COMPANION
1880 - 1937
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 83
Leandro Bassano
PAINTER
1557 - 1622
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 100
Johann Liss
PAINTER
1597 - 1630
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 109
Zoran Mušič
PAINTER
1909 - 2005
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 156
Marino Sanuto the Younger
HISTORIAN
1466 - 1536
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 184
Luca Carlevarijs
PAINTER
1663 - 1730
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 187
Francesco Barozzi
MATHEMATICIAN
1537 - 1604
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 193
Ambrogio Contarini
DIPLOMAT
1429 - 1499
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 199
Giulia Lama
PAINTER
1681 - 1747
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 205
Giovanni II Cornaro
POLITICIAN
1647 - 1722
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 209
Francesco Cornaro
POLITICIAN
1585 - 1656
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 217
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Venice were politicians (107), painters (33), writers (15), composers (14), and religious figures (13), while most who died were politicians (102), painters (42), composers (18), writers (15), and religious figures (6).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Venice, including Daniele Scarpa, Giovanna Epis, and Ramzi Bahloul. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Venice, including Enrico Dandolo, Andrew III of Hungary, and Catherine Cornaro.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Venice since 1700.