page_title: Savona
section_title: People
hierarchical_section_title: Savona / People
caption_attribution_description: Fortezza del Priamar e parte del centro strorico dalle alture Savonesi
context_page_description: Savona is a seaport and comune in the west part of the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
  Savona used to be one of the chief seats of the Italian iron industry, having iron-works and foundries, shipbuilding, railway workshops, engineering shops, and a brass foundry.
  One of the most celebrated former inhabitants of Savona was the navigator Christopher Columbus, who farmed land in the area while chronicling his journeys. 'Columbus's house', a cottage situated in the Savona hills, lay between vegetable crops and fruit trees. It is one of several residences in Liguria associated with Columbus.
context_section_description: Paolo Boselli (1838–1932), Prime Minister of Italy during World War I
  Gianni Baget Bozzo (born 1925), priest and politician
  Susanna Bonfiglio (born 1974), basketball player
  Carlo Aonzo (born 1967), classical mandolinist and composer
  Giacomo Boselli (1744-1808), Rococo-period sculptor of ceramics
  Elenoire Casalegno (born 1976), actress and TV host
  Luis Fernando Centi (born 1976), footballer
  Gabriello Chiabrera (1552–1638), poet
  Christopher Columbus (c. 1450-1506), explorer
  Enrico Cucchi (1965–1996), footballer
  Renato Dossena (born 1987), footballer
  Giulia Dotta (born 1992), professional dancer
  Fabio Fazio (born 1964), TV host
  Giuseppe Ferrerio (1554–1610), Roman Catholic archbishop
  Luca Ferro (born 1978), footballer
  Nando Gazzolo (1928-2015), actor
  Orazio Grassi  (1583-1654), astronomer
  Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654–1709), painter
  Domenico Guidobono (1668-1746), painter
  Pope Julius II (Albisola 1443–1513)
  Michele Marcolini (born 1975), footballer
  Maria Christina of Naples and Sicily (1779–1849), Queen of Sardinia, died in Savona
  Leon Pancaldo (1488 or 1490–1538), explorer
  Christian Panucci (born 1973), footballer
  Sandro Pertini (1896 – 1990) President of the Italian Republic
  Daniela Poggi (born 1956), actress
  Girolamo Riario (1443–1488), lord of Imola and Forlì and one of the plotters behind the 1478 Pazzi Conspiracy
  Pietro Riario (1447–1474), cardinal and Papal diplomat
  Della Rovere noble family that flourished in the 15th century
  Annalisa Scarrone (born 5 August 1985), singer and songwriter
  Renata Scotto (born 1934), opera singer
  Stephan El Shaarawy (born 1992), footballer
  Pope Sixtus IV (Pecorile 1414 - 1484)
  Davide Biale (born 5 April 1994), YouTube personality and bassist
caption: Panorama of Savona and Priamar fortress.
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