List of personalities from Agno TI

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This list contains personalities born in Agno in the canton of Ticino and those who had their sphere of activity in Agno without having been born there. The list does not claim to be complete.

Rusca portico in St. Petersburg

Personalities

  • Quadri family
    • Bernardino Quadri (* around 1625 in Cassina d'Agno; † October 24, 1695 in Candiolo ), Swiss sculptor, plasterer and architect
    • Antonio Quadri (* around 1640 in Cassina d'Agno; † after 1702 in Kremsmünster ?), Plasterer
    • Galeazzo Quadri (* 1676 in Cassina d'Agno; † before 1726 in Saint Petersburg ?), Plasterer.
    • Giuseppe Quadri (* 1697 in Cassina d'Agno; † after April 18, 1777 ibid), architect
    • Cristoforo Quadri (* around 1720 in Cassina d'Agno; † after October 23, 1779 in Gyöngyös ?), Builder, architect
    • Domenico Quadri (born October 2, 1772 in Cassina d'Agno, † January 12, 1833 in Milan), architect
    • Giovanni Battista Quadri (* 1847 in Agno; † August 18, 1899 there), painter
  • Artist family Agostini
    • Francesco Antonio Agostini (* 1711 in Agno; † 1785 ibid), plasterer in Nuremberg
    • Pietro Cristoforo Agostini (* 1719 in Agno; † 1793 ibid), plasterer in Nuremberg
    • Donato Agostini (* around 1725 in Agno; † after 1745 in Parma ?), Sculptor
    • Luigi Agostini (* around 1780 in Cassina d'Agno; † after 1839 there), lawyer, politician
  • Artist family Boffa
    • Giovanni Battista Boffa (* around 1650 in Agno; † after 1685 in Cremona ), wood carver
    • Giovanni Battista Boffa (born October 30, 1728 in Agno; † after 1746 in Madrid ?), Plasterer
    • Antonio Boffa (born November 26, 1750 in Cassina d'Agno; † after 1812 in Moscow?), Architect
    • Pietro Boffa (* 1786 in Agno; † 1861 in Odessa ?), Architect
    • Francesco Boffa (* 1796 in Agno; † 1867 in Odessa), architect
    • Natale Boffa (born July 22, 1854 in Agno; † March 5, 1891 ibid)
    • Giovanni Aquilino Boffa (born May 7, 1922 in Agno; † September 12, 2002 in Agno), poet
  • Rusca family from Cassina d'Agno
    • Francesco Rusca (* 1665 in Serocca d'Agno, † after 1720 in Alba Iulia ?), Master builder
    • Andrea Rusca (* around 1710 in Mondonico, † after 1752 in Segovia ?), Architect
    • Giacomo Rusca (* 1740 in Serocca , fraction of the municipality of Agno; † around 1800 ibid), builder in Saint Petersburg
    • Luigi Rusca (1762–1822) Ticino architect in Russia
    • Alessandro Rusca (* around 1810 in Saint Petersburg, † 1862 in Istanbul ?), Architect
    • Natale Rusca (* 1810 in Agno; † 1880 ibid), lawyer and notary
  • Artist family Negri
    • Bernardo Negri (* around 1780 in Serocca d'Agno, † around 1830 in Padua ?), Plasterer,
    • Giovanni Negri (* around 1805 in Serocca d'Agno; † around 1830 there), plasterer
    • Bernardo Negri (* around 1825 in Serocca d'Agno; † around 1887 there), plasterer
Vico Torriani, 1990
  • Giuseppe Filippo Lepori (born October 8, 1800 in Lugano , † July 3, 1873 in Serocca, municipality of Agno), lawyer and Ticino councilor
  • Camillo Landriani (born June 30, 1803 in Pavia , † December 14, 1871 in Lugano), teacher, benefactor, headed the Institute for Commercial Studies and Modern Languages ​​in Agno
  • Natale Vicari (born March 19, 1809 in Agno; † September 17, 1895 ibid), lawyer, politician, Ticino Grand Council, Council of States, Council of State.
  • Luigi Simona (1874–1968), theologian, priest, provost, art historian and author
  • Maria Boschetti-Alberti (born December 23, 1879 in Montevideo , † January 20, 1951 in Agno), teacher based on Maria Montessori , author
  • Mario Vicari (born December 27, 1879 in Agno, † October 19, 1976 in Lugano), musician
  • Gastone Bernasconi (born April 26, 1888 in Agno; † 30- August 1962 in Sorengo ), lawyer, Ticino Grand Councilor, President of the Organizzazione Cristiano sociale (OCST) of the canton of Ticino
  • Jean Corti (born March 1, 1907 in Cernier , † April 22, 1946 in Mendrisio), painter
  • Giordano Passera (born February 1, 1906 in Agno; † September 23, 1960 in Lugano), painter, restorer
  • Vico Torriani (1920–1998 in Agno), pop singer, actor, show master
  • Mix Weiss (1924–2014), journalist and writer
  • Edgardo Ratti (born October 6, 1925 in Agno; † July 11, 2018 in Gambarogno ) from Caslano , painter, sculptor, mosaicist
  • Dolf Schnebli (1928–2009), a Swiss architect with a studio in Agno.
  • Giancarlo Seitz (born August 20, 1944 in Sorengo), pastry chef, politician ( Lega dei Ticinesi ), city councilor (municipal executive) of Agno, Ticino Grand Councilor
  • Petra Weiss (born August 21, 1947 in Cassina d'Agno), artist, ceramist
  • Paul Blendiger (born August 7, 1954 in Agno), painter, draftsman, engraver, sculptor, art critic

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Quadri. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 506, 507 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 4, 2017)
  2. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Bernardino Quadri. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed November 20, 2016 .
  3. ^ Antonio Quadri. In: Luigi Simona: Artisti di Agno e della Collina d'Oro. In: Bollettino storico della Svizzera Italiana. 1944, pp. 172, 214
  4. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Galeazzo Quadri. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed April 7, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Giuseppe Quadri. In: Luigi Simona: Artisti di Agno e della Collina d'Oro.
  6. ↑ Cristoforo Quadri. In: Luigi Brentani : Antichi maestri d'arte ... , Volume II, 1938, pp. 208-214
  7. ↑ Domenico Quadri. In: Luigi Simona: Artisti di Agno e della Collina d'Oro.
  8. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Giovanni Battista Quadri In Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. P. 506, 507, (PDF) digitized version , (accessed on October 4, 2017)
  9. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Francesco Antonio Agostini. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Pietro Cristoforo Agostini. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Donato Agostini. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed February 15, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Luigi Agostini In Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. P. 175 (PDF) digitized version , (accessed on May 8, 2017)
  13. ^ Giovanni Battista Boffa. In: Luigi Simona: Artisti di Agno e della Collina d'Oro.
  14. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giovanni Boffa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed March 1, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Antonio Boffa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed March 1, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Pietro Boffa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed March 1, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Francesco Boffa. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2015, accessed March 1, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Natale Boffa. In: Luigi Simona: Artisti di Agno e della Collina d'Oro.
  19. ^ Giovanni Aquilino Boffa. Bibliography at worldcat.org/identities (accessed September 14, 2017)
  20. ↑ Aquilino Boffa on sohesi.ch/soci/fuct/
  21. ↑ Rachele Pollini Widmer: Rusca, Rusconi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 16, 2012 , accessed February 10, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Francesco Rusca. In: Luigi Simona: Artisti di Agno e della Collina d'Oro.
  23. ↑ Andrea Rusca. In: Virgilio Chiesa : Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 216
  24. ^ Giacomo Rusca. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 199
  25. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Alessandro Rusca. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. 2016, accessed July 19, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Natale Rusca. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici ... 2002, pp. 199-200
  27. ↑ Bernardo Negri. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 216.
  28. ↑ Giovanni Negri. In: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 216.
  29. ↑ Giovanni Negri. in: Virgilio Chiesa: Lineamenti storici ... 2002, p. 216.
  30. ^ Fabrizio Panzera: Giuseppe Filippo Lepori. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 17, 2006 , accessed February 10, 2020 .
  31. ^ Carlo Agliati: Camillo Landriani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 27, 2007 , accessed January 13, 2020 .
  32. ^ Gianmarco Talamona: Natale Vicari. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 19, 2013 , accessed December 10, 2019 .
  33. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Grunder: Maria Boschetti-Alberti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 7, 2003 , accessed February 10, 2020 .
  34. ↑ Maria Boschetti Alberti (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti/dalle-origini-al-1900/
  35. ↑ Mario Vicari (Italian) on ricercamusica.ch/dizionario (accessed on February 28, 2017)
  36. ^ Alberto Lepori, Fabrizio Panzera (ed.): Uomini nostri. Armando Dadò Editore, Locarno 1989, p. 16.
  37. ^ Simona Martinoli: Jean Corti. In: Sikart (status: 2005)
  38. ^ Simona Martinoli: Jean Corti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 16, 2004 , accessed January 11, 2020 .
  39. ^ Giordano Passera. In: Sikart , accessed January 13, 2016
  40. ↑ Edgardo Ratti. In: Sikart
  41. ↑ Edgardo Ratti on soesi.ch/soci/fuct/
  42. ↑ Giancarlo Seitz Grand Council on ti.ch/poteri/gc/parlamento/
  43. ↑ Marcella Snider Salazar: Petra Weiss. In: Sikart (status: 2005)
  44. ↑ Paul Blendiger. In: Sikart