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Rudolph Valentino
(same as Rodolpho Valentino, Rudolph Valentine)

Born 6 May 1895 in Castellaneta, Italy,
as Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina d’Antonguolla.
Died 23 August 1926 in New York, New York, USA, of complications from operation for appendicitis and peritonitis.

Son of Giovanni d’Antonguolla and Beatrice Gabriela Barbin.

Married actress Jean Acker, 5 November 1919; divorced, 4 March 1923.
Married designer Natacha Rambova, 17 March 1923; divorced, 19 January 1926.

References: Website-IMDb.