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 438 of 5,707 notable people

4330 POLITICIAN

Pierfrancesco Gamba

Born 1962

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4361 POLITICIAN

Mario Marina

1897 - 1964

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4379 POLITICIAN

Walter Armanini

1937 - 1999

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4382 POLITICIAN

Carlo Visconti (congiurato)

Died 1476

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4396 POLITICIAN

Teodoro Bossi

Died 1449

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4411 POLITICIAN

Claudio D'Amico

Born 1965

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4432 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Barbavara di Gravellona

1813 - 1896

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4449 POLITICIAN

Emanuele D'Adda

1847 - 1911

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4452 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Cusani

1864 - 1925

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4462 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Murelli

Born 1954

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4468 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Annoni

1770 - 1825

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4485 POLITICIAN

Girolamo d'Adda

1815 - 1881

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4490 POLITICIAN

Gerolamo Pellicanò

Born 1949

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4507 POLITICIAN

Pier Gaetano Venino

1878 - 1955

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4524 POLITICIAN

Rubaconte da Mandello

1170 - 1238

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4534 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Robecchi (politico 1825-1898)

1825 - 1898

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4563 POLITICIAN

Simone Arrigoni

1463 - 1507

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4568 POLITICIAN

Walter Fontana (politico)

1919 - 1992

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4571 POLITICIAN

Luigi Gatti (politico)

1913 - 1945

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4574 POLITICIAN

Giulio Padulli

1869 - 1932

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4597 POLITICIAN

Pompeo Bariola

1824 - 1894

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4599 POLITICIAN

Augusto Rocchi

Born 1952

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4600 POLITICIAN

Patrizia Arnaboldi

Born 1946

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4606 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Borromeo

1821 - 1906

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4608 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Porro (politico)

1814 - 1879

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4639 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Asperti

Born 1807

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4646 POLITICIAN

Andrea Orsini

Born 1959

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4655 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Parisi (politico)

Born 1936

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4665 POLITICIAN

Ferdinando Resta Pallavicino

1860 - 1933

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4682 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Milani

1927 - 2005

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4684 POLITICIAN

Luigi De Andreis

1857 - 1929

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4688 POLITICIAN

Enrico da Monza

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4695 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Marzola

1899 - 1963

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4714 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Versari

1865 - 1945

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4741 POLITICIAN

Marisa Bedoni

Born 1944

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4752 POLITICIAN

Franco Anselmi (partigiano)

1915 - 1945

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4753 POLITICIAN

Ornella Piloni

Born 1947

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4760 POLITICIAN

Carlo Cornaggia Medici Castiglioni

1851 - 1935

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4771 POLITICIAN

Luchino Dal Verme (1838-1911)

1838 - 1911

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4774 POLITICIAN

Antonio Civelli

1850 - 1930

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4823 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Besana

1814 - 1897

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4838 POLITICIAN

Urbano Aletti

1923 - 2019

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4841 POLITICIAN

Roberto Baldassari

Born 1938

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4861 POLITICIAN

Maurilio Frigerio

Born 1944

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4864 POLITICIAN

Alberto Torazzi

Born 1963

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4880 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Colucci

Born 1974

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4882 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Poss

1876 - 1957

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4909 POLITICIAN

Raffaele Morese

Born 1942

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4930 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Brambilla

1910 - 1994

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4938 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Olcese

1925 - 1999

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4947 POLITICIAN

Lodovico Gavazzi

1857 - 1944

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4949 POLITICIAN

Carlo Prinetti

1820 - 1911

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4959 POLITICIAN

Graziano Tubi

1825 - 1904

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4964 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Brandolini

1870 - 1935

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4965 POLITICIAN

Maria Teresa Coppo Gavazzi

Born 1937

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4967 POLITICIAN

Umberto Alberici

1905 - 1997

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4971 POLITICIAN

Antonio Busca Serbelloni

1799 - 1870

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4975 POLITICIAN

Luigi Melzi

1554 - 1629

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4997 POLITICIAN

Antonio Baslini (senatore)

1869 - 1943

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5006 POLITICIAN

Rinaldo Casati

1844 - 1898

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5019 POLITICIAN

Luca Bagliani

Born 1959

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5031 POLITICIAN

Camillo Casati

1805 - 1869

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5043 POLITICIAN

Tommaso Spinola

1803 - 1879

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5065 POLITICIAN

Giulio Bianchi

1840 - 1898

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5077 POLITICIAN

Conte Borella

Died 1498

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5082 POLITICIAN

Matteo Luigi Bianchi

Born 1979

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5084 POLITICIAN

Filippo Milone

Born 1952

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5100 POLITICIAN

Carlo Martinelli (politico)

1872 - 1926

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5104 POLITICIAN

Alarico Carrassi

1921 - 2006

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5115 POLITICIAN

Teodoro Pertusati

1836 - 1897

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5132 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Galeazzo Frigerio

1841 - 1911

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5136 POLITICIAN

Felice Manfredi

1819 - 1895

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5166 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Besozzi

1837 - 1907

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5170 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Roilo

Born 1947

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5174 POLITICIAN

Carlo Polli

1928 - 2007

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5178 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Negri (politico)

1779 - 1862

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5179 POLITICIAN

Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, VI marchese di Sesto Ulter

1774 - 1831

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5189 POLITICIAN

Carlo Taverna

1817 - 1871

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5205 POLITICIAN

Elisa Siragusa

Born 1986

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5209 POLITICIAN

Emilio Sailer

1865 - 1945

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5213 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Nappi

1800 - 1871

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5217 POLITICIAN

Gabrio Serbelloni, III duca di San Gabrio

1693 - 1774

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5222 POLITICIAN

Fabio Semenza

1924 - 2016

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5243 POLITICIAN

Elio Quercioli

1926 - 2001

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5250 POLITICIAN

Aurelio Ferrari

Born 1948

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5291 POLITICIAN

Ignazio Prinetti

1814 - 1867

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5296 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Venini

1807 - 1884

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5299 POLITICIAN

Luca Toccalini

Born 1990

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5312 POLITICIAN

Gian Giacomo Cavazzi della Somaglia

1869 - 1918

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5323 POLITICIAN

Graziano Musella

Born 1952

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5324 POLITICIAN

Cristoforo Riva

1771 - 1833

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5329 POLITICIAN

Cesare Paravicini

1810 - 1867

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5335 POLITICIAN

Luigi Baroffio

Born 1892

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5373 POLITICIAN

Michelangelo Notarianni

1932 - 1998

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5375 POLITICIAN

Joseph Cotter

1872 - 1937

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5389 POLITICIAN

Gian Luca Cavazzi della Somaglia

1841 - 1896

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5394 POLITICIAN

Gabrio Giuseppe Serbelloni, I duca di San Gabrio -

1635 - 1712

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5403 POLITICIAN

Valentina Barzotti

Born 1986

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5413 POLITICIAN

Innocente Dugnani

1902 - 1971

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5422 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Serbelloni, II duca di San Gabrio

1665 - 1732

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5445 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Turconi

1738 - 1805

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5451 POLITICIAN

Ugo Finetti

Born 1944

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5454 POLITICIAN

Luigi Rossi (senatore)

1852 - 1911

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5459 POLITICIAN

Ludovico Trotti

1829 - 1914

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5460 POLITICIAN

Roberto Traversi

Born 1969

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5462 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo du Jardin

1820 - 1891

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5463 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Battaglia

Died 1812

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5467 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Pellegrini

Born 1975

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5481 POLITICIAN

Carlo Usiglio

Born 1926

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5484 POLITICIAN

Angelo Cucchi

1920 - 1990

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5506 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Resti Ferrari

1832 - 1908

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5510 POLITICIAN

Gianni Pagliarini

Born 1961

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5531 POLITICIAN

Roberto Cipriani (politico)

Born 1951

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5535 POLITICIAN

Gianmarco Corbetta

Born 1972

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5538 POLITICIAN

Pietro Sormani

1849 - 1934

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5551 POLITICIAN

Sergio Fumagalli

Born 1954

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5555 POLITICIAN

Simone Gnaga

Born 1961

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5561 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Lapiccirella

1907 - 1966

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5611 POLITICIAN

Giancarlo Lanciani Rocca

1895 - 1967

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5625 POLITICIAN

Alberto Giomo

1917 - 1980

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5633 POLITICIAN

Pietro Boschi

1811 - 1887

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5636 POLITICIAN

Vanda Milano

1938 - 2014

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5639 POLITICIAN

Bernardo Tolomei (senatore)

1823 - 1910

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5641 POLITICIAN

Gina Martini Fanoli

1919 - 1965

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5643 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Panattoni

Born 1937

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5644 POLITICIAN

Guido Martino

1929 - 2001

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5652 POLITICIAN

Rolando Rigamonti

1909 - 2008

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5660 POLITICIAN

Franco Clerici

1897 - 1934

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5662 POLITICIAN

Mario Martelli (senatore)

1838 - 1915

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5665 POLITICIAN

Francesco Taverna, I conte di Landriano

1488 - 1560

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5672 POLITICIAN

Alessandra Riccardi

Born 1974

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5673 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Rubino

Born 1956

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5674 POLITICIAN

Simona Nocerino

Born 1968

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5683 POLITICIAN

Maria Luisa Sangiorgio

Born 1947

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5691 POLITICIAN

Egidio Carenini

1927 - 2008

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5692 POLITICIAN

Arturo Rognoni

1897 - 1984

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5706 POLITICIAN

Neide Umidi Sala

Born 1948

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5707 POLITICIAN

Carlo Visconti di Modrone

1770 - 1836

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