Born in Genoa
Genoa
Italian city
Genoa as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506), Italian poet (1896-1981), Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)): Christopher Columbus, Eugenio Montale, Niccolò Paganini and some more.
Celebrities from GenoaCelebrities from Genoa
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55 Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
*November 30th, 1450 †May 20th, 1506, Valladolid
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57 Niccolò Paganini
Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)
*October 27th, 1782 †May 27th, 1840, Nice
66 Giuseppe Mazzini
Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher
*June 22nd, 1805 †March 10th, 1872, Pisa
92 Teresa Mattei
Italian partisan and politician (1921-2013)
*February 1st, 1921 †March 12th, 2013, Lari 92
Piero Ottone
Italian journalist and writer (1924-2017)
*August 3rd, 1924 †April 16th, 2017, Camogli
84 Paolo Villaggio
Italian actor, writer and comedian (1932–2017)
*December 30th, 1932 †July 3rd, 2017, Rome 71
Palmiro Togliatti
Former leader of the Italian Communist Party (1893–1964)
*March 26th, 1893 †August 21st, 1964, Yalta 60
Pietro Germi
Italian screenwriter, director, actor
*September 14th, 1914 †December 5th, 1974, Rome
77 Vittorio Gassman
Italian actor and director (1922–2000)
*September 1st, 1922 †June 29th, 2000, Rome
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96 Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Italian population geneticist
*January 25th, 1922 †August 31st, 2018, Belluno 48
John Cabot
Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1499)
*November 30th, 1449 †November 30th, 1497, North Atlantic Ocean
84 Claudio Gora
Italian film actor and director (1913-1998)
*July 27th, 1913 †March 13th, 1998, Rome
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Genova Thaon di Revel
Italian politician (1817-1910)
*November 20th, 1817 †September 3rd, 1910, Como 58
Fabrizio De André
Italian singer-songwriter (1940-1999)
*February 18th, 1940 †January 11th, 1999, Milan.jpg "Niccolò Canepa")
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77 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt
Austrian architect
*November 14th, 1668 †November 16th, 1745, Vienna
73 Giovanni Battista Paggi
Italian painter (1554-1627)
*February 27th, 1554 †March 12th, 1627, Genoa
70 John Paul Getty Jr.
Wealthy American-born British philanthropist and book collector
*September 7th, 1932 †April 17th, 2003, London
78 Camillo Sivori
Italian violinist and composer (1815-1894)
*October 25th, 1815 †February 18th, 1894, Genoa
55 Bartholomew Columbus
Italian explorer (c. 1461 – 1515)
*January 1st, 1460 †January 1st, 1515, Santo Domingo
58 Innocenzo Cybo
Italian Catholic cardinal and archbishop
*August 25th, 1491 †April 13th, 1550, Rome
81 Girolamo Maria Gotti
Italian Discalced Carmelite friar, archbishop and cardinal
*March 29th, 1834 †March 19th, 1916, Rome
53 Alessandro Calza
Italian film actor, screenwriter, graphic designer, web designer, photographer, model
*December 23rd, 1970
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