44.2225° N, 12.0408° E

FORLI

Most Famous People Born in Forli, Italy

Notable people
344
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1901
Most distinctive
Chamberlain 87.1×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Forli Is Known For

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Politician is Forli's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (41).

Forli over-indexes on chamberlain87.1× the global rate.

Forli under-produces football — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician41
  2. Painter37
  3. Football25
  4. Priest17
  5. Actor15
  6. Sport11
  7. Chamberlain11
  8. Poet9
  1. Chamberlain1187.1×
  2. Racer511.2×
  3. Driver54.7×
  4. Painter374.1×
  5. Priest173.4×
  6. Physician73.0×
  7. Poet92.5×
  8. Sculptor52.2×
  1. Football250.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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344 notable people

0001 CONDOTTIERO

Giovanni dalle Bande Nere

1498 - 1526

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0002 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Battista Morgagni

1682 - 1771

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0003 PIANIST

Romano Mussolini

1927 - 2006

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0004 POLITICIAN

Edda Mussolini

1910 - 1995

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0005 PAINTER

Melozzo da Forlì

1438 - 1494

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0006 HISTORIAN

Flavio Biondo

1388 - 1463

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0007 SINGER

Giulietta Simionato

1910 - 2010

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0008 SINGER

Alice (singer)

Born 1954

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0009 PHYSICIST

Carlo Matteucci

1811 - 1868

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0010 ACTOR

Rosalba Neri

Born 1939

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0011 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Saponara

Born 1991

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0012 POLITICIAN

Aurelio Saffi

1819 - 1890

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0013 FRIAR

Peregrine Laziosi

1265 - 1345

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0014 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Fortis

1842 - 1909

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0015 CARDINAL

Pio Laghi

1922 - 2009

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0016 LINGUIST

Girolamo Mercuriale

1530 - 1606

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0017 ASTRONOMER

Guido Bonatti

1210 - 1296

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0018 SPORT

Ercole Baldini

Born 1933

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0019 PAINTER

Marco Palmezzano

1460 - 1539

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0020 PLAYWRIGHT

Diego Fabbri

1911 - 1980

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0021 POET

Olindo Guerrini

1845 - 1916

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0022 MUSIC

Pietro Maroncelli

1795 - 1846

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0023 FOOTBALL

Stefano Bettarini

Born 1972

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0024 CARDINAL

Fabrizio Paolucci

1651 - 1726

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0025 SPORT

Tiziano Crudeli

Born 1943

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0026 PIANIST

Guido Agosti

1901 - 1989

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0027 SPORT

Matteo Montaguti

Born 1984

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0028 ORGANIST

Giovanni Battista Cirri

1724 - 1808

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0029 PHILOLOGIST

Piero Camporesi

1926 - 1997

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0030 SINGER

Eugenia Tadolini

1809 - 1872

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0031 RELIGIOUS

Clelia Merloni

1861 - 1930

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0032 PAINTER

Livio Agresti

1505 - 1579

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0033 CHAMBERLAIN

Ottaviano Riario

1479 - 1523

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0034 MATHEMATICIAN

Eugenio Bertini

1846 - 1933

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0035 POLITICIAN

Sergio Flamigni

Born 1925

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0036 POET

Publio Fausto Andrelini

1450 - 1518

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0037 JOURNALIST

Manlio Morgagni

1879 - 1943

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0038 FILM

Gianfranco Albano

Born 1942

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0039 OPERA

Giuseppe Siboni

1780 - 1839

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0040 COMPOSER

Marco Ambrosini

Born 1964

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0041 PRIEST

Christopher Numar of Forli

Died 1528

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0042 SCULPTOR

Luigi Acquisti

1745 - 1823

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0043 POET

Antonio Beltramelli

1879 - 1930

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0044 CHAMBERLAIN

Pino III Ordelaffi

1440 - 1480

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0045 LAWYER

Annalena Tonelli

1943 - 2003

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0046 SPORT

Alessandro Malaguti

Born 1987

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0047 RADIO

Anna Maria Mussolini

1929 - 1968

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0048 COMPOSER

Pietro Simone Agostini

1635 - 1680

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0049 RACER

Loris Reggiani

Born 1959

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0050 TEACHER

Rosa Maltoni

1858 - 1905

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0051 PAINTER

Ansuino da Forlì

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0052 PAINTER

Baldassarre Carrari il Giovane

1460 - 1516

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0053 GYMNAST

Bruno Grandi

1934 - 2019

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0054 PAINTER

Annibale Gatti

1828 - 1909

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0055 ACTOR

Laura Carli

1906 - 2005

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0056 CRIMINOLOGIST

Giovanni Senzani

Born 1942

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0057 PAINTER

Francesco Menzocchi

1502 - 1574

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0058 PRIEST

Stefano Nardini

1420 - 1484

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0059 FOOTBALL

Franco Cordova

Born 1944

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0060 PRIEST

Erio Castellucci

Born 1960

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0061 SPORT

Matteo Malucelli

Born 1993

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0062 PRIEST

Giuseppe Bofondi

1795 - 1867

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0063 SPORT

Glauco Servadei

1913 - 1968

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0064 PHILOSOPHER

Maurizio Viroli

Born 1952

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0065 CHAMBERLAIN

Francesco II Ordelaffi

1310 - 1373

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0066 FOOTBALL

Nicola Ravaglia

Born 1988

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0067 PHYSICIAN

Carlo Flamigni

1933 - 2020

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0068 HISTORIAN

Adriano Romualdi

1940 - 1973

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0069 PAINTER

Nicola Samori

Born 1977

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0070 WRITER

Franco Biondi

Born 1947

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0071 ACTOR

Mirca Viola

Born 1968

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0072 POET

Massimo Grillandi

1921 - 1987

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0073 PRIEST

Camillo Paolucci

1692 - 1763

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0074 PRIEST

Tommaso Ghirelli

Born 1944

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0075 TYPOGRAPHER

Francesco Marcolini

1500 - 1559

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0076 ACTOR

Adriana Innocenti

1926 - 2016

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0077 DRIVER

Vincenzo Sospiri

Born 1966

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0078 PAINTER

Francesco Vinea

1845 - 1902

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0079 COMPOSER

Marco Sabiu

Born 1963

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0080 BASKET

Maurizio Gherardini

Born 1955

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0081 BOTANIST

Pietro Zangheri

1889 - 1983

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0082 SPORT

Alberto Assirelli

1936 - 2017

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0083 PRIEST

Giulio Piazza

1663 - 1726

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0084 COMPOSER

Ignazio Cirri

1711 - 1787

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0085 SOPRANO

Maria Farneti

1877 - 1955

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0086 PRIEST

Francesco Paolucci

1581 - 1661

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0087 WRITER

Ennio Cavalli

Born 1947

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0088 RUNNER

Aurelio Genghini

1907 - 2001

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0089 DRIVER

Ilario Bandini

1911 - 1992

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0090 PIANIST

Nino Rossi

1895 - 1952

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0091 ACTOR

Massimo Foschi

Born 1938

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0092 CHAMBERLAIN

Antonio I Ordelaffi

1390 - 1448

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0093 GYMNAST

Miranda Cicognani

Born 1936

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0094 PLAYER

Alberto Casadei (volley-ball)

Born 1984

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0095 FOOTBALL

Richard Vanigli

Born 1971

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0096 POLITICIAN

Roberto Ruffilli

1937 - 1988

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0097 MUSIC

Antonio Peregrino Benelli

1771 - 1830

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0098 ENTREPRENEUR

Aldo Garzanti

1883 - 1961

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0099 PHYSICIST

Sauro Succi

Born 1954

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0100 RACER

Luigi Arcangeli

1894 - 1931

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0101 PRIEST

Ignazio Masotti

1817 - 1888

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0102 PHYSICIAN

Giacomo Allegretti

1325 - 1393

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0103 POLITICIAN

Marco Di Maio

Born 1983

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0104 POLITICIAN

Antonio Fratti

1848 - 1897

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0105 CARDINAL

Stefano Agostini (cardinal)

1614 - 1683

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0106 POLITICIAN

Armando Casalini

1883 - 1924

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0107 RACER

Otello Buscherini

1949 - 1976

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0108 POET

Davide Rondoni

Born 1964

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0109 PAINTER

Leone Cobelli

1425 - 1500

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0110 PRIEST

Marcolin de Forlì

1317 - 1397

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0111 PAINTER

Guglielmo da Forli

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0112 COMPOSER

Ugolino of Forlì

1380 - 1457

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0113 POLITICIAN

Cesare Albicini

1825 - 1891

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0114 PHYSICIAN

Jacopo da Forlì

1364 - 1414

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0115 SINGER

Claudio Chieffo

1945 - 2007

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0116 LITERARY

Alberto Casadei (critico)

Born 1963

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0117 NATURALIST

Cesare Majoli

1746 - 1823

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0118 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Santarelli

1710 - 1790

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0119 CHAMBERLAIN

Brunoro II Zempeschi

1540 - 1578

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0120 POLITICIAN

Antonio La Forgia

Born 1944

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0121 PAINTER

Giovanni del Sega

1450 - 1527

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0122 POLITICIAN

Giancarlo Mazzuca

Born 1948

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0123 CONDOTTIERO

Cesare Hercolani

1499 - 1534

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0124 BOXER

Simona Galassi

Born 1972

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0125 WRITER

Giuseppe O. Longo

Born 1941

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0126 THEATRE

Nanni Fabbri

1941 - 2014

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0127 CHAMBERLAIN

Francesco I Ordelaffi

1300 - 1331

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0128 SPORT

Nino Assirelli

1925 - 2018

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0129 JOURNALIST

Giuliana Nenni

1911 - 2002

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0130 PRIEST

Paolo Mangelli Orsi

1762 - 1846

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0131 ACTOR

Mascia Foschi

Born 1974

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0132 POLITICIAN

Roberto Balzani

Born 1961

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0133 CHAMBERLAIN

Francesco IV Ordelaffi

1435 - 1466

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0134 POET

Pietro Cimatti

1929 - 1991

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0135 CHAMBERLAIN

Giovanni Ordelaffi

1355 - 1399

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0136 MILITAR

Fulcieri Paulucci di Calboli

1893 - 1919

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0137 CHAMBERLAIN

Scaramuccia da Forlì

1400 - 1450

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0138 PAINTER

Maceo Casadei

1899 - 1992

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0139 CARDINAL

Ludovico Merlini

1690 - 1770

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0140 HUSBAND

Giacomo Feo

1471 - 1495

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0141 FOOTBALL

Emiliano Salvetti

Born 1974

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0142 DRIVER

Alessandra Neri

Born 1988

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0143 NOVELIST

Fabio Casadei Turroni

Born 1964

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0144 POLITICIAN

Silvio Zavatti

1917 - 1985

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0145 ATHLETIC

Giuliana Spada

Born 1971

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0146 FOOTBALL

Roberto Landi

Born 1956

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0147 JOURNALIST

Marino Bartoletti

Born 1949

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0148 PAINTER

Livio Modigliani

1540 - 1610

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0149 POLITICIAN

Tito Pasqui

1846 - 1925

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0150 CINEMA

Emanuela Martini

Born 1948

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0151 ACTOR

Marco Cortesi

Born 1979

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0152 BASKET

Matteo Frassineti

Born 1987

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0153 MUSIC

Franco D'Aniello

Born 1962

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0154 LAWYER

Raniero Arsendi

Died 1358

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0155 VOLUNTEER

Achille Cantoni

1835 - 1867

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0156 FOOTBALL

Marco Rossi (calciatore 1963)

Born 1963

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0157 COMPOSER

Andrea Favi

1743 - 1822

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0158 NOBLE

Fulcieri da Calboli

1270 - 1340

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0159 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Merenda

1687 - 1767

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0160 HISTORIAN

Michele Placucci

1782 - 1840

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0161 RACER

Max Sabbatani

Born 1975

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0162 PAINTER

Giovanni Marchini

1877 - 1946

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0163 BASKET

Francesca Rossi (basketball)

Born 1968

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0164 POLITICIAN

Roberto Pinza

Born 1941

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0165 SPORT

Tullo Morgagni

1881 - 1919

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0166 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Frassineti

Born 1964

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0167 LAWYER

Genuzio Bentini

1874 - 1943

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0168 POET

Checco Miletto de Rossi

1320 - 1363

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0169 COMPOSER

Marf

1894 - 1946

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0170 PAINTER

Antonio Fanzaresi

1700 - 1772

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0171 PAINTER

Pino Reggiani

Born 1937

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0172 SCULPTOR

Massimo Sansavini

Born 1961

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0173 PAINTER

Pietro Angelini

1888 - 1977

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0174 PAINTER

Giacomo Zampa

1731 - 1808

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0175 POET

Melchiorre Missirini

1773 - 1849

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0176 SPORT

Maurizio Rossi (cyclisme)

Born 1962

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0177 HISTORIAN

Filippo Riceputi

1667 - 1742

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0178 ACTOR

Eleonora Mazzoni

Born 1965

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0179 JOURNALIST

Anna Bartolini

Born 1937

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0180 ECONOMIST

Bruno Caizzi

1909 - 1992

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0181 GUITAR

Riccardo Zappa

Born 1951

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0182 FOOTBALL

Fiorenzo Treossi

Born 1959

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0183 SINGER

Alberto Solfrini

1947 - 2007

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0184 PAINTER

Pompeo Randi

1827 - 1880

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0185 ARTIST

Giorgio Sangiorgi

Born 1957

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0186 PAINTER

Pier Paolo Menzocchi

1532 - 1589

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0187 POLITICIAN

Sauro Turroni

Born 1947

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0188 LINGUIST

Anna Giacalone Ramat

Born 1937

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0189 FOOTBALL

Emanuele Fonte

Born 1992

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0190 ATHLETIC

Giuliana Amici

Born 1952

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0191 OFFICER

Gianfranco Siazzu

Born 1941

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0192 PHILOSOPHER

Widar Cesarini Sforza

1886 - 1965

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0193 PAINTER

Gianfrancesco Modigliani

1590 - 1609

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0194 SINGER

Checco Marsella

Born 1944

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0195 ACTOR

Carlo Baccarini (doppiatore)

1930 - 2006

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0196 POLITICIAN

Jacopo Morrone

Born 1983

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0197 COMPOSER

Aldo Polverari

1960 - 1995

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0198 DRIVER

Giuliano Mazzoni

Born 1950

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0199 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Antonio Santarelli (archaeologist)

1832 - 1920

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0200 PAINTER

Filippo Pasquali

1651 - 1697

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0201 WRITER

Decio Cinti

1879 - 1954

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0202 GYMNAST

Rosella Cicognani

Born 1939

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0203 MILITAR

Archimede Mischi

1885 - 1970

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0204 MISSIONARY

Pietro Bandini

1852 - 1917

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0205 GESUITA

Marcantonio Mambelli

1582 - 1644

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0206 FOOTBALL

Alberto Bergossi

Born 1959

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0207 ARCHBISHOP

Carlo da Forlì

Died 1461

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0208 PRIEST

Antonio Numai

Died 1568

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0209 WRITER

Sigismondo Marchesi

1625 - 1695

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0210 POLITICIAN

Giovita Lazzarini

1813 - 1849

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0211 CHAMBERLAIN

Cia Ordelaffi

1317 - 1381

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0212 PATRIOTA

Callimaco Zambianchi

1811 - 1862

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0213 PAINTER

Giuseppe Marchetti (pittore)

1721 - 1801

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0214 DRIVER

Matteo Malucelli (pilote)

Born 1984

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0215 PHYSICIST

Pier Giorgio Merli

1943 - 2008

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0216 POLITICIAN

Leonardo Melandri

1929 - 2005

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0217 SURGEON

Giorgio Regnoli

1797 - 1859

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0218 PHILOSOPHER

Marcello Landi

Born 1961

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0219 ACTOR

Attilia Boschetti

Born 1946

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0220 FOOTBALL

Daniele Ferri

Born 1992

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0221 CONDUTTORE

Silver Sirotti

1949 - 1974

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0222 LAWYER

Giuseppe Orceoli

1622 - 1698

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0223 AGRONOMIST

Gaetano Pasqui

1807 - 1879

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0224 ACTOR

Franco Palmieri

Born 1955

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0225 RACER

Terzo Bandini

1898 - 1974

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0226 POLITICIAN

Pio Calletti

1874 - 1947

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0227 POLITICIAN

Vidmer Mercatali

Born 1949

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0228 SINDACALISTA

Franco Bentivogli

Born 1935

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0229 FOOTBALL

Gianni Flamigni

Born 1969

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0230 LAWYER

Andrea Fachinei

1549 - 1609

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0231 PHYSICIAN

Camillo Versari

1802 - 1880

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0232 PAINTER

Giovanni di Mastro Pedrino

1390 - 1465

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0233 SPORT

Aroldo Casali

1925 - 2015

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0234 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Verzocchi

1887 - 1970

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0235 VICARIO

Pio Giuseppe Gaddi

Born 1798

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0236 DIPLOMAT

Andrea Mangelli

Died 1655

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0237 PAINTER

Francesco Olivucci

1899 - 1985

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0238 PAINTER

Pio Rossi

1886 - 1969

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0239 SCREENWRITER

Davide Cocchi

Born 1964

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0240 HISTORIAN

Paolo Bonoli

1630 - 1670

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0241 LAWYER

Laurentius Ursellius

1632 - 1637

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0242 PRELATE

Fabrizio Paolucci (bishop)

1565 - 1625

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0243 NOBILE

Lucrezia Ordelaffi

1389 - 1404

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0244 FOOTBALL

Alberto Benini

Born 1946

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0245 ARCHITECT

Giacomo Santarelli

1786 - 1859

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0246 PLAYER

Michel Guemart

Born 1983

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0247 PAINTER

Sebastiano Menzocchi

1535 - 1600

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0248 FOOTBALL

Matteo Gasperi

Born 1997

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0249 MILITAR

Luigi Ridolfi

1894 - 1919

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0250 PAINTER

Isacco da Forlì

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0251 ART CRITIC

Stefano Tumidei

1962 - 2008

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0252 PRIEST

Gregorio Theodoli

Died 1224

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0253 PHYSICIAN

Giuseppe Bellonci

1855 - 1888

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0254 POLITICIAN

Franco Rusticali

1938 - 2015

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0255 PAINTER

Paolo Agelli

1778 - 1841

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0256 PRIEST

Mercuriale Prati

1715 - 1806

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0257 BASKET

Francesca Modica

Born 1981

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0258 POLITICIAN

Luigi Vitaliano Paulucci di Calboli

1783 - 1855

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0259 LITERARY

Marco Antonio Bazzocchi

Born 1961

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0260 PERCUSSIONIST

David Sabiu

Born 1962

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0261 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Guarini

1826 - 1889

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0262 POLITICIAN

Renato Ascari Raccagni

1920 - 2008

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0263 ECONOMIST

Lucio Picci

Born 1965

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0264 ACTOR

Monica Clay

Born 1929

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0265 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Albicini

1862 - 1941

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0266 AUTHOR

Fosco Gasperi

Born 1953

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0267 PAINTER

Enzo Pasqui

1920 - 1998

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0268 ACTOR

Marcello Maietta

Born 1988

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0269 POLITICIAN

Davide Drei

Born 1965

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0270 FOOTBALL

Leo Zavatti

Born 1920

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0271 GUERRILLA

Antonio Zoli

1915 - 1944

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0272 ACTOR

Cristiana Borghi

Born 1958

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0273 ILLUSTRATOR

Umberto Zimelli

1898 - 1972

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0274 ACTOR

Cristian Mini

Born 1972

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0275 FOOTBALL

Marco Piccinini (arbitro)

Born 1983

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0276 ENTREPRENEUR

Paolo Orsi Mangelli

1880 - 1977

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0277 ATHLETE

Eugenio Pagnini

1905 - 1993

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0278 PRELATE

Guglielmo Gaddi

1599 - 1652

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0279 ARCHITECT

Pace di Maso del Bombace

1440 - 1500

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0280 POLITICIAN

Alberto Ravaioli

Born 1945

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0281 POLITICIAN

Sauro Sedioli

Born 1940

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0282 CONDOTTIERO

Mostarda da Forlì

Died 1405

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0283 POLITICIAN

Stefano Servadei

1923 - 2016

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0284 PAINTER

Augusto Antonio Dirani

1897 - 1983

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0285 PRIEST

Lorenzo Tartagni

1666 - 1762

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0286 PRIEST

Pietro Gaddi

1644 - 1710

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0287 PRIEST

Francesco Piazza (vescovo)

1707 - 1769

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0288 FOOTBALL

Nicolò Lolli

Born 1994

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0289 GYMNAST

Maurizio Montesi

Born 1952

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0290 NOBILDONNA

Vittoria Savorelli

1817 - 1838

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0291 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Ghersi

1861 - 1944

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0292 POPE

Bonaventura Tornielli

1411 - 1491

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0293 PLAYWRIGHT

Gianni Guardigli

Born 1961

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0294 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Zanetti (calciatore)

1943 - 2019

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0295 WRESTLER

Gilberto Gramellini

Born 1930

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0296 MILITAR

Renato Mazzolani

1887 - 1945

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0297 PAINTER

Giuseppe Maria Galleppini

1625 - 1650

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0298 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Babini

Born 1959

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0299 MOTO

Olindo Raggi

1896 - 1926

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0300 HISTORIAN

Girolamo Fiocchi

1348 - 1437

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