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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Turin during each.

What Turin Is Known For

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Politician is Turin's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (341).

Turin over-indexes on entrepreneur4.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician341
  2. Football318
  3. Actor229
  4. Writer148
  5. Painter134
  6. Composer85
  7. Singer75
  8. Journalist75
  1. Entrepreneur424.2×
  2. Philosopher292.8×
  3. Composer852.2×
  4. Officer412.1×
  5. Architect461.8×
  6. Painter1341.7×
  7. Journalist751.6×
  8. Writer1481.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Turin's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 34 of 2,948 notable people

0004 POLITICIAN

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

1810 - 1861

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0510 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Bartolomeo Gastaldi

1818 - 1879

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0644 POLITICIAN

Lorenzo Valerio

1810 - 1865

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0653 PRIEST

Matteo Eustachio Gonella

1811 - 1870

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0726 PAINTER

Paolo Emilio Morgari

1815 - 1882

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0751 MILITAR

Camille Clément de La Roncière-Le Noury

1813 - 1881

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0753 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Emanuele Taparelli d'Azeglio

1816 - 1890

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0754 PAINTER

Francesco Gamba

1818 - 1887

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0763 PAINTER

Giuseppe Camino

1818 - 1890

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0803 PRIEST

Lorenzo Gastaldi

1815 - 1883

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0822 POLITICIAN

Agostino Petitti Bagliani di Roreto

1814 - 1890

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0852 NATURALIST

Giovanni Michelotti

1812 - 1898

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0891 PAINTER

Felice Cerruti Bauduc

1817 - 1896

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0915 TYPOGRAPHER

Gaspero Barbera

1818 - 1880

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0934 WRITER

Olimpia Savio

1815 - 1889

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0959 PAINTER

Carlo Piacenza

1814 - 1887

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1049 POLITICIAN

Maurizio Gerbaix de Sonnaz

1816 - 1892

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1274 TEACHER

Prospero Richelmy

1813 - 1883

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1346 SINOLOGIST

Joseph-Marie Callery

1810 - 1862

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1377 ARCHITECT

Marcellino Roda

1814 - 1892

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1574 PAINTER

Gaspard-Jean Lacroix

1810 - 1878

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1597 POLITICIAN

Emanuele Luserna di Rorà

1815 - 1873

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1674 PUPPETEER

Victor-Napoléon Vuillerme-Dunand

1810 - 1876

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1696 GEOGRAPHER

Federico Craveri

1815 - 1890

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1762 PREDICATORE

Giovanni Ferrero (predicatore)

1817 - 1903

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2029 POLITICIAN

Pompeo Provana del Sabbione

1816 - 1884

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2107 ARCHITECT

Luigi Formento

1815 - 1882

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2265 POLITICIAN

Amedeo Chiavarina di Rubiana

1817 - 1889

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2269 POLITICIAN

Auguste Goethals

1812 - 1888

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2299 POLITICIAN

Carlo Barbaroux

1813 - 1886

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2364 POLITICIAN

Eugenio Fasciotti

1815 - 1898

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2509 PRIEST

Ildephons Borgna

1817 - 1894

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2527 POLITICIAN

Agostino Porrino

1816 - 1863

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2692 POLITICIAN

Camillo Trombetta

1813 - 1881

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