Find A Grave - Provincia di Torino

Agnelli, Giovanni b. August 12, 1866 d. December 16, 1945
Industrialist. He was the founder of the Fiat automobile company. Born in Villar Perosa, a small town near Pinerolo, Italy, his father, the mayor of Villar Perosa, died at age 40, when Giovanni was just five. He studied at the Collegio San Giuseppe in Turin; then embarked on a military career until 1893 when he returned to Villar Perosa, where he followed in his father's footsteps and became mayor in 1895 (a position he held until his death). He heard about the invention of the (then) new...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Villar Perosa, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Family Chapel
Agnelli, Susanna 'Suni' b. April 24, 1922 d. May 15, 2009
Italian Stateswoman, Industrialist. She was the only female Minister of Foreign Affairs in Italy's history. Born of an Italian father and an American mother, she was raised with the massive wealth of the Fiat automotive dynasty. During WWII she was a Red Cross volunteer on a hospital ship and, in 1945, married Count Urbino Rattazzi. Over the years she maintained multiple homes in Italy and the United States, and was to introduce American-style television fundraising in Italy to advance various...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Villar Perosa, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Agnelli, Umberto b. October 1, 1934 d. May 26, 2004
Industrialist. He was the Chairman of Italy's largest industrial group, Fiat, and one of Italy's richest men, who lived for years in the shadow of his flamboyant brother, Giovanni (Gianni) Agnelli. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, he endured a series of tragedies that began with the loss of his father when he was an infant, his mother in 1945, and continued through the deaths of two sons and then his brother in 2003. Umberto took the top job at Fiat in early 2003 following his brother Gianni's...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimitero di Villar Perosa, Villar Perosa, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Family Chapel
Bobbio, Norberto b. October 18, 1909 d. January 9, 2004
Italian Philosopher, considered one of the most important philosophers of Twentieth Century. A referring one for the parties and thinkers of the left. Among his books are "La Filosofia del Decadentismo," "La Cultura e Il Fascismo," "Quale Socialismo?" and "Destra e Sinistra." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimitero di Rivalta Bormida, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Bosco, John b. August 16, 1815 d. January 31, 1888
Roman Catholic Saint. He was an Italian priest, ordained in 1841, who founded the Salesian Society, and worked with disadvantaged youth. He was beatified June 2, 1929 and canonized on Easter Sunday (April 1) 1934. His Feast Day is January 31st. (Bio by: Tom)
House of Valsalice, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Braganza, Maria Pia b. October 16, 1847 d. July 5, 1911
Queen Maria Pia of Portugal was born Princess Maria Pia of Savoy on October 16th 1847 in Turin, Italy. She was the daughter of King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy and Adelaide Habsburg-Lotharingen. She married in 1862 with Luis I, King of Portugal. She lived to see her son become King Carlos I of Portugal. Tragically, King Carlos and her eldest grandson Prince Luis Felipe were both murdered in Lisbon in 1908. Her other grandson Manuel became King of Portugal on the death of his father and...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Stupinigi Castle Savoy Mausoleum, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Buscaglione, Ferdinando b. November 23, 1921 d. February 3, 1960
Singer. Born in Turin, Italy, he developed a strong passion for music since his childhood. In his teens he could usually be found playing violin and double bass in the city's clubs. After World War II he joined the Allied Radio Orchestra in Cagliari, Sardinia, where he started playing American-style music such as swing. By the end of the war he had created his own singing persona, styled like a "Clark Gable moustached "girls 'n whisky" damned club singer". In the 1950s, coupled with Leo Chiosso...[Read More] (Bio by: Luca Cottone)
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
d'Orléans, Anne Marie b. August 27, 1669 d. August 26, 1728
Queen of Sicily and Sardinia. Anne Marie d'Orléans, daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and his wife Princess Henrietta Anne of England, was born at the Château de Saint-Cloud in France. Her mother died less than a year after her birth, and she was raised by her stepmother, Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine. Her uncle Louis XIV arranged her marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, then Duke of Savoy. A proxy marriage took place at Versailles on April 10, 1684, when Anne Marie was 14...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
Basilica di Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Dal Pozzo Della Cisterna, Maria Vittoria b. August 9, 1846 d. November 8, 1876
Queen of Spain. An Italian noblewoman. Born Maria Vittoria Carlotta Enrichetta, Princess del Pozzo della Cisterna. She was the daughter of the prince and patriot Carlo Emanuele, a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy and of the Countess Louise de Merode, with her has extinguished the line of Princes della Cisterna. She married in Turin on May 30, 1867 with Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, son of Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy. In 1870, following the deposing of Queen Isabella II of Spain, her...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Basilica di Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Crypt of the Basilica
Ghione, Emilio b. July 30, 1879 d. January 7, 1930
Italian silent film actor, director and screenwriter. Born Emilio Luigi Carlo Giuseppe Maria Ghione, best known for being the creator and interpreter of the Za la Mort character. He was one of the most significant personalities of the Italian silent cinema. Son of a painter of considerable quality, Giovanni began as a painter and miniaturist. He made his debut in cinema in 1909, holding positions of stuntman. After working for a short time at the Itala Films, the production company of Giovanni...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Parco di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
King Amadeo I b. May 30, 1845 d. January 18, 1890
Spanish Monarch. He was King of Spain from 1870 to 1873. He was the second son of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Iglesia de Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Panteón Real
Levi, Primo b. July 31, 1919 d. April 11, 1987
Author. Born in Turin, Italy, he was a member of Anti-fascist resistance during World War II. When captured, he was deported by the Nazis to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland in 1944, spending eleven months there until it was liberated by the Soviet Red Army in 1945. He wrote of his experiences, and his books detailed the atrocities of the Nazis in the death camps in works such as "Se Questo è un Uomo" (If This Is a Man), "La Tregua," "Storie Naturalli," "Vizio di Forma," "La Ricerca...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Levi Montalcini, Dr. Rita b. April 22, 1909 d. December 30, 2012
Scientist, physician. Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine. Known for having discovered and identified the cause accretion of nerve fibers, scientifically called "nerve growth factor", which in 1986 earned her the prestigious award. Graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Turin in 1936 and holder of a Research Doctorate in Neurology and Psychiatry, in 1938 she was forced to emigrate to Belgium because of the Italian racial laws. In August 1944, returned to Italy, Levi...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Family tomb
Macario, Erminio b. May 27, 1902 d. March 26, 1980
One ofActor. One of the best known figures of Italian theatre and motion pictures, his career began in the 1920s, touring with secondary companies of northern Italy. Born in Turin, Italy, he is remembered for his massive revues, comedies and movies production spanning five decades. He worked along with personalities such as Wanda Osiris, Isa Bluette, Isa Barzizza, Raffaella Carrà, Sandra Mondaini, Totò (Antonio De Curtis) and Margherita Fumero. (Bio by: Luca Cottone)
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Plot: Section A, Plot A60
of Sardinia, Victor Amadeus II b. May 14, 1666 d. October 31, 1732
King of Sicily and Sardinia. Victor Amadeus of Savoy, only child of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and his second wife Marie Jeanne of Savoy, was born at the Royal Palace of Turin in Italy. After the death of his father in 1675, his mother assumed power as regent. King Louis XIV of France arranged his marriage to Anne Marie d'Orléans. The proxy marriage took place on April 10, 1684 in Versailles. The couple met for the first time on May 6th, the day of their wedding in Savoy. That year...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
Basilica di Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Pastrone, Giovanni b. September 13, 1883 d. June 27, 1959
Film director, actor and producer. He was an innovator of film technique who was active in the Italian silent cinema. Regarded by many the greatest film director of historical films of the time, he is best remembered as the director of the epic 1914 film "Cabiria" written by Gabriele D'Annunzio. In 1908, he founded the film production company Itala Film, and in the years that followed, he directed and produced films such...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Pininfarina, Sergio b. September 8, 1926 d. July 3, 2012
Automobile Designer, Italian Senator. Pininfarina, whose very name is synonymous with exotic automobile design, was chairman of the company that his father founded in 1930. He obtained a degree in mechanical engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin in 1950 and assumed control of the design studios upon his fathers death. The company climbed to prominence in the 50s for cutting-edge and elegant designs for among such automakers as Ferrari, Maserati, Roll-Royce, Cadillac, Jaguar, Volvo...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero)
Cimitero Monumentale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Saldarini, Giovanni Cardinal b. December 11, 1924 d. April 18, 2011
Roman Catholic Cardinal. He is remembered for his tenure as Archbishop of Turin during which time he was custodian of the famous Shroud of Turin. Born in Cantu, he was educated at Venegono and in Milan prior to his ordination as a priest on May 31, 1947. After teaching in Desio he held a professorship at the Seminary of Venegono from 1952 thru 1967 then served as a parish priest of the Milan Archdiocese until 1982. Consecrated Bishop on November 10, 1984, he was Auxiliary of Milan until...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Savio, Saint. Dominic b. April 2, 1842 d. March 9, 1857
Born in Riva di chieri. One of the children educated by Saint John Bosco. St Dominic was a model of virtue, an excellent student with a strong piety. Died at 15 in Mondonio. Canonized by Pope Pious XII in 1957. (Bio by: Guada)
Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Tamagno, Francesco b. December 28, 1850 d. August 31, 1905
Opera singer. A dramatic tenor, he sang in most of the world's leading operatic venues during the late 1800s. Raised in Turin by a middle class restaurant-owning family, Tamagno served in the Italian military then got his professional start with the chorus at his home city's Teatro Regio in 1870, progressing over the next few years to comprimario parts. His first major role was Riccardo in Giuseppe Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" at Palermo's Teatro Bellini in 1874 while his La Scala Milano...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cimitero Generale di Torino, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy

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