List of people from Turin
List of people associated with the city of Turin, and its environs:
(in alphabetical order)
A
- Adelaide of Susa (1016-1091) princess
- Africa Unite musical group
- Giovanni Agnelli (1866-1945) industrialist
- Edoardo Agnelli (1892-1935) industrialist
- Gianni Agnelli (1921-2003) industrialist
- Umberto Agnelli (1934-2004) industrialist
- Cesare Aimonetti (1868-1950) mathematician
- Marisa Allasio (born 1936) actor
- Giorgio Almirante (1914-1988) politician
- 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
- Mauro Avogadro (born 1951) director
- 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
- Alberto Barbera (born 1950) film critic
- Annamaria Barbera (born 1962) comic actor, known as Sconsolata
- Giuseppe Baretti (1719-1789) writer
- Alessandro Baricco (born 1958) writer
- Giambatista Beccaria (1716-1781) physicist
- Camillo Benso (1810-1861) conte di Cavour, politician
- Matteo Bernardini (born 1983) film and music video director and illustrator
- Vittorio Bersezio (1828-1900) writer
- Fausto Bertinotti (born 1940) politician and trade unionist
- Nuccio Bertone (1914-1997) automobile designer and constructor
- Livio Berruti (born 1939) athlete
- Roberto Bettega (born 1950) footballer, manager
- Piero Bianucci journalist
- Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (1879-1959) founder of an automobile museum
- Norberto Bobbio (1909-2004) philosopher
- Giorgio Bocca (born 1920) partisan, journalist, writer
- Alessio Boggiatto (born 1981) swimmer
- Ernesto Bonino (born 1922) singer
- Giampiero Boniperti (born 1928) 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 saint
- Italo Calvino (1923-1985) writer
- Mauro German Camoranesi Footballer
- Achille Campanini (1906-1984) actor
- Gaspare Campari (born 1828) the inventor of the drink Campari
- Carlo Alberto (1798-1849) King of Sardinia
- Luigi Casale chemist
- Alfredo Casella (1883-1947) musician
- Gian Carlo Caselli (born 1939) magistrate
- Valentino Castellani (born 1940) mayor and director of the Olympic committee
- Felice Casorati (1883-1963) painter
- Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806-1866) politician
- Giorgio Ceragioli (1930-2008) engineer
- Guido Ceronetti (born 1927) writer, poet, playwright
- 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
- Furio Colombo (born 1931) journalist, writer
- 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 (born 1922) 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
- Giuseppe Culicchia (born 1965) writer
D
- Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967) DJ, remixer and music producer
- Guido Davico Bonino (born 1938) theatre critic
- Edmondo De Amicis (1846-1908) writer
- Carlo De Benedetti (born 1934) entrepreneur
- Franco Debenedetti (born 1933) politician
- Giuditta Dembech (born 1947) writer, journalist
- Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974) footballer
- Giovanni De Luna historian
- Carlo di Castellamonte (1560-1641) architect
- Nikolay Diulgheroff (1901-1982), artist
- Renato Dulbecco (born 1914) scientist, Nobel prizewinner
E
- Umberto Eco (born 1932) writer
- Eiffel 65 musical group
- Antonella Elia (born 1963) actor, television presenter.
- Giulio Einaudi (1912-1999) editor, founder of the publishers Einaudi
- Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) economist, politician, President of the Republic
- Ludovico Einaudi (23/11/1955- ) musician, composer
- Emanuele Filiberto (1528-1580) Duke of Savoy
F
- Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825-1888) army officer, scientist, mathematician and priest
- Giorgio Faletti (born 1950) comic, writer
- Ugo Fano (1912-2001) scientist
- Nino Farina (1906-1966) pilot, Formula 1 world champion
- Pinin Farina (1893-1966) entrepreneur
- Gianni Farinetti (born 1953) writer
- Piero Fassino (born 1949) politician
- Beppe Fenoglio (1922-1963) writer
- Davide Ferrario (born 1956) film director
- Giuliano Ferrara (born 1952) journalist and politician
- Galileo Ferraris (1847-1897) scientist
- Ernesto Ferrero (born 1938) writer
- Pietro Ferrero (1898-1949) entrepreneur
- Nunzio Filogamo (1902-2002) the first Italian radio and television presenter
- Luigi Firpo (1915-1989) historian
- Vittorio Foa (born 1910) politician
- Alfredo Frassati - founder of La Stampa
- Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901-1926) Roman Catholic saint
- Massimiliano Frezzato (born 1967) comic book author
- Carlo Fruttero (born 1926) writer
- Guido Fubini (1879–1943) mathematician
- Sandro Fuga (1906-1994) composer
- Margherita Fumero (nata il 1947) television comic and theatrical actor
G
- Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903-1987) scientist
- Alessandro Galante Garrone (1909-2003) jurist and historian, senator for life
- Tancredi Duccio Galimberti (1906-1944) partisan
- Luciano Gallino (born 1927) sociologist
- Sonia Gandhi (born 1946) politician
- Gabriel Garko (born 1974) actor
- Giacinto Ghia (1887-1944) coachbuilder
- Giuseppe Giacosa (1847-1906) poet, playwright and librettist
- Massimo Giletti (born 1962) television presenter
- Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) writer
- Giovanni Giolitti (1842-1928) politician
- Vincenzo Gioberti (1801-1852) politician
- Ada Gobetti (1902-1968) writer, translator
- Piero Gobetti (1901-1926) politician
- Guido Gozzano (1883-1916) poet
- Arturo Graf (1848 - 1913) poet and literary historian
- Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) politician, writer
- Aldo Grasso (born 1948) television critic
- Piero Gros (born 1954) sciatore
- Silvio Geuna (1908–1998) partisan
- Guarino Guarini (1624-1683) architect
- Augusto Guzzo (1894-1986) philosopher
I
- Massimo Introvigne (born 1955) social scientist and founder of the Center for Studies on New Religions
J
- Giacomo Jaquerio (c.1380-1453) painter
- Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736) architect
L
- Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (1736-1813) mathematician
- Davide Lajolo (1912-1984) politician, journalist
- Alberto La Marmora generale, politician
- Vincenzo Lancia (1881-1937) industrialist
- Mario Lattes (1923-2001) painter, writer, editor
- Luigi Lavazza (1859-1949) founder of the Lavazza coffee manufacturers
- Gad Lerner (born 1954) journalist
- Gabriella Lettini (born 1968) theologian
- Carlo Levi (1902-1975) writer, painter
- Primo Levi (1919-1987) chemist, writer
- Rita Levi Montalcini (born 1909) biologist, senator for life, Nobel prizewinner
- Luciana Littizzetto (born 1964) actor
- Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909) scientist
- Franco Lucentini (1920-2002) writer
- Salvador Luria (1912-1991) scientist, Nobel prizewinner
M
- Erminio Macario (1902-1980) actor
- Olderico Manfredi II, marchese of Turin
- Mau Mau band
- Marco Maccarini (born 1976) television presenter
- Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher
- Enrico Martino photojournalist
- 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
- Luigi Meroni (1943-1967) footballer
- Mario Merz (1925-2003) artist
- Pietro Micca (1677-1706) soldier
- Massimo Mila (1910-1988) journalist and music critic
- 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
- Leonardo Murialdo (1828-1900) saint
N
- Carlo Antonio Napione (1756-1814) chemist
- Giulio Natta (1903–1979) chemist
- Ugo Nespolo (born 1941) painter
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) philosopher
- Richard Nissotti (born 1938 Torino cittá) (Riccardo Nissotti) American aerospace-engineer, research-scientist, innovator
O
- Achille Occhetto (born 1936) politician
- Oddone (1010–1060) Count of Savoy
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950) mathematician
- Ernesto Olivero (born 1940) founder of SERvizio MIssionario Giovani (SERVIG)
- Adriano Olivetti (1901-1960) entrepreneur
- Gianpaolo Ormezzano journalist, editor of Tuttosport
P
- Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923) sociologist, economist and philosopher
- Giancarlo Pajetta (1911-1990) politician
- Alba Parietti (born 1961) television presenter
- Carlo Parola (1921-2000) footballer
- Alessandro Passerin d'Entrèves (1902-1985) philosopher
- Giovanni Pastrone (1883-1959) director
- Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) writer
- Rita Pavone (born 1945) singer
- Giuseppe Peano (1858-1932) mathematician
- Paolo Pejrone (born 1941) architect
- Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868-1907) painter
- Edoardo Perotti (1824-1870) painter
- Carlo Petrini (born 1949) gastronome, journalist
- Sergio Pininfarina (born 1926) entrepreneur, senator for life
- Gino Piva (1873 – 1946), trade unionist, socialist, journalist, poet
- Giuseppe Pomba (1795-1876) editor, founder of UTET
- Vittorio Pozzo (1886-1968) football coach (coach for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938)
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798) violinist and composer
R
- Enrico Reffo (1831-1917) painter
- Carol Rama (born 1919) artist
- Tullio Regge (born 1931) scientist, Albert Einstein Medal recipient
- Marco Rizzo (born 1959) politician
- Stefania Rocca (born 1971) actor
- Gianni Rodari (1920-1980) writer
- Gustavo Adolfo Rol (1903-1994) practitioner in the field of parapsychology
- Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) sculptor
- Maria Teresa Ruta (born 1960) television presenter
S
- Emilio Salgari (1862-1911) writer
- Giuseppe Saragat (1898-1988) politician, President of the Republic
- Ruggero Savinio (born 1934) painter
- Massimo Scaglione director
- Gaetano Scirea (1953-1989) footballer
- Quintino Sella (1827-1884) politician, entrepreneur
- 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
- Armando Testa (1917-1992) graphic artist
- Umberto Tozzi (born 1952) singer
- Marco Travaglio (born 1964) journalist
U
- Umberto I (1844-1900)) king of Italy
V
- Gabriele Vacis (born 1955) director
- Raf Vallone (1916-2002) footballer, partisan, journalist and stage and screen actor
- 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
Z
- Mario Zucca (born 1955) cabaret performer