46 Notable alumni of
Polytechnic University of Turin
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The Polytechnic University of Turin is 969th in the world, 336th in Europe, and 21st in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 46 notable alumni from the Polytechnic University of Turin sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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John Elkann
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- businesspersonentrepreneur
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John Philip Jacob Elkann is an Italian industrialist. In 1997, he became the chosen heir of his maternal grandfather Gianni Agnelli, following the death of Gianni's nephew Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, and since 2004 has been leading the Agnelli family, an Italian multi-industry business dynasty. The family has been compared to the US political family of the Kennedys.
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Vilfredo Pareto
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- university teachersociologisteconomistengineerphilosopher
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Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto was an Italian polymath (civil engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher). He made several important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals' choices. He was also responsible for popularising the use of the term "elite" in social analysis.
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Carlo De Benedetti
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- financierentrepreneurbusinessperson
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Carlo De Benedetti is an Italian industrialist, engineer, and publisher. He is both an Italian and naturalized Swiss citizen. He was awarded the Order of Merit for Labour by the Italian state in 1983, the Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte (gold medal of culture and art) and the Legion d'Honneur in 1987.
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Adriano Olivetti
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- businesspersonengineerpoliticianentrepreneur
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Adriano Olivetti was an Italian engineer, entrepreneur, politician, and industrialist. He was known worldwide during his lifetime as the Italian manufacturer of Olivetti brand typewriters, calculators, and computers. He was son of the founder of Olivetti, Camillo Olivetti, and Luisa Revel, the daughter of a prominent Waldensian pastor and scholar. The Olivetti empire had been begun by his father.
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Ettore Sottsass
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- businesspersonarchitectpainterjewelry designerphotographer
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Ettore Sottsass was a 20th-century Italian architect, noted for also designing furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting, home and office wares, as well as numerous buildings and interiors — often defined by bold colours.
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Pier Giorgio Frassati
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- publisher
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Pier Giorgio Frassati was an Italian Catholic activist and a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. He was dedicated to Catholic social justice issues and joined several charitable organizations, including Catholic Action and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, to better aid the poor and less fortunate living in his hometown of Turin; he put his own pious beliefs into practice to cater to their needs and was best known for his devotion and amiable character.
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Silvio Scaglia
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- entrepreneur
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Silvio Scaglia is a Swiss-born media and technological entrepreneur. Scaglia is the founder of Fastweb, an Italian telecommunications company. He also founded Freedom Holding (formerly Pacific Global Management Group), a holding company that controls the Elite World Group. In 2020, he founded SHS management, an AI-powered asset management company.
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Giulio Douhet
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- military officeraircraft pilot
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General Giulio Douhet was an Italian general and air power theorist. He was a key proponent of strategic bombing in aerial warfare. He was a contemporary of the air warfare advocates Walther Wever, Billy Mitchell, and Hugh Trenchard.
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Sergio Pininfarina
- Enrolled in the Polytechnic University of Turin
- In 1950 studied mechanical engineering
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- professorcoachbuilderentrepreneurpoliticianItalian senator for life
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Sergio Pininfarina, born Sergio Farina, was an Italian automobile designer and Senator for life.
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Paolo Soleri
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- writeruniversity teacherurban plannerarchitectsculptor
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Paolo Soleri was an Italian-born American architect and urban planner. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006. He coined the concept of 'arcology' – a synthesis of architecture and ecology as the philosophy of democratic society. He died at home of natural causes on 9 April 2013 at the age of 93.
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Corradino D'Ascanio
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- designerinventoraerospace engineeruniversity teacher
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General Corradino D'Ascanio was an Italian aeronautical engineer. D'Ascanio designed the first production helicopter, for Agusta, and designed the first motor scooter for Ferdinando Innocenti. After the two fell out, D'Ascanio helped Enrico Piaggio produce the original Vespa.
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Dante Giacosa
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- designerengineer
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Dante Giacosa was an Italian automobile designer and engineer responsible for a range of Italian automobile designs — and for refining the front-wheel drive layout to an industry-standard configuration.
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Camillo Olivetti
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- politicianentrepreneurengineer
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Samuel David Camillo Olivetti was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines. The company was later run by his son Adriano.
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Francesco Profumo
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- engineeracademicpoliticianuniversity teacher
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Francesco Profumo is an Italian engineer and academic who was Italy's Minister of Education from 16 November 2011 to 28 April 2013. He has been president of the National Research Council (CNR) since August 2011 and had previously served as Chancellor of the Politecnico di Torino from 2005 to 2011. He is also the current rector of Open Institute of Technology.
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Carlo Mollino
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- designerarchitectphotographerracing automobile driver
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Carlo Mollino was an Italian architect, designer, photographer and educator.
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Carlo Ratti
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- inventorengineerinternational forum participantarchitect
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Carlo Ratti is an Italian architect, engineer, educator and author. He is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he directs the MIT Senseable City Lab, a research group that explores how new technologies are changing the way we understand, design and ultimately live in cities. Ratti is also a founding partner of the international design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, which has offices in Turin, New York and London. He is also a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and an Honorary Professor at TTPU Tashkent. Ratti was named one of the "50 most influential designers in America" by Fast Company and highlighted in Wired magazine's "Smart List: 50 people who will change the world".
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Alessandro Antonelli
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- politicianarchitect
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Alessandro Antonelli was an Italian architect of the 19th century. His most famous works are the Mole Antonelliana in Turin (named for him) and both the Novara Cathedral and the Basilica of St. Gaudenzio in Novara.
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Edgardo Sogno
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- diplomatwriterpoliticianpartisanjournalist
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Count Edgardo Pietro Andrea Sogno Rata del Vallino di Ponzone was an Italian diplomat, partisan and political figure. He was born in an aristocratic family from Piedmont.
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Pier Giorgio Perotto
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- computer scientistinventorengineer
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Pier Giorgio Perotto was an Italian electrical engineer and inventor. Working for the manufacturer Olivetti, he led a design team that built the Programma 101, one of the world's first programmable calculators.
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Giuseppe Gabrielli
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- aerospace engineerengineer
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Giuseppe Gabrielli was an Italian aeronautics engineer. He is famous as the designer of numerous Italian military aircraft, including the Fiat G.50 Freccia and G.55 World War II fighters.
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Gino Levi-Montalcini
- Enrolled in the Polytechnic University of Turin
- Studied in 1925
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- designeruniversity teacherarchitect
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Luigi "Gino" Levi-Montalcini was an Italian architect and designer.
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Leonardo Chiariglione
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- computer scientistinventorengineer
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Leonardo Chiariglione is an Italian engineer who has led the development of international technical standards for digital media. In particular, he was the chairman of the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) from 1988 to 2020, which he co-founded together with Hiroshi Yasuda of NTT.
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Giuseppe Romita
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- politician
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Giuseppe Romita was an Italian socialist politician. In his life he served several times as a cabinet minister and member of the Parliament.
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Carlo Alberto Castigliano
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- physicistengineermathematicianarchitect
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Carlo Alberto Castigliano was an Italian mathematician and physicist known for Castigliano's method for determining displacements in a linear-elastic system based on the partial derivatives of strain energy.
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Giuseppe Pagano
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- designerpartisanarchitectphotographer
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Giuseppe Pagano was an Italian architect, notable for his involvement in the movement of rationalist architecture in Italy up to the end of the Second World War. He designed exhibitions, furniture and interiors and was an amateur photographer. He was also a long-time editor of the magazine Casabella.
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Valentino Castellani
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- politician
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Valentino Castellani was the independent Mayor of Turin, Italy, from 24 June 1993 to 1 June 2001.
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Anna Cataldi
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- film producerhumanitarianjournalist
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Anna Margherita Cataldi was an Italian humanitarian, journalist, film producer, and author of several books.
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Enrico Fumia
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- car designerdesigner
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Enrico Fumia is an Italian automobile and product designer. He is widely known for his work with the car design firm Pininfarina, helping to design and package a new sports car version of the Alfa Romeo, which included front-wheel drive and traversely-mounted engines. Today he runs Fumia Design Studio.
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Pietro Fenoglio
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- architectengineer
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Pietro Fenoglio was an Italian architect and engineer, considered one of the most important pioneers of Art Nouveau in Italy.
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Orazio Satta Puliga
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- engineer
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Orazio Satta Puliga was an Italian automobile designer known for several Alfa Romeo designs, of Sardinian ancestry.
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Andrea Morello
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- researcherquantum physicistelectrical engineerprofessor
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Andrea Morello is the Scientia Professor of quantum engineering in the School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of New South Wales, and a Program Manager at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (CQC2T). Morello is the head of the Fundamental Quantum Technologies Laboratory at UNSW.
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Gianni Vernetti
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- politicianjournalist
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Gianni Vernetti is a writer and Italian politician.
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Juan Carlos De Martin
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- computer scientistjournalistuniversity teacher
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Juan Carlos De Martin is an Italian academic.
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Yvan Sagnet
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- writer
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Yvan Sagnet is a Cameroonian activist and non-fiction writer, known for founding the charity No Cap and his work against the exploitation of workers in the Italian agricultural industry.
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Gustavo Colonnetti
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- politicianuniversity teachercivil engineerengineermathematician
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Gustavo Colonnetti was an Italian mathematician and engineer who made important contributions to continuum mechanics and strength of materials. He was a Rector of the Politecnico di Torino and President of CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche). His theories found important applications in modern techniques of construction, such as pre-stressed concrete.
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Dario De Luca
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- politicianengineer
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Dario De Luca is an Italian politician.
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Arsène Tema Biwolé
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- engineerphysicist
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Arsene Tema Biwole is a cameroonian nuclear engineer and plasma physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Nani Beccalli
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- business executive
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Ferdinando "Nani" Falco Beccalli is CEO of Falco Enterprises, based in Zürich, Switzerland. He is also Senior Operating Executive of Rhône Capital, Chairman of ASK Chemicals and Zodiac.
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Giovanni Savonuzzi
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- car designer
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Giovanni Savonuzzi was an Italian automobile designer.
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Guido Chiarelli
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- engineer
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Guido Chiarelli, was an Italian electrical engineer. He is known for his pioneering work in public lighting.
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Giacomo Ferrari
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- partisanpolitician
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Giacomo Ferrari was an Italian industrial engineer and communist politician. He served as a minister of transport between 1946 and 1947. He was a member of the Italian Senate and was the mayor of Parma from 1951 to 1953.
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Giorgio Ceragioli
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- civil engineerengineer
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Giorgio Ceragioli was an Italian engineer, professor and a leader in the pro-Third World movement in Italy.
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Eugenio Rignano
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- sociologistpsychologistphilosopher
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Eugenio Vittorio Rignano was a Jewish Italian philosopher.
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Daniele Trinchero
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- scientist
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Daniele Trinchero is an Italian engineer and inventor who founded, in late 2004, with Riccardo Stefanelli, the iXem Labs at Politecnico di Torino, to develop new wireless technologies for applications in Environmental Monitoring and Social Development.
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Giuseppe Albenga
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- civil engineerengineer
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Giuseppe Albenga was an Italian civil engineer, professor of bridge construction, and historian of civil engineering.
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Francisco Diego
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- sculptorpainter
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Francisco Diego is a Mexican plastic artist.
