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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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  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
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Showing 1,133 of 9,455 notable people

5528 ACTOR

Massimiliano Virgilii

Born 1967

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5529 ACTOR

Corrado Conforti

Born 1968

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5556 ASTRONOMER

Ernesto Palomba

Born 1967

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5563 WRITER

Enrico Luceri

Born 1960

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5564 POLITICIAN

Armando Bartolazzi

Born 1961

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5580 ESSAYIST

Anna Parisi

Born 1961

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5581 ROWER

Paola Protopapa

Born 1965

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5584 AVIATOR

Pier Paolo Racchetti

1964 - 1994

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5590 MUSIC

Michel Tirabosco

Born 1968

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5603 DIPLOMAT

Diego Brasioli

Born 1961

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5604 WRITER

Ollivier Dyens

Born 1963

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5608 ACTOR

Roberto Gammino

Born 1969

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5609 PLAYWRIGHT

Giorgio Serafini Prosperi

Born 1968

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5620 FOOTBALL

Massimo Piscedda

Born 1962

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5629 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Lorenzo Grabau

Born 1965

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5630 ACTOR

Pierluigi Astore

Born 1961

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5633 FILM

Nicolas De Toth

Born 1960

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5635 FOOTBALL

Stefano Sanderra

Born 1967

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5640 SAXOPHONIST

Red Pellini

Born 1964

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5642 FOOTBALL

Marco Onorati

Born 1964

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5675 POLITICIAN

Paolo Pietrosanti

1960 - 2011

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5681 ACTOR

Fabrizio Contri

Born 1961

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5697 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Stefano Ranucci

Born 1963

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5698 MEDALLIST

Maria Carmela Colaneri

Born 1963

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5707 JOURNALIST

Bruno Luverà

Born 1960

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5738 ARTIST

Saverio Tenuta

Born 1969

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5742 POLITICIAN

Stefano De Lillo

Born 1962

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5743 AUTHOR

Roberto Onofri

Born 1968

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5753 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Ruben

Born 1966

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5754 HISTORIAN

Luigi Loreto

Born 1963

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5764 JOCKEY

Maura Cenciarelli

Born 1966

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5772 ACTOR

Anna Cugini

Born 1962

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5776 ACTOR

Max Paiella

Born 1969

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5781 WRITER

Lanfranco Palazzolo

Born 1965

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5785 COMPOSER

Paolo Vivaldi

Born 1964

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5787 NEUROSCIENTIST

Matteo Carandini

Born 1967

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5805 POLITICIAN

Pierdomenico Martino

Born 1963

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5806 NEWS PRESENTER

Manuela Moreno

Born 1966

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5807 FOOTBALL

Gianluca Pacchiarotti

Born 1963

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5819 ACTOR

Adamo Dionisi

Born 1965

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5820 ACTOR

Anna Cesareni

Born 1960

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5824 JOURNALIST

Filippo Sensi

Born 1968

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5828 ACTOR

Sabrina Duranti

Born 1967

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5829 PLAYER

Massimo Rinaldi (giocatore di calcio a 5)

Born 1967

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5831 BUSINESS

John De Margheriti

Born 1962

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5844 ECONOMIST

Francesco Parisi (economist)

Born 1962

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5858 ACTOR

Claudia Vegliante

Born 1967

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5861 WRITER

Christiana Ruggeri

Born 1969

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5866 SCREENWRITER

Mattia Torre

1962 - 2019

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5875 THEATRE

Furio Andreotti

Born 1965

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5885 POLITICIAN

Francesco Saverio Garofani

Born 1962

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5895 ARTIST

Marco Gervasio

Born 1967

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5899 LITERARY

Pietro Cataldi

Born 1961

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5913 MODEL

Mauro Carli

Born 1961

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5918 PHOTOGRAPHER

Carlotta Cerquetti

Born 1965

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5925 ACTOR

Claudio Pacifico (attore)

Born 1963

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5939 JOURNALIST

Silvia Tortora

Born 1962

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5946 PLAYER

Carlo Pratichetti

Born 1963

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5948 ACTOR

Tatiana Dessi

Born 1965

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5954 WRITER

Marco Fratini

Born 1966

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5960 FOOTBALL

Gianni Cavezzi

Born 1969

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5965 FOOTBALL

Felice Mancini

Born 1965

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5970 FOOTBALL

Stefano Ferretti

Born 1960

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5971 FILM

Ilaria Fraioli

Born 1965

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5976 ACTOR

Barbara Castracane

Born 1961

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5981 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Giancarlo Caracuzzo

Born 1960

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5986 JOURNALIST

Angelo Mangiante

Born 1965

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5994 ACTOR

Alessandro Spadorcia

Born 1960

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6005 ARTIST

Stefano Andreucci

Born 1962

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6018 FOOTBALL

Francesco Fonte

Born 1965

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6026 SWIMMER

Roberto Cassio

Born 1968

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6033 POLITICIAN

Marco Marsilio

Born 1968

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6045 ARTIST

Giuseppe Matteoni

Born 1969

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6047 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Lorenzo Nigro

Born 1967

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6072 LAWYER

Giovanni Lombardi Stronati

Born 1963

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6074 PRODUCER

Luca Bernabei

Born 1964

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6075 SWIMMER

Cristina Quintarelli

Born 1963

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6079 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Coppola

Born 1965

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6086 PRODUCER

Fabio Trentini

Born 1968

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6089 POLITICIAN

Bruno Astorre

Born 1963

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6094 ARTIST

Mauro Biani

Born 1967

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6096 CINEMA

David Mancori

Born 1962

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6097 ACTOR

Cinzia Mascoli

Born 1960

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6100 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Zanchini

Born 1967

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6121 JOURNALIST

Andrea Pesciarelli

1964 - 2011

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6124 OPERA

Sabina von Walther

Born 1968

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6126 COSTUME DESIGNER

Carla Teti

Born 1969

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6127 JOCKEY

Marco Trani

1960 - 2013

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6130 SPORT

Daniele Pradè

Born 1967

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6150 SINGER

Massimo Modugno

Born 1966

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6160 JOURNALIST

Nicoletta Manzione

Born 1966

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6161 POET

Paolo Febbraro

Born 1965

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6171 FOOTBALL

Claudio Fermanelli

Born 1963

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6174 SCULPTOR

Rinaldo Piras

1963 - 2001

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6179 PIANIST

Marco Di Battista

Born 1964

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6188 FASCISTA

Alessandro Alibrandi

1960 - 1981

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6191 FOOTBALL

Fabio Lucidi

Born 1967

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6199 ARTIST

Bernhard Rüdiger

Born 1964

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6212 ARTIST

Susan Fales-Hill

Born 1962

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6223 BIOLOGIST

Fulvio Cruciani

Born 1965

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6241 COMPOSER

Enrico Sognato

Born 1969

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6249 TERRORIST

Cristiano Fioravanti

Born 1960

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6292 MUSIC

Andrea Marcelli

Born 1962

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6294 ACTOR

Valerio Sacco

Born 1967

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6302 ACTOR

Manuela Cenciarelli

Born 1966

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6309 JOURNALIST

Marco Lupis

Born 1960

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6317 CHESS

Carlo D'Amore

Born 1964

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6323 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Fioretti

Born 1966

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6337 ACTOR

Gabriele Trentalance

Born 1969

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6345 JOURNALIST

Gaia Tortora

Born 1969

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6364 ORGANIST

Andrea Coen

Born 1960

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6376 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Cesaretti

Born 1968

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6378 PROFESSOR

Anna Chimenti

Born 1962

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6381 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Marini

Born 1964

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6382 REGISTA

Giovanna Taviani

Born 1969

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6384 DRIVER

Gabriele Marotta

Born 1967

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6385 ILLUSTRATOR

Antonello Silverini

Born 1966

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6389 FOOTBALL

Antonio Ravot

Born 1960

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6394 PLAYER

Andrea Bernabè

Born 1969

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6395 BASKET

Stefano Sbarra

Born 1961

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6402 DESIGNER

Gai Mattiolo

Born 1968

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6404 POLITICIAN

Luciano Vecchi

Born 1961

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6413 FOOTBALL

Ernesto Calisti

Born 1965

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6419 ENTREPRENEUR

Stefano Ricucci

Born 1962

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6421 FOOTBALL

Luca Evangelisti

Born 1965

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6423 SINGER

Charlie (cantante italiano)

Born 1964

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6429 BASKET

Marco Calvani (cestista)

Born 1963

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6432 FILM

Federica Lucisano

Born 1967

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6439 SCIENTIST

Maria Laura Bono

Born 1967

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6441 MUSIC

Fabrizio Palma

Born 1962

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6459 ACTOR

Irene Di Valmo

Born 1967

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6469 SWIMMER

Antonella Terenzi

Born 1965

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6474 ACTOR

Sergio Luzi

Born 1960

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6478 INNOVATION

Alessandro Gadotti

Born 1969

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6486 ACTOR

Stefano Viali

Born 1963

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6498 POLITICIAN

Nazzareno Pilozzi

Born 1969

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6503 BUSINESS

Ugo Brachetti Peretti

Born 1965

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6504 BALLET

Francesca Sposi

Born 1967

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6512 ACTOR

Gloria Sirabella

Born 1964

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6540 ACTOR

Enrico Pallini

Born 1963

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6543 POLITICIAN

Fabiola Anitori

Born 1962

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6545 MUSIC

Claudio Paradiso

Born 1960

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6570 WRITER

Roberto Goracci

Born 1966

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6581 ATLETICO

Alessandro Lamberti

Born 1964

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6582 ACTOR

Emanuel Bevilacqua

Born 1968

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6588 BALLERINA

Matilde Brandi

Born 1969

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6597 LAWYER

Antonio Buonfiglio

Born 1968

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6598 MILITANTE

Walter Sordi

Born 1961

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6600 POLITICIAN

Mariastella Bianchi

Born 1969

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6603 ARTIST

Andrea Domestici

Born 1964

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6604 PHYSICIST

David Bercovici

Born 1960

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6609 ENTREPRENEUR

Danilo Coppola

Born 1967

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6627 EMPRESÁRIO

Andrea Merloni

1967 - 2020

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6639 ACTOR

Geppi Di Stasio

Born 1962

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6644 ACTOR

Roberto Gallozzi

Born 1960

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6663 WRITER

Lisa Ginzburg

Born 1966

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6664 ACTOR

Maria Cristina Fioretti

Born 1962

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6679 FILM

Isabella Leoni

Born 1964

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6685 ACTOR

Jacopo Mariani (attore)

Born 1965

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6697 WRITER

Paola Mammini

Born 1963

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6706 ACTOR

Anna Cardini

Born 1960

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6708 MILITANTE

Pasquale Belsito

Born 1962

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6710 PRESENTER

Paola Saluzzi

Born 1964

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6718 WRITER

Davide Orecchio

Born 1969

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6722 ACTOR

Maurizio Fiorentini

Born 1963

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6726 COACH

Salvatore Zaffiro

Born 1969

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6730 WRITER

Alberto Pallotta

Born 1966

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6757 ACTOR

Barbara Berengo Gardin

Born 1965

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6764 WRITER

Gabriele Marconi

Born 1961

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6766 SINGER

Stefania La Fauci

Born 1963

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6782 ORGANIST

Gianluca Libertucci

Born 1967

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6790 BASKET

Gianluca Barilari

Born 1964

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6795 SPORT

Cristina Cimino

Born 1964

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6802 WRITER

Sandro Battisti

Born 1965

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6809 ACTOR

Carolina Rosi

Born 1965

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6817 MILITANTE

Stefano Soderini

Born 1961

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6820 FOOTBALL

Massimo Cumbo

Born 1966

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6824 BANK

Andrea Orcel

Born 1960

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6825 JOURNALIST

Massimo Caputi

Born 1961

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6826 POLITICIAN

Raffaele Fantetti

Born 1966

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6828 ACTOR

Enrica Rosso

Born 1960

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6836 PRIEST

Gianrico Ruzza

Born 1963

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6837 JOURNALIST

Riccardo Luna

Born 1965

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6850 PLAYER

Andrea Rubei

Born 1966

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6851 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Ferazzoli

Born 1966

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6852 WRITER

Rocco Fortunato

1963 - 2017

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6863 JOURNALIST

Marco Mazzocchi

Born 1966

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6867 JOURNALIST

Sveva Sagramola

Born 1964

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6889 CONDUCTOR

Silvia Massarelli

Born 1961

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6892 JOURNALIST

Barbara Carfagna

Born 1969

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6902 SOCIOLOGIST

Andrea Tiddi

Born 1968

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6910 ARTIST

Marco Di Piazza

Born 1961

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6913 HISTORIAN

Francesca Alesse

Born 1960

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6927 SAILOR

Dona Bertarelli

Born 1968

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6929 POLITICIAN

Roberto Rao

Born 1968

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6935 MEZZOFONDISTA

Florinda Andreucci

Born 1969

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6938 PHYSICIST

Valerio Rossi Albertini

Born 1963

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6941 POLITICIAN

Francesco Martone

Born 1961

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6957 FILM

Daniele Cesarano

Born 1962

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6962 ACTOR

Patrizia Salerno

Born 1962

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6963 FOOTBALL

Danilo Ronzani

Born 1960

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6995 TERRORISTA

Diana Blefari Melazzi

1969 - 2009

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6996 SCREENWRITER

Simona Ercolani

Born 1963

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6997 FUTSAL

Andrea Famà

Born 1962

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7004 WRITER

Simone Caltabellota

Born 1969

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7015 FILM

Alessandro Colizzi

Born 1962

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7020 POLITICIAN

Lucia Pagano

Born 1962

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7021 FOOTBALL

Massimo Mauti

Born 1960

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7023 VITTIMA

Andrea Moneta

1969 - 1991

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7026 JOURNALIST

Massimo Marianella

Born 1966

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7032 JOURNALIST

Giancarlo De Andreis

Born 1966

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7038 SCENOGRAPHER

Paola Bizzarri

Born 1960

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7049 FOOTBALL

Viero Vignoli

Born 1965

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7050 ACTOR

Barbara Terrinoni

Born 1968

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7053 ACTOR

Ludovica Tinghi

Born 1965

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7056 JOURNALIST

Alberto D'Aguanno

1964 - 2006

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7085 ACTOR

Lorena Bertini

Born 1960

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7108 SINGER

Anonimo Italiano

Born 1968

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7110 BASKET

Eugenio Capone

Born 1966

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7126 SINGER

Barbara Boncompagni

Born 1963

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7135 MANAGER

Andrea Abodi

Born 1960

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7136 JOURNALIST

Flavio Mucciante

Born 1961

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7147 WRESTLER

Antonio La Penna

Born 1960

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7152 ASTROPHYSICIST

Alessandro Melchiorri

Born 1969

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7155 ACTOR

Francesca Zanni

Born 1968

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7159 POLITICIAN

Roberto Di Giovan Paolo

Born 1962

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7163 ACTOR

Luana Ravegnini

Born 1968

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7169 TERRORISTA

Federica Saraceni

Born 1969

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7184 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Riccardo Venturi

Born 1966

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7186 POLITICIAN

Alessandra Pesce

Born 1969

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7200 PRESENTER

Ilaria Moscato

Born 1961

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7204 FOOTBALL

Mauro Vittiglio

Born 1961

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7205 BASKET

Marco Ricci (cestista)

Born 1960

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7207 INSTRUMENTALIST

Luca Venitucci

Born 1969

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7222 POLITICIAN

Pier Fausto Recchia

Born 1969

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7238 FILM

Luigi Parisi

Born 1969

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7256 JOURNALIST

Luca Bonaccorsi

Born 1969

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7263 BUSINESS

Riccardo Zacconi

Born 1968

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7265 JOURNALIST

Sandro Sabatini

Born 1962

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7270 COMPOSER

Peppi Nocera

Born 1962

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7271 PRIEST

Paolo Ricciardi

Born 1968

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7276 JOURNALIST

Francesca Grimaldi

Born 1961

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7314 POLITICIAN

Isabella Rauti

Born 1962

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7322 POLITICIAN

Francesco Biava

Born 1965

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7324 JOURNALIST

Susanna Petruni

Born 1961

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7342 PRESENTER

Marco Senise

Born 1964

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7347 WRITER

Federica Fantozzi

Born 1968

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7349 FOOTBALL

Stefano Marra

Born 1968

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7350 POLITICIAN

Marcella Lucidi

Born 1963

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7356 FOOTBALL

Carlo Pascucci

Born 1966

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7358 WRITER

Riccardo D'Anna

Born 1962

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7359 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Provitali

Born 1968

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7372 PLAYER

Stefano Pelinga

Born 1964

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7376 JOURNALIST

Luca Mazzà

Born 1962

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7381 FOOTBALL

Enrico Maniero

Born 1960

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7383 CONDUTTORE

Claudio De Tommasi

Born 1960

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7384 VITTIMA

Otello Stefanini

1968 - 1991

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7386 JOURNALIST

Fabrizio Gatta

Born 1963

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7389 JOURNALIST

Stefano De Grandis

Born 1961

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7390 ACTOR

Silvia Tognoloni

Born 1961

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7394 ARTIST

Valerio Piccioni

Born 1967

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7395 JOURNALIST

Marco Betello

Born 1965

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7398 ACTOR

Lallo Circosta

Born 1968

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7402 JOURNALIST

Sebastiano Barisoni

Born 1968

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7406 ACTOR

Massimiliano Buzzanca

Born 1963

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7423 RADIO

Mauro Marino

Born 1968

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7426 JOURNALIST

Giuseppe De Filippi

Born 1964

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7427 WRITER

Raoul Precht

Born 1960

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7444 JOURNALIST

Domitilla Savignoni

Born 1966

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7446 FOOTBALL

Alfonso Greco

Born 1969

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7448 MISSING

Ambra Orfei

Born 1967

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7452 COACH

Massimo Quattrini

Born 1968

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7459 TEACHER

Massimiliano Mariola

Born 1969

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7464 JOURNALIST

Alessandra Bianchi

Born 1964

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7469 JOURNALIST

Lorenzo di Las Plassas

Born 1965

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7471 BUSINESS

Romolo Nati

Born 1968

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7472 AVIATORE

Maurizio De Rinaldis

Born 1965

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7473 SCULPTOR

Andrea Favilli

Born 1963

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7493 FOOTBALL

Mauro Roberto

Born 1968

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7494 JOURNALIST

Ida Colucci

1960 - 2019

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7495 POLITICIAN

Marco Berlinguer

Born 1963

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7519 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Coppola

Born 1962

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7529 DRIVER

Riccardo Romagnoli

Born 1963

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7532 JOURNALIST

Giovanni De Mauro

Born 1965

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7534 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Raggi

Born 1960

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7542 OFFICER

Maurizio Poggiali

1965 - 1997

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7556 FOOTBALL

Stefano Papiri

Born 1967

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7563 JOURNALIST

Giancarlo Loquenzi

Born 1960

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7564 FUTSAL

Franco Albanesi

Born 1962

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7566 JOURNALIST

Franco Lauro

1961 - 2020

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7568 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Catena

1969 - 1992

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7573 POLITICIAN

Luca Bergamo

Born 1961

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7577 POLITICIAN

Francesca Re David

Born 1960

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7612 CONDUTTRICE

Federica Gentile

Born 1969

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7619 WRITER

Guido Maria Brera

Born 1969

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7620 PAINTER

Benedetta Bonichi

Born 1968

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7626 JOURNALIST

Luca Rigoni (giornalista)

Born 1964

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7628 BOXE

Massimo Liberati

Born 1961

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7630 ACTOR

Claudia Muzii

Born 1966

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7633 TERRORISTA

Paolo Broccatelli

Born 1968

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