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ROME

Most Famous People Born in Rome, Italy

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

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

Through the Centuries

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

What Rome Is Known For

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

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

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

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

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 1,437 of 9,455 notable people

0003 ACTOR

Sophia Loren

Born 1934

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0015 ACTOR

Anna Magnani

1908 - 1973

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0017 ACTOR

Isabella Rossellini

Born 1952

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0029 ACTOR

Ornella Muti

Born 1955

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0038 ACTOR

Silvana Mangano

1930 - 1989

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0048 ACTOR

Joel McHale

Born 1971

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0050 ACTOR

Sabrina Ferilli

Born 1964

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0055 ACTOR

Danny Huston

Born 1962

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0058 ACTOR

Giuliano Gemma

1938 - 2013

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0061 ACTOR

Raoul Bova

Born 1971

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0069 ACTOR

Alessandra Mussolini

Born 1962

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0079 ACTOR

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Born 1974

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0081 ACTOR

Margherita Buy

Born 1962

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0083 ACTOR

Gabriele Ferzetti

1925 - 2015

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0092 ACTOR

Antonio Sabàto Jr.

Born 1972

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0093 ACTOR

Claudio Villa

1926 - 1987

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0097 ACTOR

Pierfrancesco Favino

Born 1969

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0117 ACTOR

Elio Germano

Born 1980

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0124 ACTOR

Claudia Gerini

Born 1971

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0125 ACTOR

Lou Albano

1933 - 2009

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0132 ACTOR

Daniela Bianchi

Born 1942

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0134 ACTOR

Alessandro Gassmann

Born 1965

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0135 ACTOR

Lea Massari

Born 1933

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0136 ACTOR

Luca Zingaretti

Born 1961

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0150 ACTOR

Aitana Sánchez-Gijón

Born 1968

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0151 ACTOR

Luciana Paluzzi

Born 1937

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0152 ACTOR

Claudia Mori

Born 1944

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0157 ACTOR

Paolo Stoppa

1906 - 1988

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0159 ACTOR

Francesco Quinn

1963 - 2011

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0165 ACTOR

Jasmine Trinca

Born 1981

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0166 ACTOR

Claudio Santamaria

Born 1974

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0169 ACTOR

Renato Zero

Born 1950

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0175 ACTOR

Giovanna Ralli

Born 1935

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0177 ACTOR

Milena Vukotic

Born 1935

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0178 ACTOR

Alessandra Martines

Born 1963

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0185 ACTOR

Valentina Cervi

Born 1974

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0191 ACTOR

Paola Cortellesi

Born 1973

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0192 ACTOR

Maurizio Costanzo

Born 1938

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0196 ACTOR

Violante Placido

Born 1976

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0198 ACTOR

Valerio Mastandrea

Born 1972

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0202 ACTOR

Paolo Bonacelli

Born 1937

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0207 ACTOR

Cristiana Capotondi

Born 1980

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0216 ACTOR

Mario Brega

1923 - 1994

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0218 ACTOR

Gigi Proietti

1940 - 2020

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0220 ACTOR

Anna Maria Ferrero

1934 - 2018

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0228 ACTOR

Rosalinda Celentano

Born 1968

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0231 ACTOR

Ninetto Davoli

Born 1948

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0232 ACTOR

Anna Galiena

Born 1954

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0234 ACTOR

Allison Miller

Born 1985

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0238 ACTOR

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

1914 - 2010

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0239 ACTOR

Micaela Ramazzotti

Born 1979

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0241 ACTOR

Ira von Fürstenberg

Born 1940

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0268 ACTOR

Enrico Montesano

Born 1945

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0279 ACTOR

Domiziana Giordano

Born 1959

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0290 ACTOR

Stefano Dionisi

Born 1966

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0297 ACTOR

Alvaro Vitali

Born 1950

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0298 ACTOR

Riccardo Garrone (actor)

1926 - 2016

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0299 ACTOR

Marisa Merlini

1923 - 2008

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0320 ACTOR

Ray Lovelock (actor)

1950 - 2017

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0321 ACTOR

Maurizio Arena

1933 - 1979

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0325 ACTOR

Nancy Brilli

Born 1964

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0326 ACTOR

Simonetta Stefanelli

Born 1954

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0328 ACTOR

Maya Sansa

Born 1975

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0329 ACTOR

Carlo Delle Piane

1936 - 2019

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0330 ACTOR

Carolina Crescentini

Born 1980

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0340 ACTOR

Brigitta Boccoli

Born 1972

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0342 ACTOR

Claudio Amendola

Born 1963

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0343 ACTOR

Adriano Giannini

Born 1971

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0354 ACTOR

Lamberto Maggiorani

1909 - 1983

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0363 ACTOR

Anthony Steffen

1930 - 2004

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0364 ACTOR

Lorella Cuccarini

Born 1965

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0366 ACTOR

Barbara De Rossi

Born 1960

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0369 ACTOR

Kaspar Capparoni

Born 1964

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0374 ACTOR

Monica Scattini

1956 - 2015

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0375 ACTOR

Sergio Fantoni

1930 - 2020

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0376 ACTOR

Rossella Falk

1926 - 2013

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0385 ACTOR

Sal Borgese

Born 1937

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0391 ACTOR

Isabella Biagini

1943 - 2018

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0397 ACTOR

Mario Carotenuto

1915 - 1995

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0400 ACTOR

Silvia Dionisio

Born 1951

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0401 ACTOR

Anna Valle

Born 1975

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0406 ACTOR

Giacomo Gianniotti

Born 1989

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0415 ACTOR

Marco Giallini

Born 1963

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0422 ACTOR

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere

Born 1966

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0429 ACTOR

Jenny Tamburi

1952 - 2006

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0441 ACTOR

Maurizio Merli

1940 - 1989

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0448 ACTOR

Luca Marinelli

Born 1984

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0449 ACTOR

Marilù Tolo

Born 1944

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0451 ACTOR

Giulio Berruti

Born 1984

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0452 ACTOR

Edoardo Leo

Born 1972

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0453 ACTOR

Ettore Manni

1927 - 1979

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0458 ACTOR

Alessandra Panaro

1939 - 2019

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0459 ACTOR

Mattia Sbragia

Born 1952

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0460 ACTOR

Alessandro Momo

1956 - 1974

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0474 ACTOR

Miriam Giovanelli

Born 1989

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0490 ACTOR

Antonella Attili

Born 1963

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0500 ACTOR

Ettore Petrolini

1884 - 1936

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0502 ACTOR

Anna Maria Rizzoli

Born 1953

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0507 ACTOR

Enzo Staiola

Born 1939

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0517 ACTOR

Selen (actress)

Born 1966

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0527 ACTOR

Nello Pazzafini

1933 - 1997

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0529 ACTOR

Lilla Brignone

1913 - 1984

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0535 ACTOR

Fabrizio Gifuni

Born 1966

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0544 ACTOR

Letícia Román

Born 1941

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0545 ACTOR

Benito Stefanelli

1929 - 1999

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0546 ACTOR

Memmo Carotenuto

1908 - 1980

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0548 ACTOR

Anna Mazzamauro

Born 1938

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0549 ACTOR

Chiara Mastalli

Born 1984

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0554 ACTOR

Flavio Insinna

Born 1965

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0556 ACTOR

Leda Gloria

1912 - 1997

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0560 ACTOR

Yvonne Sciò

Born 1969

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0567 ACTOR

Fabrizio Frizzi

1958 - 2018

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0569 ACTOR

Leopoldo Fregoli

1867 - 1936

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0574 ACTOR

Adalberto Maria Merli

Born 1938

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0575 ACTOR

Lola Pagnani

Born 1972

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0580 ACTOR

Lianella Carell

1927 - 2000

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0582 ACTOR

Mariacarla Boscono

Born 1980

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0585 ACTOR

Enzo Cerusico

1937 - 1991

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0590 ACTOR

Tony Kendall (actor)

1936 - 2009

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0592 ACTOR

Alessandro Borghi (actor)

Born 1986

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0593 ACTOR

Franca Bettoia

Born 1936

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0598 ACTOR

Daniele Liotti

Born 1971

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0602 ACTOR

Agnese Nano

Born 1965

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0609 ACTOR

Ennio Girolami

1935 - 2013

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0627 ACTOR

Mario Scaccia

1919 - 2011

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0628 ACTOR

Luciano Rossi

1934 - 2005

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0629 ACTOR

Franco Merli

Born 1956

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0633 ACTOR

Robertino Loreti

Born 1947

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0638 ACTOR

Paola Quattrini

Born 1944

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0639 ACTOR

Giulia Michelini

Born 1985

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0640 ACTOR

Michela Miti

Born 1963

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0642 ACTOR

Giuseppe Cederna

Born 1957

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0645 ACTOR

Elena Varzi

1920 - 2014

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0646 ACTOR

Luca Lionello

Born 1964

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0653 ACTOR

Maria Rosaria Omaggio

Born 1957

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0654 ACTOR

Cecilia Dazzi

Born 1969

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0657 ACTOR

Galatea Ranzi

Born 1968

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0658 ACTOR

Simona Izzo

Born 1953

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0672 ACTOR

Graziella Granata

Born 1941

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0673 ACTOR

Milly Vitale

1932 - 2006

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0674 ACTOR

Luca De Filippo

1948 - 2015

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0678 ACTOR

Corrado Pani

1936 - 2005

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0679 ACTOR

Lorenza Indovina

Born 1966

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0683 ACTOR

Gianfranco Barra

Born 1940

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0692 ACTOR

Renato Baldini

1921 - 1995

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0698 ACTOR

Rossella Como

1939 - 1986

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0700 ACTOR

Nando Bruno

1895 - 1963

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0707 ACTOR

Antonella Costa

Born 1980

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0715 ACTOR

Fiammetta Baralla

1943 - 2013

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0724 ACTOR

Giulia Boschi

Born 1962

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0728 ACTOR

Giulio Scarpati

Born 1956

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0729 ACTOR

Valeria Ciangottini

Born 1945

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0732 ACTOR

Andrea Di Stefano

Born 1972

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0738 ACTOR

Paola Barbara

1912 - 1989

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0742 ACTOR

Giorgio Colangeli

Born 1949

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0751 ACTOR

Claudia Koll

Born 1965

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0753 ACTOR

Flora Carabella

1926 - 1999

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0754 ACTOR

Andreina Pagnani

1906 - 1981

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0764 ACTOR

Gabriella Pallotta

Born 1938

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0771 ACTOR

Stella Cox

Born 1990

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0773 ACTOR

Mario Castellani

1906 - 1978

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0782 ACTOR

Sabrina Impacciatore

Born 1968

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0786 ACTOR

Lia Amanda

Born 1932

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0787 ACTOR

Nicolas Vaporidis

Born 1981

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0789 ACTOR

Antonella Ponziani

Born 1964

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0802 ACTOR

Toni Ucci

1922 - 2014

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0804 ACTOR

Silvano Tranquilli

1925 - 1997

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0806 ACTOR

Alessandro D'Alatri

Born 1955

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0807 ACTOR

Silvio Muccino

Born 1982

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0808 ACTOR

Antonella Interlenghi

Born 1960

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0809 ACTOR

Andrea Occhipinti

Born 1957

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0810 ACTOR

Marco Tulli

1920 - 1982

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0812 ACTOR

Wanda Osiris

1905 - 1994

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0820 ACTOR

Sabrina Siani

Born 1963

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0822 ACTOR

Claudia Pandolfi

Born 1974

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0828 ACTOR

Giancarlo Sbragia

1926 - 1994

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0829 ACTOR

Renato Cestiè

Born 1963

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0831 ACTOR

Paolo Panelli

1925 - 1997

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0832 ACTOR

Bice Valori

1927 - 1980

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0835 ACTOR

Giuseppe Rinaldi

1919 - 2007

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0838 ACTOR

Alessandra Acciai

Born 1965

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0845 ACTOR

Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Born 1954

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0850 ACTOR

Anna Foglietta

Born 1979

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0851 ACTOR

Luisella Boni

Born 1935

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0853 ACTOR

Luciano Catenacci

1933 - 1990

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0857 ACTOR

Antonio Manzini

Born 1964

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0858 ACTOR

Leonora Ruffo

1936 - 2007

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0860 ACTOR

Enrico Brignano

Born 1966

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0864 ACTOR

Anna Favella

Born 1983

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0865 ACTOR

Pino Colizzi

Born 1937

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0872 ACTOR

Danny Quinn

Born 1964

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0875 ACTOR

Camillo Pilotto

1888 - 1963

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0877 ACTOR

Franca Marzi

1926 - 1989

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0880 ACTOR

Francesco D'Macho

Born 1979

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0881 ACTOR

Francesca Marciano

Born 1955

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0885 ACTOR

Antonello Fassari

Born 1952

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0892 ACTOR

Simona Cavallari (actress)

Born 1971

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0894 ACTOR

Maria Jacobini

1892 - 1944

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0898 ACTOR

Enrico Silvestrin

Born 1972

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0902 ACTOR

Alex Infascelli

Born 1967

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0911 ACTOR

Gianni Di Gregorio

Born 1949

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0913 ACTOR

Virgilio Riento

1889 - 1959

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0917 ACTOR

Paola Senatore

Born 1949

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0918 ACTOR

Francesca Ciardi

Born 1954

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0923 ACTOR

Liberto Rabal

Born 1975

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0926 ACTOR

Anna Campori

1917 - 2018

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0932 ACTOR

Gaia Germani

1942 - 2019

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0936 ACTOR

Francesco Carnelutti (actor)

1936 - 2015

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0947 ACTOR

Lorenzo Balducci

Born 1982

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0949 ACTOR

Elio Pandolfi

Born 1926

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0953 ACTOR

Maria Fiore

1935 - 2004

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0955 ACTOR

Paola Tiziana Cruciani

Born 1958

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0965 ACTOR

Andrea Prodan

Born 1961

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0972 ACTOR

Sergio Fiorentini

1934 - 2014

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0973 ACTOR

Francesca De Sapio

Born 1945

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0979 ACTOR

Nicoletta Romanoff

Born 1979

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1000 ACTOR

Francesco Mulé

1926 - 1984

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1005 ACTOR

Mark Shannon (actor)

1939 - 2018

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1006 ACTOR

Fanfulla

1913 - 1971

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1013 ACTOR

Marcella Mariani

1936 - 1955

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1017 ACTOR

Mirella D'Angelo

Born 1956

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1024 ACTOR

Howard Ross (actor)

Born 1941

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1040 ACTOR

Massimo Vanni

Born 1946

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1041 ACTOR

Vincenzo Crocitti

1949 - 2010

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1048 ACTOR

Maria Michi

1921 - 1980

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1053 ACTOR

Luciana Angiolillo

Born 1925

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1072 ACTOR

Angela Goodwin

1925 - 2016

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1080 ACTOR

Susanna Javicoli

1955 - 2005

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1089 ACTOR

Franco Giacobini

1926 - 2015

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1096 ACTOR

Gianfranco D'Angelo

Born 1936

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1101 ACTOR

Michela Quattrociocche

Born 1988

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1103 ACTOR

Elena Fabrizi

1915 - 1993

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1109 ACTOR

Vinicio Marchioni

Born 1975

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1113 ACTOR

Ricky Memphis

Born 1968

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1114 ACTOR

Mario Ferrari

1894 - 1974

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1116 ACTOR

Paola Minaccioni

Born 1971

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1117 ACTOR

Romina Mondello

Born 1974

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1121 ACTOR

Franco Bracardi

1937 - 2005

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1123 ACTOR

Letizia Ciampa

Born 1986

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1124 ACTOR

Lorenza Guerrieri

Born 1944

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1132 ACTOR

Rossana Rory

Born 1927

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1138 ACTOR

Francesca D'Aloja

Born 1963

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1141 ACTOR

Giorgio De Lullo

1921 - 1981

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1149 ACTOR

Armando Francioli

1919 - 2020

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1157 ACTOR

Mimmo Poli

1922 - 1986

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1162 ACTOR

Irene Cefaro

Born 1935

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1167 ACTOR

Miriam di San Servolo

1923 - 1991

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1171 ACTOR

Giorgio Bracardi

Born 1935

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1172 ACTOR

Greta Scarano

Born 1986

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1173 ACTOR

Lorenzo Quinn

Born 1966

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1176 ACTOR

Lando Fiorini

1938 - 2017

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1179 ACTOR

Filippo Nigro

Born 1970

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1181 ACTOR

Giancarlo Prete

1943 - 2001

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1192 ACTOR

Saverio Marconi

Born 1948

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1202 ACTOR

Urbano Barberini

Born 1961

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1203 ACTOR

Dina (belly dancer)

Born 1964

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1205 ACTOR

Marina Cicogna

Born 1934

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1209 ACTOR

Remo Capitani

1927 - 2014

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1215 ACTOR

Ascanio Celestini

Born 1972

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1217 ACTOR

Valeria Valeri

1921 - 2019

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1219 ACTOR

Pino Insegno

Born 1959

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1222 ACTOR

Sveva Alviti

Born 1984

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1224 ACTOR

Mario Novelli

1940 - 2016

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1226 ACTOR

Ennio Antonelli (actor)

1927 - 2004

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1248 ACTOR

Piero Natoli

1947 - 2001

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1252 ACTOR

Ilary Blasi

Born 1981

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1254 ACTOR

Gabriellino D'Annunzio

1886 - 1945

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1255 ACTOR

Emilio De Marchi (actor)

Born 1959

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1259 ACTOR

Elisabetta Rocchetti

Born 1975

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1264 ACTOR

Giovanni Scifoni

Born 1976

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1270 ACTOR

Franca Tamantini

1931 - 2014

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1274 ACTOR

Massimo Ciavarro

Born 1957

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1277 ACTOR

Mario Riva

1912 - 1960

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1281 ACTOR

Claudio Camaso

1934 - 1977

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1304 ACTOR

Veronica Logan

Born 1969

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1318 ACTOR

Fabrizio Capucci

Born 1934

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1319 ACTOR

Ivano De Matteo

Born 1966

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1323 ACTOR

Enzo Garinei

Born 1926

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1324 ACTOR

Marco Bonini

Born 1972

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1333 ACTOR

Francesco Golisano

1929 - 1958

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1336 ACTOR

Angelo Ferrari

1897 - 1945

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1343 ACTOR

Ubaldo Lay

1917 - 1984

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1344 ACTOR

Lorenzo Flaherty

Born 1967

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1345 ACTOR

Corrado Mantoni

1924 - 1999

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1349 ACTOR

Furio Meniconi

1924 - 1981

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1360 ACTOR

Valeria De Franciscis

1915 - 2014

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1367 ACTOR

Armenia Balducci

Born 1933

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1369 ACTOR

Nicoletta Elmi

Born 1964

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1371 ACTOR

Gildo Bocci

1886 - 1964

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1374 ACTOR

Mita Medici

Born 1950

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1381 ACTOR

Giancarlo Bastianoni

Born 1940

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1386 ACTOR

Marisa Belli

Born 1933

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1392 ACTOR

Alessandro Sperduti

Born 1987

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1395 ACTOR

Esmeralda Ruspoli

1928 - 1988

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1398 ACTOR

Michele Gammino

Born 1941

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1403 ACTOR

Ylenia Carrisi

1970 - 2013

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1418 ACTOR

Daniele Pecci

Born 1970

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1420 ACTOR

Andrea Renzi (actor)

Born 1963

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1425 ACTOR

Rossana Di Lorenzo

Born 1938

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1427 ACTOR

Giulio Calì

1895 - 1967

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