45.6501° N, 13.7705° E

TRIESTE

Most Famous People Born in Trieste, Italy

Notable people
1,092
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Basket 3.9×

The last Habsburg seaport, Italian only since 1918, and the bench still reads Mitteleuropäisch — a polyglot Adriatic city where Austro-Hungarian science and Triestine modernism meet the rowing club. The thick Physicist, Mathematician, and Architect clusters belong to the Habsburg intelligentsia, the outsized Composer count is the Verdi-adjacent operatic tradition, and the surprising Basket bench is a quieter Cold War artifact anchored by Rower and Swimmer counts from the maritime clubs.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Trieste during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 133 notable births.

What Trieste Is Known For

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Football is Trieste's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (123).

Trieste over-indexes on basket3.9× the global rate.

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

  1. Football123
  2. Politician80
  3. Writer72
  4. Actor64
  5. Painter56
  6. Basket53
  7. Composer32
  8. Journalist28
  1. Basket533.9×
  2. Rower112.7×
  3. Swimmer142.6×
  4. Physicist112.4×
  5. Mathematician132.4×
  6. Architect232.4×
  7. Composer322.2×
  8. Writer722.0×
  1. Politician800.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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1,092 notable people

0901 CHEF

Carmine Esposito

Born 1974

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0902 WRITER

Livio Horrakh

Born 1946

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0903 BASKET

Liana Nunzi

1934 - 2017

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0904 POLITICIAN

Carlo Colognatti

1904 - 1961

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0905 POLITICIAN

Stefano Patuanelli

Born 1974

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0906 CESTISTA

Ornella Donda

Born 1936

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0907 DIPLOMAT

Giorgio Rosso Cicogna

Born 1945

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0908 BASKET

Ester Baitz

Born 1934

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0909 ART HISTORIAN

Walter Felicetti-Liebenfels

1899 - 2000

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0910 STATTHALTER

Marius Anton von Attems-Heiligenkreuz

1862 - 1947

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0911 FOOTBALL

Antonio Sessa

1924 - 2017

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0912 PIANIST

Cristina Canziani

Born 1972

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0913 RACER

Emanuela Sossi

Born 1972

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0914 JOURNALIST

Sergio Pipan

Born 1942

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0915 FOOTBALL

Longino Di Piazza

Born 1920

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0916 WRITER

Marta Ascoli

1926 - 2014

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0917 COMPOSER

Antonia Sarcina

Born 1963

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0918 SCIENTIST

Giulio Grablovitz

1846 - 1928

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0919 PSYCHOLOGIST

Walter Gerbino

Born 1951

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0920 DIRIGENTE

Giuseppe Valenzini

1881 - 1955

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0921 FOOTBALL

Carlo Kaffenigg

Born 1917

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0922 FOOTBALL

Ermanno Englaro

1919 - 1981

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0923 MILITAR

Giuliano Dell'Antonio

1912 - 2006

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0924 AVIATORE

Guido Presel

1913 - 1937

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0925 FOOTBALL

Euro Giannini

1926 - 2015

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0926 PHYSICIST

Lorenzo Enriques

Born 1939

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0927 ATHLETIC

Paolo Piapan

Born 1956

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0928 FOOTBALL

Valerio Gravisi

1907 - 1971

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0929 FOOTBALL

Mario Tribuzio

1939 - 2010

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0930 FOOTBALL

Ettore Brossi

Born 1910

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0931 FOOTBALL

Emilio Ferlatti

Born 1933

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0932 FOOTBALL

Marčelo Kufersin

1910 - 1983

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0933 POLITICIAN

Maria Bernetic

1902 - 1993

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0934 SWIMMER

Giovanni Paliaga

1931 - 2019

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0935 FOOTBALL

Arturo Presselli

1919 - 1971

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0936 SWIMMER

Fides Benini

Born 1929

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0937 MISSING

Flavia Zanfrà

Born 1958

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0938 MILITAR

Fulvio Milia

Born 1963

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0939 FOOTBALL

Sergio Tenente

1940 - 2020

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0940 SWIMMER

Anna Cechi

Born 1943

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0941 FOOTBALL

Mario Claut

1929 - 2010

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0942 COMPOSER

Carlo de Incontrera

Born 1937

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0943 FOOTBALL

Renato Sadar

1935 - 2009

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0944 FOOTBALL

Paolo Ciclitira

1941 - 2019

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0945 FOOTBALL

Tommaso Pobega

Born 1999

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0946 SWIMMER

Pierpaolo Spangaro

1942 - 2011

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0947 GOUVERNEUR

Josef Brigido von Bresowitz

1733 - 1817

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0948 SINGER

Iris Moné

Born 1975

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0949 ACTOR

Orazio Bobbio

1946 - 2006

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0950 ARBITRO

Guerrino Cerebuch

Born 1964

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0951 OFFICER

Milton F. Pavlic

1909 - 1942

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0952 FOOTBALL

Iginio Rigato

1920 - 1993

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0953 ENGINEER

Livio Zeller

1923 - 2014

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0954 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Persi

1924 - 2012

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0955 BASKET

Agostino Miliani

1920 - 2005

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0956 FOOTBALL

Mario Polak

Born 1919

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0957 FOOTBALL

Silvano Pipan

Born 1919

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0958 POET

Augusto Levi

1855 - 1915

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0959 FOOTBALL

Carlo Pischianz

1922 - 1979

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0960 FOOTBALL

Silvano Merkuza

Born 1938

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0961 COMPETITOR

Nicholas Anziutti

Born 1992

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0962 FOOTBALL

Fulvio Mosca

Born 1935

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0963 MUSIC

Gabriel Formiggini

1879 - 1936

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0964 FOOTBALL

Edos Barbini

Born 1919

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0965 PAINTER

Vittorio Schweiger

1910 - 2005

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0966 POLITICIAN

Franco Morpurgo

1943 - 2006

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0967 MISSING

Loredana Zugna

Born 1952

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0968 PAINTER

Doretta Frenna Smith

1924 - 2012

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0969 FOOTBALL

Marino Bon

Born 1910

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0970 FOOTBALL

Flavio Frontali

Born 1936

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0971 FOOTBALL

Marcello Pellarin

Born 1911

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0972 POLITICIAN

Max Herzele

1911 - 1989

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0973 MILITAR

Gustav Hauck (Pilot)

1910 - 1983

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0974 FOOTBALL

Giordano Piciga

1909 - 1969

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0975 MILITAR

Silvano Buffa

1914 - 1941

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0976 FOOTBALL

Ermenegildo Andrian

Born 1920

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0977 FOOTBALL

Roberto Lenarduzzi

Born 1957

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0978 MISSING

Esther Robertson

Born 1952

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0979 HOCKEY

Romano Cataletto

Born 1924

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0980 FOOTBALL

Ettore Valcareggi

Born 1922

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0981 PLAYER

Samanta Botter

Born 1970

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0982 POLITICIAN

Luisa Debiasio Calimani

Born 1939

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0983 PLAYER

Sergio Veljak

1944 - 2006

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0984 WRITER

Marina Silvestri

Born 1953

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0985 JOURNALIST

Elena Comelli

Born 1961

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0986 ARCHITECT

Romano Boico

1910 - 1995

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0987 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Pitacco (calciatore)

Born 1901

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0988 POLITICIAN

Giordano Pratolongo

1905 - 1953

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0989 ARTIST

Maria Lupieri

1901 - 1961

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0990 BASKET

Pia Punter

1915 - 1984

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0991 FOOTBALL

Dario Stolfa

1938 - 2020

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0992 MILITAR

Ezio De Marchi

1895 - 1917

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0993 ENTREPRENEUR

Giacomina Lapenna

1924 - 2013

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0994 PHYSICIAN

Geppino Micheletti

1905 - 1961

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0995 ASTRONOMER

Bruno Cester

1920 - 2017

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0996 FOOTBALL

Guido Rigotti

Born 1904

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0997 FOOTBALL

Duilio Santarosa

Born 1923

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0998 FOOTBALL

Silvio Franchi

Born 1932

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0999 HARPIST

Elisabetta Giorgi

Born 1966

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1000 FOOTBALL

Pietro Svageli

1911 - 1985

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1001 VELISTA

Martha Faraguna

Born 1995

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1002 BASKET

Chiara Longo

1951 - 1995

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1003 FOOTBALL

Nerone Reddi

Born 1924

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1004 COMPETITOR

Lorenzo Martini

Born 1994

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1005 FOOTBALL

Alfieri Sacchetti

1919 - 1976

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1006 SKIPPER

Lorenzo Bressani

Born 1973

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1007 FOOTBALL

Marcello Svorenich

Born 1928

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1008 TUFFATORE

Gabriele Auber

Born 1994

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1009 KOMMUNIST

Ferdinando Zidar

1915 - 2003

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1010 BEAMTE

Joseph Ludwig Marenzi von Tagliuno und Talgate –

1853 - 1935

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1011 MILITAR

Pompejus Brigido von Bresowitz

1729 - 1811

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1012 FOOTBALL

Bruno Bacchetti

Born 1925

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1013 PHILANTHROPIST

Sebastiano Mondolfo

1796 - 1873

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1014 COMPOSER

Domenico Ronzani

1804 - 1868

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1015 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Pieri

1920 - 1965

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1016 FOOTBALL

Mario De Bartoli

Born 1912

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1017 POLITICIAN

Lazzaro Frizzi

1838 - 1919

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1018 TRANSLATOR

Laura Frausin Guarino

Born 1933

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1019 RUNNER

Loredana Simonetti

Born 1930

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1020 PALLANUOTISTA

Dario Bertazzoli

Born 1960

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1021 FOOTBALL

Carlo Redolfi

Born 1929

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1022 PSYCHIATRIST

Oskar Kauffmann

1898 - 1955

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1023 POLITICIAN

Arnaldo Pittoni

1927 - 2004

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1024 JOURNALIST

Furio Stella

1957 - 2014

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1025 FOOTBALL

Michele Leghissa

Born 1975

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1026 POET

Beppino Goruppi

1930 - 1951

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1027 ARBITRO

Massimiliano Caputi

Born 1964

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1028 ARBITRO

Gilberto Dagnello

Born 1960

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1029 FOOTBALL

Ercole Vampa

Born 1899

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1030 FOOTBALL

Fabio Brandolisio

Born 1926

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1031 FOOTBALL

Mario Micheli

Born 1924

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1032 FOOTBALL

Manlio Presel

1923 - 2008

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1033 FOOTBALL

Claudio Pribaz

Born 1941

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1034 WRITER

Marina Torossi Tevini

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1035 COMPOSER

Astore Pittana

1912 - 2010

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1036 PAINTER

Federico Righi (artista)

1908 - 1986

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1037 COMPETITOR

Federica Tafuro

Born 1989

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1038 FOOTBALL

Mario Olenich

Born 1908

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1039 ARCHITECT

Aldo Cervi

1901 - 1972

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1040 COMPETITOR

Marco Colombin

Born 1989

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1041 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Genel

1928 - 1993

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1042 GUERRILLA

Gastone Piccinini

1915 - 1994

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1043 FOOTBALL

Egidio Umer

1912 - 1992

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1044 JOURNALIST

Sergio Rebelli

Born 1967

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1045 CESTISTA

Andrea Coronica

Born 1993

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1046 OFFICER

Anton von Cavallar

1775 - 1831

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1047 FOOTBALL

Rodolfo Puttar

Born 1910

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1048 BASKET

Silia Martini

-

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1049 FOOTBALL

Mario Mlacher

Born 1920

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1050 FOOTBALL

Angelo Scapin

1914 - 1999

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1051 FOOTBALL

Umberto Meggiolaro

Born 1934

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1052 ENTREPRENEUR

Ugo Lanza

1918 - 1998

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1053 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Gravisi

Born 1905

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1054 FOOTBALL

Marino Renner

1914 - 1996

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1055 SWIMMER

Bianca Lokar

1915 - 2012

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1056 PAINTER

Gustav Kappler

1855 - 1922

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1057 PAINTER

Giorgio Settala

1895 - 1950

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1058 PLAYER

Andrea Pappacena

Born 1965

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1059 BERGSTEIGER

Vineta Mayer

1865 - 1945

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1060 MATHEMATICIAN

Luciano De Simon

1934 - 2002

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1061 ENGINEER

Vittorio Frandoli

1902 - 1978

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1062 POLITICIAN

Tatjana Rojc

Born 1961

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1063 FOOTBALL

Italo Famea

Born 1919

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1064 BASKET

Luciano Antonini

Born 1906

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1065 FOOTBALL

Carlo Codnig

Born 1923

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1066 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ferruccio Banissoni

1888 - 1952

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1067 BASKET

Maria Jermanis

1919 - 2011

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1068 PAINTER

Avrelij Lukežič

1912 - 1980

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1069 BASKET

Silvana Rocco

Born 1920

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1070 PIANIST

Alessandro Costantinides

1898 - 1979

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1071 POLITICIAN

Gualberto Niccolini

Born 1941

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1072 GEOGRAPHER

Giorgio Valussi

1930 - 1990

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1073 PHYSICIAN

Francesco Saverio Verson

1805 - 1849

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1074 JUDGE

Paul Pollan

1887 - 1971

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1075 POLITICIAN

Cornelio Vinay

1913 - 2009

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1076 COMPOSER

Gastone De Zuccoli

1887 - 1958

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1077 FOOTBALL

Riccardo Colombani

Born 1912

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1078 BASKET

Albino Cuppo

Born 1910

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1079 ARCHITECT

Bruno Beer

1913 - 1994

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1080 MILITAR

Sergio Forti

1920 - 1944

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1081 MILITAR

Anton von Burlo-Ehrwall

1791 - 1880

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1082 POLITICIAN

Sante Perticaro

Born 1958

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1083 PAINTER

Enrico Hohenberger

1843 - 1897

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1084 KOCH

Matteo Metullio

Born 1989

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1085 POET

Maria Gianni

1886 - 1943

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1086 POLITICIAN

Massimiliano d’Angeli

1815 - 1881

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1087 PUBLISHER

Giovanni Marenigh

1757 - 1842

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1088 SCULPTOR

Celo Pertot

Born 1924

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1089 CANOE

Francesca Genzo

Born 1993

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1090 SKIER

Ivano Marzola

Born 1963

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1091 DIPLOMAT

Giuseppe Puri Purini

Born 1908

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1092 PAINTER

Claudio Cernigoi-Ursich

1929 - 1950

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