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

0301 JUDO

Elena Moretti

Born 1987

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0302 PRIEST

Hippolito Chizzola

1522 - 1565

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0303 FOOTBALL

Ivan Rizzardi

Born 1966

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0304 PRIEST

Mattia Ugoni

1445 - 1535

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0305 FOOTBALL

Pietro Baccolo

Born 1990

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0306 FOOTBALL

Pierluigi Borghetti

Born 1984

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0307 PAINTER

Pietro Avogadro

1667 - 1730

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0308 FENCER

Federico Cervi

Born 1961

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0309 ACTOR

Esther Elisha

Born 1980

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0310 POLITICIAN

Ercole Oldofredi Tadini

1810 - 1877

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0311 RACER

Angelo Copeta

Born 1919

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0312 VOLLEYBALL

Camilla Mingardi

Born 1997

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0313 MUSIC

Paolo Beschi

Born 1953

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0314 PSICOLOGO

Gabriele Calvi

1925 - 2015

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0315 SCULPTOR

Maffeo Olivieri

1484 - 1543

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0316 POLITICIAN

Sergio Moroni

1947 - 1992

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0317 LITERARY

Luigi Piccioni (critico)

1870 - 1955

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0318 PHILOSOPHER

Laura Palazzani

Born 1964

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0319 ENTREPRENEUR

Tommaso Ghirardi

Born 1975

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0320 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Paolo Biagi

Born 1948

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0321 THEOLOGIAN

Alessandro Luzzago

1551 - 1602

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0322 JOURNALIST

Francesca Lancini

Born 1983

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0323 ENGINEER

Carlo Donegani

1775 - 1845

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0324 POET

Lorenzo Gigli

1889 - 1971

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0325 POLITICIAN

Bruno Boni

1918 - 1998

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0326 FOOTBALL

Matteo Alberti

Born 1988

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0327 ENTOMOLOGIST

Gian Maria Ghidini

1911 - 1974

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0328 ACTOR

Alamanno Morelli

1812 - 1893

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0329 FOOTBALL

Matteo Prandelli

Born 1988

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0330 SPORT

Renato Bongioni

Born 1941

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0331 PHYSICIAN

Flaviano Magrassi

1908 - 1974

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0332 COMPOSER

Paolo Ugoletti

Born 1956

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0333 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Bazoli

Born 1969

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0334 ASSIRIOLOGO

Luigi Cagni (storico delle religioni)

1929 - 1998

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0335 RACER

Giuseppe Visenzi

Born 1941

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0336 PAINTER

Santo Calegari

1662 - 1717

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0337 CHOREOGRAPHER

Giulia Volpi

Born 1970

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0338 ENTREPRENEUR

Emilio Gnutti

Born 1947

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0339 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Sorial

Born 1983

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0340 PRESBYTER

São Faustino (santo)

Died 122

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0341 POLITICIAN

Emilio Del Bono

Born 1965

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0342 DIRIGENTE

Renato Mazzoncini

Born 1968

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0343 PAINTER

Eliodoro Coccoli

1880 - 1974

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0344 NOBILE

Marzia Provaglio

1781 - 1859

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0345 FOOTBALL

Giordano Negretti

Born 1962

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0346 GUITAR

Giulio Tampalini

Born 1971

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0347 PAINTER

Oscar Di Prata

1910 - 2006

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0348 CHAMBERLAIN

Luigi Avogadro

Died 1512

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0349 PAINTER

Paolo da Caylina l'Ancien

1420 - 1486

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0350 LAWYER

Francesco Peroni

Born 1961

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0351 ART HISTORIAN

Paolo Bolpagni

Born 1979

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0352 FOOTBALL

Claudio Zappa

Born 1997

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0353 WRITER

Marco Archetti

Born 1976

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0354 WRITER

Alex Rusconi

Born 1975

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0355 COMPOSER

Valerio Bona

1560 - 1620

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0356 FASCISTA

Emiliano Rinaldini

1922 - 1945

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0357 FOOTBALL

Giordano Caini

Born 1969

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0358 PAINTER

Paolo Zoppo

Died 1515

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0359 WRITER

Roberto Paterlini

Born 1981

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0360 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Fè d'Ostiani (politico)

1825 - 1905

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0361 PHILOLOGIST

Gherardo Ugolini

Born 1960

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0362 MISSING

Natalina Capoferri

Born 1992

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0363 ACTOR

Sergio Cosentino

Born 1962

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0364 ARCHITECT

Antonio Tagliaferri

1835 - 1909

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0365 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Zipponi

Born 1955

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0366 PAINTER

Francesco Giugno

1577 - 1621

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0367 ACTOR

Stefania Dadda

Born 1964

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0368 COMPOSER

Luigi Archetti

Born 1955

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0369 POLITICIAN

Stefano Borghesi

Born 1977

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0370 ATHLETIC

Luigi Paterlini

1923 - 1974

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0371 PLAYER

Sara Alberti

Born 1993

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0372 COMPOSER

Teodoro Riccio

1540 - 1600

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0373 PAINTER

Giuseppe Perovani

1765 - 1835

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0374 FRANCISCAN

Francesco Calcagno

1528 - 1550

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0375 POET

Giovanni Cristini

1925 - 1995

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0376 PRIEST

Gianfranco Masserdotti

1941 - 2006

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0377 DRUMMER

Diego Galeri

Born 1968

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0378 NOBLE

Sebastian Maggi

1414 - 1496

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0379 FOOTBALL

Pietro Strada

Born 1969

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0380 PRIEST

Paterius

Died 606

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0381 PAINTER

Domenico Vantini

1765 - 1825

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0382 PRIEST

Pedro José Conti

Born 1949

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0383 FOOTBALL

Alberto Boniotti

Born 1995

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0384 MILITAR

Marziale Cerutti

1895 - 1946

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0385 POLITICIAN

Tiziana Valpiana

Born 1951

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0386 FOOTBALL

Gilberto Zanoletti

Born 1980

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0387 PAINTER

Eleonora Monti

1727 - 1762

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0388 PAINTER

Silvio Consadori

1909 - 1994

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0389 THEATRE

Piero Maccarinelli

Born 1957

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0390 POLITICIAN

Francesco Tabladini

1942 - 2009

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0391 ARTIST

Gabriele Picco

Born 1974

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0392 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Baronchelli

Born 1971

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0393 RUNNER

Roberto Ghidoni

Born 1952

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0394 TRADE UNION

Rosa Pavanelli

Born 1955

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0395 SKIPPER

Pietro Zucchetti

Born 1981

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0396 FOOTBALL

Elisa Zizioli

Born 1984

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0397 SINGER

Giovanni Maria Rubinelli

1753 - 1829

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0398 POLITICIAN

Luigi Lechi

1786 - 1867

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0399 SPORT

Andrea Garosio

Born 1993

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0400 POLITICIAN

Miriam Cominelli

Born 1981

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0401 POLITICIAN

Mario Sberna

Born 1960

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0402 LATINISTA

Giancarlo Mazzoli

Born 1940

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0403 POET

Giulio Uberti

1806 - 1876

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0404 ABATE

Girolamo Martinengo

1504 - 1569

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0405 SCULPTOR

Stefano Lamberti

1482 - 1538

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0406 BASKET

Alessandro Bianchi (cestista)

Born 1977

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0407 WRITER

Gianni Simoni

Born 1938

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0408 PAINTER

Giovita Brescianino

Born 1580

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0409 PAINTER

Cesare Bertolotti

1854 - 1932

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0410 FOOTBALL

Emanuele Bardelloni

Born 1990

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0411 WRITER

Francesco Bettoni Cazzago

1835 - 1898

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0412 FOOTBALL

Mario Montorfano

Born 1961

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0413 PRIEST

Viator of Bergamo

Died 370

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0414 FOOTBALL

Marco Martina Rini

Born 1990

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0415 ARCHITECT

Lodovico Beretta

1518 - 1572

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0416 JOURNALIST

Pierangelo Giovanetti

Born 1964

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0417 FOOTBALL

Stefano Bonometti

Born 1961

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0418 SCULPTOR

Gianni Parziale

Born 1934

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0419 FOOTBALL

Alberto Filippini

Born 1987

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0420 FENCER

Giulia Lorenzoni

Born 1940

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0421 PLAYER

Simone Tiberti

Born 1980

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0422 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Bonoris

1861 - 1923

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0423 MANAGER

Tomaso Tommasi di Vignano

Born 1947

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0424 POLITICIAN

Dolores Abbiati

1927 - 2001

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0425 POET

Fabio Barcellandi

Born 1968

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0426 PAINTER

Modesto Faustini

1839 - 1891

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0427 LAWYER

Peter Gilliéron

Born 1953

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0428 PAINTER

Carlo Frigerio

1763 - 1800

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0429 PAINTER

Achille Glisenti

1848 - 1906

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0430 LAWYER

Ruggero Dipaola

Born 1972

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0431 FOOTBALL

Chiara Baroni

Born 1992

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0432 FOOTBALL

Alberto Dossena

Born 1998

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0433 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Romele

Born 1951

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0434 DESIGNER

Carlo Hauner

1927 - 1996

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0435 PIANIST

Federico Colli

Born 1988

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0436 ORIENTALIST

Marco Marini

1542 - 1594

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0437 POLITICIAN

Marziale Ducos

1868 - 1955

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0438 FOOTBALL

Mattia Altobelli (footballer, born 1983)

Born 1983

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0439 POLITICIAN

Pierangelo Ferrari

Born 1951

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0440 FOOTBALL

Stefano Gori

Born 1996

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0441 PAINTER

Enrico Ragni

1910 - 2002

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0442 PRIEST

Bernardo Maria Carenzoni

1748 - 1811

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0443 CHEF

Iginio Massari

Born 1942

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0444 PLAYER

Sebastiano Dusi

Born 1989

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0445 SINGER

Paolo Cattaneo

Born 1971

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0446 PAINTER

Prospero Rabaglio

Born 1575

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0447 PAINTER

Tommaso Porta

1689 - 1768

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0448 SCULPTOR

Angelo Righetti

1900 - 1972

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0449 PIANIST

Daniele Alberti

Born 1965

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0450 CHRONICLER

Elia Capriolo

Died 1519

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0451 POLITICIAN

Franco Salvi

1921 - 1994

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0452 ARCHITECT

Egidio Dabbeni

1873 - 1964

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0453 FOOTBALL

Ivan Marconi

Born 1989

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0454 THEOLOGIAN

Celso Martinengo

1515 - 1557

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0455 POET

Durante Duranti (poeta)

1718 - 1780

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0456 MILITAR

Carlo Lombardi (Unionist soldier)

1834 - 1865

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0457 POLITICIAN

Alberto Cavalli

Born 1953

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0458 POLITICIAN

Andrea Bonetti

Born 1946

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0459 PREACHER

Serafino Cavalli

1521 - 1578

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0460 POLITICIAN

Leopardo Martinengo

1805 - 1884

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0461 COMPOSER

Luca Tessadrelli

Born 1963

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0462 PLAYER

Roberto Mandelli

Born 1979

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0463 POLITICIAN

Daniele Molgora

Born 1962

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0464 ARCHITECT

Antonio Marchetti (architetto)

1724 - 1791

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0465 POLITICIAN

Stefano Bazoli

1901 - 1981

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0466 TEACHER

Bonaventura Luchi

1700 - 1785

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0467 FOOTBALL

Carlo Albini

1914 - 1976

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0468 REGISTA

Giacomo Colli

1928 - 1994

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0469 PAINTER

Angelo Paglia

1681 - 1763

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0470 FOOTBALL

Evaristo Frisoni

1907 - 1988

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0471 PAINTER

Gaudenzio Botti

1698 - 1775

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0472 SPORT

Stefano Guerrini

Born 1978

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0473 GUERRILLA

Giuseppe Gheda

1925 - 1945

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0474 POLITICIAN

Simone Pillon

Born 1971

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0475 CHESS

Daniele Genocchio

Born 1981

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0476 SINGER

Giovanni Battista Zonca

1728 - 1809

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0477 POLITICIAN

Fausto Massimini

1859 - 1908

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0478 FOOTBALL

Gianmarco Gerevini

Born 1993

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0479 FILM

Giorgio Cavedon

1930 - 2001

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0480 POLITICIAN

Elio Fontana

Born 1941

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0481 POLITICIAN

Livio Tovini

1876 - 1951

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0482 BASKET

Francesco Conti (cestista)

Born 1983

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0483 PAINTER

Vittorio Botticini

1909 - 1978

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0484 POLITICIAN

Ludovico Bettoni

1829 - 1901

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0485 PAINTER

Benedetto Tola

1525 - 1572

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0486 JOURNALIST

Monica Gasparini

Born 1966

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0487 PAINTER

Vincenzo de Barberis

1490 - 1551

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0488 POLITICIAN

Gustavo Bucchia

1810 - 1889

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0489 PAINTER

Agostino Bertelli

1727 - 1776

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0490 COMPOSER

Andrea Amati (compositore)

Born 1977

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0491 FOOTBALL

Pietro Bonetti

1922 - 2012

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0492 POLITICIAN

Pietro Bulloni

1895 - 1950

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0493 SWIMMER

Elena Donati

Born 1974

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0494 GUERRILLA

Giacomo Perlasca

1919 - 1944

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0495 FOOTBALL

Marco Piovanelli

Born 1974

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0496 MOUNTAINEER

Gualtiero Laeng

1888 - 1968

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0497 PAINTER

Giuseppe Fali

1697 - 1772

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0498 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Di Prisco

1917 - 1996

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0499 SCULPTOR

Melchisedech Longhena

1566 - 1616

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0500 FOOTBALL

Mario Ferrari (calciatore)

1926 - 2018

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0501 LETTERARIO

Mario Marcazzan

1902 - 1967

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0502 SINGER

Enrico Ghedi

Born 1966

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0503 POLITICIAN

Federico Bettoni (senatore)

1865 - 1923

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0504 RICERCA

Giovanni Gorno Tempini

Born 1962

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0505 LAWYER

Giacomo Bonicelli

1861 - 1930

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0506 RIDER

Fabio Lenzi

Born 1975

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0507 POLITICIAN

Diogene Valotti

1830 - 1910

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0508 POLITICIAN

Arturo Bendini

1891 - 1944

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0509 SPORT

Fulvio Montini

Born 1914

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0510 PAINTER

Tommaso Bona

Died 1614

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0511 SPORT

Tullio Tinti

Born 1958

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0512 MUSIC

Giuliano Paratico

1550 - 1616

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0513 PHILANTHROPIST

Bruno Beccaria

1915 - 2000

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0514 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Bonometti

Born 1954

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0515 POLITICIAN

Jacques Guillaumin

1802 - 1881

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0516 LAWYER

Bortolo Benedini

1846 - 1904

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0517 ACTOR

Giorgio Zanetti

Born 1962

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0518 JOURNALIST

Silvia Squizzato

Born 1975

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0519 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Gaggiotti

1925 - 2007

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0520 SINGER

Patrizia Giugno

1957 - 1978

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0521 JOURNALIST

Laura Squizzato

Born 1975

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0522 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sebastiano Bontempi

Born 1972

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0523 RAPPER

Frah Quintale

Born 1989

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0524 PRIEST

Filippo da Casaloldo

1240 - 1303

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0525 SKIER

Nicoletta Merighetti

Born 1966

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0526 SPORT

Mario Anni

Born 1943

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0527 ACTOR

Luca Micheletti

Born 1985

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0528 POLITICIAN

Giampiero Beccaria

Born 1944

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0529 FOOTBALL

Claudio Lunini

Born 1966

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0530 COACH

Enrico Casella

Born 1957

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0531 LAWYER

Carlo Bonardi (politico)

1877 - 1957

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0532 PLAYER

Stefano Scanferla

Born 1990

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0533 EQUESTRIAN

Bartolo Ambrosione

Born 1959

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0534 POLITICIAN

Guido Alborghetti

Born 1943

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0535 BASKET

Nicola Minessi

Born 1974

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0536 CARVER

Raffaele da Brescia

1479 - 1539

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0537 POLITICIAN

Pietro Padula

1934 - 2009

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0538 BASKET

Giovanni Veronesi (cestista)

Born 1998

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0539 NOBILE

Franceschina Maggi

Died 1299

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0540 PHYSICIAN

Johannes Matthias Tiberinus

1420 - 1500

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0541 POLITICIAN

Cesare Allegri

1934 - 2020

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0542 MOTOCICLISTA

Giovanni Ravelli

1887 - 1919

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0543 FOOTBALL

Egidio Salvi

Born 1945

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0544 POLITICIAN

Francesco Longo (senatore)

1802 - 1869

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0545 BOTANIST

Carlo Antonio Venturi

1806 - 1864

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0546 POLITICIAN

Simona Bordonali

Born 1971

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0547 FOOTBALL

Matteo Cotali

Born 1997

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0548 PRIEST

Federico Maggi

1278 - 1333

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0549 FOOTBALL

Enrico Nova

1938 - 1998

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0550 FOOTBALL

Ulderico Sacchella

1939 - 1990

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0551 WRITER

Enrico Colombini

Born 1953

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0552 LITERARY

Giuseppe Amoroso

Born 1935

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0553 PHYSICIST

Elisa Resconi

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0554 PAINTER

Gabriel Tola

1525 - 1569

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0555 BASSIST

Carlo Alberto Pellegrini

Born 1967

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0556 FOOTBALL

Luciano Adami

Born 1957

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0557 ENGINEER

Giovanni Bassignani

1669 - 1717

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0558 FOOTBALL

Italo Rebuzzi

Born 1922

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0559 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Bettoni Cazzago

1856 - 1924

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0560 PRIEST

Bartolomeo Averoldi

1413 - 1504

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0561 FOOTBALL

Luigi Zerbio

Born 1961

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0562 ARCHITECT

Luigi Arcioni

1841 - 1918

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0563 POLITICIAN

Corrado da Palazzo

Born 1230

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0564 PRIEST

Deodato Scaglia

1592 - 1659

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0565 POLITICIAN

Costantino Bianchi

1908 - 1965

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0566 DECORATOR

Bernardino Carboni

Died 1779

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0567 FOOTBALL

Paolo Bravo

Born 1974

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0568 COMPOSER

Giovanna Sorbi

1959 - 2018

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0569 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Colosio

Born 1928

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0570 POLITICIAN

Enzo Savarese

Born 1953

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0571 BASKET

Matteo Cavagnini

Born 1974

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0572 ORGANBUILDER

Tito Tonoli

1855 - 1897

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0573 PRIEST

Carlo Domenico Ferrari

1769 - 1846

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0574 JOURNALIST

Federica Balestrieri

Born 1969

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0575 POLITICIAN

Adelio Terraroli

Born 1931

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0576 PLAYER

Alfredo Gavazzi

Born 1950

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0577 SOLDIER

Battista Serioli

1900 - 2007

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0578 REGISTA

Angio Zane

1925 - 2010

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0579 SPORT

Fabio Bordonali

Born 1963

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0580 MAFIOSO

Francesco Franzese (collaboratore di giustizia)

Born 1964

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0581 ENGINEER

Angelo Micheletti

Born 1939

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0582 ENTREPRENEUR

Pietro Wührer

1847 - 1912

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0583 PAINTER

Giorgio Lao

Born 1934

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0584 GINNASTA

Pilar Rubagotti

Born 2000

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0585 AUTHOR

Luisa Righi

Born 1975

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0586 POLITICIAN

Guido Alberini

1938 - 2008

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0587 DEACON

Jovita (santo)

Died 122

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0588 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Mangraviti

Born 1998

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0589 DRIVER

Giuseppe Bugatti

Born 1965

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0590 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Botti

Born 1947

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0591 BASKET

Andrea Petitpierre

Born 1949

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0592 PRIEST

Andrea Benedetto Ganassoni

1734 - 1786

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0593 PHYSICIST

Fabio Pistella

Born 1944

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0594 FOOTBALL

Emilio Farina

Born 1929

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0595 PLAYER

Matteo Appiani

Born 1991

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0596 FOOTBALL

Ardiccio Modena

1879 - 1974

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0597 POLITICIAN

Tartarino Caprioli

1804 - 1891

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0598 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Martinengo di Villagana

1807 - 1867

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0599 COACH

Dario Simoni

Born 1970

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0600 PAINTER

Faustino Joli

1814 - 1876

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