Famous People Born In Florence

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 1 Niccolò Machiavelli

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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics

Famous As: Political Philosopher

Birthdate: May 3, 1469

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: June 21, 1527

 2 Catherine de' Medici

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Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: Queen of France

Birthdate: April 13, 1519

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: January 5, 1589

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 3 Dante Alighieri

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Poet

Birthdate: 1265 AD

Died: September 14, 1321

 4 Amerigo Vespucci

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802

Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Discoverer of South America

Birthdate: March 9, 1454

Sun Sign: Pisces

Died: February 22, 1512

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Turin, Italy

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Bologna, Italy

 5 Donatello

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Sculptor

Birthdate: 1386 AD

Died: December 13, 1466

 6 Sandro Botticelli

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: 1445 AD

Died: May 17, 1510

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Genoa, Italy

Palermo, Italy

Verona, Italy

 7 Rose McGowan

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: September 5, 1973

Sun Sign: Virgo

Height: 5'4" (163 cm)

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 8 Guccio Gucci

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Listed In: Fashion

Famous As: Italian Businessman

Birthdate: March 26, 1881

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: January 2, 1953

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Siena, Italy

Pisa, Italy

Modena, Italy

 9 Lorenzo de' Medici

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Leader

Birthdate: January 1, 1449

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: April 8, 1492

 10 Cosimo de' Medici

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Listed In: Business People

Famous As: Banker

Birthdate: April 10, 1389

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: August 1, 1464

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Trieste, Italy

Sicily, Italy

Lucca, Italy

 11 Franco Zeffirelli

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Film Director, Producer

Birthdate: February 12, 1923

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: June 15, 2019

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

 12 Pope Leo X

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31

Listed In: Spiritual & Religious Leaders

Famous As: Pope

Birthdate: December 11, 1475

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: December 1, 1521

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Padua, Italy

Ferrara, Italy

London, England

 13 Maurizio Gucci

1210

Listed In: Fashion

Famous As: Businessman

Birthdate: September 26, 1948

Sun Sign: Libra

Died: March 27, 1995

 14 Giotto

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: 1267 AD

Died: January 8, 1337

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Paris, France

 15 Matteo Renzi

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Prime Minister of Italy

Birthdate: January 11, 1975

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Height: 5'11" (180 cm)

 16 John Singer Sargent

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Artist

Birthdate: January 12, 1856

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: April 14, 1925

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Berlin, Germany

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 17 Piero the Unfortunate

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Politician

Birthdate: February 15, 1472

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Died: December 28, 1503

 18 Antonio Meucci

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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers

Famous As: Inventor of voice-communication apparatus

Birthdate: April 13, 1808

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: October 18, 1889

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 19 Contessina de' Bardi

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Noblewoman

Birthdate: 1390 AD

Died: September 30, 1473

 20 Elsa Peretti

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Listed In: Fashion

Famous As: Jewelry designer, Fashion model

Birthdate: May 1, 1940

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: March 18, 2021

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Moscow, Russia

Boston, Massachusetts

Toronto, Canada

 21 Jean-Baptiste Lully

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Listed In: Musicians

Famous As: Composer

Birthdate: November 28, 1632

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: March 22, 1687

 22 Lorenzo Ghiberti

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Artist

Birthdate: 1378 AD

Died: December 1, 1455

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Sydney, Australia

 23 Beatrice Portinari

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Noblewoman

Birthdate: 1265 AD

Died: June 8, 1290

 24 Cimabue

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: 1240 AD

Died: 1302 AD

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Madrid, Spain

Houston, Texas

Istanbul, Turkey

 25 Roberto Cavalli

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Listed In: Fashion

Famous As: Fashion designer

Birthdate: November 15, 1940

Sun Sign: Scorpio

 26 Cosimo I

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Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: Duke of Florence and Tuscany

Birthdate: June 12, 1519

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: April 21, 1574

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Tokyo, Japan

Munich, Germany

San Francisco, California

 27 Carlo Collodi

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Writer

Birthdate: November 24, 1826

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Died: October 26, 1890

 28 Marella Agnelli

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Noblewoman

Birthdate: May 4, 1927

Sun Sign: Taurus

Died: February 23, 2019

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Montreal, Canada

Melbourne, Australia

Budapest, Hungary

 29 Andrea del Verrocchio

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: 1435 AD

Died: 1488 AD

 30 Paolo Uccello

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: January 5, 1397

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: December 10, 1475

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Hamburg, Germany

Singapore, Singapore

Mumbai, India

 31 Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence

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Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: Duke

Birthdate: July 22, 1510

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: January 6, 1537

 32 Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Duke

Birthdate: May 24, 1671

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: July 9, 1737

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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Atlanta, Georgia

Copenhagen, Denmark

 33 Daria Nicolodi

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: June 19, 1950

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: November 26, 2020

Height: 5'9" (175 cm)

 34 Lucrezia Tornabuoni

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Listed In: Writers

Famous As: Author

Birthdate: June 22, 1427

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: March 25, 1482

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 35 Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Military personnel

Birthdate: September 5, 1771

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: April 30, 1847

 36 George P. Cosmatos

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Film director, Screenwriter

Birthdate: January 4, 1941

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Died: April 19, 2005

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 37 Philip Neri

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Saint

Birthdate: July 21, 1515

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: May 25, 1595

 38 Bianca de' Medici

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Piero di Cosimo de' Medici's Daughter

Birthdate: September 10, 1445

Sun Sign: Virgo

Died: March 31, 1505

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 39 Pope Urban VIII

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Pope

Birthdate: April 5, 1568

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: July 29, 1644

 40 Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Art collector

Birthdate: August 11, 1667

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: February 18, 1743

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 41 Filippo Lippi

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: 1406 AD

Died: October 8, 1469

 42 Robert I, Duke of Parma

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Listed In: Historical Personalities

Famous As: Aristocrat

Birthdate: July 9, 1848

Sun Sign: Cancer

Died: November 16, 1907

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 43 Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Grand duke of Tuscany

Birthdate: March 25, 1541

Sun Sign: Aries

Died: October 19, 1587

 44 Lucrezia Donati

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Noblewomen

Birthdate: 1447 AD

Died: 1501 AD

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 45 Domenico Ghirlandaio

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: painter

Birthdate: June 2, 1448

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: January 20, 1494

 46 Bronzino

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Listed In: Artists & Painters

Famous As: Painter

Birthdate: November 17, 1503

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Died: November 23, 1572

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 47 Emiliano Viviano

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Listed In: Sportspersons

Famous As: association football player

Birthdate: December 1, 1984

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Height: 6'5" (196 cm)

 48 Maddalena de' Medici

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Listed In: Miscellaneous

Famous As: Lorenzo de' Medici's daughter

Birthdate: July 25, 1473

Sun Sign: Leo

Died: December 2, 1528

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 49 Alba Rohrwacher

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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities

Famous As: Actress

Birthdate: February 27, 1979

Sun Sign: Pisces

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

 50 Pope Leo XI

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Listed In: Leaders

Famous As: Pope

Birthdate: June 2, 1535

Sun Sign: Gemini

Died: April 27, 1605

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