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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- Filtered to 1890s Clear ×
Giuseppe Saragat
1898 - 1988
Piero Sraffa
1898 - 1983
Pitigrilli
1893 - 1975
Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta
1898 - 1942
Battista Farina
1893 - 1966
Manlio Brosio
1897 - 1980
Aldo Silvani
1891 - 1964
Léon Croizat
1894 - 1982
Ettore Ovazza
1892 - 1943
Carlo Betocchi
1899 - 1986
Tancredi Pasero
1893 - 1983
Enrico Viarisio
1897 - 1967
Lidia Quaranta
1891 - 1928
Henri Pigozzi
1898 - 1964
Gabriele Mucchi
1899 - 2002
Domenico Gambino
1890 - 1968
Giovanna Scotto
1895 - 1985
Federico Gay
1896 - 1989
Ferruccio Novo
1897 - 1974
Rita Montagnana
1895 - 1979
Gigi Chessa
1898 - 1935
Lodovico Rocca
1895 - 1986
Arturo Gallea
1895 - 1959
Letizia Quaranta
1893 - 1977
Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa
1895 - 1990
Leopoldo Torricelli
1893 - 1930
Luigi Maiocco
1892 - 1965
Pio Ferraris
1899 - 1957
Massimo Terzano
1892 - 1947
Claudio Ermelli
1892 - 1964
Leonardo de Benedetti
1898 - 1983
Alessandro Butti
1893 - 1959
Valentina Frascaroli
1890 - 1955
Pierina Dealessi
1894 - 1983
Carlo Salamano
1890 - 1969
Emilio Petiva
1890 - 1980
Eugenio Testa
1892 - 1957
Carlo Maria Franzero
1892 - 1986
Mario Siletti (acteur, 1897-1977)
1897 - 1977
Cesare Meano
1899 - 1957
Enea Zuffi
1891 - 1968
Filippo Burzio
1891 - 1948
Edmond Appia
1894 - 1961
Clemente Primieri
1894 - 1981
Carlo Arnaudi
1899 - 1970
Paolo Vita-Finzi
1899 - 1986
Sebastiano Craveri
1899 - 1973
Marco Elter
1890 - 1945
Isa Bluette
1898 - 1939
Alberto Massimino
1895 - 1975
Arrigo Cajumi
1899 - 1955
Carlo De Marchi
1890 - 1972
Giuseppe Pacotto
1899 - 1964
Camillo Arduino
1896 - 1988
Edoardo Lamberti
1895 - 1968
Filippo Amedeo
1891 - 1946
Attilio Prevost (1890-1954)
1890 - 1954
Achille Mario Dogliotti
1897 - 1966
Enrico Silvestri
1896 - 1977
Giovanni Demaria
1899 - 1998
Pier Angelo Mazzolotti
1890 - 1972
Walter Toscanini
1898 - 1971
Mario Montagnana
1897 - 1960
Giulio Panicali
1899 - 1987
Giorgio Canuto
1897 - 1960
Attilio Fresia
1891 - 1923
Martino Mario Moreno
1892 - 1964
Pietro Accorsi
1891 - 1982
Michele Morsero
1895 - 1945
Pier Carlo Restagno
1898 - 1966
Attilio Valobra
1892 - 1956
Benigno Dalmazzo
1895 - 1916
Enrico Marone Cinzano
1895 - 1968
Biagio Nazzaro
1890 - 1922
Giacomo Vittone
1898 - 1995
Giuseppe Perotti
1895 - 1944
Rodolfo Gavinelli
1895 - 1915
Giuseppe Giriodi
1896 - 1981
Giuseppe Porcheddu
1898 - 1947
Felicita Ferrero
1899 - 1984
Ettore Leale
1896 - 1963
Osvaldo Novo
1896 - 1983
Vincenzo Dapino
1891 - 1957
Bruno Sesia
1898 - 1924
Vittoria Cocito
1891 - 1971
Piero Gilli
Born 1897
Isabella Quaranta
1892 - 1975
Carlo Bergoglio
1895 - 1959
Luigi Vercelli
1898 - 1972
Francesco Meriano
1896 - 1934
Giuseppe Peverelli
1893 - 1969
Angelo Besozzi
Born 1890
Domenico Allasia
1893 - 1977
Ferruccio Valobra
1898 - 1944
Erminia Caudana
1896 - 1974
Luisa Satanela
1894 - 1974
Luisa Levi
1898 - 1983
Guido Guidi (aviatore)
1891 - 1983
Alberto Mario Bedarida
1890 - 1957
Gino Lisa
1896 - 1917
Vincenzo Bianco
1898 - 1980
Giovanni Duca
1896 - 1944
Domenico Schierano
1896 - 1957
Prospero Gianferrari
1896 - 1953
Carlo Rossi (vescovo)
1890 - 1980
Carlo Ravasenga
1891 - 1964
Biagio Pogliano
1896 - 1956
Oreste Lardone
1894 - 1961
Ercole Ronco
1890 - 1967
Giuseppe Paolo Vitrotti
1890 - 1974
Bartolomeo Gallo
1897 - 1970
Emilio Musso
1890 - 1973
Luigi Lanzuolo
1890 - 1943
Lamberto De Bernardi
1898 - 1917
Enrico Cottino
1894 - 1917
Alfredo Quaglino
1894 - 1972
Giacomo Moriondo
1896 - 1957
Eraldo Giacobbe
1899 - 1970
Domenico Sedino
Born 1897
Luigi Castagno
1893 - 1971
Vincenzo Chiabotto
1899 - 1900
Abramo Allione
1895 - 1982
Enrico Giaccone
1890 - 1923
Alessandro Gorini
Born 1890
Teresa Recchia
1899 - 1935
Melanio Laugeri
1891 - 1958
Carlo Tirone
Born 1895
Carlo Dani
1896 - 1986
Ettore Biamino
1896 - 1917
Silvio Peruzzi
Born 1891
Giorgio Negri
1894 - 1974
Francesco Morando
Born 1897
Giuseppe Morando (calciatore)
Born 1894
Spartaco Majani
1896 - 1979
Silvio Tacconis
1891 - 1951
Enrico Michele Demarchi
1894 - 1980
Gustavo Lanza
1894 - 1943
Roberto Gera
Born 1894
Humberto Rayneri
1890 - 1968
Carlo Chiesa (partigiano)
1891 - 1945
Giulio Gedda
1899 - 1970