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Milan, Italy

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.comune.milano.it/

Population:
1,300,000 (2004)

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
University of Milan
1923
Milan Conservatory
 

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Telecom Italia
1994

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Diego Abatantuono
Actor
20-May-1955   Mediterraneo
Renata Adler
Journalist
19-Oct-1938   Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Mathematician
16-May-1718 9-Jan-1799 Instituzioni Analitiche
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Painter
1527 11-Jul-1593 Painter of metamorphic imagery
Cesare Beccaria
Philosopher
15-Mar-1738 28-Nov-1794 On Crimes and Punishments
Silvio Berlusconi
Head of State
29-Sep-1936   Prime Minister of Italy
Charles L. Caccia
Politician
29-Apr-1930 4-May-2008 Former Canadian MP, Davenport
Roberto Calvi
Business
13-Apr-1920 17-Jun-1982 Vatican banker who died mysteriously
Stefano Casiraghi
Business
9-Aug-1960 3-Oct-1990 Second husband of Princess Caroline
Felice Cavallotti
Politician
6-Oct-1842 6-Mar-1898 Italian radical politician
Adriano Celentano
Singer
6-Jan-1938   The Taming of the Scoundrel
Pope Celestine IV
Religion
? 10-Nov-1241 Roman Catholic Pope, 1241
Valentina Cortese
Actor
1-Jan-1925   La Nuit Américaine
Bettino Craxi
Head of State
24-Feb-1934 19-Jan-2000 Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87
Alberto Cribiore
Business
c. 1946   Brera Capital Partners
Fabio
Model
15-Mar-1959   Can't believe it's not butter
Alberto Lattuada
Film Director
13-Nov-1913 3-Jul-2005 Stay As You Are
Alessandro Manzoni
Poet
7-Mar-1785 22-May-1873 I Promessi Sposi
Isa Miranda
Actor
5-Jul-1905 8-Jul-1982 Summertime
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Activist
20-Sep-1833 10-Feb-1918 Founder of the Lombard League
Pope Pius IV
Religion
31-Mar-1499 9-Dec-1565 Roman Catholic Pope 1560-65
Carlo Ponti
Film/TV Producer
11-Dec-1910 10-Jan-2007 Doctor Zhivago
Dino Risi
Film Director
23-Dec-1916 7-Jun-2008 The Easy Life
Nino Rota
Composer
3-Dec-1911 10-Apr-1979 Film composer, The Godfather
Greta Scacchi
Actor
18-Feb-1960   The Player, Presumed Innocent
Silvio Scaglia
Business
1958   FastWeb, Bablegum
Pope Urban III
Religion
? 19-Oct-1187 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1185-87
Allegra Versace
Relative
30-Jun-1986   Waify Versace heiress
Luchino Visconti
Film Director
2-Nov-1906 17-Mar-1976 La Terra Trema
Mike Volpi
Business
c. 1966   CEO of Joost

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
St. Ambrose
Religion
c. 340 AD 4-Apr-397 AD Church Father, fought Arianism
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Painter
1527 11-Jul-1593 Painter of metamorphic imagery
Cesare Beccaria
Philosopher
15-Mar-1738 28-Nov-1794 On Crimes and Punishments
Arrigo Boito
Composer
24-Feb-1842 10-Jun-1918 Mefistofele
Ambrogio Borgognone
Painter
c. 1455 1524 Milanese Renaissance painter
Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
Astronomer
18-May-1711 13-Feb-1787 Theoria philosophiae naturalis
John Carradine
Actor
5-Feb-1906 27-Nov-1988 In over 200 B movies
Gianfranco Ferrè
Fashion Designer
15-Aug-1944 17-Jun-2007 Italian fashion designer
Tommaso Grossi
Poet
20-Jan-1791 10-Dec-1853 The Lombards in the First Crusade
Bernardino Luini
Painter
c. 1481 1532 Painter of the Lombard School
Alessandro Manzoni
Poet
7-Mar-1785 22-May-1873 I Promessi Sposi
Marino Marini
Musician
11-May-1924 20-Mar-1997 Innovative pop music bandleader
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta
Activist
20-Sep-1833 10-Feb-1918 Founder of the Lombard League
Benito Mussolini
Head of State
29-Jul-1883 28-Apr-1945 Fascist Dictator of Italy
Giuseppe Parini
Poet
22-May-1729 15-Aug-1799 Il Mattino
Amilcare Ponchielli
Composer
31-Aug-1834 16-Jan-1886 La Gioconda
Cecil Powell
Physicist
5-Dec-1903 9-Aug-1969 Discovered the pi-meson
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
Astronomer
14-Mar-1835 4-Jul-1910 Discovered canals on Mars
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
9-Oct-1813 27-Jan-1901 La Traviata
Elio Vittorini
Novelist
23-Jul-1908 13-Feb-1966 Conversations in Sicily



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