45.0500° N, 9.7000° E

PIACENZA

Most Famous People Born in Piacenza, Italy

Notable people
328
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1904
Most distinctive
Cardinal 43.1×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Piacenza Is Known For

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Football is Piacenza's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (34).

Piacenza over-indexes on cardinal43.1× the global rate.

  1. Football34
  2. Politician33
  3. Painter31
  4. Priest20
  5. Writer19
  6. Composer12
  7. Singer10
  8. Rower10
  1. Cardinal543.1×
  2. Rower108.3×
  3. Priest204.2×
  4. Painter313.6×
  5. Composer122.8×
  6. Writer191.8×
  7. Poet61.8×
  8. Architect51.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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328 notable people

0001 FASHION DESIGNER

Giorgio Armani

Born 1934

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0002 FOOTBALL

Filippo Inzaghi

Born 1973

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0003 CLERIC

Pope Gregory X

1210 - 1276

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0004 PAINTER

Giovanni Paolo Panini

1691 - 1765

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0005 SINGER

Nina Zilli

Born 1980

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0006 DUKE

Louis I of Etruria

1773 - 1803

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0007 FOOTBALL

Simone Inzaghi

Born 1976

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0008 SINGER

Fiordaliso

Born 1956

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0009 PIANIST

Antonino Votto

1896 - 1985

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0010 MATHEMATICIAN

Giorgio Valla

1447 - 1499

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0011 ECONOMIST

Melchiorre Gioia

1767 - 1829

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0012 OFFICER

Amedeo Guillet

1909 - 2010

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0013 WRITER

Pietro Giordani

1774 - 1848

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0014 PRIEST

Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi

1859 - 1914

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0015 SPORT

Giorgia Bronzini

Born 1983

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0016 POET

Antonio Cornazzano

1430 - 1484

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0017 OPERA

Gianni Poggi

1921 - 1989

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0018 CARDINAL

Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano

1872 - 1952

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0019 PAINTER

Bruno Cassinari

1912 - 1992

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0020 DANCER

Domenico da Piacenza

1390 - 1470

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0021 PAINTER

Felice Boselli

1650 - 1732

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0022 CARDINAL

Giulio Maria della Somaglia

1744 - 1830

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0023 CARDINAL

Luigi Poggi

1917 - 2010

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0024 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Nicolini (composer)

1762 - 1842

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0025 COMPOSER

Vincenzo Legrenzio Ciampi

1719 - 1762

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0026 PHYSICIST

Paolo Casati

1617 - 1707

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0027 JOURNALIST

Alberto Cavallari

1927 - 1998

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0028 MATHEMATICIAN

Angelo Genocchi

1817 - 1889

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0029 SINGER

Gianni Pettenati

Born 1945

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0030 PRIEST

Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano

1903 - 1988

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0031 ARCHITECT

Manfredo Manfredi

1859 - 1927

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0032 COMPOSER

Francesco Corselli

1705 - 1778

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0033 PAINTER

Gaspare Landi

1756 - 1830

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0034 COMPOSER

Girolamo Parabosco

1524 - 1557

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0035 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pietro Marubi

1834 - 1903

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0036 SINGER

Benedetta Rosmunda Pisaroni

1793 - 1872

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0037 HISTORIAN

Ilaria Ramelli

Born 1973

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0038 BOXER

Gino Rossi (boxer)

1908 - 1987

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0039 ATHLETIC

Pino Dordoni

1926 - 1998

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0040 PRIEST

Vicedomino de Vicedominis

1210 - 1276

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0041 LINGUIST

Lodovico Domenichi

1515 - 1564

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0042 SHOWGIRL

Barbara Chiappini

Born 1974

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0043 SKATER

Ippolito Sanfratello

Born 1973

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0044 ANATOMIST

Giulio Cesare Casseri

1552 - 1616

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0045 COMPOSER

Girolamo Scotto

1505 - 1572

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0046 FOOTBALL

Alessandro De Vitis

Born 1992

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0047 JOURNALIST

Sandra Petrignani

Born 1952

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0048 JOCKEY

AniMe (DJ)

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0049 SCREENWRITER

Ade Capone

1958 - 2015

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0050 PAINTER

Stefano Bruzzi

1835 - 1911

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0051 LITERARY

Piergiorgio Bellocchio

Born 1931

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0052 WRITER

Ferrante Pallavicino

1615 - 1644

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0053 FOOTBALL

Sandro Puppo

1918 - 1986

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0054 RESTAURATEUR

Ettore Boiardi

1897 - 1985

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0055 ARCHITECT

Santiago Bonavía

1700 - 1760

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0056 COMPOSER

Domenico Ferrari

1722 - 1780

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0057 SCULPTOR

Giulio Mazzoni

1525 - 1618

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0058 MATHEMATICIAN

Andrea Malchiodi

Born 1972

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0059 ARCHITECT

Giulio Ulisse Arata

1881 - 1962

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0060 ACTOR

Gigi Rizzi

1944 - 2013

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0061 PRIEST

Cornelio Musso

1511 - 1574

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0062 FOOTBALL

Alex Pederzoli

Born 1984

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0063 PLAYER

Andrea Lovotti

Born 1989

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0064 SPORT

Claudio Golinelli

Born 1962

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0065 CARDINAL

Francesco Landi

1682 - 1757

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0066 ACADEMIC

Aymeric of Piacenza

Died 1327

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0067 PRIEST

Bonaventura Gazzola

1744 - 1832

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0068 FOOTBALL

Simone Guerra

Born 1989

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0069 ENGINEER

Guido Ucelli

1885 - 1964

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0070 LAWYER

Franco Anelli

Born 1963

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0071 RACING

Beppe Gabbiani

Born 1957

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0072 ACADEMIC

Agostino Pertusi

1918 - 1979

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0073 COMPOSER

Claudio Veggio

1510 - 1543

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0074 LAWYER

Placentinus

1130 - 1192

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0075 CARDINAL

Taddeo Luigi dal Verme

1641 - 1717

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0076 PAINTER

Oliviero Gatti

1579 - 1648

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0077 RELIGIOUS

Franca Visalta

1170 - 1218

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0078 WRITER

Francesco Angiolini

1750 - 1788

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0079 ROWER

Paolo Gennari

1908 - 1968

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0080 ROWER

Pietro Freschi

1906 - 1973

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0081 PLAYER

Giordano Maioli

Born 1943

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0082 ARCHITECT

Piero Gazzola

1908 - 1979

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0083 FOOTBALL

Daniele Bernazzani

Born 1963

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0084 ENGINEER

Giuseppe Merosi

1872 - 1956

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0085 WRITER

Gianni Montanari

1949 - 2020

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0086 MARTIAL ART

Mara Romero Borella

Born 1986

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0087 FOOTBALL

Elisabetta Bavagnoli

Born 1963

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0088 ROWER

Umberto Bonadè

1909 - 1992

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0089 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Casto Innocenzio Ansaldi

1710 - 1780

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0090 OPERA

Claudio Bonoldi

1783 - 1846

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0091 FOOTBALL

Mario Astorri

1920 - 1989

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0092 ORGANIST

Felice Frasi

1806 - 1879

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0093 FOOTBALL

Astutillo Malgioglio

Born 1958

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0094 LINGUIST

Johannes Crastonis

1420 - 1498

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0095 PLAYER

Carlo Orlandi (rugby player)

Born 1967

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0096 ECONOMIST

Giacomo Vaciago

1942 - 2017

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0097 RELIGIOUS

Caterina Farnese

1637 - 1684

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0098 PRIEST

Remigio Crescini

1757 - 1830

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0099 PAINTER

Ferdinando Quaglia

1780 - 1853

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0100 FILM

Pino Farinotti

Born 1951

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0101 PRIEST

Pietro Diana

Died 1208

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0102 OPERA

Carlo Negrini

1826 - 1865

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0103 MUSIC

Franco Bagutti

Born 1943

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0104 PAINTER

Luigi Corbellini

1901 - 1968

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0105 MILITAR

Orazio Farnese (General)

1636 - 1656

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0106 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Allevi

1603 - 1670

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0107 BANK

Federico Ghizzoni

Born 1955

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0108 ATHLETIC

Andrea Dallavalle

Born 1999

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0109 GUERRILLA

Emilio Canzi

1893 - 1945

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0110 WRITER

Giana Anguissola

1906 - 1966

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0111 ECONOMIST

Francesco Daveri

Born 1961

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0112 PAINTER

Pietro Antonio Avanzini

1656 - 1733

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0113 PRIEST

Giovanni Visconti (bishop)

Died 1277

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0114 PRIEST

Ardoino da Piacenza

Died 1183

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0115 SPORT

Samuele Marzoli

Born 1984

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0116 POLITICIAN

Paola De Micheli

Born 1973

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0117 EDUCATION

Daniele Novara

Born 1957

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0118 COMPOSER

Daniele Ronda

Born 1983

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0119 PRIEST

Antonino Arata

1883 - 1948

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0120 POLITICIAN

Pierre Cavagnari

1769 - 1849

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0121 WRITER

Grazia Cherchi

1937 - 1995

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0122 PRIEST

Giovanni Francesco Marazzani Visconti

1755 - 1829

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0123 PAINTER

BOT (pittore)

1895 - 1958

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0124 PAINTER

Serge Belloni

1925 - 2005

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0125 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Giovanni Degli Antoni

1935 - 2016

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0126 MANAGER

Giuseppe Orsi

Born 1945

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0127 PRIEST

Umberto Malchiodi

1889 - 1974

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0128 SCULPTOR

Enrico Astorri

1859 - 1921

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0129 MILITAR

Félix Gazzola

1698 - 1780

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0130 SWIMMER

Giacomo Carini

Born 1997

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0131 POLITICIAN

Luciano Scarabelli

1806 - 1878

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0132 RUNNER

Claudia Salvarani

Born 1975

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0133 ACADEMIC

Vittorio Fiorini

1860 - 1925

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0134 ARTIST

Paolo Bisi

Born 1964

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0135 PAINTER

Mario Broglio

1891 - 1948

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0136 POET

Daria Menicanti

1914 - 1995

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0137 PAINTER

Antonio Malchiodi

1848 - 1915

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0138 POET

Nello Vegezzi

1929 - 1993

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0139 WRITER

Emilia Sarogni

Born 1937

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0140 WRITER

Ferdinando Balzarro

Born 1944

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0141 DUCA

Pietro Farnese

1639 - 1677

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0142 DESIGNER

Filippo Perini

Born 1965

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0143 ART CRITIC

Rudy Chiappini

Born 1956

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0144 THEOLOGIAN

Domenico Palmieri

1829 - 1909

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0145 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Franzone

Born 1969

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0146 ENTOMOLOGIST

Louis Pandellé

1824 - 1905

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0147 CHAMBERLAIN

Giovanni Anguissola

1514 - 1578

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0148 ARTIST

Giovanni Freghieri

Born 1950

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0149 SINGER

Marco Rancati

Born 1957

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0150 ACCADEMICA

Ricciarda Ricorda

Born 1949

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0151 SINGER

Piero Campolonghi

1914 - 2002

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0152 SINGER

Musica Per Bambini (musicista)

Born 1973

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0153 MODEL

Manuel Casella

Born 1978

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0154 FOOTBALL

Marcello Campolonghi

Born 1975

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0155 MUSIC

Francesco Bussi

Born 1926

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0156 POLITICIAN

Nino Mazzoni

1874 - 1954

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0157 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Carlo Bavagnoli

Born 1932

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0158 RELIGIOUS

Raymond the Palmer

1140 - 1200

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0159 PHYSICIAN

Luigi Rossi Bernardi

1932 - 2019

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0160 WRITER

Francesco Pellizzari

Died 1651

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0161 OFFICER

Giuseppe Cigala Fulgosi

1910 - 1977

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0162 WRITER

Sandro Mayer

1940 - 2018

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0163 PRIEST

Alfonso Pozzi

1580 - 1626

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0164 POLITICIAN

Paolo Dosi

Born 1954

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0165 WRITER

Giovanni Cantoni

1938 - 2020

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0166 PRESBYTER

Luigi Maria Rezzi

1785 - 1857

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0167 WRITER

Eleonora Bagarotti

Born 1967

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0168 WRITER

Ferdinand von Fellner-Feldegg

1855 - 1936

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0169 PRIEST

Gerard of Potenza

Died 1118

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0170 PLAYER

Massimo Botti

Born 1973

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0171 PRODUCER

Giulio Tedeschi

Born 1952

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0172 DRIVER

Amato Ferrari

Born 1966

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0173 POLITICIAN

Massimo Polledri

Born 1961

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0174 SWORDSMAN

Alessandro Bossalini

Born 1974

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0175 LIBRARIAN

Cristoforo Poggiali

1721 - 1811

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0176 WRITER

Paolo Colagrande

Born 1960

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0177 EDUCATOR

Giuseppe Taverna

1764 - 1850

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0178 POLITICIAN

Tommaso Foti

Born 1960

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0179 ARCIVESCOVO

Gaetano Malchiodi

1878 - 1965

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0180 GUERRILLA

Giannino Bosi

1920 - 1944

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0181 ENGINEER

Leander Anguissola

1653 - 1720

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0182 PRIEST

Giulio Magnani

Died 1566

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0183 PAINTER

Antonio Bresciani

1720 - 1817

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0184 PAINTER

Luciano Ricchetti

1897 - 1977

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0185 PRIEST

Fulk of Pavia

1164 - 1229

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0186 POLITICIAN

Francesco Bosi

Born 1945

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0187 POLITICIAN

August Göllerich (Politiker)

1819 - 1883

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0188 PAINTER

Paolo Bozzini

1815 - 1892

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0189 SCULPTOR

Lodovico Agostino Marazzani Visconti

1853 - 1914

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0190 PAINTER

Riccardo Salvadori

1866 - 1927

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0191 VESCOVO

Antonio Ranza

1801 - 1875

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0192 POLITICIAN

Marco Bergonzi

Born 1963

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0193 DRIVER

Aldo Bertuzzi

Born 1961

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0194 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Fogliani Sforza d'Aragona

1697 - 1780

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0195 EXPLORER

Cesare Calciati

1885 - 1929

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0196 PAINTER

Carlo Maria Viganoni

1786 - 1839

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0197 NOBILE

Caterina Anguissola

1508 - 1550

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0198 CHAMBERLAIN

Filippo Arcelli

1375 - 1421

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0199 JÉSUITE

Giulio Clemente Scotti

1602 - 1669

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0200 LAWYER

Pietro Gioja

1795 - 1865

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0201 COMPOSER

Gaetano Besozzi

1727 - 1804

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0202 INQUISITOR

Raniero Sacconi

Died 1262

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0203 WRITER

Antonio Bacciocchi

Born 1961

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0204 PRIEST

Paolo Patrizio Fava Ghisilieri

1728 - 1822

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0205 POET

Antonino Galeani

Died 1649

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0206 LAWYER

Ariprando

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0207 SINGER

Mariangela (cantante)

Born 1984

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0208 POLITICIAN

Francesco Saverio Bianchi (giurista)

1827 - 1908

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0209 PAINTER

Antonio Contestabili

1716 - 1790

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0210 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Zecca

Born 1997

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0211 PAINTER

Giuseppe Turbini

1702 - 1788

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0212 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Pallastrelli

1881 - 1959

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0213 ENGINEER

Alberto Laviosa

1877 - 1959

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0214 FOOTBALL

Norberto de Angelis

Born 1964

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0215 COMPOSER

Simon Luca

Born 1948

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0216 ARCHITECT

Mario Pellegrini

1910 - 1954

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0217 ENTREPRENEUR

Leonardo Garilli

1923 - 1996

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0218 JOURNALIST

Pierluigi Magnaschi

Born 1941

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0219 PAINTER

Giuseppe Gherardi

1750 - 1828

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0220 RELIGIOUS

John de Surdis

Died 1378

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0221 COMPOSER

Marco Salom

Born 1966

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0222 SPORT

Saba Amendolara

Born 1965

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0223 FILM

Pino Belli

1921 - 1968

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0224 ARTIST

Giorgio Milani (artista)

Born 1946

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0225 FOOTBALL

Andrea Bottazzi

Born 1967

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0226 MEZZOFONDISTA

Isabella Corbellini

Born 1972

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0227 PAINTER

Joseph Orcesi

1882 - 1974

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0228 POLITICIAN

Ranuzio Anguissola Scotti

1808 - 1881

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0229 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Cella

1910 - 1998

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0230 POET

Antonio Veneziani

Born 1952

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0231 WRITER

Antonia Romagnoli

Born 1973

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0232 BALLERINA

Mia Molinari

Born 1971

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0233 COACH

Daniele Egeste

Born 1973

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0234 JOURNALIST

Caterina Ruggeri

Born 1969

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0235 FOOTBALL

Luciana Meles

Born 1951

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0236 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Spezia

1923 - 1994

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0237 POLITICIAN

Alberto Scotti

1270 - 1318

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0238 MATHEMATICIAN

Antonio Dragoni

1801 - 1900

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0239 FOOTBALL

Angelo Boselli

1901 - 1977

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0240 PAINTER

Gottardo Scotti

Died 1485

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0241 MUSIC

Vincenzo Colla

Born 1790

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0242 MUSIC

Pier Luigi Andreoni

Born 1955

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0243 PAINTER

Uberto Pallastrelli

1904 - 1991

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0244 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Arrigoni

Born 1935

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0245 OFFICER

Carlo Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano

1902 - 1994

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0246 COXSWAIN

Angelo Polledri

1904 - 1997

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0247 FOOTBALL

Nicolò Fagioli

Born 2001

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0248 POLITICIAN

Sergio Cuminetti

1929 - 1997

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0249 WRITER

Pietro Gandolfi

Born 1979

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0250 ROWER

Arturo Moroni

1904 - 1972

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0251 PSYCHOLOGIST

Enrico Molinari (psicologo)

Born 1951

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0252 FOOTBALL

Antonio Rossetti

Born 1908

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0253 ROWER

Guglielmo Carubbi

1908 - 1986

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0254 ROWER

Benedetto Borella

1899 - 1975

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0255 PLAYER

Eva Mazzocchi

Born 1992

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0256 ROWER

Amilcare Canevari

1905 - 1987

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0257 ROWER

Medardo Lamberti

1890 - 1986

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0258 POLITICIAN

Gianguido Guidotti

Born 1937

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0259 FOOTBALL

Angelo Albertoni

1904 - 1987

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0260 ROWER

Giulio Lamberti

1895 - 1985

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0261 ROWER

Medardo Galli

1907 - 1985

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0262 POLITICIAN

Carlo Tassi

1938 - 1994

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0263 POLITICIAN

Giulio Cattaneo (statista)

1445 - 1531

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0264 MILITAR

Alessandro Casali

1894 - 1917

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0265 FENCER

Giuseppina Bersani

Born 1949

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0266 POLITICIAN

Fausto Cò

Born 1950

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0267 PAINTER

Enrico Prati

1842 - 1913

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0268 FOOTBALL

Enrico Loranzi

1932 - 2017

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0269 WRITER

Maria Dazzi

1901 - 1990

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0270 CICLISTA

Pierangelo Vignati

Born 1970

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0271 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Bissi

Born 1937

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0272 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Mischi

1817 - 1896

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0273 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Cavagnari

1801 - 1892

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0274 AVIATORE

Luigi Zoni

1892 - 1917

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0275 PRIEST

Enrico da Sessa

Died 1380

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0276 LAWYER

Volfango Polverelli

1911 - 1984

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0277 SINGER

J.C. Cinel

Born 1974

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0278 POLITICIAN

Dario Squeri

Born 1952

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0279 FOOTBALL

Alberto Barbieri (calciatore)

Born 1914

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0280 ESSAYIST

Elena Molinari

Born 1970

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0281 FOOTBALL

Antonio Benassi

1903 - 1959

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0282 FOOTBALL

Gino Vaghini

Born 1923

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0283 POLITICIAN

Ranuce Anguissola

1752 - 1823

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0284 SINGER

Giampaolo Bertuzzi

Born 1964

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0285 WRITER

Francesco Biondelli

1858 - 1898

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0286 POLITICIAN

Carlo Cerri (politico)

1922 - 2002

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0287 POLITICIAN

Galeazzo Calciati

1828 - 1900

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0288 JOURNALIST

Giulio Cattivelli

1919 - 1997

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0289 JOURNALIST

Francesco Secchi De Casali

1819 - 1885

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0290 FOOTBALL

Carlo Capelli

1892 - 1957

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0291 PRIEST

Ruffino Landi

Died 1367

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0292 PLAYER

Marco Buscarini

1956 - 2010

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0293 MILITAR

Ulisse Scarpetta

1887 - 1917

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0294 DIRIGENTE

Luigi Beretta Anguissola

1915 - 2001

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0295 PLAYER

Gigi Savoia (rugbista)

1926 - 1997

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0296 POLITICIAN

Pietro Salvatico

1806 - 1879

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0297 FOOTBALL

Angelo Pellacani

1891 - 1936

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0298 CONDOTTIERO

Matteo Prandone

Died 1526

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0299 SCREENWRITER

Lorenzo Calza

Born 1970

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0300 DANZA

Roberta Mazzoni (danzatrice)

Born 1967

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