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  • Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti
    Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti
    Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti was born at Gambarana, near Pavia in 1822. A famous friend of Corti's father, Antonio Scarpa, may have kindled his boyhood interest in anatomy and medicine. As a medical student he enrolled first at the University of Pavia. Corti's favorite study there was...

     (1822–1876), Italian anatomist (see also Organ of Corti
    Organ of Corti
    The organ of Corti is the organ in the inner ear of mammals that contains auditory sensory cells, or "hair cells."The organ was named after the Italian anatomist Marquis Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti , who conducted microscopic research of the mammaliean auditory system.-Structure and function:The...

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  • Antonio Corti
    Antonio Corti
    Hugo Antonio Corti is a retired boxer from Argentina, who competed in the middleweight division . He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was stopped in the second round by Yugoslavia's Damir Škaro...

     (born 1963), Argentine boxer
  • Axel Corti
    Axel Corti
    Axel Corti was an Austrian writer and director.- Life :...

     (1933-1993), Austrian writer and film director
  • Claudio Corti (climber), Italian mountaineer
  • Eugenio Corti
    Eugenio Corti
    Eugenio Corti is an Italian writer. After participating in the Italian retreat from Russia in World War II, he joined the Italian Freedom Fighters...

     (born 1921), Italian novelist
  • Jesse Corti
    Jesse Corti
    Jesse Corti is an American voice actor, perhaps best known as Lefou in the 1991 Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast. He has appeared on several popular TV shows such as 24, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, West Wing, Judging Amy, Law & Order and many more...

    , U.S. voice actor
  • Lodovico, Count Corti
    Lodovico, count Corti
    Lodovico, Count Corti , Italian diplomat, was born at Gambarano.Early involved with Benedetto Cairoli in anti-Austrian conspiracies, he was exiled to Turin, where he entered the Piedmontese foreign office...

     (1823-1888), Italian diplomat
  • Lucille Teasdale-Corti
    Lucille Teasdale-Corti
    Lucille Teasdale-Corti, was a Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who worked in Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.-Early life in Canada:...

     (1929-1996), Canadian physician and international aid worker

Other

  • José Corti
    José Corti
    José Corti is a book shop and publishing house located in Paris, France, and was founded in 1925.It is named after its founder, José Corticchiato ; it is one of France's most prestigious and low-profile independent publishing houses...

    , a Paris library and publishing house
  • Organ of Corti
    Organ of Corti
    The organ of Corti is the organ in the inner ear of mammals that contains auditory sensory cells, or "hair cells."The organ was named after the Italian anatomist Marquis Alfonso Giacomo Gaspare Corti , who conducted microscopic research of the mammaliean auditory system.-Structure and function:The...

    , an organ in the inner ear of mammals
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