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

3601 PAINTER

Angelo Monticelli

1778 - 1837

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3602 JOURNALIST

Marco Tropea

Born 1942

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3603 ENTOMOLOGIST

Adolf Nadig

1910 - 2003

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3604 ACTOR

Jole Fano

1904 - 1972

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3605 WRITER

Dario Crapanzano

Born 1939

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3606 PAINTER

Giulio Scapaticci

1933 - 2006

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3607 PHOTOGRAPHER

Paolo Santambrogio

Born 1978

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3608 LAWYER

Antonino Caruso

1950 - 2020

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3609 AGENT

Jean-Baptiste Rotondo

1750 - 1795

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3610 POLITICIAN

Renato Massari

1920 - 2012

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3611 PAINTER

Federico Boriani

1920 - 2011

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3612 NUMISMATIST

Adriano Savio

Born 1947

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3613 FOOTBALL

Ferruccio Ghidini

Born 1912

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3614 FOOTBALL

Gualtiero Grandini

Born 1967

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3615 ACTOR

Maurizio Gueli

1937 - 2006

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3616 FOOTBALL

Marco Ferrara

Born 1994

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3617 WRITER

Andrea Bouchard

Born 1963

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3618 AUTHOR

Illy Reale

1947 - 1993

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3619 PLAYER

Alberto Faverio

Born 1959

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3620 PHYSICIST

Arrigo Finzi

1917 - 2012

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3621 POLITICIAN

Agata Alma Cappiello

1948 - 2006

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3622 PRODUCER

Gaetano Cappa

Born 1969

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3623 ACTOR

Laura Rizzoli

Born 1922

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3624 PALLAVOLISTA

Francesca Bosio

Born 1997

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3625 PHOTOGRAPHER

Elena Somarè

Born 1974

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3626 WRITER

Giuliana Donati Petténi

1922 - 2008

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3627 PAINTER

Richard Barabandy

Born 1849

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3628 WRITER

Alberto Rollo

Born 1951

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3629 WRITER

Gianfranco Moscati

Born 1924

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3630 ACTOR

Stefano Vogogna

Born 1971

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3631 POLITICIAN

Marco Fumagalli

Born 1953

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3632 WRITER

Marisa Rusconi

1934 - 1999

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3633 ARTIST

Alessandro Baggi

Born 1966

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3634 POLITICIAN

Luigi Grassi (1891-1970)

1891 - 1970

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3635 SINGER

Fanny Eckerlin

1802 - 1842

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3636 SINGER

Edmond Lhuillier

1803 - 1890

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3637 SCREENWRITER

Enrico Colombo

1930 - 2012

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3638 PAINTER

Carlo Balestrini

1868 - 1922

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3639 SPORT

Roberta Giussani

Born 1972

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3640 BASKET

Massimo Bianchi (cestista)

Born 1955

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3641 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Piola

1826 - 1904

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3642 PRIEST

Luigi Nicora

1829 - 1890

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3643 GEOGRAPHER

Bruno Castiglioni

1898 - 1945

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3644 PLAYER

Roberto Cazzaniga (pallavolista)

Born 1979

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3645 FOOTBALL

Gabriele Puccio

Born 1989

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3646 POLITICIAN

Roberto Mazzotta

Born 1940

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3647 LAWYER

Giorgio Bergamasco

1904 - 1990

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3648 ARTIST

Giorgio Salati

Born 1978

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3649 LAWYER

Egidio Bossi

1488 - 1546

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3650 FOOTBALL

Eugenio Rizzolini

Born 1937

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3651 FOOTBALL

Francesco Pomi

1905 - 1984

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3652 BUSINESS

Fabrizio Boccardi

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3653 POLITICIAN

Stefano Saglia

Born 1971

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3654 WRITER

Sophie Jabès

Born 1958

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3655 PAINTER

Fides Stagni

1904 - 2002

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3656 JOURNALIST

Adriana Mulassano

Born 1939

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3657 PAINTER

Antonio Bignoli

1812 - 1886

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3658 ACTOR

Gina Moneta

1894 - 1961

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3659 DRIVER

Giorgio Villa

Born 1954

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3660 MATHEMATICIAN

Antonio Caccianino

1764 - 1838

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3661 MATHEMATICIAN

Giovanni Prouse

1932 - 2008

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3662 ARTIST

Roberto Rinaldi

Born 1964

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3663 FOOTBALL

Filippo Tasso

Born 1940

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3664 ARTIST

Valerio Rocco Orlando

Born 1978

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3665 CHAMBERLAIN

Carlo Emanuele Teodoro Trivulzio

1565 - 1605

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3666 JOURNALIST

Anna Masera

Born 1960

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3667 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Fedele Toscani

1909 - 1983

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3668 PHOTOGRAPHER

Fabio Cirifino

Born 1949

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3669 SINGER

Julius Pellegrini

1806 - 1858

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3670 ENTREPRENEUR

Giulio Castelli (imprenditore)

1920 - 2006

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3671 PATRIOTA

Carlo Bellerio

1800 - 1886

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3672 WRITER

Francesco Regli

1802 - 1866

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3673 ARTIST

Bianca Bagnarelli

Born 1988

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3674 PHYSICIST

Pietro Configliachi

1777 - 1844

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3675 FOOTBALL

Carlo Payer

Born 1890

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3676 DIPLOMATICO

Renato I Borromeo

1555 - 1608

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3677 FOOTBALL

Aldo Riva

Born 1923

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3678 GUITAR

Maurizio Glielmo

Born 1957

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3679 WRITER

Emilio Bignami

1829 - 1910

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3680 SPORT

Stefano Oldani

Born 1998

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3681 FOOTBALL

Luca Lomi

Born 1971

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3682 SKATER

Fabio Mascarello

Born 1983

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3683 WRITER

Pier Gildo Bianchi

1920 - 2006

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3684 PAINTER

Bernardo Pasotti

1910 - 2003

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3685 PAINTER

Giovanni Antonio de Grott

1664 - 1712

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3686 MILITAR

Annibale Visconti

1660 - 1747

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3687 JOURNALIST

Dina Rinaldi

1921 - 1997

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3688 BALLET

Caterina Gattai Tomatis

1747 - 1792

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3689 FOOTBALL

Andrea Ferrari (footballer)

Born 1986

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3690 PAINTER

Francesco Corneliani

1740 - 1815

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3691 MAGISTRAT

Giangiacomo Ciaccio Montalto

1941 - 1983

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3692 PAINTER

Guillermo Da Re

1867 - 1910

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3693 POLITICIAN

Giangiacomo Trivulzio

1839 - 1902

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3694 ARCHITECT

Andrea Pizzala

1798 - 1862

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3695 PHYSICIAN

Serafino Biffi

1822 - 1899

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3696 JOURNALIST

Milo Infante

Born 1968

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3697 FOOTBALL

Luigi Pirovano

1889 - 1921

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3698 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Brunelli

Born 1927

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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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3701 PAINTER

Camillo Cima

1827 - 1908

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3702 DANCER

Emilia Bernacchi

1846 - 1902

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3703 POLITICIAN

Franco Mirabelli

Born 1960

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3704 ARTIST

Davide Boriani

Born 1936

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3705 SECRETARY

Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd

Born 1970

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3706 WRITER

Alessandro Rimassa

Born 1975

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3707 TRANSLATOR

Tullio Dobner

1946 - 2018

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3708 PAINTER

Giuseppe Manfredini (pittore)

1754 - 1815

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3709 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Arcaini

1901 - 1978

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3710 JOURNALIST

Ilaria Brugnotti

Born 1976

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3711 MANAGER

Diana Bracco

Born 1941

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3712 PSYCHOLOGIST

Eugenia Scabini

Born 1939

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3713 SCENOGRAPHER

Mimmo Scavia

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3714 FOOTBALL

Enrico Todesco

Born 1960

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3715 ACTOR

Amalia Bettini

1809 - 1894

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3716 PLAYER

Riccardo Sbertoli

Born 1998

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3717 WRITER

Mauro Raimondi

Born 1961

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3718 POLITICIAN

Bartolomeo Calco

1434 - 1508

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3719 PHILOSOPHER

Paolo Valore

Born 1972

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3720 FOOTBALL

Davide Tedoldi

Born 1975

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3721 FOOTBALL

Luigi Pedrazzini (footballer)

Born 1909

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3722 MEDALLIST

Costantino Affer

1906 - 1987

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3723 PAINTER

Carlo De Notaris

1812 - 1888

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3724 ARTIST

Adelita Husni-Bey

Born 1985

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3725 PAINTER

Alma Fidora

1894 - 1980

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3726 BUSINESS

Roberto Da Crema

Born 1953

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3727 SINGER

Edda (cantante)

Born 1963

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3728 POLITICIAN

Luchino Del Mayno

1838 - 1911

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3729 RACEWALKER

Mario Brignoli

1902 - 1990

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3730 CARTOGRAPHER

Luigi Brasca

1882 - 1929

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3731 PAINTER

Carlo Jotti

1826 - 1905

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3732 ARCHITECT

Giulio Galliori

1715 - 1795

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3733 POLITICIAN

Victor François Marie Perrin de Bellune

1796 - 1853

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3734 PHILOSOPHER

Gianfranco Dalmasso

Born 1943

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3735 COMEDIAN

Valeria Graci

Born 1980

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3736 POLITICIAN

Aldo Resega

1896 - 1943

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3737 REGISTA

Paola Galassi

Born 1963

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3738 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Madini

Born 1923

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3739 SCULPTOR

Titta Ratti

1896 - 1992

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3740 MATHEMATICIAN

Emilio Clauser

1917 - 1986

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3741 PAINTER

Andrea Appiani the Younger

1817 - 1865

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3742 BOXER

Mario Bosisio

1901 - 1988

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3743 ACTOR

Pierre Lucat

Born 1978

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3744 ACTOR

Patrizia Salmoiraghi

Born 1959

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3745 PRODUCER

Taketo Gohara

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3746 FOOTBALL

Mario Fontana

1906 - 1998

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3747 AMMIRAGLIO

Sergio Biraghi

Born 1941

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3748 NOBLE

Ottaviano de' Medici (b. 1957)

Born 1957

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3749 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Oliviero Angeli

Born 1973

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3750 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giordano Morganti

Born 1956

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3751 POLITICIAN

Luigi Majnoni d'Intignano

1841 - 1918

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3752 FOOTBALL

Francesco Alberti (calciatore)

Born 1924

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3753 ACTOR

Maddalena Vadacca

Born 1963

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3754 MISSING

Raffaello Tonon

Born 1979

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3755 BUSINESS

Alessandro Rossi (1921-2010)

1921 - 2010

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3756 CINEMA

Adriano Bernacchi

1931 - 2014

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3757 ACTOR

Tommaso Dazzi

-

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3758 SINGER

Stefano Tessadri

Born 1974

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3759 PRIEST

Francesco Sabbia

1814 - 1893

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3760 PAINTER

Enea Tallone

1876 - 1937

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3761 FOOTBALL

Rodolfo Negri

Born 1913

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3762 ACTOR

Antonello Governale

Born 1953

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3763 WRITER

Guido Tortorella

Born 1977

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3764 ARTIST

Alex Horley

Born 1970

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3765 WRITER

Franco Manzoni

Born 1957

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3766 FOOTBALL

Aurelio Biassoni

Born 1912

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3767 FOOTBALL

Luigi Rizzi (footballer)

Born 1907

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3768 FOOTBALL

Guido Pedroni

1883 - 1964

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3769 WRITER

Nietta Aprà

1905 - 1990

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3770 FILS

Charles de Birague

Died 1591

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3771 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Crippa

Born 1949

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3772 LAWYER

Vincenzo Franceschelli

Born 1947

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3773 ECONOMISTA

Carlo De Cristoforis

1824 - 1859

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3774 PROFESSOR

Pietro Bortone

Born 1966

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3775 ACTOR

Gina Sammarco

1897 - 1976

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3776 ENTREPRENEUR

Virgilio Degiovanni

Born 1965

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3777 POET

Carlo Alfonso Maria Pellizzoni

1734 - 1818

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3778 PAINTER

Clemen Parrocchetti

1923 - 2016

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3779 MATHEMATICIAN

Francesco Luini

1740 - 1792

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3780 PRIEST

Giulio Resta

1657 - 1743

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3781 POLITICIAN

Carlo d'Adda

1816 - 1900

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3782 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Savelli

1905 - 1930

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3783 GUERRILLA

Giancarlo Puecher Passavalli

1923 - 1943

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3784 PAINTER

Carlo Varese (pittore)

1903 - 1977

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3785 PHOTOGRAPHER

Angelo Cozzi

Born 1934

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3786 POLITICIAN

Antonio Maffi

1850 - 1912

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3787 WRITER

Sonia Peronaci

Born 1967

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3788 FILM

Vittorio Rifranti

Born 1966

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3789 PAINTER

Ambrogio Preda

1839 - 1906

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3790 SWIMMER

Riccardo Targetti

Born 1952

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3791 COMPOSER

Romolo Corona

1893 - 1965

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3792 FOOTBALL

Marco Gaeta

Born 1991

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3793 SPORT

Iseline Crivelli

Born 1903

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3794 LYRICIST

Davide Tortorella

Born 1961

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3795 COMPOSER

Guido Mazzon

Born 1946

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3796 JOURNALIST

Matteo Scanni

Born 1970

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3797 PAINTER

Giannino Grossi

1889 - 1969

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3798 RELIGIOSA

Marina Videmari

1812 - 1891

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3799 JOURNALIST

Giacomo Papi

Born 1968

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3800 PAINTER

Giovanni Bigatti

1774 - 1817

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3801 ACTOR

Amber Dútta

Born 2003

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3802 POLITICIAN

Nicola Gunnar Vincenzi

Born 1964

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3803 ECONOMIST

Andrea Goldstein

Born 1966

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3804 BANK

Matteo Arpe

Born 1964

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3805 FOOTBALL

Lisa Erba

Born 1993

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3806 POLITICIAN

Luigi Agostino Casati

1827 - 1881

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3807 MUSIC

Laura Chiossone

Born 1974

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3808 NOBILE

Giberto Borromeo (1751-1837)

1751 - 1837

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3809 FOOTBALL

Chiara Piccinno

Born 1985

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3810 FOOTBALL

Marco Cecilli

Born 1960

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3811 WRITER

Flavio Tranquillo

Born 1962

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3812 OFFICER

François Franceschi-Losio

1770 - 1810

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3813 ENTREPRENEUR

Tommaso Giulini

Born 1977

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3814 WRITER

Csaba dalla Zorza

Born 1970

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3815 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Castelli (footballer)

Born 1919

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3816 POET

Nino Majellaro

1919 - 2006

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3817 FOOTBALL

Tommaso Augello

Born 1994

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3818 POLITICIAN

Luigi Cipriani (politico 1940)

1940 - 1992

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3819 NOBILE

Lucia Marliani

1455 - 1522

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3820 ORGANIST

Fabio Bonizzoni

-

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3821 ACADEMIC

Alberto Cadioli

Born 1952

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3822 MUSIC

Tatiana Carelli

Born 1970

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3823 NATURALIST

Vitaliano VIII Borromeo

1792 - 1874

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3824 ARCHITECT

Gaetano Besia

1791 - 1871

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3825 MUSIC

Andrea Rock

Born 1982

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3826 BASSIST

Stefano Cerri

1952 - 2000

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3827 COMPOSER

Alessandro Bosetti

Born 1973

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3828 HISTORIAN

Giuseppe Zecchini

Born 1952

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3829 JOCKEY

Wlady

Born 1974

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3830 PRESENTER

Marisa Passera

Born 1973

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3831 JOURNALIST

Guido Bagatta

Born 1960

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3832 MILITAR

Artico Di Prampero

1907 - 1941

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3833 PAINTER

Angelo Ribossi

1822 - 1886

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3834 SCENOGRAPHER

Stefania Cella

-

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3835 COMPOSER

Riccardo Bianchini

1946 - 2003

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3836 MUSIC

Fulvio Muzio

Born 1956

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3837 RESTAURATEUR

Marc Murphy (chef)

-

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3838 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Gaspare Beretti

1660 - 1736

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3839 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alessandro Pavia

1824 - 1889

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3840 PLAYWRIGHT

Lorenzo Loris

Born 1957

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3841 CHEMIST

Lamberto Malatesta

1912 - 2007

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3842 ACTOR

Elena Borgo

1910 - 1981

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3843 SINGER

Pico Rama

Born 1990

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3844 FOOTBALL

Andrea Marconi

Born 1985

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3845 ENGINEER

Antonio Brencich

Born 1966

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3846 FILM

Carla Apuzzo

Born 1951

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3847 DRIVER

Renato Mastropietro

Born 1945

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3848 SCENOGRAPHER

Victor Togliani

Born 1951

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3849 POLITICIAN

Gloria Buffo

Born 1954

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3850 PAINTER

Miro Cusumano

1938 - 1987

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3851 RADIO

Filippo Solibello

Born 1972

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3852 PUBLISHER

Giovanni Silvestri (editore)

1778 - 1855

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3853 PHYSICIAN

Emilio Alfieri

1874 - 1949

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3854 JOURNALIST

Luigi Fossati

1927 - 1990

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3855 PRODUCER

Andy Panigada

Born 1963

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3856 JOURNALIST

Erminio Mascherpa

1943 - 2005

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3857 ARTIST

Luciano Maciotta

Born 1943

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3858 POLITICIAN

Marco Flavio Cirillo

Born 1960

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3859 FOOTBALL

Ambrogio Borghi (calciatore)

Born 1946

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3860 PRIEST

Maurille d'Angers

Died 453

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3861 DANCER

Aïda Boni

1880 - 1974

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3862 POLITICIAN

Francesco Italia

Born 1972

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3863 OFFICER

Louis Charles Barthélémy Sopransi

1783 - 1814

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3864 FOTÓGRAF

José Spreafico

1833 - 1880

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3865 JOURNALIST

Maria Pezzi

1908 - 2006

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3866 HOCKEY

Marco Pozzi (hockeista su ghiaccio)

Born 1988

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3867 DESIGNER

Marco Zanini

Born 1971

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3868 SINGER

Franca Aldrovandi

Born 1935

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3869 JOURNALIST

Francesco Perilli

Born 1969

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3870 ACTOR

Paola Bacci

Born 1939

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3871 SINGER

Lorenzo Saccomani

Born 1938

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3872 BOTANIST

Wilhelm Rössler

1909 - 1995

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3873 METEOROLOGIST

Paolo Corazzon

Born 1969

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3874 SPORT

Luigi Airaldi

1870 - 1949

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3875 FOOTBALL

Francesco Rossi (calciatore 1974)

Born 1974

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3876 WRITER

Lorenzo Maria Balconi

1878 - 1969

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3877 LAWYER

Vittorio Emanuele Falsitta

Born 1966

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3878 WRITER

Cecilia Strada

Born 1979

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3879 WRITER

Luigi Rusca (letterato)

1894 - 1980

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3880 ECONOMIST

Alberto Zanardi

Born 1960

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3881 PAINTER

Luigi Piffero

1907 - 1978

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3882 TELEVISION

Tiziana Aristarco

Born 1960

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3883 RACER

Adolfo Covi

1932 - 1959

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3884 POLITICIAN

Febo Borromeo d'Adda

1871 - 1945

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3885 POLITICIAN

Carlo Pertusati

1674 - 1755

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3886 ACTOR

Gianluca Impastato

Born 1971

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3887 AUTHOR

Gianluca Neri

Born 1971

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3888 FOOTBALL

Nicolas La Vigna

Born 1997

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3889 PAINTER

Ambrogio Magnaghi

1912 - 2001

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3890 PAINTER

Francesco Ratti

1819 - 1895

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3891 ACTOR

Massimiliano Plinio

Born 1965

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3892 MILITAR

Lazzaro Maurizio De Castiglioni

1888 - 1962

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3893 ARCHITECT

Claudio Vender

1904 - 1986

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3894 WRITER

Giovanni Battista De Cristoforis

1785 - 1838

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3895 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Ciani

1776 - 1868

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3896 BASSIST

Fabrizio Palermo

Born 1965

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3897 POET

Luigi Medici (poeta)

1888 - 1965

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3898 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Laureri

Born 1966

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3899 SCHERMITRICE

Corinna Panzeri

Born 1971

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3900 SINGER

Zita Fumagalli Riva

1893 - 1994

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