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Italy
Italy ranks 6th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Germany, France, and Japan. Memorable people born in present day Italy include Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo Galilei. Memorable people who died in Italy include Raphael, Benito Mussolini, and Pope Paul VI. Italy has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. The top cities in Italy by number of biographies are Rome, Milan, Florence, Venice, and Naples.
People
Between 3345 BC and 2008, present day Italy was the birth place of 5,854 globally memorable people, including Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Polo, and Galileo Galilei. Additionaly, 3,893 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Italy including Raphael, Benito Mussolini, and Pope Paul VI.
People Born in Present Day Italy
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Leonardo da Vinci
INVENTOR
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.80
Rank: 1
Marco Polo
EXPLORER
1254 - 1324
HPI: 96.21
Rank: 2
Galileo Galilei
ASTRONOMER
1564 - 1642
HPI: 95.08
Rank: 3
Christopher Columbus
EXPLORER
1451 - 1506
HPI: 94.91
Rank: 4
Julius Caesar
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 44 BC
HPI: 93.78
Rank: 5
Michelangelo
PAINTER
1475 - 1564
HPI: 93.54
Rank: 6
Archimedes
MATHEMATICIAN
287 BC - 212 BC
HPI: 93.41
Rank: 7
Dante Alighieri
WRITER
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 8
Augustus
POLITICIAN
63 BC - 14
HPI: 92.03
Rank: 9
Antonio Vivaldi
COMPOSER
1678 - 1741
HPI: 91.00
Rank: 10
Raphael
PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 11
Niccolò Machiavelli
PHILOSOPHER
1469 - 1527
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Italy
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Lidia Poët
LAWYER
1855 - 1949
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 679
Pasquale Squitieri
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,256
Ninetto Davoli
ACTOR
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 2,319
Pietro Ferrero
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1949
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2,549
Angela Luce
ACTOR
1938 - 2026
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 2,794
Pippo Baudo
PRESENTER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 2,805
Bruno Cipolla
ATHLETE
1952 - 2026
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 3,021
Vittorio Caprioli
ACTOR
1921 - 1989
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 3,066
Francesca Albanese
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 3,079
Antonino Zichichi
PHYSICIST
1929 - 2026
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 3,152
Diego Ravelli
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 3,223
Conrad of Piacenza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1290 - 1351
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 3,312
People Deceased in Present Day Italy
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PAINTER
1483 - 1520
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 1
Benito Mussolini
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1945
HPI: 88.36
Rank: 2
Pope Paul VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1897 - 1978
HPI: 88.00
Rank: 3
Helena
COMPANION
250 - 330
HPI: 85.76
Rank: 4
Galen
PHYSICIAN
129 - 215
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 5
Ötzi
CELEBRITY
3345 BC - 3255 BC
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 6
Sulla
POLITICIAN
138 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 7
Vespasian
POLITICIAN
9 - 79
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 8
Pope Linus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1 - 79
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 9
Pope Clement XII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1652 - 1740
HPI: 82.80
Rank: 10
Pope Pius IV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1499 - 1565
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 11
Masaccio
PAINTER
1401 - 1428
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Italy
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Alex Zanardi
RACING DRIVER
1966 - 2026
HPI: NaN
Rank: 856
Lidia Poët
LAWYER
1855 - 1949
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 1,478
Pasquale Squitieri
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 1,924
Ricciotti Garibaldi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1847 - 1924
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 2,791
Pietro Ferrero
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1949
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 2,884
Angela Luce
ACTOR
1938 - 2026
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 3,079
Pippo Baudo
PRESENTER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 3,086
Bruno Cipolla
ATHLETE
1952 - 2026
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 3,234
Vittorio Caprioli
ACTOR
1921 - 1989
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 3,256
Conrad of Piacenza
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1290 - 1351
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 3,412
Little Tony
SINGER
1941 - 2013
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 3,415
Fortunato Depero
PAINTER
1892 - 1960
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 3,439
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Italywere politicians (952), soccer players (742), religious figures (570), athletes (478), and writers (305), while most who died were politicians (928), religious figures (628), writers (318), painters (295), and soccer players (170).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Italy, including Cesare Maldini, Roberto Baggio, and Paolo Maldini. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Italy, including Julius Caesar, Augustus, and Commodus.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Italy since 1700.
