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

3301 ACTOR

Mario Valgoi

1939 - 2005

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3302 JOCKEY

Max Brigante

Born 1975

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3303 ACTOR

Paolo Giuranna

1935 - 2020

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3304 PAINTER

Felice De Vecchi

1816 - 1862

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3305 FOOTBALL

Ruggero Radice

Born 1971

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3306 OFFICER

Costantino Borsini

1906 - 1940

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3307 MOUNTAINEER

Celestino Usuelli

1877 - 1926

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3308 PHYSICIAN

Giuliano Avanzini

Born 1937

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3309 SPORT

Cesare Zanzottera

1886 - 1961

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3310 MODEL

Greta Varlese

Born 1998

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3311 FOOTBALL

Antonio Payer

Born 1892

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3312 ARCHITECT

Dante Oscar Benini

Born 1947

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3313 WRITER

Maria Grazia Perini

1950 - 2012

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3314 FOOTBALL

Christian Scalzo

Born 1972

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3315 BUSINESS

Carlo Feltrinelli

1881 - 1935

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3316 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Cervetti

Born 1933

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3317 SOCIOLOGIST

Enzo Mingione

Born 1947

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3318 POET

Rina Sara Virgillito

1916 - 1996

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3319 ACTOR

Antonio Ballerio

Born 1941

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3320 REGISTA

Maurizio Pagnussat

Born 1955

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3321 SPORT

Guglielmo Bossi

Born 1901

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3322 PRIEST

Benignus (bishop of Milan)

Died 472

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3323 POLITICIAN

Walter Piludu

1950 - 2016

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3324 POLITICIAN

Ercole Lualdi

1826 - 1890

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3325 PAINTER

Gigi Comolli

1893 - 1976

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3326 WRITER

Claudio Lazzaro

Born 1962

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3327 FOOTBALL

Marianna Marini

Born 1981

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3328 ECONOMIST

Renzo Fubini

1904 - 1944

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3329 PRIEST

Ermete Stampa

Died 1526

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3330 WRITER

Giacomo Gardumi

Born 1969

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3331 PAINTER

Agostino Santagostino

1635 - 1706

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3332 ACTOR

Rita Baldini

Born 1961

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3333 JOURNALIST

Raffaele Sonzogno

1829 - 1875

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3334 FOOTBALL

Fabio Tricarico

Born 1969

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3335 PAINTER

Carlo Jacono

1929 - 2000

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3336 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Gianni

Born 1950

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3337 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Schienoni

1902 - 1969

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3338 WRITER

Andrea Berrini

Born 1953

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3339 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Nadali

Born 1962

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3340 DIPLOMAT

Giorgio Giacomelli

1930 - 2017

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3341 PRIEST

Bernardo Landriani

Died 1451

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3342 JAZZ

Nino Impallomeni

Born 1917

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3343 FOTOGRAFIA

Roberta Valtorta

Born 1952

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3344 HOCKEY

Alessandro Re

Born 1986

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3345 GAME

Marco Donadoni

Born 1951

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3346 ARCIVESCOVO

Valentino Vailati

1914 - 1998

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3347 POLITICIAN

Achille Passoni

Born 1951

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3348 SIGNORE

Gianmastino Visconti

1370 - 1405

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3349 SINGER

Nuccia Natali

1907 - 1963

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3350 FOOTBALL

Oreste Didonè

Born 1967

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3351 ECONOMIST

Francesco Bellati

1749 - 1819

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3352 PRIEST

Martino Bonacina

1585 - 1631

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3353 JOURNALIST

Silvio Sosio

Born 1963

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3354 PRIEST

Maurilius of Angers

364 - 426

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3355 DRIVER

Almo Coppelli

Born 1958

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3356 ACTOR

Leo Colonna

Born 1957

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3357 PAINTER

Maria Vinca

1878 - 1939

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3358 FOOTBALL

Roberto Putelli

Born 1969

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3359 ACTOR

Tony Fuochi

Born 1955

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3360 ACTOR

Marco Bellavia

Born 1964

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3361 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Perego (artista)

1776 - 1817

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3362 ACTOR

Anna Canzi

Born 1937

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3363 LUTHIER

Carlo Antonio Testore

1687 - 1765

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3364 REFEREE

Andrea Stefani

Born 1969

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3365 FUTURIST

Giuseppe Pettazzi

1907 - 2001

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3366 COACH

Marcello Lodetti

1931 - 2012

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3367 PAINTER

Georges Filiberti

1881 - 1970

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3368 POLITICIAN

Eugène Auguste de Caffarelli

1806 - 1878

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3369 ACTOR

Rosanna Ruffini

1944 - 2015

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3370 WRITER

Elisa Rosso

Born 1993

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3371 ARTIST

Stefano Ambrosio (fumettista)

Born 1971

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3372 EDUCATOR

Giuseppe Sacchi (pedagogista)

1804 - 1891

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3373 MISSING

Paolo Busti

1749 - 1824

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3374 SKATER

Bianca Manacorda

Born 1997

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3375 ENGRAVER

Simone Durello

1641 - 1719

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3376 WRITER

Antonio Curti

1858 - 1945

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3377 PRESBYTER

Bonaventura Castiglioni

1487 - 1555

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3378 LINGUIST

Paolo Branca

Born 1957

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3379 POLITICIAN

Luigi Repossi

1882 - 1957

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3380 BOXER

Giuseppe Oldani

Born 1904

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3381 FOOTBALL

Giannino Camperio

1876 - 1913

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3382 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gianni Galassi

Born 1954

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3383 SKATER

Isabella Pajardi

Born 1989

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3384 TRANSLATOR

Giuseppe Brunelli

1922 - 2016

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3385 ART HISTORIAN

Luigi Archinti

1825 - 1902

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3386 POLITICIAN

Amaele Abbiati

1925 - 2016

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3387 PROFESSOR

Sandra Lavenex

Born 1970

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3388 ATHLETE

Andrea Secchiero

Born 1988

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3389 POET

Fabio Franzin

Born 1963

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3390 POLITICIAN

Enrico Rizzi

1930 - 2005

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3391 SCENOGRAPHER

Davide Bassan

1952 - 2010

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3392 BASKET

Paolo Alberti

Born 1972

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3393 ACTOR

Valentina Pallavicino

Born 1985

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3394 ESSAYIST

Giuditta Podestà

1921 - 2005

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3395 FENCER

Elena Libera

1917 - 2012

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3396 ENTREPRENEUR

Eden Fumagalli

1891 - 1970

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3397 ACTOR

Claudio Ridolfo

Born 1957

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3398 PAINTER

Giovanni Crivelli (painter)

1700 - 1760

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3399 FASCISTA

Gilberto Cavallini

Born 1952

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3400 FOOTBALL

Gabriel Lunetta

Born 1996

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3401 FOOTBALL

Celso Battaia

1920 - 2007

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3402 BASKET

Fabio Corbani

Born 1966

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3403 ACTOR

Irene Scalzo

Born 1968

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3404 SIGNORE

Rodolfo Visconti

1364 - 1389

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3405 BASKET

Paolo Bianchi (cestista)

Born 1953

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3406 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Alberta Zucchi

Born 1938

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3407 PAINTER

Richard Harlfinger

1873 - 1948

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3408 DRAMA

Augusto Bianchi Rizzi

1940 - 2014

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3409 RACER

Pietro D'Alì

Born 1963

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3410 CONDUCTOR

Nello Ciangherotti

Born 1930

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3411 ACTOR

Emilia Costa

Born 1967

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3412 ARCHBISHOP

Leone da Perego

Died 1257

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3413 PRIEST

Maurilius von Angers

364 - 453

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3414 ARCHITECT

Claudio Dini

Born 1938

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3415 PRIEST

Landulf of Carcano

Died 998

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3416 PRIEST

Giorgio Odescalchi

1564 - 1620

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3417 COMPOSER

Giacomo Conti (Komponist)

1754 - 1805

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3418 RACER

Fortunato Libanori

1934 - 2006

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3419 POLITICIAN

Dario Valori

1925 - 1984

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3420 JOURNALIST

Danilo Sarugia

Born 1939

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3421 ARTIST

Nadir Quinto

1918 - 1994

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3422 LITERARY

Francesco Cusani

1802 - 1879

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3423 RADIO

Marco Santin

Born 1962

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3424 SINGER

Daniela Panetta

Born 1968

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3425 MILITAR

Aldo Bocchese

1894 - 1976

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3426 LOTTATORE

Davide Morini

Born 1976

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3427 BASKET

Ilaria Zanoni

Born 1986

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3428 POLITICIAN

Guido Borromeo

1818 - 1890

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3429 LAWYER

Sergio Spazzali

1936 - 1994

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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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3433 WRITER

Alberto Giovannini (giornalista)

1912 - 1984

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3434 FILM

Osvaldo Bargero

Born 1947

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3435 PAINTER

Giuseppe Carozzi

1864 - 1938

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3436 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Rebizzi

Born 1933

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3437 BADMINTON

Lisa Iversen

Born 1997

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3438 GUITAR

Tank Palamara

Born 1968

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3439 FOOTBALL

Cesare Cevenini

1899 - 1996

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3440 ACTOR

Roberta Carreri

Born 1953

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3441 JOURNALIST

Claudio Zuliani

Born 1966

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3442 PRIEST

Leonhard Adler

1882 - 1965

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3443 PAINTER

Attilio Andreoli

1877 - 1950

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3444 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Beltrami

Born 1937

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3445 ACTOR

Mark Colleano

Born 1955

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3446 FILM

Kris Kramski

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3447 WRITER

Giovanni Cenzato

1885 - 1974

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3448 ERUDITE

Francesco Bernardino Ferrari

1577 - 1669

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3449 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Carlo Albizzati

1888 - 1950

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3450 SCULPTOR

Giuseppe Scalvini

1908 - 2003

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3451 SOCIOLOGIST

Guido Martinotti

1938 - 2012

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3452 ACTOR

Giuseppe Pagliarini

1920 - 1999

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3453 COMPOSER

Sebastiano Cognolato

Born 1969

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3454 ARCHITECT

Ambrogio Nava

1791 - 1862

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3455 WRITER

Mafalda Pavia

1902 - 1985

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3456 ACADEMIC

Silvia Pellegrini

Born 1965

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3457 PLAYER

Jacopo Salvetti

Born 1993

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3458 ACTOR

Luciana Vedovelli

Born 1932

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3459 BUSINESS

Dalia Gaberščik

Born 1966

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3460 MUSIC

Riccardo Nova

Born 1960

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3461 ACTOR

Adriana Libretti

Born 1954

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3462 FOOTBALL

Simone Veronese

Born 1974

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3463 FOOTBALL

Marco Murriero

Born 1983

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3464 PRODUCER

Rudy Nicoletti

Born 1976

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3465 ARCHITECT

Enrico Combi

1832 - 1906

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3466 SCULPTOR

Helmut König (Medailleur)

1934 - 2017

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3467 PRIEST

Theodorus I (bishop of Milan)

Died 490

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3468 FOOTBALL

Bruno Ballarini

1937 - 2015

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3469 COMPOSER

Vittorio Paltrinieri

1924 - 2018

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3470 PHILOSOPHER

Giuseppe Colombo (filosofo)

Born 1950

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3471 ACTOR

Stella Maris (attrice italiana)

1922 - 2018

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3472 MONK

Felice Casati

1581 - 1656

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3473 ACTOR

Linda Pini

1896 - 1971

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3474 ARCHITECT

Paolo Cesa Bianchi

1840 - 1920

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3475 COMPOSER

Giorgio Cocilovo

Born 1956

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3476 POET

Tiziano Rossi

Born 1935

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3477 SINGER

Kekko Silvestre

Born 1978

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3478 FOOTBALL

Roberto Russo (calciatore)

Born 1959

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3479 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Sanseverino Vimercati

1836 - 1907

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3480 PAINTER

Gianni De Conno

1957 - 2017

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3481 FOOTBALL

Primo Berlinghieri

Born 1963

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3482 FOOTBALL

Marco Savioni

Born 1931

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3483 WRITER

Violetta Bellocchio

Born 1977

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3484 FOOTBALL

Ana Baro

Born 1992

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3485 ARCHITECT

Ambrogio Barocci

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3486 PRIEST

Luigi Maria Marelli

1858 - 1936

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3487 MARSCHALL

Franz Maximilian Jahnus von Eberstädt

1711 - 1772

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3488 ACTOR

Adalberto Lombardo

Born 1991

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3489 POLITICIAN

Luigi Zuccari

1847 - 1925

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3490 SCULPTOR

Andrea Ferreri

1673 - 1744

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3491 HOCKEY

Alex Gellert

Born 1989

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3492 JOURNALIST

Domenico Montalto

1954 - 2011

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3493 LOGICIAN

Claudio E.A. Pizzi

Born 1944

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3494 SINGER

Sandra Mantovani

1928 - 2016

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3495 DRIVER

Michele Beretta

Born 1994

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3496 PAINTER

Bernardino Bergognone

1450 - 1525

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3497 FOOTBALL

Mario De Simoni

1887 - 1967

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3498 PAINTER

Pietro Michis

1836 - 1903

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3499 POLITICIAN

Francesco Annoni di Cerro

1804 - 1872

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3500 FOOTBALL

Sergio Frascoli

Born 1936

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3501 ACTOR

Antiniska Nemour

Born 1957

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3502 BASSIST

Attilio Zanchi

Born 1953

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3503 ARTIST

Vincenzo Beretta

Born 1968

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3504 SKATER

Niccolò Macii

Born 1995

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3505 ACTOR

Pongo (cabarettista)

Born 1954

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3506 HISTORIAN

Tristano Calco

1455 - 1515

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3507 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Durini

1800 - 1850

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3508 PATRIOTA

Antonio Solera

1786 - 1848

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3509 DESIGNER

Rodolfo Dordoni

Born 1954

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3510 FOOTBALL

Luciano Alghisi

Born 1917

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3511 MANAGER

Fedele Confalonieri

Born 1937

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3512 FOOTBALL

Renato Dehò

1946 - 2019

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3513 POLITICIAN

Massimo De Carolis

Born 1940

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3514 ARCHITECT

Jorge Rigamonti

1940 - 2008

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3515 DESIGNER

Nedo Mion Ferrario

1926 - 2001

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3516 BANK

Cesare Mangili

1850 - 1917

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3517 ASTRONOMER

Mario Di Sora

Born 1961

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3518 ARCHITECT

Luigi Bandini Buti

1930 - 2018

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3519 PRODUCER

Ludovico Bessegato

Born 1983

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3520 JOURNALIST

Lucilla Calfus Antonelli

1886 - 1975

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3521 ILLUSTRATOR

Luigi Corteggi

1933 - 2018

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3522 WRITER

Alberto Baumann

1933 - 2014

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3523 FOOTBALL

Walter Dondoni

Born 1965

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3524 SCENOGRAPHER

Marianna Sciveres

Born 1963

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3525 COMPOSER

Max Meazza

Born 1952

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3526 PHYSICIAN

Giuseppe Ferrario (medico)

1802 - 1870

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3527 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giuseppe Pino

Born 1940

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3528 AVIATORE

Enrico Gadda

1896 - 1918

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3529 WRITER

Giuseppe Benaglio

1668 - 1735

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3530 PAINTER

Umberto Faini

Born 1933

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3531 PRIEST

Aderico Cotta

Died 958

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3532 THEATRE

Eligio Possenti

1886 - 1966

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3533 ARCHITECT

Sebastiano Giuseppe Locati

1861 - 1939

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3534 WRITER

Gian Luca Margheriti

Born 1976

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3535 ACTOR

Elena Magoia

Born 1934

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3536 FOOTBALL

Fabio Castellano

Born 1998

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3537 MISSING

Elena Brambilla

1942 - 2018

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3538 CHOREOGRAPHER

Giovanni Battista Ambrosiani

1772 - 1832

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3539 ENGINEER

Daniele Donghi

1861 - 1938

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3540 COLLECTOR

Alessandro Passaré

1927 - 2006

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3541 DANCER

Silvia Marin

Born 1967

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3542 SIGNORA

Ippolita Sforza (1481-1520)

1481 - 1520

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3543 PAINTER

Pietro Plescan

Born 1929

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3544 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marco Di Lauro (fotoreporter)

Born 1970

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3545 CHESS

Mario Lanzani

Born 1963

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3546 SKI

Francesca Martinelli

Born 1971

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3547 HISPANIST

Rinaldo Froldi

1924 - 2011

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3548 FREEDIVER

Homar Leuci

Born 1976

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3549 SPORT

Prince Edmund Batthyany-Strattmann

1827 - 1914

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3550 ARCHIVIST

Luigi Osio

1803 - 1873

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3551 ACTOR

Christian Fassetta

Born 1967

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3552 SINGER

Gene Colonnello

1935 - 2011

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3553 VIOLIN

Corrado Romano

1920 - 2003

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3554 DRIVER

Giordano Aldrighetti

1905 - 1939

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3555 ENGINEER

Pietro Caminada

1862 - 1923

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3556 PAINTER

Mario Acerbi (painter)

1887 - 1982

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3557 PAINTER

Guglielmo Stella

1828 - 1888

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3558 WRITER

Gabriella Greison

Born 1976

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3559 LAWYER

Giovanni Maria Cornaggia Medici

1899 - 1979

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3560 ACTOR

Dory Cei

1915 - 1988

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3561 DIPLOMAT

Santo Brasca

1447 - 1522

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3562 SINGER

Giorgio Laneve

Born 1946

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3563 SAXOPHONIST

Daniele Cavallanti

Born 1952

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3564 POLITICIAN

Bruno Geddo

Born 1959

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3565 PRESENTER

Daniele Bossari

Born 1974

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3566 POLITICIAN

Mario Alberto Rollier

1909 - 1980

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3567 COMPOSER

Giovanni Luigi Bazzoni

1816 - 1871

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3568 FOOTBALL

Renzo Rovatti

Born 1939

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3569 DESIGNER

Bruno Gecchelin

Born 1939

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3570 ACTOR

Emy Eco

Born 1948

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3571 MUSIC

Willi Burger

Born 1934

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3572 BANK

Salvatore Cacciola

Born 1944

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3573 LAWYER

Cristoforo Castiglione (1345-1425)

1345 - 1425

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3574 SINGER

Sergio Menegale

Born 1946

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3575 ACTOR

Nadia Biondini

Born 1965

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3576 PAINTER

Ottavio Fabbri

Born 1946

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3577 ARCHITECT

Gerolamo Quadrio

1625 - 1679

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3578 POLITICIAN

Daniela Mazzuconi

Born 1953

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3579 EDITOR

Guerrino Amelli

1848 - 1933

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3580 JOURNALIST

Vittorio Mangili

Born 1922

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3581 PLAYER

Barbara Romanò

Born 1965

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3582 ERUDITE

Giuseppe Visconti

1570 - 1633

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3583 SKATER

Alice Garlisi

Born 1991

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3584 ACTOR

Maria Pia Luzi

Born 1941

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3585 ART HISTORIAN

Marina Pizziolo

Born 1960

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3586 SINGER

Francesco Stranges

Born 1971

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3587 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Battista Cairati

Died 1596

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3588 DRIVER

Vincenzo Di Bella

Born 1977

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3589 PRIEST

Pomponio Cotta

Died 1579

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3590 PAINTER

Giorgio Albertini

1930 - 2020

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3591 WRITER

Luca Gallesi

Born 1961

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3592 ACTOR

Linda Caridi

Born 1988

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3593 WRITER

Karl Franz Ferdinand Torresani

1846 - 1907

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3594 PLAYER

Matteo Chiappa

Born 1993

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3595 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Migliorini

Born 1931

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3596 JOURNALIST

Riccardo Albini

Born 1953

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3597 PAINTER

Pompeo Pozzi

1817 - 1890

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3598 ACTOR

Costantino Vitagliano

Born 1974

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3599 REGISTA

Guido Stagnaro

Born 1925

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3600 MUSIC

Fabio Furia

Born 1971

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