Giovanni Francesco Pressenda (Lequio Berria (Cuneo), 1777 – Turin, 12 December 1854) was an Italian violin maker. He completed his apprenticeship in Turin, probably in the workshop of French violin makers such as Lété and Calot. It seems that in the French workshop he learned not only violin making technique but also workshop management, since he always relied on the assistance of various collaborators, including , and Giuseppe Rocca. Pressenda died in Torino on 12 December 1854 (in loneliness and poverty). He ranks amongst the most important violin makers from the Turin School.