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

4201 SINGER

Helena Hellwig

Born 1983

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4202 PAINTER

Maria Bertolani

1896 - 1960

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4203 SINGER

Wera Nepy

1931 - 2017

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4204 COMPOSER

Giacomo Monzino

1772 - 1854

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4205 MISSING

Ottavio Miseroni

1567 - 1624

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4206 COMPOSER

Giancarlo Colombini

1906 - 1991

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4207 ARTIST

Daniele Fagarazzi

1944 - 2019

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4208 JOURNALIST

Alice Pedrazzi

Born 1978

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4209 FILM

Fabrizio Caleffi

Born 1952

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4210 BASKET

Mario Governa

Born 1966

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4211 PRELATE

Ottaviano Raverta

Died 1561

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4212 JOURNALIST

Nicola Vitiello

Born 1969

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4213 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Cusatis

Born 1967

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4214 DESIGNER

Michele Miglionico

Born 1965

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4215 JOURNALIST

Claretta Muci

Born 1958

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4216 DRUMMER

Ferdinando Masi

Born 1964

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4217 ENTREPRENEUR

Jonella Ligresti

Born 1967

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4218 DESIGNER

Anna Lazzarini

Born 1969

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4219 ACADEMIC

Gabriella Gambino

Born 1968

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4220 SCULPTOR

Eugenio Bellosio

1847 - 1927

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4221 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Trivulzio

1773 - 1805

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4222 GUITAR

Savino Cesario

Born 1957

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4223 PRODUCER

Giovanni Battista Ansoldi

1916 - 1979

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4224 PAINTER

Paolo Rui

Born 1962

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4225 POLITICIAN

Francantonio Biaggi

1899 - 1979

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4226 CHEMIST

Antonio Kramer

1806 - 1853

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4227 OBERST

Paul von Airoldi

1793 - 1882

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4228 FOOTBALL

Marcello Castoldi

Born 1925

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4229 WRITER

Babsi Jones

Born 1968

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4230 FOOTBALL

Paolo Scheidler

Born 1891

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4231 ARCIVESCOVO

Robaldo di Milano

Died 1145

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4232 DRIVER

Mauro Pregliasco

Born 1944

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4233 HISTORIAN

Paolo Cesaretti

Born 1957

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4234 PRIEST

Aurelio Bienato

1440 - 1496

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4235 MILITAR

Giovanni Barbiano di Belgiojoso

1638 - 1715

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4236 ACTOR

Liliana Feldmann

1929 - 2020

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4237 WRITER

Lucia Tilde Ingrosso

Born 1968

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4238 PRODUCER

Lino Nicolosi

Born 1961

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4239 WRITER

Claudio Mauri

Born 1952

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4240 KEYBOARDIST

Mimmo Camporeale

Born 1960

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4241 COMPOSER

Emilio Ghezzi

Born 1955

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4242 ARCHITECT

Natale Angielini

1537 - 1574

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4243 POLITICIAN

Francesco Mariani

1886 - 1976

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4244 PHYSICIAN

Raffaello Cortesini

Born 1931

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4245 CHEMIST

Gianfranco Mattei

1916 - 1944

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4246 FOOTBALL

Marco Speranza

Born 1994

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4247 PHOTOGRAPHER

Vincenzo Laera

Born 1966

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4248 ARCHBISHOP

Luigi Bignami (arcivescovo)

1862 - 1919

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4249 POLITICIAN

Ignazio Alessandro Pallavicini

1800 - 1871

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4250 MATHEMATICIAN

Giuseppe Jung

1845 - 1926

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4251 PAINTER

Casimiro Radice

1834 - 1908

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4252 DRIVER

Andrea Vianini

1942 - 2016

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4253 ACTOR

Dario Manera

Born 1961

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4254 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Vandoni

1828 - 1877

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4255 HISTORIAN

Hans Beck (Archäologe)

1909 - 1987

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4256 ACTOR

Brunella Andreoli

Born 1960

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4257 POLITICIAN

Francesco Antonio d'Arco

1848 - 1917

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4258 DANCER

Camilla Spelta

Born 1988

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4259 MODEL

Mario D'Amico

Born 1983

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4260 PATRIOTA

Teresa Berra

1804 - 1879

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4261 ACTOR

Kiki Palmer

1907 - 1949

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4262 DANCER

Marco Garavaglia

Born 1986

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4263 JOCKEY

Max Venegoni

Born 1958

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4264 FOOTBALL

Manuel Personè

Born 1992

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4265 WRITER

Fabrizio Carcano

Born 1973

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4266 PRESENTER

Petra Loreggian

Born 1972

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4267 NOBILE

Caterina Visconti (1282-1311)

1282 - 1311

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4268 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Frua

1855 - 1937

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4269 PRODUCER

Dr. Shiver

Born 1983

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4270 AUTHOR

Mussi Bollini

Born 1957

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4271 RADIO

Stefano Gallarini

Born 1964

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4272 PAINTER

Angelo Santagostino

1878 - 1947

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4273 POLITICIAN

Franco Calamida

Born 1938

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4274 NOBILE

Baldassarre Odescalchi, I principe Odescalchi

1683 - 1746

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4275 ACTOR

Paolo Bufalino

Born 1970

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4276 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Buttè

1903 - 1976

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4277 POLITICIAN

Guido Visconti di Modrone (senatore)

1838 - 1902

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4278 JOURNALIST

Adone Carapezzi

1919 - 2008

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4279 POLITICIAN

Laura Rozza

Born 1954

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4280 MILITAR

Brunilde Tanzi

1912 - 1947

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4281 EDITOR

Giovanna Battaglia Engelbert

Born 1979

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4282 COMPOSER

Antonio Eros Negri

Born 1964

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4283 PIANIST

Enrico Cremonesi

Born 1969

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4284 ATHLETIC

Giuseppe Rovelli

1918 - 2015

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4285 KRAFT

Pino Lella

Born 1926

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4286 JOCKEY

Vitowar

Born 1962

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4287 MUSIC

Enrico Fagnoni

Born 1963

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4288 ACTOR

Luca Solesin

Born 1990

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4289 ARTIST

Sergio Montipò

Born 1918

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4290 FILANTROPA

Giuditta Sommaruga

1875 - 1964

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4291 WRITER

Fiorella Cagnoni

Born 1947

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4292 BASKET

Massimo Sorrentino

Born 1969

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4293 WRITER

Marco Bacci

Born 1954

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4294 ACTOR

Beppe de Tomasi

1934 - 2016

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4295 NATURALIST

Pietro Rossi (1871-1950)

1871 - 1950

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4296 FOOTBALL

Luigi Farina

Born 1942

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4297 PAINTER

Gianfranco Campestrini

1901 - 1979

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4298 MILITAR

Roberto Cozzi

1893 - 1918

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4299 PAINTER

Girolamo Ferroni

1687 - 1730

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4300 PSYCHOLOGIST

Nadia Muscialini

Born 1966

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4301 ENGINEER

Gustav Daverio

1839 - 1899

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4302 POLITICIAN

Cesare Giulini della Porta

1825 - 1862

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4303 POLITICIAN

Federico III Fagnani

1775 - 1840

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4304 PRODUCER

Angelo Tumminelli

Born 1969

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4305 PRIEST

Giuseppe Gallarati

1698 - 1767

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4306 POLITICIAN

Sandro Italico Mussolini

1910 - 1930

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4307 SAXOPHONIST

Cristina Mazza

Born 1955

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4308 PAINTER

Giacomo Gabbiani

1900 - 1989

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4309 SCREENWRITER

Riccardo Pesce

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4310 ARCHBISHOP

Bono di Milano

Died 822

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4311 BASKET

Fabio Spagnoli

Born 1970

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4312 RACER

Mario Salani

Born 1966

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4313 POLITICIAN

Andrea Borruso

1936 - 2018

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4314 ENGINEER

Ermenegildo Preti

1918 - 1986

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4315 PRODUCER

Valerio Gallorini

Born 1956

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4316 NOBILE

Bice Melzi d'Eril

1832 - 1865

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4317 GIUDICE

Pietro Nava

Born 1950

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4318 FOOTBALL

Angelo Gandini

Born 1931

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4319 PHYSICIAN

Piera Locatelli

1900 - 1975

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4320 LAWYER

Mino Steiner

1909 - 1945

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4321 PAINTER

Federico Quarenghi

1858 - 1940

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4322 BUSINESS

Fabrizio Fasano

1935 - 2018

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4323 POET

Alessandro Arnaboldi

1827 - 1896

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4324 ACTOR

Giancarlo Muratori

1958 - 1995

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4325 SWIMMER

Giuditta Pandini

Born 1960

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4326 JOURNALIST

Francesca Romanelli

Born 1978

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4327 COMPOSER

Angelo Musco (compositore)

1925 - 1969

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4328 ENTREPRENEUR

Jacopo Castelfranchi

1922 - 2017

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4329 CONDUCTOR

Mauro Bonifacio

Born 1957

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4330 POLITICIAN

Pierfrancesco Gamba

Born 1962

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4331 HISTORIAN

Marco Magistretti

1862 - 1921

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4332 DESIGNER

Jacques Reynaud

Born 1960

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4333 FOOTBALL

Irene Ferrari

Born 1979

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4334 FOOTBALL

Ferruccio Achilli

1925 - 1990

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4335 COMPOSER

Ray Tarantino

Born 1976

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4336 FOOTBALL

Ilaria Lazzari

Born 1990

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4337 ACTOR

Margherita Antonelli

Born 1963

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4338 JOURNALIST

Carlo Sassi

Born 1929

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4339 WRITER

Giuseppe Festa

Born 1972

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4340 JOURNALIST

Claudio Garioni

Born 1979

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4341 DRUMMER

Sergio Pescara

Born 1960

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4342 PRIEST

Carlo Macchi

1802 - 1873

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4343 MISSING

Marco Mignani

1944 - 2008

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4344 COMPOSER

Ermanno Parazzini

Died 2018

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4345 PRELATE

Carlo Francesco Airoldi

1637 - 1683

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4346 OPERA

Arturo Melocchi

1879 - 1960

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4347 ACTOR

Cristiano Censi

1934 - 2017

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4348 BOXING

Ottavio Tazzi

1928 - 2013

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4349 JOURNALIST

Sandro Boeri

Born 1950

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4350 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Masseroni

1891 - 1957

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4351 ACTOR

Valentina Melis

Born 1980

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4352 PAINTER

Pompilio Seveso

1877 - 1949

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4353 FILM

Bianca Lattuada

1912 - 2005

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4354 COMPOSER

Antonio Maria Turati

1603 - 1650

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4355 SAXOPHONIST

Fulvio Sisti

1955 - 1998

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4356 ARCIVESCOVO

Filippo I da Lampugnano

Died 1207

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4357 SPORT

Ugo Ruggeri

1893 - 1990

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4358 SPORT

Stefano Breme

Born 1965

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4359 ACTOR

Cesare Capitani

Born 1965

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4360 PRESENTER

Andrea Castrignano

Born 1969

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4361 POLITICIAN

Mario Marina

1897 - 1964

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4362 NOBILE

Massimiliano Stampa

1494 - 1543

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4363 DIPLOMAT

Paolo Greppi

1748 - 1800

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4364 PRIEST

Giuseppe Sanguettola

1788 - 1854

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4365 GUERRILLA

Carlo Croce

1892 - 1944

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4366 PRESBYTER

Giuseppe Riva (presbitero)

1803 - 1876

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4367 FOOTBALL

Raffaele Paolino

Born 1969

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4368 MUSIC

Carlo Delfrati

Born 1938

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4369 BANK

Roberto Rosone

1928 - 2010

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4370 ARTIST

Pierluigi Cerveglieri

Born 1956

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4371 BASKET

Giuseppe Lomazzi

Born 1931

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4372 RADIO

Roberto Ferrari (conduttore)

Born 1965

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4373 OFFICER

Giacomo Filippo de Meester Hüyoel

1765 - 1852

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4374 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Grossi

1947 - 2011

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4375 FOOTBALL

Silvio Smersy

1933 - 2001

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4376 FOOTBALL

Cesare Brunetti

Born 1920

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4377 ACTOR

Viola Simoncioni

Born 1976

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4378 ARCHITECT

Patrizia Falcone

Born 1961

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4379 POLITICIAN

Walter Armanini

1937 - 1999

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4380 JOURNALIST

Massimo Magrì

Born 1940

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4381 RETTORE

Alessandro Bartezzaghi

Born 1959

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4382 POLITICIAN

Carlo Visconti (congiurato)

Died 1476

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4383 CARTOONIST

Nino Russo

Born 1960

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4384 FOOTBALL

Ademaro Breviglieri

1937 - 2011

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4385 TRANSLATOR

Beata Della Frattina

1921 - 1996

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4386 MUSIC

Alessandro Scaglione

Born 1986

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4387 ARCHITECT

Antonio Maria da Milano

1439 - 1511

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4388 ATHLETIC

Massimo Allevi

Born 1969

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4389 ARCHITECT

Giò Pozzo

Born 1952

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4390 ART DEALER

Teresa Hohenlohe

1964 - 2007

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4391 PLAYER

Matteo Foschi

Born 1977

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4392 JOURNALIST

Filippo Tramontana

Born 1979

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4393 PRIEST

Giuseppe Marzorati

1818 - 1865

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4394 EXPLORER

Ferdinando Dal Verme

1846 - 1873

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4395 ARTIST

Pao (artista)

Born 1977

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4396 POLITICIAN

Teodoro Bossi

Died 1449

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4397 SPORT

Giovanni Trentarossi

1899 - 1977

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4398 JOURNALIST

Guido Barendson

Born 1951

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4399 TRANSLATOR

Camillo Pennati

1931 - 2016

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4400 COMPOSER

Bruno Tavernese

-

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4401 TEACHER

Oberto Dall'Orto

-

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4402 DIPLOMAT

Giustino Arpesani

1896 - 1980

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4403 SINGER

Leonardo (cantante)

Born 1945

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4404 ESSAYIST

Luigi Lambertenghi

1739 - 1813

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4405 MISSING

Bros (writer)

Born 1981

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4406 FOOTBALL

Carlo Crippa

Born 1939

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4407 WRITER

Alba Valech Capozzi

1916 - 1999

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4408 COMPOSER

Pietro Antonio de Mojana

1800 - 1870

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4409 ROWER

Graziana Saccocci

Born 1962

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4410 PSYCHOLOGIST

Marcello Cesa-Bianchi

1926 - 2018

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4411 POLITICIAN

Claudio D'Amico

Born 1965

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4412 GUITAR

Lucio Bardi

Born 1958

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4413 ACTOR

Clara Padoa

1910 - 1997

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4414 DESIGNER

Luciano Marabese

1948 - 2016

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4415 KARATE

Vincenzo Figuccio

Born 1978

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4416 PAINTER

Giorgio Bellandi

1931 - 1976

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4417 PRELATE

Giovanni Battista Zuccato

1543 - 1618

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4418 ENTREPRENEUR

Maximilian Büsser

Born 1967

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4419 HIGH JUMP

Lina Banzi

Born 1906

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4420 FOOTBALL

Matteo Lomolino

Born 1996

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4421 JOURNALIST

Emilio Ceretti

1907 - 1988

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4422 JOURNALIST

Flavia Fratello

Born 1964

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4423 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Castelli

Born 1918

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4424 BASKET

Valentino Battisti

1959 - 2019

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4425 OPERA

Luciano Lamonarca

Born 1978

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4426 SINGER

Sabina Actis-Orelia

1920 - 2010

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4427 DRIVER

Andrea Boldrini

Born 1971

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4428 FOOTBALL

Stefano Lanini

Born 1994

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4429 ARCHIVIST

Giovanni Vittani

1875 - 1938

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4430 BASKET

Marco Lamperti

Born 1962

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4431 PHYSIOLOGIST

Adriana Fiorentini

1926 - 2016

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4432 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Barbavara di Gravellona

1813 - 1896

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4433 CRIMINALE

Gian Paolo Osio

Died 1608

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4434 SCIENTIST

Livia Pirocchi Tonolli

1909 - 1985

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4435 ARTIST

Claudio Acciari

Born 1971

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4436 NOBLE

Catherine Visconti (1342-1382)

1342 - 1382

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4437 JOURNALIST

Mario Camicia

1941 - 2011

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4438 TEACHER

Paolo Pancheri

1938 - 2007

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4439 REGISTA

Riccardo Giudici

Born 1963

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4440 JOURNALIST

Micaela Palmieri

Born 1976

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4441 AUTHOR

Marco Posani

Born 1959

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4442 WRITER

Donato Bossi

1436 - 1502

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4443 CERAMIST

Rosanna Bianchi Piccoli

Born 1929

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4444 FOOTBALL

Alessio Locatelli

Born 1978

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4445 PAINTER

Barbara Pietrasanta

Born 1961

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4446 FOOTBALL

Ezio Lombardi

Born 1928

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4447 AUTHOR

Tiziana Martinengo

Born 1955

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4448 DIRIGENTE

Carlo Buora

Born 1946

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4449 POLITICIAN

Emanuele D'Adda

1847 - 1911

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4450 MUSIC

Max Longhi

Born 1968

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4451 FOOTBALL

Pietro Camozzi

1940 - 2017

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4452 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Cusani

1864 - 1925

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4453 RADIO

Fausto Terenzi

Born 1950

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4454 PRIEST

Lombardo della Torre

Died 1343

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4455 ACTOR

Gabriela Grechi

Born 1976

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4456 JOURNALIST

Giusi Ferré

Born 1946

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4457 FOOTBALL

Antonio Colombo

Born 1938

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4458 DRIVER

Giorgio Pianta

1935 - 2014

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4459 BASKET

Guido Saibene

Born 1960

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4460 NOBILE

Cassandra Marinoni

1503 - 1573

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4461 BIOLOGIST

Paola Carpi de Medina

1950 - 1988

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4462 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Murelli

Born 1954

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4463 JOURNALIST

Giancarlo Giojelli

Born 1956

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4464 CHEMIST

Giorgio Mazzanti

Born 1928

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4465 ACTOR

Maurizio Colombi

Born 1965

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4466 SAGGISTA

Marina Lenti

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4467 WRITER

Riccardo Sfondrini

Born 1964

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4468 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Annoni

1770 - 1825

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4469 ACTOR

Matteo Villa (attore)

Born 1989

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4470 CARDINAL

Conte Casate

Died 1287

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4471 ACTOR

Diana Chihade

Born 1993

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4472 SCULPTOR

Giuseppe Croff

1810 - 1869

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4473 GUITAR

Pietro Nobile (musicista)

Born 1960

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4474 ACTOR

Germana Monteverdi

-

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4475 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Caterino

Born 1972

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4476 ENTREPRENEUR

Alberto Pirelli (imprenditore)

Born 1954

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4477 LAWYER

Luigi Ansbacher

1878 - 1956

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4478 MERCHANT

Ermenegildo Castiglioni

1812 - 1896

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4479 PAINTER

Felice Abrami

1872 - 1919

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4480 PAINTER

Angelo Comolli

1863 - 1949

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4481 PSICHIATRA

Antonietta Capelli

1896 - 1974

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4482 RADIO

Dario Desi

Born 1962

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4483 FOOTBALL

Roberto Incontri

Born 1957

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4484 SINGER

Anna D'Amico

1938 - 2003

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4485 POLITICIAN

Girolamo d'Adda

1815 - 1881

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4486 AVIATORE

Giovanni Folchi

1916 - 1946

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4487 JOURNALIST

Edgardo Longoni

1880 - 1965

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4488 ACTOR

Roberto De Marchi

Born 1965

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4489 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Marco Zamperini

1963 - 2013

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4490 POLITICIAN

Gerolamo Pellicanò

Born 1949

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4491 THEOLOGIAN

Ambrogio Cavalli

1500 - 1556

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4492 MILITAR

Giulio Venini

1915 - 1941

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4493 CONDUCTOR

Maurizio Zanini

Born 1963

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4494 PAINTER

Michelangelo Fumagalli

1812 - 1886

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4495 DRIVER

Paola de Martini

Born 1964

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4496 PAINTER

Gaetano Gariboldi

1815 - 1857

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4497 ASTRONOMER

Adamantia Paizis

Born 1972

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4498 FOOTBALL

Luigi Angelini (calciatore)

Born 1929

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4499 ACTOR

Carlo Emilio Lerici

Born 1962

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4500 ENGINEER

Ernesto Vallerani

Born 1936

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