# List of people from Turin

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

## A

* 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.
* Amadeo I of Spain (1845–1890), Italian prince, King of Spain, 1870 to 1873.
* Giuliano Amato (born 1938), politician.
* Fausto Amodei (born 1935), singer-songwriter.
* Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), actor.
* Piero Angela (1928–2022), 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), writer and politician.
* Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), painter.
* Franco Balmamion (born 1940), cyclist, two-time winner of the giro d’Italia.
* Giuseppe Baretti (1719–1789), writer and critic.
* Alessandro Barbero (born 1959), historian.
* Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), writer.
* Francesco Bagnaia (born 1997), Grand Prix motorcycle world champion.
* 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.
* Carlo Bodro (1841–c. 1900), organist and composer.
* 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.
* Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), naval administrator and politician.
* Carla Bruni (born 1968), model, singer.
* Fred Buscaglione (1921–1960), singer.
* Alessandro Butti (1893–1959), type designer.

## C

* Giuseppe Cafasso (1811–1860), saint.
* 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 and musician.
* Valentino Castellani (born 1940), mayor and director of the Olympic committee.
* Felice Casorati (1883–1963), painter.
* Giorgio Ceragioli (1930–2008), engineer.
* Giuseppe Cerutti (1738–1792), French-Italian author and politician.
* Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), soldier, diplomat and archaeologist.
* 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.
* Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie (1832–1911), general, French royalist and ubiquitous military commander.
* 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

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

## 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.
* Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), musician, composer.
* Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), economist, politician, President of the Republic.
* 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), 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

* Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), scientist.
* Ricardo Galeazzi (1866–1952), surgeon.
* Luciano Gallino (1927–2015), sociologist.
* Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), politician.
* Marcello Gandini (1938–2024), car designer.
* 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), philosopher and 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), skier.
* Guarino Guarini (1624–1683), architect.
* Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–1913), man of letters.
* Ambra Gutierrez (born 1992), model.

## 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.
* Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy (1749–1792), Princesse de Lamballe, House of Savoy.
* Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), writer.
* Salvador Luria (1912–1991), scientist, Nobel prize winner.

## M

* 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.
* Carlo Marochetti RA (1805–1867), Italian-born French sculptor.
* Ugo Martinat (1942–2009), politician.
* Enrico Martino (born 1948), 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.
* Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695–1750), goldsmith, sculptor and furniture designer.
* Luigi Meroni (1943–1967), footballer.
* Mario Merz (1925–2003), artist.
* Pietro Micca (1677–1706), soldier.
* Gianni Minà (1938–2023), 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.
* Placido Mossello (1835–1894), painter.
* Leonardo Murialdo (1828–1900), saint.

## N

* Giulio Natta (1903–1979), chemist, Nobel prizewinner.
* Cesare Nay (1925–1994), footballer.
* Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter.
* Diego Novelli (born 1931), politician.
* Aldo Novarese (1920–1995), type designer.

## 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

* 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.
* Vincenzo Seratrice the Elder (1851–1922), painter.
* Andrea Laszlo De Simone (born 1986), musician.
* Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944), composer, mountaineer.
* Ascanio Sobrero (1812–1888), chemist, discovered Nitroglycerin.
* 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.
* Alex Treves (1929–2020), Italian-born American Olympic fencer.
* Teresina Tua (1866–1956), violinist.
* Emma Turolla (1858–1943), operatic soprano.

## U

* Umberto I (1844–1900), King of Italy.

## V

* 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.
* Arturo Varvelli (born 1976), researcher.
* Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023), 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.
* Walter Volpatto (born 1971), motion picture colourist

## W

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