List of Famous people born in Piedmont, Italy
Alberto Alemanno
Alberto Alemanno is an Italian lawyer. He is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris since 2009, and also Global Clinical Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.
Fausto Coppi
Angelo Fausto Coppi was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo. He was an all-round racing cyclist: he excelled in both climbing and time trialing, and was also a great sprinter. He won the Giro d'Italia five times, the Tour de France twice, and the World Championship in 1953. Other notable results include winning the Giro di Lombardia five times, the Milan–San Remo three times, as well as wins at Paris–Roubaix and La Flèche Wallonne and setting the hour record (45.798 km) in 1942.
Franco Tongya
Franco Daryl Heubang Tongya is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Marseille.
Fabrizia Pons
Fabrizia Pons is an Italian rally co-driver best known for her partnership with Michèle Mouton.
Little Bob
Roberto Piazza better known by his stage name as Little Bob is a French rock muscian with strong blues and rhythm 'n' blues influences.
Umberto Tozzi
Umberto Antonio Tozzi is an Italian pop and rock singer and composer. Over the course of his career, he has sold over 70 million records in different languages internationally, and his biggest international hits are: "Stella Stai", "Gloria", "Tu" and "Ti Amo".
Prince Aly Khan
Prince Ali Salman Aga Khan, known as Aly Khan, was a Pakistani diplomat of Iranian and Italian descent. He was the son of the Aga Khan III, and the father of Aga Khan IV.
Tarcisio Bertone
Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Bertone is an Italian prelate and a Vatican diplomat. A cardinal of the Catholic Church, he served as Archbishop of Vercelli from 1991 to 1995, as Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was Prefect, Archbishop of Genoa from 2002 to 2006, and as Cardinal Secretary of State from 2006 to 2013. Bertone was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2003. On 10 May 2008, he was named Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati.
Gigi D'Agostino
Luigino Celestino di Agostino, known by his stage name Gigi D'Agostino, is an Italian DJ, remixer, singer and record producer. In 1986, he started his career as a DJ spinning Italo disco. His biggest chart successes include "Bla Bla Bla", "Another Way", a cover of Nik Kershaw's "The Riddle", "La Passion", "Super " and "L'amour toujours", all in the years 1999 and 2000. The hookline of "L'amour toujours" was also used for the 2018 hit remix/mashup "In My Mind".
Enzo Mari
Enzo Mari was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer who is known to have influenced many generations of industrial designers.