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

1501 ARTIST

Giovanni Beltrami (1860-1926)

1860 - 1926

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1502 OFFICER

Roberto Brusati

1850 - 1935

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1503 ARCHITECT

Sergio Asti

Born 1926

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1504 PRIEST

Carlo Caccia Dominioni

1802 - 1866

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1505 BASKET

Carlo Fumagalli

Born 1996

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1506 ARTIST

Matteo Guarnaccia

Born 1954

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1507 FOOTBALL

Paolo Mandelli

Born 1967

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1508 CHEMIST

Alfonso Cossa

1833 - 1902

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1509 CONDUCTOR

Pinuccio Pirazzoli

Born 1949

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1510 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Riccardo Levi-Setti

1927 - 2018

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1511 POLITICIAN

Bartolomeo Arese

1590 - 1674

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1512 PAINTER

Giuseppe Guerreschi

1929 - 1985

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1513 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Tavecchio

Born 1990

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1514 TEACHER

Stefano Paleari

Born 1965

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1515 FILM

Giovanni Maderna

Born 1973

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1516 PIANIST

Antonio Ballista

Born 1936

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1517 ECONOMIST

Arnaldo Mauri

1932 - 2016

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1518 SOLDIER

Teodoro Trivulzio

1456 - 1532

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1519 ARTIST

Liliana Moro

Born 1961

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1520 POLITICIAN

Giannino Antona Traversi

1860 - 1939

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1521 OFFICER

Antoine Marc Augustin Bertoletti

1775 - 1846

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1522 SCULPTOR

Alfred Pina

1887 - 1966

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1523 ACTOR

Maria Caserini

1884 - 1969

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1524 TEACHER

Eridano Bazzarelli

1921 - 2013

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1525 FENCER

Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini

1936 - 2008

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1526 OPERA

Angelo Lo Forese

1920 - 2020

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1527 PRIEST

Giberto Borromeo (1615-1672)

1615 - 1672

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1528 LITERARY

Cesare Cases

1920 - 2005

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1529 SCREENWRITER

Vittorio Salerno

1937 - 2016

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1530 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Dellagiovanna

1941 - 2013

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1531 POET

Carlo Belloli

1922 - 2003

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1532 FOOTBALL

Stefano Moreo

Born 1993

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1533 CONDUCTOR

Antonello Allemandi

Born 1957

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1534 ARCHITECT

Lorenzo Binago

1554 - 1629

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1535 PAINTER

Salvatore Mazza

1819 - 1886

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1536 JUDO

Giorgio Vismara

Born 1965

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1537 CHOREOGRAPHER

Davide Bombana

Born 1958

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1538 WRITER

Giorgio Silfer

Born 1949

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1539 ACTOR

Rosetta Tofano

1902 - 1960

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1540 BIOLOGIST

Claudio Barigozzi

1909 - 1996

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1541 BENEDICTINE

Rosa Giacinta Badalla

1660 - 1710

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1542 ARCHITECT

Francesco Croce

1696 - 1773

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1543 CHESS

Alvise Zichichi

1938 - 2003

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1544 EQUESTRIAN

Valentina Truppa

Born 1986

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1545 ACTOR

Ignazio Colnaghi

1924 - 2017

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1546 ZOOLOGIST

Paolo Panceri

1833 - 1877

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1547 MATHEMATICIAN

Maria Pastori

1895 - 1975

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1548 PLAYER

Thomas Beretta

Born 1990

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1549 SPORT

Matteo Moschetti

Born 1996

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1550 SCULPTOR

Antonio Tantardini

1829 - 1879

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1551 COMPOSER

Dario Palermo

Born 1970

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1552 FOOTBALL

Matteo Piccinni

Born 1986

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1553 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Arconati Visconti

1797 - 1873

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1554 PHYSICIST

Mario Zippermayr

1899 - 1979

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1555 ARTIST

Linda Kohen

Born 1924

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1556 BUSINESS

Claudio Descalzi

Born 1955

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1557 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Morone

1470 - 1529

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1558 SCREENWRITER

Francesco Mazza

Born 1982

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1559 ACTOR

Irene Aloisi

1925 - 1980

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1560 BOXER

Chantal Ughi

Born 1981

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1561 PUBLISHER

Tito Ricordi (Musikverleger, 1811)

1811 - 1888

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1562 ARCHITECT

Liliana Grassi

1923 - 1985

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1563 ACTOR

Alessandro Sampaoli

Born 1977

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1564 WRITER

Enrico Annibale Butti

1868 - 1912

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1565 ATHLETIC

Roberto Bertolini

Born 1985

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1566 LAWYER

Roberto Etchepareborda

1923 - 1985

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1567 ARTIST

Duilio Forte

Born 1967

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1568 ARCHITECT

Massimo Majowiecki

Born 1945

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1569 ARCHITECT

Claudio Bellini

Born 1963

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1570 ARTIST

Akab

1976 - 2019

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1571 SKATER

Vanessa Giunchi

Born 1980

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1572 SINGER

Arianna Bergamaschi

Born 1975

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1573 FOOTBALL

Fabio Eguelfi

Born 1995

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1574 MUSIC

Manuel Agnelli

Born 1966

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1575 FILM

Eros Macchi

1920 - 2007

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1576 JOURNALIST

Ferruccio de Bortoli

Born 1953

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1577 POLITICIAN

Mauro Macchi

1818 - 1880

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1578 MATHEMATICIAN

Ermenegildo Pini

1739 - 1825

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1579 RACER

Paul Zuccarelli

1886 - 1913

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1580 PAINTER

Francesco Biondo

1735 - 1805

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1581 SOCIOLOGIST

Paolo Jedlowski

Born 1952

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1582 THEATRE

Roberto Ciulli

Born 1934

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1583 RACER

Alberto Pagani

1938 - 2017

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1584 BUSINESS

Urbano Cairo

Born 1957

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1585 GYMNAST

Ambrogio Levati

1894 - 1963

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1586 SPORT

Alfredo Sivocci

1891 - 1980

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1587 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alfa Castaldi

1926 - 1995

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1588 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Carlo La Vecchia

Born 1955

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1589 SKATER

Giordano Abbondati

1948 - 2005

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1590 LYRICIST

Alfredo Bracchi

1897 - 1976

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1591 WRITER

Achille Bertarelli

1863 - 1938

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1592 FOOTBALL

Angelo Franzosi

1921 - 2010

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1593 GEOLOGIST

Maria Bianca Cita

Born 1924

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1594 PHOTOGRAPHER

Felice Quinto

1929 - 2010

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1595 POLITICIAN

Guido Podestà

Born 1947

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1596 SINGER

Gianni Mascolo

Born 1940

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1597 SINGER

Jo Squillo

Born 1962

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1598 VIOLIN

Alberto Poltronieri

1892 - 1983

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1599 PLAYER

Luca Bottazzi

Born 1963

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1600 PAINTER

Luigi Zuccoli

1815 - 1876

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1601 ROWER

Giuseppe Crivelli

1900 - 1950

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1602 ACTOR

Antonella Baldini

Born 1966

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1603 BANK

Alberto Nagel

Born 1965

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1604 FOOTBALL

Andrea Icardi

Born 1963

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1605 PAINTER

Onofrio Bramante

1926 - 2000

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1606 POET

Giacomo Prampolini

1898 - 1975

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1607 LAWYER

Guido Rossi

1931 - 2017

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1608 FOOTBALL

Simone Fautario

Born 1987

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1609 PAINTER

Angelo Maria Crivelli

1703 - 1730

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1610 WRITER

Giovanni Gandini

1929 - 2006

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1611 PAINTER

William Girometti

1924 - 1998

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1612 ARCHITECT

Virginio Colombo

1885 - 1927

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1613 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Greppi

1853 - 1931

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1614 PAINTER

Giuseppe Romagnoni

1930 - 1964

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1615 AVIATOR

Franco Bordoni

1913 - 1975

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1616 BIBLIOGRAPHER

Gaetano Melzi

1786 - 1851

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1617 PLAYER

Valentina Borrelli

Born 1978

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1618 SAXOPHONIST

Peter Gullin

1959 - 2003

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1619 TEACHER

Enea Balmas

1924 - 1994

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1620 FOOTBALL

Luciano Alfieri

Born 1936

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1621 ARCHBISHOP

Simon de Brassano

1310 - 1381

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1622 FENCER

Virgilio Mantegazza

1889 - 1928

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1623 POLITICIAN

Ugo Rossi

Born 1963

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1624 SINGER

Manuel De Peppe

Born 1970

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1625 ACADEMIC

Carlo Giuseppe Imbonati

Died 1697

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1626 PAINTER

Ambrogio Besozzi

1648 - 1706

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1627 SINGER

Billy More

1965 - 2005

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1628 ACTOR

Vera Vergani

1894 - 1989

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1629 POLITICO

Vitaliano VI. Borromeo

1620 - 1690

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1630 WRITER

Sire Raul

1100 - 1200

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1631 FILM

Fernando Scarpa

Born 1968

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1632 MILITAR

Melchiade Gabba

1874 - 1952

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1633 PLAYER

Laura Saccomani

Born 1991

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1634 THEATRICAL

Mario Pirovano

Born 1950

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1635 LAWYER

Federico Cammeo

1872 - 1939

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1636 ACTOR

Oriella Dorella

Born 1952

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1637 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Sarfatti

1940 - 2010

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1638 ORIENTALIST

Eugenio Griffini

1878 - 1925

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1639 ARTIST

Felice Salimbeni

1712 - 1755

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1640 ATHLETIC

Letizia Bertoni

Born 1937

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1641 ACTOR

Vittorio Stagni

Born 1938

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1642 PHYSICIST

Marsilio Landriani

1751 - 1815

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1643 POLITICIAN

Ivan Matteo Lombardo

1902 - 1980

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1644 SWIMMER

Emilio Polli

1901 - 1983

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1645 ARCHITECT

Carlo Broggi

1881 - 1968

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1646 SINGER

Niccolò Agliardi

Born 1974

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1647 CARDINAL

Carlo Francesco Durini

1693 - 1769

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1648 WRITER

Luigi Gualdo

1844 - 1898

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1649 PRIEST

Carlo Crivelli (cardinal)

1736 - 1818

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1650 EDUCATOR

Andrea Ghetti

1912 - 1980

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1651 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ugo Monneret de Villard

1881 - 1954

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1652 ASTRONOMER

Patrizia A. Caraveo

Born 1954

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1653 TYPOGRAPHER

Federico Agnelli

1626 - 1702

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1654 LINGUIST

Luigi Salvini

1911 - 1957

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1655 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Giorgio Galli

Born 1928

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1656 SOCIOLOGIST

Chiara Saraceno

Born 1941

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1657 ARCHITECT

Carlo Giuseppe Merlo

1690 - 1760

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1658 POET

Domenico Balestrieri

1714 - 1780

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1659 ARCHITECT

Giacomo Moraglia

1791 - 1860

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1660 ENTREPRENEUR

Beatrice Trussardi

Born 1971

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1661 DRIVER

David Fumanelli

Born 1992

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1662 DESSINATEUR

Enea Riboldi

Born 1954

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1663 ENTREPRENEUR

Gianfelice Rocca

Born 1948

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1664 PLAYER

Beatrice Parrocchiale

Born 1995

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1665 SPORT

Edoardo Severgnini

1904 - 1969

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1666 JOURNALIST

Mauro Suttora

Born 1959

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1667 SPRINT

Fabio Grossi (athlete)

Born 1967

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1668 ACTOR

Marina Dolfin

1930 - 2007

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1669 RESEARCH

Maria Abbracchio

Born 1956

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1670 BOTANIST

Ferdinando Sordelli

1837 - 1916

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1671 PHOTOGRAPHER

Uliano Lucas

Born 1942

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1672 CARDINAL

Gioacchino Besozzi

1679 - 1755

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1673 SPORT

Enrico Sala

1891 - 1979

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1674 DRIVER

Luigi Piotti

1913 - 1971

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1675 THEATRE

Daniele Abbado

Born 1958

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1676 RIDER

Ettore Caffaratti

1886 - 1969

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1677 POET

Emilio Tadini

1927 - 2002

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1678 SINGER

Francesco Sarcina

Born 1976

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1679 SKATER

Guido Caroli

Born 1927

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1680 PHYSICIST

Luigi Arialdo Radicati di Brozolo

1919 - 2019

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1681 PAINTER

Cesare Ligario

1716 - 1770

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1682 SOZIALREFORM

Laura Solera Mantegazza

1813 - 1873

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1683 PENCILLER

Pasquale Frisenda

Born 1970

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1684 PUBLISHER

Luciano Foà

1915 - 2005

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1685 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Santagostino

1901 - 1955

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1686 ENTREPRENEUR

Mario Prada

Died 1958

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1687 RACING

Giampiero Moretti

1940 - 2012

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1688 RIDER

Anna Casagrande

Born 1958

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1689 CHAMBERLAIN

Carlo Archinto

1670 - 1732

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1690 FOOTBALL

Andrea Bandini

Born 1994

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1691 WRITER

Guido Rocca

1928 - 1961

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1692 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Sassi

1679 - 1762

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1693 PAINTER

Cesare Bernazano

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1694 PAINTER

Uberto Dell’Orto

1848 - 1895

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1695 SOCIOLOGIST

Marino Livolsi

Born 1937

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1696 HISTORIAN

Felice Calvi (storico)

1822 - 1901

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1697 PAINTER

Giuseppe Barbaglia

1841 - 1910

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1698 DESIGNER

Pino Tovaglia

1923 - 1977

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1699 WRITER

Alan D. Altieri

1952 - 2017

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1700 BASSIST

Marco Coti Zelati

Born 1975

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1701 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Joseph Allegranza

1715 - 1785

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1702 SINGER

John Foster (Italian singer)

Born 1939

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1703 WRITER

Giuseppe De Carli

1952 - 2010

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1704 POLITICIAN

Piero Parini

1894 - 1993

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1705 NOBLE

Gian Galeazzo Serbelloni

1744 - 1802

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1706 LINGUIST

Vermondo Brugnatelli

Born 1953

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1707 ASTRONOMER

Francesco Manca

Born 1966

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1708 PRIEST

João Batista Primoli

1673 - 1747

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1709 ACTOR

Anna Maria Bottini

1916 - 2020

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1710 MANAGER

Paolo Rocca

Born 1952

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1711 CINEMA

Lamberto Caimi

Born 1930

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1712 PRIEST

Ernesto Maria Piovella

1867 - 1949

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1713 PRESBYTER

Francesco Spinelli

1853 - 1913

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1714 DANCER

Federica Testa

Born 1993

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1715 FILM

Roberto Gavioli

1926 - 2007

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1716 MÖNCH

Giulio da Milano

1504 - 1581

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1717 ENTREPRENEUR

Guido Barilla

Born 1958

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1718 ACADEMIC

Sergio Zaninelli

Born 1929

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1719 STATESPERSON

Giulio Renato Litta

1763 - 1839

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1720 ARCHITECT

Ermanno Cressoni

1939 - 2005

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1721 ACADEMIC

Patrizia de Bernardo Stempel

Born 1953

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1722 COMPOSER

Maurizio Pisati

Born 1959

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1723 FOOTBALL

Emilio De Martino

1895 - 1958

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1724 ACTOR

Mariuccia Medici

1910 - 2012

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1725 DRIVER

Elio Zagato

1921 - 2009

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1726 FOOTBALL

Salvatore Giunta (footballer)

Born 1967

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1727 ACTOR

Roberto Brivio

Born 1938

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1728 ACTOR

Ermanno Roveri

1903 - 1968

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1729 ENTREPRENEUR

Ercole Marelli

1867 - 1922

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1730 ENTREPRENEUR

Angelo Salmoiraghi

1848 - 1939

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1731 ACTOR

Giovanni Brusatori

Born 1946

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1732 FOOTBALL

Cristiano Pavone

Born 1972

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1733 COMPOSER

Gianfranco Monaldi

1930 - 2007

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1734 PUBLISHER

Leonardo Mondadori

1946 - 2002

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1735 ASTRONOMER

Stefano Sposetti

Born 1958

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1736 JOURNALIST

Maner Lualdi

1912 - 1968

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1737 SCULPTOR

Michele Vedani

1874 - 1969

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1738 POLITICIAN

Carlo Emanuele Basile

1885 - 1972

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1739 WRITER

Piero San Giorgio

Born 1971

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1740 PRESBYTER

Serafino Morazzone

1747 - 1822

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1741 PAINTER

Giuseppe Mazza (painter)

1817 - 1884

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1742 PRIEST

Adelio Dell’Oro

Born 1948

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1743 POLITICIAN

Marco Visconti

1353 - 1382

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1744 COMPOSER

Giorgio Colombo Taccani

Born 1961

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1745 ARTIST

Giorgio Salmoiraghi

Born 1936

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1746 ACTOR

Pietro Ubaldi

Born 1955

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1747 SINGER

Milena Cantù

Born 1943

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1748 PAINTER

Pietro Antoniani

1740 - 1805

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1749 DRIVER

Giorgio Bassi

Born 1934

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1750 CARDINAL

Gerardo Landriani Capitani

Died 1445

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1751 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Luigi Roth

Born 1940

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1752 OFFICER

Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia

1912 - 1943

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1753 FOOTBALL

Camillo Achilli

1921 - 1998

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1754 ENTREPRENEUR

Alberto Pirelli (1882-1971)

1882 - 1971

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1755 ARTIST

Giuseppe Laganà

1944 - 2016

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1756 WRITER

Hans Tuzzi

Born 1952

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1757 FOOTBALL

Antonio Dell'Oglio

Born 1963

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1758 FILM

Gianni Martucci

Born 1946

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1759 SPORT

Mario Scapini

Born 1989

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1760 SCULPTOR

Emilio Bisi

1850 - 1920

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1761 DESIGNER

Giovanni Anceschi

Born 1939

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1762 PAINTER

Augusto Colombo

1902 - 1969

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1763 ACTOR

Sharon Gusberti

Born 1964

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1764 PHYSICIST

Gaetano Castelfranchi

1892 - 1965

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1765 SPORT

Arturo Ferrario

1891 - 1961

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1766 PRIEST

Francesco Crasso

1500 - 1566

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1767 PAINTER

Adriano Gajoni

1913 - 1965

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1768 ENTREPRENEUR

Edoardo Bianchi

1865 - 1946

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1769 SINGER

Giuliano Palma

Born 1965

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1770 WRITER

Natalia Aspesi

Born 1929

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1771 POLITICIAN

Antonio Durini

1770 - 1850

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1772 PAINTER

Carlo Paolo Agazzi

1870 - 1922

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1773 ATHLETIC

Lorenzo Vergani

Born 1993

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1774 CONDOTTIERO

Giovanni Paolo I Sforza

1497 - 1535

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1775 PRIEST

Bartolomeo Visconti

1402 - 1457

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1776 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Mussi

1836 - 1904

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1777 BASKET

Enrico Castelli

1909 - 1983

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1778 ARTIST

Guido Zamperoni

1912 - 2003

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1779 ENGINEER

Luigi Emanueli

1883 - 1959

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1780 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista della Rovere

1560 - 1627

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1781 ENGINEER

Carlo Semenza

1893 - 1961

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1782 DESIGNER

Albe Steiner

1913 - 1974

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1783 ACTOR

Elisabetta Viviani

Born 1955

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1784 PHILOSOPHER

Roberto Casati

Born 1961

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1785 PLAYER

Lucia Valerio

1905 - 1996

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1786 POLITICIAN

Barbara Contini

Born 1961

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1787 FENCER

Martina Emanuel

Born 1985

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1788 ARCHITECT

Vittoriano Viganò

1919 - 1996

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1789 FOOTBALL

Roberto Biffi

Born 1965

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1790 ACTOR

Eleonora Bianchi (Schauspielerin)

Born 1942

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1791 SPORT

Giancarlo Raimondi

Born 1972

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1792 ACTOR

Lella Costa

Born 1952

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1793 MATHEMATICIAN

Fazio Cardano

1444 - 1524

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1794 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Luigi Vassalli

1812 - 1887

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1795 POLITICIAN

Achille Cutrera

1929 - 2018

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1796 PRINTMAKER

Giuseppe Abbiati

1658 - 1720

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1797 PAINTER

Gino Starace

1859 - 1950

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1798 PHOTOGRAPHER

Mario Dondero

1928 - 2015

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1799 FILM

Claudio Malaponti

Born 1968

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1800 PAINTER

Giorgio Fuentes

1756 - 1821

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