List of Famous people with last name Bignami

Giovanni Bignami

First Name Giovanni

Last Name Bignami

Born on April 10, 1944

Died on May 25, 2017 (aged 73)

Born in Italy, Lombardy

Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami was an Italian physicist. From March 2007 until August 2008, he was Chairman of the Italian Space Agency. Between 2010 and 2014, he was the first Italian to chair the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), and from 2011 until 2015, he was President of INAF. He was also the chairman of the SKA project. He was married to fellow Italian astrophysicist Patrizia A. Caraveo.

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Amico Bignami

First Name Amico

Last Name Bignami

Born on April 15, 1862

Died on September 8, 1929 (aged 67)

Born in Italy, Emilia-Romagna

Amico Bignami was an Italian physician, pathologist, malariologist and sceptic. He was professor of pathology at University of Rome. His most important scientific contribution was in the discovery of transmission of human malarial parasite in the mosquito.

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