List of people from Turin

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

A

• Adela Adamova (born 1927), ballet dancer.
• Adelaide of Susa (10161091), princess.
• Africa Unite, musical group.
• Piero Aggradi (1934–2008), footballer.
• Andrea Agnelli (born 1975), former president of Juventus.
• Edoardo Agnelli (18921935), industrialist.
• Gianni Agnelli (19212003), industrialist.
• Giovanni Agnelli (18661945), industrialist.
• Umberto Agnelli (19342004), industrialist.
• Marisa Allasio (born 1936), actress.
• Amadeo I of Spain (1845–1890), Italian prince, King of Spain, 1870 to 1873.
• Giuliano Amato (born 1938), politician.
• Fausto Amodei (born 1935), singer-songwriter.
• Felice Andreasi (19282005), actor.
• Piero Angela (1928–2022), journalist, television presenter, writer, popularizer of science.
• Alessandro Antonelli (17981888), architect.
• Giovanni Arpino (19271987), writer.
• Guido Ascoli (18871957), mathematician.
• Amedeo Avogadro (17761856), scientist.
• Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967), composer, singer, DJ.
• Massimo d’Azeglio (17981866), politician, writer, painter.

B

• Cesare Balbo (17891853), writer and politician.
• Giacomo Balla (18711958), painter.
• Franco Balmamion (born 1940), cyclist, two-time winner of the giro d’Italia.
• Giuseppe Baretti (17191789), writer and critic.
• Alessandro Barbero (born 1959), historian.
• Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), writer.
• Francesco Bagnaia (born 1997), Grand Prix motorcycle world champion.
• Giambatista Beccaria (17161781), physicist.
• Camillo Benso (18101861), Conte di Cavour, politician.
• Livio Berruti (born 1939), athlete.
• Fausto Bertinotti (born 1940), politician and trade unionist.
• Nuccio Bertone (19141997), automobile designer and constructor.
• Roberto Bettega (born 1950), footballer, manager.
• Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (1879–1959), founder of an automobile museum.
• Norberto Bobbio (19092004), philosopher.
• Giorgio Bocca (19202011), partisan, journalist, writer.
• Carlo Bodro (1841c. 1900), organist and composer.
• Alessio Boggiatto (born 1981), swimmer.
• Ernesto Bonino (19222008), singer.
• Giampiero Boniperti (1928–2021), footballer, manager.
• Bartolomeo Bosco (17931863), illusionist.
• Giovanni Bosco (18151888), saint and founder of the Salesians.
• Carlo Bossoli (18151884), painter.
• Arturo Brachetti (born 1967), quick-change artist.
• Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), politician.
• Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), naval administrator and politician.
• Carla Bruni (born 1968), model, singer.
• Ada Bursi (1906–1996), architect
• Fred Buscaglione (19211960), singer.
• Alessandro Butti (18931959), type designer.

C

• Giuseppe Cafasso (18111860), saint.
• Italo Calvino (19231985), writer.
• Mauro German Camoranesi (born 1976), footballer.
• Gaspare Campari (18281882), inventor of the drink Campari.
• Carlo Alberto (17981849), King of Sardinia.
• Alfredo Casella (18831947), composer and musician.
• Valentino Castellani (born 1940), mayor and director of the Olympic committee.
• Felice Casorati (18831963), painter.
• Giorgio Ceragioli (19302008), engineer.
• Giuseppe Cerutti (1738–1792), French-Italian author and politician.
• Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), soldier, diplomat and archaeologist.
• 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 (18361900), entrepreneur.
• Gustavo Colonnetti (18861968), mathematician and engineer.
• Gianpiero Combi (19021956), footballer; goalkeeper for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934.
• Giovanni Conso (19222015), jurist and politician.
• Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (18321911), general, French royalist and ubiquitous military commander.
• Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo (17861842), saint and founder of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza.
• Roberto Cravero (born 1964), footballer.
• Leon Croizat (18941982), scientist.

D

• Luigi Ferdinando Dagnese, novelist.
• Dramalove, rock band

E

• Umberto Eco (19322016), writer.
• Eiffel 65, musical group.
• Antonella Elia (born 1963), actress, television presenter.
• Giulio Einaudi (19121999), editor, founder of the publishers Einaudi.
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), musician, composer.
• Luigi Einaudi (18741961), economist, politician, President of the Republic.
• Emanuele Filiberto (15281580), Duke of Savoy.

F

• Francesco Faà di Bruno (18251888), army officer, scientist, mathematician and priest.
• Giorgio Faletti (19502014), comic, writer.
• Ugo Fano (19122001), scientist.
• Giuseppe Farina (19061966), Formula 1 world champion.
• Battista Farina (18931966), entrepreneur.
• Piero Fassino (born 1949), politician.
• Beppe Fenoglio (19221963), writer.
• Giuliano Ferrara (born 1952), journalist and politician.
• Davide Ferrario (born 1956), film director.
• Galileo Ferraris (18471897), scientist.
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951), composer.
• Pietro Ferrero (18981949), entrepreneur.
• Nunzio Filogamo (19022002), the first Italian radio and television presenter.
• Giorgia Fiorio (born 1967), photographer.
• Luigi Firpo (19151989), historian.
• Vittorio Foa (19102008), politician.
• Pier Giorgio Frassati (19011926), Roman Catholic saint.
• Massimiliano Frezzato (born 1967), comic book author.
• Carlo Fruttero (19262012), writer.
• Guido Fubini (18791943), mathematician.
• Margherita Fumero (born 1947), television comic and theatrical actor.

G

• Giuseppe Marello (18441895), Catholic bishop and Saint.
• Giuseppe Gabrielli (19031987), scientist.
• Ricardo Galeazzi (1866–1952), surgeon.
• Luciano Gallino (19272015), sociologist.
• Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), politician.
• Marcello Gandini (1938–2024), car designer.
• Gabriel Garko (born 1974), actor.
• Stanislao Gastaldon (18611939), composer.
• Giacinto Ghia (18871944), coachbuilder.
• Giuseppe Giacosa (18471906), poet, playwright, and librettist.
• Massimo Giletti (born 1962), television presenter.
• Natalia Ginzburg (19161991), writer.
• Vincenzo Gioberti (18011852), philosopher and politician.
• Giovanni Giolitti (18421928), politician.
• Sebastian Giovinco (born 1987), footballer.
• Piero Gobetti (19011926), politician.
• Cesare Goffi (19201995), professional footballer.
• Guido Gozzano (18831916), poet.
• Arturo Graf (18481913), poet and literary historian.
• Antonio Gramsci (18911937), politician, writer.
• Piero Gros (born 1954), skier.
• Guarino Guarini (16241683), architect.
• Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–1913), man of letters.
• 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 (16781736), architect.

L

• Alberto La Marmora (17881863), general, politician.
• Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (17361813), mathematician.
• Vincenzo Lancia (18811937), industrialist.
• Luigi Lavazza (18591949), founder of the Lavazza coffee manufacturers.
• Gad Lerner (born 1954), journalist.
• Gabriella Lettini (born 1968), Waldensian pastor, ethicist, and feminist theologian.
• Carlo Levi (19021975), writer, painter.
• Primo Levi (19191987), chemist, writer.
• Rita Levi Montalcini (19092012), biologist, senator for life, Nobel prizewinner.
• Luciana Littizzetto (born 1964), actress.
• Cesare Lombroso (18351909), scientist.
• Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy (1749–1792), Princesse de Lamballe, House of Savoy.
• Franco Lucentini (19202002), writer.
• Salvador Luria (19121991), scientist, Nobel prize winner.

M

• Erminio Macario (19021980), actor.
• Marco Maccarini (born 1976), television presenter.
• Joseph de Maistre (17531821), lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher.
• Claudio Marchisio (born 1986), footballer.
• Carlo Marochetti RA (1805–1867), Italian-born French sculptor.
• Ugo Martinat (19422009), politician.
• Enrico Martino (born 1948), photojournalist.
• Mau Mau, band.
• Ezio Mauro (born 1948), journalist, current editor of La Repubblica.
• Maximus of Turin (c. 380c. 465), saint and father of the Church; the first known bishop of Turin.
• Sandro Mazzola (born 1942), footballer.
• Valentino Mazzola (19191949), footballer.
• Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695–1750), goldsmith, sculptor and furniture designer.
• Luigi Meroni (19431967), footballer.
• Mario Merz (19252003), artist.
• Pietro Micca (16771706), soldier.
• Gianni Minà(1938–2023), journalist.
• Luciano Moggi (born 1937), director of Juventus F.C.
• Carlo Mollino (19051973), architect.
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (born 1947), entrepreneur.
• Franco Morzone (born 1918), footballer.
• Placido Mossello (1835–1894), painter.
• Leonardo Murialdo (18281900), saint.

N

• Giulio Natta (19031979), chemist, Nobel prizewinner.
• Cesare Nay (19251994), footballer.
• Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter.
• Diego Novelli (born 1931), politician.
• Aldo Novarese (19201995), type designer.
• Alberto Naska (born 1990), racing driver and content creator.

P

• Giancarlo Pajetta (19111990), politician.
• Vilfredo Pareto (18481923), sociologist, economist and philosopher.
• Alba Parietti (born 1961), television presenter.
• Carlo Parola (19212000), footballer.
• Giovanni Pastrone (18831959), director.
• Giuseppe Patrucco (born 1932), retired footballer.
• Cesare Pavese (19081950), writer.
• Rita Pavone (born 1945), singer.
• Giuseppe Peano (18581932), mathematician.
• Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (18681907), painter.
• Carlo Petrini (born 1949), founder of the International Slow Food Movement.
• Sergio Pininfarina (19262012), entrepreneur, senator for life.
• Gilberto Pogliano (born 1908), former professional footballer.
• Gabry Ponte (born 1973), DJ and member of Eiffel 65.
• Vittorio Pozzo (18861968), 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 (17311798), violinist and composer.

Q

• Lidia Quaranta (18911928), actress.

R

• Carol Rama (19182015), artist.
• Tullio Regge (19312014), 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 (19201980), writer.
• Medardo Rosso (18581928), sculptor.

S

• Emilio Salgari (18621911), writer.
• Giuseppe Saragat (18981988), politician, President of the Republic.
• Massimo Scaglione (1931–2015), director.
• Gaetano Scirea (19531989), footballer.
• Quintino Sella (18271884), politician, entrepreneur.
• Dani Sénna (born 1991), footballer.
• Vincenzo Seratrice the Elder (1851–1922), painter.
• Andrea Laszlo De Simone (born 1986), musician.
• Leone Sinigaglia (18681944), composer, mountaineer.
• Ascanio Sobrero (18121888), chemist, discovered Nitroglycerin.
• Mario Soldati (19061999), writer, director.
• Germain Sommeiller (18151871), civil engineer.
• Piero Sraffa (18981983), economist.
• Subsonica, rock band.

T

• Francesco Tamagno (18501905), operatic tenor.
• Armando Testa (19171992), graphic artist.
• Umberto Tozzi (born 1952), singer.
• Marco Travaglio (born 1964), journalist.
• Alex Treves (19292020), Italian-born American Olympic fencer.
• Teresina Tua (18661956), violinist.
• Emma Turolla (18581943), operatic soprano.

U

• Umberto I (18441900), King of Italy.

V

• Raf Vallone (19162002), footballer, partisan, journalist and stage and screen actor.
• Ferruccio Valobra (18981944), soldier, antifascist and partisan.
• Cristina Vane, country blues singer, guitarist, banjoist and songwriter.
• 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 (15871637), Duke of Savoy.
• Vittorio Amedeo II (16661732), King of Sardinia.
• Vittorio Emanuele II (18201878), King of Italy.
• Walter Volpatto (born 1971), motion picture colourist.

W

• William VII of Montferrat (c. 12401292), Marquess.

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