List of people from Turin

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

A

Alessandro Antonelli

• 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
• Giuliano Amato (born 1938), politician
• Fausto Amodei (born 1935), singer-songwriter
• Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), actor
• Piero Angela (born 1928), 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
• Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967), composer, singer, dj
• Massimo d’Azeglio (1798–1866), politician, writer, painter

B

• Cesare Balbo (1789–1853), politician
• Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), painter
• Franco Balmamion (born 1940), cyclist, two-times winner of the giro d’Italia
• Giuseppe Baretti (1719–1789), writer
• Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), writer
• Giambatista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist
• Camillo Benso (1810–1861), conte di Cavour, politician
• 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
• 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
• Carla Bruni (born 1968), model, singer
• Fred Buscaglione (1921–1960), singer

C

• Giuseppe Cafasso (1811–1860), saint
• Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (1832–1911), general, French royalist and military commander for various countries
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

E

Luigi Einaudi

• 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
• Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), economist, politician, President of the Republic
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), musician, composer
• Emanuele Filiberto (1528–1580), Duke of Savoy

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), pilot, 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

Antonio Gramsci

• Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), scientist
• Luciano Gallino (1927–2015), sociologist
• Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), politician
• Gabriel Garko (born 1974), actor
• Gabriele Ponte (born 1982), DJ, Producer
• 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), politician
• 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
• Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), politician, writer
• Piero Gros (born 1954), sciatore
• Guarino Guarini (1624–1683), architect
• Ambra Gutierrez (born May 15, 1992), model
• Ricardo Galeazzi (1866-1952), Surgeon
• Gabriele Ponte (born April 20, 1973), DJ, Member of Eiffel 65

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
• Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (1736–1813), mathematician
• 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
• Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), writer
• Salvador Luria (1912–1991), scientist, Nobel prizewinner

M

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

• Erminio Macario (1902–1980), actor
• Marco Maccarini (born 1976), television presenter
• Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821), lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher
• Claudio Marchisio (born 1986), footballer
• Enrico Martino, 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
• Ugo Martinat (1942–2009), politician
• Sandro Mazzola (born 1942), footballer
• Valentino Mazzola (1919–1949), footballer
• Luigi Meroni (1943–1967), footballer
• Mario Merz (1925–2003), artist
• Pietro Micca (1677–1706), soldier
• Gianni Minà (born 1938), 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
• Leonardo Murialdo (1828–1900), saint

N

• Giulio Natta (1903–1979), chemist, Nobel prizewinner
• Cesare Nay (1925–1994), footballer
• Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter

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

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Johnson Righeira

• 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
• Dani Sénna (born 1991), footballer
• Andrea Laszlo De Simone (born 1986), musician
• Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944), composer, mountaineer
• Ascanio Sobrero (1812–1888), chemist
• 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
• Teresina Tua (1866–1956), violinist
• 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
• Emma Turolla (1858–1943), operatic soprano

U

• Umberto I (1844–1900), king of Italy

V

Victor Emmanuel II

• 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
• Gianni Vattimo (born 1936), philosopher and politician
• Simona Ventura (born 1965), television presenter
• Luciano Violante (born 1941), politician
• Vittorio Amedeo I (1587–1637), Duke of Savoy
• Vittorio Amedeo II (1666–1732), King of Sardinia
• Vittorio Emanuele II (1820–1878), King of Italy

W

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