45.1333° N, 10.0333° E

CREMONA

Most Famous People Born in Cremona, Italy

Notable people
405
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1888
Most distinctive
Luthier 318.8×
Through the Centuries

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

What Cremona Is Known For

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Football is Cremona's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (65).

Cremona over-indexes on luthier318.8× the global rate.

  1. Football65
  2. Painter60
  3. Politician37
  4. Priest20
  5. Writer18
  6. Composer12
  7. Luthier8
  8. Sport7
  1. Luthier8318.8×
  2. Canoe68.1×
  3. Painter605.6×
  4. Philosopher53.5×
  5. Priest203.4×
  6. Rower53.4×
  7. Composer122.2×
  8. Architect61.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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405 notable people

0001 OPERA

Claudio Monteverdi

1567 - 1643

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0002 GUITAR

Antonio Stradivari

1644 - 1737

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0003 FILM

Ugo Tognazzi

1922 - 1990

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0004 PAINTER

Sofonisba Anguissola

1535 - 1625

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0005 FOOTBALL

Gianluca Vialli

Born 1964

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0006 POLITICIAN

Publius Quinctilius Varus

-46 - 9

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0007 LINGUIST

Gerard of Cremona

1114 - 1187

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0008 LUTHIER

Giuseppe Guarneri

1698 - 1744

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0009 FOOTBALL

Antonio Cabrini

Born 1957

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0010 PRIEST

Ascanio Sforza

1455 - 1505

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0011 MATHEMATICIAN

Eugenio Beltrami

1835 - 1900

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0012 ECONOMIST

Carlo Cottarelli

Born 1954

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0013 ACADEMIC

Realdo Colombo

1516 - 1559

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0014 PRESBYTER

Anthony Maria Zaccaria

1502 - 1539

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0015 LUTHIER

Nicola Amati

1596 - 1684

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0016 EMPEROR

Enzo of Sardinia

1220 - 1272

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0017 NOBLE

Ippolita Maria Sforza

1446 - 1484

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0018 PRESBYTER

Primo Mazzolari

1890 - 1959

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0019 PAINTER

Vincenzo Campi

1536 - 1591

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0020 MATHEMATICIAN

Luigi Guido Grandi

1671 - 1742

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0021 POLITICIAN

Leonida Bissolati

1857 - 1920

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0022 INVENTOR

Juanelo Turriano

1500 - 1585

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0023 POET

Marco Girolamo Vida

1485 - 1566

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0024 PAINTER

Altobello Melone

1491 - 1543

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0025 PAINTER

Donato Creti

1671 - 1749

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0026 PAINTER

Giulio Campi

1502 - 1572

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0027 PAINTER

Lucia Anguissola

1536 - 1565

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0028 LUTHIER

Andrea Amati

1505 - 1577

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0029 BLOGGER

Chiara Ferragni

Born 1987

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0030 SAINT

Saint Homobonus

1117 - 1197

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0031 COMPOSER

Costanzo Porta

1529 - 1601

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0032 PAINTER

Antonio Campi

1524 - 1587

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0033 PHYSICIAN

Gaspare Aselli

1581 - 1625

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0034 WRITER

Sandrone Dazieri

Born 1964

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0035 ORGANIST

Francesco Bianchi (composer)

1752 - 1810

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0036 FOOTBALL

Simone Romagnoli

Born 1990

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0037 PAINTER

Camillo Boccaccino

1505 - 1546

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0038 SINGER

Aldo Protti

1920 - 1995

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0039 COMPOSER

Giulio Cesare Monteverdi

1573 - 1630

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0040 SCULPTOR

Alceo Dossena

1878 - 1937

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0041 FOOTBALL

Aristide Guarneri

Born 1938

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0042 HISTORIAN

Sicard of Cremona

1155 - 1215

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0043 PAINTER

Margherita Caffi

1647 - 1710

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0044 LUTHIER

Pietro Guarneri

1695 - 1762

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0045 PAINTER

Agostino Aglio

1777 - 1857

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0046 PAINTER

Panfilo Nuvolone

1581 - 1651

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0047 POET

Marcus Furius Bibaculus

Born -73

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0048 PAINTER

Galeazzo Campi

1475 - 1536

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0049 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Trotti

1555 - 1619

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0050 CARDINAL

Pietro Vidoni

1610 - 1681

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0051 LUTHIER

Carlo Bergonzi (luthier)

1683 - 1747

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0052 PRIEST

Francesco Sfondrati

1493 - 1550

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0053 WRITER

Corrado Stajano

Born 1930

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0054 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Pizzoni

1894 - 1958

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0055 FRIAR

Ascelin of Lombardy

Died 1247

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0056 FILM

Adriano Bolzoni

1919 - 2005

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0057 LAWYER

Alfenus Varus

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0058 ENGINEER

Leonardo Torriani

1559 - 1628

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0059 PAINTER

Girolamo da Cremona

1430 - 1483

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0060 ORGANIST

Benedetto Pallavicino

1551 - 1601

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0061 SINGER

Caterina Galli

1723 - 1804

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0062 COMPOSER

Tiburtio Massaino

1540 - 1610

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0063 FOOTBALL

Michele Arcari

Born 1978

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0064 FOOTBALL

Michele Cremonesi

Born 1988

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0065 POLITICIAN

Costantino Lazzari

1857 - 1927

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0066 WRITER

Gabriele Faerno

1510 - 1561

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0067 PAINTER

Giuseppe Bottani

1717 - 1784

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0068 FOOTBALL

Luigi Turci

Born 1970

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0069 MUSIC

Andrea Guarneri

1626 - 1698

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0070 PHILOSOPHER

Mauro Ceruti

Born 1953

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0071 LUTHIER

Antonio Amati

1540 - 1638

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0072 ART HISTORIAN

Mina Gregori

Born 1924

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0073 POLITICIAN

Carlo Favagrossa

1888 - 1970

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0074 PAINTER

Antonio Cicognara

1480 - 1500

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0075 FOOTBALL

Mauro Bonomi

Born 1972

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0076 LIBRARIAN

Gaetano Cesari

1870 - 1934

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0077 PHILOLOGIST

D’Arco Silvio Avalle

1920 - 2002

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0078 PRIEST

Ignazio Michele Crivelli

1698 - 1768

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0079 PAINTER

Vespasiano Bignami

1841 - 1929

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0080 CLARINET

Luigi Bassi (clarinetist)

1833 - 1871

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0081 PAINTER

Cesare Baglioni

1545 - 1615

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0082 PHILOLOGIST

Francesco Novati

1859 - 1915

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0083 POLITICIAN

Michele Salvati

Born 1937

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0084 PHILOLOGIST

Angelo Monteverdi

1886 - 1967

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0085 THEOLOGIAN

Roland of Cremona

1178 - 1259

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0086 PAINTER

Angelo Massarotti

1653 - 1723

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0087 ROWER

Bruno Boni

1915 - 2003

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0088 LIBRETTIST

Giacomo Francesco Bussani

1640 - 1680

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0089 PRIEST

Ignazio Giovanni Cadolini

1794 - 1850

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0090 SPORT

Diego Ferrari

Born 1970

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0091 FOOTBALL

Erminio Favalli

1944 - 2008

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0092 ARCHITECT

Alessandro Capra

Born 1620

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0093 PRIEST

Desiderio Scaglia

1567 - 1639

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0094 POLITICIAN

Ettore Sacchi

1851 - 1924

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0095 VIOLIN

Pietro Giovanni Guarneri

1655 - 1720

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0096 WRITER

Danilo Montaldi

1929 - 1975

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0097 PAINTER

Giovanni Angelo Borroni

1684 - 1772

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0098 FILM

Maria Basaglia

1912 - 1998

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0099 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Giovanni Boggi

1770 - 1832

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0100 ROWER

Nicola Sartori

Born 1976

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0101 LEPIDOPTERIST

Giuseppe Sigismondo Ala Ponzone

1761 - 1842

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0102 ENGRAVER

Giovanni Beltrami (1770-1854)

1779 - 1854

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0103 PAINTER

Sergio Tarquinio

Born 1925

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0104 PRIEST

Giovanni de Surdis Cacciafronte

1125 - 1184

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0105 SCULPTOR

Luigi Secchi

1853 - 1921

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0106 PUBLISHER

Francesco Lucca

1802 - 1872

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0107 PAINTER

Elena Anguissola

1532 - 1584

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0108 PAINTER

Gallo Gallina

1796 - 1874

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0109 LAWYER

Joannes Bassianus

Died 1197

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0110 PAINTER

Francesco Tacconi

1440 - 1490

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0111 PAINTER

Gervasio Gatti

1550 - 1631

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0112 SINGER

Giuseppe Modesti

1915 - 1999

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0113 PAINTER

Pietro Martire Neri

1591 - 1661

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0114 PAINTER

Cristoforo Moretti

1451 - 1475

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0115 ARTISAN

Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri

1666 - 1739

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0116 MUSIC

Romeo Antoniazzi

1862 - 1925

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0117 PAINTER

Giuseppe Caletti

1600 - 1660

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0118 POET

Ludovico Carbone

1430 - 1485

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0119 PAINTER

Antonio Maria Viani

1550 - 1635

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0120 RELIGIOUS

Ambrogio Bianchi

1771 - 1856

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0121 PAINTER

Giovanni Francesco Bembo

Died 1526

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0122 PAINTER

Minerva Anguissola

1539 - 1566

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0123 ACTOR

Luigi Carini

1869 - 1943

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0124 STATISTICIAN

Rodolfo Benini

1862 - 1956

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0125 WRITER

Giovanni Battista Biffi

1736 - 1807

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0126 PRIEST

Cesare Speciano

1539 - 1607

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0127 LUTHIER

Francesco Rugeri

1628 - 1698

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0128 WRITER

Raul Lovisoni

Born 1954

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0129 POLITICIAN

Angelo Bargoni

1829 - 1901

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0130 PAINTER

Tommaso de Aleni

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0131 DESIGNER

Ferruccio Laviani

Born 1960

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0132 LIBRETTIST

Calisto Bassi

1800 - 1860

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0133 OPERA

Giuseppe Cremonini

1866 - 1903

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0134 PRIEST

Pietro Vidoni (1759-1830)

1759 - 1830

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0135 PRIEST

Paolo Arese

1574 - 1644

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0136 PAINTER

Anna Maria Anguissola

1555 - 1611

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0137 LUTHIER

Girolamo Amati

1561 - 1630

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0138 ACTOR

Franco Mari

Born 1947

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0139 FOOTBALL

Franco Zaglio

Born 1936

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0140 ARCHITECT

Luigi Voghera

1788 - 1840

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0141 BASKET

Daniele Cinciarini

Born 1983

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0142 SPORT

Addo Kazianka

Born 1931

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0143 SPORT

Maurizio Piovani

Born 1959

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0144 PLAYER

Luca Tencati

Born 1979

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0145 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Favalli

Born 1992

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0146 CHESS

Andrea Stella (scacchista)

Born 1993

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0147 PAINTER

Giulio Gorra

1832 - 1884

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0148 TEACHER

Ugo Dotti

1933 - 2017

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0149 CHEMIST

Ettore Molinari

1867 - 1926

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0150 JOURNALIST

Giampaolo Dossena

1930 - 2009

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0151 SPORT

Marta Cavalli

Born 1998

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0152 POLITICIAN

Ambrogio Viviani

1929 - 2013

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0153 PAINTER

Andrea Mainardi

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0154 COOK

Daniele Persegani

Born 1972

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0155 ACTOR

Roberta Lanfranchi

Born 1974

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0156 LEXICOGRAPHER

Ferruccio Calonghi

1866 - 1945

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0157 PAINTER

Emilio Rizzi

1881 - 1952

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0158 ECONOMIST

Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi

Born 1968

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0159 ROWER

Valentina Rodini

Born 1995

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0160 FOOTBALL

Federico Rizzi

Born 1981

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0161 CANOE

Ivano Lussignoli

1972 - 2003

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0162 VIOLIN

Riccardo Antoniazzi

1853 - 1912

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0163 WRITER

Roberto Denti

1924 - 2013

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0164 FOOTBALL

Giampiero Dalle Vedove

1946 - 2016

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0165 PAINTER

Agostino Bonisoli

1633 - 1700

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0166 ENTREPRENEUR

Diego Masi

Born 1947

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0167 PLAYER

Giulia Decordi

Born 1986

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0168 ARTIST

Giovanni Paolo Fondulli

Died 1594

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0169 ACADEMIC

Ernesto Bettinelli

Born 1946

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0170 COMPOSER

Gasparo Visconti

1683 - 1731

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0171 ACTOR

Pietro Brambilla (attore)

Born 1952

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0172 VIOLIN

Gaetano Antoniazzi

1825 - 1897

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0173 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marilù Parolini

1931 - 2012

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0174 PAINTER

Alessandro Rinaldi (painter)

1839 - 1890

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0175 CANOE

Franco Benedini

Born 1978

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0176 WRITER

Roberta Rambelli

1928 - 1996

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0177 BOXER

Aristide Pozzali

1931 - 1979

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0178 COMPOSER

Pierre-Francisque Caroubel

1549 - 1611

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0179 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Cadolini

1830 - 1917

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0180 PLAYER

Pierpaolo Pedroni

1964 - 2009

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0181 VIOLIN

Lorenzo Storioni

1744 - 1816

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0182 ROWER

Giacomo Gentili

Born 1997

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0183 PRIEST

Girolamo Vidoni

1581 - 1632

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0184 LITERARY

Alfredo Galletti

1872 - 1962

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0185 PAINTER

Antonio Rizzi

1869 - 1940

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0186 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Spinelli (politician)

1908 - 1987

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0187 ATHLETIC

Roberto Ferrari (athlete)

Born 1967

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0188 CLERGY

Giovanni Francesco Bonomi

1536 - 1587

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0189 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Arvedi

Born 1937

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0190 COMPOSER

Claudio Maioli

Born 1947

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0191 PHILOSOPHER

Apollinare Offredi

1401 - 1500

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0192 FOOTBALL

Pietro Dalle Vedove

Born 1903

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0193 COMPOSER

Oreste Riva

1860 - 1936

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0194 POLITICIAN

Patrizia Barbieri

Born 1960

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0195 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Rabboni

1800 - 1856

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0196 SCULPTOR

Pietro Foglia

1913 - 1974

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0197 SWIMMER

Leonardo Michelotti

Born 1965

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0198 NUMISMATIST

Enrico Sanclemente

1732 - 1815

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0199 SPORT

Dante Ghindani

Born 1899

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0200 WRITER

Carlo Tedaldi Fores

1793 - 1829

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0201 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Ferretti (footballer)

1940 - 2007

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0202 FOOTBALL

Luca Ungari

Born 1974

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0203 MUSIC

Omobono Stradivari

1679 - 1742

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0204 WRITER

Franco Clivio

Born 1935

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0205 FOOTBALL

Renato Bodini

1909 - 1974

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0206 CANOE

Danio Merli

Born 1956

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0207 PAINTER

Europa Anguissola

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0208 ATHLETE

Veronica Signorini

Born 1989

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0209 FOOTBALL

Marco Torresani

Born 1955

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0210 POLITICIAN

Nicola Vacchelli

1870 - 1932

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0211 POET

Giambattista Canneti

1659 - 1730

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0212 ARCHBISHOP

Bartolomeo della Capra

1365 - 1433

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0213 POLITICIAN

Dante Bernamonti

1898 - 1953

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0214 ART HISTORIAN

Giovanni Battista Zaist

1700 - 1757

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0215 PAINTER

Ângelo Guido

1893 - 1969

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0216 PAINTER

Giuseppe Moroni

1888 - 1959

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0217 SINGER

Alfredo Mazzini

1943 - 1965

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0218 POLITICIAN

Luciano Pizzetti

Born 1959

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0219 BASKET

Daniel Donzelli

Born 1996

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0220 PRIEST

Pietro Martire Ponzone

Died 1592

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0221 ASTRONOMER

Francesco Porro de' Somenzi

1861 - 1937

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0222 POLITICIAN

Silvio Liotta

1935 - 2018

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0223 PHILOSOPHER

Baldassarre Poli

1795 - 1883

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0224 CHAMBERLAIN

Guglielmo Cavalcabò

1390 - 1441

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0225 COMPOSER

Tullio Visioli

Born 1957

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0226 POLITICIAN

Gianluca Galimberti

Born 1968

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0227 THEOLOGIAN

John Paul Nazarius

1556 - 1645

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0228 BIOLOGIST

Maffo Vialli

1897 - 1983

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0229 PHILOSOPHER

Maurizio Mori

Born 1951

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0230 PHYSICIST

Giovanni Claudio Fromond

1703 - 1765

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0231 CANOE

Luciana Guindani

Born 1937

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0232 SPORT

Pier Luigi Corbari

1946 - 2018

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0233 WRITER

Accurso di Cremona

Died 1337

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0234 PHOTOGRAPHER

Stefano Guindani

Born 1969

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0235 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Mario Italiani

Born 1929

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0236 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo Ferrari

Born 1996

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0237 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Dattaro

1540 - 1619

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0238 POLITICIAN

Rosolino Ferragni

1896 - 1973

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0239 PAINTER

Alessandro Pampurino

1460 - 1523

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0240 ACTOR

Adamo Alberti

1809 - 1885

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0241 PHYSICIAN

Fortunio Affaitati

1510 - 1555

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0242 FOOTBALL

Walter Corsanini

Born 1911

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0243 PRIEST

Gaetano Guindani

1834 - 1904

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0244 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Lazzaroni

1626 - 1699

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0245 FOOTBALL

Antonio Scamoni

1886 - 1977

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0246 PRODUTTORE

Vittorio Salvetti

1937 - 1998

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0247 ARTISAN

Darno Maffini

1908 - 2002

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0248 PAINTER

Jacopo Barbello

1590 - 1656

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0249 ART HISTORIAN

Giuseppe Aglio

1717 - 1809

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0250 PAINTER

Antonio Beltrami

1724 - 1784

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0251 FOOTBALL

Ettore Ferraroni

Born 1968

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0252 WRITER

Rachele Botti Binda

1858 - 1933

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0253 ACTOR

Attilio Ortolani

1897 - 1975

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0254 ARCIVESCOVO

Nicolò Amidano

Died 1454

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0255 MUSIC

Riccardo Bergonzi

Born 1961

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0256 EDUCATION

Pietro Pasquali

1847 - 1921

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0257 PRIEST

Alessandro Maria Pagani

1755 - 1835

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0258 ARCHITECT

Bartolomeo Gadio

1414 - 1484

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0259 PAINTER

Giulio Calvi

1570 - 1596

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0260 UMANISTA

Cosma Raimondi

1400 - 1435

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0261 FOOTBALL

Danio Montani

Born 1960

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0262 JOURNALIST

Osvaldo De Paolini

Born 1950

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0263 PAINTER

Francesco Darosio

1744 - 1788

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0264 POET

Gherardo Patecchio

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0265 WRITER

Angelo Bignotti

1863 - 1923

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0266 POLICE

Stefano Villa

1970 - 1995

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0267 PAINTER

Luca Cattapane

-

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0268 FOOTBALL

Bruno Franzini

1938 - 2017

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0269 POLITICIAN

Pietro Vacchelli

1837 - 1913

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0270 POLITICIAN

Piergiorgio Bergonzi

Born 1947

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0271 PHYSICIAN

Franco Toscani

Born 1947

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0272 MUSIC

Enrico Ceruti

1806 - 1883

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0273 COMPOSER

Cesare de Zacharia

-

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0274 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Galli

Born 1993

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0275 FOOTBALL

Alessio Pirri

Born 1976

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0276 LITERARY

Quintilio Varo

Died -24

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0277 FOOTBALL

Roberto Galletti

Born 1967

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0278 WRITER

Franco Soresini

1920 - 2012

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0279 POLITICIAN

Pasquino Cappelli

1340 - 1398

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0280 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Anselmi (politico)

1848 - 1932

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0281 DIRIGENTE

Domenico Luzzara

1922 - 2006

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0282 ACTOR

Francesca Mazza

Born 1958

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0283 ECONOMIST

Paride Formentini

1899 - 1976

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0284 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Gaiardi

Born 1955

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0285 PAINTER

Vincenzo Ferrari

Born 1941

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0286 PLAYER

Fabio Galli

Born 1969

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0287 LAWYER

Lotario Rosario

1170 - 1216

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0288 POLITICIAN

Annibale Boni

1824 - 1905

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0289 FOOTBALL

Marco Merlo

Born 1968

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0290 POLITICIAN

Pietro Araldi Erizzo

1821 - 1881

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0291 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Conti

1894 - 1978

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0292 NATURALIST

Riccardo Groppali

Born 1949

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0293 PAINTER

Mario Faraoni

1914 - 1989

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0294 FOOTBALL

Emiliano Farina

1928 - 2012

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0295 PAINTER

Galeazzo Ghidoni

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0296 JOURNALIST

Silvia Carrera

Born 1980

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0297 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Quaini

Born 1998

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0298 POLITICIAN

Luigi Bonati

1820 - 1895

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0299 PHYSICIST

Giovanni Francesco Fromond

1739 - 1785

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0300 PHILOSOPHER

Praepositinus

1150 - 1210

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