LOCATION

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

Population:
1,300,000 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Milan	1923
Milan Conservatory

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Telecom Italia	1994

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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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