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Piero Angela

1928 - 2022

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Piero Domenico Angela (Italian: [ˈpjɛːro ˈandʒela]; 22 December 1928 – 13 August 2022) was an Italian science journalist, television host, and essayist, with a brief early professional career also as a jazz musician and pianist. He started as a radio reporter, then became a foreign correspondent, and established himself as the host of the RAI newscast. He is best known as the creator and presenter of broadcasting programmes modelled on BBC and David Attenborough documentaries, to whom he has been often compared, and also for his scientific journalism published in numerous publications. Angela wrote thirty-three books, which sold over three million copies, received many honorary degrees, made over sixty documentaries and hundreds of television episodes, won seven Telegattos, and eight times won the national television directing award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Piero Angela is the 4,938th most popular writer (down from 4,513th in 2019), the 3,654th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,451st in 2019) and the 253rd most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Piero Angela ranks 4,938 out of 7,302. Before him are Erica Jong, Ján Hollý, Cynewulf, Roderich Menzel, Turan Dursun, and Bulleh Shah. After him are Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, Dharamvir Bharati, Adolf Brand, Russell Kirk, Dmitry Glukhovsky, and Françoise Mallet-Joris.

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Among people born in 1928, Piero Angela ranks 411. Before him are Harold Becker, Pierre Tchernia, Simón Díaz, Washington Ortuño, Barbara Ann Scott, and Ivar Aronsson. After him are Stanley Mandelstam, Sergey Mergelyan, Fritz Herkenrath, Jacques-Louis Lions, Valentin Muratov, and Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal. Among people deceased in 2022, Piero Angela ranks 395. Before him are Mulayam Singh Yadav, Naci Erdem, Carlos Blixen, Erik Hornung, Robert Durst, and Tony Nash. After him are Rafael Chimishkyan, Carlos Lucas, Andreas Kunz, Ajdar Ismailov, Adriana Hoffmann, and Carmen Herrera.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Piero Angela ranks 3,655 out of 5,161. Before him are Sergio Mantovani (1929), Renzo Minoli (1904), Pierluigi Casiraghi (1969), Amelia Piccinini (1917), Fausto Bertinotti (1940), and Ivan Capelli (1963). After him are Luigi Serafini (1949), Tommaso Lequio di Assaba (1893), Giovanni Battaglin (1951), Gianni Bonichon (1944), Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719), and Andrea Costa (1851).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Piero Angela ranks 253. Before him are Vittoria Aganoor (1855), Vittorio Messori (1941), Aleardo Aleardi (1812), Stefano Benni (1947), Peider Lansel (1863), and Vitaliano Brancati (1907). After him are Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (1719), Giovanni Berchet (1783), Gesualdo Bufalino (1920), Andrea Maffei (1798), Cassandra Fedele (1465), and Carlo Porta (1775).

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