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ROME

Most Famous People Born in Rome, Italy

Notable people
9,455
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1942
Most distinctive
Film 3.8×

Twenty-six centuries on a single hill. Rome is the only city in the dataset whose notable births stretch from the late Republic through every Western era to the present day, and the categories shift accordingly — from senators and emperors to popes and martyrs to film directors and footballers. The city has had an unusually steady supply of fame in every century since 1500, and an unusually long memory of who counted in every century before.

Through the Centuries

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

What Rome Is Known For

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Actor is Rome's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (1,437).

Rome over-indexes on film3.8× the global rate.

Rome under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Actor1,437
  2. Football714
  3. Politician686
  4. Film443
  5. Writer398
  6. Painter391
  7. Journalist352
  8. Priest349
  1. Film4433.8×
  2. Actor1,4372.9×
  3. Screenwriter1152.8×
  4. Priest3492.5×
  5. Journalist3522.4×
  6. Architect1722.0×
  7. Composer2351.9×
  8. Painter3911.6×
  1. Politician6860.6×
  2. Football7140.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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  • Film & TV
  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 696 of 9,455 notable people

0005 COMPOSER

Ennio Morricone

1928 - 2020

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0011 FILM

Sergio Leone

1929 - 1989

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0020 FILM

Alberto Sordi

1920 - 2003

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0057 FILM

Lucio Fulci

1927 - 1996

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0064 SCREENWRITER

Lina Wertmüller

Born 1926

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0083 ACTOR

Gabriele Ferzetti

1925 - 2015

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0093 ACTOR

Claudio Villa

1926 - 1987

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0096 FILM

Sergio Corbucci

1927 - 1990

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0106 FILM

Elio Petri

1929 - 1982

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0109 FILM

Silvana Pampanini

1925 - 2016

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0160 WRITER

Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio

1927 - 2019

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0189 FILM

Carlo Lizzani

1922 - 2013

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0190 FILM

Luciano Salce

1922 - 1989

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0216 ACTOR

Mario Brega

1923 - 1994

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0257 COMEDIAN

Raimondo Vianello

1922 - 2010

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0269 FILM

Sergio Sollima

1921 - 2015

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0298 ACTOR

Riccardo Garrone (actor)

1926 - 2016

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0299 ACTOR

Marisa Merlini

1923 - 2008

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0322 CINEMA

Tonino Delli Colli

1922 - 2005

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0350 FILM

Enzo Barboni

1922 - 2002

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0351 FILM

Luigi Magni

1928 - 2013

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0376 ACTOR

Rossella Falk

1926 - 2013

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0408 CINEMA

Giuseppe Rotunno

Born 1923

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0419 POLITICIAN

Franco Maria Malfatti

1927 - 1991

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0436 CINEMA

Carlo Di Palma

1925 - 2004

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0453 ACTOR

Ettore Manni

1927 - 1979

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0483 PHILOSOPHER

Lucio Colletti

1924 - 2001

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0489 COMPOSER

Bruno Nicolai

1926 - 1991

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0521 ARCHITECT

Carlo Aymonino

1926 - 2010

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0545 ACTOR

Benito Stefanelli

1929 - 1999

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0552 ARCHITECT

Romaldo Giurgola

1920 - 2016

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0580 ACTOR

Lianella Carell

1927 - 2000

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0584 FILM

Tonino Cervi

1929 - 2002

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0589 CINEMA

Armando Nannuzzi

1925 - 2001

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0595 FILM

Alberto De Martino

1929 - 2015

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0599 FILM

Ennio de Concini

1923 - 2008

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0601 PAINTER

Piero Dorazio

1927 - 2005

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0604 WRITER

Franco Lucentini

1920 - 2002

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0606 SCREENWRITER

Fausto Tozzi

1921 - 1978

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0624 ART HISTORIAN

Federico Zeri

1921 - 1998

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0645 ACTOR

Elena Varzi

1920 - 2014

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0666 FILM

Mariano Laurenti

Born 1929

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0677 FILM

Marcello Fondato

1924 - 2008

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0680 POLITICIAN

Luciana Castellina

Born 1929

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0692 ACTOR

Renato Baldini

1921 - 1995

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0695 FILM

Andrea Bianchi

1925 - 2013

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0723 FILM

Giuseppe Colizzi

1925 - 1978

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0730 COMPOSER

Alessandro Alessandroni

1925 - 2017

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0747 PAINTER

Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel

1927 - 1999

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0752 WRITER

Alberto Manzi

1924 - 1997

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0753 ACTOR

Flora Carabella

1926 - 1999

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0765 SCREENWRITER

Bernardino Zapponi

1927 - 2000

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0779 BUSINESS

Cesare Romiti

1923 - 2020

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0781 COMPOSER

Franco Evangelisti (composer)

1926 - 1980

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0802 ACTOR

Toni Ucci

1922 - 2014

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0804 ACTOR

Silvano Tranquilli

1925 - 1997

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0810 ACTOR

Marco Tulli

1920 - 1982

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0828 ACTOR

Giancarlo Sbragia

1926 - 1994

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0831 ACTOR

Paolo Panelli

1925 - 1997

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0832 ACTOR

Bice Valori

1927 - 1980

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0839 JUMPER

Piero D'Inzeo

1923 - 2014

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0849 FILM

Franco Castellano

1925 - 1999

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0852 FILM

Nino Baragli

1925 - 2013

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0859 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Sabatino Moscati

1922 - 1997

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0877 ACTOR

Franca Marzi

1926 - 1989

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0879 RACER

Luigi Musso

1924 - 1958

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0882 HEIRESS

Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri

1924 - 2005

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0891 SCREENWRITER

Alfredo Giannetti

1924 - 1995

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0895 FILM

Massimo Franciosa

1924 - 1998

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0922 POET

Remo Remotti

1924 - 2015

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0933 COMPOSER

Marcello Giombini

1928 - 2003

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0949 ACTOR

Elio Pandolfi

Born 1926

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0954 BIOLOGIST

Giuseppe Sermonti

1925 - 2018

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0956 POLITICIAN

Franca Falcucci

1926 - 2014

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0959 FILM

Marco Vicario

1925 - 2020

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0963 FILM

Piero Regnoli

1921 - 2001

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0969 SINGER

Bruno Martino

1925 - 2000

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0978 SCREENWRITER

Franco Prosperi

1926 - 2004

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0987 SCREENWRITER

Fiorenzo Fiorentini

1920 - 2003

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1000 ACTOR

Francesco Mulé

1926 - 1984

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1002 FILM

Luciano Ercoli

1929 - 2015

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1004 PHYSICIST

Bruno Zumino

1923 - 2014

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1029 WRITER

Roberto Vacca

Born 1927

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1034 WRITER

Ottiero Ottieri

1924 - 2002

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1038 FILM

Mino Guerrini

1927 - 1990

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1048 ACTOR

Maria Michi

1921 - 1980

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1052 PHOTOGRAPHER

Tazio Secchiaroli

1925 - 1998

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1053 ACTOR

Luciana Angiolillo

Born 1925

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1059 PAINTER

Renzo Vespignani

1924 - 2001

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1072 ACTOR

Angela Goodwin

1925 - 2016

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1089 ACTOR

Franco Giacobini

1926 - 2015

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1132 ACTOR

Rossana Rory

Born 1927

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1141 ACTOR

Giorgio De Lullo

1921 - 1981

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1148 FILM

Luigi Filippo D'Amico

1924 - 2007

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1150 POLITICIAN

Luigi Pintor (politician)

1925 - 2003

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1154 PLAYER

Giorgio Belladonna

1923 - 1995

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1156 WRITER

Vittorio Sermonti

1929 - 2016

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1157 ACTOR

Mimmo Poli

1922 - 1986

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1161 POLITICIAN

Alberto Ronchey

1926 - 2010

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1167 ACTOR

Miriam di San Servolo

1923 - 1991

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1187 CINEMA

Luigi Kuveiller

1927 - 2013

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1190 FILM

Sergio Garrone

Born 1925

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1191 FILM

Aldo Monti

1929 - 2016

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1206 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Luigi Moretti (historien)

1922 - 1991

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1209 ACTOR

Remo Capitani

1927 - 2014

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1217 ACTOR

Valeria Valeri

1921 - 2019

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1218 FILM

Franco Fraticelli

1928 - 2012

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1225 SCHOLAR

Alessandro Bausani

1921 - 1988

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1226 ACTOR

Ennio Antonelli (actor)

1927 - 2004

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1234 LAWYER

Mauro Ferri

1920 - 2015

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1251 WRITER

Amos Luzzatto

1928 - 2020

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1261 FILM

Tonino Ricci

1927 - 2014

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1271 OPERA

Giangiacomo Guelfi

1924 - 2012

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1276 OPERA

Cesare Valletti

1922 - 2000

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1291 POLITICIAN

Clelio Darida

1927 - 2017

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1301 WRITER

Fabio Mauri

1926 - 2009

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1306 ECONOMIST

Paolo Sylos Labini

1920 - 2005

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1309 DRIVER

Guido Lollobrigida

1929 - 2013

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1323 ACTOR

Enzo Garinei

Born 1926

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1331 POLITICIAN

Raniero Panzieri

1921 - 1964

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1333 ACTOR

Francesco Golisano

1929 - 1958

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1334 FILM

Paolo Heusch

1924 - 1982

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1340 PAINTER

Guido Buzzelli

1927 - 1992

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1342 CINEMA

Marcello Gatti

1924 - 2013

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1345 ACTOR

Corrado Mantoni

1924 - 1999

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1349 ACTOR

Furio Meniconi

1924 - 1981

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1354 SCREENWRITER

Sandro Continenza

1920 - 1996

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1366 HISTORIAN

Claudio Pavone

1920 - 2016

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1390 SCREENWRITER

Enzo Trapani

1922 - 1989

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1394 PAINTER

Flavio Costantini

1926 - 2013

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1395 ACTOR

Esmeralda Ruspoli

1928 - 1988

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1407 WRITER

Rosario Bentivegna

1922 - 2012

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1416 COMPOSER

Boris Porena

Born 1927

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1448 SCREENWRITER

Franco Arcalli

1929 - 1978

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1454 ACTOR

Silverio Blasi

1921 - 1995

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1483 ACTOR

Lilia Silvi

1921 - 2013

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1484 SINGER

Gabriella Tucci

1929 - 2020

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1500 PAINTER

Gianni Dova

1925 - 1991

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1522 EGYPTOLOGIST

Boris de Rachewiltz

1926 - 1997

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1524 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Bachelet

1926 - 1980

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1545 PHYSICIAN

Silvia Montefoschi

1926 - 2011

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1546 ACTOR

Pino Locchi

1925 - 1994

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1552 FILM

Fulvio Lucisano

Born 1928

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1566 POLITICIAN

Adriano Ossicini

1920 - 2019

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1589 PAINTER

Achille Perilli

Born 1927

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1606 FILM

Mario Siciliano

1925 - 1987

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1629 POLITICIAN

Pietro Scoppola

1926 - 2007

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1636 ACTOR

Achille Millo

1921 - 2006

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1645 FILM

Franco Prosperi

Born 1928

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1649 PAINTER

Waldemar Cordeiro

1925 - 1973

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1657 ART HISTORIAN

Maurizio Calvesi

1927 - 2020

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1669 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Ruffolo

Born 1926

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1670 SINGER

Tata Giacobetti

1922 - 1988

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1676 FILM

Marcello Ciorciolini

1922 - 2011

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1677 POET

Gianni Toti

1924 - 2007

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1678 MATHEMATICIAN

Edoardo Vesentini

1928 - 2020

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1728 ACTOR

Lilia Landi

Born 1929

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1737 WRITER

Angela Bianchini

1921 - 2018

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1773 WRITER

Luigi Silori

1921 - 1983

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1775 CINEMA

Franco Delli Colli

1929 - 2004

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1797 PAINTER

Mino Argento

Born 1927

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1845 FILM

Lino Del Fra

1929 - 1997

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1856 WRITER

Luca Canali

1925 - 2014

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1860 ACTOR

Fulvia Mammi

1927 - 2006

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1889 JOURNALIST

Sandro Ciotti

1928 - 2003

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1898 WRITER

Marcello Argilli

1926 - 2014

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1908 PAINTER

Bona (peintre)

1926 - 2000

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1932 ACTOR

Gino Pagnani

1927 - 2010

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1949 ENGINEER

Sergio Musmeci

1926 - 1981

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1961 ARTIST

Alberto Giolitti

1923 - 1993

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1971 FILM

Enzo Liberti

1926 - 1986

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1983 JOURNALIST

Marisa Musu

1925 - 2002

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1993 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

A. F. K. Organski

1923 - 1998

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1995 CINEMA

Mario Montuori

1920 - 1997

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2009 BASKET

Giancarlo Primo

1924 - 2005

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2018 PIANIST

Massimo Bogianckino

1922 - 2009

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2020 WRITER

Mario Pirani

1925 - 2015

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2035 WRITER

Elena Gianini Belotti

Born 1929

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2054 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Locchi

1923 - 1992

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2059 ACTOR

Renato De Carmine

1923 - 2010

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2083 JOURNALIST

Nando Martellini

1921 - 2004

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2091 ACTOR

Marisa Vernati

1920 - 1988

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2114 FOOTBALL

Alberto Piccinini

1923 - 1972

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2125 FILM

Marcello Andrei

Born 1922

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2128 CINEMA

Mario Vulpiani

Born 1927

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2130 JOURNALIST

Franca Magnani

1925 - 1996

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2166 PHYSICIAN

Elio Guzzanti

1920 - 2014

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2178 POLITICIAN

Franco Rodano

1920 - 1983

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2201 ACTOR

Gastone Pescucci

1926 - 1999

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2204 ACTOR

Franca Scagnetti

1924 - 1999

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2209 SCULPTOR

Alik Cavaliere

1926 - 1998

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2223 ACTOR

Max Turilli

Born 1928

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2231 COMPOSER

Nunzio Rotondo

1924 - 2009

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2236 POLITICIAN

Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe

1921 - 2013

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2244 SCREENWRITER

Antonio Racioppi

1925 - 2013

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2271 BOXER

Alessandro D'Ottavio

Born 1927

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2288 BIOGRAPHER

Rubino Romeo Salmonì

1920 - 2011

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2315 ACADEMIC

H. Bradford Westerfield

1928 - 2008

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2322 DRIVER

Giorgio Scarlatti

1921 - 1990

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2323 LITERARY

Giorgio Melchiori

1920 - 2009

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2328 POLITICIAN

Carlo Scarascia-Mugnozza

1920 - 2004

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2378 ART HISTORIAN

Enrico Castelnuovo (historien de l'art)

1929 - 2014

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2399 ARTIST

Guglielmo Letteri

1926 - 2006

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2467 MILITANT

Rutilio Sermonti

1921 - 2015

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2471 SURGEON

Adriano Bompiani

1923 - 2013

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2475 FILM

Bruno Paolinelli

1923 - 1991

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2540 AGRONOMIST

Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza

1925 - 2011

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2542 WRITER

Enzo Forcella

1921 - 1999

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2552 ARTIST

Lino Landolfi

1925 - 1988

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2554 FILM

Emimmo Salvi

1926 - 1989

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2557 JEWELLERY DESIGNER

Andrew Grima

1921 - 2007

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2569 ACTOR

Guglielmo Spoletini

1928 - 2005

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2591 MAGISTRAT

Vittorio Occorsio

1929 - 1976

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2609 ACTOR

Leo Gavero

1924 - 2002

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2615 CINEMA

Alvaro Mancori

1923 - 2011

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2625 FILM

Luciano Lucignani

1922 - 2008

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2651 COMPOSER

Vieri Tosatti

1920 - 1999

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2693 ENTREPRENEUR

Franco Sensi

1926 - 2008

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2695 POLITICIAN

Oscar Mammì

1926 - 2017

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2716 SCREENWRITER

Mino Roli

Born 1927

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2739 POLITICIAN

Matteo Matteotti

1921 - 2000

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2747 ACTOR

Gianni Solaro

Born 1926

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2780 JOURNALIST

Luciano Pistoi

1927 - 1995

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2786 ECONOMIST

Franco Archibugi

1926 - 2020

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2795 FILM

Luigi Carpentieri

1920 - 1987

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2801 FENCER

Vittorio Lucarelli

1928 - 2008

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2810 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Lucos Cozza

1921 - 2011

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2820 URBAN PLANNER

Giuseppe Campos Venuti

1926 - 2019

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2827 ACTOR

Luciano Bonanni

1927 - 1997

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2834 HISTORIAN

Manlio Simonetti

1926 - 2017

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2838 TEACHER

Dario Puccini

1921 - 1997

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2851 PAINTER

Ana Sacerdote

Born 1925

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2855 ACTOR

Tatiana Farnese

Born 1924

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2903 FILM

Giovanni Simonelli (Drehbuchautor)

1926 - 2007

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2920 FILM

Vincenzo Gicca Palli

1929 - 1997

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2944 JOURNALIST

Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian

1922 - 2007

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2958 FILM

Fausto Saraceni

1920 - 2000

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2985 FILM

Maurizio Liverani

Born 1928

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2986 CHESS

Alberto Giustolisi

1928 - 1990

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3002 ACTOR

Aldo Barberito

1922 - 1982

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3020 ROWER

Romolo Catasta

1923 - 1985

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3077 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ida Magli

1925 - 2016

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3092 ACTOR

Claudio Scarchilli

1924 - 1992

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3100 ACTOR

Silla Bettini

1923 - 2003

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3120 FENCER

Roberto Ferrari (fencer)

Born 1923

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3147 ARTIST

Renato Polese

1924 - 2014

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3151 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pål Nils Nilsson

1929 - 2002

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3152 FILM

Pier Ludovico Pavoni

Born 1926

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3175 SWIMMER

Raffaello Gambino

1928 - 1989

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3213 DRIVER

Gerino Gerini (racing driver)

1928 - 2013

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3215 ACTOR

Fernando Cerulli

1926 - 2018

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3217 FILM

Edoardo Bruno

1928 - 2020

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3232 POLITICIAN

Raimondo Ricci

1921 - 2013

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3238 ACTOR

Fiorella Betti

1927 - 2001

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3246 SCREENWRITER

Carlo Veo

1922 - 1995

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3250 LAWYER

Pietro Adonnino

1929 - 2013

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3283 DRIVER

Roberto Lippi

1926 - 2011

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3290 HISTORIAN

Olga Raggio

1925 - 2009

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3297 PHILOLOGIST

Giuseppe Tavani

1924 - 2019

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3326 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Mario Tchou

1924 - 1961

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3329 ACTOR

Oscar Blando

1924 - 1994

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3336 SCULPTOR

Guido Veroi

1926 - 2013

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3387 ACADEMIC

Enrica Follieri

1926 - 1999

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3403 PHOTOGRAPHER

Johnny Moncada

1928 - 2011

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3425 ACTOR

Livia Venturini

Born 1926

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3426 ARCHITECT

Constantin Brodzki

Born 1924

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3428 WRITER

Luciano Barca

1920 - 2012

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3432 PHILOSOPHER

Gennaro Sasso

Born 1928

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3439 LYRICIST

Carlo Rossi (lyricist)

1920 - 1989

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3456 POLITICIAN

Amerigo Petrucci

1922 - 1983

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3462 ACTOR

Piero Palermini

1925 - 1996

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3468 POLITICIAN

Clemente Graziani

1925 - 1996

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3480 FILM

Alberto Gallitti

1926 - 2011

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3488 PRIEST

Marcello Costalunga

1925 - 2010

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3504 ACTOR

Lucia Banti

1926 - 2010

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3522 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Ferrara

1921 - 2000

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3525 WRITER

Nello Sàito

1920 - 2006

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3563 ACTOR

Giorgio Piazza

1925 - 2010

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3568 ARTIST

Ruggero Giovannini

1922 - 1983

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3600 INVENTOR

Marcello Creti

1922 - 2000

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3611 BASKET

Carlo Cerioni

1925 - 2009

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3616 WRITER

Fausto Gianfranceschi

1928 - 2012

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3620 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pierluigi Praturlon

1924 - 1999

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3631 WRITER

Emilio Garroni

1925 - 2005

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3634 PHYSICIST

Giorgio Careri

1922 - 2008

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3636 FILM

Mario Ruspoli

1925 - 1986

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3643 ACTOR

Anna Miserocchi

1925 - 1988

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3646 PHILOSOPHER

Tullio Gregory

1929 - 2019

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3710 MUSIC

Luigi Sagrati

1921 - 2008

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3762 ACTOR

Mario Milita

1923 - 2017

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3828 ACTOR

Anna Maria Alegiani

Born 1927

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3832 COMPOSER

Wolfango Dalla Vecchia

1923 - 1994

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3874 FILM

Antonello Falqui

1925 - 2019

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3882 FILM

Melchiade Coletti

1922 - 1997

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3926 FILM

Mario Di Nardo

Born 1929

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3948 POET

Gastone Biggi

1925 - 2014

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3949 PRESBYTER

Mario Canciani

1928 - 2007

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3966 PLAYER

Paolo Rosi

1924 - 1997

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3980 POLITICIAN

Luciano Luberti

1921 - 2002

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4017 PLAYER

Rolando Del Bello

1925 - 2002

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