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Turin ranks 65th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tehran, Lisbon, and Riga. Memorable people born in Turin include Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Amedeo Avogadro, and John Bosco. Memorable people who died in Turin include Laura Mancinelli, Bartolomeo Veneto, and Amedeo Avogadro. Turin has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and soccer players. Turin is located in Italy.

Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 856,745 as of 2025, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 662 and 2005, Turin was the birth place of 157 globally memorable people, including Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Amedeo Avogadro, and John Bosco. Additionaly, 107 globally memorable people have passed away in Turin including Laura Mancinelli, Bartolomeo Veneto, and Amedeo Avogadro.

People Born in Turin

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Turin were politicians (29), soccer players (24), writers (11), athletes (11), and actors (8),  while most who died were politicians (25), soccer players (18), writers (16), religious figures (6), and mathematicians (6).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Turin, including Sandro Mazzola, Roberto Bettega, and Claudio Marchisio. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Turin, including Umberto I of Italy, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, and Gianni Agnelli.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Turin since 1700.