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Padua (ita)

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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 Giuseppe Colombo, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Erasmo of Narni. Padua has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many religious figures, and painters. 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 Giuseppe Colombo, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Erasmo of Narni.

People Born in Padua

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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), painters (4), composers (4), physicians (4), and politicians (3).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 20 globally memorable people born in Padua since 1700.