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Catania (ita)

Italy

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Catania ranks 542nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Quebec City, Helsingborg, and Paddington. Memorable people born in Catania include Agatha of Sicily, Vincenzo Bellini, and Ettore Majorana. Memorable people who died in Catania include Agatha of Sicily, Constance of Aragon, and Stesichorus. Catania has been the birth place of many politicians, and fencers and the death place of many writers, and companions. Catania is located in Italy.

Catania is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road and rail transport infrastructures, and hosts the main airport of Sicily. The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality province known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Italy. The population of the city proper is 297,517, while the population of the metropolitan city is 1,068,563. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 600 BC and 1996, Catania was the birth place of 26 globally memorable people, including Agatha of Sicily, Vincenzo Bellini, and Ettore Majorana. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Catania including Agatha of Sicily, Constance of Aragon, and Stesichorus.

People Born in Catania

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People Deceased in Catania

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Catania were politicians (5), fencers (4), composers (2), writers (2), and soccer players (2),  while most who died were writers (5), companions (2), politicians (2), religious figures (1), and singers (1).

Over the past 100 years, fencers have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Catania, including Paolo Pizzo, Enrico Garozzo, and Rossella Fiamingo. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Catania, including Frederick the Simple, James III of Majorca, and Louis, King of Sicily.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Catania since 1700.