List of personalities from Novazzano
This list contains personalities who were born in Novazzano in the canton of Ticino and those who had their sphere of activity in Novazzano without being born there. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities
- Alberto de Novazzano (* around 1190 in Novazzano; † after 1233 in Locarno ), one of the first archpriest of Locarno
- Fontana family of artists
- Carlo Fontana (1638-1714), architect in Rome
- Carlo Stefano Fontana (* around 1655 in Novazzano?; † 1711 there in Rome), a Swiss architect nephew of Carlo
- Girolamo Fontana (* around 1660 in Novazzano?; † after 1714 in Rome?), Brother of Carlo Stefano, architect
- Francesco Fontana (born April 23, 1668 in Rome, † 3 luglio 1708 in Castel Gandolfo ), son of Carlo, architect, engineer
- Giuseppe Fontana senior (* 1644 in Novazzano; † 1699 in Warsaw ), architect active with his son Giacomo at the Holy Cross Basilica (Warsaw)
- Albisetti family
- Carlo Albisetti (* 1833 in Novazzano; † 1908 ibid), member of the Ticino Grand Council
- Pietro Albisetti (* 1841 in Novazzano; † 1909 there), politician
- Carlo Albisetti (* 1878 in Novazzano; † after 1919 there), grandson of Francesco, cantonal forest inspector and since 1917 major in the general staff; since 1919 commander of the Ticino battalion 95.
- Giuseppe Albisetti (born March 14, 1880 in Novazzano; † after 1916 there), son of Trifone, police director in Lugano , since December 31, 1916 commander of the 175 farmers' battalion.
- Giuseppe Crivelli (born October 5, 1900 in Uggiate , † November 17, 1975 in Grenchen ), from Novazzano, priest, head of the Caritas Center in Lucerne , board member of Pro Juventute and Pro Infirmis
- Anita Spinelli or Annita Giuseppina Corti (born January 8, 1908 in Balerna , † March 24, 2010 in Mendrisio ) from Breggia, painter active in Pignora (Novazzano municipality)
- Adriano Soldini (born May 21, 1921 in Novazzano; † February 5, 1989 in Lugano), rector, writer and literary critic
- Luigi Cansani (1927–2017), 1951 priest, pianist, organist, lecturer and composer
- Giorgio Morniroli (1936-2017), doctor, politician
- Dario Robbiani (1939–2009), politician, journalist
- Gianstefano Galli (* 1943 in Brissago TI ), teacher, eraser
- Giovanni Soldati (* 1953 in Pedrinate ), lives in Novazzano, teacher, writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini : Alberto de Novazzano. Page 208, digitized version from biblio.unibe.ch/digibern/hist_bibliog_lexikon_schweiz (accessed on May 10, 2017).
- ↑ La redazione: Fontana (TI). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 27, 2007 , accessed January 29, 2020 .
- ^ Carlo Stefano Fontana at archive.org/stream (accessed December 1, 2016).
- ↑ Girolamo Fontana at archive.org/stream (accessed December 1, 2016).
- ↑ Francesco Fontana at archive.org/stream (accessed December 1, 2016).
- ↑ Ursula Stevens: Francesco Fontana. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Ursula Stevens: Giuseppe Fontana senior. In: tessinerkuenstler-ineuropa.ch. Retrieved March 18, 2016 .
- ^ Celestino Trezzini: Carlo Albisetti. P. 212 (PDF biblio.unibe.ch , accessed on May 11, 2017).
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Pietro Albisetti. P. 212, (PDF biblio.unibe.ch , accessed on May 11, 2017).
- ^ Celestino Trezzini: Carlo Albisetti. P. 212, 213 (PDF biblio.unibe.ch , accessed on May 11, 2017).
- ↑ Celestino Trezzini: Giuseppe Albisetti. P. 212, 213 (PDF biblio.unibe.ch , accessed on May 11, 2017).
- ^ Victor Conzemius : Giuseppe Crivelli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 11, 2004 , accessed February 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Monique Luzzani: Anita Spinelli. In: Sikart (status: 2011) , accessed January 4, 2016.
- ↑ Annita Spinelli career on sohesi.ch/
- ^ Pio Fontana: Adriano Soldini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 14, 2013 , accessed January 29, 2020 .
- ↑ Luigi Cansani on ricercamusica.ch
- ↑ Friends of Atelier Calcografico von Novazzano on aaac-ticino.ch (accessed on: June 11, 2016.)
- ^ Giovanni Soldati (Italian) in bibliomedia.ch, accessed December 27, 2015.