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PARMA

Most Famous People Born in Parma, Italy

Notable people
742
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1901
Most distinctive
Aristocrat 8.1×

Ducal residue everywhere: the Aristocrat bench is a Farnese and Bourbon-Parma court artefact, the Conductor cluster is anchored by Toscanini, and the Painter tradition runs from Parmigianino's Mannerism through Lanfranco's Baroque ceilings. The Composer line is the opera-house town doing what opera-house towns do.

Through the Centuries

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

What Parma Is Known For

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Football is Parma's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (89).

Parma over-indexes on aristocrat8.1× the global rate.

Parma under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Football89
  2. Painter77
  3. Politician55
  4. Writer34
  5. Composer31
  6. Player29
  7. Priest23
  8. Actor20
  1. Aristocrat108.1×
  2. Conductor105.3×
  3. Painter774.0×
  4. Entrepreneur83.2×
  5. Composer313.2×
  6. Photographer92.5×
  7. Poet182.3×
  8. Physician122.3×
  1. Actor200.5×
  2. Politician550.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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742 notable people

0301 PAINTER

Luca Antonio Busati

1470 - 1518

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0302 WRITER

Victor Poletti

1949 - 2018

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0303 PHYSICIAN

Chiara Castellani

Born 1956

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0304 POLITICIAN

Renato Albertini

1928 - 2006

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0305 FOOTBALL

Graziano Cesari

Born 1956

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0306 PAINTER

Ivan Mosca

1915 - 2005

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0307 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Alberto Broggi

Born 1966

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0308 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Alinovi

1790 - 1869

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0309 CHAMBERLAIN

Azzo da Correggio

1303 - 1362

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0310 PLAYER

Alessandro Ghini

Born 1961

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0311 WRITER

Lia Celi

Born 1965

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0312 POET

Pier Luigi Bacchini

1927 - 2014

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0313 WRITER

Ferdinando Tartaglia

1916 - 1988

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0314 SWIMMER

Giulia Ghiretti

Born 1994

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0315 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Tinti

1558 - 1617

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0316 POLITICIAN

Agostino Berenini

1858 - 1939

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0317 POLITICIAN

Carlo Rognoni

Born 1942

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0318 PHYSICIAN

Giacomo Tommasini

1768 - 1846

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0319 WRITER

Mauro Martini Raccasi

Born 1959

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0320 ACTOR

Carlotta Barilli

1935 - 2020

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0321 ACTOR

Gaetano Casanova

1697 - 1733

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0322 PLAYER

Alessia Arisi

Born 1971

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0323 MILITAR

Adriano Mantelli

1913 - 1995

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0324 PAINTER

Enrico Sartori

1831 - 1889

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0325 PLAYER

Giulia Gibertini

Born 1984

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0326 POET

Angelo Mazza

1741 - 1817

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0327 SCULPTOR

Gian Francesco d'Agrate

1489 - 1563

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0328 TRUMPET

Andrea Giuffredi

Born 1965

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0329 POET

Corrado Costa

1929 - 1991

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0330 ACTOR

Romano Ghini

1934 - 2020

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0331 COUNT

Sigifred of Lucca

898 - 961

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0332 PLAYER

Sergio Lanfranchi

1925 - 2001

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0333 ARTIST

Jorge Zontal

1944 - 1994

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0334 JOURNALIST

Lamberto Sechi

1922 - 2011

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0335 CHAMBERLAIN

Ottobon Terzi

Died 1409

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0336 POLITICIAN

Fernando Santi

1902 - 1969

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0337 RIDER

Michele Rinaldi (motorcyclist)

Born 1959

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0338 WRITER

Roberto Toscano

Born 1943

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0339 FOOTBALL

Martina Capelli

Born 1992

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0340 PAINTER

Giulio Carmignani

1813 - 1890

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0341 PLAYER

Daniele Tebaldi

Born 1961

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0342 PRIEST

Adeodato Turchi

1724 - 1803

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0343 PLAYER

Roberto Piazza

Born 1968

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0344 POET

Emilio Zucchi

Born 1963

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0345 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ricardo Giovannini

1853 - 1930

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0346 FOOTBALL

Matteo Pisseri

Born 1991

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0347 OFFICER

Marco Bertolini

Born 1953

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0348 PRESENTER

Benedetta Mazza

Born 1989

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0349 FOOTBALL

Marco Giandebiaggi

Born 1969

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0350 RACER

Kiara Fontanesi

Born 1994

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0351 DESIGNER

Michele Provinciali

1923 - 2009

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0352 KATHOLISCHER

Matteo Visioli

Born 1966

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0353 OFFICER

Bruno Alessandrini

1914 - 1985

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0354 POLITICIAN

Andrea Borri

1935 - 2003

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0355 HISTORIAN

Angelo Pezzana (storico)

1772 - 1862

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0356 ATHLETIC

Tobia Bocchi

Born 1997

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0357 TEACHER

Antonio Amorth

1908 - 1986

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0358 LINGUIST

Franco Fochi

1921 - 2007

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0359 WRITER

Ottavio Antonio Bayardi

1695 - 1764

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0360 PAINTER

Camillo Scaramuzza

1843 - 1915

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0361 ORIENTALIST

Italo Pizzi

1849 - 1920

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0362 FOOTBALL

Cris Gilioli

Born 1982

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0363 WRITER

Paolo Pietroni

Born 1940

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0364 PRINTMAKER

Veronica Fontana

1651 - 1690

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0365 PAINTER

Giovanni Gaibazzi

1808 - 1888

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0366 HISTORIAN

Pietro Silva

1887 - 1954

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0367 POLITICIAN

Luigi Sanvitale

1799 - 1876

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0368 ENGINEER

Nullo Albertelli

1900 - 1968

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0369 PAINTER

Luigi Gainotti

1859 - 1940

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0370 PAINTER

Roberto Guastalla

1855 - 1912

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0371 WRITER

Marco Magnani

Born 1969

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0372 COMPOSER

Lino Léonardi

1928 - 2005

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0373 PAINTER

Giovanni Maria Conti

1617 - 1670

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0374 COMPOSER

Pio Nevi

1848 - 1930

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0375 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Bruni

1873 - 1946

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0376 HISTORIAN

Guglielmo Capacchi

1931 - 2005

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0377 FOOTBALL

Enzo Magnanini

1935 - 1968

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0378 ACTOR

Gloria Bellicchi

Born 1979

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0379 FOOTBALL

Eleonora Prost

Born 1990

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0380 SCULPTOR

Gianfrancesco Enzola

1430 - 1513

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0381 POLITICIAN

Mario Longhena

1876 - 1967

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0382 ENTREPRENEUR

Ilaria Dallatana

Born 1966

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0383 LIBRARIAN

Manlio Dazzi

1891 - 1968

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0384 CONDUCTOR

Pietro Mianiti

Born 1959

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0385 PAINTER

Giacomo Giacopelli

1808 - 1893

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0386 RACER

Emilio Mendogni

1932 - 2008

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0387 THEATRE

Arnaldo Picchi

1943 - 2006

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0388 BISKOP

Germanico Malaspina

1550 - 1603

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0389 PRESBYTER

Paolo Ubaldi

1872 - 1934

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0390 PAINTER

Paolo Donati (pittore)

1770 - 1831

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0391 ESSAYIST

Roberto Curti

Born 1971

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0392 COMPOSER

Constantino Dall'Argine

1842 - 1877

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0393 POET

Alberto Rondani

1846 - 1911

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0394 SINGER

Roberto Tagliavini

Born 1976

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0395 WRITER

Maria Pia Quintavalla

Born 1952

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0396 BADESSA

Giovanna Piacenza

1479 - 1524

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0397 SINGER

Antonio Superchi

1816 - 1893

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0398 POLITICIAN

Pietro Cocconi

1821 - 1883

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0399 BASEBALL

Sebastiano Poma

Born 1993

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0400 PAINTER

Giovanni Bolla

1650 - 1735

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0401 PAINTER

Giovanni Tebaldi

1787 - 1852

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0402 SCREENWRITER

Luca Mazzieri

Born 1959

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0403 FOOTBALL

Umberto Busani

1915 - 1957

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0404 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giovanni Lunardi

Born 1937

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0405 SPORT

Gino Lori

Born 1956

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0406 FOOTBALL

Roberto Magnani

Born 1977

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0407 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Duce

Born 1941

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0408 PSYCHIATRIST

Paolo Migone (psicoanalista)

Born 1950

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0409 FOOTBALL

Michele Pietranera

Born 1974

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0410 COMPOSER

Mauro D’Alay

1687 - 1757

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0411 ASTRONOMER

Antonio Colla

1806 - 1857

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0412 POLITICIAN

Tiziana Maiolo

Born 1941

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0413 WRITER

Davide Barilli

Born 1959

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0414 CONSTRUCTION

Ennio Tardini

1879 - 1923

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0415 FOOTBALL

Carl Taseff

1928 - 2005

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0416 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Griffith

1934 - 1990

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0417 WRITER

Mario Colombi Guidotti

1922 - 1955

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0418 BASKET

Marinella Draghetti

Born 1961

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0419 SINGER

Titti Bianchi

Born 1950

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0420 PAINTER

Mauro Oddi

1639 - 1702

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0421 ARCHBISHOP

Giovanni Piacentini

Died 1404

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0422 WRITER

Baldassarre Molossi

1927 - 2003

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0423 POET

Domenico Galaverna

1825 - 1903

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0424 SCULPTOR

Giancarlo Marchese

1931 - 2013

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0425 POLITICIAN

Antonella Incerti

Born 1960

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0426 PAINTER

Giola Gandini

1906 - 1941

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0427 SCIENTIST

Jacopo Sanvitale

1785 - 1867

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0428 FOOTBALL

Niccolò Galli (footballer, born 1988)

Born 1988

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0429 PAINTER

Guglielmo Lusignoli

1920 - 2003

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0430 WRITER

Michele Lopez

1795 - 1879

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0431 MONK

Francesca Farnese

1593 - 1651

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0432 ARCHITECT

Pietro Righini

1683 - 1742

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0433 PRIEST

Giovanni Linati

1563 - 1627

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0434 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Battista Fornovo

1530 - 1585

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0435 ART HISTORIAN

Bruno Zanardi

Born 1948

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0436 WRITER

Tiziano Marcheselli

1939 - 2011

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0437 POLITICIAN

Guido II da Correggio

1225 - 1299

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0438 TYPOGRAPHER

Antonio Zarotto

1450 - 1510

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0439 PALLAVOLISTA

Annamaria Marasi

Born 1969

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0440 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giovanni Sanvitale

1872 - 1951

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0441 PRIEST

Aicardo da Cornazzano

1145 - 1178

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0442 COMPOSER

Pino Spotti

1917 - 1958

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0443 FOOTBALL

Jérémie Broh

Born 1997

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0444 DEPUTAD

Vittorio Medioli

Born 1951

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0445 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giovanni Ferraguti

Born 1939

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0446 JOURNALIST

Teodoro Celli

1917 - 1989

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0447 COMPOSER

Dorisio Isorelli

1544 - 1632

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0448 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Minardi

1908 - 1988

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0449 OPERA

Adalgisa Gabbi

1857 - 1933

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0450 AUTHOR

Paolo Mori

Born 1977

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0451 PAINTER

Salvatore Marchesi

1852 - 1926

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0452 ENTREPRENEUR

Riccardo Barilla

1880 - 1947

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0453 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Bartolini

Born 1936

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0454 ENGINEER

Smeraldo Smeraldi

1553 - 1634

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0455 POLITICIAN

Joseph Poggi

1761 - 1842

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0456 GEOLOGIST

Mario Anelli

1882 - 1953

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0457 SURGEON

Giovanni Inzani

1827 - 1902

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0458 ATHLETIC

Gabriele Bizzotto

Born 1993

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0459 HISTORIAN

Franco Mistrali

1833 - 1880

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0460 MATHEMATICIAN

Angelo Felice Capelli

1681 - 1749

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0461 POLITICIAN

Stefano Sanvitale

1764 - 1838

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0462 FOOTBALL

Enrico Pionetti

Born 1955

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0463 CONDUCTOR

Giulio Cesare Ferrarini

1807 - 1891

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0464 PHYSICIAN

Giuseppe Orus

1751 - 1792

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0465 PLAYER

Filippo Frati

Born 1972

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0466 FOOTBALL

Paolo Rodolfi

Born 1959

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0467 PHOTOGRAPHER

Guido Calvi (fotografo)

1827 - 1906

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0468 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Cattani

1924 - 2013

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0469 PAINTER

Ignazio Affanni

1828 - 1889

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0470 POET

Renzo Ildebrando Bocchi

1913 - 1944

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0471 BOXER

Giampaolo Faelli

Born 1972

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0472 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Mistrali

1780 - 1846

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0473 BASKET

Matteo Bertolazzi

1979 - 2013

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0474 TYPOGRAPHER

Matteo Capcasa

1400 - 1495

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0475 FOOTBALL

Pietro Lorenzini

Born 1989

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0476 PAINTER

Innocenzo Martini

1551 - 1623

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0477 RELIGIOUS

Giovanni Maria Allodi

1802 - 1884

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0478 FOOTBALL

Manuel Di Paola

Born 1997

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0479 CONDUCTOR

Pietro Veneri

Born 1964

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0480 ACTOR

Giovanna Cigoli

1885 - 1961

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0481 WRITER

Alberto Guarnieri

Born 1955

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0482 ARTIST

Pat Carra

Born 1954

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0483 HISTORIAN

Giorgio Chittolini

Born 1940

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0484 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Francesco Testa

1506 - 1590

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0485 SCIENTIST

Giorgio Anselmi (scienziato)

1385 - 1450

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0486 ARCHITECT

Donnino Ferrari

1739 - 1817

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0487 NUN

Maria Lucrezia Zileri dal Verme

1839 - 1923

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0488 PAINTER

Ferdinando Boudard

1760 - 1825

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0489 FILM

Primo Giroldini

Born 1958

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0490 NATURALIST

Angelo De Marchi

1940 - 2009

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0491 BASKET

Mabel Bocchi

Born 1953

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0492 MUSIC

Pietro Cantarelli

Born 1967

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0493 CRIMINALE

Ferdinando Carretta

Born 1962

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0494 MAESTRO

Asdente

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0495 FILM

Francesco Campanini

Born 1976

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0496 FOOTBALL

Leopoldo Raimondi

Born 1938

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0497 ARCHITECT

Giacomo Trombara

1741 - 1811

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0498 PRELATE

Ranuccio Scotti Douglas

1597 - 1659

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0499 FILM

Andrea Gambetta

Born 1964

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0500 LAWYER

Iacopo d'Arena

Died 1296

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0501 PATRIOTA

Ambrogio Berchet

1784 - 1864

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0502 PAINTER

Enrico Bandini

1807 - 1888

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0503 POLITICIAN

Carlo Buzzi (politico)

1922 - 2004

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0504 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Borsani

1812 - 1886

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0505 FOOTBALL

Luigi Fabbi

1890 - 1966

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0506 MUSIC

Stefano Canuti

Born 1961

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0507 ARCHITECT

Antonio Brianti

1739 - 1787

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0508 SINGER

Leonilde Gabbi

1863 - 1919

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0509 ACADEMIC

Ferdinando Bianchi (giurista)

1854 - 1896

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0510 BASKET

Damiano Verri

Born 1985

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0511 COMPOSER

Ferruccio Cattelani

1867 - 1932

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0512 PRIEST

Francesco Pettorelli Lalatta

1712 - 1788

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0513 CONDUCTOR

Gaetano Bavagnoli

1879 - 1933

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0514 LAWYER

Gian Carlo Artoni

1923 - 2017

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0515 COLLECTOR

Giuseppe Stuard

1790 - 1834

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0516 SPORT

Aldo Gandini

1928 - 2007

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0517 CONDUCTOR

Edgardo Cassani

1868 - 1936

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0518 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Alex Di Gregorio

Born 1962

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0519 POET

Jacopo Marmitta

1504 - 1561

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0520 FILM

Antonio Marchi (Regisseur)

1923 - 2003

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0521 COMPOSER

Giovanni Amighetti

Born 1971

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0522 ACTOR

Fabrizio Croci

Born 1974

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0523 FOOTBALL

Mario Cantarelli

Born 1942

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0524 OFFICER

Romano dalla Chiesa

Born 1891

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0525 ACTOR

Luca Magri

Born 1977

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0526 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo Adorni

Born 1998

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0527 PAINTER

Giuseppe Gambarini (1902-1990)

1902 - 1990

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0528 WRITER

Marco Mendogni

Born 1953

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0529 PIANIST

Eduardo Fornarini

1887 - 1967

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0530 POLITICIAN

Lodovico Pallavicino Mossi

1803 - 1879

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0531 POET

Tommaso Gasparotti

1785 - 1847

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0532 PHYSICIAN

Emilio Respighi

1860 - 1936

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0533 POET

Alfredo Zerbini

1895 - 1955

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0534 FILM

Attilio Concari

Born 1944

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0535 SINGER

Roby Guareschi

Born 1924

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0536 PRIEST

Obizzo Sanvitale

1229 - 1303

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0537 PHOTOGRAPHER

Luigi Vaghi

1882 - 1967

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0538 POLITICIAN

Emilio Faelli

1866 - 1941

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0539 MUSIC

Stefano Poletti

Born 1978

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0540 FOOTBALL

Alberto Mantelli (calciatore)

Born 1971

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0541 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Torri

Born 1960

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0542 BASKET

Maria Chiara Franchini

Born 1979

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0543 ACTOR

Italo Clerici

1901 - 1956

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0544 SINGER

Enrico Nani

1872 - 1944

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0545 THEOLOGIAN

Gaudenzio Roberti

1655 - 1695

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0546 ARCHIVIST

Enrico Scarabelli Zunti

1808 - 1893

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0547 RELIGIOSO

Andrea di Strumi

Died 1107

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0548 ABBÉ

Angelo Maria Arcioni

1606 - 1689

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0549 ARCIVESCOVO

Francesco I da Parma

Died 1308

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0550 FILM

Mateo Zoni

Born 1979

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0551 BASKET

Giovanni Setti

Born 1969

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0552 PAINTER

Giuseppe Naudin

1792 - 1872

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0553 FOOTBALL

Michele Moroni

Born 1994

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0554 FILM

Latino Pellegrini

Born 1969

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0555 PAINTER

Domenico Passerini

1723 - 1788

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0556 RELIGIOSO

Giovanni da Parma (X secolo)

Died 990

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0557 WRITER

Adolfo Oxilia

1899 - 1992

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0558 MUSIC

Charlie Rapino

Born 1960

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0559 GOLDSMITH

Luigi Natale Vernazzi

1771 - 1836

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0560 WRITER

Felice Martini

Born 1852

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0561 COSTUME DESIGNER

Maurizio Chiari

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0562 BASKET

Abiola Wabara

Born 1981

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0563 POET

Antonio Conforti

1791 - 1857

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0564 RACER

Gianfranco Guareschi

Born 1975

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0565 OFFICER

Philippe de Narbonne-Lara

1750 - 1834

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0566 PAINTER

Antonio Savazzini

1766 - 1822

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0567 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Cavazzini

Born 1956

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0568 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Bertoni (1966)

Born 1966

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0569 ACADEMIC

Anton Christian Fonio

1881 - 1968

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0570 PRIEST

Bernardo Rossi

1432 - 1468

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0571 FOOTBALL

Debora Fragni

Born 1992

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0572 FILM

Alessandro Orlowski

Born 1967

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0573 JOURNALIST

Erminio Pescatori

1836 - 1905

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0574 ENTREPRENEUR

Ugo Mutti

1893 - 1980

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0575 GUERRILLA

Giordano Cavestro

1925 - 1944

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0576 MILITAR

Rolando de' Rossi

1287 - 1345

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0577 ENTREPRENEUR

Pietro Barilla (1845)

1845 - 1912

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0578 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Balestrieri

1939 - 2019

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0579 PLAYER

Federico Boschi

Born 1987

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0580 PLAYER

Michela Sillari

Born 1993

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0581 PLAYER

Giancarlo Dondi

Born 1935

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0582 ARTIGIANO

Sante Vincenzi

1895 - 1945

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0583 FOOTBALL

Claudio Azzali (1937)

Born 1937

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0584 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Visconti

1928 - 2010

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0585 POLITICIAN

Giammaria Manghi

Born 1970

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0586 POLITICIAN

Stefano Lavagetto

1935 - 2005

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0587 PLAYER

Marco Loglisci

Born 1975

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0588 WRITER

Giovanni Battista Janelli

1819 - 1884

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0589 SOLDIER

Augusto Bruschi

1920 - 1941

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0590 ATHLETIC

Alfredo Furia

1906 - 1936

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0591 FOOTBALL

Renzo Sassi

1929 - 2018

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0592 MILITAR

Marsilio de' Rossi

1287 - 1337

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0593 PLAYER

Filippo Ferrarini

Born 1990

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0594 JOURNALIST

Guido Schittone

Born 1955

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0595 POLITICIAN

Luisa Gallotti Balboni

1916 - 1979

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0596 POLITICIAN

Mario Racheli

1879 - 1961

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0597 BASEBALL

Giorgio Castelli

Born 1951

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0598 DIPLOMAT

Enrico Salati

1790 - 1869

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0599 SINGER

Paula (cantante)

Born 1941

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0600 FOOTBALL

Antonio Soncini

1938 - 2018

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