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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 76 of 2,948 notable people

0017 QUEEN

Margherita of Savoy

1851 - 1926

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0050 SCULPTOR

Medardo Rosso

1858 - 1928

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0122 OPERA

Francesco Tamagno

1850 - 1905

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0136 ADMIRAL

Paolo Thaon di Revel

1859 - 1948

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0217 POLITICIAN

Vittorio Scialoja

1856 - 1933

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0241 KING

Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa

1854 - 1931

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0348 PRIEST

Agostino Richelmy

1850 - 1923

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0363 ZOOLOGIST

Leonardo Fea

1852 - 1903

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0375 MILITAR

Vittorio Cuniberti

1854 - 1913

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0410 PAINTER

Luigi Morgari

1857 - 1935

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0465 COMPOSER

Alberto Pestalozza

1851 - 1934

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0499 BOTANIST

Oreste Mattirolo

1856 - 1947

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0502 COMPOSER

Achille Simonetti

1857 - 1928

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0567 WRITER

Edoardo Calandra

1852 - 1911

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0576 PAINTER

Marco Calderini

1850 - 1941

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0577 SCULPTOR

Davide Calandra

1856 - 1915

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0587 COMPOSER

Benedetto Junck

1852 - 1903

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0609 POET

Corrado Corradini

1852 - 1923

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0645 WRITER

Gaspare Invrea

1850 - 1917

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0656 PAINTER

Enrico Reycend

1855 - 1928

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0669 WORLD WAR

Mario Nicolis di Robilant

1855 - 1943

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0746 INVENTOR

Angelo Moriondo

1851 - 1914

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0909 PAINTER

Pietro Morgari

1852 - 1885

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0965 SINGER

Sofia Scalchi

1850 - 1922

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0999 GEOLOGIST

Alessandro Portis

1853 - 1931

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1014 PRESBYTER

Edoardo Pulciano

1852 - 1911

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1058 ACADEMIC

Pietro Merlo

1850 - 1888

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1091 SINGER

Amiati

1851 - 1889

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1152 MILITAR

Luigi Nava

1851 - 1928

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1168 PAINTER

Angelo Pascal

1858 - 1888

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1208 TEACHER

Emilia Mariani

1854 - 1917

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1239 GEOGRAPHER

Guido Cora

1851 - 1917

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1324 MEMOIRIST

Alfred de Gramont

1856 - 1915

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1374 PAINTER

Luigi Fabron

1855 - 1907

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1394 POLITICIAN

Edoardo Daneo

1851 - 1922

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1458 MILITAR

Ottavio Briccola

1853 - 1924

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1534 PAINTER

Tamagno

1851 - 1933

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1563 POET

Luigi Conforti

1854 - 1907

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1577 WRITER

Alberto Viriglio

1851 - 1913

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1588 POLITICIAN

Secondo Frola

1850 - 1929

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1617 PAINTER

Andrea Tavernier

1858 - 1932

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1666 PAINTER

Beatrice Morgari

1858 - 1936

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1708 PAINTER

Alberto Rossi

1858 - 1936

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1720 ARCHITECT

Pierro Arrigoni

1856 - 1940

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1744 PEDIATRA

Giuseppe Mya

1857 - 1911

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1853 POLITICIAN

Luigi Borsarelli di Rifreddo

1856 - 1936

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1893 ORGANIST

Carlo Vegezzi Bossi

1858 - 1927

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1899 ORNITHOLOGIST

Giacinto Martorelli

1855 - 1917

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1901 ANTHROPOLOGIST

José María Beauvoir

1850 - 1930

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1936 ACTOR

Vittorio Pieri

1854 - 1926

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1972 LAWYER

Giuseppe Depanis

1853 - 1942

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2004 PAINTER

Carlo Stratta

1852 - 1936

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2017 HISTORIAN

Raffaello Menochio

1858 - 1943

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2043 POLITICIAN

Cesare Ferrero di Cambiano

1852 - 1931

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2048 LAWYER

Albert Geisser

1859 - 1929

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2067 CHEMIST

Luigi Balbiano

1852 - 1917

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2069 POLITICIAN

Leopoldo Usseglio

1853 - 1919

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2184 EXPLORER

Enrico Baudi di Vesme

1857 - 1931

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2320 POLITICIAN

Carlo Panizzardi

1850 - 1921

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2367 ENTREPRENEUR

Ernesto Reinach

1855 - 1943

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2377 CRIME

Luigi Richetto

1853 - 1903

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2385 SCIENTIST

Henri Biolley

1858 - 1939

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2387 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Gallina (diplomatico)

1852 - 1936

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2398 ACTOR

Enrico Reinach

1851 - 1929

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2400 WRITER

Oreste Mentasti

1859 - 1935

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2448 DIPLOMAT

Giulio Melegari

1854 - 1935

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2458 POLITICIAN

Giberto Borromeo Arese

1859 - 1941

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2482 POLITICIAN

Angelo Persico

1853 - 1924

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2510 OPERA

Emma Turolla

1858 - 1943

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2583 OFFICER

Vittorio Camerana

1855 - 1923

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2666 ENTREPRENEUR

Adolf Jourdan

1853 - 1901

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2679 OFFICER

Alberto Peano

1859 - 1930

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2773 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Marsaglia

1853 - 1924

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2840 SPY

Silvio Negri

1858 - 1914

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2893 IMPRESARIO

Adolfo Re Riccardi

1859 - 1943

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2935 LAWYER

Enrico Cavaglià

1857 - 1938

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