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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Gianni Agnelli
1921 - 2003
Carlo Maria Martini
1927 - 2012
Susanna Agnelli
1922 - 2009
Sergio Pininfarina
1926 - 2012
Piero Angela
Born 1928
Fred Buscaglione
1921 - 1960
Franco Cristaldi
1924 - 1992
Piero Piccioni
1921 - 2004
Guido Ceronetti
1927 - 2018
Carlo Fruttero
1926 - 2012
Ruggero Mastroianni
1929 - 1996
Nini Rosso
1926 - 1994
Maria Luisa Spaziani
1922 - 2014
Louis Calaferte
1928 - 1994
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
1925 - 2017
Elémire Zolla
1926 - 2002
Jacek Karpiński
1927 - 2010
Carlo Parola
1921 - 2000
Marisa Merz
1926 - 2019
Mario Alinei
1926 - 2018
Graziella Sciutti
1927 - 2001
Primo Nebiolo
1923 - 1999
Bitto Albertini
1924 - 1999
Luigi Scattini
1927 - 2010
Felice Andreasi
1928 - 2005
Giovanni Conso
1922 - 2015
Luciano Gallino
1927 - 2015
Sergio Fubini
1928 - 2005
Giorgio Bàrberi Squarotti
1929 - 2017
Giovanni Michelotti
1921 - 1980
Italo Insolera
1929 - 2012
Giuseppe Delfino
1921 - 1999
Angelo Conterno
1925 - 2007
Sergio Garavini
1927 - 2001
Riccardo Licata
1929 - 2014
Sergio Ricossa
1927 - 2016
Oscar Valdambrini
1924 - 1996
Aldo Scavarda
Born 1923
Giorgio Anglesio
1922 - 2007
Sergio Ferrero
1926 - 2008
Edera Cordiale
1920 - 1993
Iacopo Barsotti
1921 - 1987
Ernesto Bonino
1922 - 2008
Ercole Rabitti
1921 - 2009
Emilio Gatti
1922 - 2016
Paolo Spriano
1925 - 1988
Adolfo Sarti
1928 - 1992
Fernaldo Di Giammatteo
1922 - 2005
Carlo Alberto Chiesa
1920 - 1960
Eugenio Battisti
1924 - 1989
Alberto Testa (dancer)
1922 - 2019
Domenico Corcione
1929 - 2020
Carla Voltolina
1921 - 2005
Arrigo Lora Totino
1928 - 2016
Francesco Barone
1923 - 2001
Delfy de Ortega
1920 - 1995
Walter Fillak
1920 - 1945
Roberto Gabetti
1925 - 2000
Roberto Goitre
1927 - 1980
Pier Luigi Romita
1924 - 2003
Thea Prandi
1922 - 1961
Gianni Bongioanni
1928 - 2018
Giorgio Coda
Born 1924
Paolo Gobetti
1925 - 1995
Enrico Colombotto Rosso
1925 - 2013
Piero Operto
1926 - 1949
Giorgio Agnelli
1929 - 1965
Gino Munaron
1928 - 2009
Virgilio Sabel
1920 - 1989
Luigi Cavallo
1920 - 2005
Dante Di Nanni
1925 - 1944
Edmo Fenoglio
1928 - 1996
Aimaro Isola
Born 1928
Paolo Molinari
1924 - 2014
Oscar Botto
1922 - 2008
Isa Di Marzio
1929 - 1997
Leone Piccioni
1925 - 2018
Sergio Camillo Segre
Born 1926
Guido Amoretti
1920 - 2008
Cesare Nay
1925 - 1994
Ugo Pecchioli
1925 - 1996
Mario Lattes
1923 - 2001
Lorenzo Alessandri (pittore)
1927 - 2000
Gianni Rocca
1927 - 2006
Giorgio Arlorio
1929 - 2019
Giovanni Klaus Koenig
1924 - 1989
Adolfo Beria di Argentine
1920 - 2000
Piero Viotto
1924 - 2017
Guido Oddo
1920 - 2006
Paolo Boringhieri
1921 - 2006
Vittorio Caissotti di Chiusano
1928 - 2003
Lidia Martorana
1928 - 2018
Alberto Predieri
1921 - 2001
Nella Marcellino
1923 - 2011
Franca Nuti
Born 1929
Giorgio De Maria
1924 - 2009
Renato Gandolfi
1927 - 2011
Ferruccio Scaglia
1921 - 1979
Piero Cazzola
1921 - 2015
Carlo Della Casa
1925 - 2014
Angiola Minella
1920 - 1988
Enore Zaffiri
Born 1928
Luciano Gruppi
1920 - 2003
Lore Terracini
1925 - 1995
Alberto Burdese
1927 - 2011
Bruno Dante
1920 - 2002
Mario Tosi (egittologo)
1926 - 2014
Ottavio Mazzonis
1921 - 2010
Sergio Rossi (entrepreneur)
1923 - 2004
Victor di Suvero
Born 1927
Dino Origlia
1920 - 2012
Carlo Cavaglià
1926 - 2011
Gianna Baltaro
1926 - 2008
Maria Luisa Gatti Perer
1929 - 2009
César Gattegno
1928 - 2011
Isabella Verney
Born 1925
Francesco Grosso
Born 1921
Franco Sibilla
1923 - 2008
Giovanni Alasia
1927 - 2015
Cesare Goffi
1920 - 1995
Pietro De Logu
1920 - 2002
Francesco Novara
1923 - 2009
Dario Guzzon
1926 - 2000
Luciano Fineschi
1925 - 2006
Carlo Revelli
1926 - 2020
Roberto Olivetti
1928 - 1985
Mario Motta
1923 - 2013
Luciano Benevene
1925 - 2002
Léonardo Delfino
Born 1928
Giuseppe Botta
1925 - 2008
Caty Torta
1920 - 2014
Fernando Eandi
1926 - 2018
Dante Di Maso
1924 - 2005
Pietro Sartoris
1926 - 1989
Pietro Bonetto
1921 - 2005
Oreste Leonardi
1926 - 1978
Renzo Orvieto
1922 - 1999
Guido Fubini (giurista)
1924 - 2010
Lodovico Lessona
1928 - 1972
Gigi Beccaria
1920 - 2006
Ada Pace
1924 - 2016
Nuccio Messina
1929 - 2015
Luigi Arisio
1926 - 2020
Benito Gavazza
1926 - 2010
Giovanni Gallo
1927 - 2003
Mirella Antonione Casale
Born 1925
Edilio Capotosti
1924 - 1996
Gianluigi Gabetti
1924 - 2019
Luigi Poli (militare)
1923 - 2013
Clara Agnelli
1920 - 2016
Aldo Bonomo
1929 - 2005
Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda
Born 1927
Italo Gastaldi
1920 - 1944
Francesco Valentino
1925 - 1944
Gigi Movilia
1921 - 2019
Carlo Enrici
1924 - 2018
Cesare Pozzo (politico)
1926 - 2012
Giuseppe Bravin
1922 - 1944
Alfieri Canavero
Born 1927
Piero Gancia
1922 - 2010
Alex Treves
Born 1929
Giorgio Bolognesi
1925 - 2014
Giuseppe Franco
Born 1925
Anna Cherchi Ferrari
1924 - 2006
Piero Golin
Born 1928
Luigi Carello
1928 - 2003
Andrea Filippa (politico)
Born 1926
Luigi Passoni
1926 - 2005
Osvaldo Alasonatti
1922 - 1944
Max Massimino Garnier
1924 - 1985
Giorgio Balmas
1927 - 2006
Giulio Castelli (calciatore)
1925 - 2011
Cesare Bovio
Born 1928
Innocenzo Contini
1922 - 1944
Elena Recanati Foa Napolitano
1922 - 1984
Enrico di Robilant
1924 - 2012
Dario Cravero
1929 - 2020
Vito Sante Miolli
1928 - 2012
Ferdinando Burlando
1923 - 2014
Bruno Genti
Born 1921
Pietro Bersia
1929 - 2002
Enzo Garavoglia
1920 - 1996
Giovanni Sinchetto
1922 - 1991
Armando Costanzo
Born 1927
Libero Tubino
1925 - 1943
Giovanni Bussone
1927 - 2014
Maurilio Borello
1925 - 2016
Pietro Mosca
Born 1922
Gaetano Majorino
1927 - 2012
Michele Ruella
Born 1920
Mauro Frizzoni
1926 - 2004
Antonio Torreano
Born 1925
Tino Neirotti
1923 - 1992
Armando Ortolano
1921 - 2010
Carlo Avedano
Born 1924
Virginia Montalcini
1920 - 1944
Giuseppe Cafasso (calciatore)
Born 1929
Roberto Fiorio
Born 1927
Giorgio Ravaz
1923 - 1944
Giovanni Bacciarello
1927 - 2007
Franco Tedeschi (deportato)
1922 - 1945
Rinaldo Cappellini
Born 1926
Stefano Chiaraviglio
1926 - 1995
Piero Capello
1928 - 1987
Bruno Sobrero
1920 - 2014
Renzo Suozzi
Born 1922
Riccardo Banderali
1921 - 1945
Giacomino Curreno di Santa Maddalena
1928 - 1945
Efisio Colombino
Born 1922
Ercole Chiolerio
1928 - 1945