WikiMili
List of people from Turin
Last updated
August 05, 2025
This is a list of people from or associated with the city of
Turin
,
Italy
.
Contents
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
I
J
L
M
N
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
References
This is a
dynamic list
and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by
adding missing items
with
reliable sources
.
A
Alessandro Antonelli
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.
[
1
]
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.
[
2
]
Gigi D'Agostino
(born 1967), composer, singer, DJ.
Massimo d’Azeglio
(1798
–
1866), politician, writer, painter.
[
3
]
B
Camillo Benso Cavour di Ciseri
Cesare Balbo
(1789
–
1853), writer and politician.
[
4
]
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.
[
5
]
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.
[
6
]
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.
[
7
]
Carla Bruni
(born 1968), model, singer.
Ada Bursi
(1906 – 1996), architect
Fred Buscaglione
(1921
–
1960), singer.
Alessandro Butti
(1893
–
1959), type designer.
C
Carlo Alberto
, ca.1832
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.
[
8
]
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.
[
9
]
Luigi Palma di Cesnola
(1832–1904), soldier, diplomat and archaeologist.
[
10
]
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
Luigi Einaudi
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.
[
11
]
F
Margherita Fumero
, 2010
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
Antonio Gramsci
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.
[
12
]
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.
[
13
]
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.
[
14
]
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
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe
, ca 1776
Alberto La Marmora
(1788
–
1863), general, politician.
[
15
]
Joseph Louis Lagrange
(Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (1736
–
1813), mathematician.
[
16
]
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.
[
17
]
Franco Lucentini
(1920
–
2002), writer.
Salvador Luria
(1912
–
1991), scientist, Nobel prize winner.
M
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo
Erminio Macario
(1902
–
1980), actor.
Marco Maccarini
(born 1976), television presenter.
Joseph de Maistre
(1753
–
1821), lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher.
[
18
]
Claudio Marchisio
(born 1986), footballer.
Carlo Marochetti
RA (1805–1867), Italian-born French sculptor.
[
19
]
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.
[
20
]
Luigi Meroni
(1943
–
1967), footballer.
Mario Merz
(1925
–
2003), artist.
Pietro Micca
(1677
–
1706), soldier.
[
21
]
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.
Alberto Naska
(born 1990), racing driver and content creator.
P
Vittorio Pozzo
, 1920
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
Ascanio Sobrero
, 1860'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.
[
22
]
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.
[
23
]
Mario Soldati
(1906
–
1999), writer, director.
Germain Sommeiller
(1815
–
1871), civil engineer.
Piero Sraffa
(1898
–
1983), economist.
Subsonica
, rock band.
T
Emma Turolla
, 1885
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.
[
24
]
V
Victor Emmanuel II
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.
[
25
]
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.
[
26
]
Vittorio Amedeo II
(1666
–
1732), King of Sardinia.
[
27
]
Vittorio Emanuele II
(1820
–
1878), King of Italy.
[
28
]
Walter Volpatto
(born 1971), motion picture colourist.
W
William VII of Montferrat
(c. 1240
–
1292), Marquess.
References
↑
Steed, Henry Wickham
(1911).
"Amedeo Ferdinando Maria di Savoia"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
1 (11th
ed.). p.
804.
↑
"Avogadro, Amedeo, Conte di Quaregna"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
3 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
66.
↑
Villari, Luigi
(1911).
"Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
3 (11th
ed.). pp.
79–
80.
↑
"Balbo, Cesare, Count"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
3 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
241.
↑
"Baretti, Giuseppe Marc' Antonio"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
3 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
398.
↑
Villari, Luigi
(1911).
"Cavour, Camillo Benso, Count"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
5 (11th
ed.). pp.
582–
586.
↑
"Brin, Benedetto"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
4 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
571.
↑
"Charles Albert"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
5 (11th
ed.). 1911. pp.
938–
939.
↑
"Cerutti, Giuseppe Antonio Giachimo"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
5 (11th
ed.). 1911. pp.
762–
763.
↑
"Cesnola, Luigi Palma di"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
5 (11th
ed.). 1911. pp.
767–
768.
↑
"Emmanuel Philibert"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
9 (11th
ed.). 1911. pp.
341–
342.
↑
"Gioberti, Vincenzo"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
12 (11th
ed.). 1911. pp.
29–
30.
↑
"Graf, Arturo"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
12 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
315.
↑
"Gubernatis, Angelo de"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
12 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
667.
↑
"La Marmora, Alfonso Ferrero"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
16 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
102.
↑
Clerke, Agnes Mary
(1911).
"Lagrange, Joseph Louis"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
16 (11th
ed.). pp.
75–
78.
↑
"Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignano, Princesse de"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
16 (11th
ed.). 1911. pp.
105–
106.
↑
Saintsbury, George
(1911).
"Maistre, Joseph de"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
17 (11th
ed.). pp.
445–
446.
↑
"Marochetti, Carlo"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
17 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
747.
↑
"Meissonier, Juste Aurèle"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
18 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
86.
↑
"Micca, Pietro"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
18 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
358.
↑
"Sella, Quintino"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
24 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
613.
↑
Hodgkinson, William Richard Eaton (1911).
"Nitroglycerin"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
19 (11th
ed.). pp.
716–
717.
↑
Steed, Henry Wickham
(1911).
"Humbert, Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio, King of Italy"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
13 (11th
ed.). pp.
872–
873.
↑
"Another Look: More Recent Releases You Don't Want to Miss"
.
Nashvillescene.com
. Retrieved
16 October
2022
.
↑
Villari, Luigi
(1911).
"Savoy, House of"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
24 (11th
ed.). pp.
2546–
256, see page 255.
↑
"Victor Amedeus II."
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
28 (11th
ed.). 1911. p.
26.
↑
Villari, Luigi
(1911).
"Victor Emmanuel II."
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol.
28 (11th
ed.). pp.
26–
28.
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article
Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0
license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.