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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.

15001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
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  • Sports
  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 1,065 of 9,455 notable people

5632 COMPOSER

Maurizio Guarini

Born 1955

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5641 ENTREPRENEUR

Paolo Cuccia

Born 1953

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5650 JOURNALIST

Rosanna Cancellieri

Born 1952

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5660 LIBRARIAN

Bruno Berni

Born 1959

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5672 ACTOR

Claudio Fattoretto

1956 - 2013

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5680 ACTOR

Italo Spinelli

Born 1951

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5691 ACTOR

Liliana Sorrentino

Born 1954

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5705 ACTOR

Elena Bonelli

Born 1958

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5713 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Masotti

Born 1951

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5722 BASKET

Antonietta Baistrocchi

1955 - 1994

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5723 ACTOR

Eugenio Marinelli

Born 1955

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5725 FILM

Roberto Torelli

Born 1958

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5729 WRITER

Enrico Compagnoni

Born 1950

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5737 BUSINESS

Lamberto Andreotti

Born 1950

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5744 ACTOR

Pinella Dragani

Born 1957

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5758 ACTOR

Stefanella Marrama

Born 1950

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5759 ACTOR

Marco Gelardini

Born 1957

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5761 FOOTBALL

Alviero Chiorri

Born 1959

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5768 WRITER

Corrado Giustozzi

Born 1959

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5769 JOURNALIST

Angese

1952 - 2008

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5788 SINGER

Patrizio Sandrelli

Born 1950

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5795 WRITER

Enrico Solito

Born 1954

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5799 ACTOR

Silvia Pepitoni

Born 1958

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5809 WRITER

Cinzia Romani

Born 1954

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5810 FOOTBALL

Francesco Quintini

Born 1952

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5811 PHYSICIAN

Stefano Vella

Born 1952

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5825 ACTOR

Ottavio Mai

1953 - 1992

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5836 MUSIC

Danilo Terenzi

1956 - 1995

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5851 WRITER

Claudio Coletta

Born 1952

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5854 ACTOR

Maurizio Ancidoni

1959 - 2019

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5855 SWIMMER

Antonella Valentini

Born 1958

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5859 COMPOSER

Angelo Talocci

1958 - 2018

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5863 ART HISTORIAN

Valentina Moncada

Born 1959

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5878 ACTOR

Barbara Scoppa

Born 1957

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5886 JOCKEY

Gianni Riso

Born 1952

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5894 WRITER

Maurizio Testa

Born 1954

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5896 HISTORIAN

Renato Moro

Born 1951

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5898 MODEL

Maria Pinnone

1954 - 1993

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5908 SINGER

Roberto Frontali

Born 1958

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5917 BASKET

Aldo Corno

Born 1950

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5921 WRITER

Luigi Viva

Born 1955

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5938 ACTOR

Gianni Bersanetti

Born 1958

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5953 JOURNALIST

Stefano Tomassini

Born 1950

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5962 CINEMA

Stefano Ricciotti

Born 1953

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5963 ACTOR

Mario Lucarelli

Born 1958

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5987 HISTORIAN

Pietro Neglie

Born 1958

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6012 FOOTBALL

Mauro Della Martira

Born 1951

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6017 ACTOR

Valeria Perilli

Born 1954

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6028 ARTIST

Ugolino Cossu

Born 1954

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6032 WRITER

Pino Nazio

Born 1958

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6040 SINGER

Fiammetta (cantante)

Born 1950

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6042 SPORT

Rinaldo Sagramola

Born 1954

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6048 AUTHOR

Veronica De Laurentiis

Born 1950

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6049 DIPLOMAT

Pietro Benassi

Born 1958

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6051 ARCHITECT

Eli Giannini

Born 1956

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6059 WRITER

Laura Delli Colli

Born 1954

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6063 WRITER

Silvia Ricci Lempen

Born 1951

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6064 FILM

Silvia Verdone

Born 1958

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6066 ACTOR

Benedetta Buccellato

Born 1953

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6067 JOURNALIST

Bebo Moroni

Born 1959

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6076 MUSIC

Massimo Paris

Born 1953

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6077 FOOTBALL

Antonio Criscimanni

Born 1957

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6090 BALLET

Cristina Moffa

Born 1957

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6101 ACTOR

Sista Bramini

Born 1958

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6106 ACTOR

Renato D'Amore

Born 1952

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6108 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Sammarco

Born 1950

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6112 OFFICER

Riccardo Marchiò

Born 1955

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6122 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Alberto Cazzella

Born 1950

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6140 POLITICIAN

Sergio Gentili

Born 1953

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6168 ACTOR

Cinzia Bruno

Born 1957

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6169 SCREENWRITER

Mario Corsi

Born 1958

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6172 PHOTOGRAPHER

Francesco Gattoni

Born 1956

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6198 COMPOSER

Piero Caraba

Born 1956

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6215 ACTOR

Leslie La Penna

Born 1954

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6219 MANAGER

Gaetano Tedeschi

Born 1953

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6240 ACTOR

Antonella Rendina

1956 - 2006

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6245 ACTOR

Giovanna Rotellini

Born 1957

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6247 JOURNALIST

Sabina Magnani von Petersdorff

Born 1955

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6251 ACTOR

Maurizio Fabbri

Born 1956

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6256 SINGER

Valeria Mongardini

Born 1951

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6263 POLITICIAN

Roberto Della Seta

Born 1959

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6267 CHOREOGRAPHER

Fabrizio Monteverde

Born 1958

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6274 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Montesi

Born 1957

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6277 CELLIST

Arturo Bonucci (1954-2002)

1954 - 2002

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6293 ACTOR

Beatrice Margiotti

Born 1958

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6303 TECNICO

Luciano Muratori

Born 1954

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6320 ARCHIVIST

Paolo Cherubini

Born 1953

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6325 CONDUCTOR

Fabrizio Ventura

Born 1958

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6326 MISSING

Bruno Seghetti

Born 1950

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6331 DRUMMER

Alessandra Belloni

Born 1954

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6344 SINGER

Carlo Gigli

Born 1951

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6346 ACTOR

Liliana Eritrei

Born 1958

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6349 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Bellini

Born 1957

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6369 ACTOR

Francesco Caruso Cardelli

Born 1958

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6396 ARTIST

Bruno D'Alfonso

1953 - 2012

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6397 ACTOR

Annamaria Clementi

Born 1953

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6399 FOOTBALL

Stefano D'Aversa

Born 1956

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6418 ACTOR

Claudia Poggiani

1951 - 2002

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6424 LITERARY

Plinio Perilli

Born 1955

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6431 FOOTBALL

Robert Cacchioni

Born 1950

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6433 ACTOR

Laura D'Angelo

1956 - 2010

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6448 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Forlani

Born 1959

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6449 ACTOR

Claudia Balboni

Born 1957

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6450 ACTOR

Vladimiro Conti

Born 1956

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6452 FOOTBALL

Raffaello Vernacchia

Born 1951

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6471 FOOTBALL

Mauro Ferroni

Born 1955

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6509 HISTORIAN

Alberto Forni (storico)

Born 1953

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6514 BASKET

Orietta Grossi

Born 1959

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6518 JOURNALIST

Sergio Mancinelli

Born 1956

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6522 ACTOR

Paola Morra

Born 1959

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6523 CRIMINALE

Edoardo Toscano

1953 - 1989

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6524 JOURNALIST

Massimo Tecca

Born 1958

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6537 COMPOSER

Luca Miti

Born 1957

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6549 TERRORISTA

Claudio Bracci

Born 1958

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6553 JOURNALIST

Francesco Cascioli

1953 - 2010

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6560 ASTRONAUT

Luca Urbani

Born 1957

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6567 AUTHOR

Stefano Santucci

Born 1958

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6568 POLITICIAN

Raffaele Ranucci

Born 1957

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6573 POLITICIAN

Luca Danese

Born 1958

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6578 BASKET

Roberto Castellano

Born 1958

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6586 SINGER

Stefano Tosi (cantante)

Born 1959

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6619 CRIMINALE

Salvatore Buzzi

Born 1955

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6620 JOURNALIST

Giancarlo Leone

Born 1956

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6623 MUSIC

Piero Fabrizi

Born 1957

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6625 AUTHOR

Riccardo Affinati

Born 1959

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6629 PRODUCER

Pier Paolo Peroni

Born 1959

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6635 POLITICIAN

Domenico Kappler

Born 1959

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6636 ACTOR

Mauro Magliozzi

Born 1954

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6640 ARTIST

Emiliano Simeoni

Born 1958

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6647 ACTOR

Luciano Marchitiello

Born 1959

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6665 FOOTBALL

Igor Jankole

Born 1955

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6678 SCENOGRAPHER

Beatrice Scarpato

Born 1957

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6691 SCREENWRITER

Alberto Taraglio

Born 1959

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6694 PRESENTER

Livia Azzariti

Born 1954

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6699 POET

Mario Salis

Born 1956

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6704 MUSIC

Umberto Fiorentino

Born 1956

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6714 MANAGER

Flavio de Luca

Born 1953

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6715 MOBSTER

Vittorio Carnovale

Born 1956

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6716 BASKET

Massimo Antonelli (cestista)

Born 1953

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6732 MOBSTER

Renzo Danesi

Born 1955

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6735 ART CRITIC

Massimo Scaringella

Born 1953

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6738 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Leo

Born 1955

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6740 ACTOR

Maurizio Reti

Born 1952

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6742 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Milana

Born 1957

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6759 LAWYER

Antonio Marchesi

Born 1958

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6761 POLITICIAN

Mara Carocci

Born 1954

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6767 ACTOR

Giuliano Santi

Born 1952

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6768 LAWYER

Pierluigi Guiducci

Born 1951

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6777 FOOTBALL

Antonio Genzano

Born 1955

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6788 ECONOMIST

Giuseppe Pisauro

Born 1955

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6797 MILITANTE

Roberto Nistri

Born 1958

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6799 TERRORISTA

Dario Pedretti

Born 1957

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6801 DRUMMER

Fabrizio Sferra

Born 1959

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6821 PRESENTER

Marta Flavi

Born 1959

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6829 COSTUME DESIGNER

Nanà Cecchi

Born 1952

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6833 JOURNALIST

Michele Plastino

Born 1950

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6834 ACTOR

Daniela Doria

Born 1956

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6870 SINDACALISTA

Nicoletta Rocchi

Born 1950

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6880 THEATRICAL

Lena Lazzarotto

Born 1957

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6882 ACTOR

Toni Malco

Born 1955

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6887 MANAGER

Antonio Mastrapasqua

Born 1959

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6905 CRIMINALE

Raffaele Pernasetti

Born 1950

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6950 JOURNALIST

Daniele Cernilli

Born 1954

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6954 WRITER

Roberto Parpaglioni

1954 - 2014

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6987 CONDUTTORE

Giorgio Barchiesi

Born 1957

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6988 ENTREPRENEUR

Piero Camilli

Born 1950

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6991 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Mele

Born 1953

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6992 COOK

Antonello Colonna

Born 1956

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7001 ACTOR

Patrizia Viotti

1950 - 1994

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7028 ARTIST

Mauro Laurenti

Born 1957

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7034 MUSIC

Luigi Schiavone

Born 1959

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7044 ENGINEER

Stefano Cao

Born 1951

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7068 SINGER

Daniela Rosati

Born 1958

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7073 OPERA

Nazzareno Antinori

Born 1950

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7079 ACTOR

Marco Modugno

Born 1958

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7090 ASTROPHYSICIST

Marco Tavani

Born 1957

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7093 JOURNALIST

Riccardo Cucchi

Born 1952

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7094 MISSING

Pietro Vanzi

1956 - 2003

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7096 JOURNALIST

Massimo De Luca

Born 1950

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7099 COMPOSER

John Sposito

Born 1958

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7105 JOURNALIST

Danila Bonito

Born 1954

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7109 PHYSICIST

Paco Lanciano

Born 1955

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7120 HISTORIAN

Flavio De Bernardinis

Born 1957

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7127 SINGER

Alessandro (cantante)

Born 1954

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7129 AUTHOR

Maurizio Catalani

Born 1956

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7134 MUSIC

Evio di Marzo

1954 - 2018

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7141 CRIMINALE

Enzo Mastropietro

Born 1956

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7144 FILM

Sebastiano Sandro Ravagnani

Born 1956

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7160 JOURNALIST

Fabrizio Maffei

Born 1955

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7164 CRIMINALE

Gianni Guido

Born 1956

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7171 POET

Marina Pizzi

Born 1955

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7195 PIANIST

Stefano Senesi

Born 1957

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7201 POET

Cristina Sparagana

Born 1957

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7209 MISSING

Germano Maccari

1953 - 2001

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7223 MOBSTER

Angelo De Angelis

1954 - 1983

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7229 MANAGER

Massimo Liofredi

Born 1955

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7230 POLITICIAN

Melania De Nichilo Rizzoli

Born 1956

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7240 WRITER

Lanfranco Fabriani

Born 1959

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7243 JOURNALIST

Gianni Cerqueti

Born 1958

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7251 JOURNALIST

Guido De Angelis (giornalista)

Born 1958

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7252 FILM

Roberto Giannarelli

Born 1957

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7268 FOOTBALL

Fabio Massimi

Born 1958

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7269 MODEL

Arpad Kertesz

1950 - 2016

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7280 ACTOR

Stefano Gabrini

Born 1959

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7281 ACTOR

Wendy D’Olive

Born 1954

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7295 CRIMINALE

Giovanni Piconi

Born 1950

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7298 PHYSICIAN

Gabriele Lupini

Born 1956

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7299 TEACHER

Mariano Bizzarri

Born 1957

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7312 FILM

Cecilia Calvi

Born 1950

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7313 REGISTA

Claudio Norza

Born 1957

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7318 FOOTBALL

Stefano Serami

Born 1956

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7329 PLAYER

Antonio Spagnoli

Born 1953

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7332 FREEDIVER

Stefano Makula

Born 1954

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7339 SCREENWRITER

Ciro Giorgini

1952 - 2015

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7340 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Vocalelli

Born 1959

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7357 LYRICIST

Guido Morra

Born 1956

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7366 CRIMINALE

Roberto Fittirillo

Born 1954

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7368 COACH

Fulvio Colini

Born 1957

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7373 FOOTBALL

Renato Miele

Born 1957

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7377 DIRIGENTE

Angelo Teodoli

Born 1956

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7382 SCENOGRAPHER

Maurizio Sabatini

Born 1956

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7385 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Budoni

Born 1959

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7408 FOOTBALL

Roberto Vichi

Born 1954

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7415 ACTOR

Claudia Rivelli

Born 1950

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7425 ACTOR

Claretta Carotenuto

Born 1954

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7428 JOURNALIST

Ugo Russo

Born 1950

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7436 JOURNALIST

Marco Franzelli

Born 1959

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7479 MUSIC

Paolo Gatti

Born 1955

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7512 POLITICIAN

Massimo Pompili

Born 1955

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7526 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marco Garofalo

1956 - 2018

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7531 POLITICIAN

Stefano Cetica

Born 1955

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7533 POLITICIAN

Nuccio Iovene

Born 1955

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7547 SPORT

Floriano Finamore

Born 1954

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7549 FILM

Fabrizio Borelli

Born 1951

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7555 JOURNALIST

Carlo Zampa

Born 1959

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7560 JOURNALIST

Laura Berti

Born 1959

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7567 JOURNALIST

Andrea Fusco

Born 1959

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7569 JOURNALIST

Matilde Bernabei

Born 1954

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7574 SINGER

Annamaria Baratta

1950 - 1996

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7575 SCENOGRAPHER

Enzo De Camillis

Born 1953

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7587 JOURNALIST

Marina Sbardella

Born 1951

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7597 FILM

Elisabetta Pandimiglio

Born 1959

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7601 TENENTE

Rita Algranati

Born 1958

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7602 POLITICIAN

Marco Ravaglioli

Born 1952

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7608 TEACHER

Stefano Filucchi

Born 1959

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7615 DIPLOMAT

Sebastiano Cardi

Born 1956

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7658 SINGER

Riccardo Bellei

1953 - 2017

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7662 PRODUCER

Paolo Giaccio

1950 - 2019

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7668 CINEMA

Bruno Cascio

Born 1950

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7674 FOOTBALL

Vito Graziani

Born 1956

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7682 SURGEON

Adolfo Panfili

Born 1955

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7683 MILITANTE

Emilia Libera

Born 1954

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7704 OFFICER

Mario Parente

Born 1958

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7708 WRITER

Maurizio Iannelli

Born 1952

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7711 JOURNALIST

Livio Leonardi

Born 1958

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7714 JOURNALIST

Marcello Masi

Born 1959

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7716 AUTHOR

Francesco Ricchi

Born 1958

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7717 POLITICIAN

Charles Casuscelli

Born 1956

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7722 ARTIST

Mauro Martoriati

Born 1957

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7731 POET

Alberto Toni

1954 - 2019

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7736 JOURNALIST

Paolo Di Giannantonio

Born 1956

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7754 COACH

Massimo Ronconi

Born 1956

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7763 POLITICIAN

Elisabetta Serafin

Born 1958

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7765 BASKET

Luigi Cagnazzo

Born 1956

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7774 WRITER

Michele Suozzo

Born 1955

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7779 FOOTBALL

Massimo De Stefanis

Born 1957

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7782 FOOTBALL

Emanuele Gattelli

Born 1953

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7796 FILM

Marzio Casa

Born 1955

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7797 MAESTRO

Renzo Musumeci Greco

Born 1952

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7816 JOURNALIST

Armando Sommajuolo

Born 1953

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7817 ATTIVISTA

Teresa Petrangolini

Born 1951

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7824 ARCHITECT

Elisabetta Spitz

Born 1953

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7830 FOOTBALL

Davide Torchia

Born 1959

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7838 FOOTBALL

Paolo Doto

1958 - 2016

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7857 FILM

Francesca Leonardi

Born 1957

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7858 LAWYER

Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich

Born 1954

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7867 ACADEMIC

Olga Rickards

Born 1952

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7875 GENETICIST

Andrea Crisanti (scientist)

Born 1954

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7882 FILM

Giampiero Mele

Born 1958

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7884 WRITER

Maurizio Giannini

Born 1951

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7885 COMPOSER

Claudio Cimpanelli

Born 1956

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7887 JOURNALIST

Giaime Pintor (giornalista)

1950 - 1997

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7891 OFFICER

Fernando Giancotti

Born 1957

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7899 JOCKEY

Adolfo Manzi

Born 1953

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7900 AMMIRAGLIO

Vincenzo Melone

Born 1953

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7915 KARATE

Claudio Culasso

Born 1956

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7923 CONDUCTOR

Sergio La Stella

Born 1955

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7931 JOURNALIST

Stefano Mayorca

Born 1958

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7952 FILM

Bruno Garbuglia

1952 - 2011

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7954 WRITER

Pietro Gorini

Born 1955

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7974 CRIMINALE

Roberto Frabetti

Born 1955

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7976 COMPOSER

Francesco Verdinelli

Born 1953

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7997 POLITICIAN

Vieri Ceriani

Born 1950

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8002 MISSING

Raimondo Etro

Born 1957

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8013 TEATRALE

Carlo Fuortes

Born 1959

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8018 FOOTBALL

Franco Tripodi

Born 1953

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8038 GRAFICO

Domenico Tudini

Born 1957

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8048 JOURNALIST

Gianni Bezzi

Born 1958

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8065 SCREENWRITER

Leone Colonna

1952 - 1999

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8073 PHOTOGRAPHER

Sabina Maria Cuneo

1956 - 2016

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