Giovanni Battista Venturi

Giovanni Battista Venturi

male, deceased (1822)
Bibbiano, from the Province of Reggio Emilia, reggioemilia, physics, seminary, eponym
Giovanni Battista Venturi (1746 - 1822) was an Italian physicist. He was the discoverer and eponym of Venturi effect. He was also the eponym of the...
Matilda Of Tuscany

Matilda Of Tuscany

female, deceased (1115)
German, the Great Countess, Italian, marquis of Tuscany, Margraves of Tuscany, verona…emilia-romagna, reggio, reggioemilia, emilia
Matilda of Canossa (Italian: "Matilde", Latin: "Mathilde"; 1046 - 24 July 1115), called la Gran Contessa or the Great Countess, was the principal...
Prosper Of Reggio

Prosper Of Reggio

male, deceased (466)
Saint, Italian, bishop, cathedral, patron saint, reggioemilia…Saint Prosper of Reggio
Saint Prosper of Reggio (San Prospero) (d. June 25, ca. 466) is an Italian saint. Tradition holds that he was a bishop of Reggio Emilia for...

Obizzo II d'Este

male, deceased (1293)
Illegitimacy, Dante's Inferno, bastard, reggio, reggioemilia, modena
Obizzo II d'Este (c. 1247 - February 13 1293) was lord of Ferrara and the March of Ancona. It must be noted that he was a bastard (cfr....
Leonid Yudasin

Leonid Yudasin

male, 50 years old
reggioemilia, calcutta, Illescas, pamplona, haifa, candidate
Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin (born in Leningrad, August 8, 1959) is a prominent chess master and trainer, now living in New York City. Awarded the...
Dmitri Nabokov

Dmitri Nabokov

male, 75 years old
Harvard University, Jaime Aragall, Gran Teatro del Liceo, father's literary estate, Invitation to a Beheading, Dmitri Vladimirovich Nabokov…reggioemilia
Dmitri Vladimirovich Nabokov, born in Berlin on May 10 1934, is the only child of Russian-born American writer Vladimir Nabokov and his wife Véra (...
Sesto Rocchi

Sesto Rocchi

male, deceased (1991)
Italian, violin maker, century, Musical instrument maker, Luthier, violin…reggioemilia
Sesto Rocchi (1909 - 1991) was a violin maker from Reggio Emilia in Italy.
Rudolf Teschner

Rudolf Teschner

male, deceased (2006)
chess player, German, chess, fide, Düsseldorf, reggioemilia
Rudolf Teschner was a German chess master and writer. Teschner was seven times Champion of Berlin. In 1948, he won an East-Zones Championship in...

Azzo VIII d'Este

male, deceased (1308)
Regno, dowry, Kingdom of Naples, inferno, reggioemilia, modena…reggio
Azzo VIII d'Este (died January 31 1308) was lord of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1293 until his death. He inherited the family lands from his...
Renzo di Ceri

Renzo di Ceri

male, deceased (1536)
Rubiera, crema, from the Province of Rome, reggioemilia, Sack of Rome, Crema, Italy
Renzo di Ceri, true name Lorenzo dell'Anguillara (1475 or 1476 - January 1536) was as an Italian condottiero. He was a member of the Anguillara...