Famous people born in Basilicata
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Ninco Nanco
Giuseppe Nicola Summa, known as Ninco Nanco , was an Italian brigand. One of the most important brigands after the Italian unification, he was a lieutenant of Carmine Crocco, band chief of the Vulture area, in Basilicata. He was known for his brilliant guerrilla warfare and for his brutality against his enemies.....
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Pasquale Festa Campanile
Pasquale Festa Campanile was an Italian screenwriter, film director and novelist, mostly known as a prominent exponent of the commedia allitaliana genre.....
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Giovanni Passannante
Giovanni Passannante was an Italian anarchist who attempted to assassinate king Umberto I of Italy, the first attempt against Savoy monarchy since its origins. Originally condemned to death, his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. The conditions of his imprisonment drove him insane and have been denounced as inhumane.....
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Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella, C.Ss.R. , was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. His intercession is sought for children, unborn children, women in childbirth, mothers, expectant mothers, motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy.....
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Emilio Colombo
Emilio Colombo was an Italian politician and the Prime Minister of Italy from 1970 to 1972. In addition to having held top positions in Italian governments, he was also active in European politics. In 2003 he was appointed to be an Italian senator for life, a seat which he held until his death. In the first five years as senator, he was an independent. From 2008 until his death in June 2013, Colombo was a member of the Autonomies group, formed mainly by elects in TrentinoAlto AdigeSdtirol.....
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Giacomo Di Chirico
Giacomo Ernesto Eduardo Di Chirico was an Italian painter. Together with Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi, he was one of the most elite Neapolitan artists of the 19th century.....
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