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MANTOVA

Most Famous People Born in Mantova, Italy

Notable people
566
Peak decade
1930s
Median birth year
1832
Most distinctive
Nobile 145.9×
Through the Centuries

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

What Mantova Is Known For

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Football is Mantova's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (54).

Mantova over-indexes on nobile145.9× the global rate.

Mantova under-produces actor — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Football54
  2. Politician48
  3. Painter41
  4. Priest37
  5. Chamberlain20
  6. Singer17
  7. Writer17
  8. Nobile16
  1. Nobile16145.9×
  2. Patriota7123.8×
  3. Chamberlain2096.3×
  4. Religioso881.6×
  5. Duke732.2×
  6. Aristocrat77.4×
  7. Priest374.5×
  8. Philosopher73.5×
  1. Actor100.3×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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566 notable people

0301 PLAYER

Lorenzo Perazzolo

Born 1984

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0302 WRITER

Bonamente Aliprandi

1350 - 1417

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0303 FOOTBALL

Claudio Mantovani

Born 1943

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0304 PHYSICIST

Carlo Castagnoli

1924 - 2005

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0305 TRANSLATOR

Giuseppe Maria Bozzoli

1724 - 1783

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0306 SPORT

Simone Bertoletti

Born 1974

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0307 EGYPTOLOGIST

Massimo Patanè

Born 1954

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0308 PAINTER

Felice Campi

1746 - 1817

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0309 NOBILE

Isabella Gonzaga (1537-1579)

1537 - 1579

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0310 COMPOSER

Giovanni Antonio Speranza

1811 - 1850

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0311 RELIGIOUS

Federigo Amadei

1684 - 1755

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0312 FOOTBALL

Davide Lampugnani

Born 1969

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0313 CANOE

Alberta Zanardi

Born 1940

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0314 ARCHITECT

Leandro Marconi (Architekt, 1763)

1763 - 1837

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0315 FOOTBALL

Cristiano Copelli

Born 1967

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0316 PRIEST

Giampietro Arrivabene

1440 - 1504

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0317 WRITER

Francesco Bertolini

1836 - 1909

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0318 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Dugoni

1907 - 1960

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0319 BOTANIST

Enrico Paglia

1834 - 1889

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0320 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Barca

1594 - 1650

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0321 PRIEST

Alessandro Arrigoni (bishop)

1674 - 1718

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0322 POLITICIAN

Bindo Galli

1871 - 1952

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0323 ARTIST

Rodolfo Stranieri

1915 - 1988

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0324 POLITICIAN

Tagino dei Bonacolsi

Died 1302

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0325 ARTIST

Luca Francesconi (artista)

Born 1979

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0326 MUSIC

Mauro Negri

Born 1966

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0327 PAINTER

Luigi Campovecchio

1740 - 1804

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0328 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Burchiellaro

Born 1960

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0329 PRIEST

Galeazzo Cavriani

1406 - 1466

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0330 FOOTBALL

Pierangelo Avanzi

Born 1966

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0331 POLITICIAN

Rubes Triva

1921 - 2001

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0332 PAINTER

Giulio Cesare Arrivabene

1806 - 1896

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0333 CARDINAL

Francesco Bellinzani

1619 - 1684

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0334 POLITICIAN

Cesare Genovesi (politico)

1879 - 1970

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0335 CHAMBERLAIN

Filippino Gonzaga

Died 1356

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0336 AUTHOR

Davide Parenti

Born 1957

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0337 PAINTER

Siro Baroni

1678 - 1746

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0338 MATHEMATICIAN

Aldo Finzi (matematico)

1878 - 1934

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0339 NOBILE

Ziliola dei Bonacolsi

Died 1349

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0340 RELIGIOSO

Francesco Giacinto Gonzaga

1616 - 1630

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0341 ARTIST

Giancarlo Malagutti

Born 1955

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0342 TRUMPET

Giovanni Srofenaur

1580 - 1634

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0343 ARTISAN

Antenore Belletti

1905 - 1985

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0344 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Saccani

Born 1967

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0345 NOBILE

Gabriella Gonzaga

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0346 PAINTER

Giacomo Gatti

Died 1817

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0347 FOOTBALL

Iacopo Cernigoi

Born 1995

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0348 COMPOSER

Francesco Dognazzi

Born 1585

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0349 ACTOR

Luigi Aliprandi

1817 - 1901

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0350 ROWER

Marco Penna

Born 1972

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0351 NOBILE

Paola Gonzaga (1486-1519)

1486 - 1519

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0352 FOOTBALL

Silvia Vivirito

Born 1990

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0353 NOBILE

Alda Gonzaga

1391 - 1405

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0354 PRIEST

Antonio Guidi di Bagno

1683 - 1761

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0355 THEOLOGIAN

Giovanni Battista Folengo

1490 - 1559

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0356 VITTIMA

Alberto Dalla Volta

1922 - 1945

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0357 RELIGIOSO

Marco de' Marconi

1480 - 1510

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0358 PAINTER

Giuseppe Guindani

1886 - 1946

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0359 POLITICIAN

Gianni Usvardi

1930 - 2008

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0360 PAINTER

Fabrizio Carini Motta

Died 1700

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0361 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Veneri

Born 1939

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0362 MEDALLIST

Sperandio (medaglista)

1431 - 1504

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0363 SINGER

Gionata Mirai

Born 1977

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0364 BASKET

Maurizio Benatti

Born 1955

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0365 THEOLOGIAN

Vincenzo Barsio

1490 - 1529

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0366 PRIEST

Alessandro Andreasi

1539 - 1593

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0367 ENTREPRENEUR

Fabrizio Lori

Born 1968

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0368 POLITICIAN

Luigi Gaetti

Born 1959

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0369 WRITER

Teresa Buelloni

1902 - 1989

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0370 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Beccaria

Born 1988

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0371 GEODESIST

Adolfo Viterbi

1873 - 1917

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0372 PAINTER

Carlo Dusi

1917 - 1995

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0373 HISTORIAN

Wilhelm von Janko

1835 - 1911

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0374 POLITICIAN

Annibale Chieppio

1563 - 1623

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0375 MUSIC

Dino Fumaretto

Born 1981

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0376 POLITICIAN

Vivaldo Belcazer

Born 1240

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0377 WRITER

Andrea da Schivenoglia

Born 1411

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0378 FOOTBALL

Renzo Biondani

1931 - 2010

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0379 ARCHBISHOP

Ascanio Gonzaga

1654 - 1728

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0380 PRIEST

Antonio degli Uberti

Died 1417

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0381 PATRIOTA

Anselmo Vivanti

1827 - 1890

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0382 FOOTBALL

Alessia Venturini

Born 1993

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0383 SCULPTOR

Alfonso Monfardini

1887 - 1965

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0384 PRIEST

Marco Fedeli Gonzaga

1522 - 1583

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0385 COACH

Bruno Bagnoli

Born 1964

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0386 PAINTER

Giuseppe Razzetti

1801 - 1888

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0387 MILITAR

Luigi Agliardi

1858 - 1931

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0388 POLITICIAN

Giovanni dei Bonacolsi

Died 1288

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0389 LUTHIER

Camillo Camilli

1700 - 1754

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0390 PRIEST

Giovanni degli Uberti (vescovo)

Died 1428

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0391 PATRIOTA

Giovanni Marangoni

1834 - 1869

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0392 GUERRILLA

Gina Galeotti Bianchi

1913 - 1945

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0393 NOBILDONNA

Emilia Cauzzi Gonzaga

1524 - 1573

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0394 MILITAR

Evangelista Gonzaga

1440 - 1492

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0395 PAINTER

Giovanni Campovecchio

1754 - 1804

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0396 CELLIST

Abner Rossi

1908 - 1987

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0397 BANK

Ermembergo Pellizzetti

1876 - 1947

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0398 POLITICIAN

Livio Benintendi

1814 - 1896

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0399 MISSING

Alessandro Canale

Born 1969

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0400 MILITAR

Adolfo Infante

1891 - 1971

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0401 PLAYER

Davide Sanguanini

Born 1963

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0402 CHAMBERLAIN

Federico Gonzaga di Luigi I

Died 1376

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0403 POLITICIAN

Galeazzo Gonzaga

1509 - 1562

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0404 RELIGIOSO

Giovanni II dei Bonacolsi

1300 - 1328

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0405 PATRIOTA

Cesare Albertini

1770 - 1833

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0406 POLITICIAN

Mattia Palazzi

Born 1978

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0407 POLITICIAN

Luigi Boldrini

1828 - 1894

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0408 PRIEST

Gregorio Boldrini

Died 1574

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0409 PRELATE

Francesco Pendasio

1571 - 1616

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0410 MODEL

Loren Cristina Mai

Born 1961

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0411 PRIEST

Sagramoso Gonzaga

1360 - 1405

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0412 POLITICIAN

Andrea Merlotti

1960 - 2002

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0413 PHYSICIAN

Abramo Arié

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0414 ENGINEER

Alessio Beccaguto

1476 - 1528

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0415 FOOTBALL

Romano Agostinelli

1928 - 2019

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0416 CHAMBERLAIN

Alessandro Gonzaga (1520-1580)

1520 - 1580

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0417 DIPLOMAT

Nicola Maffei (1487-1536)

1487 - 1536

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0418 POLITICIAN

Ugo Scalori

1871 - 1937

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0419 PRELATE

Ippolito Andreassi

1581 - 1646

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0420 FOOTBALL

Franco Giavara

1933 - 1970

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0421 PRIEST

Domenico Ballati-Nerli

1657 - 1748

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0422 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Zanardi

1910 - 2002

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0423 NOBILE

Corrado dei Bonacolsi

Died 1286

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0424 MILITAR

Selvatico dei Bonacolsi

-

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0425 FOOTBALL

Martino Olivetti

Born 1985

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0426 NOBILE

Berardo II dei Bonacolsi

-

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0427 RELIGIOSO

Carlo Gonzaga (1692-1771)

1692 - 1771

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0428 ACTOR

Fernando Farese

1901 - 1956

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0429 ACTOR

Fanny Sadowski

1827 - 1906

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0430 RELIGIOSO

Gianlucido Gonzaga

1421 - 1448

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0431 POLITICIAN

Ezio Zani

Born 1969

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0432 ART HISTORIAN

Maria Simonetta Bondoni Pastorio

1954 - 2012

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0433 POLITICIAN

Bonaventura dei Bonacolsi

Died 1326

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0434 FOOTBALL

Gianmarco Mezzadri

1923 - 1991

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0435 AMBASSADOR

Marsilio Andreasi

-

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0436 MILITAR

Giuseppe Grioli (patriota)

1825 - 1905

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0437 SAILOR

Alessandro Cavriani

1911 - 1943

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0438 DIPLOMAT

Benedetto Capilupi

1461 - 1518

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0439 SWIMMER

Cristina Sossi

Born 1971

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0440 GUITAR

Alberto Ferrarini

Born 1955

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0441 JOURNALIST

Carlo Cattapani

1868 - 1925

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0442 CHAMBERLAIN

Corrado Gonzaga

Died 1340

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0443 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Agostinelli

Born 1900

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0444 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Arioli

Born 1976

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0445 ENGINEER

Giuliano Noci

Born 1967

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0446 NOBILDONNA

Elisabetta Gonzaga (?-1432)

Died 1432

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0447 DESIGNER

Loris Abate

Born 1928

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0448 NOBILE

Francesco Gonzaga di Guido

Died 1369

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0449 CONDOTTIERO

Eusebio Malatesta

Born 1420

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0450 FOOTBALL

Carlo Barbieri (calciatore 1900)

Born 1900

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0451 FOOTBALL

Paolo Vaini

Born 1938

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0452 PHILOSOPHER

Giovanni da Mantova

-

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0453 SIGNORE

Carlo Albertini

Died 1437

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0454 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Spiller

1871 - 1953

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0455 LAWYER

Anselmo Folengo

1430 - 1497

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0456 NOBILE

Berardo I dei Bonacolsi

-

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0457 POLITICIAN

Rolando Giuseppe dalla Valle

1808 - 1891

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0458 POLITICIAN

Gino Maffei

1890 - 1938

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0459 SINGER

Clara Vincenzi

Born 1934

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0460 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Grigoli

Born 1902

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0461 NOBILE

Margherita Gonzaga (XIV secolo)

-

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0462 SWIMMER

Iris Corniani

Born 1958

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0463 JOURNALIST

Annibale Cappello

1540 - 1587

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0464 FOOTBALL

Alberto Tonoli

1947 - 2000

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0465 PHILANTHROPIST

Giuseppe Franchetti

1824 - 1903

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0466 PAINTER

Korri Elio Corradini

1912 - 1999

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0467 LAWYER

Fermo Rocca

1846 - 1911

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0468 ARCHIVIST

Giacomo Daino

1480 - 1560

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0469 ECONOMIST

Eugenio Masè Dari

1864 - 1961

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0470 MISSING

Girolamo Murari dalla Corte

1747 - 1832

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0471 FOOTBALL

Francesco Volpi

Born 1911

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0472 FOOTBALL

Carlo Venturini

-

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0473 NOBILE

Luigia Gonzaga

1458 - 1542

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0474 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Battista Visi

1737 - 1784

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0475 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Cadenazzi

1840 - 1914

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0476 TEACHER

Cesare Cancellieri

1937 - 2002

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0477 FOOTBALL

Andrea Lazzarini

Born 1915

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0478 TEACHER

Enzo Azzi

1921 - 1986

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0479 PAINTER

Carlo Zanfrognini

1897 - 1976

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0480 UFFICIALE

Franco Lanfredi

1920 - 2009

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0481 PATRIOTA

Teresa Valenti Gonzaga

1793 - 1871

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0482 RELIGIOSO

Luigi Gusmaroli

1801 - 1872

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0483 SINGER

Umberto Borghi (baritono)

1929 - 2009

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0484 FOOTBALL

Gabriele Bellodi

Born 2000

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0485 VIOLIN

Antonio Bonazzi

1754 - 1802

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0486 POLITICIAN

Tullio Petrozzani

1538 - 1609

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0487 NOBILE

Beatrice Gonzaga

Died 1335

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0488 FOOTBALL

Carlo Vanini

Born 1938

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0489 FOOTBALL

Andrea Preuss

Born 1898

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0490 MATHEMATICIAN

Bartolomeo Manfredi (matematico)

Died 1478

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0491 FOOTBALL

Renzo Longhi

Born 1936

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0492 FOOTBALL

Alfio Cavicchioli

Born 1910

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0493 NOBILE

Tommasina Gonzaga

-

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0494 POLITICIAN

Ruggero Ruggeri (politico)

Born 1946

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0495 SCULPTOR

Carlo Longhini

1939 - 2013

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0496 CHAMBERLAIN

Capino Capini

1490 - 1545

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0497 NOBILE

Carlo Bulgarini

-

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0498 POLITICIAN

Angelo Chittolina

-

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0499 PRIEST

Giovanni Lucido Cattaneo

1613 - 1685

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0500 FOOTBALL

Enghel Barbieri

1898 - 1973

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0501 DIPLOMAT

Luigi Cocastelli

1745 - 1824

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0502 PIANIST

Stefano Giavazzi

Born 1963

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0503 FOOTBALL

Nevio Ferrari

1926 - 2010

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0504 TEACHER

Carolina Magistrelli

1858 - 1939

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0505 SEGRETARIO

Silvestro Calandra

1450 - 1503

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0506 POLITICIAN

Gilberto Cavicchioli

Born 1939

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0507 FOOTBALL

Arnaldo Prosperi

Born 1901

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0508 PAINTER

Camillo Mantovano

Died 1568

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0509 MILITAR

Gino Vesci

1916 - 1940

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0510 POLITICIAN

Stefano Gatti-Casazza

1840 - 1918

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0511 NOBILDONNA

Tommasina Gonzaga (XIII secolo)

Died 1319

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0512 JOURNALIST

Franco Lini

1925 - 1997

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0513 MILITAR

Lorenzo Gandolfo

1878 - 1916

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0514 COMPOSER

Mirko Tagliasacchi

Born 1979

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0515 LAWYER

Jakob Basevi

1780 - 1846

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0516 ARCHITECT

Bernardino Ghisolfo

1430 - 1517

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0517 PLAYER

Stefano Freddi

Born 1967

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0518 POLITICIAN

Aurelio Zibramonti

Died 1589

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0519 FOOTBALL

Ildebrando Prosperi

-

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0520 PRIEST

Pellizzario di Mantova

Died 1230

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0521 POLITICIAN

Cesare Gioppi

1849 - 1933

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0522 COMPOSER

Stefano Pesori

-

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0523 HOCKEY

Franco Mora

Born 1936

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0524 NOBILE

Anastasia da Riva

-

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0525 PRIEST

Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno-Talenti

1720 - 1799

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0526 WRITER

Giovanni Pasetti

Born 1958

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0527 ENGINEER

Domizio Panini

1844 - 1909

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0528 POLITICIAN

Galeazzo Di Bagno

1825 - 1893

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0529 FOOTBALL

Diaderico Raffaldini

1891 - 1955

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0530 PATRIOTA

Omero Zanucchi

1814 - 1865

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0531 FOOTBALL

Cesare Pogliano

Born 1998

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0532 ENTREPRENEUR

Ferruccio Vivanti

1851 - 1906

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0533 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Margonari

Born 1924

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0534 WRITER

Ippolito Andreasi (vescovo)

Died 1646

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0535 FOOTBALL

Dante Prosperi

-

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0536 FOOTBALL

Carlo Ghirelli

Born 1901

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0537 FOOTBALL

Romano Mattinzoli

Born 1901

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0538 POLITICIAN

Silvano Montanari

1921 - 1978

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0539 PHILOSOPHER

Giuseppe Pezzarossa

1811 - 1875

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0540 JOURNALIST

Vittorio Chesi

1916 - 1991

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0541 POLITICIAN

Anna Lisa Baroni

Born 1959

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0542 BUSINESS

Amedeo Bignami

1904 - 1954

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0543 KOMMANDEUR

Karl Wilhelm von Jeetze

1710 - 1753

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0544 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Battista Cavallara

Died 1587

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0545 FOOTBALL

Ettore Gasparini

Born 1896

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0546 FOOTBALL

Iramo Vanz

1924 - 2019

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0547 RELIGIOUS

Eleonora Gonzaga (1586-1668)

1586 - 1668

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0548 PAINTER

Ugo Maccabruni

1923 - 1998

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0549 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Soresina

1894 - 1975

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0550 FOOTBALL

Napoleone Moretti

Born 1910

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0551 PAINTER

Bernardino Malpizzi

1553 - 1623

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0552 RELIGIOSO

Guido Gonzaga (?-1459)

Died 1459

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0553 POET

Ivano Ferrari

Born 1948

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0554 FOOTBALL

Clotario Stafetta

-

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0555 MISSING

Antonio Guidi di Bagno (1785-1865)

1785 - 1865

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0556 FOOTBALL

Masé

1903 - 1981

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0557 HISTORIAN

Ferruccio Quintavalle

-

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0558 POLITICIAN

Ottonello Zanecalli

Died 1274

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0559 NOBILE

Felicina dei Bonacolsi

-

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0560 MISSING

Federico Cocastelli di Montiglio

1783 - 1847

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0561 PRIEST

Giulio Superchio

Died 1585

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0562 PHYSICIAN

Eros Benedini

1913 - 1991

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0563 LAWYER

Angelo Petrozzani

1741 - 1814

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0564 PAINTER

Fornaretto Mantovano

-

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0565 ORGANIST

Francesco Comencini

1792 - 1864

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0566 PAINTER

Muzio Ghisoni

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