44.4048° N, 8.9343° E

GENOA

Most Famous People Born in Genoa, Italy

Notable people
2,344
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1907
Most distinctive
Pallanuotista 156.2×

A maritime republic that spent eight centuries moving money and cardinals around the western Mediterranean — the Painter and Sculptor benches are the Renaissance dividend, the Prelate and Priest depth is what a city with two medieval popes leaves on the ledger, and the Pallanuotista cohort, running at better than a hundred and fifty times the global baseline, is what happens when the harbor itself doubles as the practice pool.

Through the Centuries

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

What Genoa Is Known For

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Politician is Genoa's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (358).

Genoa over-indexes on pallanuotista156.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician358
  2. Football284
  3. Painter161
  4. Actor117
  5. Priest89
  6. Writer76
  7. Singer58
  8. Composer49
  1. Pallanuotista27156.2×
  2. Prelate246.0×
  3. Entrepreneur253.1×
  4. Sculptor473.1×
  5. Painter1612.6×
  6. Priest892.6×
  7. Poet461.9×
  8. Composer491.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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2,344 notable people

1201 AUTHOR

Max Novaresi

Born 1971

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1202 HISTORIAN

Maria Grazia Siliato

1926 - 2018

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1203 PAINTER

Bartolomeo Bassi

1600 - 1640

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1204 WRITER

Carlo Repetti

Born 1947

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1205 POLITICIAN

Brizio Giustiniani

1713 - 1778

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1206 GUERRILLA

Sergio Kasman

1920 - 1944

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1207 PIANIST

Massimo Farao

Born 1965

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1208 FOOTBALL

Mario Gianni

1902 - 1967

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1209 ACTOR

Francesca Cuttica

Born 1983

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1210 PAINTER

James Charles Harris

1831 - 1904

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1211 POLITICIAN

Francesco Cattanei

1931 - 1993

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1212 POLITICIAN

Gerolamo Veneroso

1660 - 1739

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1213 FENCER

Natalina Sanguinetti

Born 1940

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1214 SAILOR

Marcel Stern

1922 - 2002

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1215 HISTORIAN

Federico Donaver

1861 - 1915

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1216 MUSIC

Federico Mompellio

1908 - 1989

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1217 POLITICIAN

Cesare Cabella

1807 - 1888

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1218 ACTOR

Massimo Olcese

Born 1957

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1219 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Parodi

1674 - 1730

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1220 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Ayroli

1731 - 1808

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1221 SWIMMER

Giorgia Consiglio

Born 1990

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1222 POLITICIAN

Bruno Orsini

Born 1929

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1223 PHILOSOPHER

Furio Cerutti

Born 1938

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1224 POET

Sara Ciampi

Born 1976

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1225 SWIMMER

Francesco Bocciardo

Born 1994

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1226 ARTIST

Luigi Tola

1930 - 2014

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1227 FOOTBALL

Alessandra Barreca

Born 1989

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1228 SINGER

Aura D'Angelo

Born 1939

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1229 FOOTBALL

Mauro Rosin

Born 1964

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1230 ACTOR

Valentina Beotti

Born 1978

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1231 SINGER

Vibeke Saugestad

Born 1976

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1232 ORGANBUILDER

Filippo Piccaluga

1719 - 1779

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1233 HISTORIAN

Giorgio Stella

Died 1420

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1234 ACTOR

Claudio Nocera

1957 - 2004

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1235 FOOTBALL

Enrico Pasteur

1882 - 1958

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1236 MUSIC

Beppe Quirici

1954 - 2009

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1237 WRITER

Lorenzo Piroddi

1911 - 1999

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1238 POLITICIAN

Oberto della Torre

1617 - 1698

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1239 POLITICIAN

Antonio Da Passano

1599 - 1681

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1240 PAINTER

Elisa Montessori

Born 1931

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1241 WRITER

Nicola Nosengo

Born 1973

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1242 SINGER

Stefano Valla

Born 1962

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1243 WRITER

Annamaria Fassio

Born 1941

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1244 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Scanzi

1840 - 1915

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1245 FOOTBALL

Marco Albertoni

Born 1995

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1246 ACTOR

Armando Celso

Born 1934

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1247 WRITER

Luca Barbieri (scrittore)

Born 1976

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1248 POLITICIAN

Luca Grimaldi (doge)

1675 - 1750

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1249 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Riccardo Giraudi

Born 1975

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1250 FOOTBALL

Enrico Vella

Born 1957

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1251 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Battista Cevasco

1817 - 1891

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1252 FENCER

Giuseppe Comini

1922 - 2011

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1253 POLITICIAN

Paolo Giustiniani Moneglia

1506 - 1586

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1254 POLITICIAN

Nicolò Spinola

1677 - 1743

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1255 FEUDATORY

Manuele Zaccaria

Died 1288

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1256 PAINTER

Luigi Garibbo

1784 - 1869

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1257 POLITICIAN

Paolo Orlando

1858 - 1943

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1258 POLITICIAN

Alerame Maria Pallavicini

1730 - 1805

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1259 PAINTER

Giuseppe Ricci

1853 - 1901

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1260 MAGISTRATO

Tomaso Spinola

1557 - 1631

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1261 MILITAR

Giovanni Battista Egisto Sivelli

1843 - 1934

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1262 POLITICIAN

Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà

1520 - 1599

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1263 SWIMMER

Gilio Bisagno

1902 - 1987

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1264 POET

Marcello Barlocco

1910 - 1969

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1265 CRITICO

Renato Venturelli

Born 1954

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1266 POLITICIAN

Antonio Enrico Canepa

1940 - 1983

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1267 BASKET

Vittorio Dal Pozzo

Born 1940

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1268 PAINTER

Lazaro Maria Sanguinetti

1692 - 1728

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1269 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Gentile Pignolo

1525 - 1595

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1270 POLITICIAN

Salvatore Orlando

1856 - 1926

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1271 BUSINESS

Faustino Piaggio

1844 - 1924

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1272 SCULPTOR

Demetrio Paernio

1851 - 1912

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1273 SOLDIER

Pietro Doria

Died 1380

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1274 GYMNAST

Arianna Rusca

Born 1981

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1275 PAINTER

Anton Maria Piola

1654 - 1715

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1276 ARTIST

Enzo Marciante

Born 1946

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1277 POLITICIAN

Adele Gambaro

Born 1964

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1278 FOOTBALL

Ezio Borgo

1907 - 1970

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1279 IMPRESARIO

Ivo Chiesa

1921 - 2003

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1280 PRELATE

Nicolas de Cibo

1450 - 1499

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1281 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Giacomo Imperiale Tartaro

1554 - 1622

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1282 FOOTBALL

Luigi Carzino

1926 - 2010

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1283 ARTIST

Franco Aloisi

Born 1943

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1284 SCULPTOR

Carlo D’Aprile

1621 - 1668

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1285 PHILOSOPHER

Roberto Giovanni Timossi

Born 1953

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1286 POLITICIAN

Francesco Invrea

1641 - 1723

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1287 WRITER

Anselmo Roveda

Born 1972

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1288 BANK

Giacomo Grillo

1830 - 1895

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1289 PRESBYTER

Antero Maria Micone

1620 - 1686

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1290 FOOTBALL

Maurizio Bruno

1933 - 2015

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1291 POLITICIAN

Enrico Musso

Born 1962

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1292 POLITICIAN

Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1522-1586)

1522 - 1586

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1293 PHOTOGRAPHER

Emanuele Biggi

Born 1979

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1294 STATESMAN

Nuvolone Alberici

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1295 POET

Camilla Salvago Raggi

Born 1924

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1296 WRITER

Stefano Verdino

Born 1953

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1297 ARCHBISHOP

Cesare Cibo

1495 - 1552

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1298 POLITICIAN

Cesare De Franchi Toso

1666 - 1739

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1299 ACTOR

Alessandro Bergallo

Born 1966

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1300 AUTHOR

Michele Pellerey

Born 1935

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1301 POLITICIAN

Lazzaro Gagliardo

1835 - 1899

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1302 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Spinola

1589 - 1665

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1303 POLITICIAN

Antonio Caveri

1811 - 1870

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1304 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Basso

Born 1976

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1305 DIPLOMAT

Pietro Paolo Celesia

1732 - 1806

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1306 DRIVER

Marco Zipoli

Born 1990

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1307 PAINTER

Dante Conte

1885 - 1919

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1308 SNOWBOARD

Stefano Pozzolini

Born 1977

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1309 POLITICIAN

Sabina Rossa

Born 1962

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1310 LAWYER

Lelio Vittorio Valobra

1900 - 1976

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1311 POET

Angelo Luigi Fiorita

1895 - 1958

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1312 LAWYER

Paola Frassinetti

Born 1956

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1313 HISTORIAN

Roberto Chiti (critico)

1926 - 1998

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1314 PAINTER

Stefano Magnasco

1635 - 1672

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1315 MISSING

Giovanni Luca Chiavari

1573 - 1657

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1316 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Cassevari

1789 - 1876

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1317 ARCHITECT

Domiziano Rossi

1865 - 1920

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1318 ACTOR

Enzo Bottesini

Born 1942

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1319 GYMNAST

Alice D'Amato

Born 2003

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1320 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Formiconi

Born 1989

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1321 FOOTBALL

Davide Ghersini

Born 1985

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1322 POLITICIAN

Ambrogio Imperiale

1649 - 1729

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1323 POLITICIAN

Enrico Serra

1934 - 2017

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1324 ARTIST

Renata Boero

Born 1936

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1325 FOOTBALL

Giorgio De Giorgis

Born 1957

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1326 POLITICIAN

Stefano Lomellini

1683 - 1753

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1327 JOURNALIST

Flavio Merkel

1942 - 2004

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1328 WRESTLER

Carlo Ponte

Born 1890

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1329 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Monti

Died 1657

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1330 POLITICIAN

Luca Maria Invrea

1624 - 1693

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1331 POLITICIAN

Antonio Profumo

1788 - 1852

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1332 POLITICIAN

Alberto Cecchetti

Born 1944

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1333 HISTORIAN

Giulio Vignoli

Born 1938

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1334 POLITICIAN

Antonio Grimaldi (doge)

1640 - 1717

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1335 LUTHIER

Alberto Giordano

Born 1961

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1336 FOOTBALL

Manuel Marras

Born 1993

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1337 PHYSICIAN

Pier Augusto Gemignani

1930 - 1997

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1338 RELIGIOUS

Antonio Balletto

1930 - 2008

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1339 ARTIST

Stefano Biglia

Born 1969

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1340 PAINTER

Cornelio Geranzani

1880 - 1955

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1341 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Pertusio

1904 - 1994

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1342 NOBILE

Jacopo VII

1581 - 1603

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1343 PUBLISHER

Carlo Papini

1933 - 2020

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1344 ACTOR

Mauro Pirovano

Born 1956

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1345 PAINTER

Antonio Giolfi

1721 - 1806

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1346 ARTIST

Massimo Fenati

Born 1969

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1347 BOTANIST

Guidetta Roti Michelozzi

Born 1928

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1348 POLITICIAN

Gian Giacomo Veneroso

1701 - 1758

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1349 HISTORIAN

Gianni Bono

Born 1949

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1350 ORGANIST

Giorgio Questa

1929 - 2010

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1351 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Grimaldi

1621 - 1683

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1352 PENCILLER

Gabriele Parma

Born 1975

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1353 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Borzone

Died 1657

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1354 EDUCATION

Mario Gennari

Born 1952

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1355 POLITICIAN

Pietro Giovanni Chiavica Cibo

1481 - 1558

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1356 ICHTHYOLOGIST

Decio Vinciguerra

1856 - 1934

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1357 SNOWBOARD

Lorenzo Sommariva

Born 1993

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1358 COMPOSER

Daniele Coro

Born 1976

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1359 ECONOMIST

Agostino Maria Trucco

1865 - 1940

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1360 WRITER

Marco Sommariva

Born 1963

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1361 ARTIST

David Guido Pietroni

Born 1970

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1362 MATHEMATICIAN

Benedetto Scotto

1451 - 1550

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1363 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Salvago

1560 - 1632

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1364 ARTIST

Eleonora Aguiari

Born 1969

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1365 ART CRITIC

Germano Beringheli

1927 - 2014

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1366 MATHEMATICIAN

Paolo Straneo

1874 - 1968

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1367 ACTOR

Andrea Miano

1909 - 1987

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1368 SPORT

Alfonso Dal Pian

Born 1957

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1369 ARTIST

Enrico Macchiavello

Born 1974

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1370 SCULPTOR

Giuseppe Benetti

1825 - 1914

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1371 POLITICIAN

Mario Tullo

Born 1959

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1372 CHEMIST

Italo Giglioli

1852 - 1920

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1373 SKIER

Anna Marconi

Born 1985

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1374 POLITICIAN

Cristoforo Grimaldi Rosso

1480 - 1563

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1375 FOOTBALL

Pier Ugo Melandri

1927 - 2007

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1376 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Vivaldi

1495 - 1577

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1377 SONGWRITER

Julyo

Born 1978

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1378 ERMITE

Fabiano Chiavari

1489 - 1569

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1379 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Lomellini

1723 - 1803

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1380 COLLECTOR

Federico Cerruti

1922 - 2015

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1381 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Sauli

1535 - 1601

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1382 PAINTER

Cayetano Descalzi

1809 - 1886

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1383 MUSIC

Steve Vawamas

Born 1970

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1384 POLITICIAN

Matteo Franzoni

1701 - 1767

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1385 PRIEST

Angelo Cambiaso

1865 - 1946

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1386 COMPOSER

Elio Isola

Born 1927

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1387 ACTOR

Franca Lumachi

Born 1932

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1388 SINGER

Bambi Fossati

1949 - 2014

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1389 WRITER

Fabrizio Calzia

Born 1960

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1390 POET

Paola Casoli

Born 1946

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1391 SCULPTOR

Alfonso Gialdini

Born 1948

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1392 SCULPTOR

Anita Brusewitz-Hansson

Born 1927

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1393 FOOTBALL

Mario Corti (Fußballspieler)

1931 - 2020

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1394 COMPOSER

Vittorio Centanaro

1929 - 2011

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1395 POLITICIAN

Francesco Maria Sauli

1620 - 1699

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1396 FOOTBALL

Tiziano Pieri

Born 1971

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1397 WRITER

Sara Boero

Born 1985

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1398 POET

Ugo Gallo

1905 - 1957

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1399 POLITICIAN

Francesco Belsito

Born 1971

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1400 SCULPTOR

Tommaso Orsolino

1587 - 1675

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1401 WRITER

Ange de Saint-Joseph

Born 1600

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1402 TEACHER

Ettore Luccini

1910 - 1978

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1403 SCULPTURE

Caterina Campodonico

1804 - 1882

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1404 POLITICIAN

Angelo Carossino

1929 - 2020

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1405 EXPLORER

Maurizio Sacchi (esploratore)

1864 - 1897

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1406 TROUBADOUR

Scotto (troubadour)

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1407 POLITICIAN

Agostino Viale

1692 - 1777

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1408 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Resoaggi

1662 - 1729

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1409 POLO

Tommaso Negri

Born 1986

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1410 CORSARO

Vincenzo Cicala

1504 - 1564

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1411 OPERA

Jolanda Gardino

1919 - 2003

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1412 ARTIST

Aldo Giannotti

Born 1977

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1413 SWORDSMAN

Giacomo Falcini

Born 1981

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1414 PAINTER

Andrea Giacomo Podesta

Born 1620

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1415 MEDAGLISTA

Gerolamo Vassallo

1773 - 1819

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1416 ACTOR

Ida Sansone

Born 1959

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1417 PAINTER

Cristofaro Grasso

1550 - 1600

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1418 PAINTER

Michel Rigo

1770 - 1815

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1419 POLITICIAN

Raoul Bompard

1860 - 1939

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1420 COREOGRAFA

Martina Nadalini

Born 1982

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1421 TEACHER

Giovanni Battista Resasco

1798 - 1872

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1422 COMPOSER

Mauro Sabbione

Born 1957

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1423 ACTOR

Mimma Di Terlizzi

Born 1942

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1424 POLITICIAN

Antoniotto Invrea

1588 - 1669

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1425 POLITICIAN

Armando Vezzelli

1892 - 1944

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1426 POLITICIAN

Roberta Oliaro

Born 1965

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1427 PHOTOGRAPHER

Francesco Leoni (fotografo)

1925 - 2000

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1428 MISSING

Jacopo Doria

Born 1233

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1429 PAINTER

Angelo Vernazza

1869 - 1937

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1430 ACTOR

Giulia Ottonello

Born 1984

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1431 SINGER

Emanuele Dabbono

Born 1977

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1432 PAINTER

José Murature

1804 - 1880

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1433 RACER

Claudio Cipriani

Born 1980

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1434 ARTIST

Marco Torricelli

Born 1957

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1435 SINDACO

Luigi Nomis di Cossilla

1793 - 1859

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1436 ENGINEER

Piero Magni

1898 - 1988

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1437 POLITICIAN

Oberto Spinola

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1438 SKIER

Roby Zucchi

Born 1951

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1439 DUCA

Luca Grimaldi De Castro

1545 - 1611

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1440 HISTORIAN

Bartolomeo Senarega

1444 - 1514

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1441 PAINTER

Attilio Mangini

1912 - 2004

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1442 ACTOR

Davide Paniate

Born 1969

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1443 ATHLETIC

Armando Valente

1903 - 1997

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1444 ENTREPRENEUR

Giovanni Silvestri

1858 - 1940

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1445 FOOTBALL

Fabio Rossi

Born 1971

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1446 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Giustiniani Longo

1554 - 1631

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1447 ZOOLOGIST

August Gruber

1853 - 1938

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1448 POLITICIAN

Alberto Gagliardi

Born 1946

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1449 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Borgo

1906 - 1979

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1450 WRITER

Alex Carozzo

Born 1932

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1451 COMPOSER

Juan Rezzano

1895 - 1979

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1452 PHOTOGRAPHER

Enrico Dagnino

Born 1960

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1453 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Camilla

1501 - 1600

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1454 POLITICIAN

Bendinelli Negrone

1627 - 1707

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1455 FOOTBALL

Amedeo Baldizzone

Born 1960

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1456 ACTOR

Elena Ballerini

Born 1984

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1457 POLITICIAN

Luca Spinola (1628-1715)

1628 - 1715

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1458 FOOTBALL

Luigi Cappanera

Born 1947

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1459 TEACHER

Gaetano Frisoni

1861 - 1929

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1460 PRIEST

Giacomo Campora

1401 - 1459

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1461 BALLET

Federico Bonelli

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1462 PAINTER

Angelo Banchero

1744 - 1793

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1463 JOURNALIST

Manfredo Da Passano

1846 - 1922

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1464 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Lomellini

1594 - 1674

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1465 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Promontorio

1508 - 1578

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1466 WRITER

Yuri Leveratto

Born 1968

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1467 NOBILITY

Ricciarda Cybo Malaspina

1622 - 1683

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1468 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernesto Cauvin

1903 - 1981

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1469 POLITICIAN

Giannettino Odone

1626 - 1698

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1470 PHILOLOGIST

Giovanni Tarditi

1923 - 1996

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1471 ARTIST

Franco Origone

1950 - 2014

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1472 POLITICIAN

Antonio Zolezzi

1874 - 1953

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1473 CYCLIST

Pietro Bixio

1875 - 1905

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1474 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Zucca

Born 1907

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1475 SWIMMER

Ilaria Scarcella

Born 1993

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1476 POLITICIAN

Federico Colla

1790 - 1879

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1477 PLAYER

Valeria Papa

Born 1989

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1478 POLITICIAN

Andrea Centurione Pietrasanta

1471 - 1546

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1479 FOOTBALL

Edoardo Blondett

Born 1992

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1480 ACTOR

Liliana Castagnola

1895 - 1930

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1481 CHESS

Giuseppe Brogi

1900 - 1976

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1482 ACTOR

Federico Galliano

Born 1980

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1483 POLITICIAN

Agostino Spinola (doge)

1624 - 1692

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1484 PRIEST

Stefano Usodimare

Died 1557

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1485 POLITICIAN

Aleandro Longhi

Born 1947

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1486 WRITER

Giulio Cesare Giacobbe

Born 1941

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1487 CONDUCTOR

Marco Guidarini

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1488 POLITICIAN

Agostino Pinelli Luciani

1537 - 1620

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1489 FOOTBALL

Angelo Dellacasa

1896 - 1971

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1490 CHESS

Guido Cristoffanini

1908 - 1980

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1491 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Battista Lercari (1576-1657)

1576 - 1657

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1492 POLITICIAN

Giannandrea Giustiniani Longo

1494 - 1554

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1493 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Tofani

1875 - 1947

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1494 MISSING

Giovanni Stefano Doria

1578 - 1643

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1495 FOOTBALL

Ernesto Sandroni

1920 - 1979

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1496 ATHLETIC

Angelo Davoli

1896 - 1978

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1497 POLITICIAN

Orazio Di Negro

1810 - 1872

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1498 FOOTBALL

Mariano Rudi

Born 1990

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1499 ZOOLOGIST

Raffaele Issel

1878 - 1936

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1500 SCULPTOR

Francesco Ravaschio

1743 - 1820

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