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 509 of 5,707 notable people

3338 WRITER

Andrea Berrini

Born 1953

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3343 FOTOGRAFIA

Roberta Valtorta

Born 1952

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3345 GAME

Marco Donadoni

Born 1951

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3347 POLITICIAN

Achille Passoni

Born 1951

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3355 DRIVER

Almo Coppelli

Born 1958

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3356 ACTOR

Leo Colonna

Born 1957

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3359 ACTOR

Tony Fuochi

Born 1955

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3378 LINGUIST

Paolo Branca

Born 1957

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3382 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gianni Galassi

Born 1954

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3391 SCENOGRAPHER

Davide Bassan

1952 - 2010

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3397 ACTOR

Claudio Ridolfo

Born 1957

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3399 FASCISTA

Gilberto Cavallini

Born 1952

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3405 BASKET

Paolo Bianchi (cestista)

Born 1953

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3430 POLITICIAN

Paolo Arrigoni (1957)

Born 1957

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3431 ACTOR

Oreste Castagna (attore)

Born 1959

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3432 JOURNALIST

Giuseppe Baiocchi (giornalista)

1950 - 2013

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3440 ACTOR

Roberta Carreri

Born 1953

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3445 ACTOR

Mark Colleano

Born 1955

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3461 ACTOR

Adriana Libretti

Born 1954

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3470 PHILOSOPHER

Giuseppe Colombo (filosofo)

Born 1950

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3475 COMPOSER

Giorgio Cocilovo

Born 1956

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3478 FOOTBALL

Roberto Russo (calciatore)

Born 1959

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3480 PAINTER

Gianni De Conno

1957 - 2017

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3492 JOURNALIST

Domenico Montalto

1954 - 2011

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3501 ACTOR

Antiniska Nemour

Born 1957

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3502 BASSIST

Attilio Zanchi

Born 1953

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3505 ACTOR

Pongo (cabarettista)

Born 1954

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3509 DESIGNER

Rodolfo Dordoni

Born 1954

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3525 COMPOSER

Max Meazza

Born 1952

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3563 SAXOPHONIST

Daniele Cavallanti

Born 1952

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3564 POLITICIAN

Bruno Geddo

Born 1959

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3578 POLITICIAN

Daniela Mazzuconi

Born 1953

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3596 JOURNALIST

Riccardo Albini

Born 1953

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3608 LAWYER

Antonino Caruso

1950 - 2020

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3619 PLAYER

Alberto Faverio

Born 1959

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3628 WRITER

Alberto Rollo

Born 1951

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3631 POLITICIAN

Marco Fumagalli

Born 1953

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3640 BASKET

Massimo Bianchi (cestista)

Born 1955

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3654 WRITER

Sophie Jabès

Born 1958

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3659 DRIVER

Giorgio Villa

Born 1954

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3678 GUITAR

Maurizio Glielmo

Born 1957

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3699 WRITER

Tiziano Thomas Dossena

Born 1952

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3700 FOOTBALL

Claudio Ciceri

Born 1951

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3726 BUSINESS

Roberto Da Crema

Born 1953

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3744 ACTOR

Patrizia Salmoiraghi

Born 1959

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3748 NOBLE

Ottaviano de' Medici (b. 1957)

Born 1957

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3750 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giordano Morganti

Born 1956

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3762 ACTOR

Antonello Governale

Born 1953

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3765 WRITER

Franco Manzoni

Born 1957

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3790 SWIMMER

Riccardo Targetti

Born 1952

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3821 ACADEMIC

Alberto Cadioli

Born 1952

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3826 BASSIST

Stefano Cerri

1952 - 2000

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3828 HISTORIAN

Giuseppe Zecchini

Born 1952

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3836 MUSIC

Fulvio Muzio

Born 1956

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3840 PLAYWRIGHT

Lorenzo Loris

Born 1957

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3846 FILM

Carla Apuzzo

Born 1951

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3848 SCENOGRAPHER

Victor Togliani

Born 1951

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3849 POLITICIAN

Gloria Buffo

Born 1954

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3901 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alfredo Sabbatini

1954 - 2019

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3911 POLITICIAN

Carlo Monguzzi

Born 1951

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3912 MUSIC

Luca Cerchiari

Born 1957

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3917 ART DIRECTOR

Egidio Romio

Born 1957

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3937 POLITICIAN

Gabriella Pistone

Born 1951

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3940 DRUMMER

Paolo Pellegatti

Born 1957

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3952 PHOTOGRAPHER

Livio Senigalliesi

Born 1956

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3960 FILM

Fulvio Accialini

Born 1952

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3969 SINGER

Ricky Belloni

Born 1952

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3981 POLITICIAN

Alberto di Luca

Born 1952

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3985 COMPOSER

Chicco Santulli

Born 1958

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3986 TERRORISTA

Marco Barbone

Born 1958

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3991 REGISTA

Rinaldo Gaspari

Born 1955

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4017 SCENOGRAPHER

Virginia Vianello

Born 1955

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4019 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mirco Braccini

Born 1959

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4022 LINGUIST

Daniela Rossella

Born 1955

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4035 TERRORISTA

Fabrizio Zani

Born 1953

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4038 FOOTBALL

Piero Volpi

Born 1952

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4058 JOURNALIST

Franco Nisi

1957 - 2016

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4064 POLITICIAN

Livio Togni

Born 1950

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4092 JOURNALIST

Bruno Gattai

Born 1959

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4096 JOURNALIST

Andrea Monti (giornalista)

Born 1955

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4129 JOURNALIST

Massimo Bernardini

Born 1955

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4147 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Beretta

Born 1955

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4154 JOURNALIST

Carlo Verdelli

Born 1957

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4168 COMPOSER

Silvio Capeccia

Born 1957

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4186 JOURNALIST

Emanuela Falcetti

Born 1957

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4188 COMPOSER

Gino De Stefani

Born 1956

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4209 FILM

Fabrizio Caleffi

Born 1952

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4215 JOURNALIST

Claretta Muci

Born 1958

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4222 GUITAR

Savino Cesario

Born 1957

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4233 HISTORIAN

Paolo Cesaretti

Born 1957

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4239 WRITER

Claudio Mauri

Born 1952

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4241 COMPOSER

Emilio Ghezzi

Born 1955

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4263 JOCKEY

Max Venegoni

Born 1958

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4270 AUTHOR

Mussi Bollini

Born 1957

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4279 POLITICIAN

Laura Rozza

Born 1954

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4293 WRITER

Marco Bacci

Born 1954

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4307 SAXOPHONIST

Cristina Mazza

Born 1955

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4315 PRODUCER

Valerio Gallorini

Born 1956

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4317 GIUDICE

Pietro Nava

Born 1950

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4324 ACTOR

Giancarlo Muratori

1958 - 1995

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4329 CONDUCTOR

Mauro Bonifacio

Born 1957

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4349 JOURNALIST

Sandro Boeri

Born 1950

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4355 SAXOPHONIST

Fulvio Sisti

1955 - 1998

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4370 ARTIST

Pierluigi Cerveglieri

Born 1956

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4381 RETTORE

Alessandro Bartezzaghi

Born 1959

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4389 ARCHITECT

Giò Pozzo

Born 1952

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4398 JOURNALIST

Guido Barendson

Born 1951

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4412 GUITAR

Lucio Bardi

Born 1958

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4424 BASKET

Valentino Battisti

1959 - 2019

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4441 AUTHOR

Marco Posani

Born 1959

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4447 AUTHOR

Tiziana Martinengo

Born 1955

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4453 RADIO

Fausto Terenzi

Born 1950

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4461 BIOLOGIST

Paola Carpi de Medina

1950 - 1988

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4462 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Murelli

Born 1954

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4463 JOURNALIST

Giancarlo Giojelli

Born 1956

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4476 ENTREPRENEUR

Alberto Pirelli (imprenditore)

Born 1954

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4483 FOOTBALL

Roberto Incontri

Born 1957

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4501 ACTOR

Carlo Rossi (attore teatrale)

Born 1955

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4505 SWIMMER

Laura Podestà

Born 1954

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4511 ATHLETIC

Gianni Ronconi

1952 - 2009

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4512 PUBLISHER

Luca Formenton

Born 1953

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4514 ACTOR

Eurilla del Bono

Born 1950

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4515 DRIVER

Marco Brand

Born 1957

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4516 EDUCATION

Ivano Gamelli

Born 1957

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4520 FOOTBALL

Angelo Conca

Born 1959

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4575 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Campagna

Born 1951

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4584 WRITER

Patrizia Rossi

Born 1951

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4594 SURGEON

Alberto Gobbi

Born 1956

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4599 POLITICIAN

Augusto Rocchi

Born 1952

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4621 ARCHITECT

Barbara Weiss

Born 1954

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4625 SINGER

Rita Monico

Born 1950

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4644 BANK

Renato Pagliaro

Born 1957

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4646 POLITICIAN

Andrea Orsini

Born 1959

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4653 FILM

Giulio Ciarambino

Born 1957

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4677 BOTANIST

Umberto Pasti

Born 1957

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4686 FOOTBALL

Enrico Cannata

Born 1953

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4705 ROWER

Matteo Caglieris

Born 1955

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4713 BASSIST

Massimo Spinosa

Born 1954

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4723 ENTREPRENEUR

Fabio Riva

Born 1954

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4725 WRITER

Marcella Danon

Born 1959

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4732 ROWER

Franco Valtorta

Born 1956

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4735 JOURNALIST

Fabio Tamburini

Born 1954

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4744 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Guido Cerri

Born 1953

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4748 FENCER

Carola Mangiarotti

Born 1952

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4750 MUSIC

Luisa Castellani

Born 1959

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4756 JOURNALIST

Anna Praderio

Born 1958

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4758 PASTOR

Maria Bonafede

Born 1954

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4762 BUSINESS

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

Born 1951

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4785 ACTOR

Silvana Fantini

Born 1954

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4811 WRITER

Enrico Pessina (rugbista)

Born 1954

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4813 BUSINESS

Luca Barilla

Born 1959

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4818 SWIMMER

Alessandra Finesso

Born 1956

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4821 TERRORISTA

Maurizio Baldasseroni

Born 1950

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4828 BIOLOGIST

Roberto Galli (micologo)

Born 1954

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4835 SINGER

Mau Cristiani

Born 1952

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4837 ACTIVIST

Fabio Alberti

Born 1956

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4843 TRANSLATOR

Enrico Ganni

1950 - 2020

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4879 JOURNALIST

Franco Brera

Born 1951

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4881 COMPOSER

Luca Spagnoletti

Born 1954

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4888 COMPOSER

Michele Fedrigotti

Born 1957

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4895 ILLUSTRATOR

Giulio Peranzoni

Born 1952

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4919 ENTREPRENEUR

Massimo Carfora

Born 1956

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4953 FILM

Gianfilippo Pedote

Born 1952

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4962 SCREENWRITER

Marco di Castri

Born 1952

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4966 SCULPTOR

Silvano Bulgari

Born 1955

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4982 BASKET

Enrico Lana

Born 1958

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4984 JOURNALIST

Raffaele Masto

1953 - 2020

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4985 MUSIC

Patrizia Rebizzi

1957 - 2017

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4999 JOURNALIST

Lanfranco Vaccari

Born 1951

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5001 BASKET

Carmine Florio

Born 1954

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5015 ASTROPHYSICIST

Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta

Born 1953

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5019 POLITICIAN

Luca Bagliani

Born 1959

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5044 ILLUSIONISTA

Edoardo Pecar

Born 1956

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5058 FILM

Isabella Bruno

Born 1954

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5084 POLITICIAN

Filippo Milone

Born 1952

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5087 ENGINEER

Alberto Elli (egittologo)

Born 1952

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5090 SWIMMER

Massimo Sacchi

Born 1950

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5095 ESSAYIST

Ivan Berni

Born 1955

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5103 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Olivotto

Born 1955

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5108 VELISTA

Franco Manzoli

Born 1956

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5124 JOURNALIST

Tiziano Cantatore

Born 1952

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5131 PIANIST

Anna Maria Cigoli

Born 1952

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5153 LIBRARIAN

Luca Ferrieri

Born 1953

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5186 WRITER

Gian Maria Madella

Born 1950

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5210 THEATRE

Marco Lucchesi (regista)

Born 1955

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5231 SINGER

Emiliana Perina

Born 1954

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5236 COMPOSER

Clay Remini

Born 1958

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5247 COMPOSER

Tommaso Leddi

Born 1955

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5252 SINGER

Paola Folzini

Born 1953

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5286 SCIENTIFICO

Piero Stroppa

Born 1956

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5323 POLITICIAN

Graziano Musella

Born 1952

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5333 BALLERINA

Loredana Mapelli

Born 1957

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5362 CORRESPONDENT

Sabina Fedeli

Born 1956

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5414 SINGER

Mario Barbaja

Born 1950

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5423 MANAGER

Rudolf Colm

Born 1952

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5431 GOLF

Federica Dassù

Born 1957

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5500 MANAGER

Aldo Belloni

Born 1950

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5503 JOURNALIST

Sergio Criscuoli

Born 1954

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5507 JOURNALIST

Mario Raffaele Conti

Born 1959

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5513 JOURNALIST

Furio Fossati

Born 1950

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5523 PLAYER

Maurizio Perego

Born 1959

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5531 POLITICIAN

Roberto Cipriani (politico)

Born 1951

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5536 POET

Mario Santagostini

Born 1951

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5551 POLITICIAN

Sergio Fumagalli

Born 1954

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5613 TRANSLATOR

Katia Bagnoli

Born 1956

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5620 DRIVER

Anna Cambiaghi

Born 1951

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5655 PILOTA

Luigi Radice (pilota motonautico)

Born 1950

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5673 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Rubino

Born 1956

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5702 FILM

Enzo Fischietti

Born 1950

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