Gaetano Pesce (La Spezia, 8 November 1939 - New York, 3 April 2024) was an Italian sculptor, designer and architect. Pesce was one of the leading exponents of Italian design.
Goffredo Mameli was born in Genoa on 5 September 1827 to an Admiral of the Sardinian Navy and the Marchesa Adelaide Zoagli Lomellini. Casa Mameli was frequented by various Genoese intellectuals.
Amerigo Armando Gilberto Govi was an Italian actor. Founder of the Genoese dialect theatre, he is considered one of the symbols of the city of the Lantern.
Jeans originated in the Republic of Genoa. It was reinvented in 1871 as we know it today by the tailor Jacob Davis and patented with Levi Strauss on 20 May 1873.