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

7636 WRITER

Ivo Mej

Born 1961

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7638 OFFICER

Manlio Scopigno (generale)

Born 1963

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7639 JOURNALIST

Giulio Delfino

Born 1967

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7644 SON

Francesco Ruspoli, 10th Prince of Cerveteri

Born 1967

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7646 COMPOSER

Fabio Massimo Colasanti

Born 1966

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7649 JOURNALIST

Alberto Bilà

Born 1964

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7650 JOURNALIST

Stefano Campagna

1962 - 2014

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7652 ENGINEER

Fabrizio Curcio

Born 1966

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7654 JOURNALIST

Paola Rivetta

Born 1962

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7655 SINGER

Stefano Borgia (cantante)

Born 1961

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7673 ACTOR

Luciano Gubinelli

1967 - 2014

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7690 COMPOSER

Alberto Laurenti

Born 1964

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7696 POLITICIAN

Dario Allevi

Born 1965

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7720 ACTOR

Maria Letizia Gorga

Born 1966

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7721 JOURNALIST

Paolo Celata

Born 1965

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7734 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Revelli

Born 1969

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7746 DIRIGENTE

Fabrizio Salini

Born 1967

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7748 ACTOR

Mauro Mandolini

Born 1965

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7758 JOURNALIST

Riccardo Chartroux

Born 1966

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7759 JOURNALIST

Filippo Corsini

Born 1962

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7760 SINGER

Little Victor

Born 1967

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7786 PUBLISHER

Marco Marcello Lupoi

Born 1965

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7788 POLITICIAN

Paolo Aquilanti

Born 1960

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7791 ATHLETIC

Alessandro Conforto

Born 1965

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7792 JOURNALIST

Ignazio Ingrao

Born 1969

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7794 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Toti

Born 1966

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7805 ACTOR

Paolo Lanza (attore)

Born 1965

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7806 POLITICIAN

Patrizia Prestipino

Born 1963

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7818 WRITER

Alfredo Accatino

Born 1960

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7819 SCENOGRAPHER

Emanuela Trixie Zitkowsky

Born 1966

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7825 ARCHITECT

Francesca Romana Salvi

Born 1962

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7832 PRODUCER

Lamberto Cesaroni

Born 1967

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7836 PAINTER

Massimo Guerrera

Born 1967

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7837 ACTOR

Gigi Vigliani

Born 1960

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7840 WRITER

Mimosa Martini

Born 1961

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7842 ACTOR

Stefano Arquilla

Born 1960

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7851 ACTOR

Alvia Reale

Born 1960

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7860 ACTOR

Antonello Morroni

Born 1966

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7865 SPORT

Luca Vitalesta

Born 1965

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7888 FOOTBALL

Stefano Mobili

Born 1968

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7892 JOURNALIST

Filippo Gaudenzi

Born 1962

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7893 JOURNALIST

Elisabetta Caporale

Born 1964

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7896 JOURNALIST

Claudio Fabretti

Born 1967

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7907 JOURNALIST

Giancarlo Scheri

Born 1963

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7927 JOURNALIST

Nadia Zicoschi

Born 1966

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7930 WRITER

Ornella Della Libera

Born 1965

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7932 LAWYER

Silvio Crapolicchio

Born 1964

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7935 ARTIST

Francesca Montinaro

Born 1965

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7936 COACH

Roberto Matranga

Born 1969

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7951 COMPOSER

Alessandro Maiorino

Born 1965

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7963 WRITER

Francesco Troccoli

Born 1969

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7975 PAINTER

Claudia Montanari

Born 1965

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7987 ACTOR

Ugo De Vita

Born 1961

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7999 ARTIST

Andrea Cascioli

Born 1964

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8023 PLAYER

Bruno Muratore

Born 1967

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8026 ACTOR

Alessandro Cocco

Born 1964

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8028 CONDUTTORE

Marco Di Buono

Born 1967

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8033 COACH

Paolo Minicucci

Born 1966

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8042 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Dessì

Born 1964

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8043 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Vincioni

Born 1966

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8047 JOURNALIST

Luigi Contu

Born 1962

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8051 COMPOSER

Filippo Gaetani

Born 1964

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8060 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marcello Sindici

Born 1961

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8062 BASEBALL

Massimiliano Masin

Born 1968

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8064 DRIVER

Nico Caldarola

Born 1962

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8068 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Musolino

1964 - 2016

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8071 POLITICIAN

Luciana Pedoto

Born 1969

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8072 DRIVER

Giovanni Bonanno

Born 1968

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8075 PLAYER

Piero Antonini

Born 1968

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8084 PRESENTER

Giorgia Passeri

Born 1963

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8090 PLAYER

Ivano Roma

Born 1966

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8094 JOURNALIST

Laura Mambelli

1961 - 2011

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8118 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Martinelli

Born 1963

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8132 FOOTBALL

Giampiero Pocetta

Born 1965

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8135 SINGER

Edoardo Guarnera

Born 1960

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8137 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Roma (giocatore di calcio a 5)

Born 1963

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8141 JOURNALIST

Cristina Guerra

Born 1968

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8145 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Mirra

Born 1962

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8147 FOOTBALL

Elio Pecoraro

Born 1967

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8152 PLAYER

Gianluca Limone

Born 1960

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8153 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Bucciarelli (calciatore)

Born 1967

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8161 ACTOR

Marco Minetti

Born 1966

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8164 MUSIC

Leonardo Cesari

Born 1961

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8169 PLAYER

Alessandro Caranci

Born 1967

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8170 JOURNALIST

Sandro Fioravanti

Born 1962

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8192 COMPOSER

De Luca & Forti

Born 1967

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8200 ATHLETIC

Orietta Mancia

Born 1968

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8213 JOURNALIST

Marco Gisotti

Born 1968

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8217 MATHEMATICIAN

Paolo Piccione

Born 1964

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8218 JOURNALIST

Dania Mondini

Born 1963

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8223 JOURNALIST

Barbara Pedri

Born 1961

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8224 SINGER

Flavia Astolfi

Born 1966

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8227 LAWYER

David Donat Cattin

Born 1969

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8230 JOURNALIST

Maurizio Colantoni

Born 1962

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8232 FILM

Paolo Del Brocco

Born 1963

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8233 SINGER

Mc Fierli

Born 1964

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8239 ACTOR

Gianluca Belardi

Born 1967

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8252 ACTOR

Daniele Nuccetelli

Born 1963

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8254 PAINTER

Sandro Nocentini

Born 1966

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8259 JOURNALIST

Laura Cannavò

Born 1963

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8260 PRESENTER

Myriam Fecchi

Born 1966

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8265 COMPOSER

Aldo Bassi (musicista)

1962 - 2020

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8280 POLITICIAN

Antonella Casu

Born 1967

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8287 ARTIST

Stefano Santarelli

Born 1961

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8289 JOURNALIST

Pietro Suber

Born 1964

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8297 JOURNALIST

Donato Bendicenti (giornalista)

Born 1964

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8301 RETTORE

Stefano Coletta

Born 1965

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8308 METEOROLOGIST

Roberto Giontella

1961 - 1999

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8314 PLAYER

Luca Bergamini

Born 1961

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8324 AUTHOR

Cristiano Barbarossa

Born 1968

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8326 REGISTA

Stefano Maria Gallo

Born 1967

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8331 ATHLETIC

Cesare Toraldo

Born 1963

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8338 JOURNALIST

Simona Sala

Born 1960

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8341 WRITER

Massimiliano Governi

Born 1962

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8363 PALLANUOTISTA

Monica Vaillant

Born 1967

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8364 JOURNALIST

Andrea Pucci (giornalista)

Born 1961

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8378 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Pomposelli

Born 1961

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8393 MAGISTRAT

Sergio Colaiocco

Born 1965

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8399 COMPOSER

Carlo Pasceri

Born 1964

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8404 COMPOSER

Giovanni Guaccero

Born 1966

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8408 CONDUCTOR

Leonardo de Amicis

Born 1963

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8411 POLITICIAN

Andrea Cangini

Born 1969

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8416 ACTOR

Marcellino Mariucci

Born 1961

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8419 POLITICIAN

Paolo Trancassini

Born 1963

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8429 JOURNALIST

Roberto Iadicicco

Born 1961

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8452 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Benini

Born 1962

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8458 ATHLETIC

Emanuela Gabella

Born 1969

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8467 JOURNALIST

Roberta Cardarelli

Born 1967

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8468 JOURNALIST

Manuela Lucchini

Born 1962

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8486 MUSIC

Francesco Lo Cascio

Born 1961

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8487 SCREENWRITER

Lorenzo Castellano

Born 1963

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8493 COACH

Cristiano Ciocchetti

Born 1967

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8494 JOURNALIST

Christian Calabrese

Born 1969

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8496 COACH

Massimo Dagioni

Born 1966

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8510 JOURNALIST

Lorenzo Montersoli

Born 1968

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8549 POLITICIAN

Francesco Paolo Capone

Born 1961

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8562 WRITER

Benedetto Carucci Viterbi

Born 1960

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8583 ESPERANTIST

Carlo Sarandrea

Born 1962

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8586 JOURNALIST

Francesco Vergovich

Born 1961

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8590 SINGER

Daniela Colace

Born 1962

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8597 SWIMMER

Giorgio Quadri

Born 1960

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8600 ARBITRO

Pier Paolo Rossi

Born 1962

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8604 FOOTBALL

Massimiliano Grilli

Born 1969

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8608 JOURNALIST

Andrea Molino (giornalista)

Born 1964

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8627 JOURNALIST

Fabio Cappelli

Born 1964

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8628 SINGER

Mirella Felli

1964 - 2003

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8639 ASTROPHYSICIST

Donatella Ricci

Born 1963

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8644 JOURNALIST

Barbara di Castri

Born 1960

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8662 PRESENTER

Antonella Consorti

Born 1962

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8666 ENGINEER

Riccardo Betti

Born 1963

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8679 JOURNALIST

Federico Chiacchiari

Born 1960

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8683 ACTOR

Sebastian Harrison

Born 1965

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8697 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Sacchi

Born 1962

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8705 FOOTBALL

Mario Morosini

Born 1963

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8708 WRITER

Manuela Minelli

Born 1961

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8724 MUSIC

Marcello Appignani

Born 1963

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8728 THEATER

Fabio Luigi Lionello

Born 1960

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8734 RETTORE

Roberto Sergio

Born 1960

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8750 INDOLOGIST

Francesco Sferra

Born 1965

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8763 RETTORE

Luca Valerio Camerano

Born 1963

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8769 SWIMMER

Laura Belotti

Born 1966

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8770 COMPOSER

Francesco Venerucci

Born 1968

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8777 SINGER

Tiziana Lo Conte

Born 1961

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8778 CAMPIONE

Michele Surian

Born 1962

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8783 SCREENWRITER

Gianluca Greco

Born 1961

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8785 ARTIST

Elisabetta Benassi

Born 1966

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8786 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Boncori

Born 1963

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8795 JOURNALIST

Marco Castoro

Born 1961

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8797 SWIMMER

Fabio Fusi

Born 1969

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8807 FOOTBALL

Paolo De Simoni

Born 1962

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8816 ACTOR

Marco Galli (attore)

Born 1965

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8830 POLITICIAN

Fabio Croce

Born 1960

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8832 FILM

Stefano Gigli

Born 1968

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8833 ARTIST

Concetta Flore

Born 1962

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8837 SWIMMER

Stefano Grandi

Born 1962

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8840 JOURNALIST

Fabio Colagrande

Born 1965

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8844 WRITER

Maria Teresa Casella

Born 1960

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8845 SWIMMER

Marco Del Prete

Born 1965

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8860 FILM

Michelangelo Pepe

Born 1961

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8863 FILM

Francesco Brancato

Born 1960

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8868 ARBITRO

Francesco Massini

Born 1969

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8872 ACTOR

Marco Baldasseroni

Born 1966

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8875 SCREENWRITER

Alberto Manni

Born 1963

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8877 REGISTA

Klaus Mayenza

Born 1963

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8880 JOURNALIST

Emanuele Coen

Born 1968

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8887 ACTOR

Maria Carolina Salomè

Born 1965

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8912 SINGER

Luca Manca (cantante)

Born 1968

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8931 FOOTBALL

Ugo Bronzini

Born 1963

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8936 OPERA

Alessandro Fantini (tenore)

Born 1967

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8938 CAMPIONE

Andrea Baldini (velista)

Born 1968

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8940 HISTORIAN

Marco Di Branco

Born 1967

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8947 ACADEMIC

Roberto De Gaetano

Born 1965

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8954 JOURNALIST

Michele Neri

Born 1966

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8955 SCENEGGIATORE

Fabio Di Ranno

Born 1967

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8962 PLAYER

Massimo Riscino

Born 1969

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8969 COACH

Daniele D'Orto

Born 1961

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8989 PRESENTER

Alexander Privitera

Born 1965

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9003 SINGER

Stefano Rossi Crespi

Born 1969

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9016 MILITAR

Gerardo Catena

1967 - 1991

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9017 MILITAR

Candeloro Zamperini

1963 - 1997

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9019 JOURNALIST

Federico Fiecconi

Born 1960

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9025 WRITER

Lorenzo Pompeo

Born 1968

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9031 PLAYER

Fabio Mitterhofer

Born 1962

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9051 WRITER

Marco Impiglia

Born 1960

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9064 ARTIST

Paolo Raffaelli (fumettista)

Born 1962

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9066 MILITAR

Stefano Di Bonaventura

1966 - 1986

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9087 COACH

Alfredo Filippini

Born 1962

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9089 ECONOMIST

Alessandro Messina (economist)

Born 1969

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9115 JOURNALIST

Davide Novelli

Born 1963

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9130 REGISTA TEATRALE

Lucia Di Cosmo

1960 - 2006

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9158 BASKET

Cinzia Genualdo

Born 1968

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9161 ENTREPRENEUR

Josè Rallo

Born 1964

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9187 RUGBY

Giulio De Santis

Born 1967

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9191 JOURNALIST

Antonella Frontani

Born 1964

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9198 ALLENATORE

Luigi Rocchini

Born 1963

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9203 ENGINEER

Idel Fuschini

Born 1968

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9216 ATHLETIC

Enzo Brichese

Born 1965

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9218 PUBLISHER

Luisa Capelli

Born 1961

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9224 PHOTOGRAPHER

Guido Rubino

Born 1968

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9237 ARTIST

Francesco Moriconi

Born 1968

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9243 ILLUSTRATOR

Alberto Ruggieri

Born 1963

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9258 DRUMMER

Marco Ariano

Born 1961

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9304 JOURNALIST

Enrico Puoti

1960 - 2014

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9305 ARTIST

Marco Colazzo

Born 1963

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9320 PAINTER

Eros Renzetti

Born 1965

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9330 BASKET

Maria Carmela Verardi

Born 1964

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9338 WRITER

Livio Cotrozzi

Born 1962

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9366 HISTORIAN

Luigi Gallo (storico dell'arte)

Born 1966

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9413 PAINTER

Emanuela Camacci

Born 1968

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9423 MISSING

Dario Carmignani

Born 1968

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9431 LAWYER

Francesco Rocca

Born 1965

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9438 JOURNALIST

Marco Balboni

Born 1960

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9440 CIVIL SERVICE

Roberto Viola (Beamter)

Born 1960

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