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PAVIA

Most Famous People Born in Pavia, Italy

Notable people
321
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1911
Most distinctive
Gymnast 21.8×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Pavia Is Known For

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Politician is Pavia's biggest profession — 8% of all notables (26).

Pavia over-indexes on gymnast21.8× the global rate.

Pavia under-produces politician — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician26
  2. Painter25
  3. Football25
  4. Priest14
  5. Physician12
  6. Writer12
  7. Gymnast12
  8. Mathematician9
  1. Gymnast1221.8×
  2. Mathematician95.6×
  3. Physician125.4×
  4. Philosopher54.4×
  5. Sculptor83.8×
  6. Priest143.0×
  7. Painter253.0×
  8. Architect62.1×
  1. Politician260.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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321 notable people

0001 PHILOSOPHER

Gerolamo Cardano

1501 - 1576

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0002 DUKE

Gian Galeazzo Visconti

1351 - 1402

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0003 HISTORIAN

Carlo M. Cipolla

1922 - 2000

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0004 PRINCE

Philip of Swabia

1177 - 1208

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0005 BENEDICTINE

Lanfranc

1005 - 1089

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0006 CLERIC

Pope John XIV

Died 984

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0007 PRIEST

Liutprand of Cremona

922 - 972

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0008 POLITICIAN

Benedetto Cairoli

1825 - 1889

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0009 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Antonio Amadeo

1447 - 1522

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0010 COMPOSER

Alessandro Rolla

1757 - 1841

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0011 MATHEMATICIAN

Luigi Cremona

1830 - 1903

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0012 SINGER

Drupi

Born 1947

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0013 POLITICIAN

Cesare Mori

1871 - 1942

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0014 SINGER

Claudia Muzio

1889 - 1936

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0015 MONK

Richard Pampuri

1897 - 1930

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0016 COMPOSER

Francesco Corbetta

1615 - 1681

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0017 HISTORIAN

Pietro Candido Decembrio

1399 - 1477

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0018 LYRICIST

Sergio Bardotti

1939 - 2007

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0019 PAINTER

Tranquillo Cremona

1837 - 1878

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0020 SPORT

Giovanni Lombardi

Born 1969

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0021 MATHEMATICIAN

Paolo Gorini

1813 - 1881

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0022 MATHEMATICIAN

Felice Casorati (mathematician)

1835 - 1890

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0023 PRIEST

Epiphanius of Pavia

438 - 496

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0024 PHYSICIAN

Guido da Vigevano

1280 - 1349

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0025 WRITER

Mino Milani

Born 1928

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0026 COMPOSER

Caterina Assandra

1580 - 1618

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0027 PRINCE

Antoniotto Botta Adorno

1688 - 1774

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0028 PAINTER

Bernardino Gatti

1495 - 1576

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0029 SOVEREIGN

Godepert

645 - 662

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0030 PROFESSOR

Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli

1761 - 1818

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0031 PAINTER

Enrico Donati

1909 - 2008

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0032 WRITER

Gina Lombroso

1872 - 1944

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0033 GYMNAST

Clara Marangoni

1915 - 2018

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0034 PAINTER

Belbello da Pavia

Died 1470

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0035 PHYSICIAN

Edoardo Bassini

1844 - 1924

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0036 DUKE

Francesco Sforza (il Duchetto)

1491 - 1512

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0037 OPERA

Gaetano Fraschini

1816 - 1887

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0038 POLITICIAN

Luigi Castellazzo

1827 - 1890

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0039 HISTORIAN

Emilio Gabba

1927 - 2013

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0040 SCULPTOR

Mattia Moreni

1920 - 1999

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0041 SINGER

Ambrogio Maestri

Born 1970

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0042 POET

Carlo Alessandro Guidi

1650 - 1712

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0043 POLITICIAN

Gian Marco Centinaio

Born 1971

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0044 CARDINAL

Carlo Bellisomi

1736 - 1808

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0045 SCULPTOR

Benedetto Briosco

1460 - 1517

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0046 LINGUIST

Andrea Moro

Born 1962

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0047 PRIEST

Bernardus Papiensis

1150 - 1213

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0048 SPORT

Daniele De Paoli

Born 1973

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0049 CONDUCTOR

Franco Vittadini

1884 - 1948

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0050 PAINTER

Pier Francesco Sacchi

1485 - 1528

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0051 PRIEST

Andrea Migliavacca

Born 1967

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0052 KING

Liutpert

680 - 702

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0053 PAINTER

Vincenzo degli Azani

1486 - 1557

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0054 GYMNAST

Luigina Giavotti

1916 - 1976

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0055 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Cardone

Born 1974

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0056 GYMNAST

Bianca Ambrosetti

1914 - 1928

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0057 PHOTOGRAPHER

Andrea Rocchelli

1983 - 2014

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0058 POET

Nino Salvaneschi

1886 - 1968

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0059 SINGER

Alberto Carpani

1956 - 2020

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0060 COMPOSER

Giovanni Andrea Fioroni

1716 - 1778

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0061 SPORT

Primo Magnani

1892 - 1969

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0062 FOOTBALL

Andrea De Vito

Born 1991

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0063 PAINTER

Cherubino Cornienti

1816 - 1860

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0064 SAXOPHONIST

Maurizio Giammarco

Born 1952

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0065 ARTIST

Guido Quaroni

Born 1967

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0066 NATURALIST

Pietro Pavesi

1844 - 1907

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0067 PHYSICIST

Carlo Marangoni

1840 - 1925

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0068 CARDINAL

Ernesto Civardi

1906 - 1989

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0069 BOTANIST

Pietro Romualdo Pirotta

1853 - 1936

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0070 BOTANIST

Giovanni Battista Traverso

1878 - 1955

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0071 TEACHER

Mario Albertini

1919 - 1997

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0072 PAINTER

Lorenzo Fasolo

1463 - 1518

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0073 GYMNAST

Lavinia Gianoni

1911 - 2005

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0074 POLITICIAN

Gaetano Sacchi

1824 - 1886

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0075 ARISTOCRAT

Frederick V, Duke of Swabia

1164 - 1170

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0076 MATHEMATICIAN

Stefano Bianchini

Born 1970

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0077 GYMNAST

Ines Vercesi

1916 - 1997

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0078 PRIEST

Bernardino Lunati

1452 - 1497

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0079 GYMNAST

Luigina Perversi

1914 - 1983

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0080 POLITICIAN

Camillo Giardina

1907 - 1985

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0081 GYMNAST

Virginia Giorgi

Born 1914

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0082 ROWER

Andrea Re

Born 1963

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0083 GYMNAST

Anna Tanzini

Born 1914

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0084 GYMNAST

Rita Vittadini

1914 - 2000

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0085 GYMNAST

Carolina Tronconi

1913 - 2008

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0086 ENGINEER

Luigi Robecchi Bricchetti

1855 - 1926

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0087 GYMNAST

Diana Pizzavini

1911 - 1989

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0088 GYMNAST

Germana Malabarba

1913 - 2002

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0089 PAINTER

Donato de' Bardi

1426 - 1450

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0090 BIOLOGIST

Giuseppe Simoni

Born 1944

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0091 LIBRARIAN

Angela Vinay

1922 - 1990

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0092 POLITICIAN

Angelo Ciocca

Born 1975

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0093 SCULPTOR

Cristoforo Mantegazza

1430 - 1482

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0094 LORD

Violante Visconti

1354 - 1386

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0095 HUMANIST

Teseo Ambrogio degli Albonesi

1469 - 1540

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0096 PRIEST

Carlo Ambrogio Mezzabarba

1685 - 1741

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0097 FOOTBALL

Bruno Giorgi (footballer)

1940 - 2010

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0098 SCULPTOR

Donato Barcaglia

1849 - 1930

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0099 PAINTER

Bernardino Fasolo

1489 - 1526

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0100 PAINTER

Pasquale Massacra

1819 - 1849

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0101 SPRINT

Manuela Grillo

Born 1977

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0102 PRIEST

Pietro da Pavia

Died 1182

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0103 WRITER

Achille Bizzoni

1841 - 1903

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0104 SKATER

Angelo Dolfini

Born 1978

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0105 CANOE

Luca Negri

Born 1973

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0106 ANATOMIST

Luigi Porta

1800 - 1875

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0107 PAINTER

Aimone Duce

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0108 PHYSICIAN

Valeriano Luigi Brera

1772 - 1840

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0109 POLITICIAN

Roberto Mura

Born 1955

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0110 LINGUIST

Nicoletta Maraschio

Born 1946

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0111 REVOLUTIONARY

Giovanni Cairoli

1842 - 1869

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0112 PLAYWRIGHT

Edoardo Erba

Born 1954

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0113 PHILOSOPHER

Roberta De Monticelli

Born 1952

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0114 WRITER

Paola Lombroso Carrara

1871 - 1954

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0115 PHILOSOPHER

Giulio Preti

1911 - 1972

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0116 FOOTBALL

Luca Ghiringhelli

Born 1992

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0117 ACTOR

Mimosa Campironi

Born 1986

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0118 PHILOLOGIST

Enrica Malcovati

1894 - 1990

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0119 SCULPTOR

Antonio Mantegazza

1440 - 1495

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0120 PLAYER

Monica Ravetta

Born 1985

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0121 HISTORIAN

Giorgio Rochat

Born 1936

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0122 BASKET

Attilio Caja

Born 1961

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0123 CHEF

Mario Frittoli

Born 1966

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0124 BASKET

Fabio Di Bella

Born 1978

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0125 ENGRAVER

Giovita Garavaglia

1790 - 1835

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0126 ACADEMIC

Adriano Aguzzi

Born 1960

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0127 MATHEMATICIAN

Silvio Cinquini

1906 - 1998

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0128 POET

Pavlina Pajk

1854 - 1901

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0129 BIOLOGIST

Carlo Alberto Redi

Born 1949

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0130 MATHEMATICIAN

Maurizio Cornalba

Born 1947

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0131 ACTOR

Giulia Boverio

Born 1990

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0132 PRESBYTER

Mario Picchi

1930 - 2010

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0133 CANOE

Manfredi Rizza

Born 1991

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0134 MUSIC

Guido Farina (musicista)

1903 - 1999

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0135 JOURNALIST

Vittorio Grevi

1942 - 2010

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0136 HISTORIAN

Franco Alessio

1925 - 1999

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0137 PHOTOGRAPHER

Antonio Boggeri

1900 - 1989

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0138 PHYSICIAN

Giuliano Ravizza

1926 - 1992

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0139 SPORT

Ambrogio Robecchi

1870 - 1963

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0140 PLAYER

Alice Degradi

Born 1996

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0141 PATRIOTA

Enrico Cairoli

1840 - 1867

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0142 PSYCHIATRIST

Marco Rossi (sessuologo)

Born 1965

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0143 ATHLETIC

Camillo Zemi

1898 - 1959

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0144 LAWYER

Valdo Fusi

1911 - 1975

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0145 PAINTER

Bernardino Ciceri

1650 - 1728

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0146 MONK

Sibyllina Biscossi

1287 - 1367

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0147 FOOTBALL

Marco Candrina

Born 1982

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0148 ARTIGIANA

Bianca Ceva

1897 - 1982

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0149 MATHEMATICIAN

Mario Pascal

1896 - 1949

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0150 PHYSICIAN

Juan Noé

1877 - 1947

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0151 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Spertini

1821 - 1895

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0152 VITTIMA

Cesare Casella

Born 1969

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0153 SWIMMER

Federico Burdisso

Born 2001

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0154 FOOTBALL

Matteo Zanini

Born 1994

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0155 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Balzaretto

1801 - 1874

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0156 ART HISTORIAN

Mercedes Garberi

1927 - 2007

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0157 RELIGIOUS

Tesauro Beccaria

Died 1258

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0158 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Maurizio Lenzerini

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0159 INVENTOR

Emilio Ghisoni

1937 - 2008

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0160 SINGER

Mafalda Minnozzi

Born 1967

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0161 PAINTER

Ezechiele Acerbi

1850 - 1920

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0162 WRITER

Guiniforte Barzizza

1406 - 1463

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0163 WRITER

Giorgio Scianna

Born 1964

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0164 CHEMIST

Luigi Garlaschelli

Born 1950

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0165 PHILOSOPHER

Claudio Bonvecchio

Born 1947

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0166 FILM

Claudio Di Mauro

Born 1953

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0167 MILITAR

Arturo Bianchi

1900 - 1945

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0168 PHYSICIAN

Giuseppe Corneliani

1797 - 1855

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0169 PAINTER

Carlo Socrate

1889 - 1967

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0170 POLITICIAN

Iolanda Nanni

1968 - 2018

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0171 POLITICIAN

Alan Ferrari

Born 1975

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0172 WRITER

Avancinio Avancini

1866 - 1939

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0173 SAXOPHONIST

Ada Rovatti

Born 1976

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0174 SWIMMER

Mario Albertini

Born 1885

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0175 ACADEMIC

Andrea Cavalleri

Born 1969

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0176 TEACHER

Giorgio Lampugnano

Died 1449

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0177 WRITER

Didi Gnocchi

Born 1961

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0178 POLITICIAN

Raffaele Volpi

Born 1960

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0179 SINGER

Romina Boscolo

Born 1982

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0180 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Belloni

1883 - 1938

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0181 PHYSICIAN

Giorgio Pardi

1940 - 2007

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0182 PHYSICIAN

Mauro Ruscóni

1776 - 1849

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0183 OFFICER

Felice Porro

1891 - 1975

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0184 PHYSICIAN

Carlo Cairoli

1777 - 1849

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0185 PHYSICIAN

Matteo Corti

1475 - 1542

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0186 DAUGHTER

Epiphania of Pavia

Died 800

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0187 MATHEMATICIAN

Luigi Brusotti

1877 - 1959

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0188 ORIENTALIST

Mauro Zonta

1968 - 2017

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0189 WRITER

Maria Pia Tavazzani

1922 - 2019

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0190 MILITAR

Giuseppe Franchi Maggi

1890 - 1918

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0191 PIANIST

Edoardo Farina

1939 - 2018

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0192 FOOTBALL

Chiara Dedè

Born 1986

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0193 ARTIST

Giovanna Fra

Born 1967

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0194 DOGE

Filippo Maria Sforza

1449 - 1492

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0195 CONSULENTE

Angelo Belloni

1882 - 1957

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0196 ARCHITECT

Lorenzo Cassani

1687 - 1767

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0197 NUMISMATIST

Camillo Brambilla

1809 - 1892

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0198 POLITICIAN

Carlo Nola

Born 1960

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0199 LAWYER

Giacomo Menochio

1532 - 1607

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0200 PAINTER

Carlo Antonio Bianchi

1714 - 1784

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0201 ACTOR

Franca Mazzoni

1912 - 1991

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0202 ACTOR

Patrizia Milani

Born 1951

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0203 PAINTER

Alessandro Gallotti

1879 - 1961

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0204 MILITAR

Alessandro Buzio

1893 - 1972

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0205 JOURNALIST

Rino Negri

1924 - 2011

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0206 COMPOSER

Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa

1470 - 1530

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0207 WRITER

Ines Castellani Fantoni Benaglio

1849 - 1897

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0208 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Poma

Born 1958

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0209 ECONOMIST

Emilio Nazzani

1832 - 1904

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0210 LAWYER

Ercole Vidari

1836 - 1916

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0211 PRIEST

Francesco Magani

1828 - 1907

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0212 NUOTATRICE

Monica Boggioni

Born 1998

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0213 MATHEMATICIAN

Alberto Pascal

1894 - 1918

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0214 SPY

Pietro Verri (militare)

1868 - 1911

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0215 SCULPTOR

Felice Bialetti

1869 - 1906

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0216 PHILOLOGIST

Angelo Cerutti

1797 - 1860

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0217 PHYSICIAN

Omicidio di Luigi Marangoni

1937 - 1981

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0218 GENETICIST

Marco Fraccaro

1926 - 2008

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0219 PHYSICIAN

Teodoro Lovati

1800 - 1872

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0220 HISTORIAN

Rodolfo Majocchi

1862 - 1924

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0221 LAWYER

Andrea Belvedere (giurista)

Born 1944

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0222 WRITER

Davide Gandini

Born 1963

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0223 PHYSIOLOGIST

Vittorio Aducco

1860 - 1937

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0224 ARCHITECT

Angelo Savoldi

1845 - 1916

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0225 ACTOR

Anna Bonel

Born 1960

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0226 LAWYER

Girolamo Bottigella

1470 - 1515

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0227 PHYSICIST

Giuseppe Pisati

1842 - 1891

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0228 DRIVER

Matteo Chinosi

Born 1989

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0229 DIPLOMAT

Andrea Canepari

Born 1972

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0230 FOOTBALL

Daniel Puce

Born 1970

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0231 BASKET

Alberto Mottini

1958 - 2018

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0232 ORGANIST

Edoardo Bellotti

Born 1957

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0233 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Carrera

Born 1955

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0234 FOOTBALL

Natale Colla

1931 - 2014

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0235 OFFICER

Johann Anton Tillier (Generalquartiermeister) –

1722 - 1761

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0236 POLITICIAN

Daniele Bosone

Born 1962

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0237 PAINTER

Antonio da Pavia

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0238 ARCHITECT

Giovanni Antonio Veneroni

1683 - 1749

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0239 SINGER

Gigi Cifarelli

Born 1955

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0240 PAINTER

Giuseppe Pirovani

1750 - 1830

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0241 PAINTER

Bernardino de Rossi

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0242 JOURNALIST

Paolo Bargiggia

Born 1962

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0243 LAWYER

Alberto Malagugini

1915 - 1988

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0244 PRIEST

Galeazzo Pietra

1462 - 1552

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0245 GOLDSMITH

Francesco Caramora

1787 - 1827

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0246 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Della Noce

1846 - 1935

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0247 FILM

Annalisa Zanierato

Born 1978

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0248 POLITICIAN

Adriano Tournon

1883 - 1978

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0249 OFFICER

Angelo Cabrini

1917 - 1987

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0250 GOVERNO

Giovanni Matteo Bottigella

1410 - 1486

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0251 POLITICIAN

Ercole Chiri

1890 - 1980

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0252 COLONNELLO

Angelo Bassini (patriota)

1815 - 1889

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0253 PROFESSOR

Lodovico Piccioli

1867 - 1954

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0254 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Rotelli

1945 - 2013

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0255 JOURNALIST

Davide Turconi

1911 - 2005

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0256 PLAYER

Serena Malvestito

Born 1988

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0257 MISSIONARY

José Maria Dalvit

1919 - 1977

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0258 PRESENTER

Carlo Genta

Born 1968

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0259 COACH

Luca Monti

Born 1962

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0260 FOOTBALL

Venusia Paliotti

Born 1979

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0261 RELIGIOSO

Iacopo Bussolari

1312 - 1380

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0262 PHILOSOPHER

Amedeo Giovanni Conte

1934 - 2019

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0263 POLITICIAN

Monica Casaletto

Born 1968

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0264 NOBILE

Camilla Beccaria

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0265 CHAMBERLAIN

Oldrado II Lampugnani

1380 - 1460

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0266 POLITICIAN

Carlo Pisati

1935 - 2011

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0267 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Filini

Born 1938

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0268 FOOTBALL

Roberto Corradi

Born 1938

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0269 ENTREPRENEUR

Ambrogio Necchi

1860 - 1916

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0270 FENCER

Federico Bollati

Born 1978

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0271 ENGINEER

Carlo Morelli

1599 - 1665

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0272 PAINTER

Achille Savoia

1842 - 1886

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0273 FOOTBALL

Manlio Cipolla

1927 - 2013

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0274 ENTREPRENEUR

Mario Riccardi

1931 - 2006

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0275 POLITICIAN

Andrea Albergati

Born 1965

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0276 MILITAR

Achille Malcovati

1897 - 1962

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0277 PAINTER

Pacifico Buzio

1843 - 1902

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0278 PRELATE

Giangiacomo di Gambarana

Died 1538

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0279 ANATOMIA

Emanuele Vinassa de Regny

1936 - 2012

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0280 PRIEST

Luigi Bardone

1499 - 1580

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0281 FOOTBALL

Pier Luigi Branduardi

Born 1943

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0282 ENTREPRENEUR

Vittorio Necchi

1898 - 1975

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0283 BASKET

Lanfranco Casali

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0284 FASCISTA

Umberto Ceva

1900 - 1930

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0285 ROWER

Paolo Grugni

Born 1985

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0286 FOOTBALL

Angelo Colla

1931 - 2013

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0287 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Cuzzoni

Born 1925

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0288 SWIMMER

Maria Poiani Panigati

Born 1982

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0289 POLITICIAN

Pietro Ferreri

1899 - 1971

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0290 WRITER

Siro Carati

1794 - 1848

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0291 POET

Giuseppe Bignami (poeta)

1799 - 1873

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0292 BASKET

Milena Gelmetti

Born 1936

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0293 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Vigo

1917 - 1944

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0294 POLITICIAN

Tiziana Nisini

Born 1975

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0295 FOOTBALL

Ilario Cozzi

Born 1959

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0296 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Scotti

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0297 FOOTBALL

Luigi Bassi

Born 1920

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0298 SCHOLAR

Rinaldo Nascimbene

1883 - 1958

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0299 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Castelli (calciatore 1920)

1920 - 1984

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0300 PAINTER

Mario De Paoli

1928 - 2002

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