Famous people born in Padua
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Andrea Naccari
Andrea Naccari is notable for his study of the thermoelectric properties of metals, the photoelectric effect of metals immersed in liquids, and the electrical conductivity of gases and liquid dielectrics. He showed that the variation in the electrical resistance of distilled water was due largely to the solubility of the glass of the receptacle in which it was contained.....
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Maria Celeste
Sister Maria Celeste , born Virginia Galilei, was the daughter of the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei and Marina Gamba.....
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Giorgio Morbiato
Giorgio Morbiato is a retired Italian cyclist who won a bronze medal in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1968 Olympics and placed ninth in 1972. He also won a world title in this event in 1968 and 1971 and finished second in 1969. After the 1972 Olympics he turned professional and won road races in Cecina and Delhi before retiring in 197475.....
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Ernesto Sabbatini
Ernesto Sabbatini was an Italian stage and film actor. Sabbatini emerged as a star in the Fascist era, appearing in films such as the drama Like the Leaves .....
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Leone Wollemborg
Leone Wollemborg was an Italian economist and politician. He made significant contributions to the spread of cooperative enterprises, specifically rural credit unions and agricultural cooperative banks.....
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Leandro Faggin
Leandro Faggin was an Italian racing cyclist, Olympic champion and world champion in track cycling.....
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Flavio Zanonato
Flavio Zanonato is an Italian politician. He is the former mayor of Padua.....
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Novella Calligaris
Novella Calligaris is a retired Italian swimmer, and the first Italian to win an Olympic medal in swimming. Her mother Romana Calligaris and elder brother Mauro Calligaris were also Olympics swimmers.....
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Ezechiele Ramin
Father Ezechiele Ramin MCCJ , familiarly known as Lele in Italy and Ezequiel in Brazil, was an Italian Comboni missionary and artist who was described as a martyr of charity by Pope John Paul II after his murder in Brazil while defending the rights of the farmers and the Suru natives of the Rondnia area against the local landowners.....
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Franco Carraro
Franco Carraro is an Italian sport manager and a former member of Italian Socialist Party in the 1980s and 1990s.....
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Gaspare Pasta
Gaspare Pasta was an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics.....
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