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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5,707 notable people

3001 POLITICIAN

Enea Cerquetti

Born 1938

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3002 POLITICIAN

Davide Boni

Born 1962

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3003 POLITICIAN

Ludovico Acerbi

Died 1522

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3004 RACER

Diego Giugovaz

Born 1972

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3005 SCULPTOR

Guido Righetti

1875 - 1958

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3006 POLITICIAN

Cesare Pompeo Castelbarco

1782 - 1860

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3007 WRITER

Matteo Campagnoli

Born 1970

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3008 JOURNALIST

Antonio Cattaneo

1786 - 1845

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3009 ARCHITECT

Luigi Figini

1903 - 1984

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3010 JOURNALIST

Daniela Pizzagalli

Born 1946

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3011 WRITER

Enrico Arcelli

1940 - 2015

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3012 AUTHOR

Liaty Pisani

Born 1950

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3013 RELIGIOUS

Bernardino Caimi

1425 - 1500

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3014 SCREENWRITER

Lorenzo Ricciardi

Born 1930

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3015 ENTREPRENEUR

Uberto Visconti di Modrone

1871 - 1923

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3016 ENGINEER

Carlo Bianchi

1912 - 1944

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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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3019 MISSING

Alberto Beretta

1916 - 2001

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3020 CHOREOGRAPHER

Francesca Lattuada

Born 1961

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3021 JOURNALIST

Daniele Gallo

Born 1954

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3022 POLITICIAN

Pierantonino Berté

1918 - 2015

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3023 FOOTBALL

Michele Di Gregorio

Born 1997

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3024 HISTORIAN

Giulia Barone

Born 1947

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3025 FOOTBALL

Simone Puleo

Born 1979

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3026 POLITICIAN

Adriano Alberti

1870 - 1955

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3027 ACTOR

Gianfranco Gamba

1949 - 2004

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3028 ACTOR

Grazia Migneco

Born 1929

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3029 ORGANIST

Ferdinando Bonazzi (organista)

1764 - 1845

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3030 BIOLOGIST

Mauro Mariani

Born 1948

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3031 MISSING

Pompeo della Cesa

1537 - 1610

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3032 PHOTOGRAPHER

Davide Mosconi

1941 - 2002

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3033 LITERARY

Carlo Martini (critico letterario)

1908 - 1978

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3034 FOOTBALL

Alice Regazzoli

Born 1999

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3035 ACTOR

Luigi Moneta

1870 - 1964

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3036 BUSINESS

Anna Bonomi Bolchini

1910 - 2003

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3037 PIANIST

Primo Angeli

1906 - 2003

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3038 FOOTBALL

Emanuele Torrasi

Born 1999

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3039 PHILOSOPHER

Maria Bettetini

1962 - 2019

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3040 ACTOR

Loretta Di Pisa

Born 1976

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3041 FENCER

John Pezza

Born 1952

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3042 JOURNALIST

Carlo Vanzini

Born 1971

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3043 COMPOSER

Filibello

1900 - 1995

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3044 PAINTER

Pietro Maggi

1660 - 1738

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3045 FOOTBALL

Bruno Beatrice

1948 - 1987

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3046 SINGER

Isabella Fabbrica

1802 - 1860

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3047 FOOTBALL

Paolo Ferrario

Born 1942

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3048 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Gadda

1822 - 1901

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3049 COMPOSER

Ambrose Lupo

Died 1591

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3050 FOOTBALL

Pierluigi Di Già

Born 1968

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3051 AUTHOR

Marco Volken

Born 1965

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3052 FILM

Anna Gobbi

Born 1918

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3053 JOURNALIST

Paolo Rodari

Born 1973

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3054 WRITER

Gaia Manzini

Born 1974

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3055 FOOTBALL

Carlo Cevenini

1901 - 1965

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3056 ACTOR

Donatella Fanfani

Born 1962

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3057 PAINTER

Agostino Comerio

1784 - 1829

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3058 JOCKEY

Alex Farolfi

Born 1966

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3059 COMPOSER

Jacopo Baboni-Schilingi

Born 1971

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3060 ARCHITECT

Ernesto Pirovano

1866 - 1934

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3061 POLITICIAN

Ruggero Dollfus

1876 - 1948

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3062 ACTOR

María de Navas

1678 - 1721

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3063 FENCER

Antonio Albanese (fencer)

1937 - 2013

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3064 WRITER

Rinaldo Traini

1931 - 2019

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3065 COMPOSER

Guido Carlo Visconti di Modrone

1881 - 1967

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3066 POET

Aldo Gerbino

Born 1947

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3067 ACTOR

Giovanni Battezzato

Born 1950

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3068 PRIEST

Ernesto Fontana

1830 - 1910

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3069 JOURNALIST

Michele Lupi

Born 1965

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3070 FENCER

Annamaria Giacometti

Born 1973

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3071 POLITICIAN

Elio Massimo Palmizio

Born 1954

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3072 NOBILE

Ippolita Maggi

Born 1555

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3073 FOOTBALL

Davide Amadori

Born 1992

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3074 DRIVER

Vincenzo Trucco

Born 1900

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3075 ACTOR

Ruggero Cara

1948 - 2018

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3076 SINGER

Gianna Perea-Labia

1908 - 1994

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3077 DIPLOMAT

Leonardo Visconti di Modrone

Born 1947

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3078 ACTOR

Alfonsina Pieri

1880 - 1959

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3079 MANAGER

Gioia Ghezzi

Born 1962

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3080 HISTORIAN

Alberto Pincherle (storico)

1894 - 1979

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3081 ACTOR

Marisa Borroni

Born 1929

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3082 SCULPTOR

Achille Guzzardella

Born 1955

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3083 SCULPTOR

Andrea Fusina

1470 - 1526

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3084 KARATE

Carlo Fugazza

Born 1951

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3085 BIOLOGIST

Moselio Schaechter

Born 1928

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3086 ACTOR

Eleonora Cadeddu

Born 1995

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3087 HISTORIAN

Giulio Porro Lambertenghi

1811 - 1885

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3088 FILM

Renzo Maietto

Born 1939

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3089 PRIEST

Natalis (bishop of Milan)

-

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3090 WRITER

Emilia Ferretti Viola

1844 - 1929

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3091 ACTOR

Guido Spadea

1921 - 2013

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3092 ECONOMIST

Ignazio Angeloni

Born 1953

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3093 ENGINEER

Arnaldo Gardella

1873 - 1928

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3094 SINGER

Massimo Dorati

1953 - 2012

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3095 CONDUCTOR

Marco Zuccarini

Born 1953

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3096 SPORT

Piero Ausilio

Born 1972

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3097 PAINTER

Girolamo Luigi Calvi

1791 - 1872

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3098 BASSIST

Antonio Borghini

Born 1977

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3099 SPORT

Disma Ferrario

Born 1899

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3100 FOOTBALL

Antonio Annibale

1940 - 2018

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3101 HISTORIAN

Gian Alberto Dell'Acqua

1909 - 2004

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3102 SPY

Cesare Pettorelli Lalatta Finzi

1884 - 1969

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3103 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Bruno

Born 1956

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3104 JOURNALIST

Elena Guarnieri

Born 1967

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3105 PHILOSOPHER

Francesca Rigotti

Born 1951

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3106 POLITICIAN

Edoardo Catellani

1922 - 2018

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3107 POET

Nicola Vitale

Born 1956

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3108 RAPPER

Caneda

Born 1976

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3109 PLAYER

Rosetta Gagliardi

1895 - 1975

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3110 SINGER

Franco Lionello

1946 - 1988

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3111 ARTIST

Flycat

Born 1970

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3112 WRITER

Elda Lanza

1924 - 2019

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3113 ENGINEER

Cesare Saldini

1848 - 1922

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3114 BANK

Enrico Cucchiani

Born 1950

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3115 ACTOR

Ludovica De Caro

Born 1986

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3116 POLITICIAN

Pierluigi Petrini

Born 1952

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3117 SKATER

Enrico Musolino

1928 - 2010

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3118 ACTOR

Alberto Canetta

1924 - 1987

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3119 CHEMIST

Sergio Carrà

Born 1929

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3120 ACADEMIC

Mario Maffi

Born 1947

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3121 BASKET

Matteo Da Ros

Born 1989

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3122 THEOLOGIAN

Carlo Antonio Casnedi

1643 - 1725

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3123 FOOTBALL

Francesco Pedone

Born 1968

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3124 ARTIST

Enzo Facciolo

Born 1931

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3125 POLITICIAN

Matteo Mauri

Born 1970

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3126 POLITICIAN

Rino Parenti

1895 - 1953

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3127 WRITER

Massimo Zamorani

1926 - 2018

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3128 PHILOLOGIST

Ottavio Ferrari

1607 - 1682

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3129 DANCER

Andrea Vaturi

Born 1982

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3130 SINGER

Paolo Martella

Born 1966

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3131 BASKET

Flavio Portaluppi

Born 1971

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3132 POLITICIAN

Carlo Dell'Avalle

1861 - 1917

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3133 SINGER

Filipponio

1944 - 1995

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3134 POLITICIAN

Carlo Possenti

1806 - 1872

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3135 WRITER

Fiora Vincenti

1928 - 2009

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3136 PRIEST

Ottaviano Maria Sforza

1475 - 1545

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3137 DESIGNER

Giulio Confalonieri

1926 - 2008

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3138 PAINTER

Virginio Ghiringhelli

1898 - 1964

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3139 ACTOR

Gianni Quillico

Born 1947

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3140 WRITER

Adolivio Capece

Born 1947

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3141 MUSIC

Simone Pace

Born 1963

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3142 PHYSICIAN

Romolo Griffini

1825 - 1888

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3143 CHESS

Ennio Contedini

Born 1934

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3144 SWIMMER

Fabio Maioni

-

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3145 KARATE

Luigi Zoia

Born 1948

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3146 ACTOR

Paride Calonghi

1940 - 1980

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3147 FILM

Alessandro Redaelli

Born 1991

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3148 FILM

Stefano Alleva

Born 1963

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3149 SCREENWRITER

Flaminio Bollini

1924 - 1978

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3150 ARTIST

Gabriella Giandelli

Born 1963

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3151 WRITER

Elisabetta Bucciarelli

Born 1967

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3152 POET

Lelio Scanavini

Born 1939

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3153 ACTOR

Claudio Beccari

Born 1960

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3154 FOOTBALL

Umberto Guarnieri

1919 - 1973

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3155 ACTOR

Guido Lazzarini

-

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3156 EDUCATION

Cesare Scurati

1937 - 2011

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3157 WRITER

Oreste Pivetta

Born 1949

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3158 FOOTBALL

Gerolamo Radice

1883 - 1948

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3159 POLITICIAN

Milly Moratti

Born 1946

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3160 FOOTBALL

Antonio Elia Acerbis

Born 1960

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3161 PAINTER

Ambrogio Brambilla

-

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3162 FOOTBALL

Elpidio Coppa

1914 - 1978

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3163 FOOTBALL

Italo Zamberletti

1904 - 1981

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3164 DIPLOMAT

Giovanni Bucher

1913 - 1992

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3165 FOOTBALL

Leonida Lucchetta

Born 1911

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3166 ANNOUNCER

Katia Svizzero

Born 1959

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3167 FOOTBALL

Laura Donghi

Born 1980

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3168 LUTHIER

Paolo Antonio Testore

1700 - 1767

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3169 FOOTBALL

Nicola Napolitano (footballer)

Born 1983

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3170 POLITICIAN

Remo Vigorelli

1893 - 1977

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3171 SINGER

Alex Palmieri

Born 1991

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3172 ROWER

Donata Minorati

Born 1965

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3173 AGRONOMIST

Mario Fregoni

Born 1934

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3174 JOURNALIST

Bruno Perini

Born 1950

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3175 ARTIST

Riccardo Secchi

Born 1962

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3176 RESISTANCE

Giulio Cesare Uccelini

1904 - 1957

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3177 ECONOMIST

Amedeo Bertolo

1941 - 2016

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3178 PRIEST

Mansueto Merati

1589 - 1661

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3179 POLITICIAN

Roberto Cociancich

Born 1961

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3180 FOOTBALL

Enrico Malatesta

Born 1976

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3181 ENTREPRENEUR

Emilio Bozzi

1873 - 1936

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3182 LAWYER

Giuseppe Bagatti Valsecchi

1845 - 1934

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3183 MAN OF LETTERS

Ilaria Bernardini

Born 1977

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3184 PHYSICIAN

Bruno Zanobio

1926 - 2015

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3185 ACTOR

Luca Cassol

Born 1968

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3186 ACTOR

Jenny De Cesarei

Born 1975

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3187 COOK

Davide Oldani

Born 1967

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3188 CONDUCTOR

Mario Battaini

1931 - 2000

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3189 WRITER

Giacinto Mondaini

1902 - 1979

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3190 RIDER

Ester Soldi

Born 1970

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3191 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Scarioni

1889 - 1966

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3192 SCULPTOR

Orazio Costante Grossoni

1867 - 1952

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3193 FOOTBALL

Giuliano Gentilini

Born 1970

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3194 HISTORIAN

Silvia Marzagalli

Born 1964

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3195 PILOTA

Mario Mannucci

1932 - 2011

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3196 PLAYER

Vittoria Piani

Born 1998

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3197 CRITICO

Giovanni Buttafava

1939 - 1990

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3198 FOOTBALL

Paolo Valagussa

Born 1993

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3199 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gianni Roghi

1927 - 1967

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3200 FOOTBALL

Ambrogio Valadè

1937 - 2007

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3201 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Torriani

1904 - 1942

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3202 ACTOR

Adolfo Fenoglio

Born 1938

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3203 CONDUCTOR

Massimo Zanetti

Born 1962

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3204 WRITER

Andrea Garbarino

Born 1948

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3205 COMPOSER

Gigi Cichellero

1923 - 1979

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3206 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Mottola

Born 1946

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3207 WRITER

Antonio Calegari (militare)

1898 - 1956

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3208 COACH

Giorgio Rondelli

Born 1946

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3209 ACTOR

Gianmarco Pozzoli

Born 1971

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3210 SKATER

Anna Galmarini

1942 - 1997

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3211 ARCHITECT

Luigi Clerichetti

1798 - 1876

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3212 PAINTER

Aldo Conti

1890 - 1988

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3213 FOOTBALL

Fulvio Fiorin

Born 1962

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3214 PAINTER

Giacomo Campi

1846 - 1921

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3215 POLITICIAN

Silvio Beretta

Born 1942

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3216 HISTORIAN

Joseph Hager

1757 - 1819

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3217 DRIVER

Giulio Ramponi

1902 - 1986

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3218 ARCIVESCOVO

Umberto I da Pirovano

Died 1166

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3219 WRITER

Rino Crivelli

1924 - 2013

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3220 FOOTBALL

Dario Toninelli

Born 1992

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3221 FOOTBALL

Roberto Cesati

Born 1957

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3222 FOOTBALL

Antonio Sconziano

Born 1972

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3223 FOOTBALL

Amerigo Paradiso

Born 1962

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3224 SINGER

Nando Bonini

Born 1957

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3225 FOOTBALL

Cristian Adami

Born 1976

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3226 WRITER

Antonella Ferrari

Born 1970

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3227 PAINTER

Giuseppe Mongeri

1812 - 1888

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3228 SPORT

Vittorio Cavalotti

1893 - 1939

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3229 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Ballerio

1909 - 1999

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3230 DANCER

Manuel Frattini

1965 - 2019

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3231 PAINTER

Innocente Cantinotti

1877 - 1940

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3232 SPORT

Angelo Cattaneo

1901 - 1986

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3233 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Lainati

Born 1958

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3234 PSYCHOLOGIST

Walter Fornasa

1951 - 2013

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3235 ORGANIST

Carlo Gervasoni (musicista)

1762 - 1819

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3236 TRANSLATOR

Emilio Castellani (traduttore)

1911 - 1985

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3237 POLITICIAN

Angelo Nicolato

1888 - 1961

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3238 PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Nino Borghi

1918 - 1994

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3239 SPORT

Anna Mei

Born 1967

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3240 PRODUCER

Roberto Colombo (musicista)

Born 1951

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3241 MILITAR

Luchino Dal Verme (partigiano)

1913 - 2017

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3242 FOOTBALL

Pietro Bronzini

1898 - 1962

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3243 WRITER

Guido Clericetti

Born 1939

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3244 ACTOR

Ivan Venini

Born 1970

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3245 FOOTBALL

Naila Ramera

Born 1987

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3246 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Bellezza

1807 - 1876

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3247 SINGER

Mara (cantante)

Born 1968

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3248 BASKET

Romano Forastieri

1928 - 2012

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3249 WRITER

Carmen Butta

Born 1962

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3250 DRUMMER

Walter Calloni

Born 1956

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3251 ACTOR

Giancarlo Padoan

Born 1935

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3252 WRITER

Marco Pesatori

Born 1952

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3253 ACTOR

Deborah Morese

Born 1980

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3254 FILANTROPA

Maria Giovanna Albertoni Pirelli

1915 - 1970

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3255 JOURNALIST

Angelo Frattini

1896 - 1967

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3256 SINGER

Fiorella Bini

1933 - 2004

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3257 JOURNALIST

Aldo Pasetti

1903 - 1975

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3258 WRITER

Arduino Paniccia

Born 1946

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3259 SCULPTOR

Egidio Boninsegna

1869 - 1958

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3260 ARCHITECT

Alois Pichl

1782 - 1856

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3261 POLITICIAN

Massimo Gorla

1933 - 2004

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3262 NOBLE

Antonio Busca (lieutenant)

1767 - 1834

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3263 PAINTER

Siro Penagini

1885 - 1952

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3264 ACTOR

Alessandro Ballico

Born 1971

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3265 ARTIST

Enzo Lunari

Born 1937

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3266 ARTIST

Aldo Spinelli (artista)

Born 1948

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3267 ARTIST

Lorenzo Guerrini

1914 - 2002

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3268 POLITICIAN

Mario Valducci

Born 1959

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3269 MINERALOGIST

Ettore Artini

1866 - 1928

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3270 ACTOR

Dania Cericola

Born 1959

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3271 FOOTBALL

Diego Mella

Born 1993

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3272 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Giustacchini

1900 - 1974

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3273 PHYSICIST

Amilcare Bietti

1937 - 2006

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3274 PAINTER

Enrico Ravetta

1864 - 1939

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3275 CYCLISTE

Adriano Rodoni

1898 - 1985

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3276 ACTOR

Massimiliano Lotti

Born 1959

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3277 SINGER

Dario Gay

Born 1960

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3278 ACTOR

Maria Brivio

Born 1946

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3279 ESSAYIST

Giampiero Comolli

Born 1950

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3280 ACTOR

Elisabetta Coraini

Born 1965

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3281 BASKET

Andrea Amato (cestista)

Born 1994

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3282 MATHEMATICIAN

Alberto Cattaneo

Born 1967

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3283 WRITER

Mauro Magni

1920 - 2012

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3284 SKATER

Alessandra Cernuschi

Born 1997

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3285 ARCHITECT

Andrea Biffi

1645 - 1686

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3286 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Cristoforo Bellotti

1823 - 1919

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3287 FOOTBALL

Stefano Ferrari

Born 1921

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3288 ACTOR

Claudia Barbieri

Born 1971

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3289 ACTOR

Gabriele Calindri

Born 1960

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3290 WRITER

Monica Romano

Born 1979

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3291 POLITICIAN

Bernardo Arnaboldi Gazzaniga

1847 - 1918

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3292 SCULPTOR

Pietro Calvi (konstnär)

1833 - 1884

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3293 PLAYER

Simone Rossi (rugbista)

Born 1991

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3294 FISICA

Rita Brunetti

1890 - 1942

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3295 POLITICIAN

Giulio Polotti

1924 - 1999

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3296 ARTIST

Matteo Resinanti

Born 1969

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3297 ACTOR

Claudio Madia

Born 1959

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3298 WRITER

Stefano Jacini (scrittore)

Born 1939

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3299 MILITAR

John Salusbury Piozzi Salusbury

1793 - 1858

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3300 SCULPTOR

Adelaide Pandiani Maraini

1836 - 1917

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