45.4669° N, 9.1900° E

MILANO

Most Famous People Born in Milano, Italy

Notable people
5,707
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1931
Most distinctive
Entrepreneur 3.6×

Italy's working capital, in every sense. Milano's distinctive professions are entrepreneurs, architects, journalists, and the priests and archbishops of one of Christendom's oldest sees — the trades of the city that runs Italian publishing, design, and football all at once. The notable births stretch back to a Roman ancestor of the city, but the centre of mass is squarely in the postwar decades, and the actor and footballer benches are both among the deepest in Italy.

Through the Centuries

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

What Milano Is Known For

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Football is Milano's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (604).

Milano over-indexes on entrepreneur3.6× the global rate.

Milano under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football604
  2. Actor446
  3. Politician438
  4. Painter309
  5. Writer293
  6. Singer184
  7. Journalist171
  8. Priest165
  1. Entrepreneur693.6×
  2. Architect1312.6×
  3. Painter3092.1×
  4. Artist1172.0×
  5. Priest1652.0×
  6. Composer1461.9×
  7. Journalist1711.9×
  8. Sculptor691.9×
  1. Politician4380.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0002 POLITICIAN

Silvio Berlusconi

Born 1936

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0003 SINGER

Adriano Celentano

Born 1938

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0007 CONDUCTOR

Claudio Abbado

1933 - 2014

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0008 POLITICIAN

Bettino Craxi

1934 - 2000

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0011 ACTOR

Gian Maria Volontè

1933 - 1994

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0014 FILM

Tinto Brass

Born 1933

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0016 ARCHITECT

Aldo Rossi

1931 - 1997

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0020 POET

Alda Merini

1931 - 2009

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0025 ACTOR

Lucia Bosè

1931 - 2020

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0028 ACTOR

Ornella Vanoni

Born 1934

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0030 ACTOR

Giorgio Gaber

1939 - 2003

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0035 SINGER

Enzo Jannacci

1935 - 2013

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0050 ACTOR

Adriana Asti

Born 1933

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0056 ARTIST

Guido Crepax

1933 - 2003

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0077 FILM

Bruno Bozzetto

Born 1938

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0082 FILM

Sandra Mondaini

1931 - 2010

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0097 SINGER

Tony Renis

Born 1938

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0099 POET

Gianfrancesco Guarnieri

1934 - 2006

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0104 DESIGNER

Massimo Vignelli

1931 - 2014

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0112 ARCHITECT

Alessandro Mendini

1931 - 2019

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0119 BALLET

Carla Fracci

Born 1936

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0123 ECONOMIST

Giovanni Arrighi

1937 - 2009

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0130 ARCHITECT

Mario Bellini

Born 1935

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0131 LYRICIST

Mogol (lyricist)

Born 1936

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0165 SINGER

Betty Curtis

1936 - 2006

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0167 SCHOLAR

Guido Calabresi

Born 1932

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0176 ARTIST

Sergio Toppi

1932 - 2012

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0181 JOURNALIST

Anna Piaggi

1931 - 2012

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0183 DESIGNER

Joe Cesare Colombo

1930 - 1971

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0202 ARCHITECT

Giorgio Grassi

Born 1935

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0203 COMIC

Sergio Bonelli

1932 - 2011

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0214 COOK

Gualtiero Marchesi

1930 - 2017

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0224 ACTOR

Renato Scarpa

Born 1939

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0230 SENATOR

Liliana Segre

Born 1930

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0240 NOVELIST

Renata Adler

Born 1938

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0252 ACTOR

Maria Monti

Born 1935

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0257 POET

Nanni Balestrini

1935 - 2019

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0259 FILM

Eriprando Visconti

1932 - 1995

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0260 PLAYER

Lea Pericoli

Born 1935

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0279 POLITICIAN

Giorgio La Malfa

Born 1939

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0294 POET

Giovanni Raboni

1932 - 2004

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0298 THEATRE

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Born 1930

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0304 CONDUCTOR

Aldo Ceccato

Born 1934

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0305 ACTOR

Giulia Lazzarini

Born 1934

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0306 FOOTBALL

Sandro Salvadore

1939 - 2007

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0310 COMPOSER

Giacomo Manzoni

Born 1932

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0321 WRITER

Pietro Valpreda

1933 - 2002

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0329 DRIVER

Lucien Bianchi

1934 - 1969

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0341 LAWYER

Giorgio Ambrosoli

1933 - 1979

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0342 COMPOSER

Niccolò Castiglioni

1932 - 1996

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0343 ETHOLOGIST

Danilo Mainardi

1933 - 2017

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0347 ACTOR

Gisella Sofio

1931 - 2017

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0359 COSTUME DESIGNER

Ezio Frigerio

Born 1930

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0369 FILM

Alberto Lionello

1930 - 1994

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0372 WRITER

Max Bunker

Born 1939

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0382 ACTOR

Gianni Musy

1931 - 2011

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0386 FILM

Sergio Gobbi

Born 1938

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0392 SPORT

Antonio Maspes

1932 - 2000

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0412 BASKET

Sandro Gamba

Born 1932

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0414 PLAYWRIGHT

Luigi Lunari

1934 - 2019

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0415 SINGER

Nanni Svampa

1938 - 2017

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0429 ACTOR

Renato Mori

1935 - 2014

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0430 ACTOR

Lucilla Morlacchi

1936 - 2014

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0435 ENTREPRENEUR

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Born 1935

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0453 SINGER

Dana Ghia

Born 1932

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0455 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Levi

Born 1939

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0461 ACTOR

Carlo Bonomi

Born 1937

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0469 ACTOR

Liù Bosisio

Born 1936

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0488 ACTOR

Didi Perego

1937 - 1993

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0495 CRICKET

Ted Dexter

Born 1935

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0496 LAWYER

Valerio Onida

Born 1936

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0503 HISTORIAN

Mario Vegetti

1937 - 2018

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0508 SKATER

Gundi Busch

1935 - 2014

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0527 ACTOR

Elena Cotta

Born 1931

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0531 PHYSICIST

Giancarlo Ghirardi

1935 - 2018

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0537 ARTIST

Gianni Colombo

1937 - 1993

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0552 ARTIST

Dadamaino

1930 - 2004

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0560 PLAYER

Fausto Gardini

1930 - 2008

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0571 DESIGNER

Elio Fiorucci

1935 - 2015

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0578 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Bagnoli

Born 1935

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0581 LAWYER

Fausto Pocar

Born 1939

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0629 CONDUCTOR

Enrico Intra

Born 1935

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0647 SINGER

Daniele Pace

1935 - 1985

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0681 ACTOR

Graziella Galvani

Born 1931

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0689 WRITER

Mario Biondi (writer)

Born 1939

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0691 ACTOR

Renata Mauro

1934 - 2009

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0701 BOXER

Sandro Lopopolo

1939 - 2014

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0705 COMPOSER

Davide Anzaghi

Born 1936

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0713 PROFESSOR

Anna Morpurgo Davies

1937 - 2014

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0717 BOXER

Carmelo Bossi

1939 - 2014

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0718 ECONOMIST

Pierangelo Garegnani

1930 - 2011

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0729 EDITOR

Vanni Scheiwiller

1934 - 1999

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0733 JUMPER

Graziano Mancinelli

1937 - 1992

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0746 CONDUCTOR

Bruno Giuranna

Born 1933

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0778 FILM

Alberto Cavallone

1938 - 1997

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0794 POLITICIAN

Carlo Tognoli

Born 1938

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0795 MINISTER

Dino Piero Giarda

Born 1936

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0800 SPORT

Marino Vigna

Born 1938

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0806 ARTIST

Grazia Varisco

Born 1937

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0820 PSYCHIC

Maria Duval

Born 1938

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0855 DRIVER

Giancarlo Baghetti

1934 - 1995

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0865 ACTOR

Anna Maria Guarnieri

Born 1933

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0948 ACTOR

Luigi Montini

Born 1934

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0994 POLITICIAN

Paolo Baratta (homme politique)

Born 1939

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1000 PAINTER

Lucio Pozzi

Born 1935

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1028 POLITICIAN

Mario Arcelli

1935 - 2004

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1032 POET

Giulia Niccolai

Born 1934

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1055 AUTHOR

Carlo Castellaneta

1930 - 2013

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1061 COMPOSER

Bruno De Filippi

1930 - 2010

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1070 WRITER

Matilda Koen-Sarano

Born 1939

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1074 PSYCHIATRIST

Willy Pasini

Born 1938

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1085 SINGER

Jula De Palma

Born 1932

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1095 JOURNALIST

Roberto Civita

1936 - 2013

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1097 ARTIST

Grazia Nidasio

1931 - 2018

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1101 FOOTBALL

Italo Galbiati

Born 1937

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1111 POET

Roberto Sanesi

1930 - 2001

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1128 FILM

Gianfranco Bettetini

1933 - 2017

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1143 TRADUCTRICE

Ginevra Bompiani

Born 1939

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1144 PAINTER

Rodolfo Aricò

1930 - 2002

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1154 FENCER

Gianluigi Saccaro

Born 1938

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1178 PHYSICIAN

Gianni Bonadonna

1934 - 2015

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1208 PRESENTER

Edy Campagnoli

1934 - 1995

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1242 PAINTER

Dolores Puthod

Born 1934

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1257 PSYCHOLOGIST

Guglielmo Gulotta

Born 1939

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1263 ACTOR

Dada Gallotti

Born 1935

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1275 SINGER

Remo Germani

1938 - 2010

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1302 ACTOR

Lamberto Puggelli

1938 - 2013

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1323 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Iela Mari

1931 - 2014

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1355 WRITER

Anna Maria Carpi

Born 1939

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1356 JOURNALIST

Enrico Benzing

Born 1932

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1362 ESSAYIST

Franco Quadri

1936 - 2011

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1366 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Sirchia

Born 1933

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1382 COMPOSER

Tony De Vita

1932 - 1998

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1385 URBAN PLANNER

Bernardo Secchi

1934 - 2014

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1393 POLITICIAN

Charles Caccia

1930 - 2008

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1398 JOURNALIST

Gigi Vesigna

1932 - 2015

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1407 PAINTER

Ettore Sordini

1934 - 2012

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1419 WRITER

Italo Moscati

Born 1937

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1423 SINGER

Wilma De Angelis

Born 1931

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1440 ARCHITECT

Roberto Segre

1934 - 2013

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1450 ACTOR

Boris Cavazza

Born 1939

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1476 RACER

Geki (racing driver)

1937 - 1967

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1490 PAINTER

Pietro Diana (painter)

1931 - 2016

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1499 DESIGNER

Leonardo Fioravanti (engineer)

Born 1938

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1516 PIANIST

Antonio Ballista

Born 1936

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1517 ECONOMIST

Arnaldo Mauri

1932 - 2016

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1525 FENCER

Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

1936 - 2008

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1529 SCREENWRITER

Vittorio Salerno

1937 - 2016

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1543 CHESS

Alvise Zichichi

1938 - 2003

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1582 THEATRE

Roberto Ciulli

Born 1934

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1583 RACER

Alberto Pagani

1938 - 2017

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1607 LAWYER

Guido Rossi

1931 - 2017

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1614 PAINTER

Giuseppe Romagnoni

1930 - 1964

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1620 FOOTBALL

Luciano Alfieri

Born 1936

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1640 ATHLETIC

Letizia Bertoni

Born 1937

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1641 ACTOR

Vittorio Stagni

Born 1938

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1668 ACTOR

Marina Dolfin

1930 - 2007

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1695 SOCIOLOGIST

Marino Livolsi

Born 1937

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1702 SINGER

John Foster (Italian singer)

Born 1939

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1711 CINEMA

Lamberto Caimi

Born 1930

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1720 ARCHITECT

Ermanno Cressoni

1939 - 2005

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1727 ACTOR

Roberto Brivio

Born 1938

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1733 COMPOSER

Gianfranco Monaldi

1930 - 2007

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1745 ARTIST

Giorgio Salmoiraghi

Born 1936

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1749 DRIVER

Giorgio Bassi

Born 1934

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1761 DESIGNER

Giovanni Anceschi

Born 1939

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1814 ACTOR

Margherita Pavesi Mazzoni

1930 - 2010

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1823 SCIENTIST

Gabriela Morreale

1930 - 2017

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1824 WRITER

Beppe Viola

1939 - 1982

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1834 PAINTER

Camilla Adami

Born 1935

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1836 PAINTER

Sergio Dangelo

Born 1932

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1854 WRITER

Giorgio De Simone

Born 1932

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1867 LITERARY

Pier Vincenzo Mengaldo

Born 1936

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1880 SINGER

Michele Straniero

1936 - 2000

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1882 LAWYER

Gaetano Pecorella

Born 1938

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1906 SINGER

Ghigo Agosti

Born 1936

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1907 DISCUS THROWER

Elivia Ricci

Born 1936

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1935 SWIMMER

Roberto Lazzari

1937 - 2017

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1967 FILM

Italo Martinenghi

1930 - 2008

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1989 MATHEMATICIAN

Enzo Tonti

Born 1935

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2004 WRITER

Guido Almansi

1931 - 2001

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2022 SCIENTIST

Giorgio Macchi

Born 1930

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2038 HELLENIST

Dario Del Corno

1933 - 2010

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2051 FILM

Carlo Cotti (Regisseur)

Born 1939

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2052 FOOTBALL

Severino Lojodice

Born 1933

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2054 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gian Paolo Barbieri

Born 1938

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2055 PAINTER

Mario Raciti

Born 1934

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2083 BASKET

Arnaldo Taurisano

1933 - 2019

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2093 PAINTER

Agostino Ferrari

Born 1938

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2094 WRITER

Primo Moroni

1936 - 1998

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2097 WRITER

Claudio Risé

Born 1939

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2134 ACTOR

Marisa Traversi

1936 - 2017

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2160 ACTOR

Carla Macelloni

1937 - 2015

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2167 ESSAYIST

Francesco Cesarini

Born 1937

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2170 HISTORIAN

Giorgio Rumi

1938 - 2006

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2172 NOTARY

Piergaetano Marchetti

Born 1939

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2179 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Properzj

Born 1939

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2192 POLITICIAN

Guido Possa

Born 1937

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2197 PHYSICIST

Erasmo Recami

Born 1939

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2198 ACADEMIC

Francesco Ogliari

1931 - 2009

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2207 SPORT

Domenico De Lillo

Born 1937

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2219 LYRICIST

Alessandro Colombini

Born 1936

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2222 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Marchioro

Born 1936

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2223 HISTORIAN

Lellia Cracco Ruggini

Born 1931

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2224 PAINTER

Giuseppe Viola

1933 - 2010

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2232 SCACCHISTA

Alessandro Sanvito

1938 - 2020

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2235 ACTOR

Carlo Cataneo

1930 - 2005

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2236 POLITICIAN

Roberto Maria Radice

1938 - 2012

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2253 DESIGNER

Nanda Vigo

1936 - 2020

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2260 DRIVER

Mauro Bianchi

Born 1937

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2262 TRANSLATOR

Renata Colorni

Born 1939

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2272 PRIEST

Armando Dini

Born 1932

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2275 JOURNALIST

Umberto Gandini

Born 1935

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2276 SINGER

Arturo Testa

Born 1932

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2278 POLITICIAN

Giancarlo Lombardi

1937 - 2017

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2280 SINGER

Cocky Mazzetti

Born 1937

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2299 ARTIST

Amalia Del Ponte

Born 1936

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2305 COSTUME DESIGNER

Vera Marzot

1931 - 2012

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2312 MISSING

Silvano Larini

Born 1935

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2330 POLITICIAN

Paolo Ungari

1933 - 1999

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2350 POLITICIAN

Emilio Molinari

Born 1939

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2351 CHOREOGRAPHER

Gino Landi

Born 1933

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2352 POLITICIAN

Gianluigi Melega

1935 - 2014

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2357 PRODUCER

Nanni Ricordi

1932 - 2012

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2370 HISTORIAN

Arturo Colombo

1934 - 2016

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2371 SKATER

Fiorella Negro

1938 - 2019

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2378 TEACHER

Miro Allione

1932 - 2006

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2418 COMPOSER

Paolo Castaldi (compositore)

Born 1930

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2434 ACTOR

Franco Pastorino

1933 - 1959

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2458 POLITICIAN

Antonio Del Pennino

Born 1939

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2462 BALLERINA

Elettra Morini

Born 1937

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2471 ACTOR

Daniela Calvino

Born 1938

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2482 EDUCATOR

Ettore Gelpi

1933 - 2002

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2487 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Pagani

1936 - 2014

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2499 POLITICIAN

Michele Achilli

Born 1931

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2500 ARTIST

Maria Luisa Uggetti

Born 1937

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2510 PAINTER

Daniele Oppi

1932 - 2006

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2518 LAWYER

Tito Ballarino

1934 - 2014

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2520 PRESBYTER

Gino Rigoldi

Born 1939

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2547 PHYSICIAN

Giampaolo Lai

Born 1931

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2553 COMPOSER

Umberto Rotondi

1937 - 2007

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2555 ACTOR

Cecilia Sacchi

1938 - 2010

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2558 ESSAYIST

Giorgio Cosmacini

Born 1931

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2562 PHILOLOGIST

Sergio Cigada

1933 - 2010

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2591 ATHLETIC

Alfredo Rizzo (athlete)

Born 1933

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2617 WRITER

Sveva Casati Modignani

Born 1938

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2637 LITERARY

Rodolfo Quadrelli

1939 - 1984

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2664 HISTORIAN

Arrigo Pacchi

1933 - 1989

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2666 OFFICER

Paolo Inzerilli

Born 1933

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2674 ENTREPRENEUR

Giorgio Falck

1938 - 2004

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2697 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cesare Colombo

1935 - 2016

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2699 ACTOR

Angela (cantante)

Born 1938

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2710 BOXER

Giancarlo Garbelli

1931 - 2013

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2713 ECONOMIST

Luigi Frey

1934 - 2019

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2731 CORRESPONDENT

Edoardo Fazzioli

Born 1934

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2740 LAWYER

Luca Boneschi

1939 - 2016

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2745 ARTIST

Luigi Castiglioni

1936 - 2003

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2751 PHILOSOPHER

Guido Davide Neri

1935 - 2001

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2758 ACTOR

Primarosa Battistella

Born 1933

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2772 ARTIST

Aldo Di Gennaro

Born 1938

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2774 ACTOR

Alessandro Quasimodo

Born 1939

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2775 ENGRAVER

Giorgio Upiglio

1932 - 2013

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2834 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Tinazzi

1934 - 2016

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2842 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giorgio Lotti

Born 1937

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2847 ACTOR

Antonio Colonnello

1938 - 2005

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2848 ESSAYIST

Lorenzo Pellizzari

1938 - 2016

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2851 FOOTBALL

Walter Pontel

1937 - 2003

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2855 HOCKEY

Giancarlo Agazzi

1932 - 1995

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2860 CONDUCTOR

Maurizio Rinaldi

1937 - 1995

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2861 WRITER

Guido Vergani

1935 - 2005

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2877 MUSIC

Eduardo Rescigno

Born 1931

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2892 ARCHITECT

Carlo Bartoli

1931 - 2020

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2902 POLITICIAN

Gianpiero Carlo Cantoni

1939 - 2012

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2905 SOCIOLOGIST

Giorgio Pacifici

Born 1939

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2910 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Speranza (matematico)

1932 - 1998

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2927 PAINTER

Attilio Colonello

Born 1930

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2944 HELLENIST

Diego Lanza

1937 - 2018

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2951 RACER

Gilberto Milani

Born 1932

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2961 ARTIST

Decio Canzio

1930 - 2013

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2963 ACTOR

Umberto Ceriani

Born 1939

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2967 ACTOR

Ruggero De Daninos

1931 - 2000

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2968 ACTOR

Daniele Tedeschi

Born 1930

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2986 JOURNALIST

Lorenzo Arruga

1937 - 2020

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3001 POLITICIAN

Enea Cerquetti

Born 1938

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3014 SCREENWRITER

Lorenzo Ricciardi

Born 1930

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3063 FENCER

Antonio Albanese (fencer)

1937 - 2013

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3064 WRITER

Rinaldo Traini

1931 - 2019

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3088 FILM

Renzo Maietto

Born 1939

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3124 ARTIST

Enzo Facciolo

Born 1931

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3143 CHESS

Ennio Contedini

Born 1934

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3152 POET

Lelio Scanavini

Born 1939

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3156 EDUCATION

Cesare Scurati

1937 - 2011

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3173 AGRONOMIST

Mario Fregoni

Born 1934

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3188 CONDUCTOR

Mario Battaini

1931 - 2000

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3195 PILOTA

Mario Mannucci

1932 - 2011

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3197 CRITICO

Giovanni Buttafava

1939 - 1990

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3200 FOOTBALL

Ambrogio Valadè

1937 - 2007

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3202 ACTOR

Adolfo Fenoglio

Born 1938

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3243 WRITER

Guido Clericetti

Born 1939

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3251 ACTOR

Giancarlo Padoan

Born 1935

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