45.0667° N, 7.6999° E
TURIN
Most Famous People Born in Turin, Italy
- Notable people
- 2,948
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1922
- Most distinctive
- Entrepreneur 4.2×
The first capital of unified Italy, and still the seat of the House of Savoy. Turin's most distinctive profession is entrepreneur at more than four times the global rate — the Agnellis, FIAT, and a long Piedmontese industrial tradition — alongside an unusually heavy philosopher, composer, and military-officer column. Primo Levi, Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II, and Lagrange all belong to this bench, and the 19th century is heavier here than in almost any other Italian city.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Turin during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Turin Is Known For
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Politician is Turin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (341).
Turin over-indexes on entrepreneur — 4.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
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Charles Albert of Sardinia
1798 - 1849
Massimo d'Azeglio
1798 - 1866
Luigi Taparelli
1793 - 1862
Bartolomeo Bosco
1793 - 1863
Federico Sclopis
1798 - 1878
Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno
1799 - 1869
Roberto d’Azeglio
1790 - 1862
Carlo Ilarione Petitti di Roreto
1790 - 1850
Giacinto Collegno
1794 - 1856
Alessandro Ferrero La Marmora
1799 - 1855
Ferdinando Cavalleri
1794 - 1867
Giuseppe Pomba
1795 - 1876
Giuseppe Gabetti
1796 - 1862
Vitório Maria de Sousa Coutinho, 2nd Count of Linhares
1790 - 1857
Giovanni Nigra
1798 - 1865
Carlo Canera di Salasco
1796 - 1866
Costanza Alfieri di Sostegno
1793 - 1862
Carlo Castelli
1790 - 1860
Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla
1799 - 1885
Antonio Nomis di Pollone
1799 - 1866
Marcello Gianotti
1799 - 1868
Coriolano Malingri di Bagnolo
1790 - 1855
Ferdinando Prat
1792 - 1862
Federico Lovera Di Maria
1796 - 1871
Giuseppe Passalacqua
1794 - 1849
Felicitas Blangini-Klenze
1794 - 1844
Alessandro Pinelli
1798 - 1868
Francisco Afonso de Meneses de Sousa Coutinho –
1796 - 1834
Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (Bischof) – Wi
1795 - 1876
Maurizio Rorà di Lucerna
1793 - 1854
Giuseppe Ferraris
1791 - 1869
Filippo Quaranta
1790 - 1873