Luigi Einaudi was an Italian politician and economist. He served as the President of the Italian Republic between 1948 and 1955. Einaudi was born in Carrù, in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont. He completed his university studies in Turin, where he got acquainted with the Socialist ideas and collaborated with the magazine "Critica sociale", directed by the socialist leader Filippo Turati.

Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa was a general of the Italian carabinieri notable for campaigning against terrorism during Italy's 1970s strategy of tension, and later assassinated by the Mafia in Palermo. Born in Saluzzo, Cuneo, he became commandant of the (military) region of Piemonte-valle d'Aosta in 1974 and created an anti-terrorism structure in Turin, which succeeded capturing in September 1974 Red Brigades members Renato Curcio and Alberto Franceschini, …

Giorgetto Giugiaro (August 7, 1938) is an Italian automobile designer. He was born in Garessio, province of Cuneo (Piedmont). He initiated the "folded paper" era of the 1970s where the cars were designed with straight lines and sharp edges. As well as a number of supercars, he is responsible for the design of some of the most popular everyday vehicles driven today. Giugiaro was the winner of the award of Car Designer of the Century in 1999.

Stefania Belmondo (born January 13, 1969) is an Italian former cross-country skier.

Giovanni Giolitti (October 27, 1842 - July 17, 1928) was an Italian statesman. He was Prime Minister of Italy five times between 1892 and 1921.

Cesare Pavese (September 9, 1908 - August 27, 1950) was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator; he is widely considered among the major authors of the XXth century in his home country.

Flavio Briatore (born April 12, 1950) is an Italian entrepreneur and managing director of the Renault Formula One team.

Maurizio Damilano (born April 6, 1957 in Scarnafigi) is a Italian former race walker. <BR>

Luigi Allemandi (November 8, 1903 - 1978) was an Italian footballer who played as a defender. Born in San Damiano Macra, province of Cuneo, he debuted in 1921 with A.C. Legnano. Later he played also with Juventus F.C., F.C. Internazionale Milano, A.S. Roma, S.S.C. Venezia and S.S. Lazio. He was a member of the winning Italian national team which won the 1934 World Cup. He died in Pietra Ligure, Province of Savona.

Saint Giuseppe Benedetto Cottolengo (3 May 1786 - 30 April 1842) was the founder of the Societies of the Little House of Divine Providence and is a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Bra, then in the Kingdom of Sardinia, and became a canon in Turin. He died in Chieri. He was canonized in 1934, and his feast day is 29 April.

Umberto II, occasionally anglicized as Humbert II, (September 15, 1904, Racconigi, province of Cuneo - March 18, 1983, Geneva, Switzerland), the last King of Italy, nicknamed the King of May (Italian: Re di Maggio), was born the Prince of Piedmont. He was the third child of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena Petrovich of Montenegro. He served as the last King of Italy for slightly over a month, …

Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist, was born at Mondovì, and entered the religious order of the Pious Schools in 1732. He became professor of experimental physics, first at Palermo and then at Rome, and was appointed to a similar situation at Turin in 1748. He was afterwards made tutor to the young princes de Chablais and de Carignan, and continued to reside principally at Turin during the remainder of his life.

Carlo Giovanni Maria Denina (1731-5 December 1813) was an Italian historian. He was born at Revello, Piedmont, in 1731, and was educated at Saluzzo and Turin. In 1753 he was appointed to the chair of humanity at Pignerol, but he was soon compelled by the influence of the Jesuits to retire from it. In 1756 he graduated as doctor in theology, and began authorship with a theological treatise. Promoted to the professorship of humanity and rhetoric in the college of Turin, …

Giulio Einaudi (January 2 1912 - April 5 1999) was one of the most important publishers in Italian history.

Silvio Pellico (June 24, 1788 - January 31, 1854) was an Italian writer, poet, dramatist and patriot.

Thomas III of Saluzzo (Italian: "Tommaso III di Saluzzo"; 1356 - 1416) was margrave of Saluzzo from 1396 until his death.

The Blessed Margaret of Savoy (June 21, 1390, Fossano - November 23, 1464, Casale) was Marchioness of Montferrat.

Moritz, Prince and Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (full name: "Moritz Friedrich Karl Emanuel Humbert Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel", Italian: "Maurizio d'Assia"; born August 6, 1926) is the son of Prince Philip, Landgrave of Hesse and is the head of the House of Hesse.

Giorgio Biandrata or Blandrata (c. 1515 - 1588), Italian physician and polemic, who came of the De Biandrate family, powerful from the early part of the 13th century, was born at Saluzzo, the youngest son of Bernardino Biandrata. He graduated in arts and medicine at Montpellier in 1533, and specialized in the functional and nervous disorders of women.

Michele Antonio del Vasto (March 26 1495 - October 18 1528) was the marquess of Saluzzo from 1504 until his death. Born in Saluzzo, the elder son of Marquess Ludovico II of Saluzzo, he was count of Carmagnola until he succeeded to his father. He took part, initially alongside Ludovico, in the Italian Wars of Louis XII and Francis I of France. In particular, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Pavia (1528).

Ambrogio Borgognone (also known as "Ambrogio da Fossano" or "Ambrogio Stefani da Fossano" or as "il Bergognone", c. 1470s - 1523/1524) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Milanese school.

Corrado Segre (20 August 1863-18 May 1924) was an Italian mathematician, born in Saluzzo, who is remembered today as a major contributor to the early development of algebraic geometry. In 1884, Segre published a classification of the symmetries of the Ricci tensor which has found application in general relativity.

Fiorenzo Bava-Beccaris (March 1831 - April 8 1924) was an Italian general, especially remembered for his harsh repression of riots in Milan in 1898, known as the Bava-Beccaris massacre.

Cesare Arbasia was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period. Born and active in Saluzzo and active in Rome and Spain (c. 1579), including Malaga and Córdoba in a Mannerist style. He trained with Federico Zuccari. In Córdoba, he painted in the ceiling of the cathedral; while in Savigliano, the ceiling of the church of the Benedictine monks. In Saluzzo, he helped fresco the town hall. In 1601, he was pensioned by the ruler of the House of Savoy in Turin.