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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Showing 399 of 5,707 notable people

0029 PIANIST

Maurizio Pollini

Born 1942

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0032 ACTOR

Mariangela Melato

1941 - 2013

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0046 PHOTOGRAPHER

Oliviero Toscani

Born 1942

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0052 DESIGNER

Miuccia Prada

Born 1948

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0059 ACTOR

Agostina Belli

Born 1947

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0063 POLITICIAN

Fausto Bertinotti

Born 1940

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0064 MATHEMATICIAN

Enrico Bombieri

Born 1940

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0116 FILM

Maurizio Nichetti

Born 1948

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0118 POLITICIAN

Letizia Moratti

Born 1949

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0132 SINGER

Maria Grazia Buccella

Born 1940

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0139 POLITICIAN

Giuliano Pisapia

Born 1949

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0188 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gabriele Basilico

1944 - 2013

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0191 FILM

Gabriele Lavia

Born 1942

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0249 ACTOR

Annabella Incontrera

Born 1943

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0250 CONDUCTOR

Pino Presti

Born 1943

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0261 JOURNALIST

Paolo Mieli

Born 1949

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0268 BISHOP

Luigi Padovese

1947 - 2010

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0278 ACTOR

Cristina Gaioni

Born 1940

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0282 ACTOR

Massimo Dapporto

Born 1945

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0293 FOOTBALL

Luciano Castellini

Born 1945

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0312 LYRICIST

Paolo Limiti

1940 - 2017

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0322 SINGER

Dario Baldan Bembo

Born 1948

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0350 ATHLETIC

Paola Pigni

Born 1945

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0352 POLITICIAN

Franco Bassanini

Born 1940

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0368 ARTIST

Marco Rota

Born 1942

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0373 CONDUCTOR

Vince Tempera

Born 1946

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0376 POLITICIAN

Pietro Ichino

Born 1949

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0378 PHYSICIAN

Alberto Mantovani

Born 1948

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0380 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Tronchetti Provera

Born 1948

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0402 FOOTBALL

Sergio Gori

Born 1946

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0424 ARTIST

Alfredo Castelli

Born 1947

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0463 ACTOR

Gino Santercole

1940 - 2018

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0487 PRIEST

Massimo Camisasca

Born 1946

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0490 BASKET

Carlo Recalcati

Born 1945

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0510 EXPLORER

Ambrogio Fogar

1941 - 2005

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0563 ACTOR

Enrico Beruschi

Born 1941

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0564 PRIEST

Luigi Negri (Bischof)

Born 1941

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0619 WRITER

Luca Novelli

Born 1947

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0658 COMPOSER

Mario Lavezzi

Born 1948

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0659 JOURNALIST

Paolo Mereghetti

Born 1949

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0670 WRITER

Maurizio Cucchi

Born 1945

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0698 ACTOR

Ugo Adinolfi

1943 - 2016

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0723 ACTOR

Franco Branciaroli

Born 1948

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0724 FOOTBALL

Dario Gradi

Born 1941

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0731 ARTIST

Massimo De Vita

Born 1941

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0736 COMPOSER

Franco Mussida

Born 1947

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0740 MUSIC

Franco Godi

Born 1940

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0752 NOVELIST

Paolo Brera

1949 - 2019

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0754 SINGER

Il Guardiano del Faro

Born 1940

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0758 POLITICIAN

Ugo Intini

Born 1941

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0766 ARTIST

James Rivière

Born 1949

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0779 PHILOSOPHER

Giulio Giorello

1945 - 2020

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0787 ACTOR

Maurizio Arcieri

1945 - 2015

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0790 JOURNALIST

Paolo Berlusconi

Born 1949

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0805 PAINTER

Arduino Cantafora

Born 1945

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0837 ACTOR

Annie Gorassini

Born 1941

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0843 ONCOLOGIST

Carlo M. Croce

Born 1944

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0851 MUSIC

Aldo Tagliapietra

Born 1945

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0859 WRITER

Luigi Garlando

Born 1947

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0876 ACTOR

Cochi Ponzoni

Born 1941

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0877 POLITICIAN

Giancarlo Pagliarini

Born 1942

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0900 WRITER

Francesco D'Adamo

Born 1949

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0937 POET

Luigi Ballerini

Born 1940

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0965 POLITICIAN

Paolo Romani

Born 1947

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0981 SINGER

Claudio Lippi

Born 1945

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1005 ACTOR

Ivana Monti

Born 1947

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1012 ACTOR

Silvia Annichiarico

Born 1947

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1025 WRITER

Valeria Montaldi

Born 1949

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1035 PRIEST

Diego Coletti

Born 1941

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1069 PHOTOGRAPHER

Davide Mengacci

Born 1948

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1072 FOOTBALL

Bruno Bolchi

Born 1940

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1073 POLITICIAN

Mario Chiesa (politician)

Born 1944

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1076 CHOREOGRAPHER

Amedeo Amodio

Born 1940

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1088 SINGER

Andrea Lo Vecchio

Born 1942

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1120 BALLET

Luciana Savignano

Born 1943

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1123 ACADEMIC

Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Born 1947

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1155 SKIER

Marcello Varallo

Born 1947

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1164 ACTOR

Oreste Rizzini

1940 - 2008

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1170 SINGER

Fabio Treves

Born 1949

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1172 ARTIST

Anna Brandoli

Born 1945

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1181 SPORT

Carlo Rancati

Born 1940

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1185 ACTOR

Roberto Del Giudice

1940 - 2007

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1205 HISTORIAN

Enrico Decleva

1941 - 2020

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1288 BASKET

Marino Zanatta

Born 1947

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1300 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Blondet

Born 1944

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1312 WRITER

Renzo Barbieri

1940 - 2007

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1316 ACTOR

Nicoletta Rizzi

1940 - 2010

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1340 PROFESSOR

Renato Mannheimer

Born 1947

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1368 ARCHITECT

Angelo Torricelli

Born 1946

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1384 MUSIC

Marcello Sorce Keller

Born 1947

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1429 ACTOR

Leonardo Treviglio

Born 1949

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1442 MATHEMATICIAN

Emilio Spedicato

Born 1945

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1456 SINGER

Riki Maiocchi

1940 - 2004

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1468 BALLERINA

Liliana Cosi

Born 1941

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1478 SINGER

Renato Brioschi

Born 1948

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1509 CONDUCTOR

Pinuccio Pirazzoli

Born 1949

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1530 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Dellagiovanna

1941 - 2013

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1538 WRITER

Giorgio Silfer

Born 1949

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1568 ARCHITECT

Massimo Majowiecki

Born 1945

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1589 SKATER

Giordano Abbondati

1948 - 2005

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1595 POLITICIAN

Guido Podestà

Born 1947

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1596 SINGER

Gianni Mascolo

Born 1940

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1637 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Sarfatti

1940 - 2010

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1656 SOCIOLOGIST

Chiara Saraceno

Born 1941

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1663 ENTREPRENEUR

Gianfelice Rocca

Born 1948

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1671 PHOTOGRAPHER

Uliano Lucas

Born 1942

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1687 RACING

Giampiero Moretti

1940 - 2012

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1731 ACTOR

Giovanni Brusatori

Born 1946

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1734 PUBLISHER

Leonardo Mondadori

1946 - 2002

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1742 PRIEST

Adelio Dell’Oro

Born 1948

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1747 SINGER

Milena Cantù

Born 1943

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1751 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Luigi Roth

Born 1940

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1755 ARTIST

Giuseppe Laganà

1944 - 2016

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1758 FILM

Gianni Martucci

Born 1946

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1790 ACTOR

Eleonora Bianchi (Schauspielerin)

Born 1942

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1811 PRODUCER

Alberto Salerno

Born 1949

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1816 ACTOR

Gianni Magni

1941 - 1992

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1817 WRITER

Giancarlo Narciso

Born 1947

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1840 WRITER

Pierangelo Sequeri

Born 1944

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1897 WRITER

Duccio Demetrio

Born 1945

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1898 SPORT

Franco Cortinovis

Born 1945

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1904 WRITER

Raffaele Morelli

Born 1948

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1916 ARCHITECT

Antonio Monestiroli

1940 - 2019

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1918 ACTOR

Renato Pareti

Born 1947

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1919 ACTOR

Paola Gassman

Born 1945

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1941 ACADEMIC

Fernando Sansò

Born 1945

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1944 SOCIOLOGIST

Federico Butera

Born 1940

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1957 HARPSICHORDIST

Laura Alvini

1946 - 2005

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1963 ACTOR

Lisa Mazzotti

Born 1949

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1975 COMPOSER

Alberto Baldan Bembo

1948 - 2017

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1985 CHIRURGO

Renzo Dionigi

Born 1940

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1999 JOURNALIST

Massimo Bertarelli

1943 - 2019

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2005 SINGER

Ninni Carucci

Born 1942

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2042 FILM

Nicola Carraro

Born 1942

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2077 WRITER

Edoardo Raspelli

Born 1949

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2126 ACTOR

Marco Bonetti

Born 1944

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2133 JOURNALIST

Paolo Mauri

Born 1945

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2153 WRITER

Gianni Mura

1945 - 2020

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2156 ARCHITECT

Amedeo Bellini

Born 1940

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2159 FOOTBALL

Marco Achilli

1948 - 2009

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2165 ARTIST

Adriano Carnevali

Born 1948

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2175 POLITICIAN

Augusto Battaglia

Born 1948

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2187 ART HISTORIAN

Anty Pansera

Born 1948

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2215 GIOCO

Ennio Peres

Born 1945

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2220 SINGER

Enrico Maria Papes

Born 1941

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2244 HISTORIAN

Vittorio Vidotto

Born 1941

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2248 JOURNALIST

Gianpiero Gamaleri

Born 1940

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2284 MISSING

Antonio Aloni

1947 - 2016

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2291 THEATRE

Paolo Bosisio

Born 1949

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2293 COMICS

Renato Queirolo

Born 1944

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2318 JOURNALIST

Paolo Panerai

Born 1946

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2325 ACTOR

Alba Rigazzi

Born 1947

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2348 POLITICIAN

Aldo Brandirali

Born 1941

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2349 SINGER

Mino Di Martino

Born 1944

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2372 WRITER

Leonardo Coen

Born 1948

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2379 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Porro

Born 1942

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2381 WRITER

Ippolita Avalli

Born 1949

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2387 ACTOR

Sergio Di Giulio

1945 - 2019

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2410 AUTHOR

Mario Grasso

1941 - 2018

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2412 COMPOSER

Roberto Negri

1940 - 2006

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2421 FOOTBALL

Mario Facco

1946 - 2018

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2424 COMPOSER

Nando De Luca

Born 1940

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2429 WRITER

Claudio Fracassi

Born 1940

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2450 ESSAYIST

Maria Soresina

Born 1940

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2472 ACTOR

Serena Vergano

Born 1943

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2478 ACTOR

Sandro Massimini

1942 - 1996

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2506 ECONOMIST

Marco Onado

Born 1941

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2509 FILM

Gianpaolo Tescari

Born 1946

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2540 COMPOSER

Gilberto Ziglioli

Born 1948

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2548 ACTOR

Massimo Mirani

Born 1943

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2549 DIRIGENTE

Amedeo Felisa

Born 1946

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2551 ECONOMIST

Angelo Provasoli

Born 1942

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2554 CRITICO

Roberto Escobar

Born 1946

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2567 POLITICIAN

Franco Corleone

Born 1946

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2573 ARCHITECT

Marco Albini

Born 1940

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2595 ARTIST

Carlo Brera

1946 - 1994

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2600 FILM

Daniele Maggioni

Born 1949

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2620 DESIGNER

Armando Milani

Born 1940

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2621 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernesto Pellegrini

Born 1940

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2643 BASKET

Bruno Arrigoni

Born 1945

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2649 WRITER

Nicola Pugliese

1944 - 2012

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2656 ACTOR

Raffaele Fallica

Born 1948

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2657 SWIMMER

Mara Sacchi

Born 1948

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2658 ECONOMIST

Roberto Camagni

Born 1946

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2662 WRITER

Una Chi

Born 1942

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2680 LAWYER

Vittorio Dotti

1940 - 2018

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2681 COMPOSER

Damiano Dattoli

Born 1945

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2683 ARTIST

Vincenzo Monti (dessinateur)

1941 - 2002

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2693 POLITICIAN

Carlo Fontana (direttore teatrale)

Born 1947

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2701 ESSAYIST

Marta Boneschi

Born 1946

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2711 ACADEMIC

Filippo Ranieri

1944 - 2020

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2742 ECONOMIST

Stefano Preda

Born 1949

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2746 ACTOR

Piera Vidale

1947 - 2018

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2761 ACTOR

Antonio Paiola

Born 1941

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2763 ARTIST

Fausta Squatriti

Born 1941

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2764 TEACHER

Alessandro Cortese

1940 - 2007

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2767 PRODUCER

Carlo Andrea Bixio

1941 - 2011

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2781 POLITICIAN

Roberto Bernardelli

Born 1949

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2782 TEACHER

Giorgio Ravegnani

Born 1948

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2796 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Astori

Born 1948

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2797 FOOTBALL

Aquilino Bonfanti

1943 - 2016

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2802 POLITICIAN

Massimo Riva (giornalista)

Born 1940

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2809 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cesare Montalbetti

1946 - 2015

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2811 WRITER

Ezio Savino

1949 - 2014

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2812 POLITICIAN

Peter Wolff

Born 1946

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2818 SINGER

Walter Foini

Born 1948

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2826 POLITICIAN

Ezio Cartotto

Born 1943

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2830 PHILOLOGIST

Mario Mancini

Born 1941

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2839 LINGUIST

Gianfranco Porcelli

Born 1941

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2841 WRITER

Contardo Calligaris

Born 1948

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2869 THEATRE

Andrée Ruth Shammah

Born 1948

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2870 WRITER

Renzo Magosso

Born 1947

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2875 ACTOR

Melina Martello

Born 1941

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2885 PRESENTER

Ettore Andenna

Born 1946

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2917 COMPOSER

Bruno Zanolini

Born 1945

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2932 FOOTBALL

Giampiero Vitali

1940 - 2001

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2933 SINGER

Antonio Cripezzi

Born 1946

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2935 PRODUCER

Angelo Carrara

1945 - 2012

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2938 PHOTOGRAPHER

Paola Mattioli

Born 1948

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2946 FILM

Mauro Ivaldi

Born 1942

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2960 LAWYER

Sandro Schipani

Born 1940

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2965 WRITER

Enrico Fasana

1940 - 2008

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2971 ACTOR

Bedy Moratti

Born 1942

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2976 POLITICIAN

Aldo Arroni

Born 1945

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2977 WRITER

Carlo Oliva

1943 - 2012

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3010 JOURNALIST

Daniela Pizzagalli

Born 1946

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3011 WRITER

Enrico Arcelli

1940 - 2015

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3017 WRITER

Gianluigi Da Rold

Born 1942

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3018 JOURNALIST

Cesare Cadeo

1946 - 2019

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3024 HISTORIAN

Giulia Barone

Born 1947

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3027 ACTOR

Gianfranco Gamba

1949 - 2004

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3030 BIOLOGIST

Mauro Mariani

Born 1948

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3032 PHOTOGRAPHER

Davide Mosconi

1941 - 2002

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3045 FOOTBALL

Bruno Beatrice

1948 - 1987

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3047 FOOTBALL

Paolo Ferrario

Born 1942

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3066 POET

Aldo Gerbino

Born 1947

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3075 ACTOR

Ruggero Cara

1948 - 2018

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3077 DIPLOMAT

Leonardo Visconti di Modrone

Born 1947

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3100 FOOTBALL

Antonio Annibale

1940 - 2018

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3110 SINGER

Franco Lionello

1946 - 1988

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3120 ACADEMIC

Mario Maffi

Born 1947

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3133 SINGER

Filipponio

1944 - 1995

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3139 ACTOR

Gianni Quillico

Born 1947

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3140 WRITER

Adolivio Capece

Born 1947

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3145 KARATE

Luigi Zoia

Born 1948

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3146 ACTOR

Paride Calonghi

1940 - 1980

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3157 WRITER

Oreste Pivetta

Born 1949

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3159 POLITICIAN

Milly Moratti

Born 1946

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3177 ECONOMIST

Amedeo Bertolo

1941 - 2016

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3204 WRITER

Andrea Garbarino

Born 1948

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3206 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Mottola

Born 1946

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3208 COACH

Giorgio Rondelli

Born 1946

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3210 SKATER

Anna Galmarini

1942 - 1997

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3215 POLITICIAN

Silvio Beretta

Born 1942

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3258 WRITER

Arduino Paniccia

Born 1946

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3266 ARTIST

Aldo Spinelli (artista)

Born 1948

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3278 ACTOR

Maria Brivio

Born 1946

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3312 ARCHITECT

Dante Oscar Benini

Born 1947

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3317 SOCIOLOGIST

Enzo Mingione

Born 1947

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3319 ACTOR

Antonio Ballerio

Born 1941

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3369 ACTOR

Rosanna Ruffini

1944 - 2015

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3408 DRAMA

Augusto Bianchi Rizzi

1940 - 2014

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3434 FILM

Osvaldo Bargero

Born 1947

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3493 LOGICIAN

Claudio E.A. Pizzi

Born 1944

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3512 FOOTBALL

Renato Dehò

1946 - 2019

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3513 POLITICIAN

Massimo De Carolis

Born 1940

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3514 ARCHITECT

Jorge Rigamonti

1940 - 2008

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3527 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giuseppe Pino

Born 1940

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3537 MISSING

Elena Brambilla

1942 - 2018

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3562 SINGER

Giorgio Laneve

Born 1946

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3570 ACTOR

Emy Eco

Born 1948

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3572 BANK

Salvatore Cacciola

Born 1944

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3574 SINGER

Sergio Menegale

Born 1946

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3576 PAINTER

Ottavio Fabbri

Born 1946

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3584 ACTOR

Maria Pia Luzi

Born 1941

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3602 JOURNALIST

Marco Tropea

Born 1942

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3612 NUMISMATIST

Adriano Savio

Born 1947

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3618 AUTHOR

Illy Reale

1947 - 1993

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3621 POLITICIAN

Agata Alma Cappiello

1948 - 2006

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3646 POLITICIAN

Roberto Mazzotta

Born 1940

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3663 FOOTBALL

Filippo Tasso

Born 1940

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3668 PHOTOGRAPHER

Fabio Cirifino

Born 1949

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3691 MAGISTRAT

Giangiacomo Ciaccio Montalto

1941 - 1983

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3707 TRANSLATOR

Tullio Dobner

1946 - 2018

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3711 MANAGER

Diana Bracco

Born 1941

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3734 PHILOSOPHER

Gianfranco Dalmasso

Born 1943

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3747 AMMIRAGLIO

Sergio Biraghi

Born 1941

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3771 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Crippa

Born 1949

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3772 LAWYER

Vincenzo Franceschelli

Born 1947

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3795 COMPOSER

Guido Mazzon

Born 1946

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3818 POLITICIAN

Luigi Cipriani (politico 1940)

1940 - 1992

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3835 COMPOSER

Riccardo Bianchini

1946 - 2003

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3847 DRIVER

Renato Mastropietro

Born 1945

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3856 JOURNALIST

Erminio Mascherpa

1943 - 2005

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3857 ARTIST

Luciano Maciotta

Born 1943

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3859 FOOTBALL

Ambrogio Borghi (calciatore)

Born 1946

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3915 POLITICIAN

Alberto Zorzoli

Born 1943

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3929 PRODUCER

Adelio Cogliati

1948 - 2018

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3971 POET

Marina Corona

Born 1949

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3972 POLITICIAN

Giovanna Capelli

Born 1945

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