LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.comune.napoli.it/

Population:
1,000,000

OPERA

Opera	Founded
Teatro di San Carlo	1737

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lord Acton	Historian	10-Jan-1834	19-Jun-1902	British historian
Pasquale Amato	Singer	21-Mar-1878	13-Aug-1942	Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Pope Benedict XIII	Religion	2-Feb-1649	21-Feb-1730	Roman Catholic Pope, 1724-30
Gian Lorenzo Bernini	Sculptor	7-Dec-1598	28-Nov-1680	Baroque sculptor and architect
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli	Doctor	28-Jan-1608	31-Dec-1679	De motu animalium
Enrico Caruso	Singer	25-Feb-1873	2-Aug-1921	Operatic tenor nonpareil
Federico Castelluccio	Actor	29-Apr-1964		Furio on The Sopranos
Vincent Gardenia	Actor	7-Jan-1922	9-Dec-1992	Cher's father in Moonstruck
Carlo Gesualdo	Composer	c. 1560	8-Sep-1613	Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife
Luca Giordano	Painter	18-Oct-1632	3-Jan-1705	Leading Neapolitan painter
Valeria Golino	Actor	22-Oct-1966		Respiro
Pope Innocent XII	Religion	13-Mar-1615	27-Sep-1700	Roman Catholic Pope, 1691-1700
Ruggero Leoncavallo	Composer	8-Mar-1857	9-Aug-1919	Pagliacci
Licia Maglietta	Actor	16-Nov-1954		Bread and Tulips
Riccardo Muti	Conductor	28-Jul-1941		Music Director of La Scala, 1986-2005
Giorgio Napolitano	Head of State	29-Jun-1925		President of Italy
Giambattista della Porta	Scientist	c. 1538	4-Feb-1615	Magia Naturalis
Giuliana Rancic	TV Personality	17-Aug-1975		E! News Anchor
Tony Rosato	Comic	26-Dec-1954	10-Jan-2017	Second City
Renato Ruggiero	Politician	9-Apr-1930	4-Aug-2013	Director-General of the WTO, 1995-99
Gabriele Salvatores	Film Director	30-Jul-1950		I'm Not Scared
Domenico Scarlatti	Composer	26-Oct-1685	23-Jul-1757	Composed 555 sonatas
Bud Spencer	Actor	31-Oct-1929	27-Jun-2016	My Name Is Trinity
Stephen Spinella	Actor	11-Oct-1956		Love! Valour! Compassion!
Totò	Actor	15-Feb-1898	15-Apr-1967	The Hawks and the Sparrows
Massimo Troisi	Actor	19-Feb-1953	4-Jun-1994	Il Postino
Pope Urban VI	Religion	1318	15-Oct-1389	Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1378-89
Victor Emmanuel III	Royalty	11-Nov-1869	28-Dec-1947	King of Italy, 1900-46
Ignazio Visco	Economist	21-Nov-1949		Governor, Bank of Italy
Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia	Royalty	12-Feb-1937		Crown Prince of Italy

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sir Henry Bulwer	Diplomat	13-Feb-1801	23-May-1872	Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Enrico Caruso	Singer	25-Feb-1873	2-Aug-1921	Operatic tenor nonpareil
Francesco Crispi	Head of State	4-Oct-1819	12-Aug-1901	Sicilian patriot, Italian premier
Benedetto Croce	Philosopher	25-Feb-1866	20-Nov-1952	Philosophy of Spirit
Domenichino	Painter	21-Oct-1581	6-Apr-1641	Baroque Italian painter
Francesco Durante	Composer	15-Mar-1684	13-Aug-1755	Pastoral Mass
Antonio Genovesi	Author	1-Nov-1712	22-Sep-1769	Lezioni di Commercio
Artemisia Gentileschi	Painter	1593	1642	Italian Baroque painter
Luca Giordano	Painter	18-Oct-1632	3-Jan-1705	Leading Neapolitan painter
Pope Innocent IV	Religion	?	7-Dec-1254	Roman Catholic Pope, 1243-54
Giacomo Leopardi	Poet	29-Jun-1798	14-Jun-1837	Despairing Italian classical poet
Giovanni Paisiello	Composer	9-May-1740	5-Jun-1816	Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Giambattista della Porta	Scientist	c. 1538	4-Feb-1615	Magia Naturalis
Salvatore Quasimodo	Poet	20-Aug-1901	14-Jun-1968	Acque e terre
José de Ribera	Painter	12-Jan-1588	2-Sep-1652	Spanish-Neapolitan painter
Alessandro Scarlatti	Composer	2-May-1660	24-Oct-1725	Mitridate Eupatore
Heinrich Schliemann	Archaeologist	6-Jan-1822	26-Dec-1890	Discoverer of ancient Troy
Francis Steegmuller	Author	3-Jul-1906	20-Oct-1994	Cocteau: A Biography

Copyright ©2026