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PADOVA

Most Famous People Born in Padova, Italy

Notable people
967
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1922
Most distinctive
Physician 3.3×

Home to one of Europe's oldest universities and its 1545 botanical garden, the city tilts hard toward the Renaissance scholarly professions that still inhabit the Palazzo Bo. The outsized Physician bench and a thick Botanist count descend directly from the medical school that taught Vesalius and Harvey, while the disproportionate Mathematician cluster carries the Galilean chair. The Sculptor bump is a quieter signal, pointing to the Donatellian legacy in the Basilica del Santo.

Through the Centuries

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

What Padova Is Known For

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Football is Padova's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (131).

Padova over-indexes on physician3.3× the global rate.

Padova under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football131
  2. Politician89
  3. Player42
  4. Painter40
  5. Writer38
  6. Actor35
  7. Composer24
  8. Physician22
  1. Physician223.3×
  2. Sculptor172.7×
  3. Botanist102.6×
  4. Player422.2×
  5. Swimmer102.1×
  6. Mathematician102.1×
  7. Composer241.9×
  8. Historian191.9×
  1. Actor350.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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967 notable people

0601 COMPOSER

Alessandro Kirschner

Born 1972

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0602 FOOTBALL

Mattia Turetta

Born 1984

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0603 PHYSICIAN

Achille Roncato

1887 - 1963

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0604 POLITICIAN

Aldo Annoni

1831 - 1900

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0605 MAN OF LETTERS

Caterina Serra

Born 1969

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0606 BASKET

Giacomo Sereni

Born 1984

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0607 LIBRARIAN

Anton Maria Borromeo

1724 - 1813

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0608 DRIVER

Mario Mazzacurati

1903 - 1985

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0609 DIPLOMAT

Giovan Francesco Capodilista

1380 - 1459

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0610 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Minello

1440 - 1528

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0611 FILM

Pierluigi de Mas

1934 - 2005

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0612 WRITER

Rudy Salvagnini

Born 1955

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0613 FOOTBALL

Nicola Stefanelli

Born 1997

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0614 PAINTER

Pietro Calzetta

1470 - 1500

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0615 ARBITRO

Roberto Bettin

Born 1953

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0616 ATLETICA LEGGERA

Franco Bragagna

Born 1959

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0617 RACER

Mattia Carpanese

Born 1985

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0618 ACTOR

Evar Maran

1924 - 1991

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0619 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stefano Soatto

-

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0620 ORIENTALIST

Paola Cagnoni

1940 - 2004

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0621 PHYSICIAN

Niccolò Buccella

1520 - 1599

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0622 BASKET

Massimo Friso

Born 1960

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0623 POLITICIAN

Cesarino Crescente

1886 - 1983

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0624 PHYSICIAN

Emilio Campolongo

1550 - 1604

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0625 PLAYER

Giorgio Troncon

Born 1941

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0626 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Indri

1873 - 1951

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0627 POLITICIAN

Nadia Masini

Born 1949

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0628 PRIEST

Bartolomeo Malipiero

Died 1464

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0629 PAINTER

Luigi Stracciari

1900 - 1943

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0630 BASKET

Silvia Gottardi

Born 1978

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0631 SCULPTOR

Francesco Androsi

1713 - 1785

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0632 DRIVER

Michele Faccin

Born 1990

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0633 FOOTBALL

Walter Petron

1918 - 1945

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0634 DIPLOMAT

Marco Contarini

1631 - 1689

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0635 CELLIST

Camillo Oblach

1895 - 1954

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0636 FOOTBALL

Daniele Chiffi

Born 1984

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0637 PLAYER

Nicola Grigolo

Born 1967

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0638 PLAYER

Lisa Zecchin

Born 1992

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0639 HUMANIST

Palladio Negri

1450 - 1520

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0640 PAINTER

Gianpaolo Lazzaro

1911 - 1977

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0641 BASKET

Leonardo Marini (cestista)

Born 1995

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0642 ARCHITECT

Massimiliano Ongaro

1858 - 1924

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0643 MINERALOGISTA

Giuseppe Schiavinato

1915 - 1996

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0644 FOOTBALL

Gianluca Zattarin

Born 1974

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0645 HOCKEY

Daniele Giacomin

Born 1968

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0646 BIOLOGIST

Gian Antonio Danieli

Born 1942

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0647 POLITICIAN

Gino Cittadella Vigodarzere

1844 - 1917

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0648 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Galtarossa

Born 1938

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0649 PSYCHIATRIST

Ferdinando Barison

1906 - 1995

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0650 PHYSICIAN

Marco degli Oddi

1526 - 1591

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0651 ANATOMISTA

Giuseppe Favaro

1877 - 1954

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0652 JOURNALIST

Monica Vanali

Born 1968

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0653 BASKET

Giorgio Tonzig

Born 1971

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0654 POLITICIAN

Enrico Cappelletti

Born 1968

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0655 FOOTBALL

Claudia Ferrato

Born 1996

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0656 COMPOSER

Stefano Ianne

Born 1963

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0657 SCULPTOR

Natale Sanavio

1827 - 1905

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0658 WRITER

Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri

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0659 PRESENTER

Giampietro Cutrino

Born 1974

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0660 GUERRILLA

Manlio Longon

1911 - 1945

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0661 CHAMBERLAIN

Ardizzone da Carrara

Died 1441

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0662 SPORT

Ferruccio Ferro

Born 1952

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0663 POLITICIAN

Carlo Bevilacqua

1803 - 1875

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0664 POLITICIAN

Nicolò Tron (politico e imprenditore)

1685 - 1771

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0665 JOURNALIST

Emilio Casalini (giornalista)

Born 1969

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0666 CONDUCTOR

Cesare Trombini

1835 - 1898

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0667 ARTIST

Umberto Menin

Born 1949

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0668 EDITOR

Federico Colpi

Born 1969

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0669 ILLUSTRATOR

Gerhard Ester

1939 - 2018

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0670 PRODUCER

Andrea Salvetti

Born 1967

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0671 SCENOGRAPHER

Fiorenzo Senese

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0672 SWIMMER

Mattia Zuin

Born 1996

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0673 FOOTBALL

Matteo Franchetti

Born 1996

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0674 JOURNALIST

Roberto Rizzato

Born 1961

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0675 POLITICIAN

Umberto Emo Capodilista

1927 - 2010

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0676 POLITICIAN

Ivo Rossi

Born 1955

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0677 AVIATORE

Mario Squarcina

1920 - 1998

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0678 FOOTBALL

Irene Tombola

Born 1987

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0679 RELIGIOUS

Giordano Forzatè

1158 - 1248

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0680 PLAYER

Massimiliano Prandi

Born 1989

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0681 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Gloria

1684 - 1759

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0682 FOOTBALL

Enrico Rossi Chauvenet

Born 1984

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0683 LAWYER

Paolo Toffanin

1890 - 1971

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0684 PLAYER

Stefano Gozzo

Born 1994

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0685 JOURNALIST

Moreno Morello

Born 1973

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0686 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Domenico Sala

1579 - 1644

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0687 ENTREPRENEUR

Alberto Mazzocco

Born 1951

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0688 POLITICIAN

Antonio Tolomei

1839 - 1888

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0689 PLAYER

Roberto Luise

Born 1938

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0690 POLITICIAN

Rolando da Piazzola

Died 1325

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0691 PLAYER

Valentina Ruzza

Born 1992

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0692 FOOTBALL

Antonio Vettore

Born 1960

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0693 ARTIST

Max Greggio

Born 1952

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0694 FOOTBALL

Andrea Cisco

Born 1998

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0695 POET

Elena Aganoor

1852 - 1912

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0696 REBBE

Speronella Dalesmanni

1149 - 1199

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0697 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Aliprandi

Born 1955

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0698 DIRIGENTE

Luigi Carraro (dirigente sportivo)

1907 - 1967

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0699 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Forzatè

1207 - 1283

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0700 VIAGGIATORE

Antonio Manzoni

Died 1267

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0701 FILM

Rodolfo Bisatti

Born 1960

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0702 ARTIST

Tobia Ravà

Born 1959

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0703 BOXER

Bruno Bisterzo

1914 - 1955

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0704 FOOTBALL

Valeriano Barbiero

1942 - 2016

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0705 POLITICIAN

Andrea Meneghini

1806 - 1870

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0706 PALLAVOLISTA

Giuliana Toldo

Born 1975

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0707 COMPOSER

Jacopo Gianninoto

Born 1973

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0708 POLITICIAN

Tiso VIII da Camposampiero

1261 - 1312

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0709 PLAYER

Lelio Lazzarini

Born 1949

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0710 JOURNALIST

Andrea Romeo

Born 1974

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0711 BASKET

Carlo Bertini

-

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0712 FOOTBALL

Bruno Camporese

Born 1928

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0713 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Cosma

Born 1940

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0714 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giacomo Geremia

1880 - 1966

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0715 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Costantini

1934 - 2016

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0716 FOOTBALL

Gastone Zanon

1924 - 2016

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0717 RADIO

Lorenzo Scoles

Born 1971

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0718 SINGER

Lubjan

Born 1977

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0719 PLAYER

Sofia Stefan

Born 1992

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0720 FOOTBALL

Roberto Bortolotto

Born 1984

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0721 ATHLETIC

Alberto Giacchetto

Born 1973

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0722 PLAYER

Enrico Targa

Born 1990

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0723 JOURNALIST

Gaia Padovan

Born 1980

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0724 CONDUCTOR

Tullio Voghera

1879 - 1943

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0725 COACH

Francesco Uguagliati

Born 1955

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0726 POLITICIAN

Manfredo Dalesmanini

Died 1311

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0727 FOOTBALL

Enzo Mocellin

Born 1956

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0728 POLITICIAN

Guglielmo III da Camposampiero

Died 1342

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0729 PLAYER

Elio Michelon

Born 1943

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0730 FOOTBALL

Piero Pierobon

1931 - 2010

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0731 FOOTBALL

Luca Maniero (footballer, born 1998)

Born 1998

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0732 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista dal Legname

Died 1455

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0733 ASSASSINA

Lucrezia Dondi dall'Orologio Obizzi

1612 - 1654

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0734 ACTOR

Franco Schirato

1893 - 1971

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0735 ROWER

Valerio Pinton

Born 1978

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0736 BASKET

Graziano Malachin

Born 1953

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0737 POLITICIAN

Franco Longo

1941 - 2001

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0738 GINNASTA

Beatrice Tornatore

Born 1999

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0739 ANARCHICO

Giovanni Mariga

1899 - 1979

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0740 MILITAR

Marsilio da Carrara di Francesco Novello

Died 1435

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0741 ROWER

Carlotta Baratto

Born 1985

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0742 SWIMMER

Franco Chino

Born 1948

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0743 FOOTBALL

Emma Iozzelli

Born 1966

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0744 BASKET

Fabio Fabiano

Born 1930

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0745 SINGER

Federico Vassallo

Born 1968

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0746 FOOTBALL

Mario Gallo (calciatore)

Born 1909

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0747 ACTOR

Gaetano Rampin

Born 1936

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0748 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Milani (politico)

1883 - 1961

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0749 SPORT

Angelo Gardellin

1884 - 1963

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0750 INVENTOR

Giuseppe Marzolo

1821 - 1867

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0751 REGISTA

Toni Andreetta

Born 1947

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0752 SIGNORE

Jacopino da Carrara

Died 1372

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0753 POLITICIAN

Antonio Emo Capodilista

1837 - 1912

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0754 SCENOGRAPHER

Susanna Codognato

-

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0755 PAINTER

Odaba

1909 - 1983

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0756 SCRITTRICE

Giovanni Battista Giuseppe Albrizzi

1799 - 1860

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0757 MILITAR

Mariano D'Ayala Godoy

1896 - 1918

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0758 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Mezzalira

1936 - 2016

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0759 PHYSICIAN

Stefano Bellon (nuotatore)

Born 1959

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0760 POLITICIAN

Bartolomeo Capodivacca

Died 1397

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0761 FOOTBALL

Plinio Rolle

Born 1924

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0762 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Miari

1870 - 1946

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0763 GYMNAST

Luigi Zanetti

1921 - 2008

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0764 AUTHOR

Lio Beghin

1929 - 2010

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0765 GUERRILLA

Giovanni Zerbetto

1906 - 1972

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0766 NOBILE

Fina Buzzaccarini

1328 - 1378

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0767 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Cecchetto

1876 - 1951

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0768 FOOTBALL

Angelo Quintavalle

1947 - 2003

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0769 COMPOSER

Stefano Bellon

Born 1956

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0770 FOOTBALL

Bruno Ragazzo

1927 - 2017

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0771 ROI

Giuseppe Treves

1759 - 1825

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0772 COMPOSER

Amadio Freddi

1570 - 1634

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0773 OFFICER

Augusto Ugolini

1887 - 1977

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0774 POLITICIAN

Guglielmo I da Camposampiero

1225 - 1250

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0775 FOOTBALL

Giustiniano Bellavitis

1888 - 1944

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0776 PAINTER

Alberto Pappafava

1832 - 1929

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0777 OFFICER

Bruno Seraglia

1921 - 2014

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0778 SCULPTOR

Francesco Moratti

1669 - 1719

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0779 BASKET

Costantino Cutolo

Born 1989

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0780 BASKET

Giulia Pegoraro

Born 1989

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0781 PAINTER

Giovanni Antonio Requesta

1481 - 1528

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0782 MILITAR

Lucindo Faggin

1887 - 1916

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0783 FOOTBALL

Bruno Tognana

1907 - 1951

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0784 ARCHBISHOP

Stefano da Carrara

1370 - 1449

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0785 PRIEST

Jacopo De Foretti

1783 - 1867

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0786 FOOTBALL

Federico Busini

1901 - 1981

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0787 FOOTBALL

Bruno Bellini

1893 - 1947

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0788 PIANIST

Pietro Taucher

Born 1967

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0789 FOOTBALL

Silvio Formentin

1922 - 1990

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0790 MILITAR

Ludovico Camposampiero

Died 1521

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0791 PALLANUOTISTA

Edoardo Manzi

Born 1998

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0792 GYMNAST

Giulia Galtarossa

Born 1991

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0793 FOOTBALL

Gastone Boni

1914 - 2004

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0794 WRITER

Maria Storni Trevisan

1865 - 1919

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0795 WRITER

Hilario Contrán

Born 1933

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0796 INVENTOR

Giovanni J. Ughi

-

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0797 ACTOR

Giulio Pasquati

-

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0798 SPORT

Luca Maniero (footballer, born 1995)

Born 1995

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0799 FILM

Pier Francesco Boscaro degli Ambrosi

Born 1955

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0800 GINNASTA

Ruggero Rossato

Born 1968

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0801 CAVALLERIZZA

Beatrice Patrese

Born 1985

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0802 EDUCATOR

Giuseppe Tramarollo

1910 - 1985

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0803 FOOTBALL

Bruto Tessari

1887 - 1956

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0804 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Baccaglini

1911 - 1980

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0805 ATHLETE

Gaspare Pasta

Born 1893

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0806 MILITAR

Riccardo Boschiero

1912 - 1944

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0807 PRELATE

Nicolò Trevisan

Died 1498

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0808 POLITICIAN

Roberto Rinani

Born 1947

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0809 POLITICIAN

Manuel Vescovi

Born 1970

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0810 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Del Barone

1926 - 2018

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0811 FUTSAL

Marco Androni

Born 1986

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0812 POLITICIAN

Pasquale Colpi

1841 - 1922

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0813 CESTISTA

Matteo Berti

Born 1998

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0814 VIOLIST

Lech Antonio Uszynski

Born 1986

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0815 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Cassis

1853 - 1938

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0816 POLITICIAN

Antonio Dozzi

1817 - 1885

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0817 FOOTBALL

Rinaldo Frezza

Born 1943

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0818 FOOTBALL

Pietro Colombati

1897 - 1980

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0819 NOBILDONNA

Sibilla de Cetto

1350 - 1421

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0820 FOOTBALL

Luigi Norbiato

1929 - 1983

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0821 FOOTBALL

Albano Luisetto

1920 - 1983

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0822 FOOTBALL

Paolo Mingatti

Born 1970

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0823 DIRIGENTE

Bruno Pollazzi

1888 - 1972

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0824 POLITICIAN

Francesco Fanzago

1846 - 1904

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0825 PAINTER

Rina Maluta

1868 - 1945

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0826 POLITICIAN

Folco Buzzacarini

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0827 PEDAGOG

Humberto Pietrogrande

1930 - 2015

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0828 ACTOR

Caterina Manzoni

Born 1745

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0829 NOBILDONNA

Cecilia da Carrara

1356 - 1432

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0830 JOURNALIST

Maria Luisa Vincenzoni

Born 1956

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0831 POLITICIAN

Tiso VII da Camposampiero

1230 - 1266

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0832 ENGINEER

Oscar Supino

1898 - 1989

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0833 POLITICIAN

Concino Concini (senatore)

1864 - 1946

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0834 SCULPTOR

Cesare Franco (scultore)

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0835 FILM

Giuseppe Ferlito (born 1975)

Born 1975

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0836 POLITICIAN

Michele Palatini

1855 - 1914

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0837 AEROSPACE

Antonio Alessio

-

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0838 FOOTBALL

Alcide Bezzati

1907 - 1967

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0839 FOOTBALL

Gastone Rizzato

Born 1945

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0840 FOOTBALL

Romolo Turra

1899 - 1942

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0841 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Garbo

Born 1912

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0842 FOOTBALL

Armindo Valente

1917 - 2005

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0843 MILITAR

Giovanni Giusti del Giardino

1877 - 1932

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0844 POLITICIAN

Roberta Toffanin

Born 1968

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0845 PAINTER

Elisabetta Benato Beltrami

1812 - 1888

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0846 POLITICIAN

Cinzia Rampazzo

Born 1961

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0847 SCULPTOR

Francesco Rizzi (scultore)

1729 - 1795

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0848 SINGER

Marta Moretto

-

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0849 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Astolfi

1909 - 1981

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0850 SWIMMER

Orietta Patron

-

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0851 WRITER

Franco Holzer

Born 1943

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0852 BASKET

Gherardo Bonetto

Born 1966

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0853 PATRIOTA

Napoleone Zanetti

1837 - 1893

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0854 MILITAR

Antonio Zacco (militare)

1654 - 1723

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0855 TERRORISTA

Ivano Toniolo

1946 - 2015

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0856 FOOTBALL

Antonio Zambotto

1905 - 1984

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0857 BASKET

Annalisa Cattelan

Born 1954

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0858 PLAYER

Luigi Luise

1927 - 2014

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0859 LAWYER

Adriana Pasquali

1928 - 2020

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0860 FOOTBALL

Antonio Fasolo

Born 1905

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0861 PATTINATORE

Sandro Bovo

Born 1972

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0862 ACTOR

Diana Mac-Gill

1899 - 1968

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0863 FOOTBALL

Angelo Faggiotto

Born 1910

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0864 SWIMMER

Piergiorgio De Felice

Born 1972

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0865 PAINTER

Antonio Menegazzo

1892 - 1974

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0866 FOOTBALL

Franco Rampazzo

Born 1938

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0867 POLITICIAN

Lino De Benetti

Born 1939

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0868 FOOTBALL

Umberto Favero

1909 - 1983

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0869 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Schiavo

1927 - 2009

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0870 FOOTBALL

Duilio Rizzato

Born 1924

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0871 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Lovato

1914 - 1990

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0872 POLITICIAN

Piero Ruzzante

Born 1963

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0873 LAWYER

Francesco Camilotti

1894 - 1945

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0874 FOOTBALL

Ermenegildo Volpi

Born 1917

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0875 ENTREPRENEUR

Nani Grassetto

1910 - 1971

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0876 DRAMMA

Raffaella Battaglini

Born 1956

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0877 FOOTBALL

Alessio Nicolè

1935 - 2013

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0878 SPORT

Sergio Scremin

Born 1963

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0879 NOBILE

Taddea da Carrara

Died 1375

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0880 MILITAR

Achille Formis (militare)

1905 - 1941

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0881 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Ciro Turra

1894 - 1928

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0882 ENTREPRENEUR

Gino Vescovi

1905 - 1985

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0883 FOOTBALL

Giulio Zanninovich

1905 - 1972

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0884 SEIGNEUR

Giacomino da Carrara

Died 1372

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0885 PLAYER

Remigio Sturaro

1940 - 2017

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0886 GOLF

Tullia Calzavara

Born 1983

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0887 FOOTBALL

Flavio Maneo

Born 1922

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0888 PRIEST

Pio Augusto Crivellari

1906 - 1966

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0889 RABBI

Judah ben Samuel ha-Kohen Cantarini

1650 - 1694

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0890 FOOTBALL

Antonio Marino (calciatore 1892)

Born 1892

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0891 FOOTBALL

Aldo Mainardi

Born 1919

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0892 FOOTBALL

Carlo Bettin

Born 1919

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0893 FOOTBALL

Davide Marcandella

Born 1997

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0894 PRIEST

Simeone Paltinieri

Died 1200

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0895 DESIGNER

Franco Poli

Born 1950

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0896 FOOTBALL

Guido Scanferla

1908 - 1943

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0897 FOOTBALL

Alberto Comin

Born 1933

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0898 ARCHITECT

Attilio Calzavara

1901 - 1952

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0899 PILOTA

Antonio Petrobelli

1934 - 1994

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0900 PAINTER

Giuseppe Miotello

1930 - 2002

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