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Franchetti is a jewish noblefamily in Italy, it came from Tunisia in the 1700s.
- Abramo Franchetti
- Giuseppe Franchetti (ca. 1725–after 1796), textile merchant in Tunisia,[1] m. Diamanta Baruch[2]
- Reuben (Raimondo) Franchetti (Tunisia, ?–Livorno, 1828)[3] m. Isabella Kohen Laras (Trieste, 1776–after 1841)[4]
- Abramo Franchetti (Livorno, 1805–Torino, 1887) bankier and baron, m. Allegra Levi Sonsino (Livorno, 1810–Torino, 1875).[5]
- Raimondo Franchetti (Livorno, 1828–Reggio Emilia, 1905)[6] m. Sara Louise Rotschild (Frankfurt, 1834–Venezia, 1924)[7] daughter of Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, banker. Sara & Raimondo lived at 1878–1922 in Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti in Venezia.
- Alberto Franchetti (Torino, 1860–Viareggio, 1942) opera singer and director,[8] m. Margherita Levy (Reggio Emilia, 1865–Coviolo, 1938)[9]; m. Chiara Marini (Florence, 1903–Firenze, 1983)[10]
- Raimondo Franchetti (Firenze, 1889–Cairo, 1935, plane crash) explorer, m. 1920 to countess Bianca Moceniga Rocca (Venezia, 1901–Roma, 1958).[11]
- Lauretana (Venezia, 1923–Treviso, 1955, tuberculosis)[12], nicknamed "Simba" (swahili for Lion), gave fertility advice to Audrey Hepburn
- Lorian (Venezia, 1924–Roma, 2010), m. Loffredo Gaetani dell'Acquila d'Aragona Lovatelli. Good friend of Audrey Hepburn
- Raimondo Nanuk Franchetti (Paris, 1926–Venezia, 1997)[13], nicknamed "Nanuk" for white bear. Was a friend of author Ernest Hemingway, who hunted with him in Caorle Lagoon.
- Afdera Franchetti (Preganzol, 1931–)[14] named after Afdera (volcano), m. Howard Taylor 1954–57; 1957–61 to Henry Fonda (whom Audrey Hepburn had introduced)
- Arnold Franchetti (Lucca, 1911–Connecticut, 1993) composer, emigrated to USA.
- Raimondo Franchetti (Firenze, 1889–Cairo, 1935, plane crash) explorer, m. 1920 to countess Bianca Moceniga Rocca (Venezia, 1901–Roma, 1958).[11]
- Giorgio Gioacchino Franchetti (Torino, 1865–Venezia, 1922, suicide)[15] pianist, composer, art who in 1894 bought Ca' d'Oro and established Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, m. Marion von Hornstein (Munchen, 1870–Florence, 1948).[16]
- Carlo Franchetti (Vienna, 1896–Treviso, 1953)[17] m. Virginia Merighi di Jesi (Vienna, 1896–?)[18]
- Giorgio Franchetti (Roma, 1920–ca. 2005), patron to brother-in-law and artist Cy Twombly
- Luisa Tatiana Franchetti (Roma, 1934–Roma, 2010)[19] m. 1959 (ended 1964) to Cy Twombly (Lexington, Va., 1928–Roma, 2011), painter
- Cyrus Alessandro Twombly (Roma, 1959–), painter
- Carlo Franchetti (Vienna, 1896–Treviso, 1953)[17] m. Virginia Merighi di Jesi (Vienna, 1896–?)[18]
- Alberto Franchetti (Torino, 1860–Viareggio, 1942) opera singer and director,[8] m. Margherita Levy (Reggio Emilia, 1865–Coviolo, 1938)[9]; m. Chiara Marini (Florence, 1903–Firenze, 1983)[10]
- Raimondo Franchetti (Livorno, 1828–Reggio Emilia, 1905)[6] m. Sara Louise Rotschild (Frankfurt, 1834–Venezia, 1924)[7] daughter of Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, banker. Sara & Raimondo lived at 1878–1922 in Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti in Venezia.
- Isach Franchetti (Livorno, 1808–Firenze, 1875),[20] bankier, m. Elena Tedeschi (Genova, 1820–?)[21]
- Leopoldo Franchetti (Livorno, 1847–Roma, 1917, suicide?) [22] lawyer, writer m. Alice Hallgarten (New York, 1874–Leysin, Ch., 1911)
- Abramo Franchetti (Livorno, 1805–Torino, 1887) bankier and baron, m. Allegra Levi Sonsino (Livorno, 1810–Torino, 1875).[5]
- Reuben (Raimondo) Franchetti (Tunisia, ?–Livorno, 1828)[3] m. Isabella Kohen Laras (Trieste, 1776–after 1841)[4]
- Giuseppe Franchetti (ca. 1725–after 1796), textile merchant in Tunisia,[1] m. Diamanta Baruch[2]
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Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
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Leopoldo Franchetti (1847–1917), writer