List of people from Turin

List of people from or associated with the city of Turin, and its environs:

A

Adelaide of Susa (1016–1091), princess
Africa Unite, musical group
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
Cesare Aimonetti (1868–1950), mathematician
Marisa Allasio (born 1936), actress
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
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
Matteo Bernardini (born 1983), film and music video director and illustrator
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 (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
Gaspare Campari (born 1828), inventor of the drink Campari
Carlo Alberto (1798–1849), King of Sardinia
Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), musician
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
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 (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

D

Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967), DJ, remixer and music producer
Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908), writer
Carlo De Benedetti (born 1934), entrepreneur
Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), footballer
Beppe Devalle (1940–2013), painter, collagist
Carlo di Castellamonte (1560–1641), architect
Digitalis Purpurea, industrial metal band
Nikolay Diulgheroff (1901–1982), artist
Renato Dulbecco (born 1914), scientist, Nobel prizewinner

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
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 (born 1950), comic, writer
Ugo Fano (1912–2001), scientist
Nino Farina (1906–1966), pilot, Formula 1 world champion
Pinin 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
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
Margherita Fumero (born 1947), television comic and theatrical actor

G

Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), scientist
Luciano Gallino (born 1927), sociologist
Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), politician
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), politician
Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928), politician
Piero Gobetti (1901–1926), politician
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

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

Alberto La Marmora, generale, 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
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), actress
Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), scientist
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
Olderico Manfredi II, marchese of Turin
Maria Antonietta Aloisio (born 1985), Queen of Turin
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
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
Leonardo Murialdo (1828–1900), saint

N

Giulio Natta (1903–1979), chemist
Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), philosopher

O

Achille Occhetto (born 1936), politician
Oddone (1010–1060), Count of Savoy
Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950), mathematician
Adriano Olivetti (1901–1960), entrepreneur
Gianpaolo Ormezzano, journalist, editor of Tuttosport

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
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), gastronome, journalist
Sergio Pininfarina (born 1926), entrepreneur, senator for life
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

Q

Lidia Quaranta (1891-1928), actress

R

Carol Rama (born 1919), artist
Tullio Regge (born 1931), scientist, Albert Einstein Medal recipient
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, 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

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