Some Italian regions have been the birthplace of some very important people for science, literature, sport, industries in Italy and abroad.
Among the famous people born in Piedmont:
– Nobel Prize for Medicine Rita Levi Montalcini,
– architect Enzo Mari,
– mathematician Joseph Lagrange,
– poet Guido Gozzano, writers Vittorio Alfieri, Cesare Pavese, Beppe Fenoglio, Umberto Eco, Primo Levi, Giorgio Faletti, Gianni Rodari, Alessandro Baricco, artist Giacomo Balla
– statesman Camillo Benso Count of Cavour, the first President of the Republic Luigi Einaudi, politicians Giovanni Giolitti and Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, general Luigi Cadorna,
– song writers Luigi Tenco and Paolo Conte, the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi, the classic dancer Roberto Bolle,
– comedians Macario, Claudio Bisio, Ezio Greggio, Luciana Littizzetto,
– journalists Giorgio Bocca, Ezio Mauro, Marco Travaglio, science communicator Piero Angela,
– Saint Giovanni Bosco,
– sportsmen Fausto Coppi, Giampiero Boniperti, Gianni Rivera, Piero Gros,
– supermodel and former Première Dame in France Carla Bruni
– entrepreneurs Alfonso Bialetti (inventor of the famous coffee MOKA machine), Pietro Ferrero (inventor of Nutella), Gianni Agnelli, Oscar Farinetti, Flavio Briatore, Camillo Olivetti and Giulio Einaudi
Source Wikimedia Commons:
Roberto Bolle Di Lucy keating – Opera propria, CC BY-SA 3.0,
Rita Levi Montalcini Di Jollyroger – Opera propria, CC BY-SA 2.5,
Umberto Eco – by mtkr
Wikipedia, unknown source: Piero Angela, Saint Giovanni Bosco
