Venice ranks 30th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Washington, D.C., São Paulo, and Florence. 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
Between 0 and 1977, Venice was the birth place of 216 globally memorable people, including Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giacomo Casanova. Additionaly, 211 globally memorable people have passed away in Venice including Marco Polo, Richard Wagner, and Titian.
1254 - 1324
HPI: 94.60
Rank: 1
1678 - 1741
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 2
1725 - 1798
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 3
1518 - 1594
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 5
1610 - 1691
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 6
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 7
1335 - 1417
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 8
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 9
1383 - 1447
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 10
1693 - 1769
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 11
1107 - 1205
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 12
1688 - 1752
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 83
1100 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 92
1579 - 1620
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 93
1560 - 1635
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 100
950 - 1071
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 111
1381 - 1456
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 117
1552 - 1623
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 121
1181 - 1253
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 129
1489 - 1556
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 140
1683 - 1761
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 145
1392 - 1462
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 157
1628 - 1709
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 162
1254 - 1324
HPI: 94.60
Rank: 1
1813 - 1883
HPI: 85.34
Rank: 2
1488 - 1576
HPI: 81.37
Rank: 3
1567 - 1643
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 4
1518 - 1594
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 5
1435 - 1488
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 6
1528 - 1588
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 7
1671 - 1751
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 8
1478 - 1510
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 9
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 10
1803 - 1853
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 11
1465 - 1526
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 12
1470 - 1531
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 84
1100 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 87
1579 - 1620
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 91
1560 - 1635
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 102
950 - 1071
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 114
1381 - 1456
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 121
1523 - 1554
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 126
1552 - 1623
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 127
1181 - 1253
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 133
1489 - 1556
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 142
1385 - 1432
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 152
1480 - 1548
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 157
Most individuals born in present day Venice were politicians (104), painters (30), composers (14), writers (14), and religious figures (12), while most who died were politicians (99), painters (37), composers (18), writers (14), 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.