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.
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 (1942–2026), 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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