2007 in Italy

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Events during the year 2007 in Italy .

Incumbents

• President: Giorgio Napolitano
• Prime Minister: Romano Prodi

Events

• 13 August - Murder of Chiara Poggi ^[1]
• 11 November - Murder of Gabriele Sandri ^[2]

Literature

• The Italian, novel by Sebastiano Vassalli
• Manituana , novel by the writers' collective Wu Ming
• The Track of Sand , novel by Andrea Camilleri

Births

• 17 February – Tara Dragas, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

Eleonora Rossi Drago

• 26 January – Emanuele Luzzati, painter, production designer and animator (b. 1921). ^[3]
• 8 February – Adele Faccio, civil right activist (b. 1920). ^[4]
• 26 February – Angelo Arcidiacono, fencer (b. 1955). ^[5]
• 3 March –

• Osvaldo Cavandoli, cartoonist (b. 1920). ^[6]
• Benito Lorenzi, footballer (b. 1925). ^[7]

• 19 March – Giampaolo Calanchini, fencer (b. 1937). ^[8]
• 21 May – Bruno Mattei, film director, screenwriter and editor (b. 1931) ^[9]
• 23 July – Franco Cuomo, writer (b. 1938). ^[10]
• 24 July – Giorgio Anglesio, fencer (b. 1922). ^[11]
• 6 September – Luciano Pavarotti, operatic tenor (b. 1935).
• 21 September – Mauro Mellano, Italian economist and university professor. ^[12]
• 7 October – Luciana Frassati Gawronska, writer (b. 1902). ^[13]
• 2 December – Eleonora Rossi Drago, actress (b. 1925). ^[14]

See also

• 2007 in Italian television
• List of Italian films of 2007

References

1. Marco, Covacich (27 September 2007). "Garlasco e Cogne come le partite di Coppa". p. 38.
2. "'Murder charge' over fan's death". 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
3. Lane, John Francis (6 April 2007). "Emanuele Luzzati". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 November 2019.
4. "Scompare a 86 anni Adele Faccio paladina dei diritti umani e civili". la Repubblica (in Italian). 9 February 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
5. "Angelo Arcidiacono". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
6. DeMott, Rick (6 March 2007). "La Linea Creator Osvaldo Cavandoli Dies". Animation World Network . Retrieved 10 November 2019.
7. "Inter legend Lorenzi dies". Internazionale Milano. 3 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
8. "Giampaolo Calanchini". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
9. Lentz III, Harris M. (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007. McFarland. p. 241. ISBN   978-0786451913.
10. "La Scomparsa di Franco Cuomo". la Repubblica (in Italian). 24 July 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
11. "Giorgio Anglesio". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
12. Marchetti, Domenico (1997). Productivity and the Business Cycle: Three Essays on U.S. and Polish Manufacturing. Taylor & Francis. p. 13. ISBN   0815327226 . Retrieved 28 November 2015.
13. "Luciana Frassati Grawonska dead at 105". Catholic Culture.org. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
14. "Addio a Eleonora Rossi Drago". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 2 December 2007. Archived from the original on 4 December 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2019.