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Aldo Gucci
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Claudio Monteverdi
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Roberto Rossellini
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Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rome
Died: June 3, 1977
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Valentino
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Alida Valli
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Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pola, Italy
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Franco Baresi
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Laura Pausini
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Angelo Ogbonna
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Paolo Sorrentino
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi
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Giovanni Falcone
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Carlo Rovelli
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Federica Masolin
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Pontormo
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Alessandro Diamanti
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Giuseppe Tornatore
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Chiara Mastroianni
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Jason Acuña
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Massimo Ambrosini
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Michele Placido
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Lorenzo Quinn
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Dario Marianelli
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Valeria Bilello
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Pio of Pietrelcina
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Massimo Moratti
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Leo Lionni
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Isabella d'Este
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Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy
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Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
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Rocco Siffredi
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Mario Monicelli
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1
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Sun Sign: Taurus
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Adriano Giannini
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Pope Clement VII
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Sun Sign: Gemini
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Pope Pius XI
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Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Desio, Italy
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Corrado Gini
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