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

0601 FOOTBALL

Piero Campelli

1893 - 1946

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0602 FOOTBALL

Stefano Nava

Born 1969

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0603 ACTOR

Ugo Conti

Born 1955

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0604 ASTRONOMER

Ercole Dembowski

1812 - 1881

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0605 CONDUCTOR

Piero Coppola

1888 - 1971

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0606 FOOTBALL

Renzo De Vecchi

1894 - 1967

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0607 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Giuliano

Born 1975

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0608 GYMNAST

Giorgio Zampori

1887 - 1965

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0609 POET

Paolo Buzzi

1874 - 1956

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0610 SCIENTIST

Corrado Maria Daclon

Born 1963

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0611 POET

Luciano Erba

1922 - 2010

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0612 PLAYWRIGHT

Carlo Maria Maggi

1630 - 1699

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0613 BOTANIST

Vincenzo de Cesati

1806 - 1883

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0614 PHOTOGRAPHER

Orio Vergani

1899 - 1960

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0615 SKATER

Luca Lanotte

Born 1985

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0616 SINGER

Morgan (singer)

Born 1972

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0617 FENCER

Alfredo Rota

Born 1975

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0618 COMPOSER

Ignazio Albertini

1644 - 1685

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0619 WRITER

Luca Novelli

Born 1947

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0620 POLITICIAN

Licia Ronzulli

Born 1975

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0621 POLITICIAN

Stefania Craxi

Born 1960

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0622 PAINTER

Filippo Carcano

1840 - 1914

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0623 LAWYER

Tina Lagostena Bassi

1926 - 2008

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0624 POLITICIAN

Antonio Cederna

1921 - 1996

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0625 POLITICIAN

Lionello Levi Sandri

1910 - 1991

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0626 PSYCHOANALYST

Massimo Recalcati

Born 1959

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0627 PAINTER

Zanetto Bugatto

1440 - 1476

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0628 WRITER

Carlo Manzoni

1909 - 1975

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0629 CONDUCTOR

Enrico Intra

Born 1935

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0630 PHYSICIAN

Augustus Granville

1783 - 1872

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0631 POLITICIAN

Rinaldo Del Bo

1916 - 1991

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0632 FOOTBALL

Matteo Bruscagin

Born 1989

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0633 SKIER

Maria Rosa Quario

Born 1961

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0634 PAINTER

Vittore Grubicy de Dragon

1851 - 1920

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0635 ATHLETIC

Liv Westphal

Born 1993

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0636 MISSIONARY

Juan María de Salvatierra

1648 - 1717

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0637 FILM

Alina Marazzi

Born 1964

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0638 PRIEST

Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio

1597 - 1656

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0639 LINGUIST

Bruno Osimo

Born 1958

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0640 ECONOMIST

Luigi Bodio

1840 - 1920

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0641 ACTOR

Anna Melato

Born 1952

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0642 ACTIVIST

Armida Barelli

1882 - 1952

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0643 ARTIST

Vincenzo Agnetti

1926 - 1981

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0644 CHESS

Alberto David

Born 1970

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0645 ORGANIST

Lorenzo Ghielmi

Born 1959

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0646 POLITICIAN

Roberto Tremelloni

1900 - 1987

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0647 SINGER

Daniele Pace

1935 - 1985

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0648 PRIEST

Edoardo Borromeo

1822 - 1881

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0649 PLAYER

Giorgio Galimberti

Born 1976

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0650 HUMANISTE

Ortensio Lando

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0651 PHILOSOPHER

Federico Ferrari

Born 1969

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0652 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Pallavicino Trivulzio

1796 - 1878

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0653 DAUGHTER

Antonia Visconti

1350 - 1405

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0654 PAINTER

Leonardo Bazzaro

1853 - 1937

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0655 BASKET

Andrea Trinchieri

Born 1968

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0656 CARDINAL

Alberico Archinto

1698 - 1758

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0657 POLITICIAN

Mario Zagari

1913 - 1996

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0658 COMPOSER

Mario Lavezzi

Born 1948

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0659 JOURNALIST

Paolo Mereghetti

Born 1949

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0660 SCULPTOR

Francesco Barzaghi

1839 - 1892

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0661 WRITER

Avro Manhattan

1914 - 1990

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0662 COMPOSER

Carlo Monza

1735 - 1801

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0663 FENCER

Nathalie Moellhausen

Born 1985

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0664 ACTOR

Adriana Serra

1923 - 1995

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0665 PRIEST

Angelo Ramazzotti

1800 - 1861

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0666 SPORT

Gabriele Bosisio

Born 1980

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0667 LAWYER

Umberto Ambrosoli

Born 1971

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0668 ACTOR

Veronica Pivetti

Born 1965

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0669 FOOTBALL

Carlo Annovazzi

1925 - 1980

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0670 WRITER

Maurizio Cucchi

Born 1945

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0671 BALLET

Carlotta Zambelli

1875 - 1968

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0672 DRIVER

Vicky Piria

Born 1993

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0673 EDITOR

Alberto Vigevani

1918 - 1999

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0674 CARDINAL

Francesco Alciati

1522 - 1580

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0675 SINGER

Clara Petrella

1918 - 1987

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0676 JOURNALIST

Beatrice Masini

Born 1962

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0677 ACTOR

Silvana Jachino

1916 - 2004

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0678 COMPOSER

Edoardo Mascheroni

1852 - 1941

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0679 COMPOSER

Carlo Donida

1920 - 1998

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0680 SCENIC DESIGNER

Alessandro Sanquirico

1777 - 1849

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0681 ACTOR

Graziella Galvani

Born 1931

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0682 FOOTBALL

Simone Calvano

Born 1993

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0683 POET

Delio Tessa

1886 - 1939

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0684 FOOTBALL

Aldo Campatelli

1919 - 1984

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0685 WRITER

Giuseppe Genna

Born 1969

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0686 ENTOMOLOGIST

Mario Bezzi

1868 - 1927

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0687 MATHEMATICIAN

Marco Abate

Born 1962

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0688 CARDINAL

Ferdinando d'Adda

1650 - 1719

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0689 WRITER

Mario Biondi (writer)

Born 1939

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0690 GYMNAST

Savino Guglielmetti

1911 - 2006

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0691 ACTOR

Renata Mauro

1934 - 2009

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0692 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Vegas

Born 1951

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0693 CLUB

Ron van den Beuken

Born 1970

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0694 PAINTER

Federico Cervelli

1625 - 1700

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0695 PRIEST

Fabrizio Serbelloni

1695 - 1775

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0696 FOOTBALL

Arturo Di Napoli

Born 1974

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0697 ANARCHIST

Luigi Bertoni

1872 - 1947

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0698 ACTOR

Ugo Adinolfi

1943 - 2016

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0699 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Budel

Born 1981

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0700 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Battista Montano

1534 - 1621

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0701 BOXER

Sandro Lopopolo

1939 - 2014

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0702 FENCER

Angelo Mazzoni

Born 1961

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0703 PLAYER

Leonardo Bonzi

1902 - 1977

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0704 BASKET

Riccardo Pittis

Born 1968

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0705 COMPOSER

Davide Anzaghi

Born 1936

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0706 ATHLETE

Marisa Masullo

Born 1959

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0707 WRITER

Francesca Sanvitale

1928 - 2011

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0708 ARTIST

Paolo Piffarerio

1924 - 2015

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0709 ACTOR

Cesare Canevari

1927 - 2012

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0710 ATHLETIC

Michele Didoni

Born 1974

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0711 FILM

Francesco Carrozzini

Born 1982

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0712 COMPOSER

Francesco Rognoni Taeggio

1570 - 1625

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0713 PROFESSOR

Anna Morpurgo Davies

1937 - 2014

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0714 MUSIC

Giovanni Battista Lamperti

1839 - 1910

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0715 JOURNALIST

Gabriele Nissim

Born 1950

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0716 ACTOR

Elio Crovetto

1926 - 2000

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0717 BOXER

Carmelo Bossi

1939 - 2014

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0718 ECONOMIST

Pierangelo Garegnani

1930 - 2011

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0719 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Mangone

Born 1968

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0720 PAINTER

Emilio Gola

1851 - 1923

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0721 JOURNALIST

Mario Calabresi

Born 1970

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0722 ÉRUDIT

Giovanni Gherardini

1778 - 1861

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0723 ACTOR

Franco Branciaroli

Born 1948

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0724 FOOTBALL

Dario Gradi

Born 1941

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0725 WRITER

Laura Orvieto

1876 - 1955

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0726 ZOOLOGIST

Emilio Cornalia

1824 - 1882

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0727 ARCHITECT

Enrico Alvino

1809 - 1872

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0728 FENCER

Dario Mangiarotti

1915 - 2010

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0729 EDITOR

Vanni Scheiwiller

1934 - 1999

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0730 FOOTBALL

Manuel Pascali

Born 1981

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0731 ARTIST

Massimo De Vita

Born 1941

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0732 COMPOSER

Rocco Tanica

Born 1964

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0733 JUMPER

Graziano Mancinelli

1937 - 1992

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0734 SINGER

Matteo Brancaleoni

Born 1981

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0735 FOOTBALL

Ettore Mendicino

Born 1990

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0736 COMPOSER

Franco Mussida

Born 1947

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0737 CONSUL

Flavius Mallius Theodorus

Born 350

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0738 FOOTBALL

Ermanno Aebi

1892 - 1976

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0739 FOOTBALL

Mario Beretta

Born 1959

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0740 MUSIC

Franco Godi

Born 1940

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0741 SINGER

Bianca Atzei

Born 1987

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0742 SWIMMER

Luca Sacchi

Born 1968

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0743 ARTIST

Paolo Venini

1895 - 1959

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0744 POLITICIAN

Marta Dassù

Born 1955

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0745 VOLO

Paolo Andreani

1763 - 1823

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0746 CONDUCTOR

Bruno Giuranna

Born 1933

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0747 WRITER

Igor Sibaldi

Born 1957

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0748 ACTOR

Gioele Dix

Born 1956

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0749 FOOTBALL

Antonio Manicone

Born 1966

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0750 ACTOR

Oreste Baldini

Born 1962

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0751 CARDINAL

Alessandro Lualdi

1858 - 1927

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0752 NOVELIST

Paolo Brera

1949 - 2019

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0753 ACTOR

Maria Cumani Quasimodo

1908 - 1995

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0754 SINGER

Il Guardiano del Faro

Born 1940

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0755 LYRICIST

Giuseppe Luraghi

1905 - 1991

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0756 PRIEST

Galdino della Sala

1100 - 1176

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0757 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cevenini

1895 - 1968

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0758 POLITICIAN

Ugo Intini

Born 1941

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0759 ENTREPRENEUR

Andrea Rossi (entrepreneur)

Born 1950

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0760 RABBI

Berel Lazar

Born 1964

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0761 PAINTER

Eugenio Gignous

1850 - 1906

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0762 FOOTBALL

Enrico Rivolta

1905 - 1974

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0763 DESIGNER

Stefano Pilati

Born 1965

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0764 PRIEST

Giovanni Antonio Serbelloni

1519 - 1591

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0765 CONDOTTIERO

Gabrio Serbelloni

1508 - 1580

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0766 ARTIST

James Rivière

Born 1949

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0767 CARDINAL

Federico Borromeo (iuniore)

1617 - 1673

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0768 WRITER

Gianni Biondillo

Born 1966

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0769 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Alberto Agnelli

1964 - 1997

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0770 PHILOSOPHER

Dino Formaggio

1914 - 2008

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0771 WRITER

Alfonso Signorini

Born 1964

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0772 PRIEST

Alfonso Litta

1608 - 1679

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0773 DRIVER

Ferdinando Minoia

1884 - 1940

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0774 BOXER

Carlo Orlandi

1910 - 1983

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0775 PAINTER

Luigi Conconi

1852 - 1917

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0776 FILM

Lucas Kazan

Born 1965

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0777 PHILOSOPHER

Cristina Bicchieri

Born 1950

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0778 FILM

Alberto Cavallone

1938 - 1997

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0779 PHILOSOPHER

Giulio Giorello

1945 - 2020

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0780 PAINTER

Bianca Milesi

1790 - 1849

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0781 PAINTER

Pierfrancesco Cittadini

1616 - 1681

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0782 SINGER

Dargen D'Amico

Born 1980

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0783 WRITER

Raffaele Calzini

1885 - 1953

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0784 MOINE

Galvano Fiamma

1283 - 1344

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0785 JOURNALIST

Guia Risari

Born 1971

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0786 ACTOR

Elli Parvo

1915 - 2010

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0787 ACTOR

Maurizio Arcieri

1945 - 2015

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0788 ARISTOCRAT

Maddalena Visconti

1366 - 1404

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0789 CONSORT

Ippolita Trivulzio

1600 - 1638

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0790 JOURNALIST

Paolo Berlusconi

Born 1949

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0791 POLITICIAN

Attilio Teruzzi

1882 - 1950

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0792 PRINCIPE

Angelo de Mojana di Cologna

1905 - 1988

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0793 COMPOSER

Marco Tutino

Born 1954

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0794 POLITICIAN

Carlo Tognoli

Born 1938

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0795 MINISTER

Dino Piero Giarda

Born 1936

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0796 BOTANIST

Giuseppe De Notaris

1805 - 1877

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0797 SPORT

Fabio Sacchi

Born 1974

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0798 SCULPTOR

Ernesto Bazzaro

1859 - 1937

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0799 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Iorio

Born 1959

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0800 SPORT

Marino Vigna

Born 1938

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0801 OFFICER

Domenico Pino

1760 - 1826

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0802 SCULPTOR

Lodovico Pogliaghi

1857 - 1950

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0803 PAINTER

Carlo Braccesco

1478 - 1501

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0804 POLITICIAN

Carlo Verri

1743 - 1823

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0805 PAINTER

Arduino Cantafora

Born 1945

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0806 ARTIST

Grazia Varisco

Born 1937

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0807 PRIEST

Celestino Sfondrati

1644 - 1696

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0808 ECONOMIST

Cristoforo Negri

1809 - 1896

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0809 FENCER

Diego Confalonieri

Born 1979

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0810 FOOTBALL

Mario Piccinocchi

Born 1995

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0811 ACTOR

Camillo Milli

Born 1929

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0812 DAUGHTER

Agnese Visconti

1363 - 1391

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0813 SURGEON

Francesco Rizzoli

1809 - 1880

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0814 SINGER

Elio

Born 1961

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0815 WRITER

Mathilda d'Orozco

1796 - 1863

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0816 ARTIST

Loris Cecchini

Born 1969

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0817 PIANIST

Paolo Carignani

Born 1961

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0818 PRIEST

Sabinus of Piacenza

333 - 420

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0819 ENTREPRENEUR

Bernardo Caprotti

1925 - 2016

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0820 PSYCHIC

Maria Duval

Born 1938

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0821 FOOTBALL

Daniela Stracchi

Born 1983

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0822 SPORT

Stefano Allocchio

Born 1962

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0823 CINEMA

Italo Petriccione

Born 1958

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0824 PRIEST

Federico Visconti

1617 - 1693

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0825 LYRICIST

Luciano Beretta

1928 - 1994

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0826 ARCHITECT

Vittorio Garatti

Born 1927

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0827 SPRINT

Mauro Zuliani

Born 1959

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0828 SINGER

Patricia Kraus

Born 1964

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0829 ACTOR

Tina De Mola

1923 - 2012

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0830 LAWYER

John of Legnano

1320 - 1383

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0831 HISTORIAN

Pietro Redondi

Born 1950

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0832 PLAYER

Andrea Arnaboldi

Born 1987

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0833 PHILOSOPHER

Gustavo Bontadini

1903 - 1990

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0834 ECONOMIST

Luigi Cossa

1831 - 1896

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0835 COLLECTOR

Giuseppe Panza

1923 - 2010

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0836 PRIEST

Ignacio Visconti

1682 - 1755

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0837 ACTOR

Annie Gorassini

Born 1941

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0838 FOOTBALL

Francesco Parravicini

Born 1982

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0839 FOOTBALL

Francesco Bega

Born 1974

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0840 POLITICIAN

Giuditta Bellerio Sidoli

1804 - 1871

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0841 PAINTER

Andrea Lanzani

1641 - 1712

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0842 CONDUCTOR

Daniele Rustioni

Born 1983

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0843 ONCOLOGIST

Carlo M. Croce

Born 1944

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0844 CHOREOGRAPHER

Carlotta Brianza

1867 - 1930

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0845 PAINTER

Umberto Lilloni

1898 - 1980

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0846 COMPOSER

Elisabetta Brusa

Born 1954

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0847 SWIMMER

Matteo Rivolta

Born 1991

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0848 OFFICER

Alberto Pariani

1876 - 1955

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0849 PHILOSOPHER

Giovanna Borradori

Born 1963

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0850 ARCHDUKE

Archduke Heinrich Anton of Austria

1828 - 1891

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0851 MUSIC

Aldo Tagliapietra

Born 1945

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0852 FOOTBALL

Francesco Signori

Born 1988

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0853 BOXER

Piero Toscani

1904 - 1940

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0854 CHOREOGRAPHER

Luigi Manzotti

1835 - 1905

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0855 DRIVER

Giancarlo Baghetti

1934 - 1995

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0856 PLAYER

Max Pescatori

Born 1971

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0857 PHYSICIST

Oscar Sala

1922 - 2010

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0858 FOOTBALL

Marco De Marchi

Born 1966

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0859 WRITER

Luigi Garlando

Born 1947

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0860 SINGER

Rkomi

Born 1994

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0861 FOOTBALL

Leopoldo Conti

1901 - 1970

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0862 TELEVISION

Gabriele Paolini

Born 1974

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0863 OPERA

Rosetta Pampanini

1896 - 1973

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0864 PRIEST

Carlo Oppizzoni

1769 - 1855

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0865 ACTOR

Anna Maria Guarnieri

Born 1933

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0866 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Guido Calza

1888 - 1946

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0867 PAINTER

Charles Rollier

1912 - 1968

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0868 ARTIST

Luca Enoch

Born 1962

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0869 ADMIRAL

Raffaele de Courten

1888 - 1978

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0870 PRIEST

Scaramuccia Trivulzio

1465 - 1527

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0871 SINGER

Lu Colombo

Born 1952

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0872 ARCHITECT

Italo Rota

Born 1953

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0873 POLITICIAN

Angelo Decembrio

1350 - 1427

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0874 CINEMA

Morando Morandini

1924 - 2015

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0875 FENCER

Franco Riccardi

1905 - 1968

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0876 ACTOR

Cochi Ponzoni

Born 1941

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0877 POLITICIAN

Giancarlo Pagliarini

Born 1942

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0878 CARDINAL

Ignazio Busca

1731 - 1803

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0879 BISHOP

Alberto Ablondi

1924 - 2010

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0880 PAINTER

Francesco Londonio

1723 - 1783

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0881 SOCIALITE

Allegra Versace

Born 1986

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0882 ARTIST

Sandro Angiolini

1920 - 1985

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0883 PRIEST

Giacomo Simoneta

1475 - 1539

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0884 SKATER

Marco Fabbri

Born 1988

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0885 PAINTER

Pompeo Borra

1898 - 1973

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0886 PHYSICIAN

Henri Conneau

1803 - 1877

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0887 COMEDIAN

Giovanni Storti

Born 1957

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0888 WRITER

Tommaso Labranca

1962 - 2016

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0889 ARCHITECT

Gino Levi-Montalcini

1902 - 1974

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0890 RAPPER

Vincenzo da Via Anfossi

Born 1972

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0891 PAINTER

Luigi Bisi

1814 - 1886

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0892 RAPPEUR

Don Joe

Born 1975

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0893 SPORT

Guido Trenti

Born 1972

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0894 ACTOR

Giorgia Sinicorni

Born 1985

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0895 ACTOR

Rosita Celentano

Born 1965

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0896 FOOTBALL

Luca Martinelli

Born 1988

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0897 PRODUCER

Thierry Bizot

Born 1962

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0898 HURDLER

Lorenzo Perini

Born 1994

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0899 ACTOR

Mario Besesti

1894 - 1968

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0900 WRITER

Francesco D'Adamo

Born 1949

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