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Giulia Tofana

1581 - 1651

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Giulia Tofana (also spelled Toffana, Tophana, Tophania) (died in Rome, 1651) was an Italian professional poisoner. She sold a poison called Aqua Tofana (supposedly invented by Thofania d'Adamo, who may have been Giulia's mother) to women who wanted to murder their husbands. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giulia Tofana is the 222nd most popular businessperson (up from 249th in 2019), the 1,898th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,128th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Giulia Tofana ranks 222 out of 847. Before her are Maurice de Hirsch, Stockton Rush, John Jacob Astor, Joe Weider, Tomáš Baťa, and Vincenzo Lancia. After her are Arthur D. Levinson, Axel Springer, Dieter Schwarz, Dhirubhai Ambani, Rosalía Mera, and Thomas Lipton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1581, Giulia Tofana ranks 7. Before her are Vincent de Paul, False Dmitry I, Domenichino, Bernardo Strozzi, James Ussher, and Peter Claver. After her are Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Hendrik Brouwer, Edmund Gunter, Frans Francken the Younger, and Jean du Vergier de Hauranne. Among people deceased in 1651, Giulia Tofana ranks 10. Before her are Lennart Torstensson, Tokugawa Iemitsu, Abraham Bloemaert, Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Anna Catherine Constance Vasa, and Tugay Bey. After her are Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, Cornelis de Vos, Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Heinrich Albert, and Henry Ireton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giulia Tofana ranks 1,898 out of 5,161. Before her are Isabella of Savoy (1591), Domitia (null), Appius Claudius Crassus (-550), Vincenzo Lancia (1881), Marino Marini (1901), and Eugene de Blaas (1843). After her are Humbert II, Count of Savoy (1065), Raginpert (662), Eugenio Beltrami (1835), Andrea Sansovino (1467), Michele Sanmicheli (1484), and Giovanni Mocenigo (1409).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Italy

Among businesspeople born in Italy, Giulia Tofana ranks 13. Before her are Piero Ferrari (1945), Massimo Moratti (1945), Michele Ferrero (1925), Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (1421), Adriano Galliani (1944), and Vincenzo Lancia (1881). After her are Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947), Marcel Bich (1914), Aurelio Peccei (1908), Stefano Casiraghi (1960), Mino Raiola (1967), and Francesco Baracca (1888).

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