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* Adelaide of Susa (10161091), princess. *
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, musical group. * Piero Aggradi (1934-2008), footballer. * Andrea Agnelli (born 1975), president of
Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...
. * Edoardo Agnelli (18921935), industrialist. * Gianni Agnelli (19212003), industrialist. *
Giovanni Agnelli Giovanni Agnelli (13 August 1866 – 16 December 1945) was an Italian businessman, who founded Fiat car manufacturing in 1899. Early life The son of Edoardo Agnelli and Aniceta Frisetti, he was born in 1866 in Villar Perosa, a small town near ...
(18661945), industrialist. * Umberto Agnelli (19342004), industrialist. *
Marisa Allasio Countess Marisa Allasio (born Maria Luisa Lucia Allasio; 14 July 1934) is a retired Italian actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly 20 films between 1952 and 1957. She was considered a typical sex symbol during her film career, which she a ...
(born 1936), actress. *
Amadeo I of Spain Amadeo ( it, Amedeo , sometimes latinized as Amadeus; full name: ''Amedeo Ferdinando Maria di Savoia''; 30 May 184518 January 1890) was an Italian prince who reigned as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873. The first and only King of Spain to come fr ...
(1845–1890), Italian prince, King of Spain, 1870 to 1873. *
Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Later, he was Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted t ...
(born 1938), politician. *
Fausto Amodei Fausto Amodei (born 18 June 1935, in Turin) is an Italian folk singer-songwriter and musicologist. Biography Amodei began his musical career in 1958, founding the band Cantacronache. In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by th ...
(born 1935), singer-songwriter. *
Felice Andreasi Felice Andreasi (8 January 1928, in Turin – 25 December 2005, in Cortazzone) was an Italian film, television, and stage actor. He appeared in over 50 films in Italy between 1972 and 2005. Biography He was considered one of the leading stage ...
(19282005), actor. * Piero Angela (1928–2022), journalist, television presenter, writer, popularizer of science. *
Alessandro Antonelli Alessandro Antonelli (July 14, 1798 – October 18, 1888) was an Italian architect of the 19th century. His most famous works are the Mole Antonelliana in Turin (named for him) and both the Novara Cathedral and the Basilica of St. Gaudenzio in ...
(17981888), architect. *
Giovanni Arpino Giovanni Arpino (27 January 1927 – 10 December 1987) was an List of Italian writers, Italian writer and journalist. Life Born in Pula-Croatia to Piedmontese parents, Arpino moved to Bra (CN), Bra in the Province of Cuneo. Here he married Cater ...
(19271987), writer. * Guido Ascoli (18871957), mathematician. * Amedeo Avogadro (17761856), scientist. * Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967), composer, singer, dj. * Massimo d’Azeglio (17981866), politician, writer, painter.


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* Cesare Balbo (17891853), writer and politician. * Giacomo Balla (18711958), painter. *
Franco Balmamion Franco Balmamion (born 11 January 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 editions of the Giro d'Italia.
(born 1940), cyclist, two-times winner of the giro d’Italia. *
Giuseppe Baretti Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (24 April 1719, Turin, Piedmont – 5 May 1789, London) was an Italian Literary criticism, literary critic, poet, writer, translator, linguist and author of two influential language-translation dictionaries. During h ...
(17191789), writer and critic. *
Alessandro Barbero Alessandro Barbero (born April 30, 1959) is an Italian historian, novelist and essayist. Barbero was born in Turin. He attended the University of Turin, where he studied literature and Medieval history. He won the 1996 Strega Prize, Italy's mos ...
(born 1959), historian. * Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), writer. * Francesco Bagnaia (born 1997), Grand Prix motorcycle world champion. * Giambatista Beccaria (17161781), physicist. *
Camillo Benso Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour, Isolabella and Leri (, 10 August 1810 – 6 June 1861), generally known as Cavour ( , ), was an Italian politician, businessman, economist and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towa ...
(18101861), Conte di Cavour, politician. * Livio Berruti (born 1939), athlete. * Fausto Bertinotti (born 1940), politician and trade unionist. * Nuccio Bertone (19141997), automobile designer and constructor. * Roberto Bettega (born 1950), footballer, manager. *
Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia Count, Conte Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (24 August 1879 in Torino – 7 September 1959 in Ripafratta, San Giuliano Terme near Pisa) was an Italian artist, industrial designer, journalist and automobile enthusiast. He was the son of Roberto Biscaret ...
(1879–1959), founder of an automobile museum. * Norberto Bobbio (19092004), philosopher. * Giorgio Bocca (19202011), partisan, journalist, writer. * Carlo Bodro (1841c. 1900), organist and composer. *
Alessio Boggiatto Alessio Boggiatto (born 18 December 1981) is a former Italian medley swimmer. Biography Born at Moncalieri, Boggiatto specialized in 400 m medley, winning several European Championship medals and one World Championship title in that distanc ...
(born 1981), swimmer. *
Ernesto Bonino Ernesto Pietro Bonino (16 January 1922 – 29 April 2008) was an Italian singer of pop and jazz standards whose peak of popularity was during the 1940s and 50s. A native of Turin, Ernesto Bonino began his career in the late 1930s as a teenage si ...
(19222008), singer. *
Giampiero Boniperti Giampiero Boniperti (; 4 July 1928 – 18 June 2021) was an Italian footballer who played his entire 15-season career at Juventus between 1946 and 1961, winning five Serie A titles and two Coppa Italia titles. He also played for the Italy nati ...
(1928–2021), footballer, manager. * Bartolomeo Bosco (17931863), illusionist. *
Giovanni Bosco John Melchior Bosco ( it, Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco; pms, Gioann Melchior Bòsch; 16 August 181531 January 1888), popularly known as Don Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator, writer and saint of the 19th century. While working ...
(18151888), saint and founder of the Salesians. *
Carlo Bossoli Carlo Bossoli (6 December 1815, in Lugano – 1 August 1884, in Turin) was a Swiss-born Italian painter and lithographer, who spent his early career in Russia. He is best known for historical scenes from the Risorgimento. Biography His ...
(18151884), painter. * Arturo Brachetti (born 1967), quick-change artist. *
Mercedes Bresso Mercedes Bresso (born 12 July 1944) is an Italian politician (Democratic Party) who served as Member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2019. Early life and career Bresso was born in Sanremo, Province of Imperia, Liguria. In 1969, she re ...
(born 1944), politician. * Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), naval administrator and politician. * Carla Bruni (born 1968), model, singer. *
Fred Buscaglione Ferdinando "Fred" Buscaglione (; 23 November 1921 – 3 February 1960) was an Italian singer and actor who became very popular in the late 1950s. His public persona – the character he played both in his songs and his movies – was of a humoro ...
(19211960), singer. * Alessandro Butti (18931959), type designer


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Giuseppe Cafasso Joseph Cafasso ( it, Giuseppe Cafasso; 15 January 1811 – 23 June 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who was a significant social reformer in Turin. He was one of the so-called "Social Saints" who emerged during that particular er ...
(18111860), saint. * Italo Calvino (19231985), writer. * Mauro German Camoranesi (born 1976), footballer. *
Gaspare Campari Gaspare Campari (1828–1882) was an Italian drinks manufacturer. Born in Cassolnovo, Lombardy,Carlo Alberto (17981849), King of Sardinia. * Alfredo Casella (18831947), composer & musician. * Valentino Castellani (born 1940), mayor and director of the Olympic committee. *
Felice Casorati Felice Casorati (December 4, 1883 – March 1, 1963) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker. The paintings for which he is most noted include figure compositions, portraits and still lifes, which are often distinguished by unusua ...
(18831963), painter. *
Giorgio Ceragioli Giorgio Ceragioli (June 24, 1930 – July 17, 2008) was an Italian engineer, professor and a leader in the pro-''Third World'' movement in Italy. Biography Giorgio Ceragioli was born in Torino the 24 June 1930. His grandfather was a well known ...
(19302008), engineer. *
Giuseppe Cerutti Giuseppe Antonio Giachimo Cerutti (13 June 1738 – 3 February 1792) was a French-Italian author and politician. Life Cerutti was born in Turin. Having joined the Society of Jesus, he became professor at the Jesuit college at Lyon. In 1762, in ...
(1738–1792), a French-Italian author and politician. * Luigi Palma di Cesnola (1832–1904), soldier, diplomat and archaeologist. *
Cristina Chiabotto Cristina Chiabotto (born 15 September 1986) is an Italian TV presenter, model and showgirl. She works as TV presenter for Juventus Channel. Chiabotto was born in Moncalieri, in the province of Turin (Piedmont). She has a younger sister, Serena ...
(born 1986), Miss Italia, television presenter. *
Piero Chiambretti Piero Chiambretti (born 30 May 1956) is an Italian television presenter. Biography Born on 30 May 1956 in Aosta to Felicita Chiambretti, an 18-year-old single mother, he grew up in Turin. He later moved to Bologna, where he studied Arts, Music a ...
(born 1956), television presenter. *
Sergio Chiamparino Sergio Chiamparino (born 1 September 1948) is an Italian politician. He was President of Piedmont from 2014 to 2019, and was the mayor of Turin, Italy from 2001 to 2011. A graduate in political sciences at the University of Turin, where he wor ...
(born 1948), mayor of Turin. *
Guido Chiesa Guido Chiesa (born 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Turin, Chiesa graduated in philosophy and letters with a thesis in cinema, then he moved in New York City where he was the correspondent of several music magazines, but ...
(born 1959), director. * Francesco Cirio (18361900), entrepreneur. *
Gustavo Colonnetti Gustavo Colonnetti (8 November 1886 – 20 March 1968) was an Italian mathematician and engineer who made important contributions to continuum mechanics and strength of materials. He was a Rector of the Politecnico di Torino and President of CNR ...
(18861968), mathematician and engineer. * Gianpiero Combi (19021956), footballer; goalkeeper for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934. *
Giovanni Conso Giovanni Battista Conso (23 March 1922 – 2 August 2015) was an Italian jurist who served on the Constitutional Court of Italy for nine years beginning in 1982, and has served as President of the Accademia dei Lincei from 1989 until his death ...
(19222015), jurist and politician. *
Athanase-Charles-Marie Charette de la Contrie Athanase Charles Marie Charette de La Contrie (3 September 1832, in Nantes – 9 October 1911, in La Basse-Motte ( Saint-Père, Ille-et-Vilaine)) was a French royalist military commander, general, great-grandson of King Charles X, grandson of Cha ...
(18321911), general, French royalist and ubiquitous military commander. *
Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo or Joseph Benedict Cottolengo (3 May 1786 – 30 April 1842) was the founder of the and is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Early life Joseph Benedict Cottolengo was born on May 3, 1786, into a middle-cla ...
(17861842), saint and founder of the Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza. *
Roberto Cravero Roberto Cravero (born 3 January 1964) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was usually deployed in the role of sweeper/libero. Club career During his club career he played mostly for Torino (1981–1992 an ...
(born 1964), footballer. *
Leon Croizat Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...
(18941982), scientist.


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* Luigi Ferdinando Dagnese, novelist.


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* Umberto Eco (19322016), writer. * Eiffel 65, musical group. *
Antonella Elia Antonella Elia (born 1 November 1963) is an Italian television personality and actress. Life and career Born in Turin, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV-series '' The Betrothed' ...
(born 1963), actress, television presenter. * Giulio Einaudi (19121999), editor, founder of the publishers
Einaudi Einaudi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), Italian politician *Mario Einaudi (1905–1994), Italian political scientist, son of Luigi *Giulio Einaudi (1912–1999), Italian publisher, son o ...
. * Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), musician, composer. * Luigi Einaudi (18741961), economist, politician, President of the Republic. * Emanuele Filiberto (15281580), Duke of Savoy.


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Francesco Faà di Bruno Francesco Faà di Bruno (7 March 1825 – 25 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.See the Vatican News Servic ...
(18251888), army officer, scientist, mathematician and priest. * Giorgio Faletti (19502014), comic, writer. * Ugo Fano (19122001), scientist. * Giuseppe Farina (19061966), Formula 1 world champion. * Battista Farina (18931966), entrepreneur. *
Piero Fassino Piero Franco Rodolfo Fassino (born 7 October 1949) is an Italian politician with the Democratic Party. He was Mayor of Turin from 2011 until 2016 and is a former national secretary of the Democrats of the Left party.
(born 1949), politician. *
Beppe Fenoglio Beppe Fenoglio (; born Giuseppe Fenoglio 1 March 1922 in Alba (CN) – 18 February 1963 in Turin) was an Italian writer, partisan and translator from English. The works of Fenoglio have two main themes: the rural world of the Langhe and the I ...
(19221963), writer. *
Giuliano Ferrara Giuliano Ferrara (born 7 January 1952) is an Italian politician, journalist, founding editor of ''Il Foglio'', and TV presenter. Life and career Ferrara came from a family of Communism, Communists: his father Maurizio was a communist senator. Ferr ...
(born 1952), journalist and politician. *
Davide Ferrario Davide Ferrario (born 26 June 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and author. Life and career Born in Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Ferrario graduated in Anglo-American literature, then he began to work in film distribution, and he c ...
(born 1956), film director. * Galileo Ferraris (18471897), scientist. *
Lorenzo Ferrero Lorenzo Ferrero (; born 1951) is an Italian composer, librettist, author, and book editor. He started composing at an early age and has written over a hundred compositions thus far, including twelve operas, three ballets, and numerous orchestral ...
(born 1951), composer. * Pietro Ferrero (18981949), entrepreneur. *
Nunzio Filogamo Nunzio Filogamo (20 September 1902 – 24 January 2002) was an Italian television and radio presenter, actor and singer. Life and career Born in Palermo, Filogamo moved to Turin at a young age, then he studied law at the Sorbonne University a ...
(19022002), the first Italian radio and television presenter. * Giorgia Fiorio (born 1967), photographer. *
Luigi Firpo Luigi Firpo (4 January 1915 in Turin – 2 March 1989 in Turin) was an Italian historian and politician. He taught history of political thought at the University of Turin. He has been credited as "an excellent editor and lucky finder of texts ...
(19151989), historian. * Vittorio Foa (19102008), politician. * Pier Giorgio Frassati (19011926), Roman Catholic saint. * Massimiliano Frezzato (born 1967), comic book author. * Carlo Fruttero (19262012), writer. * Guido Fubini (18791943), mathematician. * Margherita Fumero (born 1947), television comic and theatrical actor.


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Giuseppe Gabrielli Giuseppe Gabrielli (26 February 1903 – 29 November 1987) was an Italian aeronautics engineer. He is famous as the designer of numerous Italian military aircraft, including the Fiat G.50 Freccia and G.55 World War II fighters. He was born in C ...
(19031987), scientist. * Ricardo Galeazzi (1866-1952), Surgeon. *
Luciano Gallino Luciano Gallino (15 May 1927 – 8 November 2015) was an Italian sociologist. Born in Turin, between 1956 and 1971 he worked in the Research Department of Social Relations of Olivetti. He was instrumental in introducing Sociology into Italian u ...
(19272015), sociologist. *
Sonia Gandhi Sonia Gandhi ('' née'' Maino; born 9 December 1946) is an Indian politician. She is the longest serving president of the Indian National Congress, a social democratic political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independ ...
(born 1946), politician. * Marcello Gandini (1938-2024), car designer. *
Gabriel Garko Dario Oliviero (born 12 July 1972), better known by his stage name Gabriel Garko, is an Italian actor and former fashion model. Actor in both film and television, he has appeared mainly on the small screen. He started his career at the end of 19 ...
(born 1974), actor. *
Stanislao Gastaldon Martino Stanislao Luigi Gastaldon (April 8, 1861March 6, 1939) was an Italian composer, primarily of salon songs for solo voice and piano. However, he also composed instrumental music, two choral works, and four operas. Today, he is remembered al ...
(18611939), composer. * Giacinto Ghia (18871944), coachbuilder. * Giuseppe Giacosa (18471906), poet, playwright, and librettist. *
Massimo Giletti Massimo Giletti (born 18 March 1962) is an Italian television presenter and journalist. Biography He was born in a wealthy family from Piedmont. His father Emilio Giletti was a racing driver and a industrialist, owner of a textile factory in th ...
(born 1962), television presenter. *
Natalia Ginzburg Natalia Ginzburg (, ; ; 14 July 1916 – 7 October 1991) was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, fo ...
(19161991), writer. * Vincenzo Gioberti (18011852), philosopher and politician. *
Giovanni Giolitti Giovanni Giolitti (; 27 October 1842 – 17 July 1928) was an Italian statesman. He was the Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921. After Benito Mussolini, he is the second-longest serving Prime Minister in Italian history. A pr ...
(18421928), politician. *
Sebastian Giovinco Sebastian Giovinco (; born 26 January 1987) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A quick and creative player on the ball, Giovinco was a versatile forward capable of playing in multiple offensive positions. Gio ...
(born 1987), footballer. * Piero Gobetti (19011926), politician. * Cesare Goffi (19201995), professional footballer. *
Guido Gozzano Guido Gustavo Gozzano (19 December 1883 – 9 August 1916) was an Italian poet and writer. Biography He was born in Turin, the son of Fausto Gozzano, an engineer, and of Diodata Mautino, the daughter of Senator Mautino, patriot and supporter of ...
(18831916), poet. *
Arturo Graf Arturo Graf (1848–1913), Italian poet, of German ancestry, was born at Athens, Greece. He was educated at the University of Naples and became a lecturer on Italian literature in Rome, till in 1876 he was appointed professor at Turin Turi ...
(18481913), poet and literary historian. *
Antonio Gramsci Antonio Francesco Gramsci ( , , ; 22 January 1891 – 27 April 1937) was an Italian Marxist philosopher, journalist, linguist, writer, and politician. He wrote on philosophy, political theory, sociology, history, and linguistics. He was a ...
(18911937), politician, writer. * Piero Gros (born 1954), skier. *
Guarino Guarini Camillo Guarino Guarini (17 January 1624 – 6 March 1683) was an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer.. Biography Guarini wa ...
(16241683), architect. *
Count Angelo De Gubernatis Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–26 February 1913), Italy, Italian man of letters, was born in Turin and educated there and at Berlin, where he studied philology. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fourteen times. Life In 186 ...
(1840–1913), man of letters. *
Ambra Gutierrez Ambra Battilana Gutierrez (born 15 May 1992) is a Filipino-Italian model who was a finalist for Miss Italy, and has been featured in '' GQ Italy''. She was formerly Miss Piedmont. She was widely covered by American media for her part in exposing ...
(born 1992), model.


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Massimo Introvigne Massimo Introvigne (born June 14, 1955, in Rome) is an Italian Roman Catholic Sociology of religion, sociologist of religionJason Horowitz"A Clash of Worldviews as Pope Meets Putin" ''The New York Times'', July 4, 2019. and intellectual propert ...
(born 1955), attorney and founder of the Center for Studies on New Religions.


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Giacomo Jaquerio Giacomo Jaquerio ( 1375 – 1453) was an Italian medieval painter, one of the main exponents of Gothic painting in Piedmont. He was active in his native Turin, in Geneva and in other localities of Savoy. Biography He was born into a family of ...
(c. 1380–1453), painter. * Filippo Juvarra (16781736), architect.


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Alberto La Marmora Alberto Ferrero La Marmora (or Della Marmora; 7 April 1789 – 18 March 1863) was an Italian soldier and naturalist. He was elder brother to Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora, soldier and founder of the Bersaglieri, and to Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora ...
(17881863), general, politician. * Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (17361813), mathematician. * Vincenzo Lancia (18811937), industrialist. *
Luigi Lavazza Luigi Lavazza (; 24 April 1859 – 16 August 1949) was an Italian businessman. In 1895, he founded the Lavazza coffee company in Turin. Biography Lavazza was born in Murisengo, a small city in the province of Turin (Piedmont). The origins of th ...
(18591949), founder of the Lavazza coffee manufacturers. *
Gad Lerner Gad Eitan Lerner ( he, גד איתן לרנר; born 7 December 1954) is an Italian journalist, writer and TV presenter. Career In 2000, Lerner served as director of news broadcasts TG1 for Rai 1 but resigned after a selection of pornographic ...
(born 1954), journalist. *
Gabriella Lettini Gabriella Lettini (born in Turin on February 25, 1968) is an Italian-American Waldensian pastor and academic. Rev. Dr. Lettini is professor of theological ethics at the Graduate Theological Union and is Dean of the Starr King School for the Minis ...
(born 1968), Waldensian pastor, ethicist, and feminist theologian. *
Carlo Levi Carlo Levi () (29 November 1902 – 4 January 1975) was an Italian painter, writer, activist, communist, and doctor. He is best known for his book '' Cristo si è fermato a Eboli'' (''Christ Stopped at Eboli''), published in 1945, a memoir of h ...
(19021975), writer, painter. *
Primo Levi Primo Michele Levi (; 31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian chemist, partisan, writer, and Jewish Holocaust survivor. He was the author of several books, collections of short stories, essays, poems and one novel. His best-known works ...
(19191987), chemist, writer. *
Rita Levi Montalcini Rita Levi-Montalcini (, ; 22 April 1909 – 30 December 2012) was an Italian Nobel laureate, honored for her work in neurobiology. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with colleague Stanley Cohen for the ...
(19092012), biologist, senator for life, Nobel prizewinner. *
Luciana Littizzetto Luciana Littizzetto (born 29 October 1964) is an Italian comedy actress, shock jock and humor writer. Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike. Nicknamed "Luciani ...
(born 1964), actress. *
Cesare Lombroso Cesare Lombroso (, also ; ; born Ezechia Marco Lombroso; 6 November 1835 – 19 October 1909) was an Italian criminologist, phrenologist, physician, and founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology. Lombroso rejected the establis ...
(18351909), scientist. * Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy (1749–1792), Princesse de Lamballe, House of Savoy. *
Franco Lucentini Franco Lucentini (; 24 December 1920 – 5 August 2002) was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies. Biography Born in Rome on 24 December 1920 to Emma Marzi and Venanzio Lucentini, a miller from the village of Viss ...
(19202002), writer. * Salvador Luria (19121991), scientist, Nobel prizewinner.


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Erminio Macario Erminio Macario (27 May 1902 – 25 March 1980), best known as Macario, was an Italian film actor and comedian. He appeared in 42 films between 1933 and 1975. Life and career Born in Turin, Macario made his debut at a young age in the amate ...
(19021980), actor. *
Marco Maccarini Marco Maccarini (born 22 July 1976 in Turin) is an Italian television personality known for presenting ''TRL Italy'', the Italian version of ''Total Request Live'' broadcast by MTV Italia, and ''Festivalbar'', broadcast by Mediaset’s Italia 1 ...
(born 1976), television presenter. * Joseph de Maistre (17531821), lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher. *
Claudio Marchisio Claudio Marchisio (; born 19 January 1986) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A product of the Juventus youth system, he spent a large portion of his career at his hometown club, with the exception of a sea ...
(born 1986), footballer. * Carlo Marochetti RA (1805–1867), an Italian-born French sculptor. * Ugo Martinat (19422009), politician. *
Enrico Martino Enrico Martino is an Italian photojournalist. Biography Enrico Martino was born in Turin, Italy, and has been a freelance photojournalist since 1971, He covered the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Sahel famine in 1984, the first elections in the ...
(born 1948), photojournalist. *
Mau Mau Mau Mau may refer to: * The Kenya Land and Freedom Army, a Kenyan anti-colonial force ** The Mau Mau rebellion, uprising in Kenya in the 1950s * Mau Mau Island or White Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City * Mau Mau (game), a card game ...
, band. * Ezio Mauro (born 1948), journalist, current editor of La Repubblica. * Maximus of Turin (c. 380c. 465), saint and father of the Church; the first known bishop of Turin. * Sandro Mazzola (born 1942), footballer. * Valentino Mazzola (19191949), footballer. * Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695–1750), goldsmith, sculptor and furniture designer. * Luigi Meroni (19431967), footballer. * Mario Merz (19252003), artist. * Pietro Micca (16771706), soldier. * Gianni Minà (1938–2023), journalist. *
Luciano Moggi Luciano Moggi ( born 10 July 1937) is a former Italian association football administrator. He was a club executive for A.S. Roma, Roma, S.S. Lazio, Lazio, Torino F.C., Torino, S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli, and Juventus, leading them to win six leagues ...
(born 1937), director of Juventus F.C. * Carlo Mollino (19051973), architect. * Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (born 1947), entrepreneur. * Franco Morzone (born 1918), footballer. * Placido Mossello (1835–1894), painter. *
Leonardo Murialdo Leonardo Murialdo (26 October 1828 – 30 March 1900) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the co-founder of the Congregation of Saint Joseph - also known as the Murialdines (which he founded alongside Eugenio Reffo). Murialdo's call to the ...
(18281900), saint.


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* Giulio Natta (19031979), chemist, Nobel prizewinner. * Cesare Nay (19251994), footballer. * Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter. *
Aldo Novarese Aldo Novarese (29 June 1920 – 16 September 1995) was an Italian type designer who lived and worked mostly in Turin. Training and career Born in 1920, he entered the G.B. Paravia Typographic School in Turin, where he obtained a diploma. In 193 ...
(19201995), type designer.


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Giancarlo Pajetta Giancarlo Pajetta (24 June 1911 – 13 September 1990) was an Italian communist politician. Biography Pajetta was born in a working-class district of Turin to Carlo, a bank employee, and Elvira Berrini, an elementary schoolteacher. He attended ...
(19111990), politician. * Vilfredo Pareto (18481923), sociologist, economist and philosopher. * Alba Parietti (born 1961), television presenter. *
Carlo Parola Carlo Parola (; 20 September 1921 – 22 March 2000), was an Italian footballer and coach who played as a defender. Throughout his career, he won domestic titles with Italian club Juventus, both as a player and as a manager. At international leve ...
(19212000), footballer. * Giovanni Pastrone (18831959), director. * Giuseppe Patrucco (born 1932), retired footballer. *
Cesare Pavese Cesare Pavese ( , ; 9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist. He is often referred to as one of the most influential Italian writers of his time. Early li ...
(19081950), writer. * Rita Pavone (born 1945), singer. * Giuseppe Peano (18581932), mathematician. * Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (18681907), painter. * Carlo Petrini (born 1949), founder of the International Slow Food Movement. * Fabrizio Pinelli (born 1985), footballer. * Sergio Pininfarina (19262012), entrepreneur, senator for life. * Gilberto Pogliano (born 1908), former professional footballer. * Gabry Ponte (born 1973), DJ and member of Eiffel 65. * Vittorio Pozzo (18861968), 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 (17311798), violinist and composer.


Q

* Lidia Quaranta (18911928), actress.


R

* Carol Rama (19182015), artist. * Tullio Regge (19312014), 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 (19201980), writer. * Medardo Rosso (18581928), sculptor.


S

* Emilio Salgari (18621911), writer. * Giuseppe Saragat (18981988), politician, President of the Republic. * Massimo Scaglione (1931–2015), director. * Gaetano Scirea (19531989), footballer. * Quintino Sella (18271884), politician, entrepreneur. * Dani Sénna (born 1991), footballer. * Vincenzo Seratrice the Elder (1851–1922), painter. * Andrea Laszlo De Simone (born 1986), musician. * Leone Sinigaglia (18681944), composer, mountaineer. * Ascanio Sobrero (18121888), chemist, discovered Nitroglycerin. * Mario Soldati (19061999), writer, director. * Germain Sommeiller (18151871), civil engineer. * Piero Sraffa (18981983), economist. * Subsonica, rock band.


T

* Francesco Tamagno (18501905), operatic tenor. * Armando Testa (19171992), graphic artist. * Umberto Tozzi (born 1952), singer. * Marco Travaglio (born 1964), journalist. * Alex Treves (19292020), Italian-born American Olympic fencer. * Teresina Tua (18661956), violinist. * Emma Turolla (18581943), operatic soprano.


U

* Umberto I (18441900), King of Italy.


V

* Raf Vallone (19162002), footballer, partisan, journalist and stage and screen actor. * Ferruccio Valobra (18981944, 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. * Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, Vittorio Amedeo I (15871637), Duke of Savoy. * Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Vittorio Amedeo II (16661732), King of Sardinia. * Victor Emmanuel II, Vittorio Emanuele II (18201878), King of Italy.


W

* William VII of Montferrat (c. 12401292), Marquess.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of People Associated With Turin People from Turin, Turin-related lists, People Lists of people by city in Italy, Turin