45.0667° N, 7.6999° E

TURIN

Most Famous People Born in Turin, Italy

Notable people
2,948
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1922
Most distinctive
Entrepreneur 4.2×

The first capital of unified Italy, and still the seat of the House of Savoy. Turin's most distinctive profession is entrepreneur at more than four times the global rate — the Agnellis, FIAT, and a long Piedmontese industrial tradition — alongside an unusually heavy philosopher, composer, and military-officer column. Primo Levi, Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II, and Lagrange all belong to this bench, and the 19th century is heavier here than in almost any other Italian city.

Through the Centuries

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

What Turin Is Known For

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Politician is Turin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (341).

Turin over-indexes on entrepreneur4.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician341
  2. Football318
  3. Actor229
  4. Writer148
  5. Painter134
  6. Composer85
  7. Singer75
  8. Journalist75
  1. Entrepreneur424.2×
  2. Philosopher292.8×
  3. Composer852.2×
  4. Officer412.1×
  5. Architect461.8×
  6. Painter1341.7×
  7. Journalist751.6×
  8. Writer1481.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0018 POLITICIAN

Giuliano Amato

Born 1938

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0024 ART HISTORIAN

Carlo Ginzburg

Born 1939

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0026 PHILOSOPHER

Gianni Vattimo

Born 1936

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0061 POLITICIAN

Achille Occhetto

Born 1936

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0089 PHYSICIST

Tullio Regge

1931 - 2014

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0091 ACTOR

Marisa Allasio

Born 1936

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0104 ATHLETIC

Livio Berruti

Born 1939

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0105 ENTREPRENEUR

Carlo De Benedetti

Born 1934

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0107 ACTOR

Aldo Maccione

Born 1935

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0110 ACTOR

Roberto Herlitzka

Born 1937

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0116 ACTOR

Ferruccio Amendola

1930 - 2001

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0147 SCULPTOR

Luciano Fabro

1936 - 2007

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0164 ACTOR

George Ardisson

1931 - 2014

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0169 ACTOR

Glauco Onorato

1936 - 2009

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0178 ENGINEER

Pier Giorgio Perotto

1930 - 2002

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0199 POLITICIAN

Valerio Zanone

1936 - 2016

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0208 FILM

Corrado Farina

1939 - 2016

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0212 ACTOR

Luigi Diberti

Born 1939

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0224 ACTOR

Roberto Bisacco

Born 1939

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0226 ACTOR

Gipo Farassino

1934 - 2013

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0240 JOURNALIST

Gianni Minà

Born 1938

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0252 DESIGNER

Marcello Gandini

Born 1938

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0258 ACTOR

Marisa Borini

Born 1930

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0266 WRITER

Ernesto Ferrero

Born 1938

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0310 FILM

Gianni Rondolino

1932 - 2016

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0331 POLITICIAN

Diego Novelli

Born 1931

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0337 SPORT

Nino Defilippis

1932 - 2010

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0342 MUSICOLOGIST

Alberto Basso

Born 1931

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0345 POLITICIAN

Franco Reviglio

Born 1935

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0353 BOBSLED

Sergio Zardini

1931 - 1966

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0354 ARTIST

Aldo Mondino

1938 - 2005

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0373 FOOTBALL

Carlo Mattrel

1937 - 1976

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0387 ATHLETIC

Giuseppina Leone

Born 1934

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0397 PAINTER

Giorgio Griffa

Born 1936

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0399 ACTOR

Luciano De Ambrosis

Born 1938

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0405 BUSINESS

Francisco Macri

1930 - 2019

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0419 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Rossano

1939 - 2016

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0429 FOOTBALL

Flavio Emoli

1934 - 2015

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0433 ARCHITECT

Andrea Bruno

Born 1931

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0438 SINGER

Fausto Amodei

Born 1934

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0451 ARTIST

Sergio Zaniboni

1937 - 2017

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0452 PHYSICIST

Carlo Becchi

Born 1939

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0493 SINGER

Margherita Rinaldi

Born 1935

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0506 JOURNALIST

Alfredo Cattabiani

1937 - 2003

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0517 ACTOR

Marla Landi

Born 1933

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0535 WRITER

Aldo Zargani

1933 - 2020

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0540 MUSIC

Giorgio Pestelli

Born 1938

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0541 WRITER

Antonio Debenedetti

Born 1937

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0555 ENTREPRENEUR

Emilio Lavazza

1932 - 2010

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0618 RACER

Ludovico Scarfiotti

1933 - 1968

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0640 CHEMIST

Giacinto Scoles

Born 1935

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0676 ENGINEER

Giorgio Ceragioli

1930 - 2008

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0688 DRIVER

Cesare Fiorio

Born 1939

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0733 ECONOMIST

Giancarlo Gandolfo

Born 1937

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0734 ACTOR

Mauro Bosco

Born 1938

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0764 DRIVER

Carlo Maria Abate

1932 - 2019

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0786 ARTIST

Guido Scala

1936 - 2001

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0787 CINEMA

Claudio Racca

1930 - 2009

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0854 THEOLOGIAN

Franco Imoda

Born 1937

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0871 ENTREPRENEUR

Franco Debenedetti

Born 1933

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0878 SPRINT

Maria Musso

Born 1931

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0886 WRITER

Anna Cataldi

Born 1939

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0889 FOOTBALL

Piero Aggradi

1934 - 2008

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0899 POLITICIAN

Luigi Caligaris

1931 - 2019

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0935 ACTOR

Angiolina Quinterno

1932 - 2006

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0938 LINGUIST

Fabrizio Angelo Pennacchietti

Born 1938

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0941 LITERARY

Guido Davico Bonino

Born 1938

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0945 POLITICIAN

Piero Craveri

Born 1938

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0950 SINGER

Riz Samaritano

Born 1937

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0954 COMPOSER

Sergio Liberovici

1930 - 1991

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0956 WRITER

Gustavo Pallicca

Born 1936

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0966 SPORT

Carlo Simonigh

1936 - 2014

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0975 LAWYER

Carlo Federico Grosso

1937 - 2019

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0993 ARCHITECT

Pietro Derossi

Born 1933

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0996 EDUCATION

Piero Bertolini

1931 - 2006

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1023 ECONOMIST

Onorato Castellino

1935 - 2007

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1045 FILM

Ferruccio Casacci

1934 - 2011

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1066 WRITER

Lorenzo Mondo

Born 1931

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1068 RABBI

Giuseppe Laras

1935 - 2017

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1071 COMPOSER

Bruno Martinotti

1936 - 1986

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1072 JOURNALIST

Paolo Levi

Born 1935

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1079 WRITER

Maricla Boggio

Born 1937

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1085 WRITER

Rodolfo Traversa

Born 1937

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1124 LITERARY

Marziano Guglielminetti

1937 - 2006

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1133 FOOTBALL

Nello Governato

1938 - 2019

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1140 ACTOR

Renzo Ozzano

1934 - 2017

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1151 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Patrucco

Born 1932

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1177 SOCIOLOGIST

Giuseppe Bonazzi

Born 1932

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1203 TRANSLATOR

Mario Carpitella

1930 - 2008

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1214 COMPOSER

Romano Bertola

1936 - 2017

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1221 ARCHITECT

Egisto Volterrani

1937 - 2017

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1230 ACTOR

Riccardo Miniggio

Born 1935

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1236 LAWYER

Guido Neppi Modona

Born 1938

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1240 MUSIC

Enrico Fubini

Born 1935

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1265 WRITER

Ugo Fornari

Born 1939

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1293 WRITER

Ruggero Savinio

Born 1934

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1332 WRITER

Gianpaolo Ormezzano

Born 1935

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1341 POLITICIAN

Diana De Feo

Born 1937

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1342 ARTIST

Abramo Barosso

1931 - 2013

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1379 COMPOSER

Sandro Gindro

1935 - 2002

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1392 LATINISTA

Giovanna Garbarino

1939 - 2020

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1393 CONDUCTOR

Francesco Anselmo

Born 1932

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1396 LAWYER

Domenico Lenarduzzi

1936 - 2019

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1401 ACTOR

Rita Giannuzzi

Born 1933

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1432 PAINTER

Mauro Chessa

Born 1933

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1441 ESSAYIST

Enrico Peyretti

Born 1935

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1452 PHILOSOPHER

Pietro Rossi (filosofo)

Born 1930

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1459 POET

Piera Oppezzo

1934 - 2009

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1468 PRESENTER

Enza Sampò

Born 1939

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1477 HISTORIAN

Gian Mario Bravo

1934 - 2020

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1485 PHOTOGRAPHER

Attilio Boccazzi Varotto

1936 - 1995

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1489 GEOLOGIST

Giorgio Vittorio Dal Piaz

Born 1935

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1492 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Zich

Born 1939

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1502 WRITER

Rossana Ombres

1931 - 2009

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1518 ARTIST

Giampaolo Barosso

1937 - 2014

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1521 COMPOSER

Vic Nocera

Born 1938

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1525 MOUNTAINEER

Ugo Manera

Born 1939

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1533 POET

Augusto Blotto

Born 1933

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1559 POLITICIAN

Elvio Fassone

Born 1938

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1573 WRITER

Mario Albertarelli

1933 - 1997

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1589 FOOTBALL

Stefano Francescon

Born 1934

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1612 SINGER

Ico Cerutti

1936 - 1999

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1615 PAINTER

Sergio Saroni

1935 - 1991

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1651 LITERARY

Lidia De Federicis

1930 - 2011

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1672 ACTOR

Wilma D'Eusebio

1931 - 2008

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1688 ART HISTORIAN

Elisa Debenedetti

Born 1933

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1713 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Marongiu (1937)

Born 1937

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1717 FILM

Carlo Alberto Pinelli

Born 1935

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1723 JOURNALIST

Giorgio Gualerzi

1930 - 2016

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1737 ACTOR

Édith Georges

1931 - 1981

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1750 ART HISTORIAN

Costanza Segre Montel

1938 - 2016

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1758 WRITER

Nicola Piepoli

Born 1935

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1769 DRIVER

Vittorio Belmondo

Born 1930

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1781 SCULPTOR

Massimo Ghiotti

Born 1938

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1783 LAWYER

Franco Levi

1937 - 1980

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1805 ACTOR

Bob Marchese

Born 1937

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1814 FILM

Giulio Berruti (Regisseur)

Born 1937

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1821 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Puddu

1931 - 2007

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1829 PRESENTER

Fabrizio Casadio

1935 - 2015

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1835 COMPOSER

Francesco Valdambrini

1933 - 2007

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1841 MUSIC

Franco Mondini

1935 - 2019

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1854 FOOTBALL

Piergiorgio Sartore

1939 - 2011

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1859 ACTOR

Enrico Olivieri

Born 1939

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1868 ACTOR

Wilma Aris

Born 1937

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1898 CARICATURIST

Franco Bruna

1935 - 2014

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1931 WRITER

Pietro Zullino

1936 - 2012

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1941 ENTREPRENEUR

Giuseppe Gazzoni Frascara

1935 - 2020

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1955 COMPOSER

Domenico Seren Gay

1931 - 2003

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1988 ACTOR

Jack Guerrini

1937 - 1970

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1990 SINGER

Luisella Ciaffi

Born 1933

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2002 EXPLORER

Beppe Tenti

Born 1936

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2027 POLITICIAN

Anna Terrana

Born 1937

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2030 ENTREPRENEUR

Roberto Parisi

1931 - 1985

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2037 JOURNALIST

Gino Bianco (socialista libertario)

1932 - 2005

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2070 COMICS

Mario Basari

Born 1932

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2108 FOOTBALL

Pietro Maroso

1934 - 2012

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2144 FOOTBALL

Pietro Battara

Born 1936

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2216 ENTREPRENEUR

Enrico Salza

Born 1937

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2232 ANNOUNCER

Maria Teresa Ruta (annunciatrice)

Born 1932

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2234 FILM

Massimo Manuelli

Born 1938

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2259 COXSWAIN

Vincenzo Bruno

Born 1933

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2289 JOURNALIST

Cesare Castellotti

Born 1939

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2297 ARTIST

Luciano Giacotto

Born 1938

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2308 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Parola

1935 - 2018

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2323 JOURNALIST

Beppi Zancan

1936 - 2016

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2335 ROWER

Renzo Ostino

1936 - 2020

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2360 FOOTBALL

Guido Vandone

1930 - 2019

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2374 POLITICIAN

Piergiorgio Allera

Born 1936

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2388 POLITICIAN

Pino Amato

1930 - 1980

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2390 FOOTBALL

Bruno Franceschina

Born 1931

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2392 DRUMMER

Mario Maschio

1931 - 2013

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2406 AUTHOR

Bruno Voglino

Born 1932

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2407 BASKET

Marisa Grisotto

1938 - 2013

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2425 ACTOR

Brad Euston

1939 - 1997

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2466 ENTREPRENEUR

Guido Accornero

Born 1931

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2511 COMPOSER

Happy Ruggiero

Born 1938

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2513 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Picco

1932 - 2014

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2518 MUSIC

Pier Benito Greco

1937 - 2018

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2533 SINGER

Gianni Siviero

Born 1938

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2566 FOOTBALL

Alberto Duvina

1938 - 2018

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2568 POLITICIAN

Ludovico Boetti Villanis Audifreddi

Born 1931

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2587 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Prato

Born 1938

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2600 POLITICIAN

Carmen Casapieri

1938 - 1984

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2612 FOOTBALL

Pasquale Lombardi

1939 - 2018

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2621 JOCKEY

Silvano Bietolini

Born 1939

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2631 FOOTBALL

Renato Rambaldelli

Born 1936

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2633 SPORT

Giancarlo Chiono

Born 1936

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2637 FOOTBALL

Pietro Cappellino

1934 - 2019

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2682 FOOTBALL

Umberto Motto

Born 1930

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2697 PAINTER

Tore Nochi

1933 - 1999

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2704 SINGER

Rica Pereno

1931 - 2004

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2709 FOOTBALL

Oscar Ferrari

Born 1931

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2712 TUFFATRICE

Laura Conter

Born 1934

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2744 ACADEMIC

Andrea Comba

1936 - 2020

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2768 FOOTBALL

Sergio Lussu

Born 1930

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2784 BUSINESS

Lorenzo Gancia

1930 - 2017

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2819 MILITAR

Ferdinando Sguerri

Born 1930

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2822 PHYSICIST

Giuliana Cini

1930 - 2005

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2905 MISSING

Luisella Ottolenghi Mortara

1930 - 2017

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2908 FOOTBALL

Antonio Seffusatti

Born 1930

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2948 IM RUHESTAND

Umberto Zamboni di Salerano

Born 1935

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