Padua
Padua ranks 266th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rochester, New York, Innsbruck, and Calgary. Memorable people born in Padua include Livy, Andrea Palladio, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. Memorable people who died in Padua include Anthony of Padua, Livy, and Giuseppe Tartini. Padua has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many religious figures, and physicians. Padua is located in Italy.
Padua is a city and comune (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, 40 kilometres west of Venice and 29 km southeast of Vicenza. With a population of 207,694 as of 2025, Padua is the third-largest city in Veneto. It is also the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) which has a population of around 2,600,000. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 59 BC and 1995, Padua was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Livy, Andrea Palladio, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. Additionaly, 42 globally memorable people have passed away in Padua including Anthony of Padua, Livy, and Giuseppe Tartini.
People Born in Padua
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Livy
HISTORIAN
59 BC - 17
HPI: 81.96
Rank: 33
Andrea Palladio
ARCHITECT
1508 - 1580
HPI: 80.16
Rank: 26
Bartolomeo Cristofori
INVENTOR
1655 - 1731
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 7
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
EXPLORER
1778 - 1823
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 4
Marsilius of Padua
PHILOSOPHER
1275 - 1342
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 11
Arrigo Boito
WRITER
1842 - 1918
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 5
Antonio Negri
PHILOSOPHER
1933 - 2023
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 9
Riccardo Patrese
RACING DRIVER
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 49
Julius Paulus Prudentissimus
POLITICIAN
190 - 220
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 34
Asconius Pedianus
WRITER
9 BC - 76
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 15
Tullio Levi-Civita
MATHEMATICIAN
1873 - 1941
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 13
Maria Celeste
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1600 - 1634
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 10
People Deceased in Padua
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Anthony of Padua
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1195 - 1231
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 19
Livy
HISTORIAN
59 BC - 17
HPI: 81.96
Rank: 7
Giuseppe Tartini
MUSICIAN
1692 - 1770
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 14
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
PHILOSOPHER
1646 - 1684
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 28
Barbara Strozzi
SINGER
1619 - 1677
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 10
Gabriele Falloppio
BIOLOGIST
1523 - 1562
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 36
Erasmo of Narni
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1370 - 1443
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 34
Leopold Mandić
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1866 - 1942
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 35
Enrico Berlinguer
POLITICIAN
1922 - 1984
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 18
Bernardino Ramazzini
PHYSICIAN
1633 - 1714
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 26
Giovanni Battista Morgagni
PHYSICIAN
1682 - 1771
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 29
Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
POLITICIAN
1652 - 1708
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 33
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Padua were soccer players (10), writers (5), athletes (4), philosophers (3), and politicians (3), while most who died were religious figures (4), physicians (4), painters (4), composers (4), and biologists (3).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Padua, including Francesco Toldo, Alberto Bigon, and Bruno Nicolè. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Padua, including Francesco Toldo, Mario Perazzolo, and Gino Cappello.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 20 globally memorable people born in Padua since 1700.
