Find A Grave - Provincia di Genova

De André, Fabrizio b. February 18, 1940 d. January 11, 1999
Italian Singer, Songwriter.
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
de Brabant, Marguerite b. October 4, 1276 d. December 14, 1311
Germanic Monarch. The Countess of Luxemburg and Queen of the Romans, she was a daughter of Jean I, Duke of Brabant and Limburg and his second wife Marguerite of Flanders. On June 9th, 1292 she married the two years older Count Heinrich of Luxemburg to strengthen a peace contract between Luxemburg and Brabant. The marriage was a very happy and harmonious. She was often able to soothe his wounded pride or soften his fits of rage and his desires for revenge. She gave birth to her first child Jean...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
San Francesco di Castelletto, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Plot: former burial place
George, Yvonne b. 1896 d. April 22, 1930
Singer. With a soprano voice and what many considered haunting violet eyes, she was popular in Paris music halls during the 1920's. The Surrealist Robert Desnos was obsessed with George and dedicated two volumes of poetry to her, "A La Mysterieuse" (1926) and "Les Tenebres" (1927). George knew Desnos but refused to become his lover; instead she used him to procure the heroin to which she was addicted. Suffering from tuberculosis, she retired from the stage in 1928 and moved to Genoa, where...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Giacometti, Paolo b. 1816 d. 1882
Playwright. He studied law in Genoa, but he committed himself to writing when he achieved success with a play that he wrote aged twenty. He wrote for touring theatre companies and many of his plays were successful, including La Donna, Sofocle and Giuditta. (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Lunghi, Emilio b. March 16, 1886 d. September 25, 1925
Olympic Athlete. Considered to be the first great talent of Italian track and field, he won the silver Medal in the 800 meters Olympic final held in London in 1908. His time of 1.54.2 minutes placed him second behind American Melvin Sheppard, whose time of 1.52.8 set a new World record. (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Luzzati, Emanuele b. June 3, 1921 d. January 26, 2007
Artist, Designer and Director. In the late 1940s, he began work as a set designer and became one of Italy's leading artists in the field. Best known for a colorful, dreamlike style, his images graced opera stages, television, movies and animated films. As a film director, he won Oscar nominations for his interpretation of Rossini's "The Thieving Magpie" in 1965 and a second for "Pulcinella" in 1973. A versatile artist, he also created illustrations for children's books, decorations for cruise...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Maciste b. September 27, 1878 d. June 24, 1947
Actor. Born Bartolomeo Pagano, he starred in a series of swenty six silent films including,"Cabiria" (1914), "Maciste" (1915), "Maciste The Alphinist" (1916), "Maciste The Athlete" (1919), "Maciste And The Chinese Cabinet" (1923), "Maciste Against The Sheik" (1925), and "Maciste In Hell" (1926). He legally changed his name to Maciste in 1915 after the success of his second film. The actor retired from films in 1928, married and raised a family in the town of his birth, where he died at 68. The...[Read More] (Bio by: katzizkidz)
Famiglia Pagano Cimitero, Sant'Ilario, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Plot: Family Estate
Mazzini, Giuseppe b. 1805 d. 1872
Italian Nationalist. Played a key role, along with Giuseppe Garibaldi, Camillo Benso di Cavour, and Victor Emmanuel II, in the period of Italian history known as the Risorgimento. The Risorgimento was a period of nationalism and activism that resulted in the unification of Italy. (Bio by: Bunny Boiler)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
McNair, Eric Archibald b. January 16, 1894 d. August 12, 1918
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Calcutta, British India, he served as a Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army. On February 14, 1916 near Hooge, Belgium, when an enemy mine exploded Lieutenant McNair and a number his men were flung into the air and many were buried. Although much shaken, the he at once organized a party with a machine-gun to man the near edge of the crater and open rapid fire on the Germans who were advancing. They were driven back...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Plot: CWCG section, I.B.32.
Parri, Ferruccio b. January 19, 1890 d. December 8, 1981
Italian Prime Minister. A native of Pinerolo, Italy, Parri served as the Prime Minister of Italy from June 21, 1945 to December 8, 1945. A veteran of World War I, Parri became active against Benito Mussolini's fascist regime and later joined the Giustizia e Liberta group. During World War II, he also became a member of the Italian resistance group. Parri also served as Italian Minister of the Interior in 1945, and was a made a Senator for life in 1963. Parri passed away in Rome, Italy, on...[Read More]
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Romani, Felice b. January 31, 1788 d. January 28, 1865
Opera Librettist. The finest Italian theatre poet of his era, he is probably best remembered for his fruitful association with composer Vincenzo Bellini. They wrote six operas together: "Il pirata" (1827), "La Straniera" (1829), "Zaira" (1829), "I Capuleti e i Montecchi"(1830), "La Sonnambula" (1831), "Norma" (1831), and "Beatrice di Tenda" (1834). He also provided the texts for Donizetti's "Anna Bolena" (1830) and "L'elisir d'amore" (1831), and operas by Rossini, Meyerbeer, Mercadante, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Schiaffino, Rosanna b. November 25, 1939 d. October 17, 2009
Actress, Model. While gracing numerous magazine covers, she had a roughly 20-year career in European and British films. After winning the beauty contest title of Miss Liguria in her native Italy at age 14, she broke into movies with the 1956 "Roland the Mighty". Her first notable success came with "The Minotaur" (1961) which was distributed internationally; she joined Edward G. Robinson and Kirk Douglas for 1962's "Two Weeks in Another Town", and won acclaim for the 1963 "The Victors", which...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cemetery of the Borgo, Portofino, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy
Stradella, Alessandro b. October 1, 1639 d. February 25, 1682
Composer. An important figure in Baroque music, he was born in Rome and spent most of his life there. He helped develop such forms as the concerto grosso and the aria, and was the first to notate a crescendo (a gradual increase of loudness) in his scores. Over 300 of his compositions survive, notably the oratorio "San Giovanni Battista" (1675) and the instrumental serenade "Sinfonia Il Barcheggio" (c. 1677). But Stradella's accomplishments have often been overshadowed by legends...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chiesa de Santa Maria delle Vigne, Genoa, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italy

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