100 Notable alumni of
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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The Catholic University of the Sacred Heart is 354th in the world, 121st in Europe, and 10th in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Gianni Rodari
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- screenwriterlyricisteducatorjournalistpedagogue
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Giovanni Francesco "Gianni" Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his works of children's literature, notably Il romanzo di Cipollino. For his lasting contribution as a children's author, he received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1970. He is considered as Italy's most important 20th-century children's author and his books have been translated into many languages, though few have been published in English.
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Romano Prodi
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomistbusinessperson
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Romano Prodi OMRI is an Italian politician who served as President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004 and twice as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1996 to 1998, and again from 2006 to 2008. Prodi is considered the founder of the Italian centre-left and one of the most prominent figures of the Second Republic. He is often nicknamed Il Professore ("The Professor") due to his academic career.
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Francesco Cossiga
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- university teacherpoliticianjuristPresident of the Republic
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Francesco Maurizio Cossiga OMRI was an Italian politician who served as President of Italy from 1985 to 1992. A member of Christian Democracy, he was Prime Minister of Italy from 1979 to 1980. Cossiga is widely considered one of the most prominent and influential politicians of the First Italian Republic.
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Matilda Lutz
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- modelactor
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Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz is an Italian model and actress. She starred in the 2017 horror film Rings and action thriller film Revenge. She also appeared in the Netflix series Medici - The Magnificent, Part 1, and in A Classic Horror Story. She is set to play the titular character in the upcoming Red Sonja movie.
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Roberto Vecchioni
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- recording artistlecturerpoetcomposerwriter
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Roberto Vecchioni is an Italian singer, songwriter, and lyricist.
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Fabrizio Romano
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- sports journalist
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Fabrizio Romano is an Italian sports journalist. He specializes in news about football transfers and is known for using the catchphrase "Here we go!" when reporting on completed deals.
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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
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- lawyerpolitician
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Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was President of Italy from 1992 to 1999. A member of Christian Democracy (DC), he became an independent politician after the DC's dissolution in 1992, and was close to the centre-left Democratic Party when it was founded in 2007. Before his election to the Presidency, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Turin for 44 years from 1948 to 1992.
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Amintore Fanfani
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- economistuniversity teacherteacherpoliticiandiplomat
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Amintore Fanfani was an Italian politician and statesman, who served as 32nd prime minister of Italy for five separate terms. He was one of the best-known Italian politicians after the Second World War and a historical figure of the left-wing faction of Christian Democracy. He is also considered one of the founders of the modern Italian centre-left.
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Angelino Alfano
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- lawyerpolitician
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Angelino Alfano is an Italian former politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018.
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Ciriaco De Mita
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- politician
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Luigi Ciriaco De Mita was an Italian politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 1988 to July 1989.
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Franca Sozzani
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- journalist
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Franca Sozzani was an Italian journalist and the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia from 1988 until her death in 2016.
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Roberto Vannacci
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- writerpoliticianmilitary personnel
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Roberto Vannacci is an Italian Army former officer and rightist politician. Since July 2024, he has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the League.
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Piero Manzoni
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- photographerdraftspersonvisual artistartistpainter
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Piero Manzoni di Chiosca e Poggiolo was an Italian artist best known for his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of Yves Klein, his own work anticipated, and directly influenced, the work of a generation of younger Italian artists brought together by the critic Germano Celant in the first Arte Povera exhibition held in Genoa, 1967. Manzoni is most famous for a series of artworks that call into question the nature of the art object, directly prefiguring Conceptual Art. His work eschews normal artist's materials, instead using everything from rabbit fur to human excrement in order to "tap mythological sources and to realize authentic and universal values".
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Cristina Parodi
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- journalisttelevision presenter
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Cristina Parodi is an Italian journalist and television host.
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Geppi Cucciari
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- radio personalitystage actortelevision presenteractorwriter
- Biography
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Maria Giuseppina "Geppi" Cucciari is an Italian stand-up comedian, actress, radio host and television presenter.
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Alfonso Signorini
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- managerjournalisttelevision presenterradio personalitywriter
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Alfonso Signorini is an Italian television host and journalist.
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Irene Pivetti
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- politicianjournalisttelevision presenter
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Irene Pivetti is an Italian journalist, television presenter, and politician. From 1994 to 1996, she was president of the Chamber of Deputies. After leaving politics, she started a career in television, like her sister Veronica, a popular Italian actress.
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Tina Anselmi
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- partisanteacherpoliticianwritertrade unionist
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Tina Anselmi was an Italian politician. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she went on to become the first woman to hold a ministerial position in an Italian government.
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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- historianjournalistarchaeologistwriteranthropologist
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
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Roberto Burioni
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- virologistuniversity teachermicrobiologist
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Roberto Burioni is an Italian virologist, physician, and academic. A Professor of Microbiology and Virology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, he runs there a lab developing human monoclonal antibodies against human infectious agents, the study of pathogen-host interplay, and the use of molecular tools in the early diagnosis of infectious diseases. A prominent virologist, Burioni has risen to fame in Italy for his strong stance against the antivaccination movement and has been described as the "most famous virologist in Italy".
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Giulia Grillo
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- politician
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Giulia Grillo is an Italian physician and politician who served as the Italian Minister of Health from 1 June 2018 to 5 September 2019. A member of the Five Star Movement, she has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 15 March 2013.
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Roberto Formigoni
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- politician
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Roberto Formigoni is an Italian politician. He was the president of Lombardy from 1995 to 2013. He is the former unofficial political spokesperson of the Communion and Liberation movement. On 21 February 2019, the Supreme Court of Cassation, the highest court in Italy, found him guilty of corruption and sentenced him to a definitive jail term of 5 years and 10 months. As a result, he was detained in the prison of Bollate, near Milan, for a few months in 2019 before getting house arrest. He was released in November 2023.
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Paola De Micheli
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- politician
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Paola De Micheli is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD), who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021; she was the first woman to hold the office.
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Ignazio Marino
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- surgeonpolitician
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Ignazio Roberto Maria Marino is an Italian transplant surgeon who was Mayor of Rome from 2013 to 2015.
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Vincenzo Sofo
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- politician
- Biography
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Vincenzo Sofo is an Italian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2020 until 2024. He is a member of Brothers of Italy (FdI).
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Angelo Scola
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- university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Angelo Scola is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church, philosopher and theologian. He was Archbishop of Milan from 2011 to 2017. He served as Patriarch of Venice from 2002 to 2011. He has been a cardinal since 2003 and a bishop since 1991.
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Lorenzo Guerini
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- politician
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Lorenzo Guerini is an Italian politician and member of the Democratic Party (PD). Guerini has been serving as the Italian Minister of Defence in the cabinets of successive prime ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022. In March 2014, he was chosen by party leader Matteo Renzi to be deputy secretary of the PD along with Debora Serracchiani, a position that he held until May 2017. From 2005 to 2012, he served as mayor of Lodi, Lombardy, his hometown.
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Ambrogio Fogar
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- amateur radio operatoradventurerwritertelevision presenterexplorer
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Ambrogio Fogar was an Italian sailor, writer, rally driver, adventurer, and television presenter. He was a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, gold medal for athletic value, gold medal for marine value, gold medal to memory and other.
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Maurizio Lupi
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- politician
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Maurizio Enzo Lupi is an Italian politician. He served as minister of infrastructure and transport between 28 April 2013 and 20 March 2015.
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Kashetu Kyenge
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- politicianophthalmologist
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Cécile Kashetu Kyenge is an Italian politician and ophthalmologist. She was the Minister for Integration in the 2013–14 Letta Cabinet. From 2014 until 2019, she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). Kyenge is of Congolese descent.
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Nicola Trussardi
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- fashion designer
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Nicola Trussardi was an Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur. He took over the Trussardi fashion line in 1970 and built the small glove-maker into an international brand. He also led the restoration of the Marino alla Scala in Milan. The Nicola Trussardi Foundation was named in his honor.
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Enrico Beruschi
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- actorfilm actorsingerstage actortelevision actor
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Enrico Beruschi is an Italian comedian, actor, singer and television personality. He studied at the Italian Liceo classico in Milan, having Cochi Ponzoni as his deskmate.
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Marco Bussetti
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- politicianteacherbasketball coach
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Marco Bussetti is an Italian teacher and public manager, who served in the government of Italy as Minister of Education, University and Research between 1 June 2018 and 5 September 2019.
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Igor Cassina
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- artistic gymnast
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Igor Cassina is an Italian gymnast. He is a three-time Olympian and won gold in the men's horizontal bar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Gianrico Tedeschi
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- television actorvoice actorstage actoractor
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Gianrico Tedeschi was an Italian actor and voice actor.
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Raniero Cantalamessa
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- television presenterhistorianCatholic priesttheologianuniversity teacher
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Raniero Cantalamessa OFM Cap is an Italian Catholic cardinal and priest in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and a theologian. He served as the Preacher to the Papal Household from 1980 until 2024, under Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis.
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Laura Ravetto
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- politician
- Biography
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Laura Ravetto is an Italian politician.
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Giordano Bruno Guerri
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- screenwriterwriterhistorianjournalist
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Giordano Bruno Guerri is an Italian historian, writer, and journalist. He is an important scholar of twentieth-century Italy, in particular of the Fascist period and the relationship between Italians and the Catholic Church.
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Edoardo Costa
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- modelactor
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Edoardo Cicorini is an Italian fashion model, actor and entrepreneur. Costa's career began in the fashion industry in the early 1990s, when he worked for the modeling agency Why Not. While working as a model, Costa decided to begin studying acting in Paris, Milan, and Los Angeles. Following his studies, Costa went on to make various appearances on U.S. television. Some series included Baywatch, Arliss, and The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Mario Delpini
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Mario Enrico Delpini is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Milan since 2017. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop and as the vicar general of the archdiocese.
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Chiara Galiazzo
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- recording artistsinger
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Chiara Galiazzo is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 2012, after winning the sixth season of the Italian talent show X Factor. Her debut single, titled "Due respiri" and co-written by Eros Ramazzotti, was released on 8 December 2012 and debuted atop the Italian Singles Chart. Chiara released her first studio album, Un posto nel mondo, which debuted at number 2 on the Italian Albums Chart, and spawned the singles "Il futuro che sarà ", "Mille passi" and "Vieni con me". In November of the same year, Galiazzo featured on Mika's single "Stardust", which became a number-one hit in Italy.
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Gherardo Colombo
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Studied in 1969
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- magistrate
- Biography
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Gherardo Colombo is an Italian former magistrate and judge specialized in political corruption cases. He was a member of the Court of Cassation between 2005 and 2007.
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Mario Capanna
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- writerpolitician
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Mario Capanna is an Italian politician and writer.
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Giulia Arena
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- modeltelevision presenter
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Giulia Arena is an Italian beauty queen, actress, television presenter and model, winner of the 74th edition of Miss Italia 2013.
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Claudio Borghi
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomistpubblicista journalist
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Claudio Borghi is an Italian businessman, former lecturer and politician, one of the top economic spokesmen of Italy's League party.
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Lara Comi
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- politician
- Biography
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Lara Comi is an Italian politician, member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019, and again since 2022.
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Emilio Carelli
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- journalistpolitician
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Emilio Carelli is an Italian journalist and politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Five Star Movement, since 24 March 2018 until 2 February 2021.
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Gianfranco Miglio
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- political scientistuniversity teacherpoliticianphilosopherjurist
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Gianfranco Miglio was an Italian jurist, political scientist, and politician. He was a founder of the Federalist Party. For thirty years, he presided over the political science faculty of Milan's Università Cattolica (Catholic University). Later on in his life, he was elected as an independent member of the Parliament to the Italian Senate for Lega Nord. The supporters of Umberto Bossi's party called him Prufesùr (the Professor), a Lombard nickname to remember his role. He was the runner-up in the 1992 presidential election.
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Beniamino Andreatta
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- university teacherpoliticianeconomistdiplomat
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Beniamino "Nino" Andreatta was an Italian economist and politician. He was a member of Christian Democracy, and one of the founders of the Italian People's Party in 1994 and of the Olive Tree centre-left coalition in 1996.
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Simona Malpezzi
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- politician
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Simona Flavia Malpezzi is an Italian politician. She was undersecretary of state for parliamentary relations in the Conte II and Draghi governments from 16 September 2019 to 25 March 2021. On 25 March 2021, she was unanimously elected leader of the Democratic Party in the Senate, succeeding Andrea Marcucci.
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Simona Bonafè
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- journalistpolitician
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Simona Bonafé is an Italian politician and journalist who is serving as a member of the country's Chamber of Deputies.
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Carlo Caffarra
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- Catholic bishoparchbishopuniversity teacherCatholic priesttheologian
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Carlo Caffarra was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Bologna from 2003 until 2015. His previous positions included President of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family from 1981 to 1995 and Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio from 1995 to 2003. He was created a cardinal on 24 March 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI.
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Giovanni Testori
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- screenwriterart historianwriterplaywrightart critic
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Giovanni Testori was an Italian writer, journalist, poet, art and literary critic, dramatist, screenplay writer, theatrical director and painter.
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Giovanni Reale
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- translatoruniversity teacherhistorianphilosopherphilosophy historian
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Giovanni Reale was an Italian historian of philosophy.
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Paolo Emilio Taviani
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Studied in 1939
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- politicianhistorianpartisaneconomist
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Paolo Emilio Taviani was an Italian political leader, economist, and historian of the career of Christopher Columbus. He was a partisan leader in Liguria, a Gold Medal of the Italian resistance movement, then a member of the Consulta (National Assembly gathered to direct the transformation of the monarchy into a Republic) and the Constituent Council, later of the Italian Parliament from 1948 until his death. Several times minister in the Republic’s governments. He was author of studies on economics and important works on Christopher Columbus, University professor and journalist.
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Paola Binetti
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Studied surgery and medicine
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- child psychiatristpoliticianpsychiatrist
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Paola Binetti is an Italian politician, psychiatrist, and academic.
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Giovanni Maria Flick
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- politicianjournalistjuristlawyeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Giovanni Maria Flick is an Italian journalist, politician, and jurist.
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Andrea Crippa
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- politician
- Biography
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Andrea Crippa is an Italian politician of Lega. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies. From 2015 to 2019, he was the leader of Lega Giovani. Since 2019, he has served as deputy federal secretary of Lega.
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Giovanni Colombo
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- theologianCatholic deaconCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Giovanni Umberto Colombo was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Milan from 1963 to 1979 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1965.
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Elisabetta Preziosa
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- artistic gymnast
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Elisabetta Preziosa is a former artistic gymnast from Italy. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Roberto Piumini
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- translatorauthorpoetwriterchildren's writer
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Roberto Piumini is an Italian writer, known particularly for his children's stories.
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Lidia Menapace
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- politicianpartisan
- Biography
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Lidia Menapace was an Italian Resistance fighter and politician who served as provincial minister of South Tyrol for Christian Democracy from 1964 to 1968, and then as senator from 2006 to 2008, representing the Communist Refoundation Party.
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Giuseppe Fioroni
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- politiciansurgeonphysicianresearcher
- Biography
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Giuseppe Fioroni, often nicknamed Beppe, is an Italian politician, and a former member of the Democratic Party (PD).
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Mario Mauro
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- politician
- Biography
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Mario Mauro is an Italian politician and a university teacher of history. He is the former Minister of Defence, having served in the Letta Cabinet from 2013 to 2014. From 1999 to 2013, he was a member of the European Parliament, and he is a member of Communion and Liberation.
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Franco Anelli
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- university teacherjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Franco Anelli was an Italian academic and rector.
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Giuseppe Pontiggia
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- screenwriteraphoristwriterliterary critic
- Biography
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Giuseppe Pontiggia was an Italian writer and literary critic.
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Giuseppe De Mita
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- politiciansports executivelawyer
- Biography
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Giuseppe De Mita is an Italian politician.
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Giovanni Bazoli
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- banker
- Biography
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Giovanni Bazoli is an Italian banker. He is honorary chairman of Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo
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Tiziano Treu
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- university teacherpoliticianpolitical adviserjurist
- Biography
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Tiziano Treu is an Italian politician and academic, former Minister of Labour and Social Security and Minister of Transports, and former president of the National Council for Economics and Labour.
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Francisco Sagredo
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- In 2001 graduated with magister degree in audiovisual production
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- journalisttelevision presenterwritersports journalistannouncer
- Biography
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Francisco José Sagredo Baeza is a Chilean journalist whose main researches are about Chilean football and its political connections.
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Vincenzo La Russa
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- politician
- Biography
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Vincenzo La Russa was an Italian politician. A member of the Christian Democracy party and the Christian Democratic Centre, he served in the Senate of the Republic from 1979 to 1983 and again from 1994 to 1996 as well as the Chamber of Deputies from 1983 to 1987.
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Luigi Pasinetti
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- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Luigi L. Pasinetti was an Italian economist of the post-Keynesian school. Pasinetti was considered the heir of the "Cambridge Keynesians" and a student of Piero Sraffa and Richard Kahn. Along with them, as well as Joan Robinson, he was one of the prominent members on the "Cambridge, UK" side of the Cambridge capital controversy. His contributions to economics include developing the analytical foundations of neo-Ricardian economics, including the theory of value and distribution, as well as work in the line of Kaldorian theory of growth and income distribution. He also developed the theory of structural change and economic growth, structural economic dynamics and uneven sectoral development.
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Paolo Sardi
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- diplomatCatholic priest
- Biography
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Paolo Sardi was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the Roman Curia. He was patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 2009 to 2014.
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Pasquale Macchi
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Pasquale Macchi was a Catholic archbishop and the private secretary to Pope Paul VI.
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Guido Gonella
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- politicianjournalistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Guido Gonella was an Italian politician from the Christian Democracy, former Minister of Public Education and Minister of Justice.
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Attilio Nicora
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- university teachertheologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Attilio Nicora was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions in the administration of the Roman Curia as president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See from 2002 to 2011 and president of the four-person Executive Board of the Financial Information Authority (FIA) from 2011 to 2014. He was bishop of Verona from 1992 to 1997. He was given the personal title of archbishop in 2002 and was made a cardinal in 2003.
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Anna Maria Tarantola
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- media managereconomist
- Biography
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Anna Maria Tarantola is an Italian manager, former director of the Bank of Italy and former President of Rai since 8 June 2012 to 5 August 2015.
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Ezio Vanoni
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Ezio Vanoni was an Italian economist and politician who served as Minister of Finance from May 1948 to January 1954 and Minister Budget from January 1954 until February 1956.
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Alberto Quadrio-Curzio
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- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Alberto Quadrio Curzio is an Italian economist. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, president emeritus of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and president of the International Balzan Foundation "Prize".
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Luigi Gui
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- philosopherpoliticianpartisan
- Biography
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Luigi Gui was an Italian politician and philosopher.
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Attilio Ruffini
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- politicianpartisanlawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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Attilio Ruffini was an Italian politician.
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Maria Pia Garavaglia
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- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Mariapia Garavaglia is an Italian politician and professor, former Italian Minister of Health during the Carlo Azeglio Ciampi government and former Deputy Mayor of Rome. She has been member of the Christian Democracy, of the Italian People's Party, of The Daisy and finally of the Democratic Party. She was extraordinary commissioner and later President of Italian Red Cross. She is also director for international programs of the Italy-USA Foundation.
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Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli
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- university teacherpoliticianecclesiastical lawyerjurist
- Biography
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Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli was an Italian politician, jurist, and academic.
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Giancarlo Pagliarini
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Giancarlo Pagliarini is an Italian politician.
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Giovambattista Scuticchio Foderaro
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Giovambattista Scuticchio Foderaro is an Italian businessman, corporate advisory strategist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chief executive of VR Group, a Corporate Advisory, Management and Trade companies league and URBE Foundation (in italian "Fondazione URBE"), a Cultural promotion and Historic Heritage protection no-profit organization.
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Giovanni Coppa
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishopdiplomat
- Biography
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Giovanni Coppa was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as a diplomat of the Holy See, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007.
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Evandro Agazzi
- Enrolled in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- 1952-1957 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- philosopher
- Biography
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Evandro Agazzi is an Italian philosopher and professor at the University of Genoa. His fields of interest are ethics of science and technology, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophical anthropology, and systems theory.
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Lorenzo Ornaghi
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- university teacherpoliticianjournalistpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Lorenzo Ornaghi is an academic who served as the minister of culture in Monti cabinet.
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Filippo Maria Pandolfi
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- politician
- Biography
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Filippo Maria Pandolfi is a former Italian politician, minister, and European commissioner.
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Beatrice Masini
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- translatorjournalistwriter
- Biography
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Beatrice Masini is an Italian writer, journalist and translator, best known for her Italian translations of the Harry Potter novels. Her own novels have been nominated for the Strega Prize in 2010, and the Premio Campiello in 2013.
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Arturo Paoli
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- Catholic priest
- Biography
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Arturo Paoli was an Italian priest and missionary. He was a member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel congregation. Paoli helped save Jewish Italians during World War II. He was born in Lucca, Italy.
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Paolo Corsini
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- politicianuniversity teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Paolo Corsini is an Italian politician and university professor, former mayor of Brescia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2008.
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Alessia Mosca
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- politician
- Biography
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Alessia Mosca is the Secretary General of Italy-ASEAN association.
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Vittorino Colombo
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- trade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Vittorino Colombo was an Italian politician.
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Giovanni Spagnolli
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- politician
- Biography
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Giovanni Spagnolli was an Italian Christian Democrat politician.
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Herbert Dorfmann
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- politician
- Biography
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Herbert Dorfmann is an Italian agronomist and politician of the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2009.
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Raffaele Baldassarre
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Raffaele Baldassarre was an Italian politician and a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2014 for the European People's Party. He was born in Lecce and died in a hospital there after a sudden illness had its onset at his home the night prior.
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Luigi Lucchini
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- entrepreneurbusinessperson
- Biography
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Luigi Lucchini was an Italian businessman and steel executive.
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Romano Amerio
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- philosophertheologianclassical philologist
- Biography
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Romano Amerio was a Swiss-Italian theologian and a late critic of post-Conciliar evolutions in liturgy and ecclesiology. His magnum opus is Iota Unum. It is a work dedicated to the study of the ruptures in Church teaching and tradition following the Second Vatican Council.
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Luca Toccalini
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- politician
- Biography
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Luca Toccalini is an Italian politician of Lega. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies. In 2019, he was elected leader of Lega Giovani. From 2015 to 2019, he was the leader of Lega Giovani in Lombardy.
