LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.comune.venezia.it/

Population:
271,663 (2004 census)

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tomaso Albinoni	Composer	8-Jun-1671	17-Jan-1751	Adagio in G minor
Pope Alexander VIII	Religion	22-Apr-1610	1-Feb-1691	Roman Catholic Pope, 1689-91
Jean-Antoine de Baïf	Poet	1532	Oct-1589	Pléiade poet
Giovanni Bellini	Painter	c. 1430	1516	Altarpiece with St Vincent Ferrar
Pietro Bembo	Scholar	20-May-1470	18-Jan-1547	Prose della volgar lingua
Sebastian Cabot	Explorer	1476	1557	16th century Italian/English explorer
Alvise Cadamosto	Explorer	1432	18-Jul-1488	Discovered Cape Verde islands
Canaletto	Painter	7-Oct-1697	19-Apr-1768	Venetian painter of views
Pierre Cardin	Fashion Designer	6-Jul-1922		Inventor of the "bubble dress"
Giacomo Casanova	Author	2-Apr-1725	4-Jun-1798	World-renowned paramour
Christine de Pizan	Poet	1364	c. 1430	Le Livre des trois vertus
Pope Clement XIII	Religion	7-Mar-1693	2-Feb-1769	Roman Catholic Pope, 1758-69
Carlo Crivelli	Painter	c. 1430	1495	Venetian painter
Giovanni Gabrieli	Composer	1557	12-Aug-1612	Italian composer at St. Mark's
Carlo Goldoni	Playwright	25-Feb-1707	6-Feb-1793	Founder of Italian comedy
Pope Gregory XII	Religion	c. 1326	18-Oct-1417	Roman Catholic Pope, 1406-15
Francesco Guardi	Painter	5-Oct-1712	1-Jan-1793	Venetian School Painter, Story of Tobit
Terence Hill	Actor	29-Mar-1939		They Call Me Trinity
Elissa Landi	Actor	6-Dec-1904	21-Oct-1948	The Count of Monte Cristo
Pietro Longhi	Painter	1702	8-May-1785	18th century Venetian painter
Bruno Maderna	Composer	21-Apr-1920	13-Nov-1973	Avant-garde composer
Gian Francesco Malipiero	Composer	18-Mar-1882	1-Aug-1973	Rispetti e Strambotti
Mantovani	Conductor	15-Nov-1905	29-Mar-1980	Popular light orchestral conductor
Leon of Modena	Religion	23-Apr-1571	24-Mar-1648	Riti Ebraici
Luigi Nono	Composer	29-Jan-1924	8-May-1990	Il Canto Sospeso
Rafaela Ottiano	Actor	4-Mar-1888	18-Aug-1942	Grand Hotel
Paolo Paruta	Historian	14-May-1540	6-Dec-1598	Official historian of Venice
Pope Paul II	Religion	23-Feb-1417	26-Jul-1471	Roman Catholic Pope, 1464-71
Marco Polo	Explorer	c. 1254	8-Jan-1324	Travels of Marco Polo
Bruno Rossi	Astronomer	13-Apr-1905	21-Nov-1993	Rossi curve and magnetopause
Paolo Sarpi	Activist	14-Aug-1552	14-Jan-1623	Venetian patriot, church reformer
Giuseppe Sinopoli	Conductor	2-Nov-1946	20-Apr-2001	Principal Conductor, Philharmonia, 1984-94
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo	Painter	5-Mar-1696	27-Mar-1770	18th century Venetian painter
Tintoretto	Painter	c. 1518	31-May-1594	Venetian Renaissance painter
Antonio Vivaldi	Composer	4-Mar-1678	28-Jul-1741	The Four Seasons

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tomaso Albinoni	Composer	8-Jun-1671	17-Jan-1751	Adagio in G minor
Frances Alda	Singer	31-May-1879	18-Sep-1952	Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera
Pietro Aretino	Author	20-Apr-1492	21-Oct-1556	Sonetti lussuriosi
Giovanni Bellini	Painter	c. 1430	1516	Altarpiece with St Vincent Ferrar
Trajano Boccalini	Author	1556	16-Nov-1613	Ragguagli di Parnaso
Paris Bordone	Painter	1500	19-Jan-1571	Venetian Renaissance painter
Robert Browning	Poet	7-May-1812	12-Dec-1889	Prominent Victorian poet and playwright
Alvise Cadamosto	Explorer	1432	18-Jul-1488	Discovered Cape Verde islands
Canaletto	Painter	7-Oct-1697	19-Apr-1768	Venetian painter of views
Antonio Canova	Sculptor	1-Nov-1757	13-Oct-1822	Rejuvenated sculpture in Italy
Francesco Cavalli	Composer	14-Feb-1602	14-Jan-1676	Didone
Domenico Cimarosa	Composer	17-Dec-1749	1-Jan-1801	Il Matrimonio segreto
Francesco Colonna	Author	1433	2-Oct-1527	Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Christian Doppler	Physicist	29-Nov-1803	17-Mar-1853	Discovered the Doppler Effect
Giovanni Gabrieli	Composer	1557	12-Aug-1612	Italian composer at St. Mark's
Baldassare Galuppi	Composer	18-Oct-1706	3-Jan-1784	Il Filosofo di Campagna
Giorgione	Painter	c. 1477	1510	Enigmatic Italian portraitist
Francesco Guardi	Painter	5-Oct-1712	1-Jan-1793	Venetian School Painter, Story of Tobit
Johann Adolph Hasse	Composer	25-Mar-1699	16-Dec-1783	Sesostrato
Christian von Haugwitz	Diplomat	11-Jun-1752	9-Feb-1832	Prussian statesman
Roy M. Huffington	Business	4-Oct-1917	11-Jul-2008	Texas Oilman
George Payne Rainsford James	Novelist	9-Aug-1799	9-Jun-1860	Richelieu
Nicolas Jenson	Engraver	1420	Sep-1480	Created the Roman miniscule
Pietro Longhi	Painter	1702	8-May-1785	18th century Venetian painter
Aldus Manutius	Publisher	1449	6-Feb-1515	Founder of Aldine Press
Leon of Modena	Religion	23-Apr-1571	24-Mar-1648	Riti Ebraici
Claudio Monteverdi	Composer	15-May-1567	29-Nov-1643	Vespro della Beata Vergine
Luigi Nono	Composer	29-Jan-1924	8-May-1990	Il Canto Sospeso
Jacopo Palma	Painter	c. 1480	30-Jul-1528	Palma Vecchio, Venetian painter
Paolo Paruta	Historian	14-May-1540	6-Dec-1598	Official historian of Venice
Marco Polo	Explorer	c. 1254	8-Jan-1324	Travels of Marco Polo
Ezra Pound	Poet	30-Oct-1885	1-Nov-1972	The Cantos
Frederick Rolfe	Author	22-Jul-1860	25-Oct-1913	Baron Corvo
Paolo Sarpi	Activist	14-Aug-1552	14-Jan-1623	Venetian patriot, church reformer
Niccolò Tartaglia	Mathematician	1499	13-Dec-1557	Inaugurated science of Ballistics
Tintoretto	Painter	c. 1518	31-May-1594	Venetian Renaissance painter
Titian	Painter	1488	27-Aug-1576	16th c. Venetian Renaissance painter
Fausto Veranzio	Engineer	1551	27-Jan-1617	Tested Da Vinci's parachute
Paolo Veronese	Painter	1528	9-Apr-1588	Italian Renaissance painter
Andrea del Verrocchio	Painter	1435	1488	Florentine Renaissance painter and sculptor
Richard Wagner	Composer	22-May-1813	13-Feb-1883	Ride of the Valkyries

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