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

1201 OPERA

Maria Caterina Rosalbina Caradori-Allan

1800 - 1865

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1202 WRITER

Ruggero Zangrandi

1915 - 1970

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1203 WRITER

Lorenzo de’ Medici (Schriftsteller)

Born 1951

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1204 PAINTER

Angiolo Achini

1850 - 1930

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1205 HISTORIAN

Enrico Decleva

1941 - 2020

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1206 PUBLISHER

César Civita

1905 - 2005

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1207 ACTOR

Patrizio Prata

Born 1972

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1208 PRESENTER

Edy Campagnoli

1934 - 1995

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1209 SINGER

Achille De Bassini

1819 - 1881

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1210 PRIEST

Franco Manzi

Born 1966

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1211 PHILOSOPHER

Matteo Motterlini

Born 1967

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1212 ACTOR

Felice Minotti

1887 - 1963

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1213 COMPOSER

Giorgio Antoniotto

1681 - 1776

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1214 WRITER

Francesco Gungui

Born 1980

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1215 CARDINAL

Efrem Forni

1889 - 1976

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1216 ACTOR

Martina Codecasa

Born 1987

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1217 LORD

Anglesia Visconti

1368 - 1439

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1218 PRIEST

Pietro Peregrosso

1220 - 1295

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1219 ARCHITECT

Donato Felice d'Allio

1677 - 1761

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1220 ACTOR

Franco Scandurra

1911 - 2003

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1221 POLITICIAN

Paolo Treves

1908 - 1958

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1222 COMPOSER

Alberto Soresina

1911 - 2007

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1223 PAINTER

Giovanni Donato da Montorfano

1466 - 1513

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1224 POLITICIAN

Carlo Porro

1854 - 1939

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1225 PHYSICIAN

Camillo Bozzolo

1845 - 1920

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1226 CHESS

Francesco Rambaldi

Born 1999

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1227 MUSIC

Roberto Lupi

1908 - 1971

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1228 POÈTE

Guido Keller

1892 - 1929

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1229 PHILOSOPHER

Coriolano Alberini

1886 - 1960

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1230 PRIEST

Giacomo Antonio Morigia

1633 - 1708

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1231 ACADEMIC

Giovanni Azzone

Born 1962

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1232 PAINTER

Fulvia Bisi

1818 - 1911

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1233 PAINTER

Eliseo Sala

1813 - 1879

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1234 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Negri

1838 - 1902

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1235 SINGER

Gustave Garcia

1837 - 1925

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1236 DESIGNER

Giancarlo Iliprandi

1925 - 2016

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1237 JOURNALIST

Paola Ferrari (journalist)

Born 1960

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1238 SPRINT

Marco Vaccari

Born 1966

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1239 ACTOR

Paolo Mazzarelli

Born 1975

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1240 PRIEST

Ferdinando Taverna

1558 - 1619

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1241 ACTOR

Davide Manuli

Born 1967

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1242 PAINTER

Dolores Puthod

Born 1934

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1243 SCULPTOR

Francis de Saint-Vidal

1840 - 1900

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1244 COMPOSER

Massimiliano Pani

Born 1963

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1245 COMPOSER

Francesco Antonio Urio

1631 - 1719

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1246 PAINTER

Luigi Mantovani

1880 - 1957

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1247 PRIEST

Pietro Casola

1427 - 1507

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1248 COMEDIAN

Enrico Bertolino

Born 1960

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1249 SKIER

Alberto Schieppati

Born 1981

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1250 DIVER

Elena Bertocchi

Born 1994

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1251 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Pecchio

1785 - 1837

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1252 ACTOR

Eliana Miglio

Born 1965

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1253 ARCHITECT

Gino Colombini

Born 1915

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1254 ACTOR

Benedetta Mazzini

Born 1971

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1255 PAINTER

Paolo Sala

1859 - 1929

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1256 ACTOR

Mauro Di Francesco

Born 1951

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1257 PSYCHOLOGIST

Guglielmo Gulotta

Born 1939

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1258 POLITICIAN

Galeazzo Flavio Capella

1487 - 1537

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1259 WRITER

Alessandro Robecchi

Born 1960

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1260 SKIPPER

Giovanni Soldini

Born 1966

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1261 WRITER

Paolo Gulisano

Born 1959

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1262 JOURNALIST

Tiziana Ferrario

Born 1957

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1263 ACTOR

Dada Gallotti

Born 1935

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1264 SKIER

Gaia Bassani Antivari

Born 1978

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1265 POLITICIAN

Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of the Balbases

1628 - 1699

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1266 SOCIOLOGIST

Elena Esposito

Born 1960

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1267 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Cantoni

1818 - 1897

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1268 RACER

Alessandro Anzani

1877 - 1956

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1269 POLITICAL

Fernando de Rosa

1908 - 1936

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1270 SINGER

Giulia Frasi

1740 - 1772

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1271 IMPRESARIO

Giovanni Battista Locatelli

1713 - 1785

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1272 HERMIT

Roland de Medici

1330 - 1386

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1273 SINGER

Laura Valente

Born 1963

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1274 ACTOR

Luca Bottale

Born 1967

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1275 SINGER

Remo Germani

1938 - 2010

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1276 JOURNALIST

Federico Buffa

Born 1959

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1277 COMPOSER

Ezio Leoni

1927 - 2015

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1278 ACTOR

Marina Rocco

Born 1981

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1279 ARCHITECT

Luigi Broggi

1851 - 1926

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1280 FILM

Anna Di Francisca

Born 1961

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1281 PAINTER

Francesco Caccianiga

1700 - 1781

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1282 FOOTBALL

Massimo Pedrazzini

Born 1958

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1283 MUSIC

Luigi Rognoni

1913 - 1986

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1284 DRIVER

Ivan Capelli

Born 1963

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1285 RACER

Riccardo Paletti

1958 - 1982

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1286 ATHLETIC

Davide Re

Born 1993

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1287 RADIO

Marco Mazzoli

Born 1972

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1288 BASKET

Marino Zanatta

Born 1947

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1289 ACTIVIST

Lorella Zanardo

Born 1957

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1290 SKATER

Paolo Bacchini

Born 1985

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1291 PAINTER

Angelo Trezzini

1827 - 1904

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1292 PAINTER

Cristoforo de Predis

1440 - 1486

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1293 ARCHITECT

Giancarlo Palanti

1906 - 1977

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1294 ARCHITECT

Gaetano Moretti

1860 - 1938

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1295 COMPOSER

Luca Mosca

Born 1957

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1296 INTELLECTUEL

Adelaide Cairoli

1806 - 1871

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1297 COLLECTOR

Gianni Mattioli

1903 - 1977

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1298 SINGER

Amarilli Nizza

Born 1971

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1299 PHILOSOPHER

Ferruccio Rossi-Landi

1921 - 1985

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1300 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Blondet

Born 1944

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1301 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stefano Ceri

Born 1955

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1302 ACTOR

Lamberto Puggelli

1938 - 2013

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1303 FOOTBALL

Massimo Ganci

Born 1981

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1304 PHILOLOGIST

Francesco Cherubini

1789 - 1851

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1305 POLITICIAN

Ilaria Borletti Buitoni

Born 1955

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1306 PAINTER

Anne Marie Trechslin

1927 - 2007

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1307 FOOTBALL

Edoardo Mariani

1893 - 1956

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1308 FOOTBALL

Paolo Grossi (footballer)

Born 1985

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1309 ARCHITECT

Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso

1909 - 2004

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1310 DRIVER

Fabio Onidi

Born 1988

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1311 CARDINAL

Vitaliano Borromeo (cardinal)

1720 - 1793

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1312 WRITER

Renzo Barbieri

1940 - 2007

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1313 SCREENWRITER

Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani

Born 1963

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1314 SKIER

Teo Fabi

Born 1955

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1315 FOOTBALL

Luca Tremolada

Born 1991

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1316 ACTOR

Nicoletta Rizzi

1940 - 2010

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1317 SCULPTOR

Carlo Ramous

1926 - 2003

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1318 FOOTBALL

Christian Maldini

Born 1996

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1319 ACTOR

Luigi Di Fiore

Born 1964

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1320 CARTOONIST

Gino Gavioli

1923 - 2016

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1321 WRITER

Piero Gadda Conti

1902 - 1999

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1322 PAINTER

Romolo Romani

1884 - 1916

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1323 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Iela Mari

1931 - 2014

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1324 FOOTBALL

Luca Saudati

Born 1978

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1325 JOURNALIST

Maria Cristina Giongo

Born 1951

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1326 MANAGER

Paolo Andrea Colombo

Born 1960

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1327 PRIEST

Antonio Trivulzio, iuniore

1514 - 1559

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1328 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Magenta

1565 - 1635

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1329 PAINTER

Giovanni Mauro della Rovere

1575 - 1640

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1330 PSYCHOLOGIST

Mario Ponzo

1882 - 1960

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1331 SONGWRITER

Federica Abbate

Born 1991

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1332 POET

Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca

1718 - 1787

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1333 PAINTER

Cesare Magni

1495 - 1534

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1334 ATHLETIC

Fernando Altimani

1893 - 1963

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1335 POLITICIAN

Claudio Borghi (politique)

Born 1970

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1336 LINGUIST

Carlo Ottavio, Count Castiglione

1785 - 1849

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1337 MUSIC

Guido Morini

Born 1959

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1338 POLO

Emanuela Zanchi

Born 1977

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1339 ACTOR

Valerio Staffelli

Born 1963

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1340 PROFESSOR

Renato Mannheimer

Born 1947

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1341 POLITICIAN

Massimo Corsaro

Born 1963

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1342 BUSINESS

Roberto Rocca

1922 - 2003

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1343 FOOTBALL

Pietro Lana

1888 - 1950

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1344 PRIEST

Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati

1451 - 1497

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1345 ACTOR

Eva Magni

1909 - 2005

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1346 PAINTER

Gianfilippo Usellini

1903 - 1971

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1347 SINGER

Garbo (singer)

Born 1958

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1348 NOBLE

Eugenia Attendolo Bolognini

1837 - 1914

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1349 BIBLIOGRAPHER

Giancarlo Livraghi

1927 - 2014

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1350 PAPE

Antonio Anastasio Rossi

1864 - 1948

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1351 ENGINEER

Piero Puricelli

1883 - 1951

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1352 ACTOR

Cele Abba

1906 - 1992

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1353 PAINTER

Italo Valenti

1912 - 1995

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1354 SWIMMER

Matteo Pelliciari

Born 1979

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1355 WRITER

Anna Maria Carpi

Born 1939

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1356 JOURNALIST

Enrico Benzing

Born 1932

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1357 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marie Bonfanti

1845 - 1921

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1358 PRIEST

Antonio Maria Erba-Odescalchi

1712 - 1762

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1359 BASKET

Gianni Bertolotti

Born 1950

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1360 SINGER

Iris Adami Corradetti

1904 - 1998

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1361 PAINTER

Luigi Scrosati

1814 - 1869

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1362 ESSAYIST

Franco Quadri

1936 - 2011

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1363 WRITER

Sergio Basso

Born 1975

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1364 FILM

Virgilio Tosi

Born 1925

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1365 SPRINT

Alessandro Aimar

Born 1967

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1366 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Sirchia

Born 1933

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1367 FILM

Guido Guerrasio

1920 - 2015

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1368 ARCHITECT

Angelo Torricelli

Born 1946

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1369 PRIEST

Giberto Borromeo (1671-1740)

1671 - 1740

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1370 SCIENTIST

Pier Luigi Ighina

1908 - 2004

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1371 SPRINT

Ruggero Maregatti

1905 - 1963

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1372 INSEGNANTE

Rosa Calzecchi Onesti

1916 - 2011

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1373 COMPOSER

Giulia Recli

1884 - 1970

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1374 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe De Capitani D'Arzago

1870 - 1945

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1375 PRIEST

Alessandro Crivelli

1514 - 1574

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1376 FOOTBALL

Christian Lantignotti

Born 1970

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1377 ENTOMOLOGIST

Paolo Magretti

1854 - 1913

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1378 PAINTER

Ercole Procaccini the Younger

1605 - 1675

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1379 LAWYER

Francesco Viganò

Born 1966

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1380 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio

1699 - 1758

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1381 WEIGHTLIFTER

Alberto Pigaiani

1928 - 2003

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1382 COMPOSER

Tony De Vita

1932 - 1998

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1383 RELIGIOUS

Utto

750 - 829

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1384 MUSIC

Marcello Sorce Keller

Born 1947

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1385 URBAN PLANNER

Bernardo Secchi

1934 - 2014

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1386 POLITICIAN

Leopoldo Gasparotto

1902 - 1944

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1387 PHILOSOPHER

Riccardo Pozzo

Born 1959

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1388 MISTRESS

Lucrezia Landriani

Born 1440

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1389 ENGINEER

Carlo Felice Bianchi Anderloni

1916 - 2003

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1390 BOTANIST

Luigi Castiglioni (Forschungsreisender)

1757 - 1832

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1391 MUSIC

Giovenale Sacchi

1726 - 1789

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1392 WRITER

Raul Radice

1902 - 1988

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1393 POLITICIAN

Charles Caccia

1930 - 2008

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1394 COMPOSER

Gioseppe Caimo

1545 - 1584

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1395 PRIEST

Antonio Dugnani

1748 - 1818

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1396 GEOGRAPHER

Luigi Vittorio Bertarelli

1859 - 1926

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1397 JOCKEY

Stylophonic

Born 1970

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1398 JOURNALIST

Gigi Vesigna

1932 - 2015

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1399 RACING

Domenico Schiattarella

Born 1967

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1400 PRIEST

Cassone della Torre

Died 1318

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1401 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Solari

1400 - 1482

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1402 HISTORIAN

Valentina Pisanty

Born 1969

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1403 ACADEMIC

Marco Biraghi

Born 1959

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1404 ACTOR

Debora Magnaghi

Born 1970

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1405 PRELATE

Gabriele Giordano Caccia

Born 1958

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1406 EDUCATION

Giuseppina Pizzigoni

1870 - 1947

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1407 PAINTER

Ettore Sordini

1934 - 2012

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1408 CARTOONIST

Augusto Pedrazza

1923 - 1994

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1409 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Stracquadanio

1959 - 2014

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1410 POLO

Paolo Caldarella

1964 - 1993

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1411 ARTIST

Vittorio Orsenigo

Born 1926

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1412 MARTYR

Vitalis of Milan

Died 60

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1413 SOLDIER

Guido Novak von Arienti

1859 - 1928

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1414 WRITER

Giulietta Pezzi

1812 - 1878

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1415 COMPOSER

Piero Milesi

1953 - 2011

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1416 ACTOR

Maurizia Paradiso

Born 1955

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1417 TRADE UNION

Gino Piva

1873 - 1946

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1418 ART HISTORIAN

Rodolfo Pallucchini

1908 - 1989

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1419 WRITER

Italo Moscati

Born 1937

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1420 BASKET

Andrea Michelori

Born 1978

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1421 ROWER

Pietro Annoni

1886 - 1960

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1422 MARTYR

Valeria of Milan

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1423 SINGER

Wilma De Angelis

Born 1931

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1424 PAINTER

Ludovico Cavaleri

1867 - 1942

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1425 PRIEST

Gaspare Visconti

1538 - 1595

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1426 PAINTER

Sebastiano De Albertis

1828 - 1897

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1427 ARCHITECT

Joseph Moretti

Died 1793

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1428 PENCILLER

Alberto Ponticelli

Born 1969

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1429 ACTOR

Leonardo Treviglio

Born 1949

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1430 PRIEST

Francesco Abbondio Castiglioni

1523 - 1568

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1431 PATHOLOGIST

Angelo Dubini

1813 - 1902

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1432 RACE CAR

Fulvio Ballabio

Born 1954

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1433 PAINTER

Federico Bianchi (painter)

1635 - 1719

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1434 PLAYWRIGHT

Davide Carnevali

Born 1981

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1435 SKATER

Rita Trapanese

1951 - 2000

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1436 ENTOMOLOGIST

Ferdinando Arborio Gattinara di Breme

1807 - 1869

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1437 BOXER

Carlo Cavagnoli

1907 - 1991

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1438 POLITICIAN

Stefano Maullu

Born 1962

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1439 MINISTRO

Pompeo Litta Biumi

1781 - 1852

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1440 ARCHITECT

Roberto Segre

1934 - 2013

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1441 FOOTBALL

Egidio Notaristefano

Born 1966

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1442 MATHEMATICIAN

Emilio Spedicato

Born 1945

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1443 PAINTER

Alessandro Papetti

Born 1958

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1444 FOOTBALL

Viviana Schiavi

Born 1982

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1445 COMPOSER

Paolo Giorza

1832 - 1914

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1446 MUSIC

Bochum Welt

Born 1975

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1447 NATURALIST

Giuseppe De Cristoforis

1803 - 1837

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1448 PAINTER

Carlo Brioschi

1826 - 1895

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1449 PAINTER

Giuseppe Sabatelli

1813 - 1843

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1450 ACTOR

Boris Cavazza

Born 1939

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1451 ARCHITECT

Ambrogio Annoni

1882 - 1954

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1452 RACING

Corrado Fabi

Born 1961

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1453 GYMNAST

Ferdinando Mandrini

1897 - 1980

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1454 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Greppi

1819 - 1921

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1455 FILM

Alberto Bona

Born 1978

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1456 SINGER

Riki Maiocchi

1940 - 2004

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1457 ENTREPRENEUR

Leopoldo Parodi Delfino

1875 - 1945

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1458 DESIGNER

Germano Facetti

1926 - 2006

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1459 FENCER

Stefano Bellone

Born 1955

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1460 MATHEMATICIAN

Gian Antonio Maggi

1856 - 1937

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1461 PRIEST

Giovanni Filippo Gallarati Scotti

1747 - 1819

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1462 PAINTER

Giustino Menescardi

1720 - 1776

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1463 COMPOSER

Pietro Borradori

Born 1965

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1464 PAINTER

Carlo Bellosio

1801 - 1849

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1465 PAINTER

Federico Moja

1802 - 1885

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1466 SINGER

Alessandro Bono

1964 - 1994

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1467 ROWER

Niccolò Mornati

Born 1980

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1468 BALLERINA

Liliana Cosi

Born 1941

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1469 FOOTBALL

Simone Pecorini

Born 1993

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1470 PRIEST

Luigi Omodei (1607–1685)

1608 - 1685

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1471 FENCER

Cosimo Ferro

Born 1962

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1472 DRIVER

Andrea Chiesa

Born 1964

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1473 PAINTER

Carlo Donelli

1661 - 1715

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1474 PAINTER

Mauro Conconi

1815 - 1860

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1475 ARTIST

Luca Pignatelli

Born 1962

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1476 RACER

Geki (racing driver)

1937 - 1967

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1477 ACTOR

Alessandra Karpoff

Born 1963

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1478 SINGER

Renato Brioschi

Born 1948

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1479 PAINTER

Ferdinando Porta

1687 - 1763

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1480 PHYSICIAN

Ludovico Settala

1550 - 1633

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1481 PAINTER

Domenico Aspari

1746 - 1831

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1482 PHILOSOPHER

Gianluca Bocchi

Born 1954

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1483 SINGER

Paola Iezzi

Born 1974

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1484 PLAYER

Simone Ragusi

Born 1992

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1485 GYMNAST

Giuseppe Paris

1895 - 1968

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1486 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Boffa

1923 - 1998

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1487 DESIGNER

Rodolfo Bonetto

1929 - 1991

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1488 FOOTBALL

Virgilio Fossati

1889 - 1918

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1489 ATHLETIC

Giulia Riva

Born 1992

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1490 PAINTER

Pietro Diana (painter)

1931 - 2016

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1491 CONSERVATIONIST

Anna Giordano

Born 1965

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1492 ROWER

Laura Milani

Born 1984

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1493 FOOTBALL

Jacopo Manconi

Born 1994

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1494 PHILOSOPHER

Franco Bolelli

1950 - 2020

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1495 LAWYER

Giasone del Maino

1435 - 1519

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1496 WRITER

Livio Garzanti

1921 - 2015

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1497 PAINTER

Ignazio Manzoni

1797 - 1888

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1498 POLITICIAN

Luciano Bolis

1918 - 1993

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1499 DESIGNER

Leonardo Fioravanti (engineer)

Born 1938

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1500 PRIEST

Giuseppe Maria Castelli

1705 - 1780

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