List of Famous people born in Piedmont, Italy

Azio Corghi is an Italian opera composer, also a teacher and musicologist. He was born at Cirié, in the Province of Turin, studied at the Turin and Milan conservatories and was a pupil of Bruno Bettinelli. Corghi held the chair in composition at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome and had many famous students, including Silvia Colasanti, Ludovico Einaudi, and Fabio Mengozzi.

Italo Zilioli is an Italian former professional cyclist.

Countess Marisa Allasio is a retired Italian actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly 20 films between 1952 and 1957.

Achille Leone Occhetto, is an Italian political figure. He served as the last secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) between 1988 and 1991, and the first leader of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the parliamentary socialist successor of the PCI, from 1991 to 1994.

Achille C. Varzi is an Italian-born philosopher. He graduated at University of Trento and received a master's and doctoral degree at the University of Toronto. He teaches at Columbia University, where he has been a member of the philosophy faculty since 1995. Since 2017 he is Visiting Professor at the University of Italian Switzerland.

Gilberto Zorio is an Italian artist associated with the Italian Arte Povera movement. Zorio's artwork shows his fascination with natural processes, alchemical transformation, and the release of energy. His sculptures, paintings, and performances are often read as metaphors for revolutionary human action, transformation, and creativity. He is known for his use of materials including: incandescent electric light tubes, steel, pitch, motifs, and processes through the use of evaporation and oxidation. He also creates precarious installations using fragile materials such as Stella di Bronzo and Acidi within his work.

Mario Siletti was an Italian actor. He performed in more than 160 films from 1932 to 1964.

Gisella Marengo is an Italian actress and producer. Marengo played the role of Nurse Nicu in the 2005 thriller Mary, and Matilde in the 2009 comedy Baarìa. In 2011 she played the role of Maliva – mother of Rose McGowan's character Marique in the fantasy film Conan the Barbarian. She co-produced The Legend of Hercules, and The Humbling. She is developing Giuseppe Tornatore's new movie with no title yet.

Cristina Serafini is an Italian actress.