45.5389° N, 10.2203° E

BRESCIA

Most Famous People Born in Brescia, Italy

Notable people
810
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1921
Most distinctive
Driver 3.6×

Lombard workshop energy: the Painter and Sculptor benches carry the Romanino-Moretto Cinquecento tradition, the Composer cluster hums along in Benedetto Marcello country, and the Driver tally is pure Mille Miglia — the race started and finished here for half the twentieth century.

Through the Centuries

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

What Brescia Is Known For

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Football is Brescia's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (141).

Brescia over-indexes on driver3.6× the global rate.

Brescia under-produces actor — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football141
  2. Politician96
  3. Painter73
  4. Composer31
  5. Priest27
  6. Sport27
  7. Player19
  8. Lawyer16
  1. Driver93.6×
  2. Painter733.4×
  3. Entrepreneur82.9×
  4. Composer312.9×
  5. Priest272.3×
  6. Sculptor122.3×
  7. Sport272.0×
  8. Architect141.9×
  1. Actor150.3×
  2. Writer120.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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810 notable people

0001 FOOTBALL

Andrea Pirlo

Born 1979

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0002 MATHEMATICIAN

Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia

1499 - 1557

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0003 RACER

Giacomo Agostini

Born 1942

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0004 PIANIST

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

1920 - 1995

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0005 FOOTBALL

Daniele Bonera

Born 1981

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0006 CHAMBERLAIN

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

1417 - 1468

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0007 MONK

Arnold of Brescia

1100 - 1155

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0008 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Zanardelli

1826 - 1903

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0009 ACTOR

Erika Blanc

Born 1942

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0010 MATHEMATICIAN

Benedetto Castelli

1578 - 1643

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0011 COMPOSER

Antonio Bazzini

1818 - 1897

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0012 PAINTER

Romanino

1485 - 1566

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0013 ARTIST

Lorenzo Mattotti

Born 1954

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0014 FOOTBALL

Michele Canini

Born 1985

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0015 CARDINAL

Giovanni Battista Re

Born 1934

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0016 PHILOSOPHER

Emanuele Severino

1929 - 2020

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0017 FILM

Mario Cecchi Gori

1920 - 1993

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0018 SOVEREIGN

Rothari

606 - 652

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0019 PAINTER

Girolamo Savoldo

1480 - 1548

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0020 SOVEREIGN

Desiderius

Died 786

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0021 PAINTER

Francesco Filippini

1853 - 1895

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0022 POLITICIAN

Guido Carli

1914 - 1993

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0023 JESUIT

Francesco Lana de Terzi

1631 - 1687

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0024 HUMANIST

Laura Cereta

1469 - 1499

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0025 COMPOSER

Biagio Marini

1594 - 1663

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0026 FOOTBALL

Davide Calabria

Born 1996

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0027 FOOTBALL

Aimo Diana

Born 1978

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0028 SCREENWRITER

Silvano Agosti

Born 1938

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0029 FOOTBALL

Alberto Grassi

Born 1995

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0030 BASKET

Sergio Scariolo

Born 1961

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0031 PAINTER

Bonifacio Bembo

1420 - 1480

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0032 FOOTBALL

Arturo Lupoli

Born 1987

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0033 FOOTBALL

Marco Cassetti

Born 1977

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0034 POET

Helvius Cinna

-85 - -44

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0035 FENCER

Andrea Cassarà

Born 1984

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0036 SINGER

L'Aura

Born 1984

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0037 PAINTER

Girolamo Muziano

1528 - 1592

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0038 JESUIT

Giulio Alenio

1582 - 1649

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0039 FOOTBALL

Federico Agliardi

Born 1983

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0040 BASKET

Pietro Aradori

Born 1988

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0041 ARTIST

Francesco Vezzoli

Born 1971

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0042 LUTHIER

Giovanni Paolo Maggini

1580 - 1632

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0043 SCREENWRITER

Agenore Incrocci

1919 - 2005

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0044 FOOTBALL

Dario Marcolin

Born 1971

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0045 FOOTBALL

Paolo Castellini

Born 1979

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0046 COMPOSER

Vincenzo Capirola

1474 - 1548

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0047 COMPOSER

Giovanni Battista Fontana (composer)

1589 - 1630

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0048 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Scipio Sighele

1868 - 1913

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0049 PRIEST

Gaudentius of Brescia

327 - 410

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0050 FOOTBALL

Roberto De Zerbi

Born 1979

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0051 FOOTBALL

Ottavio Bianchi

Born 1943

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0052 COMPOSER

Carlo Francesco Pollarolo

1653 - 1723

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0053 FOOTBALL

Nicola Pavarini

Born 1974

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0054 ACTOR

Zoe Incrocci

1917 - 2003

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0055 PLAYWRIGHT

Pietro Chiari

1712 - 1785

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0056 WRITER

Gerolamo Rovetta

1851 - 1910

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0057 FOOTBALL

Antonio Filippini

Born 1973

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0058 LAWYER

Albertanus of Brescia

1190 - 1270

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0059 PRESBYTER

Giovanni Battista Piamarta

1841 - 1913

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0060 SPORT

Nicola Ruffoni

Born 1990

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0061 FOOTBALL

Emanuele Filippini

Born 1973

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0062 JUDO

Ezio Gamba

Born 1958

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0063 ACTOR

Camilla Filippi

Born 1979

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0064 FOOTBALL

Ivano Bonetti

Born 1964

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0065 BASKET

Marco Solfrini

1958 - 2018

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0066 SPORT

Davide Martinelli

Born 1993

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0067 CONDOTTIERO

Malatesta Novello

1418 - 1465

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0068 FOOTBALL

Dario Bonetti

Born 1961

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0069 COMPOSER

Giovanni Tebaldini

1864 - 1952

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0070 FOOTBALL

Roberto Guana

Born 1981

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0071 PAINTER

Faustino Bocchi

1659 - 1742

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0072 PAINTER

Angelo Inganni

1807 - 1880

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0073 SPORT

Fausto Bertoglio

Born 1949

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0074 SAINT

Stephana de Quinzanis

1457 - 1530

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0075 PRIEST

Gianfrancesco Gambara

1533 - 1587

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0076 CRYPTOGRAPHER

Giovan Battista Bellaso

Born 1505

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0077 PRESBYTER

Lodovico Pavoni

1784 - 1849

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0078 PRIEST

Arcangelo Tadini

1846 - 1912

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0079 SPORT

Marco Velo

Born 1974

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0080 MANAGER

Vittorio Colao

Born 1961

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0081 SKIER

Daniela Merighetti

Born 1981

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0082 CARDINAL

Giovanni Andrea Archetti

1731 - 1805

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0083 PRIEST

Maria Crocifissa di Rosa

1813 - 1855

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0084 PHILOSOPHER

Carlo Lottieri

Born 1960

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0085 PAINTER

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia

1460 - 1523

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0086 PUBLISHER

Paganino Paganini

1450 - 1538

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0087 SPORT

Enrico Zaina

Born 1967

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0088 SWIMMER

Giorgio Lamberti

Born 1969

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0089 OFFICER

Teodoro Lechi

1778 - 1866

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0090 ARTIST

Guglielmo Achille Cavellini

1914 - 1990

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0091 FOOTBALL

Mario Rigamonti

1922 - 1949

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0092 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Cimaroli

1687 - 1771

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0093 ARCHITECT

Rodolfo Vantini

1792 - 1856

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0094 PAINTER

Floriano Ferramola

1480 - 1528

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0095 THEOLOGIAN

Pietro Tamburini

1737 - 1827

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0096 HISTORIAN

Giammaria Mazzucchelli

1707 - 1765

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0097 RELIGIOUS

Maria Maddalena Martinengo

1687 - 1737

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0098 ACTOR

Ezio Marano

1927 - 1991

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0099 PRIEST

Tito Speri

1825 - 1853

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0100 SPORT

Mario Chiesa (cyclist)

Born 1966

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0101 PLAYER

Anna Danesi

Born 1996

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0102 ACTOR

Stefano Cassetti

Born 1974

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0103 PRIEST

Francesco Beschi

Born 1951

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0104 SPORT

Iuri Filosi

Born 1992

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0105 NOBLE

Ansa, Queen of the Lombards

Died 774

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0106 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Antonio Galignani

1757 - 1821

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0107 FOOTBALL

Matteo Serafini

Born 1978

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0108 COMPOSER

Pietro Chiarini

1717 - 1765

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0109 ENGRAVER

Pietro Anderloni

1784 - 1849

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0110 WRITER

Asvero Gravelli

1904 - 1956

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0111 GYMNAST

Sofia Lodi

Born 1998

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0112 CHESS

Sabino Brunello

Born 1989

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0113 ACTOR

Renato Chiantoni

1906 - 1979

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0114 COMPOSER

Paris Francesco Alghisi

1666 - 1733

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0115 RACER

Franco Battaini

Born 1972

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0116 FOOTBALL

Simone Dallamano

Born 1983

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0117 WORLD WAR

Silvio Scaroni

1893 - 1977

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0118 KAYAK

Giovanni De Gennaro (canoeist)

Born 1992

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0119 PRIEST

Uberto Gambara

1489 - 1549

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0120 FOOTBALL

Oscar Damiani

Born 1950

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0121 CONDUCTOR

Riccardo Frizza

Born 1971

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0122 RACER

Lorenzo Zanetti

Born 1987

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0123 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cagni

Born 1950

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0124 SPORT

Nicola Loda

Born 1971

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0125 GYMNAST

Paolo Salvi

1891 - 1945

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0126 PAINTER

Benedetto Bembo

1423 - 1489

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0127 COMPOSER

Costanzo Antegnati

1549 - 1624

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0128 FOOTBALL

Evaristo Beccalossi

Born 1956

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0129 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Mario Palmieri

1899 - 1994

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0130 SWIMMER

Marco Belotti

Born 1988

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0131 PAINTER

Giuseppe Zola

1675 - 1744

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0132 PAINTER

Francesco Paglia

1636 - 1714

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0133 PAINTER

Francesco Monti (il Brescianino)

1646 - 1712

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0134 PAINTER

Luigi Basiletti

1780 - 1859

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0135 MODEL

Vittoria Ceretti

Born 1998

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0136 MUSIC

Claudio Sartori

1913 - 1994

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0137 TEACHER

Ernesta Bittanti Battisti

1871 - 1957

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0138 POET

Omar Pedrini

Born 1967

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0139 POET

Cesare Arici

1782 - 1836

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0140 PAINTER

Cesare Monti (painter)

1891 - 1959

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0141 RACER

Gianluigi Scalvini

Born 1971

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0142 BASKET

Carlo Caglieris

Born 1951

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0143 ENGINEER

Eugenio Miozzi

1889 - 1979

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0144 SWIMMER

Paolo Bossini

Born 1985

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0145 GYMNAST

Umberto Zanolini

1887 - 1973

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0146 THEOLOGIAN

Bartholomew of Brescia

1200 - 1258

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0147 MUSIC

Ugo Orlandi

Born 1958

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0148 COMPOSER

Fiorenzo Maschera

1540 - 1584

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0149 COMPOSER

Antonio Pollarolo

1676 - 1746

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0150 DRIVER

Aymo Maggi

1903 - 1961

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0151 SINGER

Adriana Maliponte

Born 1938

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0152 PLAYER

Luca Margaroli

Born 1992

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0153 PAINTER

Ottavio Amigoni

1606 - 1661

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0154 SPORT

Fabrizio Bontempi

Born 1966

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0155 SPORT

Stefano Faustini

Born 1968

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0156 FOOTBALL

Stefano Minelli

Born 1994

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0157 PAINTER

Pietro Scalvini

1718 - 1792

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0158 BISHOP

Cesare Mazzolari

1937 - 2011

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0159 FOOTBALL

Roberto Cortellini

Born 1982

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0160 GYMNAST

Giovanni Mangiante

1893 - 1967

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0161 GYMNAST

Lorenzo Mangiante

1891 - 1936

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0162 PAINTER

Antonio Paglia

1680 - 1747

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0163 SPORT

Alessandro Tonelli

Born 1992

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0164 FOOTBALL

Marco Ambrosio

Born 1973

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0165 MATHEMATICIAN

Ramiro Rampinelli

1697 - 1759

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0166 SINGER

Umberto Napolitano

Born 1947

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0167 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Paghera

Born 1991

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0168 COMPOSER

Benedetto Vinaccesi

1666 - 1719

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0169 POLITICIAN

Marcus Nonius Macrinus

Died 1

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0170 MISSIONARY

Giovanni Fausti

1899 - 1946

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0171 POLITICIAN

Davide Caparini

Born 1967

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0172 PAINTER

Filippo Zaniberti

1585 - 1636

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0173 ATHLETIC

Laurent Ottoz

Born 1970

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0174 BANK

Giovanni Bazoli

Born 1932

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0175 FOOTBALL

Penelope Riboldi

Born 1986

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0176 PAINTER

Angelo Everardi

1647 - 1680

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0177 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Bracesco

1481 - 1555

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0178 FENCER

Attilio Calatroni

Born 1950

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0179 GYMNAST

Luigi Contessi

1894 - 1967

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0180 RELIGIOUS

Michelangelo Luchi

1744 - 1802

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0181 PAINTER

Paolo Caylina the Younger

1485 - 1545

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0182 COMPOSER

Giovanni Ghizzolo

1580 - 1625

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0183 ANATOMIST

Francesco Aglietti

1757 - 1836

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0184 OFFICER

Pietro Frugoni

1851 - 1940

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0185 PAINTER

Giovanni da Asola

1512 - 1531

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0186 CHESS

Roberto Messa

Born 1957

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0187 COMPOSER

Giulio Taglietti

1660 - 1718

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0188 DRIVER

Christian Pescatori

Born 1971

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0189 DRIVER

Alessio Lorandi

Born 1998

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0190 CARICATURIST

Andrea Mutti

Born 1973

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0191 RACING

Claudio Langes

Born 1961

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0192 PRIEST

Calocerus

Died 121

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0193 PAINTER

Giovanni Antonio Capello

1669 - 1741

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0194 SPY

Eugenio De Rossi

1863 - 1929

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0195 ACTOR

Oscar Andriani

1905 - 1987

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0196 POLITICIAN

Massimo Mucchetti

Born 1953

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0197 PAINTER

Camillo Ballini

1540 - 1592

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0198 HISTORIAN

Camillo Ugoni

1784 - 1855

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0199 FOOTBALL

Sergio Viotti (footballer)

Born 1990

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0200 ENGRAVER

Faustino Anderloni

1766 - 1847

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0201 JOURNALIST

Nadia Toffa

1979 - 2019

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0202 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Battista Carboni

1725 - 1790

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0203 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giuseppe Orefici

Born 1946

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0204 ARTIST

Mario Rossi (dessinateur)

Born 1963

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0205 POET

Lorenzo Gambara

1495 - 1585

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0206 OPERA

Domenico Crivelli

1793 - 1856

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0207 PLAYER

Massimo Bonomi

Born 1967

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0208 RACECAR

Franco Comotti

1906 - 1963

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0209 PAINTER

Lodovico Gallina

1752 - 1787

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0210 SINGER

Virginia Guerrini

1871 - 1948

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0211 DRIVER

Andrea Dallavilla

Born 1969

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0212 POLITICIAN

Lodovico Montini

1896 - 1990

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0213 PHILOSOPHER

Vincenzo Maggi

1498 - 1564

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0214 PENCILLER

Giancarlo Olivares

Born 1967

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0215 DRIVER

Alessandro Zampedri

Born 1969

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0216 PRIEST

Petronax of Monte Cassino

670 - 747

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0217 SPORT

Fausto Dotti

Born 1968

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0218 FOOTBALL

Renato Gei

1921 - 1999

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0219 ACTOR

Elena Grimaldi

Born 1983

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0220 SCULPTOR

Antonio Calegari

1698 - 1777

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0221 OPERA

Gaetano Crivelli

1768 - 1836

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0222 POLITICIAN

Paola Carinelli

Born 1980

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0223 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Antonio Emanueli

1816 - 1894

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0224 PRIEST

Berardo Maggi

1240 - 1308

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0225 POLITICIAN

Ferdinando Alberti

Born 1982

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0226 PHYSICIAN

Cesare Frugoni

1881 - 1978

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0227 MATHEMATICIAN

Fortunato of Brescia

1701 - 1754

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0228 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Romano

1918 - 1965

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0229 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Fenaroli Avogadro

1760 - 1825

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0230 FOOTBALL

Elisa Mele

Born 1996

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0231 CRIMINOLOGIST

Lorenzo Tenchini

1852 - 1906

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0232 RACER

Cristiano Migliorati

Born 1968

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0233 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giovanni Labus

1775 - 1853

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0234 VIOLIN

Giovanni Battista Vivaldi

1655 - 1736

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0235 SPORT

Damiano Cima

Born 1993

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0236 RESEARCH

Marco Micheli

Born 1983

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0237 ARCHITECT

Gasparo Antonio Turbini

1728 - 1802

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0238 CIRCUS

Antonet

1872 - 1935

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0239 PSYCHOLOGIST

Silvia Vegetti Finzi

Born 1938

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0240 FOOTBALL

Alberto Quadri

Born 1983

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0241 WRITER

Giuseppe Nicolini (writer)

1788 - 1855

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0242 SPORT

Maurizio Arrivabene

Born 1957

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0243 CURATOR

Maurizio Bortolotti

Born 1961

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0244 ESSAYIST

Luigi De Marchi (psicologo)

1927 - 2010

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0245 MATHEMATICIAN

Alberto Tognoli

Born 1937

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0246 ATHLETIC

Patrick Ottoz

Born 1971

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0247 COMPOSER

Luigi Mancia

1658 - 1708

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0248 POLITICIAN

Luigi Morgano

Born 1951

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0249 PIANIST

Emanuele Maniscalco

Born 1983

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0250 POLITICIAN

Dionigi Coppo

1921 - 2003

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0251 COMPOSER

Pietro Pompeo Sales

1729 - 1797

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0252 PAINTER

Andrea Toresani

1727 - 1760

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0253 ECONOMIST

Girolamo Francesco Cristiani

1731 - 1811

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0254 SPORT

Imerio Cima

Born 1997

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0255 PLAYWRIGHT

Luigi Scevola

1770 - 1819

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0256 PRELATE

Altobello de Averoldi

1468 - 1531

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0257 COMPOSER

Vincenzo Pallavicini

Died 1766

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0258 POET

Angelo Canossi

1862 - 1943

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0259 JUMPER

Alessandro Bettoni Cazaggo

1892 - 1951

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0260 PLAYER

Davide Bianchetti

Born 1977

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0261 PAINTER

Tommaso Sandrino

1575 - 1630

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0262 WRITER

Camilla Baresani

Born 1961

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0263 MUSIC

Stefano Scarampella

1843 - 1925

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0264 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Conti

Born 1947

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0265 PAINTER

Francesco Savani

1723 - 1772

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0266 COMPOSER

Gregorio Turini

1560 - 1600

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0267 DRIVER

Alberto Cerqui

Born 1992

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0268 PAINTER

Camillo Rama

1586 - 1627

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0269 ACADEMIC

Luigi Bonelli (orientalista)

1865 - 1947

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0270 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Zonca

1715 - 1772

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0271 PAINTER

Antonio Gandino

1560 - 1631

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0272 PAINTER

Pietro Marone

1548 - 1625

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0273 POLITICIAN

Giampiero Borghini

Born 1943

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0274 PAINTER

Domenico Bruni

1591 - 1666

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0275 SPORT

Michele Gaia

Born 1985

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0276 COMPOSER

Paolo Virchi

1551 - 1610

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0277 POLITICIAN

Giulio Arrighini

Born 1962

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0278 ARTIST

Gigi Simeoni

Born 1967

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0279 PAINTER

Ottavio Viviani

1579 - 1641

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0280 PRIEST

Carlo Manziana

1902 - 1997

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0281 MILITAR

Alessandro Monti (patriota)

1818 - 1854

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0282 SINGER

Guidone (cantante)

Born 1938

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0283 PAINTER

Raffaello del Brescianino

Died 1545

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0284 PHILOSOPHER

Giulio Sirenio

1553 - 1593

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0285 POLITICIAN

Adriano Paroli

Born 1962

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0286 PRESBYTER

Ottorino Marcolini

1897 - 1978

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0287 PRIEST

Muzio Calini

1525 - 1570

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0288 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Venturi

Born 1957

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0289 PRODUCER

Gianfranco Bortolotti

Born 1959

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0290 SCULPTOR

Prospero Antichi

1555 - 1599

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0291 POLITICIAN

Ugo Da Como

1869 - 1941

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0292 SPORT

Maria Cressari

Born 1943

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0293 COMPOSER

Angelo Maria Benincori

1779 - 1821

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0294 POET

Bartolomeo Dotti

1651 - 1713

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0295 PLAYER

Marco Molteni

Born 1976

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0296 LAWYER

Gregorio Gitti

Born 1964

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0297 PRIEST

Calogero Marino

Born 1955

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0298 LAWYER

Giuseppe Frigo

1935 - 2019

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0299 MATHEMATICIAN

Domenico Cocoli

1747 - 1812

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0300 MATHEMATICIAN

Giambattista Suardi

1711 - 1767

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