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FLORENCE

Most Famous People Born in Florence, Italy

Notable people
3,189
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1869
Most distinctive
Sculptor 5.7×

The Quattrocento, in one city. Florence is the only city in the dataset where the 1400s and 1500s together account for a fifth of all notable births, and the distinctive shelves still carry the Medici imprint — sculptors and painters at more than five times the global rate, architects, poets, and an unusually heavy mathematician column from the same workshops that produced Brunelleschi and Galileo. The modern half adds footballers and actors, but the city's centre of gravity is the two centuries when it more or less invented the Renaissance.

Through the Centuries

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

What Florence Is Known For

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Painter is Florence's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (425).

Florence over-indexes on sculptor5.7× the global rate.

Florence under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Painter425
  2. Politician267
  3. Writer175
  4. Actor156
  5. Football138
  6. Sculptor119
  7. Priest116
  8. Architect90
  1. Sculptor1195.7×
  2. Painter4255.1×
  3. Architect903.2×
  4. Poet882.7×
  5. Priest1162.5×
  6. Mathematician362.3×
  7. Composer872.1×
  8. Writer1751.7×
  1. Football1380.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 425 of 3,189 notable people

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Sandro Botticelli

1445 - 1510

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John Singer Sargent

1856 - 1925

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Cimabue

1240 - 1302

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Domenico Ghirlandaio

1448 - 1494

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Andrea del Verrocchio

1435 - 1488

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Filippo Lippi

1406 - 1469

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Bronzino

1503 - 1572

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Andrea del Sarto

1486 - 1530

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Piero di Cosimo

1462 - 1522

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Rosso Fiorentino

1494 - 1540

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Benozzo Gozzoli

1420 - 1497

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Antonio del Pollaiolo

1429 - 1498

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Alessandro Allori

1535 - 1607

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Lorenzo di Credi

1459 - 1537

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Carlo Dolci

1616 - 1686

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Taddeo Gaddi

1290 - 1366

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Cosimo Rosselli

1439 - 1507

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Mariotto Albertinelli

1474 - 1515

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Francesco de' Rossi

1510 - 1563

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Orcagna

1310 - 1368

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Cristofano Allori

1577 - 1621

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Maria Cosway

1760 - 1838

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Bernardo Buontalenti

1531 - 1608

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Telemaco Signorini

1835 - 1901

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Perino del Vaga

1501 - 1547

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Agnolo Gaddi

1350 - 1396

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Bernardo Daddi

1290 - 1348

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Francesco Botticini

1446 - 1498

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Alesso Baldovinetti

1425 - 1499

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Santi di Tito

1536 - 1603

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Piero del Pollaiolo

1443 - 1496

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Domenico di Michelino

1417 - 1491

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Ridolfo Ghirlandaio

1483 - 1561

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Sandro Chia

Born 1946

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Antonio Tempesta

1555 - 1630

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Franciabigio

1482 - 1525

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Coppo di Marcovaldo

1225 - 1276

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Buonamico Buffalmacco

1290 - 1340

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Francesco Furini

1603 - 1646

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Neri di Bicci

1418 - 1492

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Lorenzo Lippi

1606 - 1665

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Vincenzo Carducci

1576 - 1638

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Jacopo Zucchi

1542 - 1596

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Galileo Chini

1873 - 1956

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Alberto Magnelli

1888 - 1971

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Giusto de' Menabuoi

1330 - 1390

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Bernardino Poccetti

1548 - 1612

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Plautilla Nelli

1524 - 1588

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Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze

1343 - 1379

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Francesco Pesellino

1422 - 1457

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Giuliano Bugiardini

1475 - 1554

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Vincenzo Brenna

1747 - 1820

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Gianfrancesco Penni

1488 - 1528

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Ottone Rosai

1895 - 1957

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Nardo di Cione

1320 - 1366

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Benedetto Luti

1666 - 1724

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Jacopo da Sellaio

1442 - 1493

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Biagio d'Antonio

1446 - 1516

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Maso di Banco

1335 - 1348

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Bicci di Lorenzo

1373 - 1452

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Gherardo Starnina

1354 - 1413

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Bartolomeo della Gatta

1448 - 1502

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Jacopo da Empoli

1551 - 1640

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Davide Ghirlandaio

1452 - 1525

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Bartolomeo Carducci

1554 - 1608

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Giovanni Domenico Ferretti

1692 - 1768

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Gaddo Gaddi

1240 - 1312

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Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni

1695 - 1766

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Matteo Rosselli

1578 - 1650

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Domenico Puligo

1492 - 1527

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Anton Domenico Gabbiani

1652 - 1726

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Jacopino del Conte

1510 - 1598

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Lorenzo di Bicci

1350 - 1427

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Giuseppe Bezzuoli

1784 - 1855

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Primo Conti

1900 - 1988

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Robert Barrett Browning

1849 - 1912

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Giovanni dal Ponte

1385 - 1438

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Stefano Ussi

1822 - 1901

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Bastiano da Sangallo

1481 - 1551

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Cristofano dell'Altissimo

1525 - 1605

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Girolamo Macchietti

1535 - 1592

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Giovanni Biliverti

1585 - 1644

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Jacopo di Cione

1325 - 1399

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Michele Tosini

1503 - 1577

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Arnold Henry Savage Landor

1867 - 1924

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Giovanni Battista Cipriani

1727 - 1785

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Francesco Rosselli

1445 - 1510

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Giovanni Battista Naldini

1535 - 1591

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Luigi Baccio del Bianco

1604 - 1656

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Giottino

1324 - 1357

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Gregorio Pagani

1558 - 1605

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Gherardo di Giovanni del Fora

1445 - 1497

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Cesare Dandini

1596 - 1657

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Federico Andreotti

1847 - 1930

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Simone Pignoni

1611 - 1698

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Niccolò di Pietro Gerini

1368 - 1415

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Benedetto Ghirlandaio

1458 - 1497

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Zanobi Strozzi

1412 - 1468

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Giovanni Antonio Sogliani

1492 - 1544

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Onorio Marinari

1627 - 1715

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Luca Penni

1500 - 1556

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Puccio Capanna

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Sebastiano Mazzoni

1611 - 1678

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Mariotto di Nardo

Died 1424

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Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso

1415 - 1465

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Francesco Curradi

1570 - 1661

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Agostino Ciampelli

1565 - 1630

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Cecco Bravo

1601 - 1661

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Maturino da Firenze

1490 - 1528

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Ioannis Altamouras

1852 - 1878

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Maso da San Friano

1531 - 1571

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Carlo Chiostri

1863 - 1939

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Cenni di Francesco

1369 - 1415

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Alessandro Gherardini

1655 - 1726

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Pier Francesco Foschi

1502 - 1567

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Dello di Niccolò Delli

1403 - 1470

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Giovanni Battista Braccelli

1584 - 1650

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Bartolomeo di Giovanni

1475 - 1501

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Giovanna Fratellini

1666 - 1731

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Michele Gordigiani

1835 - 1909

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Carlo Ademollo

1824 - 1911

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Stefano Fiorentino

1301 - 1350

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Andrea Commodi

1560 - 1638

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Raffaello Sernesi

1838 - 1866

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Luigi Sabatelli

1772 - 1850

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Mirabello Cavalori

1535 - 1572

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Vincenzo Meucci

1694 - 1766

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Tommaso Redi

1665 - 1726

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Giovanni Maria Morandi

1622 - 1717

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Pietro Dandini

1646 - 1712

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Fabrizio Boschi

1572 - 1642

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Romulo Cincinato

1502 - 1593

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Niccolò di Tommaso

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Andrea Boscoli

1560 - 1607

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Raffaello Botticini

1477 - 1520

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Paolo Scheggi

1940 - 1971

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Giuseppe Cassioli

1865 - 1942

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Pier Francesco Fiorentino

1444 - 1497

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Francesco Conti (painter)

1681 - 1760

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Zanobi Machiavelli

1418 - 1479

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Sigismondo Coccapani

1583 - 1643

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Alessandro Rosi

1627 - 1697

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Francesco Brina

1540 - 1586

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Giovanni Maria Butteri

1540 - 1606

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Mario Balassi

1604 - 1667

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Giovanni Balducci

1560 - 1631

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Andrea Tafi (artist)

1213 - 1294

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Giovanni Francesco Toscani

1372 - 1430

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Tiberio di Tito

1578 - 1637

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Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani

1660 - 1731

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Ottavio Vannini

1585 - 1644

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Vincenzo Dandini

1607 - 1675

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Niccolò Cannicci

1846 - 1906

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Andrea di Giusto

1400 - 1450

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Rossello di Jacopo Franchi

1377 - 1456

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Pietro del Donzello

1452 - 1509

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Giovanni Bizzelli

1556 - 1612

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Silvano Campeggi

1923 - 2018

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Lorenzo di Niccolò

1373 - 1412

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Tito Lessi

1858 - 1917

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Lucrezia Buti

Born 1435

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Giuliano Pesello

1367 - 1446

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Violante Beatrice Siries

1709 - 1783

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Donato Mascagni

1579 - 1637

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Puccio di Simone

Died 1362

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Luigi Bechi

1830 - 1919

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Francesco di Antonio del Chierico

1433 - 1484

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Bartolomeo di Fruosino

1366 - 1441

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Alessandro Pieroni

1550 - 1607

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Sebastiano Galeotti

1656 - 1746

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Florence Claxton

1838 - 1920

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Matteo Bonechi

1669 - 1756

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Ludovico Buti

1560 - 1611

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Silvestro dei Gherarducci

1339 - 1399

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Anastasio Fontebuoni

1571 - 1626

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Anna Bacherini Piattoli

1720 - 1788

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Vinicio Berti

1921 - 1991

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Luca Alinari

1943 - 2019

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Andrea Landini

1847 - 1935

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Ruggero Panerai

1862 - 1923

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Cosimo Ulivelli

1625 - 1704

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Andrea di Cosimo

1478 - 1548

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Raffaello Sorbi

1844 - 1931

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Orazio Fidani

1610 - 1656

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Jacopo Chiavistelli

1618 - 1698

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Juan Mochi

1831 - 1892

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Maria Maddalena Baldacci

1718 - 1782

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Alessandro Fei (painter)

1543 - 1592

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Ambrogio di Baldese

1352 - 1429

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Giovanni Stefano Marucelli

1586 - 1646

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Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi

1618 - 1677

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Andrea Soldi

1703 - 1771

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Irene Parenti Duclos

1754 - 1795

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Baccio Maria Bacci

1888 - 1974

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Lorenzo del Moro

1677 - 1735

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Grifo di Tancredi

1250 - 1315

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Stefano d'Antonio di Vanni

1405 - 1483

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Giuliano Ghelli

1944 - 2014

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Pietro Saltini

1839 - 1908

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Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere

1466 - 1513

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Rinaldo Botti

1658 - 1740

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Niccolò Lapi

1667 - 1732

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Agostino Veracini

1689 - 1762

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Pacino di Buonaguida

1280 - 1340

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Filippo Maria Galletti

1636 - 1714

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Domenico Bettini

1644 - 1705

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Antonio Puglieschi

1660 - 1732

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Francesco Boschi

1619 - 1675

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Bernardo di Stefano Rosselli

1450 - 1526

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Giovanni Battista Fiammeri

1530 - 1606

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Tommaso Gherardini

1715 - 1797

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Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli

1678 - 1713

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Pier Maria Baldi

1630 - 1686

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Andrea di Mariotto del Minga

1540 - 1596

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Pompeo Massani

1850 - 1920

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Ruggero Alfredo Michahelles

1898 - 1976

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Ippolito del Donzello

1455 - 1494

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Cosimo Gamberucci

1562 - 1621

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Fabio Borbottoni

1820 - 1902

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Master of the Bambino Vispo

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Master of the Fiesole Epiphany

1430 - 1496

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Francesco Lupicini

1590 - 1656

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Ferruccio Rontini

1893 - 1964

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Sigismondo Betti

1699 - 1777

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Francesco Botti

1640 - 1711

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Meliore di Jacopo

1255 - 1285

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Gianni Vagnetti

1898 - 1956

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Alessandro Scalzi

1568 - 1596

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Antonio Papasso

1932 - 2014

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Jacone

1495 - 1554

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Pietro Anderlini

1687 - 1755

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Augusto Sezanne

1856 - 1935

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Giovanni Battista Marmi

1659 - 1686

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Lippo di Benivieni

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Francesco d'Antonio

1393 - 1433

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Anton Domenico Bamberini

1666 - 1741

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Antonio del Ceraiolo

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Domenico di Zanobi

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Agostino Melissi

1615 - 1683

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Alesso di Benozzo

1473 - 1528

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Lorenzo Gelati

1824 - 1895

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Giuseppe Galeòtti

1708 - 1778

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Oreste Costa

1851 - 1901

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Master of Pratovecchio

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Riccardo Guarneri

Born 1933

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Giuseppe Tonelli

1668 - 1732

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Meister der Kress Landschaften

1484 - 1527

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Ernesto Bellandi

1842 - 1916

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Francesco Sabatelli

1803 - 1830

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André Noufflard

1885 - 1968

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Benedetto Velli

1564 - 1639

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Cecchino dei Bracci

1527 - 1544

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Raffaello Celommi

1881 - 1957

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Leonardo Savioli

1917 - 1982

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Sabine Hettner

1907 - 1985

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Riccardo Nobili

1859 - 1939

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Giovanni Maria Ciocchi

1658 - 1725

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Ventura di Moro

1395 - 1486

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Nerina Simi

1890 - 1987

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Arnaldo Tamburini

1843 - 1908

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Guido Spadolini

1889 - 1944

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Mauro Soderini

1704 - 1746

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Ottaviano Dandini

1681 - 1750

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Giuseppe Antonio Fabrini

Born 1748

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Luigi Montanarini

1906 - 1998

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Adolfo Scarselli

1866 - 1945

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Bernardo Hay

1864 - 1931

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Lorenzo Fratellini

1690 - 1729

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Giovanni Coccapani

1582 - 1649

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Alessandro Salucci

1590 - 1655

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Atanasio Bimbacci

1649 - 1734

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Giorgio Kienerk

1869 - 1948

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Gio Colucci

1892 - 1974

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Lazzaro Donati

1926 - 1977

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Marco Meloni

1470 - 1537

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Domenico Tempesti

1652 - 1718

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Giusto d'Andrea

1440 - 1498

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Francesco D'Isa

Born 1980

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Gaetano Sabatelli

1820 - 1893

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Tito Chini

1898 - 1947

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Turpino Zaccagna

Died 1542

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Vittorio Granchi

1908 - 1992

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Osvaldo Tofani

1849 - 1913

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Giovanni Acci

1910 - 1979

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Tito Conti

1842 - 1924

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Fernando Farulli

1923 - 1997

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Giampiero Poggiali Berlinghieri

Born 1936

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Sergio Birga

Born 1940

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Alfredo Norfini

1867 - 1944

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Silvio Polloni

1888 - 1972

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Romano Stefanelli

1931 - 2016

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Lippo d'Andrea

1370 - 1451

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Mario Marè

1921 - 1993

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Raoul Dal Molin Ferenzona

1879 - 1946

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Filippo Tarchiani

1576 - 1645

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Nicolás Delli

1413 - 1470

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Rodolfo Marma

1923 - 1998

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Fabio Calvetti

Born 1956

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Gino Paolo Gori

1911 - 1991

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Mario Nuti

1923 - 1996

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