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Paola Montenero was born on 13 March 1951 in Rome, Italy. She was an actress, known for A Bay of Blood (1971). She was married to Massimo Pirri. She died on 25 October 2016 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

One of the most representative Italian popular singers, Claudio Villa became famous nationwide in 1955, when he won the Sanremo Song Festival for the first time. During his career he won that prestigious award three more times (1957, 1962 and 1967), recorded more than 3,000 songs, sold 45 million records worldwide, and starred in 25 musical movies.

Xiro Papas was born on 4 October 1933 in Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy. He was an actor and production manager. He died on 14 May 1980 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Tony Brandt was born on 13 June 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The Godfather (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979) and Only You (1994). He died on 25 July 2009 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Guggenheim was one of three daughters of New York businessman Benjamin Guggenheim and his wife Florette Seligman. Her father came from one of the wealthiest industrial families in America; he came in April 1912 when the R.M.S. sank. Titanic died in the Atlantic. The event made her the heir to a fortune worth millions. Her uncle was the American industrialist and art collector Solomon R. Guggenheim, founder of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York. When Guggenheim came of age in August 1919, she inherited her inheritance. In 1920 she began a traineeship at the "Sunrise Turn" bookstore in New York. In 1921 Guggenheim moved to Paris, where she met many intellectuals and artists. Guggenheim, who rebelled against social norms from a young age, lived her own life - she not only developed a strong passion for collecting works of art, but also supported artists in their careers.

In 1922 she married the French painter and sculptor Laurence Vail. Together they became parents of two children. After eight years the marriage ended in divorce. She made her extensive private collection accessible to the public during her lifetime. She also provided the important publicity for numerous artists, including Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Jackson Pollock and Yves Tanguy, whom she discovered and made known as an artist. She supported the artists committedly, among other things, by purchasing pictures or arranging for them exhibitions. From 1942 to 1947 she ran the gallery "Art of this Century", which developed into a central contact point for the Surrealists, from which Abstract Expressionism emerged. In this respect, Guggenheim's gallery is important as the birthplace of this art movement, which became dominant in the post-war period.

From 1941 to 1943 she was married to the artist Max Ernst. During the time of the German wartime occupation, she acquired numerous works of art in Paris at rock-bottom prices, many of which then counted among the most important pieces in her collection. Among other things, she founded a gallery in London. After moving to Venice in 1947, she played a key role in shaping the European art scene. Her 1948 exhibition in Venice pulled the Biennale out of a slump in attention. Thanks to the successful efforts of Peggy Guggenheim, the event remained in the focus of public interest for 20 years and ranked as an annual exhibition event of the most important modern artists. The passionate art collector chose Venice as her permanent residence and acquired the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in 1948. There she also laid the foundation for a unique large collection of expressionist and surrealist works of art.

In 1951, the art patron founded the "Salomon Guggenheim Foundation". She is now part of an international museum system owned by her family. The private collection, with over six thousand images and objects worth at least three billion dollars, was exhibited in New York for the first time. The works of art will be presented worldwide through a massive museum project. With her commitment and her magnificent collection, Peggy Guggenheim became a central figure in the establishment of avant-garde artists and their works.

Peggy Guggenheim died on December 23, 1979 in Venice.

The Guggenheim Museum is a modern art museum in New York. It was donated in 1937 by her uncle, the industrialist Solomon R. Guggenheim. A central artist in this is Wassily Kandinsky with his non-representational art.

Carlo Mazzacurati was born on 2 March 1956 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Right Distance (2007), Another Life (1992) and La sedia della felicità (2013). He was married to Marina Zangirolami. He died on 22 January 2014 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Milovan Ilic-Minimaks was born on 5 November 1938 in Lipnica, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Sedam plus sedam (1978), Formula 1 (1984) and Radio Vihor zove Andjeliju (1979). He died on 9 February 2005 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Titus Livius, known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian. He wrote an extensive history of Ancient Rome titled Ab Urbe Condita (''From the Founding of the City''), covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own lifetime.

Evar Maran was born on 8 March 1924 in Selvazzano Dentro, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Cry of Death (1968), Black Tigress (1967) and La dama dei veleni (1979). He died on 5 August 1991 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Fausto Tommei was born on 29 July 1909 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Ecco la radio! (1940), La forza del destino (1950) and Decameron n° 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972). He died on 23 July 1978 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Aldo Fais died on 7 April 1988 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Enrico Berlinguer was born on 25 May 1922 in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. He was married to Letizia Berlinguer. He died on 11 June 1984 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Riccardo Drigo was born on 30 June 1846 in Padua, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Veneto, Italy]. He was a composer, known for Let Freedom Ring (1939), Aizen katsura (1938) and Due South (1994). He died on 1 October 1930 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Iris Adami Corradetti was born on 14 March 1903. She died on 26 June 1998 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Piero Fracanzani was born on 20 August 1951 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He was an actor, known for Sulle mie spalle (2020). He died on 30 April 2021 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Vittorio Salvetti was born on 6 June 1937 in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy. He was a producer and actor, known for Super rapina a Milano (1964), Festivalbar (1986) and Festival di Sanremo (1951). He died on 19 October 1998 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Emilio Vesce was born on 17 May 1939 in Cairano, Campania, Italy. He died on 11 May 2001 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Tono Zancanaro was born on 9 April 1906 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. Tono was a set decorator, known for La carica delle patate (1979). Tono died on 3 June 1985 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Umberto Marcato was born on 5 January 1930 in Padua, Veneto, Italy. He died on 22 August 2024 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Count Giannino Marzotto was born on 13 April 1928 in Valdagno, Veneto, Italy. He died on 14 July 2012 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Luigi Mazzucato was born on 8 January 1927 in Saccolongo, Veneto, Italy. He died on 26 November 2015 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Mario Vallotto was born on 18 November 1933 in Mirano, Veneto, Italy. He died on 22 April 1966 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Tony Fuochi was born on 25 April 1955 in Cremona, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Les Mille et Une Nuits (1993), Saint Seiya Rebirth (2011) and The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989). He died on 14 February 2022 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Enrico Opocher was born on 19 February 1914 in Treviso, Veneto, Italy. He died on 3 March 2004 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.

Pino Massara was born on 24 April 1931 in Vigevano, Lombardy, Italy. He was a composer, known for Old Dogs (2009), Nel sole (1967) and The Comfort of Strangers (1990). He died on 23 July 2013 in Padua, Veneto, Italy.