List of Famous people with last name Eco

Umberto Eco

First Name Umberto

Born on January 5, 1932

Died on February 19, 2016 (aged 84)

Born in Italy, Piedmont

Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, cultural critic, political and social commentator, and novelist. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory, and Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

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