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NAPOLI

Most Famous People Born in Napoli, Italy

Notable people
4,021
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Prelate 9.8×

Twenty centuries of opera and the Catholic hierarchy. Naples's most distinctive shelf is prelate at nearly ten times the global rate — the cardinals and archbishops of one of Christendom's oldest sees — alongside a composer column built around the 18th-century Neapolitan opera school of Pergolesi, Cimarosa, and Paisiello. The notable births stretch from the late Republic to the present, with an unusually heavy 17th- and 18th-century tail when the Bourbon court made Naples one of the largest cities in Europe.

Through the Centuries

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

What Napoli Is Known For

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Actor is Napoli's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (442).

Napoli over-indexes on prelate9.8× the global rate.

Napoli under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Actor442
  2. Politician424
  3. Painter277
  4. Football248
  5. Composer196
  6. Writer179
  7. Singer156
  8. Priest129
  1. Prelate679.8×
  2. Composer1963.7×
  3. Painter2772.6×
  4. Priest1292.2×
  5. Actor4422.1×
  6. Singer1561.9×
  7. Architect631.8×
  8. Film851.7×
  1. Football2480.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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Showing 311 of 4,021 notable people

0011 ACTOR

Valeria Golino

Born 1966

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0055 SINGER

Gigi D'Alessio

Born 1967

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0090 FOOTBALL

Ciro Ferrara

Born 1967

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0105 ACTOR

Federico Castelluccio

Born 1964

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0150 POLITICIAN

Luigi de Magistris (politician)

Born 1967

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0178 WRITER

Ivan Cotroneo

Born 1968

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0226 ACTOR

Iaia Forte

Born 1962

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0247 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Quagliariello

Born 1960

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0315 FILM

Luca Miniero

Born 1967

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0322 FILM

Pappi Corsicato

Born 1960

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0333 WRITER

Antonio Scurati

Born 1969

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0335 ACTOR

Tosca D'Aquino

Born 1966

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0354 FILM

Stefano Incerti

Born 1965

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0391 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Fabio Maniscalco

1965 - 2008

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0396 FOOTBALL

Francesco Baiano

Born 1968

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0402 RUNNER

Gennaro Di Napoli

Born 1968

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0408 ACTOR

Maurizio Casagrande

Born 1961

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0428 MAGISTRAT

Raffaele Cantone

Born 1963

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0437 POLITICIAN

Italo Bocchino

Born 1967

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0460 ASTRONOMER

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia

Born 1965

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0467 MODEL

Roberta Capua

Born 1968

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0498 GENETICIST

Antonio Giordano

Born 1962

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0503 ROCK

Francesco Schettino

Born 1960

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0533 FENCER

Sandro Cuomo

Born 1962

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0537 COMPOSER

Daniele Sepe

Born 1960

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0558 POLITICIAN

Elio Vito

Born 1960

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0571 FILM

Gianfranco Pannone

Born 1963

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0596 COMPOSER

Pasquale Catalano (Komponist)

Born 1966

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0604 ROWER

Davide Tizzano

Born 1968

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0605 SINGER

Maria Pia De Vito

Born 1960

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0616 FOOTBALL

Pasquale Luiso

Born 1969

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0672 SINGER

Tony Tammaro

Born 1961

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0687 WRITER

Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher

Born 1968

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0696 SINGER

Gigi Finizio

Born 1965

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0721 SCIENTIST

Luigi Miraglia

Born 1965

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0724 ACTOR

Pietra Montecorvino

Born 1962

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0743 FILM

Antonietta De Lillo

Born 1960

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0781 POLO

Marco D'Altrui

Born 1964

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0795 COMEDIAN

Biagio Izzo

Born 1962

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0799 POLITICIAN

Gennaro Migliore

Born 1968

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0845 BOXER

Salvatore Todisco

1961 - 1990

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0868 POLITICIAN

Fulvio Martusciello

Born 1968

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0889 INTELLECTUAL

Ahmad Gianpiero Vincenzo

Born 1961

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0949 COACH

Pino Porzio

Born 1967

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0967 ACTOR

Antonio Stornaiolo

Born 1961

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0968 ACTOR

Massimiliano Gallo

Born 1968

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0975 FILM

Nicola Giuliano

Born 1966

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0976 POLO

Francesco Porzio

Born 1966

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1009 POLITICIAN

Andrea Cozzolino

Born 1962

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1013 HARPSICHORDIST

Enrico Baiano

Born 1960

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1015 FILM

Mariano Baino

Born 1967

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1022 POLO

Mario Fiorillo

Born 1962

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1030 BUSINESS

Giuseppe Recchi

Born 1964

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1031 PLAYER

Giovanni Errichiello

Born 1960

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1049 FILM

Gaetano Di Vaio

Born 1968

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1064 SPRINT

Mario Longo

Born 1964

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1067 DESIGNER

Alessandro Dell'Acqua

Born 1962

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1088 POLITICIAN

Rosaria Capacchione

Born 1960

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1093 ROWER

Valter Molea

Born 1966

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1107 ECONOMIST

Riccardo Realfonzo

Born 1964

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1125 WRITER

Diego De Silva

Born 1964

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1126 WRITER

Anna Russo

Born 1965

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1137 ACTOR

Alan De Luca

Born 1960

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1140 POLITICIAN

Erminia Mazzoni

Born 1965

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1145 ACTOR

Antonio Pennarella

1960 - 2018

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1147 WRITER

Francesco de Filippo

Born 1960

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1148 BUSINESS

Raffaele Cicala

Born 1962

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1149 JOCKEY

DJ Enzo

Born 1969

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1150 FENCER

Massimo Cavaliere

Born 1962

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1157 COSTUME DESIGNER

Daniela Ciancio

Born 1965

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1192 GUITAR

Edoardo Catemario

Born 1965

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1204 FOOTBALL

Ciro Muro

Born 1964

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1215 ACTOR

Alberto Angrisano

Born 1963

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1225 ARTIST

Giuseppe Manunta

Born 1968

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1235 SINGER

Franco Ricciardi

Born 1966

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1270 PLAYER

Massimo Cierro

Born 1964

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1275 WRITER

Gennaro Sangiuliano

Born 1962

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1297 FOOTBALL

Luigi Caffarelli

Born 1962

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1298 FOOTBALL

Maurizio D'Angelo

Born 1969

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1305 BASKET

Andrea Capobianco

Born 1966

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1324 POLITICIAN

Sergio De Gregorio

Born 1960

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1333 YACHTSMAN

Francesco de Angelis (sailor)

Born 1960

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1336 AUTHOR

Zeno Braitenberg

Born 1964

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1341 POLITICIAN

Bartolomeo Pepe

Born 1962

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1378 ACTOR

Vincenzo Peluso

Born 1968

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1379 CRIMINAL

Raffaele Amato

Born 1965

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1382 JOURNALIST

Antonio Pascale

Born 1966

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1388 ATHLETIC

Arturo Di Mezza

Born 1969

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1398 POLITICIAN

Antimo Cesaro

Born 1968

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1409 ARCHITECT

Silvio d'Ascia

Born 1969

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1413 ACTOR

Ernesto Lama

Born 1965

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1418 FOOTBALL

Salvatore Campilongo

Born 1961

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1437 PRODUCER

Roberto Ferrante

Born 1965

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1449 SCREENWRITER

Maurizio Fiume

Born 1961

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1459 SINGER

Valeria Esposito

Born 1961

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1463 PIANIST

Roberto Cominati

Born 1969

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1479 ACTOR

Dario Cassini

Born 1967

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1513 WRITER

Diego Lama

Born 1964

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1541 SINGER

Marco Parente

Born 1969

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1552 ACTOR

Antonino Iuorio

Born 1963

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1568 LITERARY

Stefano Jossa

Born 1966

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1575 ACTOR

Raiz

Born 1967

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1596 SCREENWRITER

Francesco Patierno

Born 1964

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1606 JOURNALIST

Fabrizio Forquet

1967 - 2016

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1617 WRITER

Patrizia Rinaldi

Born 1960

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1620 WRITER

Vincenzo De Falco

Born 1960

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1626 POLITICIAN

Corrado Gabriele

Born 1966

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1638 JOURNALIST

Corrado Formigli

Born 1968

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1683 FOOTBALL

Gennaro Monaco

Born 1968

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1695 ACTOR

Lino D’Angiò

Born 1965

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1699 ACTOR

Aniello Arena

Born 1968

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1704 WRITER

Flavio Pagano

Born 1962

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1705 ACTOR

Mariangela D'Abbraccio

Born 1962

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1729 JOURNALIST

Simonetta Martone

Born 1961

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1740 ACTOR

Teresa Del Vecchio

Born 1963

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1747 FILM

Stefano Veneruso

Born 1968

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1785 CRIME

Vincenzo Licciardi

Born 1965

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1786 ACTOR

Enzo Avolio

Born 1961

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1816 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Lignano

Born 1963

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1819 ACTOR

Peppe Quintale

Born 1963

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1828 FOOTBALL

Ciro Ferrara (calciatore 7 agosto 1967)

Born 1967

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1833 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jocelyn Lee

Born 1962

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1837 MUSIC

Maurizio Capone

Born 1964

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1838 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Favo

Born 1966

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1860 JOURNALIST

Emilio Marrese

Born 1967

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1864 SINGER

Carlo Lepore

Born 1964

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1870 DRUG TRAFFICK

Cesare Pagano

Born 1969

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1875 JOURNALIST

Myrta Merlino

Born 1969

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1888 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Caccavale

Born 1963

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1910 FOOTBALL

Gino DiFlorio

Born 1964

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1923 HISTORIAN

Gennaro Carotenuto

Born 1966

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1943 SCREENWRITER

Vincenzo Terracciano

Born 1964

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1948 ATHLETE

Geremia Di Costanzo

Born 1960

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1973 POLITICIAN

Gregorio De Falco

Born 1965

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1988 MUSIC

Bruno Ferrara

Born 1966

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1990 FOOTBALL

Gaetano Musella

1960 - 2013

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1998 PHYSICIST

Francesco Sannino

Born 1968

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2024 REGISTA

Andrea De Rosa (regista)

Born 1967

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2026 MANAGER

Luigi Gubitosi

Born 1961

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2036 JOURNALIST

Marco Esposito (giornalista)

Born 1963

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2040 ACTOR

Ivo De Palma

Born 1962

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2081 ACTOR

Clelia Rondinella

Born 1963

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2084 JOURNALIST

Gigi Di Fiore

Born 1960

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2093 ESSAYIST

Daniele Pitteri

Born 1960

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2095 WRITER

Maurizio Braucci

Born 1966

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2129 JOURNALIST

Serenella Andrade

Born 1962

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2134 WRITER

Ciro Ascione

Born 1968

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2150 ARTIST

Costantino Ciervo

Born 1961

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2163 ACTOR

Carmine Faraco

Born 1962

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2172 SINGER

Mariano Apicella

Born 1962

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2182 FOOTBALL

Steve Sengelmann

Born 1965

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2194 COMPOSER

Paolo Tortiglione

Born 1965

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2203 ESSAYIST

Gianandrea de Antonellis

Born 1964

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2238 JOURNALIST

Iaia Caputo

Born 1960

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2240 ACTOR

Antonio Orlando

1960 - 1988

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2245 ACTOR

Tullio Sorrentino

Born 1965

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2258 ACTOR

Pasquale Finicelli

Born 1963

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2266 ACTOR

Davide Marotta

Born 1962

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2275 ACTOR

Antonella Stefanucci

Born 1963

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2280 ARCHITECT

Ada Tolla

Born 1964

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2283 WRITER

Silvana Maja

1963 - 2019

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2292 MUSIC

Girolamo De Simone

Born 1964

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2295 MAFIOSO

Domenico Bidognetti

Born 1966

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2301 PLAYWRIGHT

Davide Iodice

Born 1968

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2307 ACTOR

Barbara Folchitto

Born 1969

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2316 ACTOR

Lucio Saccone

Born 1960

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2321 BOTANIST

Diana Sarno

Born 1963

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2334 WRITER

Massimiliano Palmese

Born 1966

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2335 WRITER

Diana Lama

Born 1960

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2347 WRITER

Davide Morganti

Born 1965

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2356 COMPOSER

Antonello Paliotti

Born 1963

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2357 SINGER

Valentina Ok

1968 - 2014

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2361 FOOTBALL

Francesco Nocera

Born 1968

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2364 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Di Bianco

Born 1969

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2367 ACTOR

Enzo Santaniello

Born 1960

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2372 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Fabris

Born 1968

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2389 FOOTBALL

Salvatore Buoncammino

Born 1962

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2396 COMEDIAN

Stefano Sarcinelli

Born 1960

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2401 SINGER

Monica Sarnelli

Born 1966

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2422 WRITER

Paolo Agaraff

Born 1969

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2424 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Giovanni Vacca (musicologo)

Born 1963

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2429 ACTOR

Monica Pariante

Born 1962

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2444 ARTIST

Daniele Bigliardo

Born 1963

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2464 PLAYWRIGHT

Mario Gelardi

Born 1968

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2465 PRODUCER

Giorgio Schöttler

Born 1969

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2468 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Gambale

Born 1964

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2471 POLITICIAN

Antonio Martusciello

Born 1962

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2483 ACTOR

Bianca Maria D'Amato

Born 1969

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2484 WRITER

Loredana Limone

1961 - 2018

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2537 MAFIOSO

Mario Cuomo (criminale)

1960 - 1990

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2538 POLITICIAN

Stefano Apuzzo

Born 1966

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2541 AUTHOR

Elisabetta De Luca

Born 1968

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2545 COMPOSER

Vincenzo Palermo

Born 1967

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2559 ACTOR

Antonio Ottaiano

Born 1968

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2569 ROWER

Pasquale Marigliano

Born 1965

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2572 PHOTOGRAPHER

Raffaela Mariniello

Born 1961

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2590 POLITICIAN

Luigi Muro

Born 1960

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2597 FOOTBALL

Biagio Grasso

Born 1967

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2601 BASKET

Giampaolo Di Lorenzo

Born 1968

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2626 ROWER

Pasquale Aiese

Born 1962

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2630 JOURNALIST

Mario Orfeo

Born 1966

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2684 PLAYER

Stefano Postiglione

Born 1960

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2693 ESSAYIST

Fernanda Moneta

Born 1961

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2697 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Onorato (calciatore)

Born 1963

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2699 PLAYER

Alessandro Fusco

Born 1962

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2714 ACTOR

Pasquale Esposito (actor)

Born 1963

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2748 JOURNALIST

Enrico Varriale

Born 1960

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2762 BIOLOGIST

Pasquale Calabrese

Born 1961

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2765 ROWER

Marco Romano (rower)

Born 1963

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2788 BASKET

Riccardo Esposito

Born 1966

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2804 WRITER

Remo Bassetti

Born 1961

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2808 ACTOR

Achille D'Aniello

Born 1967

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2819 ACTOR

Gianfranco Gallo

Born 1961

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2822 SINGER

Patrizio (cantante)

1960 - 1984

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2830 SINGER

Anna Calemme

Born 1963

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2838 SINGER

Tommy Riccio

Born 1965

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2854 ACTOR

Cristina Donadio

Born 1960

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2858 SINGER

Valentina Stella

Born 1964

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2873 ACTOR

Marco Manchisi

Born 1961

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2891 LYRICIST

Vincenzo D'Agostino

Born 1961

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2907 MUSIC

Fausto Ferraiuolo

Born 1965

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2919 WRITER

Bruno Vitiello

Born 1966

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2922 POLITICIAN

Paola Nugnes

Born 1962

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2926 SINGER

Antonio Murro

Born 1960

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2931 PIANIST

Orazio Maione

Born 1962

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2937 POET

Claudia Ruggeri

1967 - 1996

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2945 COMPOSER

Pino Perris

Born 1964

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2954 ARTIST

Fabrizio Petrossi

Born 1966

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2992 BUSINESS

Fernando Napolitano

Born 1964

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2997 ACTOR

Pamela Paris

Born 1962

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3003 JOURNALIST

Alessandra De Stefano

Born 1966

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3016 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Cozzella

Born 1961

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3021 POLITICIAN

Felice Maurizio D'Ettore

Born 1960

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3030 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Del Vecchio

1966 - 2006

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3039 POLITICIAN

Tony Piccolo

Born 1960

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3048 RADIO

Nicoletta Simeone

Born 1965

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3049 FOOTBALL

Ugo Napolitano

Born 1965

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3055 ACTOR

Francesco Longo (attore)

Born 1968

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3058 POLITICIAN

Annamaria Parente

Born 1960

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3078 FOOTBALL

Armando Cascione

Born 1961

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3082 JOURNALIST

Andrea Pancani

Born 1961

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3111 WRITER

Antonella Ossorio

Born 1962

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3117 FOOTBALL

Ferdinando Signorelli (calciatore)

Born 1967

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3125 ACTOR

Maria Laura Rondanini

Born 1965

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3126 POLITICIAN

Giulia Cosenza

Born 1968

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3136 POLITICIAN

Marcello Di Caterina

Born 1968

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3137 ARMATORE

Ettore Morace

Born 1962

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3143 MAGISTRAT

Stefano Palazzi

Born 1960

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3160 POLITICIAN

Guido Improta

Born 1966

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3165 PRESENTER

Feliciana Iaccio

Born 1960

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3180 MUSIC

Nello Daniele

Born 1965

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3188 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Riccardo Ruggiero

Born 1960

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3205 JOURNALIST

Fulvio Giuliani

Born 1969

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3229 JOURNALIST

Antonello Perillo

Born 1961

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3231 PRESENTER

Lorella Landi

Born 1969

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3235 WRITER

Simonetta Santamaria

Born 1962

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3236 POLICE

Ciro Capobianco

1960 - 1981

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3241 POLITICIAN

Gianluca Cantalamessa

Born 1968

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3244 JOURNALIST

Adele Ammendola

Born 1963

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3245 JOURNALIST

Raffaele Panico

Born 1963

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3273 WRITER

Antonio Fusco (scrittore)

Born 1964

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3306 POLITICIAN

Francesco De Luca (1961)

Born 1961

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3328 JOURNALIST

Gennaro Romano

Born 1963

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3334 JOURNALIST

Giuliana Fiorentino

Born 1968

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3353 ROWER

Giuseppe Di Palo

Born 1968

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3362 REGISTA

Massimiliano Papi

Born 1967

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3401 FUNZIONARIO

Sergio Sellitto

Born 1961

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3406 WRITER

Valerio Lucarelli

Born 1969

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3422 CANOE

Gennaro Cirillo

Born 1961

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3427 WRITER

Pietro De Paoli

Born 1962

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3433 COMPOSER

Paolo Coletta

Born 1968

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3434 COMPOSER

Pier Paolo Polcari

Born 1969

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3442 COMPOSER

Alessandro Svampa

Born 1969

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3453 FOOTBALL

Susy Siano

Born 1968

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3486 WRITER

Gualtiero Peirce

Born 1960

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3499 JOURNALIST

Luigi Pepe

Born 1961

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3507 HANDBALL

Giacomo Del Mauro

1960 - 1987

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3521 POLITICIAN

Ugo Grassi

Born 1964

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3533 GUITAR

Nicola Mingo

Born 1963

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3545 COMPOSER

Aldo Farias

Born 1961

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3577 ILLUSTRATOR

Max Schioppa

Born 1968

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3580 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Presutto

Born 1967

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3604 JOURNALIST

Carlo de Blasio

Born 1960

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3608 RACER

Maria Quarra

Born 1965

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3620 ALLENATORE

Paolo Zizza

Born 1968

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3621 MILITAR

Raffaele Martucci

Born 1969

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3630 JOURNALIST

Roberto Paolo

Born 1964

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3639 CONDUCTOR

Enzo Campagnoli

Born 1967

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3643 PLAYER

Antonio Buonanno

Born 1966

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3645 SCREENWRITER

Carlo Luglio

Born 1967

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3647 TEACHER

Demetrio Salvi

Born 1961

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3657 WRITER

Antonio Trillicoso

Born 1963

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3668 COMPOSER

Ignazio Scassillo

Born 1962

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3675 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Stasio

Born 1960

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3699 RACER

Ferdinando Colaninno

Born 1967

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3702 COMPOSER

Corrado Paonessa

Born 1963

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3708 WRITER

Vincenzo Imperatore

Born 1963

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3753 ESSAYIST

Simona Frasca

Born 1969

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3773 MUSIC

Massimo Bonomo

Born 1961

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3791 PLAYER

Barbara Masi

Born 1960

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