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
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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Primo Levi
1919 - 1987
Salvador Luria
1912 - 1991
Renato Rascel
1912 - 1991
Paolo Soleri
1919 - 2013
Caterina Boratto
1915 - 2010
Carol Rama
1918 - 2015
Prince Aly Khan
1911 - 1960
Marcel Bich
1914 - 1994
Giorgio Colli
1917 - 1979
Robert Fano
1917 - 2016
Vittorio Foa
1910 - 2008
Ugo Fano
1912 - 2001
Elisa Cegani
1911 - 1996
Carlo Savina
1919 - 2002
Pierre Marie Gallois
1911 - 2010
Vera Carmi
1914 - 1969
Gianni Puccini
1914 - 1968
Giancarlo Pajetta
1911 - 1990
Giuseppe Valdengo
1914 - 2007
Giuseppe Busso
1913 - 2006
Giovanni Cheli
1918 - 2013
Armando Testa
1917 - 1992
Massimo Mila
1910 - 1988
Pietro Frua
1913 - 1983
Guglielmo Gabetto
1916 - 1949
Eugenia Sacerdote de Lustig
1910 - 2011
Ugo Sasso
1910 - 1981
Sion Segre Amar
1910 - 2003
Nuccio Bertone
1914 - 1997
Laura Huxley
1911 - 2007
Amelia Piccinini
1917 - 1979
Mario Genta
1912 - 1992
Mag Bodard
1916 - 2019
Luigi Firpo
1915 - 1989
Guido Magnone
1917 - 2012
Franco Levi
1914 - 2009
Carlo Casalegno
1916 - 1977
Felice Balbo
1914 - 1964
Enrico Mollo
1913 - 1992
Angelo Varetto
1910 - 2001
Giovanni Astengo
1915 - 1990
Stefano Terra
1917 - 1986
Franco Assetto
1911 - 1993
Vittorio Badini Confalonieri
1914 - 1993
Marcello Craveri
1914 - 2002
Fernando Paggi
1914 - 1973
Pietro Buscaglia
1911 - 1997
Mauro Racca
1912 - 1977
Enzo Giacchero
1912 - 2000
Giorgio Agosti
1910 - 1992
Orazio Satta Puliga
1910 - 1974
Domenico Bartoli (giornalista)
1912 - 1989
Silvio Leonardi
1914 - 1990
Armando Diena
1914 - 1985
Luciana Nissim Momigliano
1919 - 1998
Enzo Tarascio
1919 - 2006
Giuseppe Solaro
1914 - 1945
Franco Di Majo
1910 - 2011
Rodolfo Amprino
1912 - 2007
Alfredo Bai
1913 - 1980
Antonino Rèpaci
1910 - 2005
Bianca Guidetti Serra
1919 - 2014
Giuliano Pajetta
1915 - 1988
Bruno Segre
Born 1918
Federico Allasio
1914 - 1987
Vincenzo Bertolotto
1912 - 1992
Franco Martinengo
1910 - 2001
Lina Aimaro
1914 - 2000
Virginia Carini Dainotti
1911 - 2003
Alda Croce
1918 - 2009
Giorgina Arian Levi
1910 - 2011
Achille Boroli
1913 - 2011
Emilio Guarnaschelli
1911 - 1938
Mario Bionda
1913 - 1985
Eugenio Gentili Tedeschi
1916 - 2005
Fernanda Bullano
1914 - 2003
Guido Astuti
1910 - 1980
Roberto Gaja
1912 - 1992
Piero Foà
1911 - 2005
Piero Malvezzi
1916 - 1987
Massimo Ottolenghi
1915 - 2016
Mario Calandri
1914 - 1993
Domenico Gaido
1910 - 1927
Edmondo Malan
1910 - 1978
Maurice Goulon
1919 - 2008
Carlo Radicati di Primeglio
1914 - 1990
Ferruccio Diena
1912 - 1996
Vittorio Subilia
1911 - 1988
Enzo Venturelli
1910 - 1996
Alfredo Vignale
1913 - 1969
Duilio Santagostino
1914 - 1982
Giorgio Vaccarino
1916 - 2010
Terenzio Magliano
1912 - 1989
Gisella Monaldi
1913 - 1984
Diana Grange Fiori
1918 - 2001
Luigi Marchesi (militare)
1910 - 1997
Angelo Bairati
1911 - 1994
Hector Passerin d'Entrèves
1914 - 1990
Riccardo Chicco
1910 - 1973
Elena Da Venezia
1915 - 2003
Nella Maissa
1914 - 2014
Cesare Gallea
1917 - 2008
Franco Momigliano
1916 - 1988
Enrico Tortonese
1911 - 1987
Eugene Fubini
1913 - 1997
Adolfo Giuntoli
1913 - 1981
Nico Rosso
1910 - 1981
Carlo Musso
Born 1911
Alda Grimaldi
Born 1919
Giovanni Pugliese
1914 - 1995
Ines Poggetto
1919 - 2007
Giuseppe De André
1912 - 1985
Armando Monasterolo
1915 - 1978
Franco Balbis
1911 - 1944
Aldo Bertocci
1915 - 2004
Ettore Minoretti
1910 - 1999
Giacinto Ellena
1914 - 2000
Giuliana Segre
1911 - 2009
Carlo Borra
1915 - 1998
Anna Bolens
1912 - 2002
Guido Petrungaro
1911 - 1965
Carlo Moscovini
1919 - 1986
Andrea Viglione
1914 - 1992
Attilio Prevost (1918-2010)
1918 - 2010
Luigi Cerutti
1917 - 1994
Giorgio Solaroli di Briona
1918 - 1996
Oberdan Ussello
1917 - 2002
Pietro Buzano
1911 - 1993
Carlo Stella
1910 - 2000
Lydia Bongiovanni
1914 - 1998
Vanni Teodorani
1916 - 1964
Angelo Galateri di Genola
1912 - 1998
Enrico Giachino
1916 - 1944
Osvaldo Ferrini
1914 - 1991
Eraldo Gastone
1913 - 1986
Riccardo Steinleitner
1915 - 1998
Maria Vittoria Malvano
1918 - 2007
Felice Cordero di Pamparato
1919 - 1944
Carlo Marenco di Moriondo
1915 - 1941
Alessandro Delmastro
1917 - 1944
Luigi Mariotti (militare)
1913 - 1944
Nicolò Cobolli Gigli
1918 - 1941
Pietro Augusto Cassina
1913 - 1999
Pietro Tabor
1919 - 1944
Cesarina Carletti
1912 - 1988
Filippo Prato
1910 - 1980
Marcello Giannini
1913 - 1985
Carlo Mussa Ivaldi Vercelli
1913 - 1989
Gino Moretti
1917 - 2015
Giovanni Durando (giurista)
1915 - 2000
Esterino Bosco
1915 - 2008
Giorgio Pelassa
1913 - 1948
Oscar Abello
1916 - 1941
Mara Carisi
Born 1919
Alberto Rosso
1914 - 1991
Virgilio Conrero
1918 - 1990
Uberto Tosco
1915 - 2001
Luigi Nada
1910 - 1944
Cleo Balbo
1919 - 1984
Giuseppe Trotter
1918 - 1975
Mario Nardi
1912 - 2007
Vincenzo Lucertini
1914 - 1985
Vittoria Ceriana Mayneri
1915 - 1997
Gaspare Cozzi
Born 1914
Vincenzo Giovanni Giusto
1916 - 1945
Maggiorino Mongero
1911 - 1995
Orestes Ghibaudo
Born 1918
Guglielmino Casaro
1912 - 1994
Mario Pagliano
1915 - 1991
Pierre Mussetta
Born 1912
Alessandro Fè d'Ostiani (pittore)
1911 - 1989
Paolo Biscaretti di Ruffia
1912 - 1996
Arnaldo Morano
1911 - 2007
Ferdinando Prat (partigiano)
1916 - 1986
Nino Camus
1910 - 1947
Franco Morzone
Born 1918
Gastone Jacobbi
1919 - 2003