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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Showing 241 of 2,948 notable people

0007 PIANIST

Ludovico Einaudi

Born 1955

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0015 WRITER

Alessandro Baricco

Born 1958

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0033 SINGER

Umberto Tozzi

Born 1952

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0076 HISTORIAN

Alessandro Barbero

Born 1959

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0093 PHILOSOPHER

Maurizio Ferraris

Born 1956

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0096 ACTOR

Valeria Cavalli

Born 1959

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0145 COMPOSER

Lorenzo Ferrero

Born 1951

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0176 WRITER

Lidia Ravera

Born 1951

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0181 FOOTBALL

Roberto Bettega

Born 1950

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0187 SCREENWRITER

Arturo Brachetti

Born 1957

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0188 POLITICIAN

Marco Rizzo

Born 1959

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0202 ACTOR

Roberto Malone

Born 1956

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0205 FILM

Massimo Mazzucco

Born 1954

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0211 POLITICIAN

Fabrizio Barca

Born 1954

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0237 ECONOMIST

Guido Tabellini

Born 1956

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0245 AUTHOR

Valerio Varesi

Born 1959

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0250 SOCIOLOGIST

Diego Gambetta

Born 1952

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0259 FILM

Guido Chiesa

Born 1959

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0262 POLITICIAN

Domenico Siniscalco

Born 1954

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0282 WRITER

Paola Mastrocola

Born 1956

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0287 AUTHOR

Mauro Biglino

Born 1950

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0333 SINGER

Alessandro Corbelli

Born 1952

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0347 ACTOR

Vanni Corbellini

Born 1955

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0350 OFFICER

Claudio Graziano

Born 1953

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0360 ENTREPRENEUR

Andrea Pininfarina

1957 - 2008

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0382 WRITER

Giuseppe Scaraffia

Born 1950

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0421 BISHOP

Carlo Chenis

1954 - 2010

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0444 COMPOSER

Carlo Actis Dato

Born 1952

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0453 MANAGER

Andrea Beltratti

Born 1959

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0464 SCREENWRITER

Oscar Avogadro

1951 - 2010

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0489 ART DIRECTOR

Stefano Della Casa

Born 1953

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0549 POLITICIAN

Gianni Oliva

Born 1952

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0607 FILM

Emanuela Piovano

Born 1959

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0610 ICE HOCKEY

Ico Migliore

Born 1956

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0619 MATHEMATICIAN

Mauro Francaviglia

1953 - 2013

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0630 FOOTBALL

Pierluigi Pairetto

Born 1952

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0639 PLAYER

Giovanni Lanfranco (volleyball)

Born 1956

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0667 PAINTER

Luigi Stoisa

Born 1958

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0677 PHILOSOPHER

Oberto Airaudi

1950 - 2013

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0687 CINEMA

Gherardo Gossi

Born 1958

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0691 PLAYER

Piero Rebaudengo

Born 1958

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0702 ARTIST

Bruno Sarda

Born 1954

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0711 DRIVER

Gianfranco Brancatelli

Born 1950

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0721 FILM

Piergiorgio Gay

Born 1959

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0725 PILOTE DE RALLYES

Fabrizia Pons

Born 1955

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0731 WRITER

Laura Curino

Born 1956

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0735 PLAYER

Giancarlo Dametto

Born 1959

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0759 ACTOR

Franca Gonella

Born 1952

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0760 FOOTBALL

Claudio Garella

Born 1955

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0768 PSYCHIATRIST

Paolo Crepet

Born 1951

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0774 ENTREPRENEUR

Paolo Pininfarina

Born 1958

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0784 WRITER

Carlo Grande (writer)

Born 1957

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0785 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

Paolo Boffetta

Born 1958

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0821 PUBLISHER

Paolo Grossi (homme de lettres)

Born 1956

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0831 ARCHITECT

Mara Servetto

Born 1957

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0833 ACTOR

Alberto Olivero

Born 1959

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0836 DESIGNER

Paola Navone

Born 1950

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0859 SOCIOLOGIST

Luca Ricolfi

Born 1950

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0870 POLITICIAN

Enzo Ghigo

Born 1953

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0894 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Negri

Born 1957

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0908 GUITAR

Claudio Lodati

Born 1954

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0910 WRITER

Marco Aime

Born 1956

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0917 ACTOR

Oliviero Corbetta

Born 1952

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0922 PHILOLOGIST

Corrado Bologna

Born 1950

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0939 ESSAYIST

Giorgio Ficara

Born 1952

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0958 ACTOR

Mario Zucca

Born 1955

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0967 COMPOSER

Marcello Capra

Born 1953

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0989 WRITER

Raffaele Palma

Born 1953

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0991 SINGER

Daran

Born 1959

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1000 WRITER

Carlo Nesti

Born 1955

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1006 ACTOR

Rosa Pianeta

Born 1955

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1017 HISTORIAN

Madeleine Scopello

Born 1953

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1020 ACTOR

Germana Pasquero

Born 1955

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1022 WRITER

Stefania Bertola

Born 1952

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1032 LAWYER

Gianmaria Ajani

Born 1955

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1046 WRITER

Dario Voltolini

Born 1959

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1077 POLITICIAN

Massimo Depaoli

Born 1959

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1109 ACTOR

Giorgio Locuratolo

Born 1954

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1110 JOCKEY

Luca de Gennaro

Born 1959

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1113 PHILOLOGIST

Federico Sanguineti

Born 1955

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1117 COMPOSER

Enrico Fazio

Born 1956

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1122 WRITER

Gian Luca Favetto

Born 1957

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1143 BASSIST

Guido Guglielminetti

Born 1952

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1147 JOURNALIST

Amedeo Goria

Born 1954

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1148 PAINTER

Guido Borelli

Born 1952

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1149 SINGER

Riccardo Donna

Born 1954

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1153 FOOTBALL

Evelina Christillin

Born 1955

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1154 MOUNTAINEER

Enrico Camanni

Born 1957

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1184 PHILOSOPHER

Franca D'Agostini

Born 1952

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1191 HISTORIAN

Walter Barberis

Born 1950

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1205 PHYSICIAN

Luigi Naldini

Born 1959

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1210 SINGER

Sergio Berardo

Born 1958

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1215 HISTORIAN

Vittorio Marchis

Born 1950

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1228 JOURNALIST

Paolo Hutter

Born 1952

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1244 WRITER

Dario Tomasi

Born 1957

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1246 ACTOR

Guido Ruffa

Born 1956

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1256 LAWYER

Marco Ricolfi

Born 1952

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1257 PHILOSOPHER

Pier Paolo Portinaro

Born 1953

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1264 JOURNALIST

Margherita Giacobino

Born 1952

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1267 ACTOR

Aldo Stella

Born 1955

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1272 SINGER

Marco Carena

Born 1957

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1281 POET

Mitì Vigliero Lami

Born 1957

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1286 PHILOSOPHER

Paolo Casalegno

1952 - 2009

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1308 POLITICIAN

Riccardo Garosci

Born 1955

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1320 OFFICER

Danilo Errico

Born 1953

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1333 MATHEMATICIAN

Beppe Scienza

Born 1950

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1334 POLITICIAN

Silvio Sircana

Born 1951

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1336 ARTIST

Luigi Piccatto

Born 1954

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1340 LITERARY

Rinaldo Rinaldi (critico)

Born 1951

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1357 FOOTBALL

Antonio Pigino

Born 1951

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1376 TRANSLATOR

Paolo Collo

Born 1950

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1383 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Trentalange

Born 1957

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1395 LAWYER

Paolo Alvazzi del Frate

Born 1959

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1406 ACTOR

Mauro Avogadro

Born 1951

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1415 LINGUIST

Carla Marello

Born 1952

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1422 GUITAR

Maurizio Colonna

Born 1959

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1433 WRITER

Enrico Pandiani

Born 1956

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1434 WRITER

Anna Vivarelli

Born 1958

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1443 COMPOSER

Beppe Crovella

Born 1952

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1444 ACTOR

Annarita Grapputo

Born 1954

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1461 DRUMMER

Furio Chirico

Born 1952

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1462 THEATRE

Rubino Rubini

1953 - 2011

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1463 TRANSLATOR

Ada Vigliani

Born 1954

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1470 ENTREPRENEUR

Marco Boglione

Born 1956

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1472 ENGINEER

Giorgio Stirano

Born 1950

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1474 POET

Roberto Rossi Precerutti

Born 1953

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1494 SINGER

Valerio Liboni

Born 1953

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1503 BOTANIST

Massimo Meregalli

Born 1952

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1531 OFFICER

Paolo Serra (generale)

Born 1956

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1541 FOOTBALL

Guglielmo Bacci

Born 1955

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1548 ACTOR

Cris Nicolotti

Born 1959

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1555 JOURNALIST

Fabio Metitieri

1958 - 2009

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1564 WRITER

Roberto Cazzola

Born 1953

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1583 POLITICIAN

Roberto Salerno

Born 1954

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1602 JOURNALIST

Andrea Aloi

Born 1950

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1632 BASKET

Rosanna Vergnano

Born 1954

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1636 JOURNALIST

Enrico Giacovelli

Born 1958

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1648 POLITICIAN

Maria Teresa Armosino

Born 1955

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1729 WRITER

Mario Marchisio

Born 1953

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1731 COMPOSER

Gianni Possio

Born 1953

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1738 ATHLETIC

Renata Scaglia

Born 1954

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1755 POET

Valeria Rossella

Born 1953

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1764 MUSIC

Marco Gallesi

Born 1954

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1816 PSYCHOLOGIST

Laura Olivetti

1950 - 2015

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1832 MUSIC

Luigi Seviroli

Born 1950

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1837 ACTOR

Lorenzo Minoli

Born 1951

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1843 MISSING

Luca Nicolotti

Born 1954

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1845 ACTOR

Cesare Rasini

Born 1957

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1857 WRITER

Stefano Mensurati

Born 1959

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1875 WRITER

Daniele Nannini

Born 1950

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1903 COMPOSER

Massimo Carpegna

Born 1955

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1907 SINGER

Lucia Rizzi (cantante)

Born 1954

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1910 CONDUCTOR

Mario Lamberto

Born 1957

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1957 PRESENTER

Ramona Dell'Abate

Born 1955

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1976 BASKET

Federico Danna

Born 1956

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1980 SINGER

Marco Bonino

Born 1952

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2007 MAGIC

Alexander (illusionista)

Born 1951

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2008 PRODUCER

Massimo Gabutti

Born 1959

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2020 FOOTBALL

Livio Manzin

Born 1956

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2026 ARTIST

Giorgio Figus

Born 1958

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2033 PHYSICIST

Massimo Villata

Born 1954

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2078 WRITER

Federico Audisio di Somma

Born 1955

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2121 TERRORISTA

Roberto Sandalo

1957 - 2014

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2129 JOURNALIST

Alessandro Banfi

Born 1959

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2136 DANCER

Gabriella Cohen

Born 1954

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2155 WRITER

Beppe Conti

Born 1951

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2159 JOURNALIST

Chiara Beria di Argentine

Born 1950

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2167 JOURNALIST

Silvia Rosa-Brusin

Born 1956

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2171 MISSING

Piero Panciarelli

1955 - 1980

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2179 FOOTBALL

Giancarlo Tacchi

Born 1957

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2187 TEACHER

Enrico Benedetto

Born 1956

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2188 JOURNALIST

Patrizia Giancotti

Born 1958

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2195 DIRIGENTE

Salvatore Sardo

Born 1952

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2197 POLITICIAN

Erminia Emprin

Born 1952

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2205 MISSING

Gemelle Foglia

Born 1958

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2214 ACTOR

Donatella Bardi

1954 - 1999

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2215 RAPPRESENTANTE

Lorenzo Betassa

1952 - 1980

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2220 FILM

Alberto Bader

Born 1959

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2229 MUSIC

Gigi Restagno

1957 - 1997

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2230 CHESS

Giampiero David

Born 1956

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2231 DESIGNER

Nata Rampazzo

Born 1954

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2256 CHESS

Pietro Ponzetto

Born 1952

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2264 TRANSLATOR

Susanna Basso

Born 1956

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2275 DIRIGENTE

Carlo Vetrugno

1950 - 2017

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2277 POLITICIAN

Gianfranco Cuttica di Revigliasco

Born 1957

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2294 PHYSICIAN

Daniele Faraggiana

Born 1950

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2310 DRIVER

Tony Carello

Born 1951

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2314 ARCHER

Ferruccio Berti

Born 1953

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2327 COMPOSER

Guido Maria Guida

Born 1956

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2342 JOURNALIST

Gioacchino Bonsignore

Born 1959

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2346 JUDO

Nicola Ripandelli

Born 1954

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2350 FOOTBALL

Frank D'Amelio

Born 1957

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2361 ATHLETIC

Roberto Veglia

Born 1957

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2362 JOURNALIST

Federico Calcagno

Born 1958

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2366 JOURNALIST

Alessandra Comazzi

Born 1956

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2373 WRITER

Augusto Grandi

Born 1956

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2376 ACTOR

Piero Ferraris

Born 1954

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2413 WRITER

Marco Neirotti

Born 1954

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2420 ACTOR

Riccardo Montanaro

1954 - 2010

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2422 POLITICIAN

Daniela Alfonzi

Born 1957

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2424 ENTREPRENEUR

Ermenegildo Zegna (imprenditore 1955)

Born 1955

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2432 ROWER

Gino Iseppi

Born 1957

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2435 FOOTBALL

Lucio Nobile

Born 1956

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2438 DRIVER

Michele Rayneri

Born 1955

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2450 DIRIGENTE

Roberto Nepote

Born 1956

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2453 POLITICIAN

Domenico Carpanini

1953 - 2001

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2489 FILM

Giorgio Pandolfi

Born 1952

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2491 POLITICIAN

Magda Angela Zanoni

Born 1955

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2494 AUTHOR

Giuseppe Feyles

Born 1956

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2499 PALLAVOLISTA

Manolo Pelissero

Born 1950

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2531 DIRIGENTE

Roberto Giovalli

Born 1957

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2543 FENCER

Pier Alberto Testoni

Born 1950

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2547 TEACHER

Riccardo Bruni

Born 1956

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2554 SPORT

Marco Maria Scolaris

Born 1958

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2555 POLITICIAN

Renzo Rabellino

Born 1958

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2572 WRITER

Alfredo Luvino

Born 1956

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2595 ILLUSTRATOR

Paola Piglia

Born 1955

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2601 HISTORIAN

Guido Valabrega

1951 - 2000

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2603 ATHLETIC

Vittorino Milanesio

Born 1953

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2610 DESIGNER

Carlo Gaino

Born 1957

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2615 FOOTBALL

Ezio Blangero

Born 1957

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2616 ENTREPRENEUR

Gianmario Gabetti

Born 1951

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2629 FILM

Corrado Franco

Born 1956

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2642 BASKET

Alberto Marietta

Born 1955

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2664 VELOCISTA

Carla Tozzi

Born 1956

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2675 SINGER

Mini Molly

Born 1953

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2678 SCREENWRITER

Paolo Ricagno

Born 1957

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2728 SKIER

Giuliana Campiglia

Born 1958

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2735 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Garesio

Born 1954

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2737 SINGER

Grazia Vitale

Born 1959

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2753 PSYCHIATRIST

Enrico Borla

Born 1959

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2756 ENIGMISTA

Franco Bosio

Born 1954

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2765 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Maria Giovanna Biga

Born 1951

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2771 POLITICIAN

Dario Ortolano

Born 1952

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2783 FOOTBALL

Fabio Francisca

Born 1959

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2813 WRITER

Ennio Foppiani

Born 1959

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2849 POLITICIAN

Edro Colombini

Born 1950

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2865 BASKET

Donatella Trevisi

Born 1954

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2882 ARTIST

Dario Mairano

1953 - 2010

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2890 PAINTER

Graziano Rey

Born 1953

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2938 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Fortunato (1953)

Born 1953

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