Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
Cardinal, religious leader, member of Massimo royal family, house of Bourbon
1520-1589 (69)
General Alexander Farnese
Military general of the Spanish army, nobleman, Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586-1592, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578-1592
1545-1592 (47)
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32nd Prime Minister of Italy during 5-terms, politician of the Christian Democrats
1908-1999 (91)
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Andrew Bertie
Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1988-2008
1929-2008 (79)
Antonio Gramsci
Marxist philosopher, known for a theory of hegemony, communist politician, linguist, writer, journalist
1891-1937 (46)
Asia Argento living
actress, filmmaker, pioneer of the #MeToo hashtag meme movement, back tattoos
1975- (50)
Caesar Augustus (Octavian)
1st Holy Roman emperor aka Octavian from 27 BC until 14 AD during the Pax Romana, founder of the Roman empire, 12 fasces of the Etruscans, pioneer of using leap years in the Julian calendar and Sextilis was renamed Augustus (August) after him
63 BC-14 AD
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Frédéric Bastiat
economist, author of The Law, military philosopher, pioneer in opportunity costs & plunder of society, writer for the French Liberal School
Boethius
Roman senator, deposed emperor Augustulus, historian, neoplatonist philosopher, literary writer of Consolation of Philosophy
475 CE-524 AD
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St. Clement of Rome
Catholic pope from 88-97 AD, third Apostle of Rome, theologian, writer, author of First Letter of Clement, Letter to the Corinthians in 96 AD
-99 AD
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Dado Ruspoli
Actor in Godfather Part III, aristocrat, socialite, 9th Prince of Cerveteri, Marchese di Riano, Conte di Vignanello, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
1924-2005 (81)
Fra' Giacomo Dalla Torre
80th Grand Master of the Order of Malta (Knights of Malta) from 2018-2020, Grand Prior of Rome, Grand Prior of Lombardy and Venice, art historian of Christian archeology
1944-2020 (76)
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Don Francesco Ruspoli living
10th Prince of Cerveteri, Marchese di Riano, Conte di Vignanello, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli
1967- (58)
Drusus the Elder
Roman politician aka Drusus the Elder, Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
38 BC-9 BC
Fabrizio Cicchitto
Senator of Italy 1992-1994, Italian chamber of deputies 2001-2018, Popular Alternative politician
Ferdinando Brachetti Peretti living
Oil and gas, chairman and CEO of CEO of the Anonima Petroli Italiana (API Group)
1960- (65)
Giancarlo Gandolfo
Economist, pioneer in dynamic economic theory, professor of International Economics at Sapienza University of Rome from 1974-2010
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Giulio Andreotti
41st prime minister of Italy 3 times between 1972-1992, statesman, Christian Democracy Party politician
1919-2013 (94)
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
Missionary, pilgrimage to Jerusalem, hobo beggar who became a guest of oligarch Marcantonio Trevisan and was given passage from Cyprus to Jerusalem by Andrea Gritti, theologian of Exercitationes Spirituales mystical brainwashing treatments, co-founder of the Society of Jesus in 1541 (aka the Jesuits) with Francis Xavier and Peter Faber
1491-1556 (65)
Flavius Josephus
Historian, Roman Judea articles of The Jewish War and Jesus Christ, writer of the New Testament
37 AD-100 AD
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Maria Montessori
educator, founder of the Montessori school Casa dei Bambini (Children's House) in 1907, pioneer in self-paced learning, individualism and hands-on instruction, physician, doctor, humanitarian, philanthropist, author of The Montessori Method, The Secret of Childhood, The Discovery of the Child, The Absorbent Mind
1870-1952 (82)
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Michelangelo
Italian Renaissance sculptor aka Michaelangelo, architect, painter, The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel ceiling, the David sculpture, Pietà, worked for Pope Julius II in Rome
1475-1564 (89)
Nero
5th Roman emperor from 54-68 AD, final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, court justice
37 AD-68 AD
Numa Pompilius
2nd King of the Romans (after Romulus) from 715-673 BCE
753 BC-673 BC
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Octavia the Younger
daughter of Atia, brother of Caesar Augustus (Octavian)
-11 BC
Pope Anastasius IV
Pope, head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1153-1154
1073-1154 (81)
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Pope Clement III
Cardinal bishop of Palestrina from 1187-1191, House of Medici
-1191
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Pope Gregory IX
Bishop of Rome, theologian, founder of the papal Roman Inquisition, head of the Catholic church and ruled the Papal States from 1227-1241, author of Decretals in 1234 a fundemental piece for the founding of canon laws
1170-1241 (71)
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Pope Gregory XVI
Catholic pope aka Mauro, religious order of the Camaldolese, head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal State from 1831-1846
1765-1846 (81)
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Pope Paul III, Farnese
Pope, head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1534-1549, first pope of the Protestant Counter-Reformation, known for the papal bull of Convocation (Catholic baptisms) in 1537 for the Council of Trent
1468-1549 (81)
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Pope Pius I
Bishop of Rome from 140-154 CE who opposted Valentinus and the gnostics
-154 CE
Pope Pius XII
Pope, head of Catholic Church from 1939-1958, founder of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR, the Vatican Bank) in 1942
1876-1958 (82)
Princess Camilla de Bourbon living
Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies aka Camilla Crociani, Duchess of Castro, House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
1971- (54)
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Princess Mafalda of Savoy
Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, Princess of Savoy
1902-1944 (42)
Queen Giovanna of Italy/Bulgaria
Queen of the Bulgarians, Tsaritsa Ioanna of Bulgaria, Princess of Savoy, Princess of Italy
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Saint Robert Bellarmine
Jesuit scholar aka Doctor of the Church, futurist with the Council of Trent (for Venetian intelligence) and integral to the Catholic Counter-Reformation, theologian, Cardinal priest of the Catholic church ordained in 1570
1542-1621 (79)
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Roberto Capucci living
Roberto Rossellini
filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, pioneer in neo-realism
1906-1977 (71)
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Rossano Rubicondi
Fashion model, actor, socialite, former ex-husband of Ivana Trump
1972-2021 (49)
Silvia Ruffini
Noblewoman, mistress of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, married to Pope Paul III
1475-1561 (86)
Stefano Massimo living
Princely House of Massimo, aristocratic family dynasty of Rome, son of Vittorio Emanuele Massimo and Dawn Addams
1955- (70)
Tiberius
2nd Holy Roman emperor from 14-37 AD, Julio-Claudian dynasty
42 BC-37 AD
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