44.9133° N, 8.6198° E

ALESSANDRIA

Most Famous People Born in Alessandria, Italy

Notable people
327
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1913
Most distinctive
Composer 2.5×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Alessandria during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Alessandria Is Known For

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Football is Alessandria's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (72).

Alessandria over-indexes on composer2.5× the global rate.

  1. Football72
  2. Politician40
  3. Painter15
  4. Writer14
  5. Actor14
  6. Composer11
  7. Priest10
  8. Journalist9
  1. Composer112.5×
  2. Engineer52.4×
  3. Officer52.3×
  4. Militar92.3×
  5. Priest102.1×
  6. Football722.0×
  7. Painter151.8×
  8. Journalist91.8×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Alessandria's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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327 notable people

0001 NOVELIST

Umberto Eco

1932 - 2016

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0002 FOOTBALL

Gianni Rivera

Born 1943

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0003 POLITICIAN

Urbano Rattazzi

1808 - 1873

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0004 WRITER

Sibilla Aleramo

1876 - 1960

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0005 ACTOR

Renzo Montagnani

1930 - 1997

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0006 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Faà di Bruno

1825 - 1888

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0007 ACTOR

Marta Gastini

Born 1989

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0008 POLITICIAN

Walter Audisio

1909 - 1973

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0009 SINGER

Little Bob

Born 1945

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0010 PAINTER

Angelo Morbelli

1853 - 1919

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0011 FOOTBALL

Adolfo Baloncieri

1897 - 1986

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0012 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Ferrari

1907 - 1982

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0013 RELIGIOUS

Carlo Carretto

1910 - 1988

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0014 WRITER

Pino Cacucci

Born 1955

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0015 RUNNER

Valeria Straneo

Born 1976

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0016 PAINTER

Giovanni Migliara

1785 - 1837

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0017 WRITER

Roberto Cotroneo

Born 1961

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0018 ACTOR

Milly (actress)

1905 - 1980

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0019 FOOTBALL

Enzo Robotti

Born 1935

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0020 WRITER

Ezekiel the Tragedian

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0021 PHILOLOGIST

Georgius Merula

1430 - 1494

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0022 PLAYER

Matteo Martino

Born 1987

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0023 COMPOSER

Pietro Abbà Cornaglia

1851 - 1894

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0024 MAGISTRAT

Gian Carlo Caselli

Born 1939

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0025 JOURNALIST

Cristina Parodi

Born 1964

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0026 FOOTBALL

Elvio Banchero

1904 - 1982

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0027 MUSIC

Gianni Coscia

Born 1931

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0028 PRIEST

Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli

1740 - 1828

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0029 PAINTER

Giuseppe Vermiglio

1585 - 1635

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0030 JOURNALIST

Mario Giordano

Born 1966

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0031 FENCER

Paolo Milanoli

Born 1969

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0032 PLAYER

Matteo Donati

Born 1995

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0033 POLITICIAN

Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat

1805 - 1873

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0034 RELIGIOUS

Teresa Grillo Michel

1855 - 1944

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0035 PLAYER

Mustapha Kanit

Born 1991

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0036 FILM

Mario Verdone

1917 - 2009

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0037 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Demachi

1732 - 1791

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0038 POLITICIAN

Daniele Viotti

Born 1974

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0039 ACTOR

Totò Mignone

1906 - 1993

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0040 BOBSLED

Mario Armano

Born 1946

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0041 COMPOSER

Aldo Brizzi

Born 1960

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0042 FOOTBALL

Carlo Tagnin

1932 - 2000

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0043 FOOTBALL

Daniele Daino

Born 1979

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0044 MUSIC

Luigi Ferrari Trecate

1884 - 1964

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0045 TEACHER

Farian Sabahi

Born 1967

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0046 ROWER

Elio Morille

1927 - 1998

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0047 DESIGNER

Sergio Sartorelli

1928 - 2009

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0048 SINGER

Alberto Morán

1922 - 1997

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0049 CLARINET

Michele Marelli

Born 1978

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0050 COMPOSER

Mario Migliardi

1919 - 2000

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0051 SCULPTOR

Augusto Rivalta

1837 - 1925

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0052 ARTIST

Franco Donatelli

1924 - 1995

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0053 ARCHBISHOP

Tommaso Maria Ghilini

1718 - 1787

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0054 WRITER

Carlo Salsa

1893 - 1962

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0055 SOLDIER

Emilio Faà di Bruno

1820 - 1866

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0056 POLITICIAN

Edoardo Martino

1910 - 1999

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0057 ACADEMIC

Luciana Stegagno-Picchio

1920 - 2008

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0058 POLITICIAN

Domenico Maselli

1933 - 2016

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0059 PAINTER

Giovanni Mazone

1433 - 1511

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0060 OFFICER

Matteo Albertone

1840 - 1919

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0061 LAWYER

Giulio Claro

1525 - 1575

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0062 PAINTER

Cesare Viazzi

1857 - 1943

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0063 LINGUIST

Riccardo Picchio

1923 - 2011

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0064 SPORT

Giuseppe Rivabella

Died 1913

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0065 SPORT

Giorgio Zancanaro (cyclist)

Born 1940

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0066 PAINTER

Cristoforo De Amicis

1902 - 1987

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0067 PAINTER

Pietro Morando

1889 - 1980

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0068 FOOTBALL

Sean Sogliano

Born 1971

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0069 OFFICER

Louis Léonard Antoine de Colli-Ricci

1760 - 1806

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0070 WRITER

Danilo Arona

Born 1950

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0071 COMPOSER

Giovanni Marradi (musician)

Born 1952

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0072 PRIEST

Giovanni Ferrofino

1912 - 2010

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0073 ACTOR

Vittorina Benvenuti

1884 - 1965

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0074 WRITER

Alessandro Gatti

Born 1975

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0075 PRIEST

Marcian of Tortona

Died 120

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0076 ENGINEER

Umberto Pugliese

1880 - 1961

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0077 RIDER

Giulio Cacciandra

1884 - 1970

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0078 ACTOR

Franz Sala

1886 - 1952

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0079 ARTIST

108 (artist)

Born 1978

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0080 ARTIST

Giacomo Patri

1898 - 1978

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0081 PHILOSOPHER

Armando Plebe

1927 - 2017

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0082 JOURNALIST

Roberto Parodi

Born 1963

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0083 POLITICIAN

Oreste Rossi

Born 1964

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0084 HARPIST

Elena Zaniboni

Born 1939

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0085 FOOTBALL

Aristide Coscia

1918 - 1979

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0086 ENGINEER

Claudio Lombardi

Born 1942

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0087 ATHLETIC

Roberto La Barbera

Born 1967

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0088 FOOTBALL

Renato Cattaneo (footballer, born 1903)

1903 - 1974

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0089 JOURNALIST

Benedetta Parodi

Born 1972

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0090 PAINTER

Achille Peretti (artist)

1857 - 1923

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0091 COMPOSER

Gino Filippini

1900 - 1962

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0092 PAINTER

Pietro Sassi

1834 - 1905

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0093 BUSINESS

Guido Forti

1940 - 2013

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0094 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Sogliano

Born 1942

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0095 HISTORIAN

Adriano Cavanna

1938 - 2002

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0096 SINGER

Claudio Desderi

1943 - 2018

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0097 SINGER

Gilberto Mazzi

1909 - 1978

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0098 FOOTBALL

Cinzio Scagliotti

1911 - 1985

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0099 OPERA

Carlo Broccardi

1877 - 1953

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0100 MILITAR

Francisco de Orozco

1605 - 1668

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0101 PAINTER

Dina Bellotti

1912 - 2003

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0102 ENTREPRENEUR

Ferdinando Maria Perrone

1847 - 1908

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0103 LAWYER

Francesco Pizzetti

Born 1946

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0104 PLAYER

Roberto Lombardi

1950 - 2010

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0105 WRITER

Flavio Santi

Born 1973

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0106 SCREENWRITER

Daniele Segre

Born 1952

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0107 SPRINT

Lorenzo Cellerino

Born 1944

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0108 MANAGER

Marco Patuano

Born 1964

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0109 ACTOR

María Cánepa

1921 - 2006

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0110 PRIEST

Maurilio Silvani

1882 - 1947

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0111 MILITAR

Mario Robotti

1882 - 1955

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0112 ECONOMIST

Libero Lenti

1906 - 1993

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0113 SINGER

Roberta Alloisio

1964 - 2017

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0114 BASKET

Ezio Mantelli

1924 - 2003

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0115 FOOTBALL

Augusto Rangone

1885 - 1970

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0116 POLITICIAN

Edoardo Pollastri

1932 - 2017

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0117 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Guerrieri de Mirafiori

1851 - 1894

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0118 BANK

Fabio Gallia

Born 1963

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0119 HISTORIAN

Luciano Guerci

1941 - 2017

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0120 FOOTBALL

Amilcare Ferretti

Born 1935

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0121 PLAYER

Franco Berni

Born 1965

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0122 MUSIC

Al Rangone

Born 1943

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0123 JOURNALIST

Paolo Giordano (giornalista)

Born 1966

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0124 PROFESSOR

Maria Luisa Doglio

Born 1937

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0125 IMPRESARIO

Giorgio Guazzotti

1928 - 2002

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0126 FOOTBALL

Andrea Viviano

1904 - 1962

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0127 POET

Giovanni Rapetti

1922 - 2014

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0128 PAINTER

Franco Sassi

1912 - 1993

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0129 POLITICIAN

Maria Rita Rossa

Born 1966

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0130 FOOTBALL

Cesare Benedetti (football, 1920-1990)

1920 - 1990

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0131 POLITICIAN

Fabrizio Lazari

1797 - 1860

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0132 SINGER

Maria Jottini

1921 - 2007

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0133 POLITICIAN

Edoardo Angelino

Born 1950

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0134 POLITICIAN

Luigi Della Torre

1861 - 1937

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0135 ACTOR

Alfredo De Antoni

1875 - 1953

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0136 ACTOR

Diego Parassole

Born 1963

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0137 KATHOLISCHER

Giuseppe Faà di Bruno

1815 - 1889

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0138 WRITER

Alex Roggero

Born 1961

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0139 FOOTBALL

Rubens Pasino

Born 1971

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0140 HISTORIAN

Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani

1843 - 1913

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0141 FOOTBALL

Pier Paolo Scarrone

Born 1951

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0142 ACTOR

Cristina Noci

Born 1949

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0143 ECONOMIST

Antonio Piola

1794 - 1868

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0144 ATHLETIC

Roberto Penna

1886 - 1910

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0145 REGISTA

Romolo Siena

1923 - 2004

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0146 ENGINEER

Ernesto Montù

1893 - 1981

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0147 WRITER

Alexander Bonini

1270 - 1314

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0148 FOOTBALL

Oscar Tacchi

Born 1959

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0149 SCREENWRITER

Andrea Denegri

Born 1969

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0150 WRITER

Alessandro Bertante

Born 1969

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0151 PATRIOTA

Andrea Vochieri

1796 - 1833

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0152 THEOLOGIAN

Alessandro Bonino (teologo)

1268 - 1314

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0153 POLITICIAN

Valentino Bobbio

1872 - 1940

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0154 PRELATE

Lorenzo Trotti

1633 - 1700

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0155 THEOLOGIAN

Edoardo Rovida

Born 1927

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0156 PHYSICIAN

Sebastiano Rivolta

1832 - 1893

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0157 ACTOR

Davide Lorino

Born 1972

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0158 FOOTBALL

Mario Pietruzzi

1918 - 2014

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0159 ARCHITECT

Raffaello Giolli

1889 - 1945

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0160 PHYSICIST

Luisa Ottolini

Born 1954

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0161 REGISTA

Luca Ribuoli

Born 1969

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0162 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Gandini (calciatore)

1900 - 1989

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0163 ENGINEER

Luigi Barberis (militare)

1875 - 1946

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0164 ACTOR

Virginia Marini

1844 - 1918

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0165 FOOTBALL

Luigi Milano

1913 - 1990

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0166 POET

Baldassare Taccone

1461 - 1521

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0167 POLITICIAN

Felice Borgoglio

Born 1941

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0168 REINA

Nicolasito Pertusato

1635 - 1710

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0169 PRIEST

Antonino Faà di Bruno (vescovo)

1762 - 1829

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0170 SCULPTOR

Federico Fabiani

1835 - 1914

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0171 FOOTBALL

Mario Celoria

1911 - 1984

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0172 POLITICIAN

Paolo Battistuzzi

1941 - 1998

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0173 FOOTBALL

Edmondo Mornese

1910 - 1962

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0174 POLITICIAN

Ambrogio Belloni

1864 - 1950

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0175 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Alessandro Piola Caselli

1824 - 1910

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0176 POLITICIAN

Teresio Borsalino

1867 - 1939

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0177 POLITICIAN

Valerio Malvezzi

Born 1967

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0178 FOOTBALL

Ettore Banchero

1907 - 1991

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0179 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Cornero

1812 - 1895

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0180 SPORT

Giovanni Meazzo

Born 1928

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0181 DRIVER

Andrea Gilardi

Born 1969

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0182 FOOTBALL

Libero Marchina

1907 - 1986

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0183 COMPOSER

Carlo Alberto Cappa

1834 - 1893

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0184 SPORT

Alberto Ghirardi

1921 - 1987

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0185 PAINTER

Cesare Balbi di Robecco

1854 - 1939

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0186 BASKET

Sandro Trevisan

Born 1973

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0187 PHOTOGRAPHER

Vittore Fossati

Born 1954

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0188 WRITER

Primo Piovesan

1891 - 1945

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0189 FOOTBALL

Mario Fara

1945 - 2005

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0190 ACTOR

Riccardo Alemanni

Born 1997

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0191 COACH

Riccardo Gallia

Born 1969

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0192 MILITAR

Paolo De Maria

1891 - 1968

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0193 FOOTBALL

Antonio Rosti

Born 1993

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0194 POLITICIAN

Fabio De Felice

Born 1927

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0195 MILITAR

Annibale Caretta

1877 - 1918

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0196 SPORT

Ugo Massocco

1928 - 1991

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0197 POLITICIAN

Piercarlo Fabbio

Born 1955

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0198 OFFICER

Renato Piola Caselli

1866 - 1948

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0199 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Brezzi

1878 - 1958

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0200 SEISMOLOGIST

Camillo Crema

1869 - 1950

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0201 DRIVER

Piero Necchi

Born 1951

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0202 FOOTBALL

Luigi Bussetti

Born 1925

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0203 BASKET

Roberto Ricchini

Born 1953

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0204 POLITICIAN

Carlo Ronza

1902 - 1986

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0205 FOOTBALL

Emilio Moretti

Born 1896

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0206 MILITAR

Carlo Sabatini (militare)

1891 - 1969

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0207 CHAMBERLAIN

Gian Galeazzo Trotti

1599 - 1670

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0208 AVIATORE

Dalmazio Birago

1908 - 1935

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0209 MILITAR

Enrico Franchini

1823 - 1887

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0210 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Notti

1908 - 1972

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0211 FOOTBALL

Luciano Delfino

1932 - 2015

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0212 COMPOSER

Jean Massin (Komponist)

Born 1793

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0213 PRIEST

Carlo Ottaviano Guasco

1650 - 1717

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0214 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Grassano

Born 1962

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0215 WRITER

Giuseppe Pesce

1920 - 2009

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0216 POLITICIAN

Carlo Boccassi

1901 - 1990

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0217 BASKET

Ernesto Cima

1953 - 2000

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0218 FOOTBALL

Barbara Di Stefano

Born 1989

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0219 OFFICER

Carlo Giuseppe Piola Caselli

1821 - 1881

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0220 COMPOSER

Slep

Born 1960

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0221 WRITER

Camillo Bruto Bonzi

1887 - 1961

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0222 POET

Annibale Guasco

1540 - 1619

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0223 PRIEST

Ottaviano Guasco (vescovo)

1511 - 1564

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0224 SCULPTOR

Carlo Caniggia

1806 - 1852

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0225 AVIATORE

Domenico Laiolo

1920 - 2002

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0226 DRIVER

Fabiano Vandone

Born 1966

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0227 PRIEST

Andrea Formica

1812 - 1885

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0228 CARDINALE

Tiberio Gambaruti

1571 - 1623

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0229 ENGINEER

Ernesto Ganelli

1901 - 1985

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0230 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Moccagatta

1900 - 1946

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0231 FOOTBALL

Carlo Garbarino

Born 1914

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0232 JOURNALIST

Ezio Sisto

Born 1956

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0233 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Frascara

1858 - 1925

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0234 FOOTBALL

Oscar Lesca

Born 1950

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0235 FOOTBALL

Renato Ferretti

Born 1907

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0236 FOOTBALL

Luciano Robotti

1914 - 1988

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0237 PIANIST

Corrado Carosio

Born 1967

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0238 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Rapetti

1905 - 1959

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0239 SCULPTOR

Luigi Melchiorre

1859 - 1908

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0240 FOOTBALL

Michele Borelli

1909 - 1976

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0241 POLITICIAN

Mara Scagni

Born 1955

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0242 CRITICO

Roberto Lasagna (critico cinematografico)

Born 1967

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0243 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Riccardi

1911 - 1980

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0244 SPORT

Michele Robotti

1890 - 1952

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0245 OFFICER

Angelo Piola Caselli

1819 - 1873

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0246 JOURNALIST

Franco Moccagatta

1926 - 2003

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0247 ARTIST

Amre Heiba

Born 1962

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0248 FOOTBALL

Benedetta Mazzucchetti

Born 1983

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0249 POLITICIAN

Luigi Di Gropello Tarino

1833 - 1904

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0250 MUSIC

Marcello Milanese

Born 1973

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0251 FOOTBALL

Edoardo Avalle

1905 - 1999

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0252 COMPOSER

Pierangelo Fornaro

Born 1970

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0253 FOOTBALL

Luigi Vitto

1919 - 1981

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0254 NOBILE

Simonino Ghilini

Died 1449

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0255 MUSIC

Enzo Conti

Born 1955

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0256 PAINTER

Alberto Caffassi

1894 - 1973

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0257 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cresta

1910 - 1985

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0258 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Daniele Borioli

Born 1957

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0259 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Sacchi

1814 - 1899

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0260 FOOTBALL

Teresio Piana

1918 - 2001

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0261 PRIEST

Agostino Baglione

Died 1571

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0262 ARCHBISHOP

Ottone Ghilini

Died 1239

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0263 NOBILE

Luigi Cuttica di Cassine

Born 1861

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0264 DIRIGENTE

Raffaele Morbelli

1923 - 2017

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0265 ENTOMOLOGIST

Pietro Mansueto Ferrari

1823 - 1893

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0266 FOOTBALL

Mario Orgero

Born 1903

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0267 FOOTBALL

Emiliano Gallione

Born 1974

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0268 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Dossena

1814 - 1899

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0269 FOOTBALL

Mario Autelli

1905 - 2004

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0270 SINGER

Nella Bellero

Born 1945

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0271 FOOTBALL

Teodoro Zanini

1923 - 2006

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0272 MILITAR

Luigi Cigersa

1866 - 1916

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0273 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Ravera

1933 - 2016

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0274 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Grillo (calciatore)

Born 1911

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0275 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Capriolo

1810 - 1872

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0276 FOOTBALL

Mario Chiodi

Born 1896

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0277 RACER

Elena Mandrino

Born 1984

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0278 FOOTBALL

Oreste Tosini

1904 - 1965

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0279 FOOTBALL

Amilcare Baghino

Born 1912

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0280 ENTREPRENEUR

Franco Sellitto

Born 1953

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0281 POET

Enrico Reposi

1913 - 1959

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0282 FOOTBALL

Mario Bernetti

Born 1903

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0283 JOURNALIST

Elvira Badaracco

1911 - 1994

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0284 MILITAR

Giorgio Maggi (militare)

1917 - 1941

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0285 MILITAR

Luigi Toselli

1876 - 1941

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0286 COMPOSER

Gabriele Fallamero

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0287 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Gandini (politico)

Born 1952

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0288 FOOTBALL

Settimo Gastaldi

1910 - 1972

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0289 POLITICIAN

Bruno Fracchia

1926 - 2017

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0290 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Bocchio

Born 1914

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0291 FOOTBALL

Renzo Chiodi

Born 1920

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0292 FOOTBALL

Livio Maccarino

1920 - 1995

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0293 PAINTER

Giorgio Alberino

1575 - 1625

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0294 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Cingoli

1926 - 2005

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0295 BOBSLED

Antonio De Sanctis

Born 1972

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0296 FOOTBALL

Mario Pochettini

Born 1918

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0297 LAWYER

Mario Miscali

Born 1954

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0298 VIOLIN

Franco Claudio Ferrari

1918 - 1995

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0299 LAW

Mario Deveali

Born 1897

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0300 EDUCATOR

Gianni Viazzi

Born 1937

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