candidate: Other notable Forlivese people are : Alessandro Cortini , one - half of modwheelmood and keyboard player in Nine Inch Nails Ercole Baldini Ilario Bandini , constructor of performance sports and race cars Flavio Biondo Cesare Hercolani Giovanni Battista Cirri Alexander De Franciscis , Bishop of Forlì ( 1594–1597 ) Geronimo Mercuriali Giovanni Battista Morgagni Aurelio Saffi Giulietta Simionato , operatic mezzo - soprano , 1910–2010 Gino Mattarelli , politician Claudio Chieffo , Catholic singer - songwriter Caterina Sforza In the period from between 1265 and 1 May 1315 , Peregrino Laziosi lived in Forlì .