- Zino Francescatti was born on August 9, 1902 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Accord final (1938), Le violon de l'orphéon (1957) and Great Music from Chicago (1959). He died on September 17, 1991 in La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- One of the great classical violinists of the twentieth century. Among his recordings are Saint-Saens's famous and popular "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso", with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6704 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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