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COMO

Most Famous People Born in Como, Italy

Notable people
360
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1932
Most distinctive
Gymnast 11.3×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Como Is Known For

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Football is Como's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (67).

Como over-indexes on gymnast11.3× the global rate.

  1. Football67
  2. Politician38
  3. Writer14
  4. Painter13
  5. Priest12
  6. Architect12
  7. Rower10
  8. Basket9
  1. Gymnast711.3×
  2. Rower107.5×
  3. Architect123.8×
  4. Physicist53.3×
  5. Mathematician63.3×
  6. Sculptor73.0×
  7. Priest122.3×
  8. Basket92.0×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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360 notable people

0001 HISTORIAN

Pliny the Elder

23 - 79

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0002 PHYSICIST

Alessandro Volta

1745 - 1827

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0003 LAWYER

Pliny the Younger

61 - 113

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0004 PRIEST

Pope Innocent XI

1611 - 1689

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0005 ARCHITECT

Antonio Sant'Elia

1888 - 1916

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0006 FOOTBALL

Gianluca Zambrotta

Born 1977

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0007 CIVIL SERVICE

Giorgio Perlasca

1910 - 1992

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0008 PHYSICIAN

Paolo Giovio

1483 - 1552

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0009 WRITER

Massimo Bontempelli

1878 - 1960

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0010 ARCHITECT

Giambattista Nolli

1692 - 1756

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0011 SPORT

Fabio Casartelli

1970 - 1995

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0012 WRITER

Giuseppe Pontiggia

1934 - 2003

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0013 FOOTBALL

Patrick Cutrone

Born 1998

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0014 FOOTBALL

Gigi Meroni

1943 - 1967

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0015 JOURNALIST

Gianni Clerici

Born 1930

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0016 FOOTBALL

Gabriele Oriali

Born 1952

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0017 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Miglio

1918 - 2001

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0018 POLITICIAN

Lucius Verginius Rufus

14 - 97

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0019 SINGER

Gemma Bellincioni

1864 - 1950

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0020 HISTORIAN

Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci

1702 - 1753

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0021 BIOCHEMIST

Francesco Conconi

Born 1935

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0022 FOOTBALL

Paolo Sammarco

Born 1983

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0023 BANK

Corrado Passera

Born 1954

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0024 BUSINESS

Stefano Casiraghi

1960 - 1990

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0025 GENETICIST

Mathilde Krim

1926 - 2018

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0026 FOOTBALL

Eugenio Lamanna

Born 1989

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0027 FENCER

Antonio Spallino

1925 - 2017

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0028 PHILOSOPHER

David Papineau

Born 1947

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0029 POLITICIAN

Nicolò Carandini

1896 - 1972

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0030 MATHEMATICIAN

Matilde Marcolli

Born 1969

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0031 SKATER

Anna Cappellini

Born 1987

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0032 COMPOSER

Floraleda Sacchi

Born 1978

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0033 FOOTBALL

Matteo Bianchetti

Born 1993

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0034 CARDINAL

Benedetto Erba Odescalchi

1679 - 1740

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0035 DRIVER

Max Papis

Born 1969

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0036 PHOTOGRAPHER

Massimo Vitali

Born 1944

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0037 GYMNAST

Erika Fasana

Born 1996

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0038 POET

Carla Porta Musa

1902 - 2012

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0039 PAINTER

Mario Radice

1898 - 1987

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0040 WRITER

Aldo Buzzi

1910 - 2009

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0041 SINGER

Marco Ferradini

Born 1949

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0042 PAINTER

Manlio Rho

1901 - 1957

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0043 MATHEMATICIAN

Carlo Somigliana

1860 - 1955

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0044 PAINTER

Manuel Ortiz de Zárate

1887 - 1946

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0045 RACER

Claudio Corti (motorcyclist)

Born 1987

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0046 ASTRONOMER

Luigi Volta

1876 - 1952

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0047 ARCHITECT

Bartolomeo Bianco

1590 - 1656

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0048 FOOTBALL

Umberto Colombo (footballer)

Born 1933

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0049 SINGER

Carolina Ferni

1839 - 1926

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0050 POLITICIAN

Achille Grandi

1883 - 1946

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0051 FILM

Angelo Rizzoli (1943–2013)

1943 - 2013

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0052 BASKET

Awudu Abass

Born 1993

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0053 ARCHITECT

Lanfranco

Died 3

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0054 ART CRITIC

Luciano Caramel

Born 1935

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0055 ROWER

Giuseppe Sinigaglia

1884 - 1916

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0056 FILM

Piero Ballerini

1901 - 1955

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0057 FOOTBALL

Massimo Mutarelli

Born 1978

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0058 FOOTBALL

Paola Brumana

Born 1982

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0059 JOURNALIST

Aurelio Bianchi-Giovini

1799 - 1862

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0060 ECONOMIST

Rainer Masera

Born 1944

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0061 FOOTBALL

Diego De Ascentis

Born 1976

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0062 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Invernizzi (footballer, born 1963)

Born 1963

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0063 NOVELIST

Mario Benzing

1896 - 1958

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0064 POLITICIAN

Luigi Porro Lambertenghi

1780 - 1860

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0065 GYMNAST

Elisa Meneghini

Born 1997

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0066 PHYSICIST

Giuseppe Cocconi

1914 - 2008

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0067 CONDUCTOR

Sandro Gorli

Born 1948

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0068 ARCHITECT

Anselmo Lurago

1701 - 1765

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0069 BASKET

Liliana Ronchetti

1927 - 1974

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0070 GYMNAST

Laura Vernizzi

Born 1985

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0071 BOBSLED

Jennifer Isacco

Born 1977

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0072 FOOTBALL

Stefano Botta

Born 1986

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0073 WRITER

Francesco Ambrosoli

1797 - 1868

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0074 CRITIC

Barbara Radice

Born 1943

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0075 FOOTBALL

Matteo Mandorlini

Born 1988

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0076 PAINTER

Carla Prina

1912 - 2008

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0077 COMPOSER

Francesco Pasquale Ricci

1732 - 1817

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0078 ARCHITECT

Cesare Cattaneo

1912 - 1943

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0079 COACH

Riccardo Piatti

Born 1958

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0080 PRIEST

Giuseppe Maria Velzi

1767 - 1836

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0081 LINGUIST

Piero Meriggi

1899 - 1982

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0082 POLITICIAN

Emilio Gabaglio

Born 1937

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0083 FOOTBALL

Nicolas Giani

Born 1986

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0084 FILM

Tito Carpi

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0085 PAINTER

Aldo Galli

1906 - 1981

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0086 GYMNAST

Martina Rizzelli

Born 1998

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0087 BASKET

Raffaella Masciadri

Born 1980

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0088 POLITICIAN

Paolo Carcano

1843 - 1918

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0089 GYMNAST

Julieta Cantaluppi

Born 1985

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0090 POLITICIAN

Charles Bianconi

1786 - 1875

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0091 PLAYER

Simone Anzani

Born 1992

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0092 ROWER

Daniele Danesin

Born 1985

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0093 THEATRE

Carlotta Clerici

Born 1965

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0094 GOLDSMITH

Gasparo Molo

1571 - 1640

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0095 NUN

Giovannina Franchi

1807 - 1872

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0096 PAINTER

Giovanni Francesco Marchini

1672 - 1745

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0097 ATHLETIC

Ivana Iozzia

Born 1973

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0098 SWIMMER

Manuela Dalla Valle

Born 1963

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0099 PAINTER

Luigi Borgomainerio

1836 - 1876

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0100 SINGER

Giacomo Vaghi

1901 - 1978

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0101 GUERRILLA

Luigi Canali (partigiano)

1912 - 1945

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0102 HOCKEY

Giovanni Morini

Born 1995

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0103 OFFICER

Vincenzo Camporini

Born 1946

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0104 RACER

Gianni Leoni

1915 - 1951

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0105 AGRONOMIST

Adolf von Liebenberg

1851 - 1922

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0106 FOOTBALL

Katia Coppola

Born 1993

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0107 COMPOSER

Fabius Constable

Born 1973

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0108 FOOTBALL

Mattia Notari

Born 1979

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0109 SKATER

Adelia Marra

Born 1979

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0110 SCULPTOR

Tommaso Malvito

Died 1524

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0111 MILITAR

Felipe Caronti

1813 - 1883

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0112 CONDUCTOR

Renzo Rinaldo Bossi

1883 - 1965

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0113 MUSIC

Luca Princiotta

Born 1982

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0114 WRITER

Paolo Valera

1850 - 1926

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0115 PHOTOGRAPHER

Maurizio Galimberti

Born 1956

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0116 WRITER

Carlo Linati

1878 - 1949

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0117 ACADEMIC

Stefano DellaVigna

Born 1973

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0118 SKATER

Francesca Rio

Born 1990

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0119 PATRIOT

Luigi Dottesio

1814 - 1851

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0120 SPORT

Davide Orrico

Born 1990

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0121 PHOTOGRAPHER

Luisa Lambri

Born 1969

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0122 PHYSICIST

Piero Caldirola

1914 - 1984

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0123 ENGINEER

Marco Somalvico

1941 - 2002

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0124 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Cigalini

1489 - 1551

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0125 POET

Renzo Modesti

1920 - 1993

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0126 MATHEMATICIAN

Ugo Napoleone Giuseppe Broggi

1880 - 1965

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0127 FOOTBALL

Emiliano Mascetti

Born 1943

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0128 PRIEST

Carlo Stefano Anastasio Ciceri

1616 - 1694

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0129 FOOTBALL

Carlo Ferrario

Born 1986

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0130 PRIEST

Marco Galli (cardinal)

1619 - 1683

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0131 SOLDIER

Anton Gioseffo della Torre di Rezzonico

1709 - 1785

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0132 FOOTBALL

Andrea Romanò

Born 1993

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0133 FOOTBALL

Ludovico Moresi

Born 1980

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0134 HISTORIAN

Santo Monti

1855 - 1923

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0135 JOURNALIST

Mauro Leonardi

Born 1959

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0136 FILM

Giorgio Bontempi

Born 1926

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0137 OPERA

Marco Berti

Born 1962

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0138 PLAYER

Costanza Manfredini

Born 1988

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0139 WRITER

Giancarlo Buzzi

1929 - 2015

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0140 WRITER

Arnaldo Cipolla

1877 - 1938

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0141 PRIEST

Giuseppe Olgiati

1660 - 1736

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0142 POLITICIAN

Mario Lucini

Born 1958

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0143 ACTOR

Paolo Civati

Born 1977

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0144 ACTOR

Gil Baroni

1937 - 2020

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0145 KILLER

Sonya Caleffi

Born 1970

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0146 VELOCISTA

Francesca Cola

Born 1973

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0147 POLITICIAN

Chiara Braga

Born 1979

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0148 WRITER

Donato Pirovano

Born 1964

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0149 THEATRE

Pierangelo Summa

1947 - 2015

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0150 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Guidetti

Born 1976

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0151 COMPOSER

Nino Ravasini

1900 - 1980

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0152 ACTOR

Cesare Ferrario

Born 1948

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0153 GOLF

Silvio Grappasonni

Born 1962

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0154 ROWER

Filippo Mondelli

Born 1994

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0155 PAINTER

Benci di Cione

1337 - 1404

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0156 HISTORIAN

Benedetto Giovio

1471 - 1545

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0157 FOOTBALL

Matteo Lanzoni

Born 1988

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0158 ESPERANTIST

Perla Martinelli

Born 1938

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0159 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Gattuso

Born 1968

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0160 PAINTER

Cristoforo Greppi

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0161 FOOTBALL

Alessia Piazza

Born 1998

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0162 SCULPTOR

Giroldo da Como

1225 - 1295

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0163 HISTORIAN

Gianfranco Bianchi

1915 - 1992

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0164 PRIEST

Ulpiano Volpi

1559 - 1629

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0165 COMPOSER

Leopoldo Gamberini

1922 - 2012

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0166 FOOTBALL

Michele Moretti

1908 - 1995

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0167 SKATER

Laura Magitteri

Born 1988

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0168 ATHLETIC

Giuseppe Bernardoni

1897 - 1942

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0169 ACTOR

Emanuele Vezzoli

Born 1958

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0170 ACTOR

Paolo Sesana

Born 1970

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0171 SPORT

Antonio Quadranti

Born 1980

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0172 PRIEST

Giulio Maria Odescalchi

1612 - 1666

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0173 HISTORIAN

Raul Merzario

1946 - 2005

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0174 POLITICIAN

Mauro Guerra

Born 1957

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0175 ARCHITECT

Luigi Tatti

1808 - 1881

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0176 NUMISMATIST

Solone Ambrosoli

1851 - 1906

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0177 SCULPTOR

Gabriele di Battista

Died 1505

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0178 ENTREPRENEUR

Antonio Ratti

1915 - 2002

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0179 ARCHITECT

Pietro Augustoni

1741 - 1815

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0180 PRIEST

Giovanni Pietro Volpi

1585 - 1636

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0181 POLITICIAN

Alessio Butti

Born 1964

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0182 FOOTBALL

Marco Romano (football)

1910 - 1952

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0183 POLITICIAN

Mario Martinelli

1906 - 2001

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0184 PHILOSOPHER

Enrico Caporali

1838 - 1918

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0185 LAWYER

Gabriele Boscetto

Born 1944

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0186 ARCHITECT

Enrico Thanhoffer

Born 1965

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0187 AUTHOR

Ludovico Peregrini

Born 1938

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0188 BOTANIST

Santo Garovaglio

1805 - 1882

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0189 ENTREPRENEUR

Pietro Catelli

1920 - 2006

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0190 WRITER

Girolamo Borsieri

1588 - 1629

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0191 FOOTBALL

Marco Mallus

Born 1982

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0192 ARCHITECT

Joseph di Pasquale

Born 1968

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0193 SWIMMER

Antonio Conelli

1909 - 2003

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0194 ARCHITECT

Enrico Mantero

1934 - 2001

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0195 PAINTER

Emanuele da Como

1625 - 1701

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0196 ROWER

Marianna Barelli

Born 1976

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0197 STATISTICIAN

Attilio Meucci

-

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0198 DRIVER

Andrea Roda

Born 1990

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0199 FOOTBALL

Luca Marelli

Born 1972

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0200 ROWER

Teodoro Mariani

1882 - 1916

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0201 FOOTBALL

Davide Caremi

Born 1984

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0202 SCULPTOR

Rocco di Tommaso da Vicenza

1495 - 1529

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0203 PAINTER

Marco Cingolani

Born 1961

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0204 POET

Giulio Pinchetti

1845 - 1870

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0205 ARTIST

Lucio Leoni

Born 1968

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0206 ROWER

Simone Molteni

Born 1992

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0207 DRIVER

Davide Roda

Born 1972

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0208 PRIEST

Giovanni Rusconi

Died 1412

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0209 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Sallusti

Born 1957

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0210 POLITICIAN

Edoardo Clerici

1898 - 1975

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0211 POLITICIAN

Virginio Bertinelli

1901 - 1973

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0212 BASKET

Corrado Fumagalli (cestista)

Born 1966

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0213 SURGEON

Renzo Pecco

1900 - 1975

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0214 ILLUSTRATOR

Giulio Cisari

1892 - 1979

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0215 PHYSICIST

Giulio Cesare Gattoni

1741 - 1809

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0216 BASKET

Giacomo Maspero

Born 1992

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0217 GEOGRAPHER

Alberto Mori

1909 - 1993

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0218 MATHEMATICIAN

Vincenzo Reina

1862 - 1919

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0219 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Battista Giovio

1748 - 1814

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0220 POLITICIAN

Rolando Picchioni

Born 1936

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0221 ANARCHIST

Maria Roda

1877 - 1958

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0222 JOURNALIST

Antonello Piroso

Born 1960

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0223 COMPOSER

Carlo Carcano (musicista)

Born 1970

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0224 POLITICIAN

Alessandra Locatelli

Born 1976

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0225 FREEDIVER

Paola Tagliabue

Born 1976

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0226 PRIEST

Carlo Rovelli (vescovo)

1740 - 1819

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0227 CONDUCTOR

Alessandro Bares

Born 1970

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0228 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Aliverti

Born 1930

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0229 FOOTBALL

Angelo Luzzani

1896 - 1960

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0230 BASKET

Alberto Angiolini

Born 1973

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0231 PUBLISHER

Alberto Rizzoli

1945 - 2019

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0232 SPORT

Lorenzo Di Silvestro

Born 1970

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0233 EXPLORER

Gian Pietro Porro (esploratore)

1844 - 1886

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0234 WRITER

Carlo Baravalle (scrittore)

1826 - 1900

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0235 AVIATORE

Ennio Tarantola

1915 - 2001

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0236 EQUESTRIAN

Gaetano Ciniselli

1815 - 1881

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0237 EDUCATOR

Pedro Scalabrini

1848 - 1916

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0238 BUSINESS

Remo Ruffini (businessman)

Born 1961

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0239 FOOTBALL

Mario Biondi (calciatore)

Born 1946

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0240 FOOTBALL

Emilio Ostinelli

Born 1979

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0241 POLITICIAN

Mariano Rosati

1879 - 1967

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0242 PATRIOTA

Benigno Bossi (patriota)

1788 - 1870

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0243 GINNASTA

Sofia Busato

Born 2000

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0244 GEOGRAPHER

Enrico Frassi

1836 - 1903

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0245 ROWER

Mattia Trombetta

Born 1974

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0246 BASKET

Franca Ronchetti

1929 - 2018

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0247 FOOTBALL

Giada Oliviero

Born 1993

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0248 FOOTBALL

Francesco Cigardi

Born 1984

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0249 SPRINT

Angelo Sguazzero

Born 1946

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0250 FOOTBALL

Federica Clerici

Born 1994

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0251 POET

Eugenio Cantoni (poeta)

1919 - 1940

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0252 KATHOLISCHER

Giovanni Antonio Volpe

1513 - 1588

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0253 POET

Dario Sala

1912 - 2005

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0254 ARTIST

Davide La Rosa

Born 1980

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0255 FOOTBALL

Chiara Nespoli

Born 1987

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0256 SCULPTOR

Antonio Mangiacavalli

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0257 FOOTBALL

Gianluca Spinelli

Born 1966

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0258 PLAYER

Massimo Dell'Acqua

Born 1979

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0259 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Notari

Born 1972

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0260 CONDOTTIERO

Bianca Pellegrini

1417 - 1480

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0261 ROWER

Gardino Pellolio

Born 1980

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0262 WRITER

Giovanni Cocco

Born 1976

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0263 FOOTBALL

Marcello Tentorio

Born 1943

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0264 OBSTETRICIAN

Paolo Gaifami

1883 - 1944

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0265 PLAYER

Bianca Turati

Born 1997

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0266 MILITAR

Adriano Auguadri

1897 - 1941

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0267 MILITAR

Corrado Venini

1880 - 1916

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0268 GYMNAST

Katia Pietrosanti

Born 1979

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0269 AVIATORE

Antonio Longhini

1918 - 1944

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0270 DANCER

Giona Terzo Ortenzi

Born 1996

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0271 FOOTBALL

Andrea Grieco

Born 1991

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0272 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Saporiti

1863 - 1941

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0273 FOOTBALL

Edoardo Galimberti

Born 1915

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0274 POLITICIAN

Massimo Ferrario

Born 1956

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0275 PLAYER

Maria Magatti

Born 1992

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0276 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Brenna

Born 1939

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0277 MATHEMATICIAN

Giorgio Szegö

1934 - 2020

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0278 FOOTBALL

Alberto Tentardini

Born 1996

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0279 POLITICIAN

Rosalba Benzoni

Born 1942

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0280 POLITICIAN

Maria Carazzi

Born 1943

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0281 FOOTBALL

Gianfranco Gatti

1930 - 2017

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0282 POLITICIAN

Ubaldo De Ponti

1920 - 2011

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0283 MISSING

Marco Antonio Gilmetti

1662 - 1730

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0284 ARCHITECT

Pietro Antonio Corradi

1613 - 1683

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0285 ROWER

Michelangelo Bernasconi

1901 - 1943

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0286 POLITICIAN

Massenzio Masia

1902 - 1944

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0287 AVVOCATO

Paolo Porta

1901 - 1945

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0288 WRITER

Ivano Comi

1953 - 2018

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0289 MILITAR

Carlo Reina

1881 - 1935

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0290 UFFICIALE

Giulio Reiner

1915 - 2002

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0291 POLITICIAN

Stefano Bruni

Born 1961

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0292 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Gandola

Born 1958

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0293 SINGER

Damiano Della Torre

Born 1973

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0294 POLITICIAN

Mario Landriscina

Born 1954

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0295 LINGUIST

Marcello Sensini

Born 1944

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0296 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Ostinelli

Born 1943

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0297 FOOTBALL

Matteo Bogani

Born 1982

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0298 PHYSICIST

Ernesto Casnati

1928 - 2019

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0299 ROWER

Francesco Mattei

Born 1973

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0300 PRIEST

Alberto Mugiasca

1635 - 1694

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