LOCATION

Population:
650,000

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Genoa	1481

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
UniCredit	1473

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leon Battista Alberti	Architect	14-Feb-1404	25-Apr-1472	Ten Books on Architecture
John Cabot	Explorer	c. 1450	1499	Discovered North America
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione	Painter	23-Mar-1609	5-May-1664	Italian pastoral painter
Christopher Columbus	Explorer	1451	20-May-1506	Rediscovered the New World
Vittorio Gassman	Actor	1-Sep-1922	29-Jun-2000	The Great War
Riccardo Giacconi	Astronomer	6-Oct-1931		Discovered cosmic X-ray sources
Pope Innocent VIII	Religion	1432	25-Jul-1492	Roman Catholic Pope, 1484-92
Pope Innocent IV	Religion	?	7-Dec-1254	Roman Catholic Pope, 1243-54
Fabio Luisi	Conductor	17-Jan-1959		Principal Conductor, Vienna Symphony
Giuseppe Mazzini	Activist	22-Jun-1805	10-Mar-1872	Italian patriot, agitator
Eugenio Montale	Poet	12-Oct-1896	12-Sep-1981	Ossi di seppia
Niccolo Paganini	Violinist	27-Oct-1782	27-May-1840	Italian violinist and composer
Renzo Piano	Architect	14-Sep-1937		Designed the Pompidou Center rehab
Moana Pozzi	Pornstar	27-Apr-1961	15-Sep-1994	Backdoor Summer 2
Paolo Villaggio	Actor	31-Dec-1932		White Collar Blues

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Andrea Doria	Military	30-Nov-1466	25-Nov-1560	Genoese condottiere admiral
Karl August von Hardenberg	Diplomat	31-May-1750	26-Nov-1822	Prussian statesman
Daniel O'Connell	Politician	6-Aug-1775	15-May-1847	Irish hero, called The Liberator
James Smithson	Chemist	1765	27-Jun-1829	Chemist, funded the Smithsonian Institution
Alessandro Stradella	Composer	1642	28-Feb-1682	S. Giovanni Battista
Jacobus de Voragine	Author	1228	13-Jul-1298	Golden Legend

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