Florence
Florence ranks 32nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Toronto, São Paulo, and Amsterdam. Memorable people born in Florence include Dante Alighieri, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Sandro Botticelli. Memorable people who died in Florence include Clemente Biondetti, Paolo Uccello, and Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi. Florence has been the birth place of many painters, and politicians and the death place of many painters, and politicians. Florence is located in Italy.
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in its metropolitan province as of 2025. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 337 and 2001, Florence was the birth place of 244 globally memorable people, including Dante Alighieri, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Sandro Botticelli. Additionaly, 208 globally memorable people have passed away in Florence including Clemente Biondetti, Paolo Uccello, and Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi.
People Born in Florence
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Dante Alighieri
WRITER
1265 - 1321
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 29
Niccolò Machiavelli
PHILOSOPHER
1469 - 1527
HPI: 90.45
Rank: 174
Sandro Botticelli
PAINTER
1445 - 1510
HPI: 87.24
Rank: 182
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1835
HPI: 87.05
Rank: 36
Giotto
PAINTER
1267 - 1337
HPI: 85.03
Rank: 186
Pope Clement VII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1478 - 1534
HPI: 84.95
Rank: 163
Pope Leo XI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1535 - 1605
HPI: 84.32
Rank: 39
Pope Leo X
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1475 - 1521
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 129
Lorenzo de' Medici
POLITICIAN
1449 - 1492
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 205
Catherine de' Medici
COMPANION
1519 - 1589
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 38
Pope Urban VIII
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1568 - 1644
HPI: 83.69
Rank: 202
Florence Nightingale
PHYSICIAN
1820 - 1910
HPI: 83.23
Rank: 112
People Deceased in Florence
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Clemente Biondetti
RACING DRIVER
1898 - 1955
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Paolo Uccello
PAINTER
1475 - 1475
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1566 - 1607
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 3
Plautilla Nelli
PAINTER
1524 - 1588
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 4
Benedetto da Maiano
SCULPTOR
1442 - 1497
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Giuseppe Giusti
WRITER
1809 - 1850
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Giovanni Caselli
INVENTOR
1815 - 1891
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Vernon Lee
WRITER
1856 - 1935
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Evangelista Torricelli
PHYSICIST
1608 - 1647
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Lorenzo Ghiberti
SCULPTOR
1378 - 1455
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 38
Oriana Fallaci
JOURNALIST
1929 - 2006
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 23
Luca della Robbia
SCULPTOR
1399 - 1482
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 35
Newly Added People Deceased in Florence
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RACING DRIVER
1898 - 1955
HPI: NaN
Rank: 1
Paolo Uccello
PAINTER
1475 - 1475
HPI: NaN
Rank: 2
Benedetto da Maiano
SCULPTOR
1442 - 1497
HPI: NaN
Rank: 5
Giuseppe Giusti
WRITER
1809 - 1850
HPI: NaN
Rank: 6
Giovanni Caselli
INVENTOR
1815 - 1891
HPI: NaN
Rank: 7
Vernon Lee
WRITER
1856 - 1935
HPI: NaN
Rank: 8
Evangelista Torricelli
PHYSICIST
1608 - 1647
HPI: NaN
Rank: 9
Michał Kleofas Ogiński
POLITICIAN
1765 - 1833
HPI: NaN
Rank: 14
Giuseppe Abbati
PAINTER
1836 - 1868
HPI: NaN
Rank: 16
Sergio Cervato
SOCCER PLAYER
1929 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 18
Fernando Atzori
BOXER
1942 - 2020
HPI: NaN
Rank: 19
Ferruccio Valcareggi
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 2005
HPI: NaN
Rank: 20
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Florence were painters (45), politicians (40), religious figures (23), writers (18), and noblemen (12), while most who died were painters (47), politicians (22), writers (18), religious figures (17), and composers (14).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Florence, including Daria Nicolodi, Ilaria Occhini, and Rose McGowan. Whereas, throughout history, painters have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Florence, including Sandro Botticelli, Giotto, and Masaccio.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Florence since 1700.
