List of people from Turin
List of people from or associated with the city of Turin, and its environs:
A
Alessandro Antonelli
- Adelaide of Susa (1016–1091), princess
- Africa Unite, musical group
- 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
- Cesare Aimonetti (1868–1950), mathematician
- Marisa Allasio (born 1936), actress
- Giorgio Almirante (1914–1988), politician
- Giuliano Amato (born 1938), politician
- Fausto Amodei (born 1935), singer-songwriter
- Felice Andreasi (1928–2005), actor
- Piero Angela (born 1928), 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
- Mauro Avogadro (born 1951), director
- Massimo d’Azeglio (1798–1866), politician, writer, painter
B
- Cesare Balbo (1789–1853), politician
- Giacomo Balla (1871–1958), painter
- Franco Balmamion (born 1940), cyclist, two-times winner of the giro d’Italia
- Alberto Barbera (born 1950), film critic
- Annamaria Barbera (born 1962), comic actor, known as Sconsolata
- Giuseppe Baretti (1719–1789), writer
- Alessandro Baricco (born 1958), writer
- Giambatista Beccaria (1716–1781), physicist
- Camillo Benso (1810–1861), conte di Cavour, politician
- Matteo Bernardini (born 1983), film and music video director and illustrator
- Livio Berruti (born 1939), athlete
- Vittorio Bersezio (1828–1900), writer
- Fausto Bertinotti (born 1940), politician and trade unionist
- Nuccio Bertone (1914–1997), automobile designer and constructor
- Roberto Bettega (born 1950), footballer, manager
- Piero Bianucci, journalist
- Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia (1879–1959), founder of an automobile museum
- Norberto Bobbio (1909–2004), philosopher
- Giorgio Bocca (1920–2011), partisan, journalist, writer
- Alessio Boggiatto (born 1981), swimmer
- Ernesto Bonino (born 1922), singer
- Giampiero Boniperti (born 1928), 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
- Carla Bruni (born 1968), model, singer
- Fred Buscaglione (1921–1960), singer
C
- Giuseppe Cafasso, saint
- Italo Calvino (1923–1985), writer
- Mauro German Camoranesi, footballer
- Achille Campanini (1906–1984), actor
- Gaspare Campari (born 1828), inventor of the drink Campari
- Carlo Alberto (1798–1849), King of Sardinia
- Luigi Casale, chemist
- Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), musician
- Gian Carlo Caselli (born 1939), magistrate
- Valentino Castellani (born 1940), mayor and director of the Olympic committee
- Felice Casorati (1883–1963), painter
- Giovanni Battista Cassinis (1806–1866), politician
- Giorgio Ceragioli (1930–2008), engineer
- Guido Ceronetti (born 1927), writer, poet, playwright
- 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
- Furio Colombo (born 1931), journalist, writer
- 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 (born 1922), jurist and politician
- 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
- Giuseppe Culicchia (born 1965), writer
D
- Gigi D'Agostino (born 1967), DJ, remixer and music producer
- Guido Davico Bonino (born 1938), theatre critic
- Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908), writer
- Carlo De Benedetti (born 1934), entrepreneur
- Giovanni De Luna, historian
- Franco Debenedetti (born 1933), politician
- Alessandro Del Piero (born 1974), footballer
- Giuditta Dembech (born 1947), writer, journalist
- Beppe Devalle (1940–2013), painter, collagist
- Carlo di Castellamonte (1560–1641), architect
- Digitalis Purpurea, industrial metal band
- Nikolay Diulgheroff (1901–1982), artist
- Renato Dulbecco (born 1914), scientist, Nobel prizewinner
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
- Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961), economist, politician, President of the Republic
- Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955), musician, composer
- Emanuele Filiberto (1528–1580), Duke of Savoy
F
- Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825–1888), army officer, scientist, mathematician and priest
- Giorgio Faletti (born 1950), comic, writer
- Ugo Fano (1912–2001), scientist
- Nino Farina (1906–1966), pilot, Formula 1 world champion
- Pinin Farina (1893–1966), entrepreneur
- Gianni Farinetti (born 1953), writer
- 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
- Ernesto Ferrero (born 1938), writer
- Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951), composer
- Pietro Ferrero (1898–1949), entrepreneur
- Nunzio Filogamo (1902–2002), the first Italian radio and television presenter
- Luigi Firpo (1915–1989), historian
- Vittorio Foa (born 1910), politician
- Alfredo Frassati, founder of La Stampa
- Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1926), Roman Catholic saint
- Massimiliano Frezzato (born 1967), comic book author
- Carlo Fruttero (born 1926), writer
- Guido Fubini (1879–1943), mathematician
- Sandro Fuga (1906–1994), composer
- Margherita Fumero (born 1947), television comic and theatrical actor
G
- Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), scientist
- Alessandro Galante Garrone (1909–2003), jurist and historian, senator for life
- Tancredi Duccio Galimberti (1906–1944), partisan
- Luciano Gallino (born 1927), sociologist
- Sonia Gandhi (born 1946), politician
- Gabriel Garko (born 1974), actor
- Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939), composer
- Silvio Geuna (1908–1998), partisan
- 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), politician
- Giovanni Giolitti (1842–1928), politician
- Ada Gobetti (1902–1968), writer, translator
- Piero Gobetti (1901–1926), politician
- Guido Gozzano (1883–1916), poet
- Arturo Graf (1848–1913), poet and literary historian
- Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937), politician, writer
- Aldo Grasso (born 1948), television critic
- Piero Gros (born 1954), sciatore
- Guarino Guarini (1624–1683), architect
- Augusto Guzzo (1894–1986), philosopher
I
- Mishkovski Igor (born 1981), scientist and social drinker
- Massimo Introvigne (born 1955), social scientist 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, generale, politician
- Joseph Louis Lagrange (Giuseppe Lodovico Lagrangia) (1736–1813), mathematician
- Davide Lajolo (1912–1984), politician, journalist
- Vincenzo Lancia (1881–1937), industrialist
- Mario Lattes (1923–2001), painter, writer, editor
- Luigi Lavazza (1859–1949), founder of the Lavazza coffee manufacturers
- Gad Lerner (born 1954), journalist
- Gabriella Lettini (born 1968), theologian
- Carlo Levi (1902–1975), writer, painter
- Primo Levi (1919–1987), chemist, writer
- Rita Levi Montalcini (born 1909), biologist, senator for life, Nobel prizewinner
- Luciana Littizzetto (born 1964), actress
- Cesare Lombroso (1835–1909), scientist
- 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
- Olderico Manfredi II, marchese of Turin
- Maria Antonietta Aloisio (born 1985), Queen of Turin
- Enrico Martino, 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
- Luigi Meroni (1943–1967), footballer
- Mario Merz (1925–2003), artist
- Pietro Micca (1677–1706), soldier
- Massimo Mila (1910–1988), journalist and music critic
- Gianni Minà (born 1938), journalist
- Luciano Moggi (born 1937), director of Juventus F.C.
- Carlo Mollino (1905–1973), architect
- Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (born 1947), entrepreneur
- Leonardo Murialdo (1828–1900), saint
N
- Carlo Antonio Napione (1756–1814), chemist
- Giulio Natta (1903–1979), chemist
- Ugo Nespolo (born 1941), painter
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), philosopher
- Richard Nissotti (born 1938 Torino cittá) (Riccardo Nissotti), American aerospace engineer, research scientist, innovator
O
- Achille Occhetto (born 1936), politician
- Oddone (1010–1060), Count of Savoy
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born 1950), mathematician
- Ernesto Olivero (born 1940), founder of SERvizio MIssionario Giovani (SERMIG)
- Adriano Olivetti (1901–1960), entrepreneur
- Gianpaolo Ormezzano, journalist, editor of Tuttosport
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
- Alessandro Passerin d'Entrèves (1902–1985), philosopher
- Giovanni Pastrone (1883–1959), director
- Cesare Pavese (1908–1950), writer
- Rita Pavone (born 1945), singer
- Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932), mathematician
- Paolo Pejrone (born 1941), architect
- Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (1868–1907), painter
- Edoardo Perotti (1824–1870), painter
- Carlo Petrini (born 1949), gastronome, journalist
- Sergio Pininfarina (born 1926), entrepreneur, senator for life
- Gino Piva (1873–1946), trade unionist, socialist, journalist, poet
- Giuseppe Pomba (1795–1876), editor, founder of UTET
- Vittorio Pozzo (1886–1968), football coach; coach for the Italian team which won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798), violinist and composer
Q
- Lidia Quaranta (1891-1928), actress
R
- Enrico Reffo (1831–1917), painter
- Carol Rama (born 1919), artist
- Tullio Regge (born 1931), scientist, Albert Einstein Medal recipient
- Marco Rizzo (born 1959), politician
- Stefania Rocca (born 1971), actress
- Gianni Rodari (1920–1980), writer
- Gustavo Adolfo Rol (1903–1994), practitioner in the field of parapsychology
- Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), sculptor
- Maria Teresa Ruta (born 1960), television presenter
S
- Emilio Salgari (1862–1911), writer
- Giuseppe Saragat (1898–1988), politician, President of the Republic
- Ruggero Savinio (born 1934), painter
- Massimo Scaglione, director
- Gaetano Scirea (1953–1989), footballer
- Quintino Sella (1827–1884), politician, entrepreneur
- Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944), composer, mountaineer
- Ascanio Sobrero (1812–1888), chemist
- 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
- Piero Tarditi (born 1965), experimental composer and musician
- Armando Testa (1917–1992), graphic artist
- Umberto Tozzi (born 1952), singer
- Marco Travaglio (born 1964), journalist
U
- Umberto I (1844–1900), king of Italy
V
- Gabriele Vacis (born 1955), director
- Raf Vallone (1916–2002), footballer, partisan, journalist and stage and screen actor
- Gianni Vattimo (born 1936), 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
Z
- Mario Zucca (born 1955), cabaret performer
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