List of people from Turin

A

• Adelaide of Susa, princess.
• Africa Unite, musical group.
• Piero Aggradi, footballer.
• Andrea Agnelli, former president of Juventus.
• Edoardo Agnelli, industrialist.
• Gianni Agnelli, industrialist.
• Giovanni Agnelli, industrialist.
• Umberto Agnelli, industrialist.
• Marisa Allasio, actress.
• Amadeo I of Spain, Italian prince, King of Spain, 1870 to 1873.
• Giuliano Amato, politician.
• Fausto Amodei, singer-songwriter.
• Felice Andreasi, actor.
• Piero Angela, journalist, television presenter, writer, popularizer of science.
• Alessandro Antonelli, architect.
• Giovanni Arpino, writer.
• Guido Ascoli, mathematician.
• Amedeo Avogadro, scientist.
• Gigi D'Agostino, composer, singer, DJ.
• Massimo d’Azeglio, politician, writer, painter.

B

• Cesare Balbo, writer and politician.
• Giacomo Balla, painter.
• Franco Balmamion, cyclist, two-time winner of the giro d’Italia.
• Giuseppe Baretti, writer and critic.
• Alessandro Barbero, historian.
• Alessandro Baricco, writer.
• Francesco Bagnaia, Grand Prix motorcycle world champion.
• Giambatista Beccaria, physicist.
• Camillo Benso, Conte di Cavour, politician.
• Livio Berruti, athlete.
• Fausto Bertinotti, politician and trade unionist.
• Nuccio Bertone, automobile designer and constructor.
• Roberto Bettega, footballer, manager.
• Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, founder of an automobile museum.
• Norberto Bobbio, philosopher.
• Giorgio Bocca, partisan, journalist, writer.
• Carlo Bodro, organist and composer.
• Alessio Boggiatto, swimmer.
• Ernesto Bonino, singer.
• Giampiero Boniperti, footballer, manager.
• Bartolomeo Bosco, illusionist.
• Giovanni Bosco, saint and founder of the Salesians.
• Carlo Bossoli, painter.
• Arturo Brachetti, quick-change artist.
• Mercedes Bresso, politician.
• Benedetto Brin, naval administrator and politician.
• Carla Bruni, model, singer.
• Ada Bursi, architect
• Fred Buscaglione, singer.
• Alessandro Butti, type designer.

C

• Giuseppe Cafasso, saint.
• Italo Calvino, writer.
• Mauro German Camoranesi, footballer.
• Gaspare Campari, inventor of the drink Campari.
• Carlo Alberto, King of Sardinia.
• Alfredo Casella, composer and musician.
• Valentino Castellani, mayor and director of the Olympic committee.
• Felice Casorati, painter.
• Giorgio Ceragioli, engineer.
• Giuseppe Cerutti, French-Italian author and politician.
• Luigi Palma di Cesnola, soldier, diplomat and archaeologist.
• Cristina Chiabotto, Miss Italia, television presenter.
• Piero Chiambretti, television presenter.
• Sergio Chiamparino, mayor of Turin.
• Guido Chiesa, director.
• Francesco Cirio, entrepreneur.
• Gustavo Colonnetti, mathematician and engineer.
• Gianpiero Combi, footballer; goalkeeper for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934.
• Giovanni Conso, jurist and politician.
• Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie, general, French royalist and ubiquitous military commander.
• Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo, saint and founder of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza.
• Roberto Cravero, footballer.
• Leon Croizat, scientist.

D

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

E

• Umberto Eco, writer.
• Eiffel 65, musical group.
• Antonella Elia, actress, television presenter.
• Giulio Einaudi, editor, founder of the publishers Einaudi.
• Ludovico Einaudi, musician, composer.
• Luigi Einaudi, economist, politician, President of the Republic.
• Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy.

F

• Francesco Faà di Bruno, army officer, scientist, mathematician and priest.
• Giorgio Faletti, comic, writer.
• Ugo Fano, scientist.
• Giuseppe Farina, Formula 1 world champion.
• Battista Farina, entrepreneur.
• Piero Fassino, politician.
• Beppe Fenoglio, writer.
• Giuliano Ferrara, journalist and politician.
• Davide Ferrario, film director.
• Galileo Ferraris, scientist.
• Lorenzo Ferrero, composer.
• Pietro Ferrero, entrepreneur.
• Nunzio Filogamo, the first Italian radio and television presenter.
• Giorgia Fiorio, photographer.
• Luigi Firpo, historian.
• Vittorio Foa, politician.
• Pier Giorgio Frassati, Roman Catholic saint.
• Massimiliano Frezzato, comic book author.
• Carlo Fruttero, writer.
• Guido Fubini, mathematician.
• Margherita Fumero, television comic and theatrical actor.

G

• Giuseppe Marello, Catholic bishop and Saint.
• Giuseppe Gabrielli, scientist.
• Ricardo Galeazzi, surgeon.
• Luciano Gallino, sociologist.
• Sonia Gandhi, politician.
• Marcello Gandini, car designer.
• Gabriel Garko, actor.
• Stanislao Gastaldon, composer.
• Giacinto Ghia, coachbuilder.
• Giuseppe Giacosa, poet, playwright, and librettist.
• Massimo Giletti, television presenter.
• Natalia Ginzburg, writer.
• Vincenzo Gioberti, philosopher and politician.
• Giovanni Giolitti, politician.
• Sebastian Giovinco, footballer.
• Piero Gobetti, politician.
• Cesare Goffi, professional footballer.
• Guido Gozzano, poet.
• Arturo Graf, poet and literary historian.
• Antonio Gramsci, politician, writer.
• Piero Gros, skier.
• Guarino Guarini, architect.
• Count Angelo De Gubernatis, man of letters.
• Ambra Gutierrez, model.

I

• Massimo Introvigne, attorney and founder of the Center for Studies on New Religions.

J

• Giacomo Jaquerio, painter.
• Filippo Juvarra, architect.

L

• Alberto La Marmora, general, politician.
• Joseph Louis Lagrange, mathematician.
• Vincenzo Lancia, industrialist.
• Luigi Lavazza, founder of the Lavazza coffee manufacturers.
• Gad Lerner, journalist.
• Gabriella Lettini, Waldensian pastor, ethicist, and feminist theologian.
• Carlo Levi, writer, painter.
• Primo Levi, chemist, writer.
• Rita Levi Montalcini, biologist, senator for life, Nobel prizewinner.
• Luciana Littizzetto, actress.
• Cesare Lombroso, scientist.
• Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, House of Savoy.
• Franco Lucentini, writer.
• Salvador Luria, scientist, Nobel prize winner.

M

• Erminio Macario, actor.
• Marco Maccarini, television presenter.
• Joseph de Maistre, lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher.
• Claudio Marchisio, footballer.
• Carlo Marochetti RA, Italian-born French sculptor.
• Ugo Martinat, politician.
• Enrico Martino, photojournalist.
• Mau Mau, band.
• Ezio Mauro, journalist, current editor of La Repubblica.
• Maximus of Turin, saint and father of the Church; the first known bishop of Turin.
• Sandro Mazzola, footballer.
• Valentino Mazzola, footballer.
• Juste-Aurèle Meissonier, goldsmith, sculptor and furniture designer.
• Luigi Meroni, footballer.
• Mario Merz, artist.
• Pietro Micca, soldier.
• Gianni Minà, journalist.
• Luciano Moggi, director of Juventus F.C.
• Carlo Mollino, architect.
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, entrepreneur.
• Franco Morzone, footballer.
• Placido Mossello, painter.
• Leonardo Murialdo, saint.

N

• Giulio Natta, chemist, Nobel prizewinner.
• Cesare Nay, footballer.
• Ugo Nespolo, painter.
• Diego Novelli, politician.
• Aldo Novarese, type designer.
• Alberto Naska, racing driver and content creator.

P

• Giancarlo Pajetta, politician.
• Vilfredo Pareto, sociologist, economist and philosopher.
• Alba Parietti, television presenter.
• Carlo Parola, footballer.
• Giovanni Pastrone, director.
• Giuseppe Patrucco, retired footballer.
• Cesare Pavese, writer.
• Rita Pavone, singer.
• Giuseppe Peano, mathematician.
• Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, painter.
• Carlo Petrini, founder of the International Slow Food Movement.
• Sergio Pininfarina, entrepreneur, senator for life.
• Gilberto Pogliano, former professional footballer.
• Gabry Ponte, DJ and member of Eiffel 65.
• Vittorio Pozzo, football coach; coach for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938.
• Carola Prosperi, writer, feminist and journalist.
• Gaetano Pugnani, violinist and composer.

Q

• Lidia Quaranta, actress.

R

• Carol Rama, artist.
• Tullio Regge, scientist, Albert Einstein Medal recipient.
• Righeira, music duo.
• Johnson Righeira, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor.
• Michael Righeira, singer-songwriter, musician, actor.
• Marco Rizzo, politician.
• Stefania Rocca, actress.
• Gianni Rodari, writer.
• Medardo Rosso, sculptor.

S

• Emilio Salgari, writer.
• Giuseppe Saragat, politician, President of the Republic.
• Massimo Scaglione, director.
• Gaetano Scirea, footballer.
• Quintino Sella, politician, entrepreneur.
• Dani Sénna, footballer.
• Vincenzo Seratrice the Elder, painter.
• Andrea Laszlo De Simone, musician.
• Leone Sinigaglia, composer, mountaineer.
• Ascanio Sobrero, chemist, discovered Nitroglycerin.
• Mario Soldati, writer, director.
• Germain Sommeiller, civil engineer.
• Piero Sraffa, economist.
• Subsonica, rock band.

T

• Francesco Tamagno, operatic tenor.
• Armando Testa, graphic artist.
• Umberto Tozzi, singer.
• Marco Travaglio, journalist.
• Alex Treves, Italian-born American Olympic fencer.
• Teresina Tua, violinist.
• Emma Turolla, operatic soprano.

U

• Umberto I, King of Italy.

V

• Raf Vallone, footballer, partisan, journalist and stage and screen actor.
• Ferruccio Valobra, soldier, antifascist and partisan.
• Cristina Vane, country blues singer, guitarist, banjoist and songwriter.
• Arturo Varvelli, researcher.
• Gianni Vattimo, philosopher and politician.
• Simona Ventura, television presenter.
• Luciano Violante, politician.
• Vittorio Amedeo I, Duke of Savoy.
• Vittorio Amedeo II, King of Sardinia.
• Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy.
• Walter Volpatto, motion picture colourist.

W

• William VII of Montferrat, Marquess.