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Carlo Rambaldi

1925 - 2012

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Carlo Rambaldi (September 15, 1925 – August 10, 2012) was an Italian special effects artist, winner of three Oscars: one Special Achievement Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1977 for the 1976 version of King Kong and two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects in 1980 and 1983 for, respectively, Alien (1979) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). He is most famous for his work in those two last mentioned films, that is for the mechanical head-effects for the creature in Alien and the design of the title character of E.T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carlo Rambaldi has received more than 258,745 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Rambaldi is the 28th most popular pirate (down from 25th in 2019), the 2,526th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,573rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Pirate.

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Among PIRATES

Among pirates, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 28 out of 25Before him are Thomas Tew, Edward Low, Jean Lafitte, Cheung Po Tsai, Roche Braziliano, and Grace O'Malley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 186Before him are Kalle Svensson, June Whitfield, Klaus Roth, Yuli Daniel, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Scott Carpenter. After him are Ilie Verdeț, Prosper Grech, Don Alden Adams, Zhores Medvedev, Nonna Mordyukova, and Wojciech Has. Among people deceased in 2012, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 153Before him are J. Christopher Stevens, Lars Hörmander, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Jean Laplanche, Pavel Grachev, and Ivica Horvat. After him are Eve Arnold, Vitaly Vorotnikov, José María Zárraga, Lisa Della Casa, Barry Commoner, and George McGovern.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 2,526 out of 4,668Before him are Gino Paoli (1934), Teodato Ipato (750), Giovanni Sgambati (1841), Reniero Zeno (1250), Taddeo di Bartolo (1362), and Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580). After him are Massimo d'Azeglio (1798), Alberico Gentili (1552), Caterina Boratto (1915), Massimo Ranieri (1951), Joseph the Hymnographer (816), and Gianluigi Saccaro (1938).

Among PIRATES In Italy

Among pirates born in Italy, Carlo Rambaldi ranks 2Before him are Sextus Pompey (-67).