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

4501 ACTOR

Carlo Rossi (attore teatrale)

Born 1955

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4502 COMPOSER

Salvatore Fabrizio

Born 1948

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4503 ARTIST

Enzo Magni

1914 - 1981

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4504 HOCKEY

Derek Toletti

Born 1982

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4505 SWIMMER

Laura Podestà

Born 1954

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4506 PRELATE

Francesco Maria Annoni

1610 - 1674

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4507 POLITICIAN

Pier Gaetano Venino

1878 - 1955

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4508 PRIEST

Ludovico Antomelli

1863 - 1927

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4509 ACTOR

Riccardo Mazzoli

Born 1969

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4510 PAINTER

Antonietta Bisi

1813 - 1866

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4511 ATHLETIC

Gianni Ronconi

1952 - 2009

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4512 PUBLISHER

Luca Formenton

Born 1953

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4513 ACTOR

Isabella (cantante)

Born 1939

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4514 ACTOR

Eurilla del Bono

Born 1950

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4515 DRIVER

Marco Brand

Born 1957

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4516 EDUCATION

Ivano Gamelli

Born 1957

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4517 DIRIGENTE

Bruno Tassan Din

1935 - 2000

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4518 JOURNALIST

Giosuè Boetto Cohen

Born 1961

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4519 BASKET

Letícia Oliveira

Born 1976

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4520 FOOTBALL

Angelo Conca

Born 1959

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4521 FOOTBALL

Federica Laddaga

Born 1987

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4522 JOURNALIST

Stefania Cavallaro

Born 1975

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4523 SINGER

Emmanuele Cucchi

Born 1981

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4524 POLITICIAN

Rubaconte da Mandello

1170 - 1238

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4525 DRUMMER

Andrea Ge

Born 1966

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4526 AUTHOR

Stefano Magnaghi

Born 1965

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4527 ATHLETIC

Luigi Bosatra

1905 - 1981

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4528 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gianfranco Moroldo

1927 - 2001

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4529 ACTOR

Alessio Tagliento

Born 1970

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4530 ARCHITECT

François Bérenger

1901 - 1978

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4531 THEATRE

Federico Bellone

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4532 DRIVER

Andrea Mamé

1972 - 2013

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4533 JOURNALIST

Beatrice Ghezzi

Born 1969

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4534 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Robecchi (politico 1825-1898)

1825 - 1898

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4535 AVIATORE

Carlo Romagnoli (pilota)

1905 - 1941

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4536 JOURNALIST

Franco Scarioni

1884 - 1918

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4537 FOOTBALL

Marco Varaldi

Born 1982

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4538 CONDUCTOR

Ferruccio Burco

1939 - 1965

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4539 MUSIC

Alberto Pizzigoni

1928 - 2013

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4540 MUSIC

Simon de Jano

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4541 SPRINT

Ernesto Bonacina

1902 - 1944

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4542 FOOTBALL

Roberto Prini

Born 1946

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4543 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Cinzia Poli

Born 1970

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4544 FOOTBALL

Italo Rossi (calciatore)

Born 1898

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4545 WRITER

Giovanni Gerolamo Arconati Lamberti

Died 1733

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4546 ACTOR

Giuseppe De Marini

1772 - 1829

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4547 SCREENWRITER

Maurizio Rasio

Born 1963

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4548 DANCER

Alessia Busi

Born 1994

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4549 PAINTER

Francesco da Castello

1447 - 1504

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4550 MUSIC

Francesca D'Adda

1794 - 1877

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4551 SINGER

Luisa Casali

Born 1947

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4552 FOOTBALL

Luigi Bianchi (calciatore)

1885 - 1976

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4553 FILM

Franco Nucci

Born 1929

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4554 HISTORIAN

Lodovico Melzi

1594 - 1649

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4555 ENTREPRENEUR

Antonio Casetta

1928 - 1993

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4556 FOOTBALL

Antonio Cincotta

Born 1985

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4557 FOOTBALL

Ivan Aiardi

Born 1971

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4558 FOOTBALL

Santino Ciceri

Born 1935

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4559 ACTOR

Luca Fiamenghi

Born 1986

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4560 JOURNALIST

Fabio Marchese Ragona

Born 1982

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4561 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Antonio Piatti

1447 - 1480

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4562 GINNASTA

Alessia Federici

Born 2004

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4563 POLITICIAN

Simone Arrigoni

1463 - 1507

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4564 ACTOR

Aron Marzetti

Born 1976

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4565 OPERA

Nino D'Aurelio

1908 - 1958

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4566 OFFICER

Pietro Sgarlata

1937 - 2019

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4567 VIOLIN

Ferdinando Galimberti

1700 - 1751

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4568 POLITICIAN

Walter Fontana (politico)

1919 - 1992

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4569 DRIVER

Edoardo Lualdi Gabardi

Born 1931

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4570 ENTOMOLOGIST

Bruno Massa

Born 1948

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4571 POLITICIAN

Luigi Gatti (politico)

1913 - 1945

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4572 SINGER

Loredana Taccani

Born 1943

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4573 PRIEST

Gianantonio Della Beretta

1733 - 1816

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4574 POLITICIAN

Giulio Padulli

1869 - 1932

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4575 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Campagna

Born 1951

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4576 BUSINESS

Luca Garavoglia

Born 1969

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4577 SCULPTOR

Arnaldo Mazzanti

Born 1939

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4578 MILITAR

Leone Andrea Maggiorotti

1860 - 1940

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4579 SAXOPHONIST

Eraldo Volontè

1918 - 2003

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4580 CYCLING

Vincenzo Giacotto

1914 - 1970

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4581 MARCHESE

Anton Giorgio Clerici

1715 - 1768

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4582 CHESS

Luciano Lilloni

1929 - 2000

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4583 MUSIC

Vincenza Cerati Rivolta

1905 - 2000

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4584 WRITER

Patrizia Rossi

Born 1951

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4585 FOOTBALL

Ezio Bardelli

1930 - 2018

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4586 BOXER

Silvia La Notte

Born 1982

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4587 ENGINEER

Giovanni Maria Olgiati

1494 - 1557

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4588 MAN OF LETTERS

Cynthia Collu

-

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4589 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Longobardo

Born 1960

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4590 FOOTBALL

Emanuele Orlandi

Born 1988

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4591 ARTIST

Flavio Nani

Born 1970

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4592 FILM

Gianfranco Pagani

Born 1930

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4593 ARTIST

Beast (street artist)

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4594 SURGEON

Alberto Gobbi

Born 1956

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4595 WRITER

Lucio Wilson

Born 1972

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4596 ARTIST

Abitacolo (Munari)

1907 - 1998

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4597 POLITICIAN

Pompeo Bariola

1824 - 1894

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4598 MILITAR

Mario Fusetti

1893 - 1915

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4599 POLITICIAN

Augusto Rocchi

Born 1952

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4600 POLITICIAN

Patrizia Arnaboldi

Born 1946

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4601 SPRINT

Giovanni Orlandi (athlete)

1898 - 1970

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4602 SNOWBOARD

Cesare Pisoni

Born 1968

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4603 AGENTE SEGRETO

Giacinto Domenico Lazzarini

1912 - 1990

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4604 TRADUTTORE

Gustavo Botta

1880 - 1948

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4605 SCREENWRITER

Germano Tarricone

Born 1966

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4606 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Borromeo

1821 - 1906

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4607 ACTOR

Furlanetto

1895 - 1969

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4608 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Porro (politico)

1814 - 1879

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4609 ARTIST

Sergio Gerasi

Born 1978

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4610 PSYCHOLOGIST

Lella Ravasi Bellocchio

Born 1942

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4611 MANAGER

Umberto Vergine

-

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4612 FOOTBALL

Adelio Verga

Born 1938

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4613 BADESSA

Pietra Osio

Died 1297

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4614 CONDUCTOR

Gaetano Molla

1845 - 1894

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4615 BASKET

Filippo Gagliardo

Born 1978

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4616 FOOTBALL

Mauro Tonolini

Born 1973

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4617 ATHLETIC

Arturo Porro (athlete)

1890 - 1967

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4618 PALLAVOLISTA

Caterina Cialfi

Born 1995

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4619 FOOTBALL

Andrea D'Errico

Born 1992

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4620 WRITER

Rina Breda Paltrinieri

1891 - 1977

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4621 ARCHITECT

Barbara Weiss

Born 1954

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4622 BOBSLED

Danilo Santarsiero

Born 1979

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4623 FOOTBALL

Cesare Campagnoli

1934 - 2011

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4624 MISSING

Ermete Bonomi

1734 - 1812

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4625 SINGER

Rita Monico

Born 1950

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4626 ENTREPRENEUR

Luigi Orlando (industriale)

1927 - 2005

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4627 IMPRESARIO

Ezio Radaelli

1924 - 2005

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4628 MANAGER

Diego Piacentini

Born 1960

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4629 ARCIVESCOVO

Francesco Crippa

Died 1414

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4630 DESIGNER

Piero Gratton

1939 - 2020

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4631 FOOTBALL

Carlo Facchini (allenatore)

1920 - 2010

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4632 WRITER

Clizia Gurrado

Born 1969

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4633 TRANSLATOR

Matteo Stefanelli

Born 1975

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4634 FOOTBALL

Mario Longoni

Born 1927

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4635 PHOTOGRAPHER

Otonella Mocellin

Born 1966

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4636 BASKET

Fiorella Alderighi

Born 1944

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4637 NOBILE

Margherita Pusterla

Died 1341

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4638 DIRIGENTE

Alberto Meomartini

Born 1947

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4639 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Asperti

Born 1807

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4640 PAINTER

Giacomo Sessa

1777 - 1862

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4641 POET

Cristina Alziati

Born 1963

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4642 MODEL

Gianna Maranesi

Born 1926

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4643 FOOTBALL

Oliviero Conti

1933 - 1973

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4644 BANK

Renato Pagliaro

Born 1957

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4645 CIVIL SERVICE

Paolo Lassini

Born 1946

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4646 POLITICIAN

Andrea Orsini

Born 1959

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4647 JOURNALIST

Cinzia Maltese

1961 - 2002

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4648 SINGER

Rudi Assuntino

Born 1941

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4649 FOOTBALL

Ermelindo Bonilauri

1912 - 1971

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4650 WRITER

Giovanna Giordano

Born 1961

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4651 MILITAR

Renato Chiodini

1914 - 1983

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4652 PUBLISHER

Alberto Peruzzo

Born 1934

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4653 FILM

Giulio Ciarambino

Born 1957

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4654 PRESENTER

Marcello Martini

Born 1977

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4655 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Parisi (politico)

Born 1936

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4656 MERCHANT

Georg von Ghese

Died 1559

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4657 PRODUCER

Claudio Cingoli

Born 1965

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4658 HOCKEY

Tobias Kaufmann

1970 - 2013

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4659 PRIEST

César Trivulce

1495 - 1548

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4660 ILLUMINATOR

Salomone de' Grassi

-

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4661 BASKET

Tullio Lauro

1946 - 2000

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4662 MILITAR

Giordano Ottolini

1893 - 1916

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4663 SKIPPER

Giuseppe Milone

Born 1949

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4664 ÉTUDES

Abd al Wahid Pallavicini

1926 - 2017

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4665 POLITICIAN

Ferdinando Resta Pallavicino

1860 - 1933

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4666 SPORT

Susanna Bordone

Born 1981

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4667 HIJO

Fèlix Balbas

Born 1969

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4668 ARCHITECT

Achille Majnoni d'Intignano

1855 - 1935

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4669 ACTOR

Miky Boselli

Born 1970

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4670 FOOTBALL

Gabriele Andena

Born 1947

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4671 JOURNALIST

Michele Coralli

Born 1967

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4672 PRIEST

Emmanuele Lodi

1770 - 1845

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4673 PAINTER

Rodolfo Viola

Born 1937

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4674 PRIEST

Gerolamo Archinto

1651 - 1712

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4675 ART HISTORIAN

Augusto Calabi

1890 - 1973

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4676 ENTREPRENEUR

Felice Grondona

1821 - 1902

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4677 BOTANIST

Umberto Pasti

Born 1957

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4678 POET

Marc de' Pasquali

Born 1944

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4679 ENTREPRENEUR

Lodovico Melzi d'Eril

1820 - 1886

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4680 ROWER

Ugo Pifferi

Born 1930

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4681 MISSING

Caremolo Modrone

1489 - 1543

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4682 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Milani

1927 - 2005

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4683 PAINTER

Franco Dacquati

1910 - 1988

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4684 POLITICIAN

Luigi De Andreis

1857 - 1929

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4685 JOURNALIST

Luca Valtorta

Born 1964

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4686 FOOTBALL

Enrico Cannata

Born 1953

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4687 PIANIST

Paolo Ordanini

Born 1931

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4688 POLITICIAN

Enrico da Monza

-

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4689 DRIVER

Claudio Antonioli

Born 1962

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4690 TEACHER

Angelo Marcello Cardani

Born 1949

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4691 CIVIL SERVICE

Bartolomeo Calderara

1747 - 1806

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4692 WRITER

Wanda Bontà

1902 - 1986

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4693 BOXER

Renato Galli

1937 - 2017

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4694 ENGINEER

Arrigo Vallatta

1930 - 2001

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4695 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Marzola

1899 - 1963

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4696 PUBLISHER

Tea Bonelli

1911 - 1999

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4697 PATTINATORE

Diego Cattani

Born 1971

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4698 PRIEST

Gianfrancesco Sormani

Died 1601

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4699 SPORT

Umberto Ripamonti

1895 - 1940

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4700 HISTORIAN

Vittore Ottolini

1825 - 1892

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4701 PIANIST

Emanuel Rimoldi

Born 1986

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4702 LYRICIST

Misselvia

Born 1926

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4703 SINGER

Marco Massa

Born 1963

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4704 DIVER

Luciano Cozzi

1909 - 2002

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4705 ROWER

Matteo Caglieris

Born 1955

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4706 OPERA

Giuseppe Appiani (Sänger)

1712 - 1742

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4707 PRIEST

Ortensio Visconti

1651 - 1725

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4708 FOOTBALL

Luisito Campisi

Born 1987

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4709 MUSIC

Nicola Moneta

-

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4710 HOCKEY

Aldo Belli

Born 1962

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4711 MILITAR

Pirro I Visconti Borromeo

1560 - 1604

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4712 FOOTBALL

Aurelio Galli (calciatore)

Born 1947

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4713 BASSIST

Massimo Spinosa

Born 1954

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4714 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Versari

1865 - 1945

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4715 NOBILE

Muzio II Sforza di Caravaggio

1576 - 1622

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4716 CHAMBERLAIN

Ludovico Birago

1509 - 1572

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4717 PAINTER

Alberto Croce

1933 - 2014

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4718 DRUMMER

Stefano Bagnoli

Born 1963

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4719 RACER

Gianpiero Zubani

1935 - 2003

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4720 PRIEST

Gerolamo Visconti

1613 - 1670

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4721 SPRINT

Giovanni Turba

1905 - 1994

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4722 SCENOGRAPHER

Andrea Forte Calatti

Born 1974

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4723 ENTREPRENEUR

Fabio Riva

Born 1954

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4724 FOOTBALL

Carlo Borgonovo

Born 1914

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4725 WRITER

Marcella Danon

Born 1959

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4726 ARTIST

Samuel Marolla

Born 1975

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4727 BASKET

Silla Scaranzin

Born 1962

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4728 JOURNALIST

Marco Lucchini

Born 1945

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4729 COMPOSER

Alessandro Boriani

Born 1971

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4730 FOOTBALL

Guido Tieghi

1925 - 1973

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4731 REGISTA

Dj Spyne

Born 1978

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4732 ROWER

Franco Valtorta

Born 1956

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4733 ACTOR

Laura Carusino

Born 1979

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4734 SCULPTOR

Silvio Monfrini

1894 - 1969

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4735 JOURNALIST

Fabio Tamburini

Born 1954

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4736 FOOTBALL

Catullo Gadda

Born 1881

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4737 MANAGER

Franco Iseppi

Born 1939

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4738 POLICE

Filippo Rossi (commissario)

1820 - 1870

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4739 FOOTBALL

Piero Fraccapani

Born 1948

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4740 PAINTER

Andrea Appiani il Giovane

1817 - 1865

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4741 POLITICIAN

Marisa Bedoni

Born 1944

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4742 FOOTBALL

Orlando Bocchi

1904 - 1932

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4743 FOOTBALL

Bruno Bianchi (calciatore 1897)

Born 1897

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4744 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Guido Cerri

Born 1953

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4745 MILITAR

Ferruccio Pizzigoni

1919 - 1943

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4746 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Candiani

1830 - 1910

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4747 ECONOMIST

Alessandro Marangoni (economista)

Born 1962

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4748 FENCER

Carola Mangiarotti

Born 1952

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4749 PRIEST

Filippo Maria Resta

1661 - 1706

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4750 MUSIC

Luisa Castellani

Born 1959

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4751 POET

Pietro Luigi Manzoni

1813 - 1873

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4752 POLITICIAN

Franco Anselmi (partigiano)

1915 - 1945

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4753 POLITICIAN

Ornella Piloni

Born 1947

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4754 THEATRE

Marco Rampoldi

Born 1966

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4755 PAINTER

Maria Colombo Sassi

1896 - 1982

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4756 JOURNALIST

Anna Praderio

Born 1958

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4757 AVIATORE

Carlo Copello

1918 - 2003

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4758 PASTOR

Maria Bonafede

Born 1954

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4759 FOOTBALL

Bruno Berra

1914 - 1992

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4760 POLITICIAN

Carlo Cornaggia Medici Castiglioni

1851 - 1935

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4761 PAINTER

Juan Bianchi (Maler)

1817 - 1875

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4762 BUSINESS

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

Born 1951

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4763 ARCHITECT

Fausto Colombo (architetto)

1937 - 2010

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4764 SPORT

Matilde Borromeo

Born 1983

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4765 MODEL

Samuele Riva

Born 1981

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4766 ENTREPRENEUR

Gino Alfonso Sada

1888 - 1964

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4767 BASKET

Virginia Galbiati

Born 1992

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4768 VIZCONDE

Isidro Casado de Acevedo y Rosales

1667 - 1739

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4769 PRIEST

Raffaelangelo Palazzi

1886 - 1961

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4770 SCULPTOR

Ambrosius Regondi

1614 - 1681

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4771 POLITICIAN

Luchino Dal Verme (1838-1911)

1838 - 1911

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4772 LAWYER

Domenico Berra

1771 - 1835

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4773 PRIEST

Carlo Bossi (vescovo)

1669 - 1753

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4774 POLITICIAN

Antonio Civelli

1850 - 1930

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4775 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Trezzi

Born 1966

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4776 CAVALIERE

Roberto Rotatori

Born 1967

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4777 DESIGNER

Umberto Asnago

Born 1949

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4778 PHOTOGRAPHER

Francesca Rivetti

Born 1972

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4779 WRITER

Mario Alessandro Paolelli

Born 1969

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4780 FOOTBALL

Carlo Binda

1897 - 1960

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4781 ARCIVESCOVO

Cesare Alberico Lucini

1730 - 1768

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4782 VIOLIN

Enzo Porta

Born 1931

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4783 FOOTBALL

Andrea Merenda

Born 1977

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4784 FOOTBALL

Luciano Redegalli

Born 1935

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4785 ACTOR

Silvana Fantini

Born 1954

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4786 ATTIVISTA

Pia Covre

Born 1947

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4787 SOCIOLOGIST

Francesco Billari

Born 1970

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4788 GUERRILLA

Mario Grecchi

1926 - 1944

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4789 CLOWN

Giacomo Cireni

1884 - 1956

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4790 FOOTBALL

Pietro Cogliati

Born 1992

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4791 NOBILE

Bianca Maria Sforza di Caravaggio

1697 - 1717

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4792 MONK

Angelo di Gesù Maria

1578 - 1625

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4793 MILITAR

Aristide Carabelli

1916 - 1941

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4794 ARTIST

Dario Piana (regista britannico)

-

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4795 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Colombo (imprenditore)

1937 - 1993

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4796 ACTOR

Gaspare Lavaggi

1840 - 1898

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4797 SINGER

Fabrizio Coppola

Born 1974

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4798 BUSINESS

Carlo Pesenti

Born 1963

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4799 POET

Carlo Borghi (poeta)

1851 - 1883

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4800 PAINTER

Umberto Ziveri

1891 - 1971

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