From the register to History
This page collects the birth, death or marriage records of certain personalities who, through their lives, have left their mark on the country’s collective memory.
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Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977)
Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was born in Rome on May 8, 1906, to Angiolo Giuseppe and Elettra Bellan. Possessing a…
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Corradino D’Ascanio (1891-1981)
Corradino Gaetano Maria Concezio D’Ascanio was born in Popoli (PE) on 1 February 1891 to Giacomo and Anna De Michele.…
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Adele Casagrande (1897-1978) e Edoardo Fendi (1904-1960)
Adele Casagrande was born in Rome on 24 November 1897. Ancora giovanissima decise di inaugurare un negozio di pelletteria e…
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Alfonsina Morini Strada (1891-1959)
Alfonsa Morini was born in Castelfranco Emilia on 12 March 1881 to Carlo and Virginia Marchesini, both farm labourers. From…
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Eugene Torelli Viollier (1842-1900)
Eugene Giovanni Francesco Torelli was born in Naples on March 26, 1842, to Francesco and Joséphine Viollier. Orphaned, when he…
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Guglielmo Calderini (1837-1916)
Guglielmo Calderini was born in Perugia on March 3, 1837, to Francesco and Antonia Poggini. He completed his studies in…
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Emilio Segrè (1905-1989)
Emilio Gino Segrè was born in Tivoli, in the province of Rome, on February 1, 1905*, into a wealthy and…
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Mario Monicelli (1915-2010)
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli was born in Rome on May 16, 1915. His father, Tomaso, a journalist and playwright, was…
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Giuseppe Caffo (1865-XX cent.)
Giuseppe Caffo was born June 16, 1865, in Santa Venerina, in the province of Catania, to Venerando and Maria Russo,…
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Eduardo Scarpetta (1853-1925)
Eduardo Scarpetta, recorded at the registry office as Odoardo Lucio Fausto Vincenzo, was born at 33 Via Santa Brigida, in…
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Aldo Fabbrizi (1905-1990)
Aldo Fabrizi (born Fabbrizi) was born in Rome on November 1, 1905, to Giuseppe, a coachman, and Angela Petrucci, a…
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Alfonso Bialetti (1888-1970)
Alfonso Bialetti was born in Casale Corte Cerro on June 17, 1888, to Luigi and Luigia Sartorisio. At a very…
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Giuseppe Bottai (1895-1959)
Giuseppe Bottai was born in Rome on September 3, 1895, to Luigi, a wine merchant, and Elena Cortesia. With the…
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Nicola Zingarelli (1860-1935)
Nicola Zingarelli was born in Cerignola (Foggia) on 28 August 1860 (although the official documents show the date of 31…
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Luigi Capuana (1839-1915)
Luigi Capuana was born in Mineo (Catania) on 28 May 1839 to Gaetano, a wealthy landowner, and Dorotea Ragusa. He…
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Corrado Alvaro (1895-1956)
Corrado Alvaro was born in San Luca (Reggio Calabria) in 1895 to Antonio, an elementary school teacher and founder of…