Baratta

Article summary

Baratta is an occupational surname of Italian origin for a market trader. Notable people with this name include: * Alessandro Baratta (1639–1714), Italian painter and engraver * Anthony Baratta (born 1938), Italian-American mobster * Antonio Baratta (1724–1787), Italian engraver * Carla Baratta (born 1990), Venezuelan actress and model * Carlo Alberto Baratta (1754 – c. 1815), Italian painter * Eumone Baratta (1823 – after 1890), Italian sculptor * Francesco Baratta the elder (c. 1590–1666), Italian Baroque sculptor * Giovanni Baratta (1670–1747), Italian Baroque sculptor * Joseph Baratta (born 1971), American businessman * María de Baratta (1890–1978), Salvadoran ethnomusicologist, composer, and advocate for the preservation of Indigenous heritage * Paolo Baratta (born 1939), Italian economist * Pietro Baratta (1659–1729), Italian Baroque sculptor

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1938 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1971 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355741085