Bologna
Bologna ranks 93rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Seattle, Baghdad, and Kyoto. Memorable people born in Bologna include Pope Gregory XIII, Guglielmo Marconi, and Pope Benedict XIV. Memorable people who died in Bologna include Ayrton Senna, Enzo Ferrari, and Saint Dominic. Bologna has been the birth place of many painters, and soccer players and the death place of many painters, and religious figures. Bologna is located in Italy.
Bologna is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy, with 390,734 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people as of 2025. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the oldest university in continuous operation, the University of Bologna, established in AD 1088. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 115 BC and 2006, Bologna was the birth place of 118 globally memorable people, including Pope Gregory XIII, Guglielmo Marconi, and Pope Benedict XIV. Additionaly, 89 globally memorable people have passed away in Bologna including Ayrton Senna, Enzo Ferrari, and Saint Dominic.
People Born in Bologna
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Pope Gregory XIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1502 - 1585
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 95
Guglielmo Marconi
INVENTOR
1874 - 1937
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 70
Pope Benedict XIV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1675 - 1758
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 115
Pope Gregory XV
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1554 - 1623
HPI: 82.59
Rank: 34
Pope Innocent IX
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1519 - 1591
HPI: 81.33
Rank: 40
Luigi Galvani
PHYSICIST
1737 - 1798
HPI: 80.29
Rank: 39
Pier Paolo Pasolini
FILM DIRECTOR
1922 - 1975
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 48
Pope Paschal II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1050 - 1118
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 45
Pope Lucius II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1100 - 1145
HPI: 78.86
Rank: 41
Guido Reni
PAINTER
1575 - 1642
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 30
Annibale Carracci
PAINTER
1560 - 1609
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 98
Giulietta Masina
ACTOR
1921 - 1994
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 29
Newly Added People Born in Bologna
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli
RACING DRIVER
2006 - Present
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 35
Lorenzo Fortunato
CYCLIST
1996 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 37
Simone Velasco
CYCLIST
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 38
People Deceased in Bologna
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Ayrton Senna
RACING DRIVER
1960 - 1994
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 67
Enzo Ferrari
RACING DRIVER
1898 - 1988
HPI: 80.84
Rank: 14
Saint Dominic
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1170 - 1221
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 54
Farinelli
SINGER
1705 - 1782
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 2
Claudio Abbado
CONDUCTOR
1933 - 2014
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 82
Guido Reni
PAINTER
1575 - 1642
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 7
Giosuè Carducci
WRITER
1835 - 1907
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 42
Laura Bassi
PHYSICIST
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 50
Bonaventura Cavalieri
MATHEMATICIAN
1598 - 1647
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 18
Antipope Alexander V
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1339 - 1410
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 24
Roland Ratzenberger
RACING DRIVER
1960 - 1994
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 81
Francesco Maria Grimaldi
PHYSICIST
1618 - 1663
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 31
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Bologna were painters (17), soccer players (10), religious figures (9), composers (9), and writers (9), while most who died were painters (13), religious figures (9), mathematicians (8), composers (8), and writers (7).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, racing drivers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Bologna, including Alex Zanardi, Nanni Galli, and Giorgio Francia. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Bologna, including Guido Reni, Annibale Carracci, and Lavinia Fontana.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Bologna since 1700.
