Giordano Bruno

Giordano Bruno

male, deceased (1600)
Giordano Bruno was an Italian philosopher, priest, cosmologist, and occultist. Bruno is known for his system of mnemonics based upon organized... More
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Masaniello

Masaniello

male, deceased (1647)
Masaniello, an abbreviation of Tommaso Aniello (1622 - July 16, 1647), was a Neapolitan fisherman, who became leader of the revolt against Spanish... More
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Antonio Bassolino

Antonio Bassolino

male, 61 years old
Antonio Bassolino (born March 20, 1947) is an Italian politician. He is currently governor of the Campania region.
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Massimo Troisi

Massimo Troisi

male, deceased (1994)
Massimo Troisi (February 19, 1953 - June 4, 1994) was an Italian Academy Award-nominated actor, film director and poet. He is best known for the... More
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Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso

male, deceased (1595)
Torquato Tasso (March 11, 1544 - April 25, 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem "La Gerusalemme liberata"... More
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Geno Auriemma

Geno Auriemma

male, 54 years old
Geno Auriemma (born March 23, 1954 in Montella, Italy) is an Italian-American basketball coach, best known as the head coach of the University of... More
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Dino de Laurentiis

Dino de Laurentiis

male, 89 years old
Agostino De Laurentiis, usually credited as Dino De Laurentiis, (born August 8, 1919) is an Italian movie producer born at Torre Annunziata in the... More
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Alphonsus Liguori

Alphonsus Liguori

male, deceased (1787)
Saint Alphonsus Liguori (27 September 1696 - 1 August 1787) was an Italian Doctor of the Catholic Church, spiritual writer, and founder of the... More
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Salvator Rosa

Salvator Rosa

male, deceased (1673)
Salvator Rosa (1615 - March 15, 1673) was an Italian Baroque painter, poet and printmaker, active in Naples, Rome and Florence. As a painter, he is... More
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Francesco de Sanctis

Francesco de Sanctis

male, deceased (1883)
Francesco de Sanctis (march 28, 1817 - december 29, 1883) was an Italian literary critic, considered the most important scholar of Italian language... More
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