List of personalities from Chiasso

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

Personalities

Costantino Bernasconi (1891)
  • Fontana family of artists from Como , attested from 1218 in Mendrisio
    • Annibale Fontana (* 1540 in Milan ; † 1487 there), from Chiasso, sculptor, bronze caster, chaser
    • Baldassare Fontana (born June 26, 1661 in Chiasso; † October 6, 1738 there), sculptor, plasterer and architect in Olomouc
    • Francesco Fontana (born October 17, 1666 in Chiasso, † March 14, 1697 in Olomouc), brother of Baldassarre, plasterer
    • Michele Fontana (* around 1681 in Chiasso; † April 28, 1729 in Brno ), son of Baldassarre, sculptor and plasterer in Brno, Velehrad and Olomouc
Aldo Crivelli (1970)
  • Alessandro Valdani (* 1712 in Chiasso; † 1773 ibid), painter
  • NN. Calvi (* around 1760 in Chiasso; † after 1799 there), freedom fighter
  • Cesare Bernasconi (1819–1864), politician
  • Costantino Bernasconi (1820–1902), notary and politician
  • Gustavo Graffina (born April 15, 1856 in Chiasso, † February 22, 1929 in Castel San Pietro), diplomat on duty at the Swiss Embassy in Berlin
Ottavio Lurati 2017
  • Carlo Paldi (born December 22, 1794 in Mortara; † after 1830 there?), Politician, sergeant in the Piedmontese Brigade Saluzzo, refugee, teacher in the first Lancaster schools in Chiasso
  • Soldini family
    • Bernardo Soldini (* 1783 in Chiasso; † 1859 there), politician
    • Carlo Soldini (born September 19, 1809 in Chiasso, † January 21, 1868 there), politician
    • Benigno Soldini (born November 18, 1811 in Chiasso; † May 24, 1852 ibid), lawyer, notary and politician
    • Giuseppe Soldini (born April 17, 1820 in Chiasso; † January 24, 1896 there), politician, Ticino Grand Councilor , State Councilor
    • Antonio Soldini (1854–1933), sculptor and politician
    • Adolfo Soldini (7 December 1854 - 24 November 1927), politician, Ticino Grand Councilor, State Councilor , major in the Swiss Army
  • Ampelio Regazzoni (born June 28, 1870 in Chiasso, † April 24, 1931 in Bern), sculptor
  • Isidoro Antognini (born February 20, 1878 in Chiasso; † May 26, 1964 there), politician
  • Francesco-Nino Borella (born September 17, 1883 in Mendrisio; † October 29, 1963 in Chiasso ), lawyer, politician, local council (executive) of Chiasso, Ticino Grand Council , National Council
  • Anita Nespoli (* July 8, 1894 in Chiasso; † December 20, 1974 there), ceramic artist, painter
  • Guido Gonzato (born August 13, 1896 in Colognola ai Colli , † October 21, 1955 in Mendrisio), Italian painter
  • Mario Martinoni (1896–1981), Colonel in the Swiss Army
  • Anselme Brusa (1899–1969), Italian-French rower and gymnast
  • Serge Brignoni (1903–2002), painter, sculptor
  • Aldo Crivelli (born June 18, 1907 in Chiasso; † July 12, 1981 in Muralto ), painter, archaeologist, writer, lecturer
  • Sergio Casartelli (born October 4, 1907 in Lugano; † October 29, 1971 there), painter, graphic artist
  • Pietro Scanziani (born August 17, 1908 in Chiasso; † February 27, 2003 in Mendrisio), from Balerna , journalist, writer lived in Morbio Inferiore
  • Erico Cavadini (born July 28, 1910 in Chiasso, † December 14, 1947), painter
  • Angelo Tamborra (* 1913 in Chiasso, † 2004 in Rome), historian
  • Aurelio Gonzato (born December 30, 1914 in Chiasso, † May 11, 2014 in Massagno ), painter, mosaicist, sculptor
  • Joseph Benjamin McDivitt (born July 23, 1917 in Pennsylvania - † January 20, 2019 in Newhall California ), Colonel ( United States Army )
  • Egidio Bernasconi (born March 16, 1919 in Monza ; † July 26, 2018 in Lugano), painter
  • Graziano Papa (born April 25, 1919 in Chiasso; † February 13, 2019 ibid), from Biasca , lawyer, former President of Pro Natura , author, benefactor (Fondo Graziano Papa: 20 million CHF)
  • Amleto Pedroli (born October 25, 1922 in Chiasso; † October 12, 2011 in Lugano), lecturer, writer
Fabio Pusterla
Roberta Pantani
  • Benito Bernasconi (born April 5, 1923 in Morbio Inferiore ; † February 23, 2018 in Mendrisio), from Chiasso, lawyer, politician, Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor
  • Sergio Emery (born March 4, 1928 in Chiasso; † July 5, 2003 in Gentilino ), from Chardonne VD , painter, draftsman, engraver, lytographer, mosaic worker
  • Ada Soldini (born November 9, 1928 in Chiasso; † November 28, 2015 in Lugano), from Comano , painter
  • Giovanni Gianella (born March 24, 1930 in Chiasso, † October 20, 2005 in Lugano), from Acquarossa , doctor, painter
  • Pietro Schneider (Sarto) (born June 13, 1930 in Chiasso), painter, engraver
  • Ottavio Lurati (* 1938), linguist, former lecturer at the University of Basel
  • Roberto Milan (born January 15, 1937 in Tortona ), painter, writer, art critic, lives in Chiasso
  • Sergio Morello (born February 23, 1937 in Mendrisio), painter, graphic artist, sculptor, lives in Chiasso
  • Cesare Santi (born April 13, 1939 in Bellinzona; † December 24, 2015 in Mendrisio), from Soazza , lived in Chiasso, historian, genealogist
  • Alberto Nessi (* 1940), Italian-speaking Swiss writer
  • Pierluigi Poretti (* 1946 in Chiasso), painter
  • Mauro Valsangiacomo (born December 9, 1950 in Chiasso), painter, engraver
  • Fabio Pusterla (* 1957), lecturer, writer and poet
  • Roberta Pantani (* 1965), politician
  • Gian Paolo Minelli (born October 6, 1968 in Geneva), photographer, filmmaker, lived in Chiasso

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Celestino Trezzini : Fontana. In Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz pp. 193, 194, (PDF, digitized version , accessed on October 10, 2017)
  2. ^ Editing: Fontana. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 27, 2007 .
  3. ^ Fontana, Annibale . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 169 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  4. ↑ Andrea Spiriti: Annibale Fontana. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 48: Filoni-Forghieri. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1997. ( treccani.it ).
  5. ↑ Annibale Fontana. In: Sikart
  6. ^ Fontana, Baldassare . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 170 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  7. ↑ Ursula Stevens: Francesco Fontana. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 18, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Francesco Fontana. In: Mariusz Karpowicz: Artisti ticinesi in Polonia nelle prima metà del '700. Stato del Cantone Ticino, Bellinzona 1999, p. 78; Idem: Artisti ticinesi in Polonia nel '600. Stato del Cantone Ticino, Bellinzona 1983, p. 170.
  9. ↑ Fontana, Michele . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 184 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  10. ↑ Alessandro Valdani. In: Sikart
  11. ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Calvi. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 475 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 11, 2017)
  12. ↑ Marc Perrenoud: Gustavo GRAFFINA. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 17, 2004 , accessed December 28, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Carlo AGLIATI: Carlo Paldi. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 26, 2009 , accessed April 8, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Soldini. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 398 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 11, 2017)
  15. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Bernardo Soldini. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 398 (PDF digitized version , accessed on October 10, 2017)
  16. ↑ Christian Luchessa: Carlo Soldini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 16, 2011 , accessed January 16, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Christian Luchessa: Benigno Soldini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 19, 2011 , accessed January 16, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Christian Luchessa: Giuseppe Soldini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 3, 2012 , accessed January 16, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Francesca Luisoni: Adolfo Soldini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 3, 2012 , accessed January 16, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Ampelio Regazzoni. In: Sikart
  21. ↑ Isidoro Antognini on unil.ch (French, accessed April 13, 2017)
  22. ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Francesco Borella. In the Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland. P. 313 (PDF digitized version , accessed on June 29, 2017)
  23. ↑ Pasquale Genasci: Francesco Nino Borella. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 31, 2003 , accessed January 16, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Francesco Nino Borella in portal.dnb.de (accessed on: May 15, 2016.)
  25. ↑ Anita Nespoli. In: Sikart , accessed January 18, 2016
  26. ↑ Lara Calderari: Guido Gonzato. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 9, 2005 , accessed February 21, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Guido Gonzato (Italian) at ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti (accessed on September 1, 2016.)
  28. ↑ Sergio Casartelli. In: Sikart
  29. ^ Jean-Jacques Marchand: Piero Scanziani. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 23, 2013 , accessed January 24, 2020 .
  30. ↑ Pietro Scanziani career on sohesi.ch/soci/fuct/
  31. ↑ Erico Cavadini. In: Sikart
  32. ↑ Angelo Tamborra in portal.dnb.de (accessed on May 15, 2016.)
  33. ↑ Aurelio Gonzato. In: Sikart (accessed September 27, 2016)
  34. ↑ Aurelio Gonzato's career on soesi.ch/soci/fuct/
  35. ↑ Joseph McDivitt (Italian) on laregione.ch/articolo/joseph-mcdivitt-tra-i-protagonisti-dei-fatti-di-chiasso (accessed on: October 30, 2017.)
  36. ↑ Morto l'eroe americano de "I fatti di Chiasso" (Italian) on cdt.ch/ticino/mendrisiotto
  37. ↑ Cittadinanza onoraria del comune di Chiasso (Italian) on chiasso.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017
  38. ^ Egidio Bernasconi. In: Sikart
  39. ↑ Egidio Bernasconi's career on sohesi.ch/soci/fuct/
  40. ↑ Fondo Graziano Papa on tio.ch/ticino/attualita/1430400/
  41. ↑ Un Pensiero per Graziano Papa (Italian) on osservatore.ch
  42. ↑ Graziano Papa's career on sohesi.ch/soci
  43. ^ Flavio Medici: Amleto Pedroli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . November 24, 2011 , accessed January 16, 2020 .
  44. ↑ Amleto Pedroli career on sohesi.ch/soci
  45. ↑ Benito Bernasconi (Italian) on cittadiniperilterritorio.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Articoli (accessed on April 26, 2017)
  46. ↑ Benito Bernasconi's career on soesi.ch/soci
  47. ↑ Anita Guglielmetti: Sergio Emery. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 2, 2004 , accessed April 3, 2020 .
  48. ↑ Sergio Emery. In: Sikart
  49. ↑ Sergio Emery career on sohesi.ch/soci
  50. ↑ Ada Soldini in portal.dnb.de (accessed on May 15, 2016.)
  51. ↑ Ada Soldini's career on sohesi.ch/soci
  52. ↑ Gianni Gianella. In: Sikart
  53. ↑ Giovanni Gianella career on sohesi.ch/soci
  54. ↑ Florian Rodari: Pietro Schneider (Sarto). In: Sikart (status: 1998) , accessed January 6, 2016
  55. ^ Roberto Milan. In: Sikart , accessed January 21, 2016
  56. ↑ Sergio Morello. In: Sikart , accessed January 22, 2016
  57. ↑ Cesare Santi's works on worldcat.org/identities/
  58. ↑ Cesare Santi career on so-sesi.ch/soci
  59. ↑ Pierluigi Poretti (Italian) on pierluigiporetti.com
  60. ↑ Mauro Valsangiacomo. In: Sikart
  61. ↑ Bettina Della Casa: Gian Paolo Minelli. In: Sikart (status: 2009) , accessed January 21, 2016