List of Famous people born in Piedmont, Italy

Arturo Brachetti is an Italian quick-change artist considered the best quick change performer in the world. In the Guinness Book of Records he is described as the quickest and most prolific quick change artist in the world.

Marta Bassino is an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. She competes in all disciplines, with a focus in giant slalom, in which she has won five World Cup races.

Sergio Canavero is an Italian neurosurgeon known for making claims about his ability to perform head transplantations.

Vincenzo "Enzo" Osella is the founder and chairman of Italian auto manufacturer Osella as well as former principal of the Osella Formula One team.

Chiara Appendino is an Italian politician who is the 39th and current mayor of Turin. A member of the Five Star Movement, she was elected on 20 June 2016.

Elisa Sednaoui is a model, actress, philanthropist and film director of Italian, Egyptian, and French descent. She has appeared in such films as Eastern Drift, La Baie du renard, Bus Palladium, Les Gamins, and Remember Now, as well as in fashion campaigns for Chanel Eyewear, Giorgio Armani, Missoni and Roberto Cavalli. In 2013, she created the Elisa Sednaoui Foundation, dedicated to promoting creative learning, after-school initiatives for youngsters.

Cristina Marocco is an Italian singer and actress.

Giovanni Ferrero is an Italian businessman. He assumed the leadership of the confectionery company Ferrero SpA after the death of his brother Pietro Ferrero in 2011. He has a net worth of $34.2 billion as of December 2020, according to Bloomberg. As of July 2020, Forbes estimated his net worth at $26.3 billion, the 43rd richest in the world, and richest in Italy.

Cesare Pavese was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist

Giuliana Sgrena is an Italian journalist who works for the Italian communist newspaper Il Manifesto and the German weekly Die Zeit. While working in Iraq, she was kidnapped by insurgents on 4 February 2005. After her release on 4 March, Sgrena and the two Italian intelligence officers who had helped secure her release came under fire from U.S. forces while on their way to Baghdad International Airport. Nicola Calipari, a major general in the Italian Military Intelligence and Security Service was killed, and Sgrena and one other officer were wounded in the incident. The event caused an international outcry.