45.4386° N, 10.9927° E

VERONA

Most Famous People Born in Verona, Italy

Notable people
910
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1902
Most distinctive
Chamberlain 29.9×

Veronese and the Veronese school bent Venetian colour inland, which is why the Painter, Sculptor and Architect lines built the city's Renaissance face together. The oddity is a Chamberlain count running some thirty times the norm — a della Scala-era court artifact — while the Poet bench quietly runs back to Catullus two millennia on.

Through the Centuries

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

What Verona Is Known For

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Painter is Verona's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (123).

Verona over-indexes on chamberlain29.9× the global rate.

  1. Painter123
  2. Football122
  3. Politician80
  4. Actor37
  5. Writer35
  6. Composer30
  7. Sculptor22
  8. Poet20
  1. Chamberlain1029.9×
  2. Painter1235.2×
  3. Sculptor223.7×
  4. Entrepreneur113.6×
  5. Composer302.5×
  6. Architect182.2×
  7. Poet202.1×
  8. Physician111.8×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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910 notable people

0301 SAILOR

Fabio Albarelli

1943 - 1995

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0302 ARCHITECT

Ferdinando Forlati

1882 - 1975

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0303 PAINTER

Felice Boscaratti

1721 - 1807

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0304 ARCHITECT

Giacomo Franco

1818 - 1895

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0305 SPORT

Angelo Menon

1919 - 2013

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0306 SINGER

Giorgio Tadeo

1929 - 2008

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0307 SPORT

Manuel de Vecchi

Born 1980

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0308 ACTOR

Federica Tommasi (attrice)

Born 1974

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0309 PENCILLER

Alessandro Perina

Born 1958

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0310 FOOTBALL

Francesco Pernigo

1918 - 1985

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0311 ACTOR

Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Born 1966

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0312 THEOLOGIAN

Paolo Lazise

1508 - 1544

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0313 SINGER

Dino (Italian singer)

Born 1948

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0314 SKIER

Enrica Cipriani

Born 1988

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0315 POLITICIAN

Luciano Dal Falco

1925 - 1992

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0316 PHILOSOPHER

Umberto Curi

Born 1941

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0317 TRANSLATOR

Pietro Marchesani

1942 - 2011

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0318 PAINTER

Dario Pozzo

1592 - 1652

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0319 ARTIST

Sio (fumettista)

Born 1988

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0320 WRITER

Caterina Bon Brenzoni

1813 - 1856

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0321 PAINTER

Martino da Verona

Died 1412

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0322 PRIEST

Lorenzo Bellomi

1929 - 1996

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0323 PAINTER

Cecilia Brusasorci

1549 - 1593

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0324 ACTOR

Alessio Orano

Born 1945

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0325 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Antonini

1914 - 1989

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0326 WRITER

Luca De Biase

Born 1956

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0327 JOURNALIST

Rino Tommasi

Born 1934

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0328 JOURNALIST

Silvio Bertoldi

1920 - 2018

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0329 FOOTBALL

Franco Bergamaschi

Born 1951

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0330 CHESS

Eleonora Ambrosi

Born 1988

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0331 SCENOGRAPHER

Ettore Fagiuoli

1884 - 1961

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0332 PAINTER

Sebastiano Vini

1530 - 1602

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0333 PAINTER

Carlo Salis

1680 - 1763

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0334 SWIMMER

Giacomo Vassanelli

Born 1983

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0335 PAINTER

Filippo da Verona

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0336 SPORT

Albino Pighi

1903 - 1971

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0337 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Turini

1841 - 1899

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0338 COMPOSER

Bruno Marini

Born 1958

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0339 FOOTBALL

Giuseppe Rizzi

1886 - 1960

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0340 PAINTER

Luigi Frisoni

1760 - 1811

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0341 SPORT

Umberto Poli (cyclist)

Born 1996

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0342 PRIEST

Giovanni Roncari

Born 1949

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0343 JOURNALIST

Daniela Scalia

Born 1975

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0344 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Barbieri (architetto)

1777 - 1838

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0345 SPORT

Nicola Toffali

Born 1992

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0346 ACTOR

Eugenio Franceschini

Born 1991

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0347 PHYSICIAN

Egidio Meneghetti

1892 - 1961

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0348 SKIER

Lucia Scardoni

Born 1991

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0349 MILITAR

Carlo Ederle

1892 - 1917

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0350 HISTORIAN

Carlo Cipolla

1854 - 1916

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0351 ACTOR

Nino Dal Fabbro

1923 - 1980

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0352 POET

Marco Ongaro

Born 1956

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0353 ACTOR

Fred Tousch

Born 1967

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0354 POET

Giorgio Summaripa

1435 - 1497

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0355 WRITER

Daria Colombo

Born 1955

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0356 POLITICIAN

Francesca Martini

Born 1961

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0357 PHYSICIAN

Vittorio Algarotti

1533 - 1604

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0358 ARCHITECT

Luigi Trezza

1752 - 1823

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0359 POLITICIAN

Marco Zullo

Born 1978

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0360 WRITER

Stefano Lorenzetto

Born 1956

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0361 COMPOSER

Emilio Pizzi

1861 - 1940

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0362 PAINTER

Antonio da Vendri

1485 - 1545

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0363 ACTOR

Eva Vanicek

Born 1936

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0364 PAINTER

Odoardo Perini

1671 - 1757

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0365 POET

Angela Nogarola

1380 - 1436

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0366 ACTOR

Gianandrea Gazzola

Born 1948

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0367 SINGER

Enrico Nascimbeni

1959 - 2019

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0368 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Adriana Destro

Born 1937

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0369 SCULPTOR

Novello Finotti

Born 1939

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0370 SPORT

Francesco Castegnaro

Born 1994

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0371 RACE CAR

Nicola Tesini

Born 1962

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0372 PAINTER

Niccolò Da Verona

Born 1420

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0373 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Luigi Adriano Milani

1854 - 1914

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0374 PAINTER

Guido Farina

1896 - 1957

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0375 POET

Flavio Ermini

Born 1947

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0376 POLITICIAN

Alessio Tacconi

Born 1977

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0377 MARTYR

Carlo Montanari

1810 - 1853

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0378 HISTORIAN

Antonio Avena

1882 - 1967

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0379 SINGER

Veronica Marchi

Born 1982

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0380 ARTIST

Riccardo Gusmaroli

Born 1963

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0381 SWIMMER

Alessandra Cappa

Born 1981

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0382 FOOTBALL

Eros Beraldo

1929 - 2004

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0383 POLITICIAN

Nicola Pasetto

1961 - 1997

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0384 ACTOR

Spray Mallaby

Born 1952

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0385 GOLF

Veronica Zorzi

Born 1980

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0386 SNOWBOARD

Manuel Pozzerle

Born 1979

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0387 POLITICIAN

Matteo Bragantini

Born 1975

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0388 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo Balestro

Born 1954

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0389 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ivan Olita

Born 1987

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0390 POLITICIAN

Francesco Miniscalchi Erizzo

1811 - 1875

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0391 TYPOGRAPHER

Federico Conti

Died 1477

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0392 SPORT

Andrea D'Amico (football agent)

Born 1964

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0393 DESIGNER

Rudolf von Larisch

1856 - 1934

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0394 WRITER

Elena da Persico

1869 - 1948

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0395 LITERARY

Giulio Cesare Becelli

1686 - 1750

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0396 HIGH JUMP

Angelo Tommasi

1911 - 2004

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0397 WRITER

Leopoldo Pullè

1835 - 1917

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0398 PAINTER

Nicola Verlato

Born 1965

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0399 PAINTER

Vincenzo di Stefano da Verona

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0400 MATHEMATICIAN

Libera Trevisani Levi-Civita

1890 - 1973

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0401 POET

Rudy De Cadaval

Born 1933

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0402 HISTORIAN

Ermanno Arslan

Born 1940

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0403 WRITER

Alberto Corradi

Born 1971

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0404 BASEBALL

Riccardo Bertagnon

Born 1984

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0405 RELIGIOSO

Giuseppe della Scala

1263 - 1314

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0406 ATHLETIC

Virgilio Tommasi

1905 - 1998

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0407 SINGER

Achille Lauro (Rapper)

Born 1990

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0408 FOOTBALL

Giulio Zignoli

1946 - 2010

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0409 CONDOTTIERO

Jacopo Dal Verme

1350 - 1406

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0410 NEUROSCIENTIST

Salvatore DiMauro

Born 1939

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0411 POET

Giovanni Battista Pighi

1898 - 1978

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0412 PRIEST

Janus Frégose

1531 - 1586

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0413 FOOTBALL

Giorgio Carpi

1908 - 1998

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0414 ENGINEER

Marco Fainello

Born 1964

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0415 CHAMBERLAIN

Fregnano della Scala

1330 - 1354

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0416 WRITER

Carla Corso

Born 1946

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0417 PAINTER

Angelo Zamboni

1895 - 1939

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0418 PAINTER

Luciano Albertini (pittore)

1910 - 1985

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0419 ARCHBISHOP

Timoteo Maffei

1415 - 1470

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0420 HISTORIAN

Domenico Maria Federici

1739 - 1808

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0421 ARTIST

Luca Rossi

Born 1969

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0422 RAPPER

Zampa (rapper)

Born 1979

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0423 WRITER

Gaetano Trezza

1828 - 1892

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0424 FOOTBALL

Stefano Rebonato

Born 1962

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0425 COLLECTOR

Luigi Tadini

1745 - 1829

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0426 AUTHOR

Arrigo Cipriani

Born 1932

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0427 ENTREPRENEUR

Luca Campedelli

Born 1968

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0428 PRIEST

Guido della Scala

Died 1275

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0429 LAWYER

Luigi Rossi (1867-1941)

1867 - 1941

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0430 FOOTBALL

Stefano Fattori

Born 1972

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0431 MODEL

Silvia Battisti

Born 1989

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0432 ARCHITECT

Daniele Calabi

1906 - 1964

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0433 ARCHITECT

Mirko Zardini

Born 1955

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0434 SCREENWRITER

Augusto Tretti

1924 - 2013

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0435 SAILOR

Vittorio Bissaro

Born 1987

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0436 PHYSICIAN

Luigi Messedaglia

1874 - 1956

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0437 FOOTBALL

Rino Gandini

Born 1960

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0438 FOOTBALL

Roberta Stefanelli

Born 1974

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0439 LITERARY

Antonio Meneghelli

1765 - 1844

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0440 RELIGIOSO

Manfredo della Scala

1215 - 1256

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0441 ASTRONOMER

Teofilo Bruni

1569 - 1638

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0442 CONDUTTRICE

Francesca Cheyenne

Born 1971

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0443 DIVER

Davide Lorenzini

Born 1969

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0444 ARTIST

Pucci De Rossi

1947 - 2013

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0445 TEACHER

Francesco Viviani

1891 - 1945

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0446 FOOTBALL

Marco Nicoletti (calciatore)

Born 1959

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0447 PAINTER

Aldo Tavella

1909 - 2004

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0448 ECONOMIST

Giorgio Zanotto

1920 - 1999

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0449 PAINTER

Jacopo da Verona

1355 - 1443

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0450 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Riccardo Pelizzo

Born 1971

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0451 RUNNER

Umberto Cerati

Born 1911

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0452 MODEL

Andrea Denver

Born 1991

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0453 FOOTBALL

Ferdinando Valletti

1921 - 2007

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0454 FOOTBALL

Paolo Alberto Faccini

Born 1961

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0455 POLITICIAN

Giulio Camuzzoni

1816 - 1897

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0456 NOBLE

Ravano dalle Carceri

Died 1216

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0457 POLITICIAN

Luigi Russo (politico)

1882 - 1964

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0458 COMPOSER

Daniel Dal Barba

1715 - 1801

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0459 ILLUSTRATOR

Plinio Codognato

1878 - 1940

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0460 POLITICIAN

Gabriele Sboarina

Born 1935

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0461 POLITICIAN

Vittorino Colombo (politico 1924-2014)

1924 - 2014

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0462 ARCHITECT

Paolo Pozzo

1741 - 1803

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0463 HISTORIAN

Eros Francescangeli

Born 1967

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0464 PAINTER

Giuseppe Flangini

1898 - 1961

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0465 SINGER

Giovanni Corsi (Sänger)

1822 - 1890

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0466 ACTOR

Giuseppe Calvetti

Born 1962

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0467 SPORT

Marco Negrente

Born 1997

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0468 SINGER

Renata Bertolas

Born 1962

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0469 POET

Giambattista Spolverini

1695 - 1762

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0470 WORKER

Giovanni Domaschi

1891 - 1945

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0471 PRIEST

Dominic Vallarsi

1702 - 1771

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0472 FOOTBALL

Martina Gelmetti

Born 1995

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0473 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Uberti

1888 - 1964

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0474 PHILOLOGIST

Girolamo Avanzi

Born 1493

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0475 POLITICIAN

Diego Zardini

Born 1978

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0476 FOOTBALL

Antonio Marcolini

1950 - 2018

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0477 SON

Canfrancesco della Scala

1385 - 1399

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0478 FOOTBALL

Ezio Meneghello

1919 - 1987

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0479 PLAYER

Federico Centomo

Born 1992

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0480 PRESBYTER

Matteo Bosso

1427 - 1502

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0481 PESISTA

Marco Dodoni

Born 1972

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0482 CONDUCTOR

Marco Longhini

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0483 PAINTER

Lorenzo Comendich

1675 - 1720

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0484 WRITER

Lina Schwarz

1876 - 1947

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0485 GOLDSMITH

Fazzio

1200 - 1272

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0486 PAINTER

Francesco Perotti

1907 - 1955

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0487 SPORT

Giovanni Lonardi

Born 1996

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0488 PAINTER

Cristoforo Scacco di Verona

-

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0489 FOOTBALL

Veronica Belfanti

Born 1994

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0490 OPERA

Porporino

1719 - 1783

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0491 FILM

Andrea Marfori

Born 1958

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0492 WRITER

Maurizio Matrone

Born 1966

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0493 POLITICIAN

Pietro Domenico Polfranceschi

1766 - 1845

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0494 FILM

Pietro Reggiani

Born 1966

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0495 VESCOVO

Pietro della Scala

1330 - 1393

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0496 PAINTER

Martino Cignaroli

1649 - 1726

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0497 ACTOR

Mario Faticoni

Born 1937

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0498 POLITICIAN

Gian Pietro Dal Moro

Born 1958

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0499 SCULPTOR

Cesare Marcotto

Born 1959

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0500 MUSIC

Bruno Roghi

1894 - 1962

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0501 ECONOMIST

Antonio Pace

Born 1701

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0502 WRITER

Matteo Bussola

Born 1971

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0503 FOOTBALL

Mattia Passarini

Born 1980

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0504 ACTOR

Angelo Costantini

1655 - 1729

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0505 TEACHER

Antonino Valsecchi

1708 - 1791

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0506 PAINTER

Giuseppe Zannoni

1849 - 1903

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0507 NUMISMATIST

Jacopo Muselli

1697 - 1768

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0508 WRITER

Pompeo Bettini

1862 - 1896

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0509 SINGER

Guillermo Gonzales

Born 1976

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0510 ACTOR

Víctor Tasca

1922 - 1977

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0511 FOOTBALL

Claudio Guglielmoni

Born 1940

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0512 MATHEMATICIAN

Giovanni Giambelli

1879 - 1935

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0513 PAINTER

Alberto Bonsignori

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0514 OPERA

Fausta Labia

1870 - 1935

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0515 COMPOSER

Marcantonio Negri

Died 1624

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0516 BOTANIST

Caro Benigno Massalongo

1852 - 1928

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0517 PAINTER

Cherubino Bonsignori

-

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0518 LITERARY

Girolamo Orti Manara

1769 - 1845

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0519 POLITICIAN

Ferdinando Storchi

1910 - 1993

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0520 WRITER

Giovanni Dusi

1923 - 2003

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0521 ARTIST

Filiberto Minozzi

1877 - 1936

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0522 ACTOR

Ida Marinelli

Born 1947

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0523 PHYSICIAN

Giovanni Verardo Zeviani

1725 - 1808

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0524 NOBILDONNA

Costanza della Scala

1263 - 1306

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0525 SOPRANO

Lucia Crestani

1886 - 1972

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0526 ACTOR

Mario Uderzo

Born 1933

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0527 HISTORIAN

Pierpaolo Meccariello

1932 - 2008

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0528 ENTREPRENEUR

Franz Maria Schweitzer

1722 - 1812

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0529 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Meocci

Born 1953

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0530 FILOSOFO

Celestino da Verona

Died 1599

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0531 JUMPER

Michele Boni

Born 1981

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0532 SPORT

Marcantonio Bentegodi

1818 - 1873

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0533 FILM

Gaetano Morbioli

Born 1967

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0534 SINGER

Antenore Reali

1897 - 1960

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0535 OPERA

Simone Piazzola

Born 1985

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0536 POLITICIAN

Niccolò della Scala

1267 - 1296

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0537 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Antonio Campostrini

1862 - 1927

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0538 SCULPTOR

Enrico Causici

1790 - 1833

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0539 MISSIONARY

Bruno Novelli

1936 - 2003

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0540 ACTOR

Claudia Lawrence

Born 1925

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0541 FOOTBALL

Veronica Brutti

Born 1987

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0542 WRESTLER

Alessandro Covre

Died 1951

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0543 PAINTER

Antonio Pachera

1749 - 1791

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0544 MILITAR

Alessandro Trabucchi

1892 - 1982

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0545 BASKET

Matteo Nobile

Born 1973

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0546 INVENTOR

Ottavio Fuscaldo

Born 1886

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0547 WRITER

Elena Peduzzi

Born 1974

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0548 LAWYER

Paolo Zanotto

Born 1953

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0549 FOOTBALL

Andrea Milani (footballer, born 1919)

Born 1919

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0550 MATHEMATICIAN

Matteo Barbieri

1743 - 1789

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0551 PAINTER

Giovanni Domenico Cignaroli

1722 - 1793

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0552 WRITER

Arnaldo Alberti

1866 - 1896

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0553 POLITICIAN

Adriano Marinetti

1875 - 1954

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0554 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stefano Lonardi

Born 1968

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0555 CARTOGRAPHER

Cristoforo Sorte

1510 - 1595

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0556 PAINTER

Domenico dalla Rosa

1778 - 1834

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0557 PAINTER

Innocente Bellavite

1690 - 1762

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0558 PRIEST

Antonio Picconi

1885 - 1952

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0559 POLITICIAN

Pieralfonso Fratta Pasini

Born 1959

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0560 SCULPTOR

Giovanni Battista Bianchi

1631 - 1687

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0561 SPORT

Federico de Beni

Born 1973

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0562 ARCHITECT

Michelangelo Castellazzi

1736 - 1791

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0563 WRITER

Celso Maffei

1425 - 1508

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0564 HOCKEY

Federico Bobba

Born 1981

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0565 SINGER

Gianna Spagnuolo

1956 - 2017

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0566 MUSIC

Sbibu

Born 1956

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0567 WRESTLER

Bernard Szczepański

1945 - 2018

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0568 PAINTER

Lodovico Buffetti

1722 - 1782

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0569 PRIEST

Emilio Ferrais

1869 - 1930

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0570 PHARMACIST

Francesco Calzolari (farmacista)

1522 - 1609

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0571 FOOTBALL

Davide Bolognesi

Born 1970

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0572 INFERMIERA

Felicita Bevilacqua

1822 - 1899

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0573 PRIEST

Nicolò Ormaneto

1515 - 1577

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0574 FOOTBALL

Urano Navarrini

1945 - 2020

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0575 COMPOSER

Francesco Carluccio

Born 1953

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0576 TERRORISTA

Arrigo Cavallina

Born 1945

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0577 ENTREPRENEUR

Domenico Melegatti

1844 - 1914

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0578 MUSIC

Enrico Terragnoli

Born 1962

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0579 POLITICIAN

Federico Testa

Born 1954

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0580 PAINTER

Francesco Bernardini

1695 - 1762

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0581 PAINTER

Antonio Giarola

1595 - 1665

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0582 PLAYER

Piermaria Leso

Born 1991

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0583 ARTIST

Mauro Marchesi

Born 1964

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0584 BOTANIST

Francesco Panizzi

1817 - 1893

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0585 POET

Federico Ceruti

1532 - 1611

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0586 PLAYER

Marta Ferrari

Born 1991

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0587 POLITICIAN

Dino Limoni

1912 - 1986

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0588 ACTOR

Luca Giacomelli Ferrarini

Born 1983

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0589 PRESBYTER

Angelo Gottardi

1826 - 1911

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0590 DIPLOMAT

Agostino Giusti

1548 - 1615

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0591 PHYSICIAN

Michelangelo Andrioli

1672 - 1713

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0592 FREESTYLE

Lucrezia Fantelli

Born 1996

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0593 PAINTER

Giovanni Battista Marcola

1711 - 1780

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0594 FOOTBALL

Enrico Franchi

Born 1973

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0595 PAINTER

Felice Cappelletti

1656 - 1738

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0596 SCULPTOR

Alessandro Puttinati

1801 - 1872

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0597 ARCHITECT

Francesco Ronzani

1802 - 1869

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0598 GEOLOGIST

Pietro Caloi

1907 - 1978

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0599 PAINTER

Marco Angolo del Moro

Died 1586

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0600 HOCKEY

Massimo Stevanoni

Born 1980

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