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VARESE

Most Famous People Born in Varese, Italy

Notable people
301
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1960
Most distinctive
Basket 9.0×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Varese Is Known For

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Football is Varese's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (50).

Varese over-indexes on basket9.0× the global rate.

Varese under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Football50
  2. Basket34
  3. Politician29
  4. Sport29
  5. Actor11
  6. Rower9
  7. Hockey8
  8. Journalist8
  1. Basket349.0×
  2. Rower98.1×
  3. Entrepreneur65.9×
  4. Sport295.8×
  5. Hockey82.2×
  6. Journalist81.7×
  7. Football501.5×
  1. Actor110.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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301 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Mario Monti

Born 1943

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0002 ACTOR

Lilli Carati

1956 - 2014

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0003 POLITICIAN

Roberto Maroni

Born 1955

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0004 DESIGNER

Flaminio Bertoni

1903 - 1964

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0005 CARDINAL

Attilio Nicora

1937 - 2017

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0006 SPORT

Stefano Garzelli

Born 1973

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0007 CARDINAL

Giovanni Colombo

1902 - 1992

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0008 PHYSICIAN

Giulio Bizzozero

1846 - 1901

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0009 FOOTBALL

Matteo Contini

Born 1980

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0010 ECONOMIST

Carlo Scognamiglio

Born 1944

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0011 SPORT

Daniele Nardello

Born 1972

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0012 SCREENWRITER

Giacomo Campiotti

Born 1957

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0013 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Beretta

Born 1992

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0014 SINGER

Laura Bono

Born 1979

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0015 OPERA

Giuseppina Grassini

1773 - 1850

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0016 BASKET

Andrea Meneghin

Born 1974

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0017 PRIEST

Pasquale Macchi

1923 - 2006

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0018 SPORT

Andrea Peron (cyclist, born 1971)

Born 1971

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0019 ACTOR

Zuzzurro

1946 - 2013

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0020 ACTOR

Laura Troschel

1944 - 2016

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0021 SPORT

Stefano Zanini

Born 1969

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0022 POLITICIAN

Lia Quartapelle

Born 1982

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0023 FOOTBALL

Luca Pellegrini (footballer, born 1963)

Born 1963

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0024 SCREENWRITER

Renato De Maria

Born 1958

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0025 SPORT

Noemi Cantele

Born 1981

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0026 PHILOLOGIST

Dante Isella

1922 - 2007

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0027 POLITICIAN

Attilio Fontana

Born 1952

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0028 SPORT

Gabriele Colombo

Born 1972

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0029 SPORT

Franco Giorgetti

1902 - 1963

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0030 WRITER

Luigi Zoja

Born 1943

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0031 POLITICIAN

Simona Bonafè

Born 1973

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0032 ACTOR

Giuseppe Pambieri

Born 1944

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0033 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Zamberletti

1933 - 2019

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0034 ARCHBISHOP

Carlo Maria Viganò

Born 1941

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0035 COMBATANT

Emilio Dandolo

1830 - 1859

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0036 FOOTBALL

Paolo Vanoli

Born 1972

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0037 ROWER

Elia Luini

Born 1979

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0038 FOOTBALL

Bruno Limido

Born 1961

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0039 FASHION MODEL

Edoardo Costa

Born 1967

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0040 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Marotta

Born 1957

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0041 SCREENWRITER

Massimo Venier

Born 1967

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0042 PLAYER

Marco Crugnola

Born 1983

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0043 FOOTBALL

Manuel Iori

Born 1982

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0044 SHOWGIRL

Cristina Del Basso

Born 1987

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0045 FOOTBALL

Carlo Carcano

1891 - 1965

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0046 RELIGIOUS

Giovanni Giudici (évêque)

Born 1940

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0047 SPORT

Davide Frattini

Born 1978

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0048 BASKET

Marco Crespi (basketball)

Born 1962

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0049 SPORT

Paride Grillo

Born 1982

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0050 BASKET

Aldo Ossola

Born 1945

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0051 SCULPTOR

Odoardo Tabacchi

1831 - 1905

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0052 COMPOSER

Flavio Premoli

Born 1949

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0053 COMPOSER

Vittorio Cosma

Born 1965

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0054 SPORT

Francesco Frattini

Born 1967

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0055 FOOTBALL

David Witteveen

Born 1985

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0056 SPORT

Remo Bertoni

1909 - 1973

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0057 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Gio Wiederhold

Born 1936

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0058 FILM

Francesco Scardamaglia

1945 - 2010

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0059 COMBATANT

Enrico Dandolo (patriot)

1827 - 1849

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0060 PHYSICIAN

Luigi Sacco (medico)

1769 - 1836

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0061 ARCHITECT

Stefano Marzano

Born 1950

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0062 PIANIST

Roberto Plano

Born 1978

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0063 FOOTBALL

Valentina Bergamaschi

Born 1997

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0064 PAINTER

Pietro Antonio Magatti

1691 - 1767

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0065 ACADEMIC

Elena Conti

Born 1967

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0066 HISTORIAN

Tullio Dandolo

1801 - 1870

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0067 DRIVER

Federico Leo

Born 1988

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0068 FOOTBALL

Daniele Dalla Bona

Born 1983

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0069 WRITER

Mario Spinella

1918 - 1994

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0070 SPRINT

Ito Giani

1941 - 2018

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0071 SCULPTOR

Angelo Frattini

1910 - 1975

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0072 SPORT

Mauro-Antonio Santaromita

Born 1964

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0073 SPORT

Luca Chirico

Born 1992

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0074 ESSAYISTE

Felice Accame

Born 1945

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0075 BASKET

Francesco Vescovi

Born 1964

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0076 FOOTBALL

Francesco Luoni

Born 1988

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0077 POLITICIAN

Marco Bussetti

Born 1962

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0078 BASKET

Laura Macchi

Born 1979

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0079 FOOTBALL

Gabriele Ambrosetti

Born 1973

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0080 FOOTBALL

Davide Pellegrini

Born 1966

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0081 ANATOMIST

Emilio Veratti

1872 - 1967

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0082 PLAYER

Cristian Casoli

Born 1975

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0083 HOCKEY

Alex Caffi (ice hockey)

Born 1990

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0084 PRESBYTER

Giuseppe Gervasini

1867 - 1941

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0085 BASKET

Edoardo Rusconi

Born 1946

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0086 ROWER

Pierpaolo Frattini

Born 1984

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0087 SPORT

Giuseppe De Maria

Born 1984

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0088 PLAYER

Elena Perinelli

Born 1995

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0089 SPORT

Camillo Passera

Born 1965

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0090 PHOTOGRAPHER

Giovanni Chiaramonte

Born 1948

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0091 BIOLOGIST

Antonio Lanzavecchia

Born 1951

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0092 PAINTER

Franco Matticchio

Born 1957

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0093 SWIMMER

Viola Valli

Born 1972

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0094 PATRIOT

Emilio Morosini

1831 - 1849

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0095 ARCHBISHOP

Piergiorgio Bertoldi

Born 1963

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0096 INVENTOR

Salvatore Carcano

1827 - 1903

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0097 REVOLUTIONARY

Francesco Daverio

1815 - 1849

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0098 ARCHITECT

Carlo Buzzi

1585 - 1658

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0099 ATHLETIC

Fabio Pizzolato

Born 1975

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0100 BASKET

Davide Bianchi

Born 1969

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0101 HOCKEY

Tommaso Goi

Born 1990

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0102 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Mazzola (footballer, born 1969)

Born 1969

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0103 FOOTBALL

Michela Greco

Born 1983

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0104 ACTOR

Giampiero Bianchi

1945 - 2005

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0105 VIOLIN

Wanda Luzzato

1919 - 2002

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0106 PLAYER

Andrea Ghiurghi

Born 1966

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0107 FOOTBALL

Franco Ossola

1921 - 1949

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0108 SPORT

Valentina Carretta

Born 1989

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0109 SINGER

Pierpaolo Capovilla

Born 1968

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0110 MOUNTAINEER

Matteo Della Bordella

Born 1984

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0111 POLITICIAN

Renzo Bossi

Born 1988

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0112 JOURNALIST

Gianluigi Paragone

Born 1971

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0113 MUSIC

Didier Casnati

Born 1980

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0114 SPORT

Giovanni Bottoia

Born 1962

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0115 PIANIST

Guido Salvetti

Born 1940

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0116 SPORT

Ezio Moroni

Born 1961

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0117 FOOTBALL

Giampaolo Calzi

Born 1985

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0118 PAINTER

Leonardo da Besozzo

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0119 HISTORIAN

Luigi Zanzi

1938 - 2015

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0120 PAINTER

Francesco de Tatti

1470 - 1532

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0121 PAINTER

Gino Meloni

1905 - 1989

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0122 FOOTBALL

Cristiano Scapolo

Born 1970

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0123 BASKET

Mario Alesini

1931 - 2001

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0124 PHILOSOPHER

Romano Madera

Born 1948

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0125 SPORT

Fabrizio Macchi

Born 1970

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0126 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gianni Sassi

1938 - 1993

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0127 POLITICIAN

Max Ferrari

Born 1971

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0128 FOOTBALL

Davide Cordone

Born 1971

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0129 FILM

Ángel Mentasti

1877 - 1937

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0130 ACTOR

Max Cavallari

Born 1963

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0131 BASKET

Sergio Marelli

1926 - 2006

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0132 FILM

Osvaldo Langini

1922 - 2016

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0133 ARTIST

Valerio Miroglio

1928 - 1991

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0134 FOOTBALL

Gastone Bottini

Born 1987

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0135 WRITER

Chiara Zocchi

Born 1977

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0136 FOOTBALL

Stefano Pellegrini (footballer, born 1967)

Born 1967

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0137 ECONOMIST

Mario Talamona

1931 - 2006

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0138 BASKET

Francesco Gergati

Born 1987

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0139 FOOTBALL

Luigi Ossola

1938 - 2018

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0140 FOOTBALL

Thomas Albanese

Born 1988

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0141 SWIMMER

Nicolò Martinenghi

Born 1999

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0142 ACTOR

Massimo Buscemi (attore)

Born 1947

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0143 SPORT

Luca Zanasca

Born 1983

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0144 BALLET

Elisabetta Terabust

1946 - 2018

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0145 WRITER

Felicita Morandi

1827 - 1906

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0146 HISTORIAN

Andrea Colli

Born 1966

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0147 BASKET

Lorenzo Gergati

Born 1984

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0148 BASKET

Marco Passera

Born 1982

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0149 PHYSICIAN

Eugenio Medea

1873 - 1967

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0150 BASKET

Maurizio Giadini

Born 1976

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0151 PHILOLOGIST

Claudio Ciociola

Born 1955

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0152 COXSWAIN

Andrea Lenzi

Born 1988

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0153 DRIVER

Franco Scapini

Born 1962

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0154 POLITICIAN

Daniele Marantelli

Born 1953

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0155 SPORT

Simone Zucchi

Born 1971

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0156 FOOTBALL

Giacomo Libera

Born 1951

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0157 ENTREPRENEUR

Pio Pion

1887 - 1965

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0158 JOURNALIST

Luca Franchini

Born 1965

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0159 FOOTBALL

Stefano Bettinelli

Born 1962

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0160 BALLERINA

Daniela Bello

Born 1975

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0161 POLITICIAN

Valerio Cattaneo

Born 1965

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0162 ENGINEER

Giulio Macchi

1866 - 1935

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0163 FOOTBALL

Daniele Minelli

Born 1982

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0164 POLITICIAN

Nicola Acunzo

Born 1976

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0165 SPORT

Daniele Dall'Oste

Born 1991

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0166 ENGINEER

Sergio Brusa Pasquè

1923 - 1990

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0167 SCREENWRITER

Daniela Morelli

Born 1949

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0168 PLAYER

Antonio Mannato

Born 1981

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0169 FOOTBALL

Ignazio Cocchiere

Born 1987

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0170 BASKET

Massimo Galli

Born 1960

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0171 BASKET

Niccolò Martinoni

Born 1989

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0172 HOCKEY

Alex Silva (hockeista su ghiaccio)

Born 1980

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0173 POET

Speri Della Chiesa Jemoli

1865 - 1946

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0174 SPORT

Maurizio Bellin

Born 1982

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0175 FOOTBALL

Marcello Farrabi

Born 1949

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0176 POET

Gian Luigi Nespoli

1936 - 2007

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0177 HOCKEY

Michael Mazzacane

Born 1988

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0178 PRESBYTER

Vittorio Pastori

1926 - 1994

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0179 POLITICIAN

Paolo Rossi (politico 1958)

Born 1958

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0180 FOOTBALL

Ferruccio Azzarini

1924 - 2005

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0181 FOOTBALL

Filippo Sgarbi

Born 1997

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0182 ARTIST

Antonio Zamberletti

Born 1963

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0183 FOOTBALL

Ilario Aloe

Born 1986

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0184 WRITER

Tibe

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0185 FOOTBALL

Vincenzo Maiolo

Born 1978

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0186 JOURNALIST

Robi Ronza

Born 1941

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0187 ACADEMIC

Antonio Siccardi

Born 1944

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0188 SWIMMER

Arianna Talamona

Born 1994

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0189 SPORT

Luigi Macchi (ciclista)

1912 - 1987

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0190 ACTOR

Mietta Albertini

Born 1949

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0191 BASKET

Federico Bolzonella

Born 1984

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0192 FOOTBALL

Silvia Toselli

Born 1988

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0193 ROWER

Ivano Zasio

Born 1973

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0194 ATHLETIC

Giuseppe Maffei

Born 1974

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0195 HOCKEY

Tommaso Teruggia

Born 1983

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0196 ASTRONOMER

Luca Buzzi

Born 1982

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0197 BASKET

Gianni Asti (1935)

1935 - 2014

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0198 ACTOR

Elena Ossola

Born 1983

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0199 ENTREPRENEUR

Antonio Bulgheroni

Born 1943

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0200 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Bernascone

1565 - 1627

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0201 JOURNALIST

Matteo Bordone

Born 1974

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0202 WRITER

Maurizio Fantoni Minnella

Born 1959

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0203 BASKET

Riccardo Antonelli

Born 1988

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0204 HOCKEY

Francesco Borghi

Born 1991

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0205 BASKET

Giulio Cadeo

Born 1963

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0206 ARCHITECT

Domenico Corti

1783 - 1842

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0207 BOBSLED

Angelo Frigerio

Born 1926

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0208 SPORT

Cristiano Fumagalli

Born 1984

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0209 BASKET

Massimo Ferraiuolo

Born 1965

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0210 POLITICIAN

Enea Noseda

1868 - 1947

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0211 SINGER

Maurizio Lauzi

Born 1969

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0212 POLITICIAN

Davide Galimberti

Born 1976

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0213 PRIEST

Emilio Patriarca

Born 1937

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0214 HOCKEY

Luca Rotolo

Born 1986

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0215 PLAYER

Alessio Galante

Born 1983

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0216 BASKET

Giuseppe Gergati

Born 1953

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0217 PHYSICIAN

Paolo Mantegazza (rettore)

1923 - 2015

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0218 BASKET

Daniele Biganzoli

Born 1971

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0219 FOOTBALL

Francesco Gazo

Born 1992

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0220 BASKET

Maurizio Gualco

Born 1956

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0221 SINGER

Fabio Ilacqua

Born 1975

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0222 BASKET

Gianantonio Bulgheroni

Born 1971

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0223 FOOTBALL

Carlo Belloni

Born 1929

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0224 HOCKEY

Sabino Sansonna

Born 1982

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0225 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Bonomi (dirigente)

Born 1958

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0226 POLO

Silvia Motta

Born 1988

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0227 PRESBYTER

Samuele Marzorati

1670 - 1716

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0228 FOOTBALL

Pacifico Cuman

1935 - 2002

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0229 JOURNALIST

Liliano Frattini

1934 - 2015

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0230 WRITER

Fabio Varese

1570 - 1630

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0231 ROWER

Fortunato Maninetti

Born 1926

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0232 ROWER

Mario Acchini

1915 - 1991

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0233 ENTREPRENEUR

Claudio Castiglioni

1947 - 2011

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0234 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Paolo Baraldi

Born 1967

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0235 ROWER

Angelo Fioretti

1918 - 2001

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0236 FOOTBALL

Franco Salvadè

Born 1960

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0237 FOOTBALL

Erika Di Lascio

Born 1996

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0238 ROWER

Luigi Gandini

1928 - 1987

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0239 BASKET

Pierangelo Gergati

Born 1947

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0240 THEATRE

Andrea Chiodi

Born 1979

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0241 BASKET

Edoardo Colombo

Born 1942

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0242 ROWER

Vincenzo Prina

Born 1936

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0243 MANAGER

Marco Bassetti

Born 1957

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0244 ACTOR

Francesca Martinez

Born 1975

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0245 COXSWAIN

Alessandro Bardelli (rowing)

1914 - 2009

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0246 ROWER

Bonifacio De Bortoli

Born 1922

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0247 POLITICIAN

Alberto Alemagna

1751 - 1828

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0248 BASKET

Luigi Mentasti

Born 1958

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0249 SPORT

Augusto Zanzi

1904 - 1979

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0250 BUSINESS

Marco Illbruck

Born 1986

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0251 FOOTBALL

Denis Caverzasi

Born 1994

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0252 BASKET

Alberto Prina

Born 1966

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0253 FOOTBALL

Donato Disabato

Born 1990

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0254 POLITICIAN

Federico Della Chiesa

1848 - 1920

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0255 POLITICIAN

Aldo Fumagalli

Born 1950

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0256 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Vedani

Born 1967

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0257 RACER

Max Manzo

Born 1966

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0258 PAINTER

Vittore Frattini

Born 1937

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0259 FOOTBALL

Antonio Gorini

1896 - 1918

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0260 FOOTBALL

Luigi Torti

Born 1918

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0261 SPORT

Athanase Sartori

Born 1852

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0262 POLITICIAN

Maria Cristina Cantù

Born 1964

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0263 ORGANBUILDER

Alessandro Mentasti

1844 - 1910

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0264 ACTOR

Gianna Maria Garbelli

Born 1967

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0265 BASKET

Geremia Giroldi

Born 1954

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0266 SPORT

Monica Ceccon

Born 1976

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0267 JOURNALIST

Leonardo Boriani

Born 1946

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0268 BASKET

Nello Guidotti

Born 1964

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0269 ORGANIST

Eugenio Biroldi

1756 - 1827

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0270 BASKET

Gianluca Pol

Born 1964

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0271 FOOTBALL

Luigi Bertani

Born 1921

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0272 ENTREPRENEUR

Guido Borghi (1946)

Born 1946

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0273 FOOTBALL

Giulio Ermolli

1881 - 1957

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0274 FOOTBALL

Ettore Gandini

Born 1969

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0275 SINGER

Gabriele Grilli

Born 1974

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0276 SPORT

Cristiano Frattini

Born 1973

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0277 POLITICIAN

Alessandro Alfieri

Born 1972

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0278 POLITICIAN

Enrico Bonfanti

1901 - 1964

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0279 POLITICIAN

Giacomo Luini

1771 - 1845

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0280 COACH

Silvano Danzi

Born 1962

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0281 POLITICIAN

Luciano Bronzi

Born 1931

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0282 ORGANIST

Luigi Maroni Biroldi

1790 - 1842

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0283 JOURNALIST

Andrea Melodia

Born 1944

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0284 ENTREPRENEUR

Claudio Maria Castiglioni

Born 1975

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0285 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Reggiori

Born 1964

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0286 NOBILE

Arderico Sessa

1230 - 1276

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0287 FOOTBALL

Gaetano Colombo

Born 1907

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0288 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Speroni

1825 - 1914

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0289 JOURNALIST

Giovanni Bagaini

1865 - 1940

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0290 FOOTBALL

Vittorio Torti

Born 1912

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0291 FOOTBALL

Coriolano Pontiggia

1912 - 1995

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0292 POLITICIAN

Niccolò Invidia

Born 1989

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0293 ENTREPRENEUR

Edoardo Bulgheroni (1970)

Born 1970

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0294 POLITICIAN

Luigi Zocchi

Born 1950

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0295 BASKET

Emilio Clerici

Born 1923

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0296 FOOTBALL

Carlo Pontiggia

Born 1910

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0297 MINERALOGIST

Antonio Scherillo

1907 - 2008

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0298 BASKET

Manlio Stabilini

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0299 BASKET

Virginio Zucchi

Born 1932

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0300 INSTRUMENTENBAUER

Giuseppe Pelitti

1811 - 1865

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