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