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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  • Music
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Showing 509 of 5,707 notable people

0045 SCREENWRITER

Diego Abatantuono

Born 1955

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0049 CONDUCTOR

Riccardo Chailly

Born 1953

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0053 SINGER

Enrico Ruggeri

Born 1957

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0076 FILM

Marco Tullio Giordana

Born 1950

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0079 ACTOR

Fabrizio Bentivoglio

Born 1957

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0094 FILM

Ricky Tognazzi

Born 1955

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0110 WRITER

Andrea De Carlo

Born 1952

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0115 COMEDIAN

Angela Finocchiaro

Born 1955

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0135 FILM

Michele Soavi

Born 1957

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0140 FILM

Silvio Soldini

Born 1958

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0174 CONDUCTOR

Roberto Abbado

Born 1954

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0196 ARCHITECT

Stefano Boeri

Born 1956

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0200 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Albertini

Born 1950

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0201 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Dossena

Born 1958

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0205 WRITER

Elisabetta Dami

Born 1958

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0215 COMPOSER

Luca Francesconi

Born 1956

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0219 SCREENWRITER

Marco Risi

Born 1951

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0223 POLITICIAN

Gianroberto Casaleggio

1954 - 2016

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0235 CINEMA

Luca Bigazzi

Born 1958

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0245 CINEMA

Nicola Pecorini

Born 1957

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0247 ASTRONAUT

Paolo Nespoli

Born 1957

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0256 SINGER

Eugenio Finardi

Born 1952

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0266 WRITER

Michele Mari

Born 1955

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0284 DRIVER

Michele Alboreto

1956 - 2001

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0297 COMPOSER

Roberto Cacciapaglia

Born 1953

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0303 ACTIVIST

Mario Mieli

1952 - 1983

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0315 ECONOMIST

Vittorio Grilli

Born 1957

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0316 POET

Milo de Angelis

Born 1951

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0330 GANGSTER

Renato Vallanzasca

Born 1950

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0393 ECONOMIST

Tito Boeri

Born 1958

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0427 ACTOR

Lorraine De Selle

Born 1951

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0445 ACTOR

Gigio Alberti

Born 1956

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0448 JOURNALIST

Enrico Mentana

Born 1955

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0449 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Lupi

Born 1959

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0458 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Agnoletto

Born 1958

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0462 COMPOSER

Maurizio Fabrizio

Born 1952

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0464 FILM

Maurizio Zaccaro

Born 1952

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0480 FOOTBALL

Aldo Maldera

1953 - 2012

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0489 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Sala

Born 1958

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0507 COMPOSER

Celso Valli

Born 1950

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0518 POLITICIAN

Curzio Maltese

Born 1959

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0528 ACTOR

Ines Pellegrini

Born 1954

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0538 DIPLOMAT

Filippo Grandi

Born 1957

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0548 ACTOR

Mariella Valentini

Born 1959

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0558 SINGER

Fabio Concato

Born 1953

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0596 WRITER

Marta Morazzoni

Born 1950

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0598 FILM

Angelo Longoni

Born 1956

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0603 ACTOR

Ugo Conti

Born 1955

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0626 PSYCHOANALYST

Massimo Recalcati

Born 1959

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0639 LINGUIST

Bruno Osimo

Born 1958

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0641 ACTOR

Anna Melato

Born 1952

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0645 ORGANIST

Lorenzo Ghielmi

Born 1959

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0692 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Vegas

Born 1951

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0706 ATHLETE

Marisa Masullo

Born 1959

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0715 JOURNALIST

Gabriele Nissim

Born 1950

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0739 FOOTBALL

Mario Beretta

Born 1959

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0744 POLITICIAN

Marta Dassù

Born 1955

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0747 WRITER

Igor Sibaldi

Born 1957

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0748 ACTOR

Gioele Dix

Born 1956

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0759 ENTREPRENEUR

Andrea Rossi (entrepreneur)

Born 1950

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0777 PHILOSOPHER

Cristina Bicchieri

Born 1950

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0793 COMPOSER

Marco Tutino

Born 1954

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0799 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Iorio

Born 1959

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0823 CINEMA

Italo Petriccione

Born 1958

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0827 SPRINT

Mauro Zuliani

Born 1959

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0831 HISTORIAN

Pietro Redondi

Born 1950

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0846 COMPOSER

Elisabetta Brusa

Born 1954

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0871 SINGER

Lu Colombo

Born 1952

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0872 ARCHITECT

Italo Rota

Born 1953

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0887 COMEDIAN

Giovanni Storti

Born 1957

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0903 COMEDIAN

Raul Cremona

Born 1956

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0942 NOVELIST

Paola Calvetti

Born 1958

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0957 COMICS

Mauro Boselli (auteur)

Born 1953

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0984 SINGER

Claudio Rocchi

1951 - 2013

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1008 PHYSICIST

Elena Aprile

Born 1954

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1022 ACTOR

Paolo Torrisi

1951 - 2005

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1029 MILITANT

Massimo Carminati

Born 1958

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1068 COMPOSER

Walter Maioli

Born 1950

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1071 SCREENWRITER

Bruno Bigoni

Born 1950

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1079 BASSIST

Furio Di Castri

Born 1955

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1094 FILM

Roberta Mazzoni (Drehbuchautorin)

Born 1951

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1129 TRADE UNION

Susanna Camusso

Born 1955

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1156 LIBRARIAN

Cesare Pasini

Born 1950

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1194 RADIO

Marina Perzy

Born 1955

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1199 ECONOMIST

Andrea Fumagalli (economista)

Born 1959

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1203 WRITER

Lorenzo de’ Medici (Schriftsteller)

Born 1951

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1256 ACTOR

Mauro Di Francesco

Born 1951

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1261 WRITER

Paolo Gulisano

Born 1959

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1262 JOURNALIST

Tiziana Ferrario

Born 1957

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1276 JOURNALIST

Federico Buffa

Born 1959

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1282 FOOTBALL

Massimo Pedrazzini

Born 1958

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1285 RACER

Riccardo Paletti

1958 - 1982

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1289 ACTIVIST

Lorella Zanardo

Born 1957

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1295 COMPOSER

Luca Mosca

Born 1957

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1301 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stefano Ceri

Born 1955

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1305 POLITICIAN

Ilaria Borletti Buitoni

Born 1955

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1314 SKIER

Teo Fabi

Born 1955

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1325 JOURNALIST

Maria Cristina Giongo

Born 1951

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1337 MUSIC

Guido Morini

Born 1959

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1347 SINGER

Garbo (singer)

Born 1958

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1359 BASKET

Gianni Bertolotti

Born 1950

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1387 PHILOSOPHER

Riccardo Pozzo

Born 1959

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1403 ACADEMIC

Marco Biraghi

Born 1959

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1405 PRELATE

Gabriele Giordano Caccia

Born 1958

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1409 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Stracquadanio

1959 - 2014

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1415 COMPOSER

Piero Milesi

1953 - 2011

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1416 ACTOR

Maurizia Paradiso

Born 1955

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1432 RACE CAR

Fulvio Ballabio

Born 1954

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1435 SKATER

Rita Trapanese

1951 - 2000

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1443 PAINTER

Alessandro Papetti

Born 1958

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1459 FENCER

Stefano Bellone

Born 1955

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1482 PHILOSOPHER

Gianluca Bocchi

Born 1954

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1494 PHILOSOPHER

Franco Bolelli

1950 - 2020

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1506 ARTIST

Matteo Guarnaccia

Born 1954

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1533 CONDUCTOR

Antonello Allemandi

Born 1957

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1537 CHOREOGRAPHER

Davide Bombana

Born 1958

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1556 BUSINESS

Claudio Descalzi

Born 1955

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1576 JOURNALIST

Ferruccio de Bortoli

Born 1953

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1581 SOCIOLOGIST

Paolo Jedlowski

Born 1952

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1584 BUSINESS

Urbano Cairo

Born 1957

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1588 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Carlo La Vecchia

Born 1955

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1618 SAXOPHONIST

Peter Gullin

1959 - 2003

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1634 THEATRICAL

Mario Pirovano

Born 1950

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1636 ACTOR

Oriella Dorella

Born 1952

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1652 ASTRONOMER

Patrizia A. Caraveo

Born 1954

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1662 DESSINATEUR

Enea Riboldi

Born 1954

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1666 JOURNALIST

Mauro Suttora

Born 1959

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1669 RESEARCH

Maria Abbracchio

Born 1956

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1675 THEATRE

Daniele Abbado

Born 1958

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1688 RIDER

Anna Casagrande

Born 1958

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1699 WRITER

Alan D. Altieri

1952 - 2017

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1703 WRITER

Giuseppe De Carli

1952 - 2010

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1706 LINGUIST

Vermondo Brugnatelli

Born 1953

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1710 MANAGER

Paolo Rocca

Born 1952

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1717 ENTREPRENEUR

Guido Barilla

Born 1958

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1721 ACADEMIC

Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel

Born 1953

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1722 COMPOSER

Maurizio Pisati

Born 1959

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1735 ASTRONOMER

Stefano Sposetti

Born 1958

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1746 ACTOR

Pietro Ubaldi

Born 1955

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1756 WRITER

Hans Tuzzi

Born 1952

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1783 ACTOR

Elisabetta Viviani

Born 1955

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1792 ACTOR

Lella Costa

Born 1952

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1810 CONDUCTOR

Vittorio Parisi

Born 1957

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1819 ONCOLOGIST

Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini

Born 1957

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1820 WRITER

Gianni Barbacetto

Born 1952

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1839 FOOTBALL

Evert Skoglund

Born 1953

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1846 PSYCHIATRIST

Massimo Picozzi

Born 1956

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1863 DRIVER

Lilian Bryner

Born 1959

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1864 JOURNALIST

Luigi Bisignani

Born 1953

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1896 SPORT

Salvatore Maccali

Born 1955

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1917 ORIENTALIST

Massimo Campanini

1954 - 2020

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1920 FLAUTIST

Raffaele Trevisani

Born 1955

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1921 FILM

Adriana Monti

Born 1951

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1922 WRITER

Daniele Biacchessi

Born 1957

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1931 ARTIST

Silvio Wolf

Born 1952

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1934 ACTOR

Marco Della Noce

Born 1958

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1938 ACTOR

Bruno Armando

1956 - 2020

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1939 WRITER

Armando Torno

Born 1953

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1940 WRITER

Chandra Livia Candiani

Born 1952

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1951 COMEDIAN

Nino Formicola

Born 1953

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1974 BUSINESS

Maria Patrizia Grieco

Born 1952

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1976 FOOTBALL

Walter De Vecchi

Born 1955

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1983 PRODUCER

Luca Ronchi

Born 1955

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1988 JOURNALIST

Luigi Bacialli

Born 1954

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1991 PHILOSOPHER

Elio Franzini

Born 1956

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1993 WRITER

Andrea Pamparana

Born 1953

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1998 PRIEST

Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli

Born 1956

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2018 BASKET

Fabrizio Frates

Born 1959

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2021 FOOTBALL

Stefano Mingardo

1959 - 2014

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2029 LITERARY

Franco Brevini

Born 1951

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2035 ACTOR

Mario Scarabelli

Born 1953

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2041 FOOTBALL

Michele De Nadai

Born 1954

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2044 BASKET

Franco Casalini

Born 1952

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2057 COMEDIAN

Bruno Arena

Born 1957

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2060 PRIEST

Franco Agnesi

Born 1950

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2061 PRIEST

Giuseppe Negri

Born 1959

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2074 WRITER

Sandro Provvisionato

1951 - 2017

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2088 FOOTBALL

Claudio Ambu

Born 1958

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2092 MAGISTRAT

Guido Salvini (judge)

Born 1954

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2099 WRITER

Stefano Bortolussi

Born 1959

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2113 WRITER

Maria Pace Ottieri

Born 1953

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2116 ARCHITECT

Cino Zucchi

Born 1955

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2146 COMPOSER

Tiziano Tononi

Born 1956

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2148 SCREENWRITER

Marina Spada

Born 1958

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2151 ACTOR

Franco Ricordi

Born 1958

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2169 POLITICIAN

Giampaolo Galli

Born 1951

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2202 WRITER

Marco Filiberti

Born 1950

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2204 JOURNALIST

Carlo Pellegatti

Born 1950

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2209 SCREENWRITER

Giorgio Terruzzi

Born 1958

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2221 JOURNALIST

Enzo Gentile

Born 1955

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2246 HISTORIAN

Giuseppe Parlato

Born 1952

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2255 SINGER

Giangilberto Monti

Born 1952

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2282 ECONOMIST

Andrea Ichino

Born 1959

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2292 MUSIC

Roberto Gini

Born 1958

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2324 ATHLETIC

Franco Boffi

Born 1958

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2326 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ugo Fabietti

1950 - 2017

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2335 PRESENTER

Manuela Blanchard

Born 1959

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2340 ANNOUNCER

Gabriella Golia

Born 1959

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2344 BASKET

Franco Boselli

Born 1958

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2353 SINGER

Christina Moser

Born 1952

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2366 SINGER

Laura Luca

Born 1958

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2375 COMPOSER

Giampaolo Testoni

Born 1957

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2376 WRITER

Carlo Serra

Born 1959

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2393 THEATER

Sergio Escobar (Theaterdirektor)

Born 1950

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2403 JOURNALIST

Marco Civoli

Born 1957

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2404 WRITER

Giovanna Rosa

Born 1950

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2432 WRITER

Luigi Amicone

Born 1956

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2442 THEOLOGIAN

Fulvio Ferrario

Born 1958

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2443 ACTOR

Cristina Boraschi

Born 1955

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2452 WRITER

Paolo Paci

Born 1959

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2456 ACTOR

Patrizia Zappa Mulas

Born 1956

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2464 ARCHITECT

Carlotta de Bevilacqua

Born 1957

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2488 WRITER

Jeanne Perego

Born 1958

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2496 FOOTBALL

Tullio Gritti

Born 1958

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2498 WRITER

Annamaria Testa

Born 1953

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2505 POLITICIAN

Luciano Pettinari

Born 1950

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2529 ACTOR

Daniela Gatti

Born 1958

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2534 ACTOR

Marco Balbi

Born 1954

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2536 WRITER

Dario Tonani

Born 1959

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2538 BASKET

Dino Boselli

Born 1958

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2550 PRIEST

Paolo Martinelli (Bischof)

Born 1958

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2577 CURATOR

Elena Pontiggia

Born 1955

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2581 POLITICIAN

Marco Mario Milanese

Born 1959

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2592 HISTORIAN

Giacomo Todeschini

Born 1950

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2596 JOURNALIST

Emanuele Giordana

Born 1953

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2597 SINGER

Armando Ariostini

Born 1951

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2608 WRITER

Ezio Guaitamacchi

Born 1957

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2609 SKATER

Roberto Pelizzola

Born 1958

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2613 ART HISTORIAN

Alessandro Nova

Born 1954

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2631 SOCIOLOGIST

Stefano Allievi

Born 1958

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2652 ACTOR

Fabrizia Castagnoli

Born 1950

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2654 SEMIOLOGO

Paolo Jachia

Born 1958

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2659 LYRICIST

Alessandra Valeri Manera

Born 1956

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2669 SOCIOLOGIST

Fausto Colombo

Born 1955

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2677 ACTOR

Daniela Piperno

Born 1951

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2695 WRITER

Marco Dolcetta

1951 - 2017

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2698 FILM

Gianluca Fumagalli

Born 1955

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2706 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Dall'Orto

Born 1958

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2708 ARCHITECT

Luca Scacchetti

1952 - 2015

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2714 WRITER

Luca Trugenberger

Born 1955

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2720 SPORT

Rossella Galbiati

Born 1958

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2735 PUBLISHER

Emilia Lodigiani

Born 1950

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2738 ACTOR

Pieraldo Ferrante

Born 1950

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2744 BHIKKHU

Carlo Zendo Tetsugen Serra

Born 1953

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2748 TEACHER

Fulvio Ferrari

Born 1955

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2787 DRIVER

Rocky Agusta

1950 - 2018

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2806 LUTENIST

Massimo Lonardi

Born 1953

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2808 CONDUCTOR

Gilberto Serembe

Born 1955

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2815 ACTOR

Alberto Caneva

Born 1957

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2820 CHEMIST

Gianfranco Pacchioni

Born 1954

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2822 ACTOR

Ambrogio Colombo (doppiatore)

Born 1952

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2832 PRODUCER

Pino Nicolosi

Born 1959

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2845 BANK

Claudio Costamagna

Born 1956

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2871 MUSIC

Walter Martino

Born 1953

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2897 JOURNALIST

Silvia Dell'Orso

1956 - 2009

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2900 ACTOR

Vittorio Bestoso

Born 1952

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2901 JOURNALIST

Antonio Di Bella

Born 1956

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2903 POET

Dario Villa

1953 - 1996

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2916 COMEDIAN

Carlo Turati

Born 1958

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2930 WRITER

Dario Venegoni

Born 1951

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2942 ACTOR

Federico Danti

Born 1952

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2953 DESIGNER

Vittorio Missoni

1954 - 2013

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2959 FENCER

Clara Mochi

Born 1956

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2970 ARCHITECT

Marco Piva

Born 1952

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2979 WRITER

Massimo Nava

Born 1950

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2999 PLAYWRIGHT

Mara Cantoni

Born 1951

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3000 POLITICIAN

Fiorello Cortiana

Born 1955

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3012 AUTHOR

Liaty Pisani

Born 1950

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3021 JOURNALIST

Daniele Gallo

Born 1954

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3041 FENCER

John Pezza

Born 1952

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3067 ACTOR

Giovanni Battezzato

Born 1950

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3071 POLITICIAN

Elio Massimo Palmizio

Born 1954

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3082 SCULPTOR

Achille Guzzardella

Born 1955

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3084 KARATE

Carlo Fugazza

Born 1951

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3092 ECONOMIST

Ignazio Angeloni

Born 1953

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3094 SINGER

Massimo Dorati

1953 - 2012

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3095 CONDUCTOR

Marco Zuccarini

Born 1953

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3103 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Bruno

Born 1956

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3105 PHILOSOPHER

Francesca Rigotti

Born 1951

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3107 POET

Nicola Vitale

Born 1956

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3114 BANK

Enrico Cucchiani

Born 1950

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3116 POLITICIAN

Pierluigi Petrini

Born 1952

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3166 ANNOUNCER

Katia Svizzero

Born 1959

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3174 JOURNALIST

Bruno Perini

Born 1950

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3221 FOOTBALL

Roberto Cesati

Born 1957

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3224 SINGER

Nando Bonini

Born 1957

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3233 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Lainati

Born 1958

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3234 PSYCHOLOGIST

Walter Fornasa

1951 - 2013

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3240 PRODUCER

Roberto Colombo (musicista)

Born 1951

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3250 DRUMMER

Walter Calloni

Born 1956

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3252 WRITER

Marco Pesatori

Born 1952

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3268 POLITICIAN

Mario Valducci

Born 1959

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3270 ACTOR

Dania Cericola

Born 1959

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3276 ACTOR

Massimiliano Lotti

Born 1959

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3279 ESSAYIST

Giampiero Comolli

Born 1950

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3297 ACTOR

Claudio Madia

Born 1959

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3313 WRITER

Maria Grazia Perini

1950 - 2012

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3320 REGISTA

Maurizio Pagnussat

Born 1955

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3323 POLITICIAN

Walter Piludu

1950 - 2016

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3336 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Gianni

Born 1950

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