List of people from Genoa
This is a list of people from Genoa , Italy. Genoa is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits.[ 1] Province of Genoa , which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa ,[ 2] [ 3] Italian Riviera .[ 4]
Artists
Architects
Musicians
Carlo Abbate , music theorist and composerFabrizio De André , singer-songwriterPippo Barzizza , composer, arranger, conductor and music directorUmberto Bindi , singer-songwriterAngelo Branduardi , folk singer, moved to Genoa at a young agePerceval Doria , Genoese troubadourSimon Doria , Genoese troubadourBonifaci Calvo , Genoese troubadourLanfranc Cigala , Genoese troubadour, man of lettersIvano Fossati , singer-songwriterDany Franchi , blues guitarist, singer and songwriter[ 5] Beppe Gambetta , guitarist, singer-songwriterLuchetto Gattilusio , Genoese troubadourJacme Grils , Genoese troubadourLuca Grimaldi , Genoese troubadourAngelo Francesco Lavagnino , composerSimone Molinaro , composerNatalino Otto , singerNiccolò Paganini , violinist and musical geniusCalega Panzan , Genoese troubadourGino Paoli , singer-songwriter, moved to Genoa at a young ageGian Franco Reverberi , composer and musicianGian Piero Reverberi , pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and entrepreneurTedua , rapperLuigi Tenco , singer-songwriter, moved to Genoa at a young age
Painters
Enrico Accatino Enrico Accatino , painter, sculptor, designerLuca Cambiaso , painterFra Simone da Carnuli , painterValerio Castello , painterGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione , painterEdoardo Chiossone , engraver and painterGiuseppe Fraschieri , painterGiovanni Battista Gaulli , painterJames Charles Harris , painterAlessandro Magnasco , painterGiovanni Stefano Maia , painterDomenico Piola , painterErnesto Rayper , painter and engraverEmilio Scanavino , painterBernardo Strozzi , painter
Sculptors
Writers
Eugenio Montale Dino Campana , poet, Genoa is a recurring theme of the Dino Campana's poetryGiorgio Caproni , poet, moved to Genoa at a young agePiero Jahier , poet, translator, journalistEugenio Montale , poet, Nobel Prize winnerFernanda Pivano , writer, translator and criticFelice Romani , poet, wrote many librettos for the OperaEdoardo Sanguineti , poet
Other
Business
Entertainment
Vittorio Gassman
Actors
Film production
Explorers
Christopher Columbus Enrico Alberto d'Albertis , explorer and naturalistLuigi D'Albertis , explorer and naturalistJohn Cabot , Genoese explorer and navigatorChristopher Columbus , explorer and navigatorGiacomo Doria , explorer, naturalist, botanistHenry, Count of Malta , Genoese adventurerLancelotto Malocello , explorer and navigatorAntónio de Noli , explorer and navigatorAntoniotto Usodimare , Genoese explorerVandino and Ugolino Vivaldi , Genoese explorers and merchants
Families and noble houses
Military
Andrea Doria Alamanno da Costa , admiralAndrea Doria , condottiero and admiralLamba Doria , Genoese admiral who defeated the Venetians in the Battle of Curzola Guglielmo Embriaco , merchant and military leaderStefanina Moro , resistance member during World War IILuigi Durand de la Penne , naval diver during World War IIRaffaele Rossetti , engineer and military naval officerAthanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie , French royalist, noble, military commander of the Papal Zouaves
Balilla , Genoese boy who started the revolt against the Habsburgs Nino Bixio , patriotGoffredo Mameli , patriot, author of Italian national anthem, Il Canto degli Italiani Giuseppe Mazzini , patriot, politician, journalist, writer, activist
Political
Palmiro Togliatti
Religious
Popes
Science and academia
Franco Malerba Franco Malerba , astronaut, first citizen of Italy to travel to space.Giovanni Battista Baliani , mathematician, physicist and astronomerMassimo Boninsegni , physicistLuigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza , geneticistGermano Celant , art historianLaura Crispini , geologist and Antarctic researcherAlberto Diaspro , physicist and engineerAusonio Franchi , philosopher and editorRiccardo Giacconi , astrophysics, Nobel Prize in PhysicsLorenzo Pareto , geologist and statesmanDavid Veronese , economistValter Longo , biogerontologist and cell biologist
Sport
Federico Chiesa , football playerEzio Borgo , football playerAbramo Canka , basketballerLuigi Cappanera , retired football playerFrancesca Carbone , 400m athleteMaura Fabbri , footballerEmilio Gattoronchieri , footballerOliviero Mascheroni , footballerMattia Monticone , footballerMatteo Rossi , footballerFabio Valente , footballerMario Ventimiglia , footballerAlice D'Amato , artistic gymnastAsia D'Amato , artistic gymnast
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