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Venice (ita)

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Venice ranks 36th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Mexico City, San Francisco, and Istanbul. Memorable people born in Venice include Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giacomo Casanova. Memorable people who died in Venice include Marco Polo, Richard Wagner, and Titian. Venice has been the birth place of many politicians, and painters and the death place of many politicians, and painters. Venice is located in Italy.

Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the region of Veneto. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 438 bridges. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 1989, Venice was the birth place of 233 globally memorable people, including Marco Polo, Antonio Vivaldi, and Giacomo Casanova. Additionaly, 227 globally memorable people have passed away in Venice including Marco Polo, Richard Wagner, and Titian.

People Born in Venice

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Venice were politicians (107), painters (33), writers (15), composers (14), and religious figures (13),  while most who died were politicians (102), painters (42), composers (18), writers (15), and religious figures (6).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Venice, including Daniele Scarpa, Giovanna Epis, and Ramzi Bahloul. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Venice, including Enrico Dandolo, Catherine Cornaro, and Peter, King of Hungary.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Venice since 1700.