Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Volta

male, deceased (1827)
battery, electricity, physicist, electric battery, inventor, Italian…FromCOMO
Count Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (February 18, 1745 - March 5, 1827) was an Italian physicist known especially for the development...
Pliny The Younger

Pliny The Younger

male, deceased (113)
Latin letter writer, Silver Age Latin author, Roman augurs, Letter writer, Latin writer, natural philosopher…FromCOMO
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63 - ca. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome.
Pliny The Elder

Pliny The Elder

male, deceased (79)
Death in volcanic eruptions, Silver Age Latin author, municeps, admiral, senator, verona…como, FromCOMO
Gaius Plinius Secundus, (23 CE to August 24, 79 CE), better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient author, natural philosopher and naval and...
Paolo Giovio

Paolo Giovio

male, deceased (1552)
from the Province of Como, physician, Military historian, bishop, Italian, FromCOMO
Paolo Giovio was an Italian physician, historian and biographer. He is best remembered as a chronicler of the Italian Wars. His eyewitness accounts...
Gianluca Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta

male, 32 years old
from the Province of Como, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, fifa world cup, Italian orders of merit, A.S. Bari player, midfielder…FromCOMO, como, born in Como, Italy
Gianluca Zambrotta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born February 19, 1977 in Como) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer. He is extremely fast,...
Floraleda Sacchi

Floraleda Sacchi

female, 31 years old
composer, Italian, Musicologist, Harpist, harp, como…FromCOMO
Floraleda Sacchi (June 14, 1978) is an Italian harpist, composer and musicologist born in Como.
Gabriele Oriali

Gabriele Oriali

male, 57 years old
Internazionale, Internazionale Milano, FromCOMO, Italy international footballer, FIFA World Cup-winning player, FIFA World Cup 1982 player
Gabriele Oriali (November 25, 1952) is a former football player from Italy, who mainly played defensive midfield but could also play center-back....
Luigi Sala

Luigi Sala

male, 35 years old
from the Province of Como, Italy "A" team, Mariano Comense, Italy U-21 team, Italy national under-21 football team, Province of Como…Como Calcio 1907 player, FromCOMO
Luigi Sala (born 21 February 1974 Mariano Comense, Province of Como) is an Italian football defender, currently plays for U.C. Sampdoria. Luigi...
Giorgio Perlasca

Giorgio Perlasca

male, deceased (1992)
from the Province of Como, Jorge Perlasca, Raoul Wallenberg Award recipient, Righteous Among the Nations, Consul-General, FromCOMO
Giorgio or Jorge Perlasca (January 31, 1910 - August 15, 1992) was an Italian who posed as the Spanish consul-general to Hungary in the winter of...
Angelo Michele Colonna

Angelo Michele Colonna

male, deceased (1687)
painter, Baroque painter, Italian, baroque, parma, pitti palace…como, FromCOMO
Angelo Michele Colonna (September 21, 1604-1687) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active near Bologna. Born in Rovenna, near Como, and...