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

0601 PATRIOTA

Annibale Calini

1892 - 1916

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0602 FOOTBALL

Rinaldo Seri

1928 - 2012

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0603 FOOTBALL

Mauro Marmaglio

Born 1962

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0604 ACTOR

Massimiliano Cutrera

Born 1970

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0605 POLITICIAN

Elena Ferrara

Born 1958

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0606 CRIMINOLOGIST

Carlo Bui

Born 1960

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0607 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Acerboni

1908 - 2010

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0608 DIRIGENTE

Sergio Vignoni

Born 1956

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0609 FOOTBALL

Nicola Luche

Born 1998

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0610 PLAYER

Michela Este

Born 1985

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0611 POLITICIAN

Francesco Tolotti

Born 1952

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0612 BASKET

Gianna Ghirri

Born 1939

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0613 MISSING

Gugliarello Acciaiuoli

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0614 GINNASTA

Nicole Terlenghi

Born 1998

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0615 JOURNALIST

Giusi Legrenzi

Born 1969

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0616 FOOTBALL

Aldo Romano (calciatore)

Born 1931

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0617 PLAYER

Giacomo Zoli

Born 1989

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0618 AVIATORE

Luigi Valotti

1922 - 1941

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0619 PHYSICIAN

Sergio Pecorelli

Born 1944

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0620 PAINTER

Giorgio Duranti

1683 - 1768

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0621 FOOTBALL

Renato Damonti

Born 1950

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0622 PLAYER

Angelo Frigoni

Born 1954

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0623 SINGER

Nicla Di Bruno

1930 - 1997

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0624 MILITAR

Guido Alberto Alfieri

1904 - 1944

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0625 NOBILE

Biancamaria Martinengo

1466 - 1480

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0626 SONGWRITER

Gianluca Firmo

Born 1973

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0627 JOURNALIST

Armando Pizzo

1925 - 2011

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0628 JUGGLER

Gunther Celli

Born 1989

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0629 WRITER

Dino Greco

Born 1952

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0630 SPORT

Christian Scaroni

Born 1997

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0631 FOOTBALL

Alberto Fumagalli

1940 - 2014

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0632 PLAYER

Andrea Magli

Born 1992

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0633 WRITER

Carlo Girelli

1730 - 1816

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0634 POLITICIAN

Carlo Fisogni

1854 - 1936

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0635 FOOTBALL

Stefano Fusari

Born 1983

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0636 ATHLETIC

Antonietta Giongo

Born 1973

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0637 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Legnazzi

1832 - 1904

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0638 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Prevosti

1922 - 2010

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0639 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Franceschetti

1816 - 1845

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0640 PHILANTHROPIST

Giacinto Mompiani

1785 - 1855

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0641 POLITICIAN

Domenico Lo Vasco

1928 - 2020

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0642 PRELATE

Julius Lana

1561 - 1609

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0643 FOOTBALL

Mario Andreis (calciatore)

Born 1916

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0644 BOBSLED

Vittorio Folonari

Born 1915

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0645 PLAYER

Federico Sossi

Born 1983

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0646 PRELATE

Ambrosio Fracassini

1597 - 1663

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0647 FOOTBALL

Berardo Frisoni

1904 - 1976

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0648 MUSIC

Danilo Rigosa

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0649 FOOTBALL

Nicola Piras

Born 1991

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0650 OPERA

Giovanni Paroli

1856 - 1920

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0651 POLITICIAN

Marino Ballini

1827 - 1892

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0652 POLITICIAN

Angelo Passerini

1853 - 1940

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0653 MOUNTAINEER

Umberto Balestreri

1889 - 1933

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0654 OFFICER

Giovanni Martinengo

1763 - 1832

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0655 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Zampedri

1911 - 1943

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0656 MILITAR

Franco Bagna

1921 - 1945

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0657 NOBILE

Tisbe Martinengo

1434 - 1471

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0658 FOOTBALL

Walter Frisoni

Born 1945

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0659 POLITICIAN

Ippolito Fenaroli

1798 - 1862

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0660 POLITICIAN

Angiola Massucco Costa

1902 - 2001

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0661 SINGER

An'Neris

Born 1947

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0662 ARCHITECT

Marcello Ziliani

Born 1963

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0663 SPORT

Rinaldo Capuzzi

1904 - 1991

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0664 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Camadini

1931 - 2012

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0665 FOOTBALL

Luigi Grazioli

1889 - 1917

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0666 SPORT

Lodovico Nulli

Born 1891

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0667 NOBILE

Richilda Ramberti

1269 - 1319

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0668 RIDER

Federica Scolari

Born 1988

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0669 THEOLOGIAN

Gaudenzio da Brescia

1612 - 1672

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0670 MILITAR

Emanuele Cambilargiu

1894 - 1973

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0671 LAWYER

Girolamo Orefici

1867 - 1932

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0672 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Fenaroli Avogadro

1754 - 1802

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0673 FOOTBALL

Gianfelice Schiavone

1935 - 2019

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0674 FOOTBALL

Stefano Perati

Born 1909

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0675 BASKET

Luca Vencato

Born 1995

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0676 LAWYER

Pietro Frugoni (avvocato)

1847 - 1925

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0677 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Federico Fenaroli Avogadro

1827 - 1880

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0678 JOURNALIST

Raffaello Guzman

1905 - 1984

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0679 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Arighini

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0680 FOOTBALL

Remo Vigni

1938 - 2019

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0681 CHESS

Lorenzo Lodici

Born 2000

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0682 PRIEST

Onorio di Brescia

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0683 FOOTBALL

Umberto Ratti

Born 1940

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0684 PALLANUOTISTA

Stefano Guerrato

Born 1997

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0685 SCULPTOR

Alessandro Calegari

1699 - 1765

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0686 FIGLIA

Antonia da Barignano

1399 - 1471

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0687 FOOTBALL

Faustino Ardesi

Born 1921

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0688 FOOTBALL

Luciano Fusari

1928 - 2017

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0689 POLITICIAN

Camillo Martinoni

1878 - 1960

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0690 PAINTER

Bartolomeo Caylina

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0691 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Bonometti

1910 - 1981

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0692 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Battista Lantana

1573 - 1627

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0693 COMPOSER

Enrico Crivelli

1820 - 1870

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0694 FOOTBALL

Bigio Vielmi

1893 - 1963

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0695 FOOTBALL

Menotti Bugna

Born 1909

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0696 GUERRILLA

Aldo Zamorani

1925 - 1945

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0697 POLITICIAN

Dominatore Mainetti

1861 - 1920

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0698 POLITICIAN

Graziella Tossi

Born 1938

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0699 COMPOSER

Walter Beltrami

Born 1974

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0700 FOOTBALL

Mario Maffioli

Born 1909

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0701 DRIVER

Danilo Fappani

Born 1969

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0702 FOOTBALL

Enrico Dall'Era

Born 1897

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0703 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Rizzi

1900 - 1944

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0704 FOOTBALL

Annibale Flori

1896 - 1917

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0705 LAWYER

Giovanni Maria Ubertazzi

1919 - 2005

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0706 FOOTBALL

Eridio Bonardi

1903 - 1975

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0707 POLITICIAN

Laudarengo Martinengo

-

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0708 FOOTBALL

Renato Cervati

1920 - 2004

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0709 COACH

Franco Volpi (atleta)

1936 - 2013

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0710 CHAMBERLAIN

Ventura Fenaroli

Died 1512

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0711 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Facchi

1812 - 1895

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0712 SOLDIER

Giovanni Baptista Chizzola

1641 - 1691

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0713 POLITICIAN

Giovan Battista Formentini

1808 - 1881

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0714 DRIVER

Giulio Regosa

Born 1948

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0715 REVOLUTIONARY

Francesca Lechi

1773 - 1806

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0716 FOOTBALL

Aldo Dusi

1915 - 1985

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0717 PATRIOTA

Giuseppe Barboglio

1838 - 1919

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0718 JOURNALIST

Omar Bellicini

Born 1986

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0719 ENTREPRENEUR

Enrico Ranzanici

1924 - 2007

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0720 ENTREPRENEUR

Achille Bertelli

1855 - 1925

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0721 ENTREPRENEUR

Mario Cervati

1928 - 2012

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0722 RICHTER

Giacomo Chizzola

1502 - 1580

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0723 FOOTBALL

Gino Cavagnini

1918 - 2000

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0724 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Tomasini

Born 1906

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0725 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Bellardi

Born 1903

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0726 HISTORIAN

Ubertino Pusculus

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0727 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Gennari

1921 - 1990

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0728 FOOTBALL

Bruno Bianchi (calciatore 1910)

Born 1910

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0729 POLITICIAN

Paolo Cuzzetti

1855 - 1925

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0730 CONDOTTIERO

Scipione Ugoni

Died 1513

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0731 SCULPTOR

Emilio Magoni

1867 - 1922

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0732 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Gianora

1905 - 1969

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0733 FOOTBALL

Mattia Viviani

Born 2000

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0734 PAINTER

Giuseppe Ariassi

1825 - 1906

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0735 FOOTBALL

Battista Pisa

1894 - 1962

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0736 IMPRESARIO

Annibale Cressoni

1820 - 1881

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0737 FOOTBALL

Gino Bonzi

1911 - 1974

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0738 COMPOSER

Ferruccio Martinelli

1908 - 1989

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0739 FOOTBALL

Remo Bertoni (footballer)

Born 1929

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0740 PLAYER

Carlo Fazzari

Born 1990

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0741 FOOTBALL

Genesio Bozzoni

1904 - 1961

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0742 MILITAR

Brigida Avogadro

-

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0743 FOOTBALL

Andrea Cistana

Born 1997

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0744 PAINTER

Mario Moletti

-

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0745 POLITICIAN

Antonio Maria Avogadro

1500 - 1528

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0746 FOOTBALL

Erminio Reggiani

Born 1911

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0747 FOOTBALL

Bruno Armanini

Born 1922

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0748 PAINTER

Giacomo Stella

-

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0749 ART HISTORIAN

Federico Nicoli Cristiani

1771 - 1839

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0750 FOOTBALL

Pierluigi Magri

Born 1940

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0751 POLITICIAN

Federico Baroschi

Born 1940

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0752 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Vielmi

1883 - 1968

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0753 KARATE

Cristina Restelli

Born 1965

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0754 FOOTBALL

Tommaso D'Attoma

Born 1988

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0755 FOOTBALL

Ezio Bettini

1932 - 2018

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0756 PLAYER

Cristiano Zanoletti

Born 1974

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0757 FOOTBALL

Paolo Perini

1913 - 2001

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0758 FOOTBALL

Libero Gualtieri (calciatore)

1924 - 2013

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0759 BOXER

Santo Amonti

Born 1937

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0760 POLITICIAN

Gianni Boninsegna

1923 - 1993

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0761 PATRIOTA

Giuseppe Bellandi

1833 - 1910

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0762 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Gigola

1767 - 1841

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0763 ANARCHICO

Leandro Sorio

1899 - 1975

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0764 MISSING

Giulio Antonio Averoldi

1651 - 1717

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0765 BASKET

Cristina Carmilla

Born 1966

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0766 POLITICIAN

Francesco Caprioli

1833 - 1916

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0767 GUERRILLA

Ildebrando Vivanti

1926 - 1944

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0768 FOOTBALL

Renato Baiguera

1906 - 1976

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0769 LAWYER

Paolo Baruchelli

1810 - 1872

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0770 RELIGIOUS

Juan Pablo Colonna

Died 1695

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0771 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Marchesi

1947 - 2010

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0772 ARCHITECT

Alfredo Premoli

1876 - 1967

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0773 FOOTBALL

Mario Provaglio

1915 - 1944

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0774 POLITICIAN

Gianni Savoldi

1924 - 2001

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0775 ARCHIVIST

Giuseppe Bonelli

1875 - 1956

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0776 LAWYER

Giovanni Gottardi

1840 - 1915

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0777 LAWYER

Arturo Finadri

1859 - 1924

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0778 OFFICER

Alfredo Fè d'Ostiani

Born 1866

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0779 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Nicolini

1794 - 1870

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0780 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Chiodi

Born 1913

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0781 POLITICIAN

Angelo Martinengo di Villagana

1833 - 1894

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0782 PAINTER

Pietro Antonio Sorisene

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0783 POLITICIAN

Scipione Provaglio

Died 1534

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0784 MUSIC

Pietro Massini

1796 - 1836

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0785 LIBRETTIST

Antonio Piazza (giornalista)

1795 - 1872

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0786 FOOTBALL

Vaifro Goffi

Born 1919

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0787 FOOTBALL

Enrico du Chêne de Vère

1888 - 1976

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0788 PATRIOTA

Giovanni Amistani

1831 - 1907

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0789 ARCHITECT

Antonio Comino

Died 1644

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0790 ORGANBUILDER

Tommaso Vitani da Brescia

-

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0791 PASTORE

Ulisse Martinengo

1545 - 1570

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0792 FOOTBALL

Francesco Galuppini

Born 1993

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0793 LAWYER

Francesco Loda

1936 - 1997

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0794 LETTERARIO

Ettore Caccia

1925 - 1973

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0795 PHYSICIAN

Luigi Rigamonti

-

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0796 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Guarneri (calciatore)

Born 1924

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0797 GUERRILLA

Eugenio Vicentini

Born 1909

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0798 FOOTBALL

Battista Vielmi

1884 - 1951

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0799 FOOTBALL

Piergiacomo Morandi

Born 1912

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0800 ARCHITECT

Agostino Avanzo

1582 - 1663

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0801 DIRIGENTE

Gino Rovetta

1896 - 1965

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0802 ARCHITECT

Stefano Carra

Born 1647

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0803 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Ludovico Luchi

1702 - 1788

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0804 NOBILE

Bartolomeo III Martinengo

1487 - 1558

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0805 POLITICIAN

Manegoldo del Tettuccio

-

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0806 PAINTER

Franco Salvotti

1916 - 2000

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0807 SKIER

Giovanni Gullo

Born 1983

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0808 DOCTOR

Jacobus Malvecius

Died 1430

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0809 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Gei

1944 - 2013

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0810 FOOTBALL

Virgilio Vasconi

1887 - 1963

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