- Romano Prodi
Prime Minister of Italy from 1996 to 1998. After winning the 2006 General Elections with his coalition of center-left parties "L'Unione", he again has been Prime Minister since 17 May 2006. President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. Professor of industrial organization and industrial policy - Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto was an Italian poet, author of the epic poem "Orlando furioso" (1516), "Orlando Enraged". He was born at Reggio, in Emilia, where his father Niccolò Ariosto was commander of the citadel. From his earliest years, Ludovico was very interested in poetry, but he was obliged by his father to study law. After five years of law, Ariosto was allowed to read classics under Gregorio da Spoleto. - Romolo Valli
Romolo Valli (7 February, 1925 - 1 February, 1980) was an Italian actor. Valli was born in Reggio Emilia. He was one of the best known Italian actors between 1950s to 1970s. He died in a car accident. - Benny Benassi
Benny Benassi (born Marco Benassi Geneser July 13 1967) is an Italian disc jockey and a euro house/electroclash artist, who lives in Reggio Emilia, a town in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Benny Benassi is one of the top 13 DJ's in the world according to the "theDJlist.com". Hes danish parentage comes from the Geneser family. - Antonio Ligabue
Antonio Ligabue, real name Antonio Laccabue (born in Zurich, Switzerland, December 18 1899 - died in Gualtieri, Reggio Emilia, May 27 1965) was an Italian painter, one of the most important Naïve artists of the 20th century. - Luca Ferrari
Luca Ferrari (1605-1654) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Also called "Luca da Reggio". He was reputedly initially a trainee of Ludovico Tiarini, but later worked with Leonello Spada, Alessandro Tiarini, and Carlo Bononi in the 1610 - 1620s were decorating the basilica of the Madonna della Ghiara in his native city of Reggio Emilia. In 1635 he joined the 'Fraglia dei pittori' of Padua for two years. He frescoed for the Villa Selvatico at Battaglia Terme, … - Matteo Maria Boiardo
Matteo Maria Boiardo (c. 1434 - December 20, 1494), was an Italian Renaissance poet. Boiardo was born at, or near, Scandiano (today's province of Reggio Emilia), the son of Giovanni di Feltrino and Lucia Strossi, he was of noble lineage, ranking as Count of Scandiano, with seignorial power over Arceto, Casalgrande, Gesso, and Torricella. Boiardo was an ideal example of a gifted and accomplished courtier possessing at the same time a manly heart and deep humanistic learning. - Vittorio Prodi
Vittorio Prodi (born on 19 May 1937 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Margherita Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, … - Camillo Procaccini
Camillo Procaccini (1551 - August 21, 1629) was an Italian painter. He has been posthumously referred to as the "Vasari of Lombardy", for his prolific Mannerist fresco decoration Born in Bologna, he was the son of the painter Ercole Procaccini, and elder brother to Giulio Cesare and Carlo Antonio, both painters. In 1587 he distinguished in the fresco decoration of the Basilica della Ghiara in Reggio Emilia. In the late 1580s he moved to Milan, … - Lelio Orsi
Lelio Orsi (1511 - 1587), was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school. He was born and died in Novellara, near Mantua, and much of his work was completed in Reggio. He appears to have studied under such as Giovanni Giarola, a pupil of Antonio da Correggio. There is documentary evidence that he visited Rome in 1554-55, and may have been influenced by Girolamo Bedoli, … - Enrico Paoli
Enrico Paoli, was an Italian chess master. He was born in Trieste, Italy, and learned chess when he was nine years old. He won his last Italian Championship at age 60, and organized the famous Reggio Emilia chess tournament. He beat Soviet GM Alexander Kotov with the black pieces in Venice in 1950, but missed receiving the Grandmaster title by only half a point at a tournament in 1969. He was awarded the title honoris causa in 1996 by the FIDE. - Marco Tutino
Marco Tutino is an Italian composer. His emergence during the late 1970s was as the spearhead of an Italian "Neo-Romantico" group, founded with two other composers, Lorenzo Ferrero and Carlo Galante. At a later stage Tutino’s works were conceived so as to deflate attention to their style, … - Ulf Andersson
Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the International Grandmaster title in 1972. At his peak, Andersson reached number four on the FIDE Elo rating list. Tournaments he has won include Belgrade 1977, Buenos Aires 1978, Hastings 1978-79, Phillips & Drew 1980, Phillips & Drew 1982, Turin 1982, Wijk aan Zee 1983, Reggio Emilia 1985, Rome 1985, and Rome 1986. - Bernardino Campi
Bernardino Campi (1522 - 1591) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Reggio Emilia, who worked in Cremona. He is known as one of the teachers of Sofonisba Anguissola and of Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Malosso). In Cremona, his extended family were the main artistic studios. Giulio Campi and Antonio Campi, half-brothers, were distant relatives of Bernardino; the latter is generally considered the most talented of the family. All were active and prominent painters locally. - Sergio Mariotti
Sergio Mariotti (born Florence, August 10, 1946) is an Italian chess player and a former national champion. He became the Italian junior champion in 1965 at Turin and in 1969 at San Benedetto, the full national champion. One of his greatest tournament successes followed in 1971, when he finished second at Venice (after Browne but ahead of Hort, Kavalek and Gligoric). Mariotti represented his country at the Olympiads of 1972, 1974, 1986 and 1988. - Mauro Baldi
Mauro Baldi (born January 31, 1954 in Reggio Emilia, Italy) is a former Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows, Alfa Romeo and Spirit teams. He started his career in rallying in 1972 and turned to circuit racing in 1975 with the Italian Renault 5 Cup. By 1980 he had become a top Formula 3 driver, winning the Monaco F3 Grand Prix and the 1981 European Formula 3 Championship with eight victories. In 1982 he signed to drive for Arrows before moving to Alfa Romeo in 1983, … - Raimondo Franchetti
Baron Raimondo Franchetti has been the name of more than one Italian Baron, the most famous of whom lived from 1889 until his death in an airplane crash in the Egyptian desert in 1935. More information about him on V.Isacchini, "Il 10° parallelo - vita di Raimondo Franchetti da Salgari alla Guerra d'Africa", Aliberti, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2005 - Roberto Succo
Roberto Succo, also known as Roberto Zucco, (April 3, 1962 - May 23, 1988) was born in Venice, Italy. He was a serial killer who murdered several people in Europe in 1987 and 1988. Succo's first killings were on April 9, 1981 when he fatally stabbed his parents after they refused to lend him their car. The same night he also killed a police officer. - Elvis Abbruscato
Elvis Abbruscato (born April 14 1981 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Torino F.C.. In career, started in 1998, he was played for A.C. Reggiana 1919, Hellas Verona F.C., A.S. Livorno Calcio, Triestina and A.C. Arezzo. In January 2006 he loan at Torino. He played 176 matches and scored 56 goals. - Luca Ariatti
Luca Ariatti (born 27 December, 1978 in Reggio Emilia) is an Italian football (soccer) defender. He currently plays for Atalanta. - Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (d. 152 BC) was a Roman consul, Pontifex Maximus and censor. As a praetor he was governor of Sicily in 191 BC. He was elected consul in 187 BC. He and his colleague, Gaius Flaminius, subdued the Ligurians. From 180 BC onwards he was "pontifex maximus" and from 179 BC was princeps senatus. This same year he was also elected censor. In 175 BC was elected consul for the second time. He oversaw construction of the Via Aemilia in 187 BC, … - Sisto Badalocchio
Sisto Badalocchio Rosa (1581 or 1585 - c. 1647) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School. Born in Parma, he worked first under Agostino Carracci in Bologna, then Annibale Carracci, in Rome. He worked with Annibale till 1609, then moving back to Parma. His best known work as an engraver was the "Raphael's Bible" series, which he created together with his fellow student, Giovanni Lanfranco. - Joe Bryant
Joseph Washington "Jellybean" Bryant (born October 19 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player and the father of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Bryant was also the coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, but was fired on April 4, 2007. After starring at La Salle University, Bryant was drafted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors in 1975. Before the season started, though, he was dealt to his hometown team, … - Mikhail Gurevich
Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich (born February 22, 1959, in Kharkov, USSR) is a Ukrainian chess player residing since 2005 in Turkey. He previously lived in Belgium from 1991 to 2005. Gurevich won the Ukrainian Chess Championship in 1984 and became USSR Champion in 1985, controversially taking the title on tiebreak points from co-winners Alexander Chernin and Viktor Gavrikov, after a three-way playoff was organized and all the games were drawn. - Eddie Gill
Eddie Gill (born August 16 1978 in Aurora, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He is currently playing in the Euroleague for Dynamo Moscow. Gill went undrafted after a college career at Weber State University, and began his pro career with the New Jersey Nets, going on to play for the Memphis Grizzlies, Portland Trail Blazers and Indiana Pacers. He has averaged 3.8 points per game over his career. - Leonello D'Este
Leonello d'Este, also spelled Lionello (1407 - 1450) was marquis of Ferrara and Duke of Modena and Reggio Emilia from 1441 to 1450. - Giacomo Benevelli
Giacomo Benevelli is an Italian sculptor. Born in Reggio Emilia in 1925 and grown up in France, Benevelli has lived and worked for over forty years in Milan. He is the nephew of Anselmo Govi a painter from Reggio Emilia who painted the fresco of the dome of the Teatro Ariosto. He belongs to a Northern Italian noble family previously known as Benedelli. Since 1957 Benevelli exhibits in Italy and worldwide. - Ryan Humphrey
Ryan Ashley Humphrey (born July 24 1979 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American professional basketball player. After a college career at both Oklahoma University and the University of Notre Dame, he was a first round draft pick of the Utah Jazz in the 2002 NBA Draft. On draft day, he was traded to the Orlando Magic in exchange for their pick, Curtis Borchardt. He has played for the Magic and the Memphis Grizzlies, averaging 2.3 points per game through his career. - Bartolomeo Schedoni
Bartolomeo Schedoni was an Italian early Baroque painter of Reggio Emilia. He was born in Modena, but moved to Parma with his father. Soon he was sent to be apprenticed under Federico Zuccari in Rome after 1598, with the sponsorship of Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma. He soon returned to Parma. The baroque art historian Count Carlo Cesare Malvasia also claims he trained under Annibale Carracci in Bologna. He may have died of suicide after a night of heavy gambling losses. - Andrea Giaconi
Andrea Giaconi (born 11 April 1974 in Reggio Emilia) is a Italian hurdler. He won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also participated at the World Championships in 1999 and 2003, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and 2006 and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final. His personal best time is 13.35 seconds, achieved in June 2002 in Annecy. This is the current Italian record. - Giovanni Battista Venturi
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 Venturi pump and Venturi tube. Born in Bibbiano, he was a pupil of Lazzaro Spallanzani. He was ordained as a priest in 1769, and in the same year appointed as a teacher of logic at the seminary of Reggio Emilia. In 1774 he is professor of geometry and philosophy at the University of Modena, … - Matilda Of Tuscany
Matilda of Canossa (Italian: "Matilde", Latin: "Mathilde"; 1046 - 24 July 1115), called la Gran Contessa or the Great Countess, was the principal Italian supporter of Pope Gregory VII during the Investiture Controversy, and is one of the few medieval women to be remembered for her military accomplishments. She is called "of Canossa" after the ancestral family castle of Canossa, … - 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 twenty-two years. Little is known of his life, but documents attest that he was indeed bishop of Reggio Emilia in the fifth century. Remembered for his sense of charity, he is the patron saint of Reggio Emilia, although its cathedral is not dedicated to him. - Obizzo II d'Este
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. http://genealogy.euweb.cz/welf/welf8.html), the fruit of an illegitimate relation of his father, Rinaldo I d'Este, a son of margrave Azzo VII d'Este. He was legitimated in his first years, since Rinaldo needed a heir to continue the house. In 1264 he was proclaimed lifelong ruler of Ferrara, seignior of Modena in 1288 and of Reggio in 1289. - Leonid Yudasin
Leonid Grigoryevich Yudasin (born in Leningrad, August 8, 1959) is a prominent chess master and trainer, now living in New York City. Awarded the International Master title in 1982 and the International Grandmaster title some time later, he was Leningrad Champion in 1984 and took the USSR Cup for rapid chess in 1988. Those early achievements were surpassed when he became joint winner of the USSR Championship in 1990 (with Belyavsky, Bareev and Vyzmanavin, … - Dmitri Nabokov
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 (née Slonim). He is currently executor of his father's literary estate and is considered the ideal translator of Nabokov's works. Dmitri entered Harvard University in 1951, lived at Lowell Hall, and studied History and Literature. - Sesto Rocchi
Sesto Rocchi (1909 - 1991) was a violin maker from Reggio Emilia in Italy. - Rudolf Teschner
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 Bad Doberan, and later in 1951 took the German Championship (played in Düsseldorf). Teschner was leading member of the German Chess Olympic team in 1952 and 1956. In 1957 he obtained the title of International Master from FIDE. He was 2.-3. in the zonal tournament in Berg en Dal 1961 and two times 1.-4. - Azzo VIII d'Este
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 father, Obizzo II, whom Dante suggested in the "Inferno" he had assassinated, The Florentine poet cites him as half-son, but it is not clear if to stress Azzo's bad acts or if he was truly illegitimate. - Renzo di Ceri
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 family. Born in Ceri, he was the son of Giovanni degli Anguillara. He fought for the Orsini family against the Papal States and Cesare Borgia. In 1503 he was hired by Spain and took part to the Battle of Garigliano of that year. In 1507 he was at the service of Julius II.
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