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LA SPEZIA

Most Famous People Born in La Spezia, Italy

Notable people
354
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1930
Most distinctive
Sculptor 3.5×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What La Spezia Is Known For

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Football is La Spezia's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (72).

La Spezia over-indexes on sculptor3.5× the global rate.

  1. Football72
  2. Politician45
  3. Actor24
  4. Journalist16
  5. Writer16
  6. Militar13
  7. Painter12
  8. Composer11
  1. Sculptor83.5×
  2. Militar133.0×
  3. Journalist162.9×
  4. Composer112.4×
  5. Officer52.1×
  6. Football721.9×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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354 notable people

0001 FILM

Giancarlo Giannini

Born 1942

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0002 COMPOSER

Giacinto Scelsi

1905 - 1988

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0003 SINGER

Alexia (Italian singer)

Born 1967

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0004 FOOTBALL

Andrea Raggi

Born 1984

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0005 ARCHITECT

Gaetano Pesce

Born 1939

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0006 ACTOR

Lorenzo Richelmy

Born 1990

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0007 SPORT

Alessandro Petacchi

Born 1974

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0008 JOURNALIST

Pietro Maria Bardi

1900 - 1999

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0009 SCREENWRITER

Enrico Oldoini

Born 1946

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0010 FOOTBALL

Simone Vergassola

Born 1976

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0011 ECONOMIST

Riccardo Petrella

Born 1941

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0012 HISTORIAN

Bartolomeo Facio

1400 - 1457

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0013 POLITICIAN

Marco Formentini (politician)

Born 1930

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0014 POLITICIAN

Andrea Orlando

Born 1969

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0015 FOOTBALL

Gino Rossetti

1904 - 1992

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0016 ACTOR

Franco Ferrini

Born 1944

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0017 NATURALIST

Giacomo Doria

1840 - 1913

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0018 ACTOR

Eros Pagni

Born 1939

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0019 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Giovanni Capellini

1833 - 1922

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0020 ARTIST

Ketty La Rocca

1938 - 1976

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0021 ACTOR

Michelle Ferrari

Born 1983

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0022 POPE

Itala Mela

1904 - 1957

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0023 ACTOR

Paolo Malco

Born 1947

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0024 FOOTBALL

Davide Bariti

Born 1991

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0025 ATHLETIC

Stefano Mei

Born 1963

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0026 PLAYER

Alessandro Giannessi

Born 1990

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0027 SPORT

Massimo Podenzana

Born 1961

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0028 PIANIST

Markus Hinterhäuser

Born 1958

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0029 ACTOR

Alberto Sorrentino

1916 - 1994

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0030 POLITICIAN

Tullio Vinay

1909 - 1996

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0031 ACTOR

Lamberto Picasso

1880 - 1962

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0032 ACTOR

Sergio Tedesco

1934 - 2012

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0033 LATINIST

Gian Biagio Conte

Born 1941

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0034 ACTOR

Adriano Rimoldi

1912 - 1965

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0035 SCULPTOR

Berto Lardera

1911 - 1989

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0036 FILM

Giuliano Biagetti

1925 - 1998

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0037 FOOTBALL

Sauro Tomà

1925 - 2018

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0038 FOOTBALL

Federico Munerati

1901 - 1980

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0039 CONDUCTOR

Ettore Gracis

1915 - 1992

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0040 BOXER

Bruno Visintin

1932 - 2015

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0041 WRITER

Marco Buticchi

Born 1957

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0042 FOOTBALL

Giulio Cappelli

1911 - 1995

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0043 WRITER

Gian Carlo Fusco

1915 - 1984

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0044 DESIGNER

Stefano Giovannoni

Born 1954

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0045 MILITAR

Mario Berti

1881 - 1960

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0046 BOXER

Giorgio Bambini

1945 - 2015

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0047 AUTHOR

Alberto Denti di Pirajno

1886 - 1968

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0048 FRANCISCAN

Mary Melone

Born 1964

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0049 ACTOR

Ryan Carrassi

Born 1971

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0050 ACTOR

Luigi Perelli

Born 1937

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0051 POLITICIAN

Brando Benifei

Born 1986

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0052 PIANIST

Paolo Restani

Born 1967

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0053 POLITICIAN

Francesco Ercole

1884 - 1945

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0054 MATHEMATICIAN

Sergio Spagnolo

Born 1941

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0055 ACTOR

Antonio Salines

Born 1936

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0056 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Morales

1932 - 2020

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0057 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Gerbaldi

1858 - 1934

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0058 FOOTBALL

Francesco Zizzari

Born 1982

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0059 BANK

Andrea Enria

Born 1961

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0060 ACTOR

Renato Navarrini

1892 - 1972

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0061 ARCHITECT

Duccio Malagamba

Born 1960

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0062 POLITICIAN

Enrico Ferri (politico)

Born 1942

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0063 PAINTER

Gian Paolo Dulbecco

Born 1941

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0064 WRITER

Ettore Cozzani

1884 - 1971

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0065 FOOTBALL

Enrico Colombari

1905 - 1983

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0066 GYMNAST

Ezio Roselli

1896 - 1963

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0067 COMPOSER

Giulio de Micheli

1899 - 1940

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0068 ACTOR

Alfredo Boccolini

1885 - 1957

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0069 FOOTBALL

Carlo Dell'Omodarme

Born 1938

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0070 POLITICIAN

Ottavio Pastore

1887 - 1965

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0071 WRITER

Roberto Napoletano

Born 1961

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0072 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Bogi

Born 1929

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0073 BASKET

Lorenzo Carraro

Born 1953

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0074 JUDO

Erica Barbieri

Born 1981

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0075 FOOTBALL

Luca Vignali

Born 1996

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0076 RACER

Roberto Gallina

Born 1940

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0077 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Cesarini (footballer)

Born 1989

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0078 FOOTBALL

Gioacchino Armano

1883 - 1965

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0079 JOURNALIST

Silvia Bencivelli

Born 1977

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0080 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Zaccuri

Born 1963

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0081 MILITAR

Luigi Olivari

1891 - 1917

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0082 COMPOSER

Italo Brancucci

1904 - 1958

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0083 COMEDIAN

Dario Vergassola

Born 1957

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0084 ACTOR

Nietta Mordeglia

1894 - 1992

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0085 ACADEMIC

Guglielmo Cinque

Born 1948

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0086 FOOTBALL

Andrea Mazzantini

Born 1968

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0087 ATHLETIC

Giulio Chiesa

1928 - 2010

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0088 JOURNALIST

Carlo Massarini

Born 1952

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0089 CHESS

Rita Gramignani

Born 1943

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0090 OPERA

Umberto Borsò

1923 - 2018

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0091 ACTOR

Matteo Taranto

Born 1976

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0092 POET

Ettore Serra

1890 - 1980

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0093 FOOTBALL

Antonio Candela

Born 2000

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0094 ACTOR

Sara Bertelà

Born 1966

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0095 PLAYER

Iacopo Botto

Born 1987

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0096 ACTOR

Anne Tonietti

Born 1940

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0097 HISTORIAN

Aldo Bertini

1906 - 1977

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0098 ARTIST

Gianluca Lerici

1963 - 2006

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0099 POLITICIAN

Marco Federici

1746 - 1824

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0100 SEXOLOGIST

Giorgio Abraham

Born 1927

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0101 ACTOR

Mimmo Craig

1925 - 2016

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0102 SCREENWRITER

Enzo Ungari

1948 - 1985

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0103 JOURNALIST

Ubaldo Mazzini

1868 - 1923

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0104 PAINTER

Gian Carozzi

1920 - 2008

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0105 WRITER

Marco Ferrari (scrittore)

Born 1952

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0106 SINGER

Franco Fanigliulo

1944 - 1989

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0107 FOOTBALL

Ernesto Bonino (footballer)

1899 - 1984

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0108 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Mannoni

Born 1957

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0109 BOXER

Amedeo Grillo

1900 - 1974

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0110 PAINTER

Agostino Fossati

1830 - 1904

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0111 WRITER

Daniela Brancati

Born 1949

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0112 ARTIST

Carlo Panaro

Born 1962

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0113 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Rosetti

1899 - 1965

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0114 SWIMMER

Monica Olmi

Born 1970

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0115 ACTOR

Roberto Bocchi

Born 1953

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0116 WRITER

Valdo Vinay

1906 - 1990

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0117 SINGER

Rosy

Born 1941

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0118 FOOTBALL

Sergio Carpanesi

Born 1936

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0119 POLITICIAN

Pierre Billecocq

1921 - 1987

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0120 OFFICER

Luigi Faggioni

1909 - 1991

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0121 ARTIST

Francesco Gamba

1926 - 2012

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0122 POLITICIAN

Egidio Banti

Born 1950

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0123 POLITICIAN

Lino Ravecca

Born 1920

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0124 MUSIC

Stefano Nosei

Born 1956

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0125 JOURNALIST

Donatella Bianchi

Born 1963

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0126 COMPOSER

Oliviero Lacagnina

Born 1951

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0127 POLITICIAN

Luciano Faraguti

1937 - 2018

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0128 MILITAR

Romolo Polacchini

1897 - 1968

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0129 PAINTER

Angelo Prini

1912 - 1999

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0130 THERAPIST

Susanna Raule

Born 1981

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0131 ACTOR

Benedetta Massola

Born 1978

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0132 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Pagano

Born 1954

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0133 TEACHER

Gian Paolo Caprettini

Born 1948

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0134 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Maddoli

Born 1938

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0135 SPORT

Sandro Brogini

Born 1958

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0136 MUSIC

Giorgio Azzolini

Born 1928

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0137 FOOTBALL

Guido Gianfardoni

1901 - 1941

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0138 HISTORIAN

Augustino Oldoini

1612 - 1683

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0139 FOOTBALL

Marco Domenichini

Born 1958

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0140 MILITAR

Mario Arillo

1912 - 2000

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0141 VELOCISTA

Chiara Gervasi

Born 1986

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0142 POET

Lorenzo Costa (poeta)

1798 - 1861

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0143 PAINTER

Francesco Vaccarone

Born 1940

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0144 SOLDIER

Giuseppe Oriana

1915 - 2007

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0145 POLITICIAN

Uberto Bonino

1901 - 1988

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0146 JOURNALIST

Pasquale Binazzi

1873 - 1944

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0147 WRITER

Dario Lanzardo

1934 - 2011

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0148 ROWER

Alessandra Borio

Born 1965

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0149 SOCIOLOGIST

Carlo Donolo

1938 - 2017

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0150 JOURNALIST

Roberto Ducci

1914 - 1985

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0151 LYRICIST

Roberto Dané

1937 - 2003

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0152 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Costa (calciatore 1901)

1901 - 1968

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0153 CHESS

Giovanni Battista Valle

1843 - 1905

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0154 ACTOR

Giuliano Esperati

Born 1933

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0155 POLITICIAN

Martin Hagen (Politiker)

Born 1981

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0156 SCULPTOR

Sauro Cavallini

1927 - 2016

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0157 SINGER

Aldo Masseglia

1903 - 1978

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0158 HISTORIAN

Giorgio Viani

1762 - 1816

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0159 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Armano

1885 - 1965

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0160 ARTIST

Mario De Berardinis

1931 - 1977

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0161 COMPOSER

Roberto Livraghi

Born 1937

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0162 ACTOR

Davide Ricci

Born 1983

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0163 SCULPTOR

Angiolo Del Santo

1882 - 1938

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0164 ECONOMIST

Sergio Steve

1915 - 2006

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0165 FOOTBALL

Marco Rossinelli

Born 1949

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0166 BOTANIST

Annalisa Santangelo

Born 1964

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0167 PAINTER

Ercole Salvatore Aprigliano

1892 - 1975

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0168 PAINTER

Manlio Argenti

1919 - 2011

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0169 POLITICIAN

Sergio Olivieri

Born 1954

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0170 FILM

Roberto Natale

1921 - 2012

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0171 FOOTBALL

Roberto Bucchioni

Born 1973

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0172 PAINTER

Navarrino Navarrini

1892 - 1980

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0173 SCULPTOR

Enrico Carmassi

1897 - 1975

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0174 FOOTBALL

Simone Bastoni

Born 1996

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0175 PRESENTER

Raffaella Bragazzi

Born 1959

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0176 CONDUCTOR

Stefano Buschini

Born 1961

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0177 SPORT

Andrea Pisano (pallanuotista)

Born 1961

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0178 WRITER

Enrico Alderotti

1935 - 2008

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0179 BASKET

Alessandro Bencaster

Born 1980

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0180 ARCHITECT

Dario Carbone

Born 1959

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0181 JUDGE

Leonardo D'Imporzano

Born 1982

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0182 COMPOSER

Carlo Alfredo Mussinelli

1871 - 1955

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0183 HISTORIAN

Mario Niccoli

1904 - 1964

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0184 WRITER

Giancarlo Marmori

1926 - 1982

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0185 BASKET

Massimiliano Oldoini

Born 1969

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0186 POLITICIAN

Raffaella Paita

Born 1974

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0187 FOOTBALL

Gennaro Santillo

1908 - 1943

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0188 FOOTBALL

Rinaldo Fiumi

Born 1923

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0189 PRESBYTER

Luigi d'Isengard

1843 - 1915

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0190 PHILOSOPHIE

Loris Sturlese

Born 1948

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0191 JOCKEY

Super Marco May

Born 1976

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0192 POLITICIAN

Giulio Rezasco

1813 - 1894

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0193 OFFICER

Alberto Picco di Ulrico

1894 - 1915

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0194 PAINTER

Luigi Agretti

1877 - 1937

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0195 THEATRE

Marco Dané

Born 1944

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0196 FOOTBALL

Mirko Bruccini

Born 1986

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0197 MATHEMATICIAN

Marco Cannone

Born 1966

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0198 PLAYER

Cesare Colombo (tennista)

1899 - 1945

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0199 MILITAR

Enzo Fregosi

1947 - 2003

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0200 WRITER

Rachele Farina

1930 - 2019

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0201 FOOTBALL

Thomas Saloni

Born 1996

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0202 ASTRONOMER

Luigi Sannino

Born 1981

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0203 WRITER

Emilio Garro

1887 - 1975

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0204 MUSIC

Piero Barbareschi

Born 1961

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0205 ROWER

Mattia Righetti

Born 1980

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0206 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Bubba

1936 - 2018

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0207 POLITICIAN

Ferdinando Farina

1877 - 1964

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0208 PHOTOGRAPHER

Edoardo Montaina

Born 1954

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0209 FOOTBALL

Andrea Bearzi

Born 1975

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0210 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Adriano Maggiani

Born 1943

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0211 RACER

Armando Toracca

Born 1951

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0212 FOOTBALL

Armando Onesti

1936 - 2019

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0213 FOOTBALL

Luca Simeoni

Born 1990

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0214 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Beverini

1872 - 1944

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0215 WRITER

Gabriella Chioma

Born 1933

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0216 BOXER

Tito Rodinetti

Born 1936

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0217 SPRINT

Sergio D'Asnasch

Born 1934

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0218 JOURNALIST

Paolo Paganini (giornalista)

Born 1963

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0219 FOOTBALL

Antonio Sassarini

Born 1959

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0220 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Mariotti

1939 - 1992

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0221 PRESENTER

Fabio Esposito

Born 1983

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0222 FOOTBALL

Roberto Derlin

Born 1942

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0223 MISSING

Giovan Battista Pastine

1874 - 1916

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0224 OFFICER

Rosario Aiosa

Born 1952

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0225 LAWYER

Agostino Bronzi

1891 - 1972

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0226 POLITICIAN

Umberto Ajello

1901 - 1943

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0227 MAGISTRAT

Giorgio Santacroce

1941 - 2017

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0228 ECONOMIST

Angelo Riccaboni

Born 1959

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0229 MILITAR

Mario Mastrangelo

1900 - 1943

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0230 REGISTA

Michelangelo Ricci (regista)

Born 1996

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0231 MILITAR

Luigi Corsi (militare)

1898 - 1941

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0232 OFFICER

Vittorio Emanuele Borsi di Parma

1911 - 2005

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0233 MILITAR

Rodolfo Psaro

1892 - 1940

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0234 CARTOONIST

Giancarlo Navarrini

1935 - 2019

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0235 FOOTBALL

Enrico Burlando

Born 1944

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0236 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Scacchetti

Born 1902

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0237 FOOTBALL

Armando Fava

1893 - 1915

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0238 AMMIRAGLIO

Baldassarre Biassa

Died 1531

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0239 MILITAR

Enzo Venturini

1941 - 1992

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0240 POLITICIAN

Aldo Giacché

1928 - 2019

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0241 TEACHER

Ornella De Zordo

Born 1949

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0242 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Baracchini

Born 1964

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0243 AMMIRAGLIO

Virgilio Spigai

1907 - 1976

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0244 FOOTBALL

Orlando Tognotti

1904 - 1963

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0245 WRESTLER

Oreste Arpè

1889 - 1977

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0246 FOOTBALL

Mario Tommaseo

1920 - 2006

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0247 POLITICIAN

Roberto Spano

Born 1935

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0248 SINGER

Gabriella Rossi

Born 1936

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0249 WRITER

Baldassarre Avanzini

1840 - 1905

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0250 JOURNALIST

Mario De Scalzi

Born 1952

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0251 PRELATE

Giovanni Battista Federici

1615 - 1657

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0252 GUERRILLA

Arrigo Diodati

1926 - 2013

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0253 PRELATE

Giuliano Castagnola

1572 - 1620

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0254 PRODUCER

Simon Beta

Born 1982

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0255 POLITICIAN

Enrico Martino (deputato)

1907 - 1981

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0256 FOOTBALL

Christian Monacizzo

Born 1991

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0257 POLITICIAN

Gian Carlo Di Vizia

Born 1941

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0258 POLITICIAN

Roberto Lasagna (politico)

Born 1935

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0259 POLITICIAN

Amedeo Sommovigo

1891 - 1969

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0260 FIGHTER

Vincent Faïta

1918 - 1943

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0261 WRITER

Mario Riondino

1922 - 2005

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0262 NEUROSCIENTIST

Leonardo Fogassi

Born 1958

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0263 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Bottai

1874 - 1965

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0264 OFFICER

Gaspare Biassa

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0265 SCULPTOR

Lidia Croce

Born 1957

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0266 LAWYER

Prospero De Nobili

1858 - 1945

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0267 SPORT

Ezio Cortesia

Born 1893

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0268 PIANIST

Cal Taormina

1945 - 2020

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0269 POLITICIAN

Calogero Di Gloria

1917 - 1997

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0270 JOURNALIST

Edilio Tarantino

1920 - 2009

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0271 POET

Maria Luisa Eguez

Born 1951

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0272 POLITICIAN

Ugo Parodi di Belsito

1878 - 1942

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0273 FOOTBALL

Wando Persia

1913 - 1979

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0274 BASKET

Federica Cerretti

Born 1976

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0275 UFFICIALE

Marcello De Salvia

1920 - 1941

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0276 FOOTBALL

Antonio Pagano

1902 - 1988

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0277 FOOTBALL

Ornello Tacchinardi

Born 1908

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0278 POLITICIAN

Giulio Bertagna

Born 1894

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0279 FOOTBALL

Auro Enzo Basiliani

Born 1934

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0280 JOURNALIST

Thomas Leoncini

Born 1985

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0281 FOOTBALL

Eros Baccalini

1930 - 2016

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0282 FOOTBALL

Luciano Benassi

Born 1914

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0283 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Castellini

1918 - 1975

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0284 MILITAR

Alessandro Montagna

1893 - 1941

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0285 FOOTBALL

Luca Ranieri

Born 1999

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0286 PAINTER

Carlo Meluccio

Born 1923

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0287 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Leopizzi

1929 - 2016

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0288 ARCHITECT

Manlio Costa

1901 - 1936

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0289 POLITICIAN

Raffaele De Nobili

1827 - 1884

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0290 SINGER

Loredana D'Anghera

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0291 TRANSLATOR

Alfeo Bertin

1930 - 1972

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0292 FOOTBALL

Ermanno Latella

1908 - 1991

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0293 FOOTBALL

Sergio Bani

Born 1920

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0294 COMPOSER

Cesare Poggi

Born 1948

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0295 FOOTBALL

Nicolino Latella

1902 - 1942

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0296 COMPOSER

Gabriella Cecchi

Born 1944

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0297 NOVELIST

Claudia Marcucetti

Born 1968

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0298 FOOTBALL

Gabriele Sabatini

Born 1976

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0299 SCULPTOR

Augusto Magli (scultore)

1890 - 1962

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0300 COMPOSER

Enrico Salines

1911 - 2003

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