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-times 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 & 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), a 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.

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 prizewinner.

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), an 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.
 * 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.

W

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