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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

8074 ACTOR

Emanuela Giordano

Born 1957

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8076 SPECIAL EFFECTS

Daniel Acon

Born 1958

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8086 FOOTBALL

Pietro Michesi

Born 1950

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8087 FOOTBALL

Fortunato Loddi

Born 1950

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8092 WRITER

Francesco Paolo Tanzj

Born 1950

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8097 SCENOGRAPHER

Luciano Calosso

Born 1953

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8098 COMPOSER

Renato Bartolini

Born 1952

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8114 JOURNALIST

Maria Teresa Lamberti

Born 1958

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8123 POLITICIAN

Pier Giorgio Gawronski

Born 1957

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8154 BASKET

Carlo Di Giusto

Born 1955

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8157 WRITER

Valter Catoni

Born 1954

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8160 JOURNALIST

Roberto Mostarda

Born 1953

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8174 TERRORISTA

Maurizio Falessi

Born 1954

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8182 ATHLETIC

Roberto Buccione

Born 1951

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8184 PLAYER

Claudio Di Coste

Born 1954

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8191 JOCKEY

Michele Bucci

Born 1951

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8195 FOOTBALL

Marcello Loprencipe

Born 1958

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8196 JOURNALIST

Lucio Brunelli

Born 1952

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8204 FILM

Sandro De Santis

Born 1952

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8206 CINEMA

Marco Incagnoli

Born 1950

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8209 WRITER

Stefano Livadiotti

1958 - 2018

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8216 JOURNALIST

Fabio Scuto

Born 1957

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8238 JOURNALIST

Antonella Rampino

Born 1956

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8247 MUSIC

Riccardo Biseo

Born 1959

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8248 JOURNALIST

Anna Maria Jacobini

1958 - 2016

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8251 POLITICIAN

Massimo Cervellini

Born 1956

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8255 FOOTBALL

Massimo Berdini

Born 1958

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8264 ACTOR

Stefania Giacarelli

Born 1957

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8275 JOURNALIST

Roberto Natale

Born 1958

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8276 FILM

Stefano Petruzzellis

Born 1950

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8277 SCENOGRAPHER

Marina Pinzuti

Born 1956

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8290 COMPOSER

Alessandro Cusatelli

Born 1956

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8292 WRITER

Stefano Micocci

Born 1955

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8298 SINGER

Franco Tortora

Born 1953

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8300 DRIVER

Ranieri Randaccio

Born 1952

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8307 JOURNALIST

Fabio Raffaelli

1953 - 2017

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8315 OBOIST

Carlo Romano (oboista)

Born 1954

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8320 JOURNALIST

Giampiero Vigorito

Born 1956

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8322 POLITICIAN

Maria Cristina Perugia

Born 1952

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8332 POLITICIAN

Marco Verzaschi

Born 1959

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8337 VIOLIN

Alessandro Russo

Born 1957

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8345 SWIMMER

Patrizia Miserini

Born 1958

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8356 FOOTBALL

Luciano Orati

Born 1957

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8358 RACER

Paolo Priori

Born 1955

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8381 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ottavio Celestino

Born 1958

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8383 SINGER

Barbara Lazotti

Born 1955

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8388 FOOTBALL

Mauro Manzoni

Born 1958

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8389 ACTOR

Roberto Corona

Born 1959

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8392 FOOTBALL

Angelo Paolanti

Born 1959

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8397 WRITER

Carlo Pileri

Born 1953

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8401 COMPOSER

Roberto Diem Tigani

1954 - 2016

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8407 PRESENTER

Viviana Antonini

Born 1956

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8409 FOOTBALL

Stefano Calcagni

Born 1954

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8410 PLAYER

Vincenzo Franchitti

Born 1950

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8424 DIPLOMAT

Filippo Scammacca del Murgo e dell'Agnone

Born 1959

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8425 DIPLOMAT

Alfredo Bastianelli

Born 1951

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8428 WRITER

Guido Rampoldi

Born 1952

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8430 FILM

Ennio Pontis

Born 1951

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8438 CHIRURGO

Erino Angelo Rendina

Born 1958

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8439 COMPOSER

Fabrizio Fornaci

Born 1959

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8453 FOOTBALL

Stefano Quattrini

Born 1959

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8469 COACH

Simonetta Avalle

Born 1950

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8476 WRITER

Franco Limardi

Born 1959

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8479 AUTHOR

Marco Luci

Born 1956

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8485 JOURNALIST

Mario Pezzolla

Born 1952

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8495 SWIMMER

Donatella Schiavon

Born 1957

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8514 JOURNALIST

Stefano Brusadelli

Born 1955

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8520 INDOLOGIST

Raffaele Torella

Born 1950

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8522 THEATRE

Claudio Boccaccini

Born 1953

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8525 PIANIST

Carlo Maria Dominici

Born 1950

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8528 JOURNALIST

Paolo Cecinelli

Born 1956

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8533 JOURNALIST

Edgardo Gulotta

Born 1959

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8542 ACTOR

Andrea Blarzino

Born 1958

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8550 JOURNALIST

Roberto Bernabai

Born 1956

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8561 JOURNALIST

Carmen Iarrera

Born 1950

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8564 WRITER

Claudia Patuzzi

Born 1951

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8571 POLITICIAN

Mario Di Carlo

1954 - 2011

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8576 POLITICIAN

Cristina De Luca

Born 1954

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8577 POLITICIAN

Fabrizio Camilli

Born 1955

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8582 JOURNALIST

Umberto La Rocca (giornalista)

Born 1959

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8609 COMPOSER

Bob Salmieri

Born 1958

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8622 POLITICIAN

Franco Righetti

Born 1951

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8650 SWIMMER

Laura Gorgerino

Born 1957

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8665 SCENOGRAPHER

Riccardo Bocchini

Born 1958

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8711 ART HISTORIAN

Vittoria Garibaldi

Born 1950

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8717 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Paola Velardi

Born 1955

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8719 COMPOSER

Massimo Alviti

Born 1958

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8732 SCREENWRITER

Mauro Conciatori

Born 1957

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8739 SWIMMER

Alfredo Francesconi

Born 1956

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8740 JOURNALIST

Paolo Petruccioli

1956 - 2013

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8742 JOURNALIST

Ennio Chiodi

Born 1952

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8751 PAINTER

Franca Angelini

Born 1953

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8757 ARBITRO

Giuseppe Rosica

1956 - 2019

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8773 RADIO

Carlo Mancini

Born 1954

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8782 POLITICIAN

Pierluigi Piccini

Born 1952

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8784 ARTIST

Mauro Talarico

Born 1953

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8789 PHYSICIAN

Piero Cascone

Born 1952

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8798 SWIMMER

Edmondo Mingione

Born 1952

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8802 BASKET

Maurizio Scanzani

Born 1956

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8804 FILM

Enzo Balestrieri

Born 1952

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8806 PRODUCER

Luigi Piergiovanni

Born 1954

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8818 SAXOPHONIST

Roberto Manuzzi

Born 1956

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8819 SWIMMER

Federica Stabilini

Born 1957

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8822 JOURNALIST

Pietro Spataro

Born 1956

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8836 JOURNALIST

Dino Pesole

Born 1951

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8841 FILM

Roberto Marafante

Born 1954

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8848 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Petrucchi

Born 1954

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8851 SCREENWRITER

Antonio Miglietta

Born 1956

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8855 CHOREOGRAPHER

Stefania Minardo

Born 1955

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8865 FOOTBALL

Gianni Pauselli

Born 1955

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8881 POLITICIAN

Roberto Roscani

Born 1952

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8893 FOOTBALL

Marco Franco

1956 - 1995

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8894 ECONOMIST

Valeria Sannucci

Born 1953

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8901 SWIMMER

Riccardo Urbani

Born 1958

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8903 ADMIRAL

Filippo Maria Foffi

Born 1953

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8906 FILM

Giovanni Leacche

Born 1950

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8918 DRUMMER

Massimo Manzi

Born 1956

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8922 COACH

Enzo Trombetta

Born 1958

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8929 POLITICIAN

Roberto Sciacca

Born 1959

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8949 MISSING

Maria Testa

1956 - 2009

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8964 CONDUCTOR

Alessandro Pinzauti

Born 1958

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8992 PAINTER

Elvino Echeoni

Born 1950

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9026 REGISTA

Marco Tiburtini

Born 1956

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9032 FILM

Roberto Petrocchi

Born 1956

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9040 POET

Mauro Montacchiesi

Born 1956

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9045 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Stefano Pintucci

1959 - 2007

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9047 FOOTBALL

José Messina

Born 1952

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9070 MUSIC

Enrico Petrucci

Born 1958

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9074 SPORT

Roberto Porzia

Born 1951

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9075 COMPOSER

Franco Zulian

Born 1953

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9078 DIPLOMAT

Massimo Andrea Leggeri

Born 1950

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9093 ORGANIST

Giandomenico Piermarini

Born 1958

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9095 FOOTBALL

Claudio Cavalieri

1954 - 1977

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9103 POLITICIAN

Paolo Bigliocchi

Born 1955

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9105 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Rosati

Born 1952

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9120 RADIO

Gerardo Panno

1959 - 2012

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9127 SPORT

Gabriella Pizzolato

Born 1958

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9128 SINGER

Roberta Piazzi

Born 1951

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9136 FOOTBALL

Armando Colafrancesco

Born 1951

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9138 POLITICIAN

Massimo Nardi (politico)

Born 1954

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9140 WRITER

Paolo Di Reda

Born 1959

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9145 ACTOR

Marco Joannucci

Born 1956

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9157 LAWYER

Andrea Guarino

Born 1953

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9169 PUBLISHER

Maddalena Di Giacomo

1950 - 2016

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9178 WRITER

Rossella Contessi

1958 - 1997

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9180 ASTRONOMER

Stefano Valentini

Born 1955

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9196 FOOTBALL

Bruno Lombardi

Born 1952

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9197 ARTIST

Passepartout (fumettista)

Born 1954

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9213 SINGER

Gianni Spano

Born 1954

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9220 ACTOR

Anna Alegiani

Born 1950

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9228 BASKET

Claudio Antonucci

Born 1958

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9240 POET

Fausto Sbaffoni

Born 1952

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9253 AMBIENTALISTA

Elio Pacilio

Born 1958

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9259 POLITICIAN

Manuela Pineschi

Born 1956

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9264 MILITAR

Giovanni Gumiero

Born 1955

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9281 DIPLOMAT

Claudio Glaentzer

Born 1951

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9286 WRITER

Francesco Festuccia

Born 1951

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9294 POLITICIAN

Ottavio Lavaggi

Born 1955

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9315 POLITICIAN

Stefano Gaggioli

Born 1954

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9319 BASKET

Giusy Cecchi

Born 1959

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9381 MEDAGLISTA

Loredana Pancotto

Born 1959

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9420 DIPLOMAT

Luigi Mattiolo

Born 1957

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9432 DIPLOMAT

Vittorio Sandalli

Born 1957

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9439 IM RUHESTAND

Giovanni Adorni Braccesi Chiassi

Born 1953

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9446 DIPLOMAT

Paolo Serpi

Born 1958

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