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MODENA

Most Famous People Born in Modena, Italy

Notable people
612
Peak decade
1910s
Median birth year
1902
Most distinctive
Aristocrat 7.8×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Modena during each.

What Modena Is Known For

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Football is Modena's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (88).

Modena over-indexes on aristocrat7.8× the global rate.

Modena under-produces actor — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Football88
  2. Painter55
  3. Politician52
  4. Writer25
  5. Priest19
  6. Composer19
  7. Singer18
  8. Player15
  1. Aristocrat87.8×
  2. Entrepreneur83.9×
  3. Painter553.4×
  4. Engineer112.9×
  5. Composer192.4×
  6. Priest192.1×
  7. Mathematician62.0×
  8. Poet121.9×
  1. Actor140.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Modena's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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612 notable people

0301 NOBLE

Benedetta d'Este

1697 - 1777

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0302 ARCHITECT

Francesco Vandelli (architetto)

1795 - 1856

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0303 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Pietro Barocelli

1887 - 1981

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0304 PAINTER

Alessandro Aretusi

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0305 POLITICIAN

Francesco Lorenzo Pullè

1850 - 1934

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0306 PAINTER

Gaetano Bellei

1857 - 1922

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0307 POLITICIAN

Alberto Mario Pucci

1902 - 1979

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0308 HISTORIAN

Gustavo Corni

Born 1952

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0309 JOURNALIST

Mauro Tedeschini

Born 1955

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0310 COUNT

Augusto Valli

1867 - 1945

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0311 MATHEMATICIAN

Carlo Bonacini

1867 - 1944

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0312 GYMNAST

Elisa Iorio

Born 2003

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0313 NOBILE

Borso d'Este (1605-1657)

1605 - 1657

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0314 ENGINEER

Silvio Canevazzi

1852 - 1918

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0315 POLITICIAN

Pio Donati

1881 - 1927

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0316 BASKET

Giorgio Valli

Born 1962

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0317 PAINTER

Andrea Chiesi

Born 1966

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0318 SINGER

Francesca Provvisionato

Born 1967

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0319 WRITER

Fulvio Gherli

1670 - 1735

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0320 IMPIEGATO

Armando Bussi

1896 - 1944

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0321 ARTIST

Giuseppe Fantaguzzi

1771 - 1837

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0322 FOOTBALL

Arrigo Morselli

1911 - 1977

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0323 FOOTBALL

Sara Tardini

Born 1996

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0324 MUSIC

Fabrizio Bucciarelli

Born 1963

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0325 POET

Alfonso Maria Casoli

1867 - 1923

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0326 MUSIC

Franco Ceccarelli

1942 - 2012

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0327 PHYSICIAN

Alfredo Margreth

Born 1933

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0328 FOOTBALL

Mauro Bergonzini

Born 1912

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0329 PLAYER

Gabriella Pavarotti

1940 - 2013

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0330 WRITER

Bartolomeo Benincasa

1746 - 1816

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0331 PHYSICIAN

Michele Araldi

1740 - 1813

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0332 MUSIC

Victor Sogliani

1943 - 1995

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0333 LAWYER

Giovanni Sadoleto

1444 - 1512

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0334 FOOTBALL

Duilio Setti

1912 - 1972

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0335 FOOTBALL

Mauro Melotti

Born 1952

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0336 ENGINEER

Valerio Colotti

1925 - 2008

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0337 PAINTER

Giorgio d'Alemagna (peintre)

1410 - 1479

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0338 PLAYER

Marco Caputo

Born 1971

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0339 PAINTER

Francesco Vellani

1688 - 1768

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0340 MATHEMATICIAN

Ferdinando Aschieri

1844 - 1907

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0341 ACTOR

Diana Lante

Born 1914

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0342 PAINTER

Bernardino Cervi

1586 - 1630

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0343 FOOTBALL

Fabio Albinelli

Born 1961

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0344 PLAYER

Marcello Mescoli

Born 1972

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0345 FOOTBALL

Mirco Gubellini

Born 1970

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0346 MUSIC

Ludovico Fogliani

1490 - 1539

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0347 AUTHOR

Adolfo Jenni

1911 - 1997

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0348 PRINCE

Amélie d'Este

1699 - 1778

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0349 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Lollini

1860 - 1924

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0350 FOOTBALL

Armando Cavazzuti

1929 - 2014

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0351 PARATROOPER

Giuseppe Caforio

1935 - 2015

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0352 REVOLUTIONARY

Giovanni Battista Carta

1783 - 1871

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0353 POLITICIAN

Enrico Ferrari

1887 - 1969

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0354 ACTOR

Virginia Reiter

1862 - 1937

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0355 SCULPTOR

Benito Boccolari

1888 - 1964

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0356 FOOTBALL

Mario Angiolini

Born 1911

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0357 PAINTER

Ercole dell'Abate

1563 - 1618

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0358 POLITICIAN

Carlo Pignatti Morano di Custoza

1869 - 1944

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0359 ILLUSTRATOR

Alfonso Artioli

1913 - 1986

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0360 DIRIGENTE

Franco Gozzi

1932 - 2013

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0361 PAINTER

Camillo Gavasetti

1596 - 1630

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0362 FOOTBALL

Aldo Aimi

1906 - 1980

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0363 NOBLE

Jean-Frédéric d'Este

1700 - 1727

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0364 HISTORIAN

Luigi Alberto Gandini

1827 - 1906

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0365 MATHEMATICIAN

Domenico Corradi d'Austria

1677 - 1756

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0366 PLAYER

Gian Franco Zanetti

1942 - 2020

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0367 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Rossi (scrittore)

Born 1974

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0368 FOOTBALL

Giuliano Fiorini

1958 - 2005

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0369 POET

Antonio Cappelli (1818-1887)

1818 - 1887

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0370 MUSIC

Elisa Minari

Born 1973

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0371 ACTOR

Gina Mattarolo

1899 - 1986

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0372 ACTOR

Cesare Bastelli

Born 1949

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0373 PAINTER

Francesco Stringa

1578 - 1615

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0374 SPRINT

Daniele Giovanardi

Born 1950

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0375 BASKET

Nino Pellacani

Born 1962

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0376 LAWYER

Giuseppe Barbanti Brodano

1853 - 1931

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0377 POLITICIAN

Fulvio Milani

1885 - 1945

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0378 ECONOMIST

Carlo Bosellini

1764 - 1827

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0379 WRESTLER

Sabrina Esposito

Born 1985

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0380 SCENOGRAPHER

Giuseppe Garuti

1868 - 1954

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0381 BLOGGER

Carla Gozzi

Born 1962

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0382 FOOTBALL

Filippo Minarini

Born 1994

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0383 SINGER

Antonio Righetti

Born 1964

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0384 PRODUCER

Paolo Guerra

1949 - 2020

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0385 WRITER

Baccio Malatesta

Born 1862

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0386 MATHEMATICIAN

Ubaldo Barbieri

1874 - 1945

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0387 WRITER

Lodovico Antonio Vincenzi

1750 - 1822

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0388 FOOTBALL

Gianni Seghedoni

1932 - 2016

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0389 WRITER

John Bree

1935 - 2011

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0390 OPERA

Bruno Bulgarelli

Born 1938

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0391 COMPOSER

Antonio Croci (Komponist)

1610 - 1642

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0392 LAWYER

Luigi Boschetti

1775 - 1855

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0393 PLAYER

Riccardo Pinelli

Born 1991

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0394 ACTOR

Alessandra Guerzoni

Born 1968

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0395 FOOTBALL

Elena Ficarelli

Born 1980

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0396 PAINTER

Jacopino Consetti

1686 - 1766

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0397 PAINTER

Jean Discart

1856 - 1944

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0398 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Coppi

1894 - 1956

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0399 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Ingoni

1528 - 1608

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0400 FOOTBALL

Franco Scaramelli

Born 1911

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0401 DRIVER

Maurizio Ceresoli

Born 1983

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0402 PRODUCER

Alex Bagnoli

Born 1965

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0403 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Ruffini

1807 - 1891

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0404 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Ansaloni

1937 - 2016

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0405 MUSIC

Romolo Ferrari

1894 - 1959

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0406 KOMMANDANT

Amilcare Paulucci

1773 - 1845

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0407 OFFICER

Luigi Pollari Maglietta

1863 - 1949

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0408 ECONOMIST

Carlo Angelo Conigliani

1868 - 1901

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0409 SCIENTIST

Deanna Marcano

Born 1938

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0410 TEACHER

Mario Vellani

Born 1921

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0411 PATRIOTA

Vincenzo Borelli

1786 - 1831

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0412 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giuseppe Botti

1853 - 1903

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0413 ENTREPRENEUR

Fermo Corni

1853 - 1934

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0414 SINGER

Marta Lami

Born 1947

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0415 PUBLISHER

Ugo Guandalini

1905 - 1971

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0416 RADIO

Giulia Salvi

Born 1987

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0417 FOOTBALL

Giordano Galli

Born 1952

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0418 TRUMPET

Gabriel Rosati

Born 1966

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0419 FOOTBALL

Federico Chiossi

Born 1999

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0420 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Malmusi

1803 - 1865

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0421 ORGANIST

Ippolito Tartaglino

1539 - 1582

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0422 PAINTER

Geminiano Mundici

1823 - 1908

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0423 ENTREPRENEUR

Guidalberto Guidi

Born 1941

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0424 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Triani

1842 - 1917

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0425 POLITICIAN

Gian Carlo Muzzarelli

Born 1955

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0426 GUITAR

Amos Amaranti

Born 1954

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0427 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Zelocchi

Born 1899

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0428 ENGINEER

Nino Sacerdoti

1873 - 1954

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0429 ARTIST

Giorgio de Mitri

Born 1965

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0430 BASKET

Marco Martin

Born 1964

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0431 JOURNALIST

Ivana Vaccari

Born 1954

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0432 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Umberto Tirelli (caricaturista)

1871 - 1954

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0433 DIRIGENTE

Luca Baraldi

Born 1960

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0434 HOCKEY

Andrea Malagoli

Born 1991

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0435 PAINTER

Giulio Camillo Abate

Died 1582

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0436 FOOTBALL

Raoul Righi

1921 - 2013

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0437 SINGER

Valentina Bartolomasi

1889 - 1932

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0438 FOOTBALL

Roberto Chierici

Born 1963

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0439 SINGER

Ambra Borelli

Born 1945

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0440 SCIENTIST

Giacomo Lusverg

1636 - 1689

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0441 KATHOLISCHER

Francesco Tavani

1831 - 1905

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0442 FOOTBALL

Gianni Balugani

Born 1946

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0443 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Tirelli

1813 - 1887

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0444 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Secondo Bignardi

1925 - 1998

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0445 LOTTA

Paolo Maurizio Ferrari

Born 1945

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0446 SINGER

Marisa Fiordaliso

1920 - 1983

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0447 MILITAR

Marco Caula

1500 - 1577

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0448 ENGINEER

Guido Jacobacci

1864 - 1922

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0449 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Talami

1955 - 2019

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0450 FOOTBALL

Eriberto Braglia

1919 - 1940

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0451 PAINTER

Felice Rubbiani

1677 - 1752

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0452 POLITICIAN

Ettore Giuria

1865 - 1950

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0453 AVIATORE

Fulvio Setti

1914 - 1991

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0454 ENTREPRENEUR

Giorgio Fini

1925 - 1995

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0455 ENGINEER

Alessandro Tosi

1866 - 1936

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0456 FOOTBALL

Derrick Appiah

Born 1994

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0457 EDITOR

Beppe Cottafavi

Born 1955

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0458 FILM

Gianluca Guaitoli

Born 1969

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0459 SCIENTIST

Francesco Vandelli (astronomo)

1694 - 1771

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0460 PLAYWRIGHT

Antonio Cavallerino

1546 - 1598

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0461 PHYSICIAN

Antonio Scanaroli

1450 - 1517

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0462 FOOTBALL

Renato Brighenti

1922 - 1982

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0463 GINNASTA

Francesca Noemi Linari

Born 2001

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0464 SINGER

Milena Manni

Born 1946

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0465 SCIENTIST

Girolamo Vandelli

1699 - 1776

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0466 POLITICIAN

Antonio Vicini

1861 - 1941

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0467 POLITICIAN

Gian Paolo Landi di Chiavenna

Born 1950

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0468 COACH

Angelo Costa (allenatore)

1918 - 1979

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0469 BANK

Lazzaro Donati

1845 - 1932

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0470 POLITICIAN

Arrigo Morandi

1927 - 2002

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0471 WRITER

Lorenzo Dallari

Born 1958

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0472 POLITICIAN

Paolo Menafoglio

1846 - 1907

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0473 OPERA

Maria Pia Pagliarini

1902 - 1935

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0474 ATHLETIC

Fabrizio Borellini

Born 1968

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0475 FOOTBALL

Luciano Vezzani

1905 - 1992

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0476 POLITICIAN

Roberto Guerzoni

Born 1954

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0477 SINGER

Filippo Strocchi

Born 1982

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0478 ENGINEER

Claudio Datei

1922 - 2012

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0479 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Malagoli

1917 - 1991

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0480 FOOTBALL

Franco Frassoldati

Born 1945

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0481 ACTOR

Giovanni Pellesini

1526 - 1615

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0482 POET

Gian Pio Torricelli

1942 - 2018

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0483 AVIATORE

Ferruccio Guicciardi

1895 - 1947

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0484 FOOTBALL

Renzo Fantazzi

1942 - 2020

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0485 PAINTER

Nereo Annovi

1908 - 1981

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0486 RABBI

Gustavo Bonaventura Castelbolognesi

1884 - 1947

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0487 POLITICIAN

Camillo Fontanelli

1823 - 1891

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0488 MILITAR

Egidio Nardi

1894 - 1981

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0489 ACTOR

Angelo Pezzaglia

1855 - 1915

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0490 DUCA

Vittoria Montecuccoli Davia

1655 - 1703

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0491 ACTOR

Armando Rossi

1909 - 1988

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0492 BADESSA

Eleonora d'Este (1595-1661)

1595 - 1661

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0493 PRIEST

Ugo Rangoni (vescovo)

1485 - 1540

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0494 FOOTBALL

Giulio Cesare Spagni

1939 - 2009

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0495 SPORT

Ivo Orlandi

Born 1923

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0496 POLITICIAN

Ferruccio Teglio

1883 - 1956

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0497 COOK

Marcello Ferrarini

Born 1973

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0498 PLAYER

Odone Federzoni

Born 1934

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0499 PRELATE

Ferdinand Boschetti

1577 - 1629

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0500 FOOTBALL

Dionigio Borsari

Born 1924

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0501 BANK

Angelo Donati (banchiere)

1847 - 1897

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0502 FOOTBALL

Renato Cavalieri

Born 1927

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0503 FOOTBALL

Gianfranco Borsari

Born 1942

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0504 FOOTBALL

Gianni Grossi

1936 - 2012

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0505 POLITICIAN

Ercole Coccapani Imperiali

1803 - 1861

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0506 FOOTBALL

Spartaco Bulgarelli

Born 1920

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0507 CHAMBERLAIN

Guido I Rangoni

Died 1467

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0508 FOOTBALL

Carlo Ravizzoli

1914 - 1989

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0509 JOURNALIST

Daniele Soragni

Born 1951

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0510 MILITAR

Foresto d'Este (1652-1725)

1652 - 1725

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0511 COACH

Gian Paolo Guidetti

Born 1947

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0512 POLITICIAN

Angela Bellei Trenti

Born 1949

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0513 GUERRILLA

Emilio Po

1916 - 1944

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0514 PAINTER

Luigi Manzini

1805 - 1866

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0515 FOOTBALL

Astro Galli

1913 - 1996

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0516 FOOTBALL

Mario Magotti

1920 - 1981

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0517 SOFTBALL

Erika Piancastelli

Born 1996

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0518 FOOTBALL

Gino Vandelli

1902 - 1976

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0519 WRITER

Marilù S. Manzini

Born 1978

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0520 PAINTER

Giorgio Scapinelli

1926 - 1999

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0521 LAWYER

Augusto Donati

1851 - 1903

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0522 FOOTBALL

Armando Fiorini

1914 - 1994

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0523 GUERRILLA

Giorgio Bartolomasi

1924 - 1945

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0524 ACTOR

Giulia Shell

Born 1948

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0525 SAILOR

Walter Tabacchi

1917 - 1944

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0526 FOOTBALL

Camillo Silingardi

1907 - 1929

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0527 NUN

Saint Margaret of Fontana

1440 - 1513

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0528 POET

Francesco Cantuti Castelvetri (1726-1777)

1726 - 1777

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0529 PAINTER

Antonio Bruno

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0530 MILITAR

Rodolfo Boselli

1822 - 1912

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0531 FOOTBALL

Gianni Goldoni

Born 1936

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0532 JOCKEY

Nello Bellei

1930 - 2006

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0533 JOURNALIST

Giò Barbieri

Born 1947

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0534 FOOTBALL

Porthus Silingardi

1915 - 2005

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0535 FOOTBALL

Fausto Barbolini

1907 - 1959

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0536 POLITICIAN

Paolo Bentivoglio

1894 - 1965

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0537 POLITICIAN

Dino Felisetti

Born 1919

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0538 BANK

Lazzaro Donati (1873-1918)

1873 - 1918

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0539 SINGER

Carmen Bulgarelli Campori

1910 - 1965

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0540 MOTO

Carlo Baschieri

Born 1903

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0541 POLITICIAN

Enrico Vismara

1873 - 1940

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0542 FOOTBALL

Aldo Pedrazzi

1901 - 1972

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0543 GUERRILLA

Vittorio Barbieri

1915 - 1944

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0544 SEMIOLOGO

Francesco Marsciani

Born 1952

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0545 FOOTBALL

Nello Tedeschini

Born 1912

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0546 DESIGNER

Beatrice Brovia

Born 1985

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0547 OPERAIO

Fermo Melotti

1912 - 1964

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0548 POLITICIAN

Enrico Aimi

Born 1960

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0549 FOOTBALL

Cesare Franchini (calciatore 1909)

1909 - 1985

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0550 FOOTBALL

Romolo Re

1904 - 1945

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0551 FOOTBALL

Silvio Secchi

1890 - 1970

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0552 FOOTBALL

Ettore Zini (calciatore 1921)

Born 1921

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0553 JOURNALIST

Luca Rovinalti

Born 1987

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0554 FOOTBALL

Enrico Cuoghi

1930 - 2019

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0555 FOOTBALL

Enrico Tirabassi

1896 - 1941

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0556 FOOTBALL

Renzo Vandelli

1907 - 1944

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0557 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Salvioli

Born 1917

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0558 ENTREPRENEUR

Renzo Bompani

1919 - 1988

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0559 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo Gallo

1905 - 1976

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0560 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Fernando Malavolti

1913 - 1954

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0561 SWORDSMAN

Grimoaldo Varone

1869 - 1916

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0562 FOOTBALL

Marino Cavazzuti

Born 1911

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0563 FOOTBALL

Simone Franchini

Born 1998

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0564 WRITER

Taddeo Grandi

1840 - 1909

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0565 CHAMBERLAIN

Ludovico Rangoni

Died 1552

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0566 PAINTER

Raffaele Rinaldi

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0567 MILITAR

Vincenzo Cujuli

1895 - 1943

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0568 FOOTBALL

Renato Barberini

Born 1922

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0569 ENTREPRENEUR

Nino Donati

1889 - 1965

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0570 FOOTBALL

Otello Bellei

1906 - 1971

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0571 FOOTBALL

Cesare Breviglieri

-

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0572 POLITICIAN

Pietro Paolo Caula

1555 - 1623

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0573 FOOTBALL

Aroldo Vaccari

Born 1908

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0574 FOOTBALL

Giordano Malagoli

Born 1915

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0575 ARTIST

Vincenzo Mai

1903 - 2001

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0576 FOOTBALL

Danilo Bazzani

Born 1914

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0577 SINGER

Dante Meschiari

Born 1944

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0578 FOOTBALL

Fausto Brancolini

1902 - 1962

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0579 POLITICIAN

Augusto Setti

1854 - 1931

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0580 POET

Abraham ben Daniel

Born 1511

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0581 MILITAR

Giacomo Boschetti

1471 - 1509

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0582 WRITER

Giulio Sadoleto

1494 - 1521

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0583 PRIEST

Jacopo de Atti

Died 1344

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0584 GUERRILLA

Giovanni Sola

1925 - 1944

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0585 SCULPTOR

Artur Pederzoli

1885 - 1961

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0586 PAINTER

Pietro Paolo Abate (il Giovane)

1592 - 1630

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0587 POLITICIAN

Renato Ognibene

1928 - 2007

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0588 FOOTBALL

Lidio Manzotti

1908 - 1969

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0589 POLITICIAN

Pier Luigi San Donnino

1846 - 1915

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0590 SINGER

Mercedes Aicardi

Born 1889

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0591 FOOTBALL

Bruno Benassati

1894 - 1969

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0592 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Righi (calciatore)

Born 1915

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0593 POLITICIAN

Leonardo Salimbeni (1829-1889)

1829 - 1889

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0594 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Tedeschini

Born 1907

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0595 FOOTBALL

Florindo Longagnani

1911 - 1953

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0596 FOOTBALL

Silvio Bompani

1900 - 1975

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0597 HOCKEY

Maurizio Righi

Born 1950

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0598 POLITICIAN

Maria Vittoria Mezza

1926 - 2005

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0599 FOOTBALL

Fernando Tassi

1902 - 1947

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0600 FOOTBALL

Ferdinando Contini

1900 - 1977

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