List of people from Turin

This is a list of people from or associated with the city of Turin, Italy.

A

• Adelaide of Susa (1016–1091), princess.
• Africa Unite, musical group.
• Piero Aggradi (1934-2008), footballer.
• Andrea Agnelli (born 1975), president of Juventus.
• Edoardo Agnelli (1892–1935), industrialist.
• Gianni Agnelli (1921–2003), industrialist.
• Giovanni Agnelli (1866–1945), industrialist.
• Umberto Agnelli (1934–2004), industrialist.
• Marisa Allasio (born 1936), actress.
• Amadeo I of Spain (1845–1890), Italian prince, King of Spain, 1870 to 1873.^[1]
• Giuliano Amato (born 1938), politician.
• Fausto Amodei (born 1935), singer-songwriter.
• Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), actor.
• Piero Angela (1928–2022), journalist, television presenter, writer, popularizer of science.
• Alessandro Antonelli (1798–1888), architect.
• Giovanni Arpino (1927–1987), writer.
• Guido Ascoli (1887–1957), mathematician.
• Amedeo Avogadro (1776–1856), scientist.^[2]
• Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967), composer, singer, dj.
• Massimo d’Azeglio (1798–1866), politician, writer, painter.^[3]

B

• Cesare Balbo (1789–1853), writer and politician.^[4]
• Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), painter.
• Franco Balmamion (born 1940), cyclist, two-times winner of the giro d’Italia.
• Giuseppe Baretti (1719–1789), writer and critic.^[5]
• Alessandro Barbero (born 1959), historian.
• Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), writer.
• Francesco Bagnaia (born 1997), Grand Prix motorcycle world champion.
• Giambatista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist.
• Camillo Benso (1810–1861), Conte di Cavour, politician.^[6]
• Livio Berruti (born 1939), athlete.
• Fausto Bertinotti (born 1940), politician and trade unionist.
• Nuccio Bertone (1914–1997), automobile designer and constructor.
• Roberto Bettega (born 1950), footballer, manager.
• Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (1879–1959), founder of an automobile museum.
• Norberto Bobbio (1909–2004), philosopher.
• Giorgio Bocca (1920–2011), partisan, journalist, writer.
• Carlo Bodro (1841–c. 1900), organist and composer.
• Alessio Boggiatto (born 1981), swimmer.
• Ernesto Bonino (1922–2008), singer.
• Giampiero Boniperti (1928–2021), footballer, manager.
• Bartolomeo Bosco (1793–1863), illusionist.
• Giovanni Bosco (1815–1888), saint and founder of the Salesians.
• Carlo Bossoli (1815–1884), painter.
• Arturo Brachetti (born 1967), quick-change artist.
• Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), politician.
• Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), naval administrator and politician.^[7]
• Carla Bruni (born 1968), model, singer.
• Fred Buscaglione (1921–1960), singer.
• Alessandro Butti (1893–1959), type designer

C

• Giuseppe Cafasso (1811–1860), saint.
• Italo Calvino (1923–1985), writer.
• Mauro German Camoranesi (born 1976), footballer.
• Gaspare Campari (1828–1882), inventor of the drink Campari.
• Carlo Alberto (1798–1849), King of Sardinia.^[8]
• Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), composer & musician.
• Valentino Castellani (born 1940), mayor and director of the Olympic committee.
• Felice Casorati (1883–1963), painter.
• Giorgio Ceragioli (1930–2008), engineer.
• Giuseppe Cerutti (1738–1792), a French-Italian author and politician.^[9]
• Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), soldier, diplomat and archaeologist.^[10]
• Cristina Chiabotto (born 1986), Miss Italia, television presenter.
• Piero Chiambretti (born 1956), television presenter.
• Sergio Chiamparino (born 1948), mayor of Turin.
• Guido Chiesa (born 1959), director.
• Francesco Cirio (1836–1900), entrepreneur.
• Gustavo Colonnetti (1886–1968), mathematician and engineer.
• Gianpiero Combi (1902–1956), footballer; goalkeeper for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934.
• Giovanni Conso (1922–2015), jurist and politician.
• Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (1832–1911), general, French royalist and ubiquitous military commander.
• Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo (1786–1842), saint and founder of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza.
• Roberto Cravero (born 1964), footballer.
• Leon Croizat (1894–1982), scientist.

D

• Luigi Ferdinando Dagnese, novelist.

E

• Umberto Eco (1932–2016), writer.
• Eiffel 65, musical group.
• Antonella Elia (born 1963), actress, television presenter.
• Giulio Einaudi (1912–1999), editor, founder of the publishers Einaudi.
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), musician, composer.
• Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), economist, politician, President of the Republic.
• Emanuele Filiberto (1528–1580), Duke of Savoy.^[11]

F

• Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825–1888), army officer, scientist, mathematician and priest.
• Giorgio Faletti (1950–2014), comic, writer.
• Ugo Fano (1912–2001), scientist.
• Giuseppe Farina (1906–1966), Formula 1 world champion.
• Battista Farina (1893–1966), entrepreneur.
• Piero Fassino (born 1949), politician.
• Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963), writer.
• Giuliano Ferrara (born 1952), journalist and politician.
• Davide Ferrario (born 1956), film director.
• Galileo Ferraris (1847–1897), scientist.
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951), composer.
• Pietro Ferrero (1898–1949), entrepreneur.
• Nunzio Filogamo (1902–2002), the first Italian radio and television presenter.
• Giorgia Fiorio (born 1967), photographer.
• Luigi Firpo (1915–1989), historian.
• Vittorio Foa (1910–2008), politician.
• Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1926), Roman Catholic saint.
• Massimiliano Frezzato (born 1967), comic book author.
• Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012), writer.
• Guido Fubini (1879–1943), mathematician.
• Margherita Fumero (born 1947), television comic and theatrical actor.

G

• Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), scientist.
• Ricardo Galeazzi (1866-1952), Surgeon.
• Luciano Gallino (1927–2015), sociologist.
• Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), politician.
• Marcello Gandini (1938-2024), car designer.
• Gabriel Garko (born 1974), actor.
• Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), composer.
• Giacinto Ghia (1887–1944), coachbuilder.
• Giuseppe Giacosa (1847–1906), poet, playwright, and librettist.
• Massimo Giletti (born 1962), television presenter.
• Natalia Ginzburg (1916–1991), writer.
• Vincenzo Gioberti (1801–1852), philosopher and politician.^[12]
• Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928), politician.
• Sebastian Giovinco (born 1987), footballer.
• Piero Gobetti (1901–1926), politician.
• Cesare Goffi (1920–1995), professional footballer.
• Guido Gozzano (1883–1916), poet.
• Arturo Graf (1848–1913), poet and literary historian.^[13]
• Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), politician, writer.
• Piero Gros (born 1954), skier.
• Guarino Guarini (1624–1683), architect.
• Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–1913), man of letters.^[14]
• Ambra Gutierrez (born 1992), model.

I

• Massimo Introvigne (born 1955), attorney and founder of the Center for Studies on New Religions.

J

• Giacomo Jaquerio (c. 1380–1453), painter.
• Filippo Juvarra (1678–1736), architect.

L

• Alberto La Marmora (1788–1863), general, politician.^[15]
• Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (1736–1813), mathematician.^[16]
• Vincenzo Lancia (1881–1937), industrialist.
• Luigi Lavazza (1859–1949), founder of the Lavazza coffee manufacturers.
• Gad Lerner (born 1954), journalist.
• Gabriella Lettini (born 1968), Waldensian pastor, ethicist, and feminist theologian.
• Carlo Levi (1902–1975), writer, painter.
• Primo Levi (1919–1987), chemist, writer.
• Rita Levi Montalcini (1909–2012), biologist, senator for life, Nobel prizewinner.
• Luciana Littizzetto (born 1964), actress.
• Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), scientist.
• Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy (1749–1792), Princesse de Lamballe, House of Savoy.^[17]
• Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), writer.
• Salvador Luria (1912–1991), scientist, Nobel prizewinner.

M

• Erminio Macario (1902–1980), actor.
• Marco Maccarini (born 1976), television presenter.
• Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821), lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher.^[18]
• Claudio Marchisio (born 1986), footballer.
• Carlo Marochetti RA (1805–1867), an Italian-born French sculptor.^[19]
• Ugo Martinat (1942–2009), politician.
• Enrico Martino (born 1948), photojournalist.
• Mau Mau, band.
• Ezio Mauro (born 1948), journalist, current editor of La Repubblica.
• Maximus of Turin (c. 380 – c. 465), saint and father of the Church; the first known bishop of Turin.
• Sandro Mazzola (born 1942), footballer.
• Valentino Mazzola (1919–1949), footballer.
• Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695–1750), goldsmith, sculptor and furniture designer.^[20]
• Luigi Meroni (1943–1967), footballer.
• Mario Merz (1925–2003), artist.
• Pietro Micca (1677–1706), soldier.^[21]
• Gianni Minà (1938–2023), journalist.
• Luciano Moggi (born 1937), director of Juventus F.C.
• Carlo Mollino (1905–1973), architect.
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (born 1947), entrepreneur.
• Franco Morzone (born 1918), footballer.
• Placido Mossello (1835–1894), painter.
• Leonardo Murialdo (1828–1900), saint.

N

• Giulio Natta (1903–1979), chemist, Nobel prizewinner.
• Cesare Nay (1925–1994), footballer.
• Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter.
• Aldo Novarese (1920–1995), type designer.

P

• Giancarlo Pajetta (1911–1990), politician.
• Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), sociologist, economist and philosopher.
• Alba Parietti (born 1961), television presenter.
• Carlo Parola (1921–2000), footballer.
• Giovanni Pastrone (1883–1959), director.
• Giuseppe Patrucco (born 1932), retired footballer.
• Cesare Pavese (1908–1950), writer.
• Rita Pavone (born 1945), singer.
• Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), mathematician.
• Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868–1907), painter.
• Carlo Petrini (born 1949), founder of the International Slow Food Movement.
• Fabrizio Pinelli (born 1985), footballer.
• Sergio Pininfarina (1926–2012), entrepreneur, senator for life.
• Gilberto Pogliano (born 1908), former professional footballer.
• Gabry Ponte (born 1973), DJ and member of Eiffel 65.
• Vittorio Pozzo (1886–1968), football coach; coach for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938.
• Carola Prosperi (1883 – 1981), writer, feminist and journalist.
• Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798), violinist and composer.

Q

• Lidia Quaranta (1891–1928), actress.

R

• Carol Rama (1918–2015), artist.
• Tullio Regge (1931–2014), scientist, Albert Einstein Medal recipient.
• Righeira, music duo.
• Johnson Righeira (born 1960), singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, actor.
• Michael Righeira (born 1961), singer, songwriter, musician, actor.
• Marco Rizzo (born 1959), politician.
• Stefania Rocca (born 1971), actress.
• Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), writer.
• Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), sculptor.

S

• Emilio Salgari (1862–1911), writer.
• Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988), politician, President of the Republic.
• Massimo Scaglione (1931–2015), director.
• Gaetano Scirea (1953–1989), footballer.
• Quintino Sella (1827–1884), politician, entrepreneur.^[22]
• Dani Sénna (born 1991), footballer.
• Vincenzo Seratrice the Elder (1851–1922), painter.
• Andrea Laszlo De Simone (born 1986), musician.
• Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944), composer, mountaineer.
• Ascanio Sobrero (1812–1888), chemist, discovered Nitroglycerin.^[23]
• Mario Soldati (1906–1999), writer, director.
• Germain Sommeiller (1815–1871), civil engineer.
• Piero Sraffa (1898–1983), economist.
• Subsonica, rock band.

T

• Francesco Tamagno (1850–1905), operatic tenor.
• Armando Testa (1917–1992), graphic artist.
• Umberto Tozzi (born 1952), singer.
• Marco Travaglio (born 1964), journalist.
• Alex Treves (1929–2020), Italian-born American Olympic fencer.
• Teresina Tua (1866–1956), violinist.
• Emma Turolla (1858–1943), operatic soprano.

U

• Umberto I (1844–1900), King of Italy.^[24]

V

• Raf Vallone (1916–2002), footballer, partisan, journalist and stage and screen actor.
• Ferruccio Valobra (1898–1944, soldier, antifascist and partisan.
• Cristina Vane, country blues singer, guitarist, banjoist and songwriter.^[25]
• Arturo Varvelli (born 1976), researcher.
• Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023), philosopher and politician.
• Simona Ventura (born 1965), television presenter.
• Luciano Violante (born 1941), politician.
• Vittorio Amedeo I (1587–1637), Duke of Savoy.^[26]
• Vittorio Amedeo II (1666–1732), King of Sardinia.^[27]
• Vittorio Emanuele II (1820–1878), King of Italy.^[28]

W

• William VII of Montferrat (c. 1240–1292), Marquess.

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