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Giuseppe Garibaldi
(Italian General Who Contributed to Italian Unification and the Creation of the Kingdom of Italy)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 4, 1807
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nice, France
Died: June 2, 1882

Italian general, patriot, and republican Giuseppe Garibaldi is remembered for the role he played in the Italian unification and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy. He is considered one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland." A highly proficient military general, he also led the Expedition of the Thousand on behalf of Victor Emmanuel II. He died in 1882.

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Gina Lollobrigida
(Italian Actress and Photojournalist Who was One of the Highest-Profile European Actresses of the 1950s and 1960s)
Gina Lollobrigida
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Birthdate: July 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Subiaco, Italy

Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress and photojournalist counted amongst the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Considered a  sex symbol in her youth, she had a successful career both in the film and TV industries. She later built a second career as a photojournalist. She is a recipient of the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award.  

 3 
Francesco Petrarch
(Poet, Scholar and Humanist)
Francesco Petrarch
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 20, 1304
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arezzo, Italy
Died: July 19, 1374
Legendary Renaissance poet and the father of humanism Petrarch is remembered for his poems addressed to a certain Laura. While his lawyer father pushed him into studying law, Petrarch’s love for literature made him quit the domain after 7 years, following which he focused on writing. 
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Artemisia Gentileschi
(One of the Most Progressive and Expressive Painters of Her Generation)
Artemisia Gentileschi
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Birthdate: July 8, 1593
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Died: 1652 AD
Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi was a prominent artist of the 17th century. She was the first female member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno and was known for her depiction of the female form. She was raped by painter Agostino Tassi and participated in a 7-month trial.
 5 
Amedeo Modigliani
(Italian Painter and Sculptor Known for His Works: ‘Redheaded Girl in Evening Dress’ and ‘Madame Pompadour’)
Amedeo Modigliani
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Birthdate: July 12, 1884
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: January 24, 1920

Amedeo Modigliani was an Italian Jewish painter and sculptor. He is remembered for his surrealist and modern-style depiction of nudes in his portraits. Even though he spent his youth in Italy, he worked mainly in France. He enjoyed little success while he was alive. He died young at the age of 35 and received massive posthumous appreciation for his works.

 6 
Gianfranco Zola
(Italian Football Manager and Former Footballer Who Played as a Forward)
Gianfranco Zola
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 5, 1966
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Oliena, Italy
 7 
Pierre Cardin
(Italian-French Fashion Designer Known for His Avant-Garde Style and Space Age Designs)
Pierre Cardin
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Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: July 2, 1922
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Biagio di Callalta, Italy
Died: December 29, 2020

Italian-born French fashion designer Pierre Cardin revolutionized unisex fashion with his geometric designs. His wine merchant father wanted him to study architecture, but Cardin deviated to fashion instead, starting his career as a men’s tailor. He introduced the Space Age look and also licensed his name out to other products.

 8 
Daniele De Rossi
(Former Italian Professional Football Player Who Played as a Defensive Midfielder)
Daniele De Rossi
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 24, 1983
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Daniele De Rossi is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently serving as the national football team's assistant coach. A defensive midfielder during his playing career, Daniele helped his team win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is the highest-scoring midfielder for Italy post-World War II.

 9 
Benito Mussolini
(Dictator of Italy and Principal Founder of Fascism Who Was Prime Minister of Italy from 1922 to 1943.)
Benito Mussolini
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 29, 1883
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Predappio, Italy
Died: April 28, 1945

The dictator of Italy from 1925 to 1945, Benito Mussolini founded the Fascist Party in 1919. It opposed class discrimination and supported nationalism. But when in power, Mussolini crushed rival political parties, trade unions, free press and free speech. He was overthrown by his former colleagues in the Fascist government in July 1943 and ultimately shot dead in April 1945.

 10 
Clare of Assisi
(Italian Saint and One of the First Followers of ‘Francis of Assisi’)
Clare of Assisi
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 16, 1194
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Assisi, Italy
Died: August 11, 1253
Clare of Assisi, inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, ran away from home to escape marriage and received her vows instead. She later formed the Poor Clares. She was made the patron saint of television, as she had once seen the Mass on the walls of her room.
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Gianluca Vialli
(Italian Football Player and Manager Who Played as a Striker)
Gianluca Vialli
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 9, 1964
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cremona, Italy
Died: January 6, 2023

Gianluca Vialli is an Italian former football player who played as a striker. He scored 286 goals in more than 500 appearances and is the  tenth-highest scoring Italian footballer in all competitions. After his retirement, he became manager of the English football club Chelsea and was one of the club's most successful managers.

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Giorgio de Chirico
(Italian Painter and Founder of the ‘Scuola Metafisica’ Art Movement)
Giorgio de Chirico
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 10, 1888
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Volos, Greece
Died: November 20, 1978

Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico, the founder of the scuola metafisica art movement, showed marked influence of his childhood spent in Greece in his work. His metaphysical paintings showcased empty cityscapes, mannequins, trains, and towers. His notable works include The Child's Brain and The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon.

 13 
Christoph Willibald Gluck
(Composer of Italian and French Opera in the Early Classical Period)
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 2, 1714
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Erasbach, Germany
Died: November 15, 1787

Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck left home when his father went against his passion for music and pushed him into forestry. He then reached Milan, where he learned Italian instrumental music and later fused Italian and French opera music. His best-known works include Orfeo ed Euridice and La rencontre imprévue.

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Giorgio Vasari
(Artist and Author Best Known for His Biographies of Italian Artists)
Giorgio Vasari
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Birthdate: July 30, 1511
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Arezzo, Italy
Died: June 27, 1574

Giorgio Vasari was an Italian architect, painter, writer, engineer, and historian. He is best remembered for his work The Lives, a series of artist biographies, which is regarded as the art-historical writing's ideological foundation. Vasari is also credited with the formulation of the term Renaissance as it was first suggested by Jules Michelet based on Giorgio Vasari's text.

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Vilfredo Pareto
(Economist, Writer, Philosopher, Sociologist, University teacher)
Vilfredo Pareto
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Birthdate: July 15, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris
Died: August 19, 1923

A qualified civil engineer, Vilfredo Pareto had initially worked for the railways and the ironworks. However, he gradually deviated to philosophy, sociology, and politics and gained fame for his application of math to economic issues and his introduction of Pareto efficiency. Mind and Society remains his best-known work.

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Valentinian III
(Roman Emperor in the West)
Valentinian III
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Birthdate: July 2, 0419
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ravenna
Died: March 16, 0455
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Maria Grazia Cucinotta
(Actress Known for Her Roles as Bond Girl in the James Bond Film 'The World Is Not Enough')
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
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Birthdate: July 27, 1968
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Messina, Italy

Best known for her role as the Cigar Girl in the James Bond flick The World Is Not Enough, Maria Grazia Cucinotta initially made a name for herself in the Italian TV industry. She was also appreciated for her role in the comedy-drama movie Il Postino and has a star on Toronto’s Italian Walk of Fame.

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Riccardo Muti
(Conductor)
Riccardo Muti
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 28, 1941
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
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Alberto Ascari
(Italian Racing Driver and a Two-Time Formula One World Champion)
Alberto Ascari
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 13, 1918
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
Died: May 26, 1955

A multitalented racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion, Alberto Ascari began his racing career with motorcycles, eventually shifting to automobiles, making his debut at Mille Miglia. Later, he started participating in other events, winning a total of thirteen races, including 1951 German Grand Prix and 1953 Swiss Grand Prix before passing away at the age of 36 while testing a car.  

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Vittorio De Sica
(Italian Film Director and Actor Who was a Leading Figure in the Neorealist Movement)
Vittorio De Sica
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Birthdate: July 7, 1901
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sora, Italy
Died: November 13, 1974

Four-time Academy Award-winning director Vittorio De Sica was a symbol of Italian neorealism. Apart from creating masterpieces such as Bicycle Thieves and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. He had begun his career acting in silent films and had then also participated in musical theater. He was both a Roman Catholic and a communist.

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Fabiano Caruana
(American Chess Grandmaster)
Fabiano Caruana
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 30, 1992
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
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Camillo Golgi
(Physician, Pathologist, Biologist)
Camillo Golgi
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Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: July 7, 1843
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Corteno, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Italy
Died: January 21, 1926

Nobel Prize-winning cytologist and physician Camillo Golgi is remembered for his contribution to the study of the central nervous system. He revolutionized medical science with his staining technique and discoveries such as the Golgi cell, the Golgi tendon organ, and the Golgi apparatus, apart from his research on malaria.

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Giorgio Morandi
(Italian Painter and Printmaker Who Specialized in Still Life)
Giorgio Morandi
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Birthdate: July 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: June 18, 1964

Italian painter and printmaker Giorgio Morandi is best remembered for his remarkable still life paintings of subjects such as vases, boxes, bottles, and flowers. Though he was hugely inspired by the works of Paul Cézanne, his paintings, known for their gentle, subdued tones, do not fit in any specific school of painting.

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Virginia Raggi
(Politician, Lawyer)
Virginia Raggi
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 18, 1978
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Italian lawyer Virginia Raggi made history when she became the first female mayor of Rome. A champion of women’s rights, she also prioritizes climate change issues and is concerned about de-congesting her city. A Five Star Movement member, she withdrew Rome’s 2024 Olympic bid, stating Rome would’ve been in debt otherwise.

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Veronica Lario
(Former actress, former wife of ex Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi)
Veronica Lario
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Birthdate: July 19, 1956
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
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Benny Benassi
(Italian Disc Jockey and Record producer)
Benny Benassi
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Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 13, 1967
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milan, Italy
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Lino Ventura
(Film actor)
Lino Ventura
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Birthdate: July 14, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Parma, Italy
Died: October 22, 1987
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Giacinto Facchetti
(Italian Footballer Who Played as a Left-Back)
Giacinto Facchetti
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 18, 1942
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Treviglio, Bergamo, Italy
Died: September 4, 2006
 29 
Luigi Di Maio
(Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Since 2019))
Luigi Di Maio
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 6, 1986
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Avellino, Italy

While Luigi Di Maio had studied both engineering and jurisprudence, he dropped out of university to take up odd jobs. A co-founder of the Friends of Beppe Grillo group, which later took the shape of the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement, Di Maio is the incumbent Italian foreign affairs minister.

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Jarno Trulli
(Italian Formula One Driver)
Jarno Trulli
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 13, 1974
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Pescara, Italy
Born to motorsport fan parents, legendary Italian racing driver Jarno Trulli was named after Finnish Grand Prix champion Jarno Saarinen and had begun karting at age 9. An extremely successful racer, he has raced for teams such as Minardi, Renault, Jordan, and Toyota, and won the 1991 Karting World Championship.
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Dino Baggio
(Football player)
Dino Baggio
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 24, 1971
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Camposampiero, Italy
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Francesco I Sforza
(Duke of Milan from 1450 to 1466)
Francesco I Sforza
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 23, 1401
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: San Miniato, Italy
Died: March 8, 1466

A 15th-century Italian captain, Francesco I Sforza reigned as the duke of Milan. He was one of the 7 illegitimate sons of Sforza dynasty founder, Muzio Attendolo Sforza. He later backed a Milan–Florence alliance, which led to the Peace of Lodi. He was also known as a patron of art and architecture.

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Philip Neri
(Saint)
Philip Neri
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 21, 1515
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: May 25, 1595
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Toto Cutugno
(Singer-songwriter)
Toto Cutugno
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 7, 1943
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Fosdinovo, Italy
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Salvatore Maranzano
(Italian-American Mobster, Mafia Boss)
Salvatore Maranzano
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Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: July 31, 1886
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Castellammare del Golfo, Italy
Died: September 10, 1931
Italian crime lord Salvatore Maranzano was associated with the organized crime sector of Castellammare del Golfo of Sicily. A Cosa Nostra leader, he later joined the Bonanno Crime Family of New York. He initiated the Castellammarese War and formed New York’s Five Families. Lucky Luciano got him murdered.
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Adolfo Celi
(Actor)
Adolfo Celi
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Birthdate: July 27, 1922
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Messina, Italy
Died: February 19, 1986
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Cher Ndour
(Footballer midfielder position)
Cher Ndour
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 27, 2004
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brescia, Italy
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Milva
(Singer)
Milva
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Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 17, 1939
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Goro, Emilia–Romagna, Italy
Died: April 23, 2021
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Robert I, Duke of Parma
(Aristocrat)
Robert I, Duke of Parma
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Birthdate: July 9, 1848
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: November 16, 1907
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Federico Ielapi
(Actor)
Federico Ielapi
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Birthdate: July 12, 2010
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
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Massimo Cellino
(entrepreneur, businessperson)
Massimo Cellino
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 28, 1956
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cagliari
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Marco Di Vaio
(Association football player)
Marco Di Vaio
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 15, 1976
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rome
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Primo Levi
(Holocaust Survivor)
Primo Levi
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 31, 1919
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Turin, Italy
Died: April 11, 1987

Primo Levi was an Italian Jewish partisan, chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor. Over the course of his career, Levi authored several books, including If This Is a Man, which narrates his experience in the Auschwitz concentration camp. The book was adapted into a stage production titled Primo in 2004. Levi's 1963 memoir titled The Truce was adapted into a film.

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Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
(Duke)
Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence
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Birthdate: July 22, 1510
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
Died: January 6, 1537
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Giampiero Boniperti
(Italian Footballer Who Played as a Forward)
Giampiero Boniperti
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Barengo, Italy
Died: June 18, 2021
 46 
Lisa Gastoni
(Actress)
Lisa Gastoni
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Birthdate: July 28, 1935
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Alassio, Italy
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Lawrence of Brindisi
(Italian Catholic Priest and Theologian)
Lawrence of Brindisi
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 22, 1559
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brindisi, Italy
Died: July 22, 1619

Lawrence of Brindisi was a Roman Catholic priest and a theologian. He was an accomplished linguist and could read and speak native Italian, Latin, Hebrew, Greek, Spanish, and German fluently. Ordained a priest at 23,  he was elected the superior of the Capuchin Franciscan province of Tuscany at 31. He was canonized as a saint in December 1881.  

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Giovanni Battista Caproni
(Italian Aeronautical Engineer and Aircraft Designer)
Giovanni Battista Caproni
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Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: July 3, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arco, Italy
Died: October 27, 1957
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Giovanna Amati
(Former Italian Professional Racing Driver)
Giovanna Amati
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 20, 1959
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rome, Italy

Giovanna Amati is an Italian former racing driver and one of the more recent female drivers to have participated as a racer in the Formula One World Championship. In 1992, she became the fifth female driver to participate in Formula One when she signed for the Brabham team. In 1993, she won the Women's European Championship at the Porsche SuperCup.

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Gabriele Marcotti
(Journalist)
Gabriele Marcotti
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Birthdate: July 28, 1973
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Milan, Italy

Gabriele Marcotti is an Italian sports journalist, author, and TV/radio presenter. He was born in Italy and has lived in numerous places across the world, learning multiple languages. He has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University and writes for various publications in both English and Italian. He has also worked in broadcasting and has written many books.