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

1501 PRIEST

Nicolò Anselmi

Born 1961

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1502 CARDINAL

Leonardo Cibo

Died 1404

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1503 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo Alessandro Puri Negri

Born 1952

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1504 SAILOR

Beppe Croce

1914 - 1986

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1505 DRIVER

Sergio Barbasio

Born 1940

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1506 COSTUME DESIGNER

Elisabetta Montaldo

Born 1950

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1507 POLITICIAN

Leonardo Della Torre

1570 - 1651

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1508 POLITICIAN

Domenico de Ferrari

1804 - 1882

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1509 WRITER

Camillo Arcuri

Born 1930

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1510 AFFAIRES

Emmanuelle de Bourbon

Born 1960

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1511 POLITICIAN

Silvestro Invrea

1530 - 1607

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1512 PIANIST

Laura Fedele

Born 1959

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1513 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Carzino

1899 - 1944

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1514 PRIEST

Ange Justiniani

1520 - 1596

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1515 ACTOR

Fabrizio Casalino

Born 1970

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1516 PAINTER

Alfredo Luxoro

1859 - 1918

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1517 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Ricci (1813-1892)

1813 - 1892

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1518 POLITICIAN

Giulio Sauli

1578 - 1668

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1519 PAINTER

Antonio Frixione

1843 - 1914

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1520 BASEBALL

Julio Bonetti

1911 - 1952

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1521 JOURNALIST

Mino Vignolo

Born 1945

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1522 CLUB

José Bacigaluppi

Died 1931

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1523 BIBLIOGRAPHER

Giambattista Passano

1815 - 1891

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1524 ENTREPRENEUR

Edoardo Garrone (1961)

Born 1961

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1525 ENTREPRENEUR

Gian Marco Moratti

1936 - 2018

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1526 UFFICIALE

Ugo Ricci

1913 - 1944

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1527 BANK

Tommaso Marino (banchiere)

1475 - 1572

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1528 POLITICIAN

Carlo Randaccio

1827 - 1919

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1529 PRIEST

Paul Fieschi

1600 - 1645

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1530 POET

Anonimo Genovese

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1531 ACTOR

Nicoletta Parodi

Born 1920

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1532 POLITICIAN

Luca Spinola (1489-1579)

1489 - 1579

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1533 SINGER

Marcello Lippi (Sänger)

Born 1957

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1534 PHYSICIAN

Enrico Bayon

1876 - 1952

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1535 POLITICIAN

Paolo Battista Giudice Calvi

1490 - 1561

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1536 DRIVER

Adriano de Micheli

Born 1975

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1537 PSICHIATRA

Dario Maragliano

1852 - 1889

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1538 PAINTER

Antonio Varni

1841 - 1908

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1539 FOOTBALL

Carola Librandi

Born 1989

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1540 POLITICIAN

Federico De Franchi Toso (1642-1734)

1642 - 1734

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1541 ACTOR

Alberto Canepa

Born 1946

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1542 POLITICIAN

Agostino Pinelli Ardimenti

1492 - 1566

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1543 SPY

Luca Osteria

1905 - 1988

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1544 PHYSICIST

Renzo Morchio

Born 1924

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1545 WRITER

Elvezio Massai

1920 - 2009

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1546 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Terrile

Born 1895

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1547 POET

Cuno Hofer

1886 - 1931

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1548 BALLERINA

Luciana Novaro

Born 1923

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1549 PRELATE

Giovanni Agostino Marliani

1585 - 1674

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1550 SCULPTOR

Bernardo Mantero

1713 - 1798

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1551 SWIMMER

Salvatore Cabella

1896 - 1965

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1552 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernesto Fassio

1893 - 1968

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1553 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Anzalone

Born 1978

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1554 ACTOR

Julio Traversa

1886 - 1958

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1555 POLITICIAN

Ines Boffardi

1919 - 2014

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1556 FOOTBALL

Carlo Scarpato

1918 - 1989

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1557 POLITICIAN

Gian Bernardo Frugoni

1591 - 1661

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1558 POLITICIAN

Nicola Morra (politico)

Born 1963

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1559 JOURNALIST

Emanuele Dotto

Born 1952

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1560 ILLUMINATOR

Francesco di Oberto

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1561 ACADEMIC

George Henry de Thierry

1862 - 1942

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1562 MISSING

Francesca Vacca Agusta

1942 - 2001

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1563 SCULPTOR

Filippo Silvestro Giulianotti

1851 - 1903

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1564 ARCHITECT

Luciano Grossi Bianchi

1922 - 2013

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1565 COMPOSER

Piero Parodi

Born 1935

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1566 PILOTA

Giovanni Burlando

1939 - 2017

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1567 JOURNALIST

Alessio De Giorgi

Born 1969

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1568 POLITICIAN

Fabio Pallavicini

1795 - 1872

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1569 JOURNALIST

Paolo Cavaglione

Born 1954

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1570 PAINTER

Mattia Traverso

1885 - 1956

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1571 MUSIC

Lorenzo Musante

1730 - 1780

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1572 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Andrea Spinola

1625 - 1705

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1573 FOOTBALL

Paolo Carbone

Born 1982

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1574 PRESENTER

Federica Torti

Born 1979

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1575 GYMNAST

Arianna Rocca

Born 1996

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1576 MILITANTE

Livio Baistrocchi

Born 1945

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1577 PAINTER

Giacomo Bargone

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1578 SCULPTOR

Juan Azzarini

1853 - 1924

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1579 JOURNALIST

Massimo Donelli

Born 1954

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1580 POLITICIAN

Paolo Vigevano

Born 1948

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1581 JOURNALIST

Alfredo Provenzali

1934 - 2012

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1582 PAINTER

Mario Agrifoglio

1877 - 1972

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1583 LYRIKER

Marianne Rein

1911 - 1941

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1584 SINGER

Franca Lai

Born 1953

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1585 LAWYER

Giuseppe Morro

1806 - 1875

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1586 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Centurini

1830 - 1916

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1587 LAWYER

Paolo Emilio Bensa

1858 - 1928

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1588 GOBIERNO

Francisco Picaluga

1792 - 1836

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1589 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Semino

1912 - 1987

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1590 POLITICIAN

Pierino Negrotto Cambiaso

1867 - 1925

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1591 DIRIGENTE

Umberto Nordio (dirigente)

1919 - 2008

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1592 POLITICIAN

Alberto Ricci

1808 - 1876

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1593 POET

Pier Giuseppe Giustiniani

Died 1651

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1594 PAINTER

Nicolò Maria Vaccaro

1650 - 1720

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1595 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Cataldi

1809 - 1876

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1596 JOURNALIST

Ennio Remondino

Born 1945

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1597 PAINTER

Evasio Montanella

1878 - 1940

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1598 COMPOSER

Augusto Grasso

1923 - 2010

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1599 SINGER

Francesco Di Roberto

Born 1974

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1600 MOUNTAINEER

Stefano De Benedetti

Born 1958

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1601 COMPOSER

Verdiano Vera

Born 1976

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1602 FOTOGRAF

Martina Bacigalupo

Born 1978

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1603 PHILOSOPHER

Emilio Agazzi

1921 - 1991

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1604 FOOTBALL

Marco Fazzi

1941 - 2017

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1605 PAINTER

Giovanni Vincenzo Zerbi

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1606 SCULPTOR

Angelo Lualdi

1881 - 1979

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1607 POLITICIAN

Silvio Parodi

1878 - 1944

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1608 RACER

Guido Mentasti

1897 - 1925

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1609 FOOTBALL

Daniele Moruzzi

1900 - 1989

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1610 PRIEST

Carlo Fabrizio Giustiniani

1621 - 1682

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1611 ARTIGIANO

Germano Jori

1904 - 1944

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1612 FOOTBALL

Serena Coppolino

Born 1985

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1613 SINGER

Carlo Denei

Born 1957

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1614 COMPOSER

Andrea Pellegrini

Born 1963

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1615 ATHLETIC

Giovanni Garaventa

1900 - 1986

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1616 TERRORISTA

Mario Rossi (terrorista)

Born 1942

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1617 LAWYER

Pietro Cogliolo

1865 - 1940

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1618 ENGINEER

Raphaël Pareto

1812 - 1882

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1619 AVIATORE

Vittorio Centurione Scotto

1900 - 1926

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1620 POLITICIAN

Francesco Bruzzone

Born 1962

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1621 POLITICIAN

Domenico Elena

1811 - 1879

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1622 POLITICIAN

Nino Ronco

1863 - 1949

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1623 MUSIC

Luigi Gaggero

Born 1976

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1624 LAWYER

Gaetano Marré

1771 - 1825

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1625 ARTIST

Agostino Origone

Born 1946

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1626 PAINTER

Antonio Pittaluga (peintre)

1676 - 1716

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1627 POLITICIAN

Giuliano Boffardi

Born 1946

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1628 PRIEST

Angelo Cibo

Died 1404

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1629 PAINTER

Renzo Restani

1928 - 2002

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1630 PRIEST

Giovanni Battista Paggi (bishop)

1615 - 1663

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1631 FILM

Piero Turchetti

1924 - 2003

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1632 LAWYER

Carlo Targa

1614 - 1700

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1633 HIJO

Alessandro Appiani d'Aragona

1555 - 1589

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1634 SINGER

Mario Cappello

1895 - 1954

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1635 ACTOR

Enzo Paci (attore)

Born 1973

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1636 ENGINEER

Edoardo Benvenuto

1940 - 1998

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1637 PRELATE

Urbain de Fiesque

Died 1485

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1638 TEACHER

Leonardo Cocito

1914 - 1944

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1639 AMMIRAGLIO

Maurizio Cattaneo

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1640 PAINTER

Guido Basso

1923 - 1995

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1641 POLITICIAN

Paolo Farina

1806 - 1871

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1642 SOCIOLOGIST

Giovanni Cattanei

Died 2005

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1643 SINGER

Alessandro Bottero

1831 - 1892

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1644 ENTREPRENEUR

Enrico Mantovani

Born 1962

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1645 FOOTBALL

Stefano Melchiori

Born 1965

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1646 POLITICIAN

Francesco Sauli

1807 - 1893

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1647 FOOTBALL

Simone Bracalello

Born 1985

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1648 SINGER

Gian Paolo Daldello

Born 1969

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1649 ACTIVIST

Mirella Izzo

Born 1959

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1650 PHYSICIAN

Karl Alexander Kirn

1913 - 2008

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1651 COACH

Alessandro Lorenzoni

Born 1969

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1652 LYRICIST

Roberto Arnaldi

1941 - 2012

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1653 POET

Francesco Bogliano

Died 1657

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1654 POLITICIAN

Carlo De Amezaga

Born 1835

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1655 MUSIC

Alessio Menconi

Born 1970

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1656 DRIVER

Nando Barbieri

1907 - 1997

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1657 POLITICIAN

Francesco Serra

1801 - 1877

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1658 FOOTBALL

Luigi Marchetti

Born 1888

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1659 PRIEST

Colombino Bassi

1660 - 1732

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1660 WRITER

Federico Traversa

Born 1975

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1661 PAINTER

Gaetano Tanzi

1918 - 2017

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1662 SWIMMER

Giampiero Fossati

Born 1944

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1663 WRITER

Ippolito Tito D'Aste

1844 - 1935

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1664 COMPOSER

Luca Scherani

Born 1978

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1665 CHAMBERLAIN

Ingo II della Volta

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1666 POET

Albino Crovetto

Born 1960

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1667 SCULPTOR

Daniello Solaro

1649 - 1726

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1668 PAINTER

Pietro Dodero

1882 - 1967

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1669 WRESTLER

Osvaldo Riva (lottatore)

Born 1927

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1670 PAINTER

Giovanni Paolo Cervetto

1630 - 1657

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1671 FOOTBALL

Roberto Barozzi

Born 1960

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1672 GEOGRAPHER

Giovanni Anfossi (geografo)

1876 - 1918

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1673 POLITICIAN

Romolo Benvenuto

Born 1959

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1674 WRITER

Gian Luigi Falabrino

1930 - 2010

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1675 ACTOR

Paolo Serra (attore)

Born 1958

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1676 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Bruzzo

1824 - 1900

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1677 FILM

Stefano Grossi

Born 1963

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1678 FOOTBALL

Luca Chiappino

Born 1966

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1679 MATHEMATICIAN

Giovanni Battista Pisani

Born 1601

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1680 PRIEST

Angelo Raimondo Verardo

1913 - 1999

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1681 PHILOLOGIST

Teresa Mantero

1920 - 1994

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1682 FOOTBALL

Mirko Bolesan

Born 1975

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1683 WRESTLER

Dalma Caneva

Born 1994

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1684 PAINTER

Antonio Orazio Quinzio

1856 - 1928

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1685 PALLANUOTISTA

Ercole Boero

1890 - 1951

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1686 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Carissimi

Born 1920

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1687 FOOTBALL

Andreino Repetti

Born 1932

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1688 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Garbarini

Born 1944

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1689 POLITICIAN

Stefano Zara

Born 1937

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1690 PRESENTER

Armando Traverso

Born 1958

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1691 CONDUCTOR

Maurizio Salvi

Born 1952

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1692 COMPOSER

Agostino Dodero

Born 1935

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1693 CRITICO

Claudio Bertieri

Born 1925

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1694 ENTREPRENEUR

Alessandro Garrone

Born 1963

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1695 COMPOSER

Claudio Fossati (musicista)

Born 1973

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1696 FOOTBALL

Paolo Doni

Born 1965

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1697 POLITICIAN

Graziano Mazzarello

Born 1950

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1698 MISSING

Duilio Marcante

1914 - 1985

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1699 PAINTER

Enrico Bruno Novali

1928 - 2016

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1700 PAINTER

Emilio Mantelli

1884 - 1918

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1701 MILITAR

Domenico Baffigo

1912 - 1943

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1702 ARCHITECT

Giorgio Olcese

Born 1926

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1703 NOBRE

Clemenza Doria

Born 1540

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1704 SINGER

Max Parodi (cantante)

1970 - 2008

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1705 SCULPTOR

Tullio Salvatore Quinzio

1858 - 1918

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1706 FOOTBALL

Mattia Monticone

Born 1994

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1707 JOURNALIST

Roberto Amen

Born 1954

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1708 WRESTLER

Andrea Gargano

1887 - 1970

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1709 FOOTBALL

Dalmazio Cuttica

1933 - 1998

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1710 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Morelli

Born 1946

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1711 WRITER

Enzo Costa

1964 - 2014

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1712 CRIMINALE

Paolo Dongo

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1713 COMPOSER

Dino Siani

1936 - 2017

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1714 ARTIST

Marco Mazzarello

Born 1971

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1715 POLITICIAN

Leonello Lomellini

1350 - 1420

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1716 POLITICIAN

Carlo Pastorino (politico)

1925 - 2011

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1717 POLITICIAN

Francesco Fossa

1921 - 1992

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1718 PLAYER

Agostino Puppo

1948 - 2010

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1719 POLITICIAN

Sebastiano Balduini

1795 - 1853

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1720 ACTOR

Giuseppe Imer

1700 - 1758

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1721 ARISTOCRAT

Giovan Paolo di Leca

1445 - 1515

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1722 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Figoli des Geneys

1845 - 1937

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1723 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Antonio Migliorati

1825 - 1898

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1724 FOOTBALL

Edgardo Ciancamerla

Born 1912

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1725 ENGINEER

Eugenio Mollino

1873 - 1953

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1726 PRODUCER

Paolo Mantero

Born 1975

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1727 FOOTBALL

Luciano Lupi

Born 1923

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1728 REPORTER

Pelegrina Pastorino

1902 - 1988

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1729 POLITICIAN

Annamaria Furlan

Born 1958

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1730 FOOTBALL

Domenico Arnuzzo

Born 1947

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1731 POLITICIAN

Michele Casaretto

1820 - 1901

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1732 SCULPTOR

Alberto Cavalieri

1927 - 2011

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1733 FOOTBALL

Rocco Fotia

Born 1947

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1734 ENTREPRENEUR

Renzo Fossati

1931 - 2016

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1735 JOURNALIST

Matteo Dotto

Born 1963

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1736 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Fasce

Born 1970

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1737 FOOTBALL

Andrea Bianchi (calciatore 1969)

Born 1969

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1738 FOOTBALL

Maura Fabbri

Born 1951

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1739 DIRIGENTE

Carlo Pernat

Born 1948

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1740 POLITICIAN

Giorgio Doria (senatore)

1800 - 1878

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1741 POLITICIAN

Francesco Balbi Senarega

1815 - 1881

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1742 POLITICIAN

Claudio Gustavino

Born 1958

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1743 SWIMMER

Lorenzo Marugo

Born 1952

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1744 DESIGNER

Riccardo Cangini

Born 1968

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1745 SWIMMER

Giovanna Burlando

Born 1969

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1746 ACTOR

Luciano Chitarrini

1923 - 2010

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1747 COMPOSER

Marco Tindiglia

Born 1962

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1748 ECONOMIST

David Veronese

Born 1601

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1749 POLITICIAN

Battista Boccanegra

1359 - 1401

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1750 POLITICIAN

Nicola Mameli

1838 - 1901

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1751 PALLANUOTISTA

Mario Boero

Born 1893

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1752 RACER

Giorgio Grasso

Born 1963

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1753 PHYSICIST

Giorgio Frossati

Born 1939

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1754 WRITER

Anna Maria Carassiti

Born 1948

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1755 CONDUCTOR

Matteo Beltrami

Born 1975

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1756 FOOTBALL

Giovan Battista Benvenuto

Born 1942

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1757 PRIEST

Gaudentius Rossi

1817 - 1891

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1758 GUERRILLA

Giorgio Issel

1919 - 1943

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1759 FOOTBALL

Pietro Arnulfo

Born 1988

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1760 FOOTBALL

Carlo Gambarotta

1919 - 2004

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1761 SINGER

Dany Franchi

Born 1990

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1762 ACTOR

Mario Moretti (drammaturgo)

1929 - 2010

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1763 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Oneto

1790 - 1873

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1764 FOOTBALL

Eugenio Dellacasa

Born 1901

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1765 FOOTBALL

Carlo Garbieri

1895 - 1941

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1766 PALLANUOTISTA

Edoardo Di Somma

Born 1996

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1767 GUITAR

Andrea Cervetto

Born 1968

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1768 SINGER

Massimiliano Cattapani

Born 1971

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1769 FILM

Remo Romeo

Born 1934

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1770 POLITICIAN

Federico Ricci (politico)

1876 - 1963

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1771 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Fossati

Born 1911

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1772 PAINTER

Isa Petrozzani

1913 - 1989

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1773 PHYSICIST

Giorgio Eugenio Oscare Giacaglia

Born 1935

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1774 FOOTBALL

Ernesto De Galleani

1879 - 1931

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1775 ORGANBUILDER

Felice Piccaluga

1740 - 1775

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1776 FOOTBALL

Angelo Borgogno

Born 1919

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1777 OFFICER

Adriano Magi-Braschi

1917 - 1995

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1778 FOOTBALL

Vieri Arnaldo Goetzlof

1883 - 1950

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1779 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Cattaneo della Volta

1886 - 1974

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1780 THEATRE

Sergio Maifredi

Born 1966

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1781 SCULPTOR

Luigi Venzano

1885 - 1962

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1782 SCULPTOR

Tommaso Carlone

1600 - 1667

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1783 PLAYER

Enzo Vattuone

Born 1956

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1784 FOOTBALL

Roberto Romei (calciatore)

Born 1958

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1785 WRITER

Alberto Marcheselli

Born 1965

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1786 FOOTBALL

Enrico Dordoni

Born 1941

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1787 EXPLORER

Giacomo Colomb

1446 - 1515

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1788 PLAYER

Giada Gorini

Born 1988

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1789 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Profumo

Born 1911

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1790 POLITICIAN

Rinaldo Magnani

1930 - 2006

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1791 SINGER

Soul David

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1792 FOOTBALL

Bruno Volponi

Born 1926

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1793 THEATRE

Stephanie Mohr

Born 1972

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1794 PAINTER

Niccolò Micone

1650 - 1730

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1795 TENENTE

Pietro Ferreira

1921 - 1945

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1796 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Pruzzo

Born 1929

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1797 PALLANUOTISTA

Giovanni Bianco

Born 1992

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1798 WRESTLER

Osvaldo Ferrari

Born 1942

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1799 JOURNALIST

Matteo Sacco

Born 1986

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1800 SCULPTOR

Giuseppe Navone

1855 - 1917

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