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CAGLIARI

Most Famous People Born in Cagliari, Italy

Notable people
379
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1937
Most distinctive
Sprint 8.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Cagliari during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Cagliari Is Known For

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Politician is Cagliari's biggest profession — 21% of all notables (79).

Cagliari over-indexes on sprint8.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician79
  2. Football40
  3. Writer20
  4. Actor18
  5. Painter14
  6. Singer10
  7. Journalist9
  8. Basket9
  1. Sprint58.2×
  2. Boxer64.0×
  3. Basket91.9×
  4. Artist71.8×
  5. Politician791.8×
  6. Film81.7×
  7. Writer201.6×
  8. Militar71.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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379 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Pier Angeli

1932 - 1971

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0002 ACTOR

Caterina Murino

Born 1977

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0003 ACTOR

Amedeo Nazzari

1907 - 1979

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0004 ACTOR

Marisa Pavan

Born 1932

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0005 PRIEST

Lucifer of Cagliari

Died 371

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0006 ECONOMIST

Paolo Savona

Born 1936

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0007 QUEEN

Maria Cristina of Savoy

1812 - 1836

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0008 FILM

Nanni Loy

1925 - 1995

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0009 FOOTBALL

Nicolò Barella

Born 1997

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0010 FOOTBALL

Andrea Cossu (footballer, born 1980)

Born 1980

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0011 PHILOSOPHER

Remo Bodei

1938 - 2019

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0012 POLITICIAN

Oliviero Diliberto

Born 1956

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0013 POET

Fausto Cercignani

Born 1941

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0014 FOOTBALL

Nicola Murru

Born 1994

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0015 ACTOR

Mimmo Palmara

1928 - 2016

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0016 FOOTBALL

Francesco Pisano

Born 1986

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0017 SINGER

Marco Carta

Born 1985

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0018 FOOTBALL

Matteo Mancosu

Born 1984

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0019 ARTIST

Igort

Born 1958

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0020 OPERA

Giovanni Matteo Mario

1810 - 1883

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0021 ACTOR

Gianni Agus

1917 - 1994

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0022 PRIEST

Luigi Amat di San Filippo e Sorso

1796 - 1878

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0023 FOOTBALL

Stefano Guberti

Born 1984

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0024 JOURNALIST

Fausta Cialente

1898 - 1994

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0025 FOOTBALL

Andrea Cocco

Born 1986

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0026 COMPOSER

Ennio Porrino

1910 - 1959

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0027 HISTORIAN

Vicente Bacallar

1669 - 1728

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0028 RAPPER

Vacca (rapper)

Born 1979

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0029 WRITER

Franco Solinas

1927 - 1982

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0030 BIOLOGIST

Giuseppe Brotzu

1895 - 1976

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0031 SINGER

Carmen Melis

1885 - 1965

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0032 PRIEST

Luigi De Magistris (cardinal)

Born 1926

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0033 FOOTBALL

Andrea Pisanu

Born 1982

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0034 FOOTBALL

Raffaele Bianco

Born 1987

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0035 CONDUCTOR

Berto Pisano

1928 - 2002

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0036 CINEMA

Silvano Ippoliti

1922 - 1994

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0037 CINEMA

Aiace Parolin

1920 - 2016

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0038 FOOTBALL

Daniele Ragatzu

Born 1991

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0039 WRITER

Geppi Cucciari

Born 1973

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0040 LAWYER

Sigismondo Arquer

1530 - 1571

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0041 ACTOR

Gloria Milland

Born 1940

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0042 SPORT

Alberto Loddo

Born 1979

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0043 RIDER

Paolo Angioni

Born 1938

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0044 TELEVISION

Giorgia Palmas

Born 1982

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0045 COMPOSER

Franco Pisano

1922 - 1977

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0046 SPRINT

Sandro Floris

Born 1965

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0047 GYMNAST

Francesco Loi

1891 - 1977

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0048 WRITER

Giorgio Todde

1951 - 2020

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0049 PLAYER

Anna Floris

Born 1982

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0050 FOOTBALL

Valentino Lai

Born 1984

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0051 POLITICIAN

Edmondo Sanjust di Teulada

1858 - 1936

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0052 BOXER

Giovanni Zuddas

1928 - 1996

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0053 PHARMACOLOGIST

Gian Luigi Gessa

Born 1932

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0054 FOOTBALL

Marco Mancosu

Born 1988

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0055 POLITICIAN

Ugo Cappellacci

Born 1960

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0056 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Angius

1797 - 1862

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0057 ACTOR

Giancarlo Dettori

Born 1932

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0058 POLITICIAN

Salvatore Pes di Villamarina

1808 - 1877

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0059 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giovanni Coda

Born 1964

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0060 ARCHITECT

Gaetano Cima

1805 - 1878

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0061 SINGER

Bernadette Manca di Nissa

Born 1954

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0062 PAINTER

Giovanni Marghinotti

1798 - 1865

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0063 FOOTBALL

Dimitri Bisoli

Born 1994

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0064 POLITICIAN

Francesco Cocco-Ortu

1842 - 1929

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0065 ANARCHICO

Franco Serantini

1951 - 1972

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0066 ANTROPOLOGO

Francesco Alziator

1909 - 1977

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0067 POLITICIAN

Luigi Zanda

Born 1942

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0068 GEOGRAPHER

Pietro Amat di San Filippo

1826 - 1895

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0069 ACTOR

Francesca Lodo

Born 1982

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0070 MUSIC

Giuseppe Anedda

1912 - 1997

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0071 AGENTE DI POLIZIA

Emanuela Loi

1967 - 1992

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0072 ARTIST

Michele Medda

Born 1962

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0073 FILM

Enrico Pau

Born 1956

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0074 BOXER

Franco Udella

Born 1947

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0075 FOOTBALL

Andrea Capone

Born 1981

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0076 FOOTBALL

Davide Carrus

Born 1979

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0077 WRITER

Gianluca Floris

Born 1964

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0078 COMPOSER

Carlo Pes

1927 - 1999

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0079 WRITER

Joseph Zatrillas Vico

1648 - 1720

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0080 LAWYER

Luigi Crespellani

1897 - 1967

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0081 DIPLOMAT

Ludovico Incisa di Camerana

1927 - 2013

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0082 GYMNAST

Michele Mastromarino

1894 - 1986

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0083 FLAUTIST

Silvia Careddu

Born 1977

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0084 WRITER

Bruno Tognolini

Born 1951

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0085 NEUROSCIENTIST

Erminio Costa

1924 - 2009

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0086 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Pes di Villamarina

1777 - 1852

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0087 ATHLETIC

Eugenio Meloni

Born 1994

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0088 COMPOSER

Marcello Melis

1939 - 1994

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0089 PRIEST

Pier Giuliano Tiddia

Born 1929

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0090 WRITER

Luca Telese

Born 1970

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0091 PRIEST

Saturninus of Cagliari

285 - 304

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0092 JUGE

Constantine II of Cagliari

1100 - 1163

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0093 SPRINT

Nicola Asuni

Born 1973

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0094 PLAYER

Alessandro de Minicis

Born 1963

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0095 POLITICIAN

Paola Pinna

Born 1974

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0096 LAWYER

Carlo Fadda

1853 - 1931

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0097 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Enrico Atzeni

Born 1927

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0098 PROFESSOR

Alberto Boscolo

1920 - 1987

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0099 PAINTER

Pietro Cavaro

Died 1537

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0100 POLITICIAN

Giulia Moi

Born 1971

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0101 FOOTBALL

Claudio Pani

Born 1986

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0102 POLITICIAN

Efisio Cugia

1818 - 1872

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0103 BOXER

Manuel Cappai

Born 1992

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0104 OFFICER

Luigi Efisio Marras

1888 - 1991

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0105 WRITER

Francesco Abate

Born 1964

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0106 POLITICIAN

Massimo Zedda

Born 1976

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0107 WRITER

Piergiorgio Pulixi

Born 1982

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0108 SWIMMER

Francesca Deidda

Born 1992

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0109 SPRINT

Anna Rita Angotzi

Born 1967

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0110 PAINTER

Carlo Chessa

1855 - 1912

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0111 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Flores D'Arcais

1849 - 1927

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0112 JOURNALIST

Tito Stagno

Born 1930

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0113 SCIENTIST

Efisio Marini

1835 - 1900

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0114 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Maria Bellu

Born 1957

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0115 ARCHITECT

Celestino Soddu

Born 1945

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0116 WRITER

Vincenzo Sulis

1758 - 1834

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0117 LAWYER

Giovanni Siotto Pintor

1805 - 1882

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0118 LAWYER

Bruno Inzitari

Born 1948

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0119 ENTREPRENEUR

Massimo Cellino

Born 1956

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0120 ATHLETIC

Davide Cadoni

Born 1973

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0121 POLITICIAN

Ottone Bacaredda

1849 - 1921

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0122 DIPLOMAT

Renato Prunas

1892 - 1951

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0123 SINGER

Giusy Devinu

1960 - 2007

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0124 ARTIST

Vanna Vinci

Born 1964

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0125 POLITICIAN

Andrea Vallascas

Born 1975

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0126 POLITICIAN

Emilio Floris

Born 1944

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0127 ATHLETIC

Antonio Ambu

Born 1936

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0128 PRINCESS

Ippolita Ludovisi

1663 - 1733

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0129 PRODUCER

Giulio Favero

Born 1974

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0130 HISTORIAN

Annarita Buttafuoco

1951 - 1999

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0131 ART HISTORIAN

Cristiana Collu

Born 1969

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0132 FILM

Gianfranco Cabiddu

Born 1953

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0133 TEACHER

Mario Giulio Fara

1880 - 1949

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0134 ESSAYIST

Giulio Paulis

Born 1947

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0135 ACADEMIC

Giuseppe Meloni

Born 1947

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0136 ENGINEER

Pasquale Mistretta

Born 1932

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0137 POLITICIAN

Luisella Albanella

Born 1954

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0138 ARCHITECT

Ubaldo Badas

1904 - 1985

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0139 POLITICIAN

Piergiorgio Massidda

Born 1956

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0140 POLITICIAN

Pierpaolo Vargiu

Born 1957

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0141 BIBLIOGRAPHER

Fortunato Pintor

1877 - 1960

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0142 POLITICIAN

Emanuela Corda

Born 1974

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0143 POLITICIAN

Andrea Raggio

1929 - 2013

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0144 COMPOSER

Lucio Garau

Born 1959

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0145 PAINTER

Filippo Figari

1885 - 1973

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0146 POLITICIAN

Alberto Castoldi

1848 - 1922

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0147 FILM

Giorgio Ansoldi

1913 - 1999

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0148 SCREENWRITER

Mario Sequi

Born 1910

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0149 SINGER

Angelo Romero

Born 1940

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0150 FOOTBALL

Enrico Cotza

Born 1988

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0151 WRITER

Maurizio Salabelle

1959 - 2003

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0152 OPERA

Piero Schiavazzi

1875 - 1949

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0153 SCULPTOR

Italo Antico

Born 1934

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0154 JOURNALIST

Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris

Born 1952

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0155 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Capponi

1893 - 1936

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0156 WRITER

Alberto Melis

Born 1957

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0157 BOXER

Fortunato Manca

1934 - 2008

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0158 ACTOR

Jacopo Cullin

Born 1982

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0159 CHOREOGRAPHER

Giulia Staccioli

Born 1964

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0160 SINGER

Ilaria Porceddu

Born 1987

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0161 ACADEMIC

Paolo Delogu

Born 1940

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0162 FOOTBALL

Martino Melis

Born 1973

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0163 ACTOR

Mario Corte

1878 - 1967

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0164 WRITER

Luciano Marrocu

Born 1948

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0165 MILITAR

Pietro Pintor

1880 - 1940

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0166 EDITOR

Nicola Grauso

Born 1949

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0167 POLITICIAN

Federico Palomba

Born 1937

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0168 SPORT

Francesco Giorgi (judoka)

Born 1970

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0169 RESEARCH

Antonio Cao

1929 - 2012

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0170 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Filippo Vivanet

1836 - 1905

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0171 POLITICIAN

Mario Floris

Born 1937

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0172 BASKET

Daniele Soro

Born 1975

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0173 BASKET

Lidia Oppo

Born 1988

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0174 WRITER

Antonio Romagnino

1917 - 2011

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0175 ARTIST

Massimo Dall'Oglio

Born 1973

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0176 PAINTER

Anna Marongiu

1907 - 1941

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0177 MAGISTRAT

Luigi Lombardini

1935 - 1998

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0178 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Motzo

1930 - 2002

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0179 WRITER

Nicola Lecca

Born 1976

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0180 POLITICIAN

Francesco Cocco Ortu (1912)

1912 - 1969

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0181 DRIVER

Luca Moro

1973 - 2014

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0182 FOOTBALL

Marcello Mancosu

Born 1992

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0183 ART HISTORIAN

Carlo Aru

1881 - 1954

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0184 OFFICER

Enrico Adami Rossi

1880 - 1963

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0185 FOOTBALL

Federico Serra

Born 1997

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0186 ACTOR

Gianluca Medas

Born 1962

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0187 MODEL

Franca Dall'Olio

Born 1945

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0188 POLITICIAN

Ignazio Aymerich di Laconi

1808 - 1881

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0189 PAINTER

Primo Sinopico

1889 - 1949

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0190 BIOLOGIST

Alberto Campana

Born 1947

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0191 SAGGISTA

Marcello Polastri

Born 1978

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0192 POLITICIAN

Enrico Carboni

1906 - 1993

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0193 MISSIONARY

Joseph Toronto

1818 - 1883

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0194 REGISTA

Enrico Pitzianti

Born 1967

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0195 POLITICIAN

Mariano Delogu

1933 - 2016

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0196 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Pazzaglia

1927 - 1997

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0197 JOURNALIST

Davide Cova

1891 - 1947

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0198 POLITICIAN

Gian Franco Anedda

1930 - 2020

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0199 AVIATOR

Mario Aramu

1900 - 1940

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0200 LAWYER

Ludovico Baille

1764 - 1839

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0201 LITERARY

Raffa Garzia

1877 - 1938

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0202 ATHLETIC

Francesco Pretti

1903 - 1988

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0203 WRITER

Elisabetta Vernier

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0204 EXPLORER

Ignacio Molarja

1610 - 1658

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0205 BASKET

Claudio Velluti

Born 1939

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0206 ACTOR

Clara Murtas

Born 1950

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0207 PLAYER

Clara Podda

Born 1951

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0208 FOOTBALL

Nicola Lai

Born 1986

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0209 POLITICIAN

Christian Solinas

Born 1976

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0210 POLITICIAN

Andrea Mura

Born 1964

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0211 FOOTBALL

Sebastiano Pinna

Born 1971

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0212 POLITICIAN

Gianni Marilotti

Born 1953

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0213 FOOTBALL

Ignazio Carta

Born 1991

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0214 JOURNALIST

Vincenzo Brusco Onnis

1822 - 1888

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0215 POLITICIAN

Italo Stagno

1902 - 1947

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0216 ARTIST

Gigi Piras

Born 1965

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0217 SINGER

Elisabetta Scano

Born 1966

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0218 PLAYER

Angelo Binaghi

Born 1960

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0219 POLITICIAN

Jaime Masones de Lima

1696 - 1778

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0220 WRITER

Roberta Pili

Born 1968

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0221 POLITICIAN

Paolo De Magistris

1925 - 1998

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0222 FILM

Giancarlo Planta

Born 1953

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0223 POLITICIAN

Massimo Fantola

Born 1948

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0224 POLITICIAN

Raffaele Sanna Randaccio

1896 - 1968

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0225 BASKET

Federica Brunetti

Born 1988

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0226 LAWYER

Francesco Macis

Born 1936

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0227 ARTIST

Pietro Sedda

Born 1969

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0228 PAINTER

Gaetano Brundu

1936 - 2015

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0229 SINGER

Pierpaolo Bibbò

Born 1954

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0230 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Macciotta

Born 1940

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0231 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Giovanni Manca (fumettista)

1889 - 1984

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0232 MILITAR

Agostino Castelli

1799 - 1848

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0233 FILM

Gianclaudio Cappai

Born 1976

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0234 SCULPTOR

Ignazio Fresu

Born 1957

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0235 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Maria Angioy (politico)

1909 - 2000

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0236 BOXER

Salvatore Fanni

Born 1964

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0237 CONQUISTADOR

Leonardo Gribeo

1510 - 1580

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0238 CITTADINO

Aldo Scardella

1961 - 1986

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0239 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Falconi

1817 - 1900

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0240 BIOLOGIST

Bernardo Loddo

1926 - 1979

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0241 POLITICIAN

Elettra Deiana

Born 1941

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0242 POLITICIAN

Ugo Manunta

1902 - 1988

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0243 POLITICIAN

Angelo Lai

1920 - 2018

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0244 POLITICIAN

Alessandra Giudici

Born 1955

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0245 ACTOR

Emanuele Secci

Born 1968

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0246 PLAYER

Filippo Candio

Born 1984

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0247 POLITICIAN

Roberto Cotti

Born 1961

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0248 ACTOR

Massimiliano Medda

Born 1964

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0249 PUBLISHER

Pasquale Prunas

1924 - 1985

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0250 ENTREPRENEUR

Sergio Porcedda

Born 1959

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0251 ILLUSTRATORE

Guido Masala

Born 1973

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0252 PRESENTER

Giorgio Porrà

Born 1960

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0253 PAINTER

Jean-Baptiste Marat

1704 - 1783

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0254 BOXER

Piero Rollo

1927 - 2001

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0255 PAINTER

Federico Sirigu

1925 - 1999

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0256 FILM

Matteo Pedani

Born 1966

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0257 CONDUCTOR

Luigi Rachel

1879 - 1949

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0258 SCIENTIST

Luca Pani

Born 1960

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0259 POLITICIAN

Luigi Pintor

1882 - 1925

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0260 OPERA

Rino Loddo

1927 - 1988

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0261 POLITICIAN

Enrico Carboni Boy

1851 - 1925

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0262 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Soro

1913 - 2010

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0263 PLAYER

Luca Francesconi (pallavolista)

Born 1983

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0264 PHYSICIAN

Ugo Carcassi

1921 - 2016

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0265 ATHLETIC

Rossana Morabito

Born 1969

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0266 FOOTBALL

Antonio Congiu

Born 1936

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0267 BASKET

Mario Vascellari

Born 1951

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0268 WRITER

Cristian Mannu

Born 1977

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0269 FOOTBALL

Pierluigi Corellas

Born 1972

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0270 GUERRILLA

Silvio Serra

1923 - 1945

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0271 POLITICIAN

José Delitala y Castelvì

1627 - 1703

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0272 BASKET

Antonello Restivo

Born 1975

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0273 ARTIST

Mario Atzori

Born 1963

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0274 MILITAR

Alberto Riva Villa Santa

1900 - 1918

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0275 SPORT

Angelo Locci

Born 1962

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0276 POLITICIAN

Sasso Deidda

Born 1976

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0277 MUSIC

Giampaolo Loddo

Born 1930

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0278 POLITICIAN

Michele Carta Mameli

1836 - 1907

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0279 ARCHITECT

Flavio Scano

1896 - 1952

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0280 BASKET

Cinzia Zanotti

Born 1964

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0281 FOOTBALL

Sandro Loi

Born 1960

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0282 PAINTER

Valerio Pisano

1910 - 1996

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0283 JOURNALIST

Alessandra Balletto

Born 1975

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0284 POLITICIAN

Gioacchino Boyl

1815 - 1892

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0285 FOOTBALL

Alessio Cossu

Born 1986

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0286 WRITER

Luigi Piloni

1907 - 1991

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0287 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Loffredo

1870 - 1956

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0288 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Dessì

Born 1947

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0289 ENGINEER

Stanislao Fadda

1846 - 1912

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0290 MISSING

Santa Suina

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0291 SINGER

Irene Nonis

Born 1975

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0292 BASKET

Stefania De Michele

Born 1971

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0293 FOOTBALL

Mariolino Congiu

1913 - 1978

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0294 POLITICIAN

Guido De Martini

Born 1956

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0295 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Rachel

1858 - 1937

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0296 POLITICIAN

Manuela Serra

Born 1971

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0297 POLITICIAN

Francesco Pintus

1929 - 2014

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0298 POLITICIAN

Carlo Mannoni

Born 1946

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0299 PRIEST

Giorgio di Suelli

Died 1117

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0300 JOURNALIST

Pietro Ciuffo

1891 - 1956

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