| Gambini, Giovanni (1761-1842) | Politician | | A Sicilian Rousseauist who
came to Geneva in search of freedom, as much religious as political.
Gambini, together with Sismondi and Pellegrino Ro
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| | Guareschi, Giovanni (1908-1968) | Writer | | Creator of the DON CAMILLO character, Guareschi chose the excellent lifestyle of the Tessin region, where he could speak his native Italian and still
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| | Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945) | Despot | | Anectode Lausannoise sur
Mussolini:
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| | Muti, Ornella (1939-) | Movie star | | Née le 1 février 1939 à Ismailia en Egypte, d'un père napolitain et d'une mère estonienne,
Francesca Romana Rivelli a vécu en Suisse durant plusieurs
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| | Pareto, Vilfredo (1848-1923) | Scientist | | The great neo-classical economist came from Italy on the request of Walras to teach at the Lausanne school, which he consequently made world famous.
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| | Pavone, Rita (1945-) | Music star | | This singer and television presenter lives in the Swiss canton of Ticino
with its Mediterranean climate. Rita
Pavone was born in Turin in 1945
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| | Pratt, Hugo (1927-1995) | Writer | | Hugo Pratt, illustrator, painter of water color and creator of Corto Maltese,
lived on the Geneva Riviera for 11 years. Born in Rimini in 1927, he
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| | Rossi, Pellegrino (1787-1848) | Politician | | Born in Carrarc, Italy in 1787, he became a supporter of liberal ideas
in Italy until he fled the Austrian control in 1805.
In Geneva he became pr
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| | Savoie, Victor-E. (1937-) | King | | The ruler of the House of Savoy lives in Vésenaz, in the greater Geneva area. Born in 1937, Victor Emmanuel of Savoy is the successor to Humbert II, K
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| | Scrima, Nicola (1947-) | Businessman | | The Italian industrialist came in 1963 for tax reasons and for the quality of life.
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| | Turrettini, Théodore (1845-1916) | Politician | | The Turrettini family originally came
from the town of Lucca in Tuscany. They
found refuge in Geneva at the time of the
Reformation in 1575.
Th
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| | | Hugo Pratt | | (1927 - 1995) Writer |  | | Hugo Pratt, illustrator, painter of water color and creator of Corto Maltese, lived on the Geneva Riviera for 11 years. Born in Rimini in 1927, he was an only son and spent his childhood in Venice before joining his father in Abyssinia at the age of 10. Prisoner of the English and then the Germans during WWII, he spent the end of the war organizing entertainment events for the allied soldiers. After the war, Hugo Pratt started out as an illustrator for As de Pique in Venice. >>> |
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