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

0301 GUITAR

Franco Cerri

Born 1926

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0302 FILM

Marcello Marchesi

1912 - 1978

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0303 ACTIVIST

Mario Mieli

1952 - 1983

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0304 CONDUCTOR

Aldo Ceccato

Born 1934

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0305 ACTOR

Giulia Lazzarini

Born 1934

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0306 FOOTBALL

Sandro Salvadore

1939 - 2007

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0307 ACTOR

Giulio Ricciarelli

Born 1965

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0308 ACTOR

Gianni Bonagura

1925 - 2017

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0309 LINGUIST

Giuliano Bonfante

1904 - 2005

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0310 COMPOSER

Giacomo Manzoni

Born 1932

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0311 CHAMBERLAIN

Luchino Visconti (died 1349)

1287 - 1349

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0312 LYRICIST

Paolo Limiti

1940 - 2017

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0313 PAINTER

Berlinghiero Berlinghieri

1175 - 1235

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0314 ARCHITECT

Angelo Mangiarotti

1921 - 2012

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0315 ECONOMIST

Vittorio Grilli

Born 1957

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0316 POET

Milo de Angelis

Born 1951

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0317 ACTOR

Roldano Lupi

1909 - 1989

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0318 POLITICIAN

Gabrio Casati

1798 - 1873

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0319 CHOREOGRAPHER

Cesare Negri

1535 - 1605

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0320 COMPOSER

Bruno Bettinelli

1913 - 2004

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0321 WRITER

Pietro Valpreda

1933 - 2002

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0322 SINGER

Dario Baldan Bembo

Born 1948

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0323 WRITER

Simona Vinci

Born 1970

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0324 PRIEST

Benedict Menni

1841 - 1914

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0325 PRIEST

Angelo Rotta

1872 - 1965

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0326 RAPPER

Mondo Marcio

Born 1986

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0327 PSYCHIATRIST

Mara Selvini Palazzoli

1916 - 1999

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0328 POLITICIAN

Luciano Manara

1825 - 1849

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0329 DRIVER

Lucien Bianchi

1934 - 1969

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0330 GANGSTER

Renato Vallanzasca

Born 1950

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0331 ACTOR

Valentina Carnelutti

Born 1973

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0332 ACTOR

Vanessa Gravina

Born 1974

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0333 CARDINAL

Angelo Dell'Acqua

1903 - 1972

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0334 PAINTER

Giovannino de' Grassi

1350 - 1398

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0335 PSYCHIATRIST

Piera Aulagnier

1923 - 1990

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0336 ATHLETIC

Ugo Frigerio

1901 - 1968

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0337 CONDUCTOR

Franco Leoni

1864 - 1949

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0338 PAINTER

Filippo Abbiati

1640 - 1715

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0339 ARISTOCRAT

Eugénie de Beauharnais

1808 - 1847

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0340 WRITER

Maria Corti

1915 - 2002

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0341 LAWYER

Giorgio Ambrosoli

1933 - 1979

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0342 COMPOSER

Niccolò Castiglioni

1932 - 1996

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0343 ETHOLOGIST

Danilo Mainardi

1933 - 2017

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0344 ARCHDUKE

Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este

1781 - 1850

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0345 ARCHITECT

Mario Palanti

1885 - 1978

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0346 ARISTOCRAT

Viridis Visconti

1352 - 1414

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0347 ACTOR

Gisella Sofio

1931 - 2017

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0348 ATHLETIC

Filippo Tortu

Born 1998

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0349 PIANIST

Marcello Abbado

1926 - 2020

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0350 ATHLETIC

Paola Pigni

Born 1945

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0351 PAINTER

Franz Adam

1815 - 1886

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0352 POLITICIAN

Franco Bassanini

Born 1940

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0353 PRIEST

Corrado Balducci

1923 - 2008

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0354 COMPOSER

Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

1602 - 1677

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0355 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Pistone

Born 1975

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0356 JOCKEY

DJ Dado

Born 1967

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0357 PAINTER

Giuseppe Bertini

1825 - 1898

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0358 COMPOSER

Francesco Zappa

1717 - 1803

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0359 COSTUME DESIGNER

Ezio Frigerio

Born 1930

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0360 EXPLORER

Girolamo Benzoni

1519 - 1570

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0361 ARCHITECT

Pietro Antonio Solari

1445 - 1493

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0362 COMPOSER

Ernesto Cavallini

1807 - 1874

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0363 SINGER

Luigi Marchesi

1754 - 1829

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0364 ACTOR

Nino Besozzi

1901 - 1971

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0365 WRITER

Paola Capriolo

Born 1962

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0366 ARCHITECT

Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

1913 - 1968

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0367 PAINTER

Ernesto Treccani

1920 - 2009

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0368 ARTIST

Marco Rota

Born 1942

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0369 FILM

Alberto Lionello

1930 - 1994

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0370 FOOTBALL

Andrea Palazzi

Born 1996

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0371 SPORT

Marco Giovannetti

Born 1962

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0372 WRITER

Max Bunker

Born 1939

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0373 CONDUCTOR

Vince Tempera

Born 1946

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0374 PLAYWRIGHT

Roberta Torre

Born 1962

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0375 MATHEMATICIAN

Tommaso Ceva

1648 - 1737

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0376 POLITICIAN

Pietro Ichino

Born 1949

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0377 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Colorni

1909 - 1944

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0378 PHYSICIAN

Alberto Mantovani

Born 1948

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0379 ARCHITECT

Francesco Maria Richini

1584 - 1658

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0380 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Tronchetti Provera

Born 1948

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0381 ARCHITECT

Cini Boeri

1924 - 2020

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0382 ACTOR

Gianni Musy

1931 - 2011

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0383 ECONOMIST

Henri Cernuschi

1821 - 1896

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0384 ESSAYIST

Hortense Allart

1801 - 1879

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0385 PHILOSOPHER

Ernesto Grassi

1902 - 1991

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0386 FILM

Sergio Gobbi

Born 1938

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0387 MODEL

Matilda Lutz

Born 1992

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0388 BALLET

Pierina Legnani

1863 - 1930

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0389 ARCHITECT

Luigi Cagnola

1762 - 1833

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0390 POLITICIAN

Silvio Crespi

1868 - 1944

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0391 SCREENWRITER

Tino Scotti

1905 - 1984

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0392 SPORT

Antonio Maspes

1932 - 2000

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0393 ECONOMIST

Tito Boeri

Born 1958

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0394 ATHLETIC

Ivano Brugnetti

Born 1976

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0395 HISTORIAN

Natalis Comes

1520 - 1582

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0396 SCULPTOR

Silvio Gazzaniga

1921 - 2016

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0397 POLITICIAN

Marco Cappato

Born 1971

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0398 PRIEST

Francesco Maria Guazzo

Died 1640

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0399 REVOLUTIONARY

Agostino Bertani

1812 - 1886

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0400 ARCHITECT

Luigi Caccia Dominioni

1913 - 2016

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0401 WRITER

Emilio De Marchi (scrittore)

1851 - 1901

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0402 FOOTBALL

Sergio Gori

Born 1946

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0403 FOOTBALL

Claudio Terzi

Born 1984

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0404 ACTOR

Gino Pernice

1927 - 1997

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0405 ACTOR

Gianrico Tedeschi

1920 - 2020

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0406 JOURNALIST

Tullia Zevi

1919 - 2011

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0407 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Lazzati

1909 - 1986

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0408 PHYSICIAN

Carlo Forlanini

1847 - 1918

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0409 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Muzio

1893 - 1982

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0410 HISTORIAN

Gregorio Leti

1630 - 1701

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0411 SKATER

Carlo Fassi

1929 - 1997

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0412 BASKET

Sandro Gamba

Born 1932

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0413 PHYSICIST

Gabrio Piola

1794 - 1850

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0414 PLAYWRIGHT

Luigi Lunari

1934 - 2019

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0415 SINGER

Nanni Svampa

1938 - 2017

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0416 PRODUCER

Francesco Facchinetti

Born 1980

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0417 FOOTBALL

Matteo Ardemagni

Born 1987

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0418 MATHEMATICIAN

Alfredo Capelli

1855 - 1910

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0419 WRITER

Raffaelle Monti

1818 - 1881

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0420 ARCHIDUC

Archduke Ernest of Austria (1824–1899)

1824 - 1899

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0421 DESIGNER

Anna Castelli Ferrieri

1918 - 2006

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0422 FOOTBALL

Davide Brivio

Born 1988

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0423 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Strazza

1818 - 1875

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0424 ARTIST

Alfredo Castelli

Born 1947

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0425 PAINTER

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone

1609 - 1662

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0426 ARISTOCRAT

Anna Sforza

1476 - 1497

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0427 ACTOR

Lorraine De Selle

Born 1951

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0428 FOOTBALL

Edoardo Goldaniga

Born 1993

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0429 ACTOR

Renato Mori

1935 - 2014

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0430 ACTOR

Lucilla Morlacchi

1936 - 2014

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0431 ACTOR

Giancarlo Cobelli

1929 - 2012

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0432 PAINTER

Domenico Induno

1815 - 1878

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0433 EXPLORER

Guido Monzino

1928 - 1988

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0434 ZOOLOGIST

Filippo de Filippi

1814 - 1867

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0435 ENTREPRENEUR

Leonardo Del Vecchio

Born 1935

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0436 PLAYER

Silvia Farina Elia

Born 1972

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0437 SKATER

Valentina Marchei

Born 1986

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0438 PAINTER

Giovanni Ambrogio Figino

1553 - 1608

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0439 POLITICIAN

Bobo Craxi

Born 1964

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0440 SCREENWRITER

Daniele D'Anza

1922 - 1984

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0441 DRIVER

Luigi Villoresi

1909 - 1997

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0442 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Colombo (homme politique)

1836 - 1921

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0443 CONDUCTOR

Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Born 1960

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0444 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Sommaruga

1867 - 1917

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0445 ACTOR

Gigio Alberti

Born 1956

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0446 ACTOR

Lia Zoppelli

1920 - 1988

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0447 PAINTER

Fabrizio Clerici

1913 - 1993

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0448 JOURNALIST

Enrico Mentana

Born 1955

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0449 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Lupi

Born 1959

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0450 CONDUCTOR

Giovanni Antonini

Born 1965

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0451 POLITICIAN

Carlo Tenca

1816 - 1883

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0452 POET

Stanislao Nievo

1928 - 2006

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0453 SINGER

Dana Ghia

Born 1932

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0454 WRITER

Giovanni Battista Angioletti

1896 - 1961

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0455 HISTORIAN

Giovanni Levi

Born 1939

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0456 POET

Clemente Rebora

1885 - 1957

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0457 ACTOR

Matilde Gioli

Born 1989

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0458 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Agnoletto

Born 1958

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0459 COMPOSER

Joan Ambrosio Dalza

Died 1508

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0460 WRITER

Anna Radius Zuccari

1846 - 1918

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0461 ACTOR

Carlo Bonomi

Born 1937

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0462 COMPOSER

Maurizio Fabrizio

Born 1952

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0463 ACTOR

Gino Santercole

1940 - 2018

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0464 FILM

Maurizio Zaccaro

Born 1952

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0465 IMPRESARIO

Domenico Barbaia

1777 - 1841

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0466 PRIEST

Giuseppe Pozzobonelli

1696 - 1783

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0467 PRIEST

Matteo II Visconti

1319 - 1355

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0468 ARISTOCRAT

Taddea Visconti

1351 - 1381

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0469 ACTOR

Liù Bosisio

Born 1936

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0470 ORGANIST

Giovanni Paolo Cima

1570 - 1622

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0471 DUCHESS

Caterina Visconti

1360 - 1404

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0472 RADIO

Lucilla Agosti

Born 1978

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0473 PRIEST

Archduke Karl of Austria-Este

1785 - 1809

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0474 OFFICER

Giacomo Medici (general)

1817 - 1882

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0475 SINGER

Roberta Invernizzi

Born 1966

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0476 FOOTBALL

Marco Negri

Born 1970

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0477 PAINTER

Francesco Cairo

1607 - 1665

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0478 LIBRETTIST

Ferdinando Fontana

1850 - 1919

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0479 LYRICIST

Mario Panzeri

1911 - 1991

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0480 FOOTBALL

Aldo Maldera

1953 - 2012

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0481 CARDINAL

Paolo Emilio Sfondrati

1560 - 1618

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0482 SINGER

Tricarico (singer)

Born 1971

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0483 COMPOSER

Fiorenzo Carpi

1918 - 1997

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0484 PRIEST

Contardo Ferrini

1859 - 1902

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0485 CONDUCTOR

Alceo Galliera

1910 - 1996

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0486 SCREENWRITER

Nicola Badalucco

1929 - 2015

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0487 PRIEST

Massimo Camisasca

Born 1946

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0488 ACTOR

Didi Perego

1937 - 1993

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0489 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Sala

Born 1958

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0490 BASKET

Carlo Recalcati

Born 1945

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0491 CONDUCTOR

Bruno Canfora

1924 - 2017

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0492 POLITICIAN

Luigi Freddi

1895 - 1977

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0493 SCULPTOR

Cristoforo Solari

1468 - 1524

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0494 HISTORIAN

Bernardino Corio

1459 - 1519

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0495 CRICKET

Ted Dexter

Born 1935

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0496 LAWYER

Valerio Onida

Born 1936

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0497 SINGER

Giuditta Grisi

1805 - 1840

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0498 CARDINAL

Camillo Caccia Dominioni

1877 - 1946

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0499 FILLE

Giulia Beccaria

1762 - 1841

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0500 SKATER

Maurizio Margaglio

Born 1974

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0501 MUSIC

Giovanni D'Anzi

1906 - 1974

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0502 PAINTER

Aldo Carpi

1886 - 1973

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0503 HISTORIAN

Mario Vegetti

1937 - 2018

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0504 PRIEST

Branda da Castiglione

1350 - 1443

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0505 FILM

Joseph-Marie Lo Duca

1910 - 2004

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0506 WRITER

Andrea G. Pinketts

1961 - 2018

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0507 COMPOSER

Celso Valli

Born 1950

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0508 SKATER

Gundi Busch

1935 - 2014

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0509 ARTIST

Dino Attanasio

Born 1925

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0510 EXPLORER

Ambrogio Fogar

1941 - 2005

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0511 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Marco Dorigo

Born 1961

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0512 ACTOR

Carlo Hintermann

1923 - 1988

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0513 FILS

Benito Albino Dalser

1915 - 1942

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0514 ACTOR

Ugo Bologna

1917 - 1998

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0515 FOOTBALL

Laura Giuliani

Born 1993

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0516 WRITER

Giuseppe Catozzella

Born 1976

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0517 ADMIRAL

Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria

1823 - 1898

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0518 POLITICIAN

Curzio Maltese

Born 1959

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0519 COMPOSER

Riccardo Malipiero

1914 - 2003

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0520 FOOTBALL

Mads Laudrup

Born 1989

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0521 WRITER

Paola Barbato

Born 1971

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0522 ACTOR

Rubi Dalma

1906 - 1994

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0523 SINGER

Giorgio Ronconi

1810 - 1890

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0524 PAINTER

Aurelio Luini

1530 - 1593

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0525 RACEWALKER

Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker)

Born 1989

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0526 MODEL

Tamara Ecclestone

Born 1984

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0527 ACTOR

Elena Cotta

Born 1931

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0528 ACTOR

Ines Pellegrini

Born 1954

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0529 FOOTBALL

Massimo Brambati

Born 1966

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0530 POLITICIAN

Cesare Correnti

1815 - 1888

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0531 PHYSICIST

Giancarlo Ghirardi

1935 - 2018

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0532 JOURNALIST

Brunella Gasperini

1918 - 1979

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0533 PRIEST

René de Birague

1506 - 1583

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0534 JOURNALIST

Camilla Cederna

1911 - 1997

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0535 SCULPTOR

Pietro Magni (sculptor)

1817 - 1877

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0536 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Dina Lévi-Strauss

1911 - 1999

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0537 ARTIST

Gianni Colombo

1937 - 1993

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0538 DIPLOMAT

Filippo Grandi

Born 1957

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0539 CARDINAL

Angelo Maria Durini

1725 - 1796

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0540 CHURCH

Lorenzo Litta

1756 - 1820

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0541 RUNNER

Luigi Beccali

1907 - 1990

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0542 SINGER

Pacifico (singer)

Born 1964

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0543 COMPOSER

Carlo Ambrogio Lonati

1645 - 1710

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0544 FOOTBALL

Armando Castellazzi

1904 - 1968

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0545 PAINTER

Luigi Ademollo

1764 - 1849

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0546 ARTIST

Paola Pivi

Born 1971

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0547 PRIEST

Paolo Angelo Ballerini

1814 - 1897

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0548 ACTOR

Mariella Valentini

Born 1959

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0549 COMEDIAN

Maurizio Milani

Born 1961

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0550 FILM

Luca Lucini

Born 1967

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0551 POLITICIAN

Luigi Barzini Jr.

1908 - 1984

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0552 ARTIST

Dadamaino

1930 - 2004

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0553 BOTANIST

Giuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-Crivelli

1800 - 1874

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0554 FILM

Paolo Grassi

1919 - 1981

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0555 ACTOR

Mario Feliciani

1918 - 2008

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0556 PRIEST

Cesare Monti

1594 - 1650

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0557 GEOLOGIST

Augusto Gansser-Biaggi

1910 - 2012

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0558 SINGER

Fabio Concato

Born 1953

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0559 BOXER

Roberto Cammarelle

Born 1980

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0560 PLAYER

Fausto Gardini

1930 - 2008

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0561 ACTOR

Franco Volpi

1921 - 1997

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0562 CONDUCTOR

Wanda Toscanini Horowitz

1907 - 1998

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0563 ACTOR

Enrico Beruschi

Born 1941

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0564 PRIEST

Luigi Negri (Bischof)

Born 1941

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0565 POET

Luigi Santucci

1918 - 1999

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0566 ENTREPRENEUR

Agostino Rocca

1895 - 1978

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0567 COMPOSER

Alfredo Antonini

1901 - 1983

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0568 SCREENWRITER

Fabio Carpi

1925 - 2018

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0569 ACTOR

Jacopo Sarno

Born 1989

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0570 MUSIC

Giovanni Ricordi

1785 - 1853

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0571 DESIGNER

Elio Fiorucci

1935 - 2015

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0572 FOOTBALL

Karim Laribi

Born 1991

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0573 RAPPER

Jake La Furia

Born 1979

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0574 BASKET

Andrea Crosariol

Born 1984

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0575 SINGER

Stefano Secco

Born 1970

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0576 ACTOR

Luisa Rossi

1925 - 1984

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0577 CRITIC

Luigi Veronelli

1926 - 2004

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0578 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Bagnoli

Born 1935

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0579 PLAYER

Rik de Voest

Born 1980

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0580 PLAYER

Laura Golarsa

Born 1967

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0581 LAWYER

Fausto Pocar

Born 1939

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0582 DESIGNER

Franca Helg

1920 - 1989

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0583 ARTIST

Toni Pagot

1921 - 2001

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0584 FILM

Giorgio Stegani

1928 - 2020

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0585 SINGER

Alex Baroni

1966 - 2002

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0586 PAINTER

Stefano Maria Legnani

1660 - 1715

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0587 ACTOR

Eleonora Brigliadori

Born 1960

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0588 CAPUCHIN

Valerianus Magnus

1586 - 1661

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0589 FENCER

Diana Bianchedi

Born 1969

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0590 COMPOSER

Giovanni Battista Lampugnani

1708 - 1788

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0591 PIANIST

Stefano Battaglia

Born 1965

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0592 ACTOR

Carlo D'Angelo

1919 - 1973

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0593 ACTOR

Dina Galli

1877 - 1951

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0594 NEWS PRESENTER

Barbara Serra

Born 1974

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0595 ASTRONOMER

Francesco Carlini

1783 - 1862

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0596 WRITER

Marta Morazzoni

Born 1950

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0597 PHYSICIAN

Lanfranc of Milan

1250 - 1310

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0598 FILM

Angelo Longoni

Born 1956

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0599 DRIVER

Paolo Barilla

Born 1961

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0600 SPRINT

Carlo Monti

1920 - 2016

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