Sicily is the largest region in Italy in terms of area, with a population of over five million and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Geographically, it is the largest and most populated island in the Mediterranean Sea. This list includes notable natives of Sicily and its predecessor states, as well as those who were born elsewhere but spent a large part of their active life in Sicily. People of Sicilian heritage and descent are in a separate section of this article. The Sicilian-Americans have a specific list.

Religious figures

Anthony van Dyck - Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo

* Pantaenus (died 200 AD), theologian, saint *

Agatha of Catania Agatha of Sicily () is a Christian saint. Her feast is on 5 February. Agatha was born in Catania, part of the Roman Province of Sicily, and was martyred . She is one of several virgin martyrs who are commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mas ...

(231–251 AD), martyr and saint *

Lucy of Syracuse Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia ( la, Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Luther ...

(283–304 AD), martyr and saint * Saint Vitus (c. 290–c. 303 AD), martyr and saint * Euplius (died 304 AD), martyr and saint * Bassianus of Lodi (c. 320– c. 409), bishop and saint * Mamilian of Palermo (died 460), bishop and saint * Olivia of Palermo (448-463), martyr and saint * Pope Agatho (575–681), Pope from 678 to his death, saint * Pope Leo II (611–683), Pope from 682 to his death, saint *

Pope Sergius I Pope Sergius I (8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected at a time when two rivals, Paschal and Theodore, were locked in dispute about whic ...

(650–701), Pope from 687 to his death, saint * Pope Stephen III (723–772), Pope from 768 to his death * Methodios I (788/800–847), Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and saint * Leo Luke of Corleone (815–915), monk and saint * Joseph the Hymnographer (816–886), monk and saint * Elias of Enna (822 or 823–903), monk and saint *

Symeon of Trier Saint Simeon of Trier (or of Syracuse), also Symeon ( el, Ὁ Ὅσιος Συμεὼν ὁ Πεντάγλωσσος ὁ Σιναΐτης, scn, San Simeuni di Saraùsa), was a monk and recluse who died in Germany in 1035. He is venerated as a sa ...

(980/990–1035), monk and saint * Filarete of Calabria (c. 1020–1070), monk and saint * John Theristus (1049–1129), monk and saint * Rosalia of Palermo (1130–1166), hermit and saint * Albert of Trapani (1240–1307), friar and saint * Agostino Novello (1240–1309), Augustinian friar, scholar and blessed * Nicolò de' Tudeschi "''Panormitanus''", (1386–1445), canonist, pseudocardinal *

Pietro Geremia Pietro Geremia (10 August 1399 – 3 March 1452) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Order of Preachers. Geremia was born in Palermo but spent an extended period of time in Bologna – where he experienced a radic ...

(1399–1452), Dominican preacher and blessed *

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato Eustochia Smeralda Calafato (March 25, 1434 in Messina – January 20, 1485 also in Messina) is a Franciscan Italian saint belonging to the Order of the Poor Clares. She is co-patroness of Messina, which is also the centre of her cultus. Biogra ...

(1434–1485), Franciscan hermitess and saint * Luigi Rabatà (1443–1490), Carmelite priest and blessed * Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), friar and saint *

Giordano Ansaloni Giordano di San Stefano Ansalone, OP (1598 – 17 November 1634) was an Italian Dominican missionary in Asia. He is a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1981 and canonized in 1987 by Pope John Paul II. Life Ansalone was born at Santo Stefano Qu ...

(1598–1634), Dominican missionary and saint *

Bernard of Corleone Bernardo da Corleone (born Filippo Latini, 6 February 1605 – 12 January 1667) was a Sicilian Capuchin friar. He was a cobbler like his father until the latter died and he became a violent-tempered soldier who was quick to challenge to a due ...

(1605–1667), friar and saint *

Prospero Intorcetta Prospero Intorcetta (1626–1696), known to the Chinese as Yin Duoze, was an Italian Jesuit missionary to the Qing Empire. The first to translate the works of Confucius in Europe. Life Prospero Intorcetta was born in Piazza Armerina in 1626. ...

(1626–1696), Jesuit missionary * Giuseppe Maria Tomasi (1649–1713), Theatine priest, cardinal and saint * Giovanni Battista Sidotti (1668–1714), priest, missionary * Felix of Nicosia (1715–1787), Capuchin friar and saint *

Giacomo Cusmano Giacomo Cusmano (15 March 1834 - 14 March 1888) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the "Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum" which is also known as the "Boccone del Povero" (Mor ...

(1834–1888), priest and blessed * Mariano Rampolla (1843–1913), cardinal secretary of state *

Annibale Maria di Francia Annibale Maria di Francia, or Hannibal Mary di Francia, (July 5, 1851 – June 1, 1927) is a saint venerated by the Catholic Church. He founded a series of orphanages, and the religious congregations of the Rogationist Fathers and the Daught ...

(1851–1927), priest and saint * Carolina Santocanale (1852–1923), nun and blessed * Maria Crocifissa Curcio (1877–1957), Carmelite nun and blessed *

Gabriele Allegra Gabriele Allegra ( zh, 雷永明, 26 December 1907 – 26 January 1976) was a Franciscan Friar and Biblical scholar. He is best known for accomplishing the first complete translation of the Catholic Bible into the Chinese language. His Studium B ...

(1907–1976), Franciscan missionary, translator and blessed *

Giuseppina Suriano Giuseppina Suriano (18 February 1915 - 19 May 1950) was an Italian Roman Catholic member of the Catholic Action. Suriano was born to simple farmers near Palermo and became a noticeable and integral figure in Catholic Action during her life while ...

(1915–1950), Catholic activist and blessed * Salvatore Pappalardo (1918–2006), archbishop and cardinal *

Francesco Spoto Francesco Spoto (8 July 1924 – 27 December 1964) was an Italian people, Italian Catholic Church, Catholic priest who served in the missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and was killed there. He was also a professed member from the Missio ...

(1924–1964), priest, missionary and blessed * Pino Puglisi (1937–1993), priest and blessed

Philosophers and scientists

* Empedocles (c. 490–430 BC), scientist and philosopher * Acron (5th century BC), physician *

Gorgias Gorgias (; grc-gre, Γοργίας; 483–375 BC) was an ancient Greek sophist, pre-Socratic philosopher, and rhetorician who was a native of Leontinoi in Sicily. Along with Protagoras, he forms the first generation of Sophists. Several doxogr ...

(c. 483–375 BC), philosopher * Hicetas (c. 400–c. 335 BC), philosopher * Monimus (c. 399–300 BC), philosopher *

Menecrates of Syracuse Menecrates of Syracuse (; grc-gre, Μενεκράτης ὁ Συρακούσιος), Magna Graecia, was the physician at the court of Philip of Macedon, 359–336 BC. He seems to have been a successful practitioner, but to have made himself ridic ...

(4th century BC), physician *

Euhemerus Euhemerus (; also spelled Euemeros or Evemerus; grc, Εὐήμερος ''Euhēmeros'', "happy; prosperous"; late fourth century BC) was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon. Euhemerus' birthplace is disputed, with M ...

(c. 330–250 a.C.), philosopher * Dicaearchus (c. 350–c. 285 BC), philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematician *

Archimedes Archimedes of Syracuse (;; ) was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists ...

(c. 287 – 212 BC), engineer and mathematician * Constantine the African (c. 1020 – 1087), physician and translator * Giovanni Aurispa (1376–1459), anthropologist *

Francesco Maurolico Francesco Maurolico (Latin: ''Franciscus Maurolycus''; Italian: ''Francesco Maurolico''; gr, Φραγκίσκος Μαυρόλυκος, 16 September 1494 - 21/22 July 1575) was a mathematician and astronomer from Sicily. He made contributions t ...

(1494–1575), mathematician * Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia (1510–1580), physician, anatomist *

Giovanni Battista Hodierna Giovanni Battista Hodierna, also spelled as Odierna (April 13, 1597 – April 6, 1660) was an Italian astronomer at the court of Giulio Tomasi, Duke of Palma (Palma di Montechiaro). He compiled a catalogue of comets and other celestial object ...

(1597–1660), astronomer *

Paolo Boccone Paolo Silvio Boccone (24 April 1633 – 22 December 1704) was an Italian botanist from Sicily, whose interest in plants had been sparked at a young age. Born in a rich family, he was able to dedicate most of his life to the study of botany. Life B ...

(1633–1704), botanist * Tommaso Campailla (1668–1740), philosopher, doctor, poet *

Francesco Paolo Cantelli Francesco Paolo Cantelli (20 December 187521 July 1966) was an Italian mathematician. He made contributions to celestial mechanics, probability theory, and actuarial science. Biography Cantelli was born in Palermo. He received his doctorate in ...

(1875–1966), mathematician * Orso Mario Corbino (1876–1937), physicist * Leonardo Ximenes (1716–1786), mathematician, engineer, astronomer, geographer * Bernardino da Ucria (1739–1796), botanist * Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826), astronomer, discovered the minor planet Ceres * Niccolò Cacciatore (1780–1841), astronomer *

Vincenzo Tineo Vincenzo Tineo (Militello in Val di Catania, 27 February 1791 – Palermo, 25 July 1856) was an Italian Botanist. From 1814 to 1856 he was the director of the Palermo Botanical Garden. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Tineo ...

(1791–1856), botanist *

Gioacchino Ventura di Raulica Gioacchino Ventura (dei Baroni) di Raulica (8 December 1792 in Palermo – 2 August 1861 in Versailles), was a Sicilian Italian Roman Catholic pulpit orator, patriot, philosopher, writer and theologian, also known for his support of the cause ...

(1792–1861), philosopher * Filippo Parlatore (1816–1877), botanist * Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), chemist * Giuseppe Seguenza (1833–1889), naturalist, geologist *

Giuseppe Sergi Giuseppe Sergi (March 20, 1841 – October 17, 1936) was an Italian People, Italian anthropologist of the early twentieth century, best known for his opposition to Nordicism in his books on the Mediterraneanism, racial identity of Mediterranean pe ...

(1841–1936), anthropologist *

Gaetano Mosca Gaetano Mosca (; 1 April 1858 – 8 November 1941) was an Italian political scientist, journalist and public servant. He is credited with developing the elite theory and the doctrine of the political class and is one of the three members constitu ...

(1858–1941), political scientist * Silvio Micali (born 1954), computer scientists and Turing award recipient * Gaspare Mignosi (1875–1951), mathematician * Gaetano Fichera (1922–1996), mathematician *

Giuseppe Lauricella Giuseppe Lauricella (15 December 1867 – 9 January 1913) was an Italian mathematician who contributed to analysis and theory of elasticity.Giovanni Gentile (1875–1944), philosopher * José Ingenieros (1877–1925), physician, pharmacist, philosopher *

Michele Cipolla Michele Cipolla (28 October 1880, Palermo – 7 September 1947, Palermo) was an Italian mathematician, mainly specializing in number theory. He was a professor of Algebraic Analysis at the University of Catania The University of Catania ( ...

(1880–1947), mathematician *

Mauro Picone Mauro Picone (2 May 1885 – 11 April 1977) was an Italian mathematician. He is known for the Picone identity, the Sturm-Picone comparison theorem and being the founder of the Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo, presently named after hi ...

(1885–1977), mathematician *

Giuseppe Oddo Giuseppe Oddo (9 June 1865 – 5 November 1954) was an Italian chemist. The Oddo–Harkins rule The Oddo–Harkins rule holds that an element with an even atomic number (such as carbon, element 6) is more abundant than both elements with th ...

(1865–1954), chemist * Emanuele Paternò (1847–1935), chemist * Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (1886–1960), aviation inventor *

Giovanni Sansone Giovanni Sansone (24 May 1888 – 13 October 1979) was an Italian mathematician, known for his works on mathematical analysis, on the theory of orthogonal functions and on the theory of ordinary differential equations. He was an Invited Speaker ...

(1888–1979), mathematician * David J. Impastato (1903–1986), neuropsychiatrist * Giuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), aeronautics engineer *

Michele Parrinello Michele Parrinello (born 7 September 1945, Messina) is an Italian physicist particularly known for his work in molecular dynamics (the computer simulation of physical movements of atoms and molecules). Parrinello and Roberto Car were awarded the ...

(born 1945), physicist *

Antonino Lo Surdo Antonino Lo Surdo (4 February 1880 in Syracuse – 7 June 1949 in Rome) was an Italian physicist. He was appointed as professor of physics at the Istituto di Fisica in Rome in 1919; upon the death of Orso Mario Corbino in 1937, he became the dire ...

(1880–1949), physicist * Ettore Majorana (1906–?), physicist *

Quirino Majorana Quirino Majorana (28 October 1871 – 31 July 1957) was an Italian experimental physicist who investigated a wide range of phenomena during his long career as professor of physics at the Universities of Rome, Turin (1916–1921), and Bologna (19 ...

(1871–1957), physicist * Antonino Zichichi (born 1929), physicist * Luca Parmitano (born 1976), engineer and astronaut * Vito Latora (born 1971), physicist * Flavia Sparacino (born 1966) * Napoleone Ferrara (born 1956)

Writers and journalists

Epicharmus of Kos Epicharmus of Kos or Epicharmus Comicus or Epicharmus Comicus Syracusanus ( grc-gre, Ἐπίχαρμος ὁ Κῷος), thought to have lived between c. 550 and c. 460 BC, was a Greek dramatist and philosopher who is often credited w ...

(c. 524–c. 435 BC), comic poet, dramatist, philosopher * Antiochus of Syracuse (5th century BC), historian * Corax of Syracuse (5th century BC), rhetorician * Sophron (5th century BC), writer of mimes * Lysias (c. 445–c. 380 BC), logographer, jurist * Philistus (c. 432–356 BC), historian * Carcinus (c. 420–360 BC), dramatist * Archestratus (4th century BC), poet *

Timaeus Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to: * ''Timaeus'' (dialogue), a Socratic dialogue by Plato *Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue *Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek ...

(c. 345–250 BC), historian * Rhinthon (c. 323–285 BC), dramatist * Theocritus (c. 310–250 BC), poet *

Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...

(c. 90–30 BC), historian * Julius Firmicus Maternus (4th century AD), writer, astrologer * Ibn Hamdis (1056–1133), poet *

Eugenius of Palermo Eugenius of Palermo (also Eugene) ( la, Eugenius Siculus, el, Εὐγενἠς Εὐγένιος ὁ τῆς Πανόρμου, it, Eugenio da Palermo; 1130 – 1202) was an '' amiratus'' (admiral) of the Kingdom of Sicily in the late twelfth cent ...

(c. 1130–1202), translator * Cielo d'Alcamo (13th century), poet * Nina Siciliana (13th century), poet * Stefano Protonotaro da Messina (13th century), poet * Giacomo da Lentini (1210–1260), poet * Guido Delle Colonne (1215–1290), poet * Antonio Beccadelli (1394–1471), poet, historian * Pietro Ranzano (1428–1492), historian * Lucio Marineo (1444–1533), humanist, historian *

Giovanni Luca Barberi Giovanni Luca Barberi (1452–1520) was an Italian historian, lawyer and notary. He was born and lived in Sicily all of his life. His writing was particularly important in compiling the list of feudal and Nobility, noble titles in Sicily, Sicil ...

(1452–1520), historian * Cataldo Parisio (1455–1517), humanist * Tommaso Fazello (1498–1570), historian *

Nicoletta Pasquale Nicoletta Pasquale, known also as Coletta Pasquale or Paschale (Latin: ''Nicoletta Paschalis'') () was an Italian poet. Biography Nicoletta Pasquale was a noblewoman of Messina, a poet and intellectual. Little is known about her education and priv ...

(16th century), poet * Antonio Veneziano (1543–1593), poet *

Sebastiano Bagolino Sebastiano Bagolino was a Latin poet and scholar. Biography He was born in Alcamo, in the province of Trapani, from Giovan Leonardo, a painter, and Caterina Tabone.F. M. Mirabella, Cenni degli alcamesi rinomati in scienze, lettere, arti, armi ...

(1562–1604), poet, scholar * Pietro Fullone (1600–1670), poet *

Filadelfo Mugnos Filadelfo Mugnos (1607 – May 28, 1675) was an Italians, Italian historian, genealogist, poet , and Intellectual, man of letters. Biography Filadelfo Mugnos was born in Sicily at Lentini in 1607 but moved while young to Palermo. He obtained a ...

(1607–1675), historian, genealogist, poet *

Giuseppe Artale Giuseppe Artale (Catania, 29 August 1628 – Naples, 11 February 1679) was a Sicilian poet, novelist, and duelist, known for his Marinist works. He was also a knight of the Constantinian Order of Saint George. Biography Giuseppe Artale wa ...

(1632–1679), poet * Giovanni Meli (1740–1815), poet *

Domenico Tempio Domenico Tempio (1750–1821) was an Italian writer who mainly wrote in the Sicilian language Sicilian ( scn, sicilianu, link=no, ; it, siciliano) is a Romance language that is spoken on the island of Sicily and its satellite islands. A var ...

(1750–1821), poet *

Michele Amari Michele Amari (7 July 1806 – 16 July 1889) was a Sicilian patriot, historian and orientalist. Biography Born at Palermo son of Ferdinando and Giulia Venturelli, he devoted a great part of his life to the history of Sicily. Amari was also a ...

(1806–1889), historian, orientalist, politician * Gabriele Dara (1826–1885), Arbëreshë poet, politician * Luigi Capuana (1839–1915), writer * Giovanni Verga (1840–1922), novelist * Giuseppe Pitrè (1841–1916), historian * Mario Rapisardi (1844–1912), poet * Napoleone Colajanni (1847–1921), writer, journalist, politician * Pietro Gori (1865–1911), journalist, poet * Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936), dramatist,

Nobel laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

Nino Martoglio Nino Martoglio (Belpasso, Paternò, 3 December 1870 — Catania, 15 September 1921) was an Italy, Italian writer, publisher, journalist and producer of theatrical works. He wrote mostly in Sicilian language, Sicilian and likewise, his theatrical w ...

(1870–1921), writer, dramatist *

Maria Messina Maria Messina (March 14, 1887 – January 19, 1944) was an Italian writer. Biography Maria was born in Alimena, in the province of Palermo, the daughter of school inspector Gaetano Messina and Gaetana Valenza Trajna, descendant of a baronial fami ...

(1887–1944), writer of short fiction, novelist * Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), writer, poet * Ignazio Buttitta (1899–1997), poet * Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968), poet,

* Ercole Patti (1903–1976), writer * Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954), writer * Elio Vittorini (1908–1966), writer * Helle Busacca (1915–1996), poet * Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996), writer * Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), writer, politician * Vince Colletta (1923–1991), comic book artist, art director * Andrea Camilleri (1925–2019), novelist *

Giuseppe Fava Giuseppe "Pippo" Fava (; 15 September 1925 in Palazzolo Acreide – 5 January 1984 in Catania) was an Italian writer, investigative journalist, playwright, and Antimafia activist who was killed by the Mafia. He was the founder of the '' I Sici ...

(1925–1984), writer and dramatist * Mario Francese (1925–1979), journalist * Maria Costa (1926–2016), poet * Candido Cannavò (1930–2009) sports journalist * Santi Visalli (born 1932), photojournalist * Vincenzo Consolo (1933–2012), novelist *

Dacia Maraini Dacia Maraini (; born November 13, 1936) is an Italian writer. Maraini's work focuses on women's issues, and she has written numerous plays and novels. She has won awards for her work, including the Formentor Prize for ''L'età del malessere'' ...

(born 1936), novelist *

Gaetano Cipolla Gaetano Cipolla is a retired professor of Italian and Chairman of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at St. John's University in New York City. He was born and raised in Francavilla di Sicilia in Messina Province, Sicily and emigrated to t ...

(born 1937), Sicilian-to-English translator, author, publisher of the journal ''

Arba Sicula Arba Sicula ( Sicilian: ''Sicilian Dawn'') is a not-for-profit international society whose main objective is the preservation and promotion of the Sicilian language and culture. Its administration is located in Mineola, New York. The majority of me ...

'' * Emma Baeri (born 1942), feminist historian, political scientist * Peppino Impastato (1948–1978), journalist, political activist *

Marcello Sorgi Marcello Sorgi (born 31 March 1955) is an Italian journalist and author. Born in Palermo, the son of a criminal defense lawyer, Sorgi started his career as a journalist for the newspaper '' L'Ora'', and then he worked ''Il Messaggero'' and ''La ...

(born 1955), writer, journalist *

Lara Cardella Lara Cardella (born 13 November 1969 in Licata, Italy) is an Italian writer. She is best known for her best selling novel ''Good girls don't wear trousers''. Career Cardella's first book ''Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers'' (in Italian: ''Volevo i ...

(born 1969), novelist * Melissa Panarello (born 1985), novelist

Rulers, monarchs and warriors

Palazzo Reale di Napoli - Ruggero il Normanno

* Phalaris (died 555 or 554 BC), tyrant of Akragas * Theron (c. 535–472 BC), tyrant of Akragas * Diocles of Syracuse (5th century BC), legislator and military leader * Gelo (died 478 BC), tyrant of Gela and Syracuse * Hiero I (died 467 or 466), tyrant of Gela and Syracuse * Ducetius (died 440 BC), king of the

Sicels The Sicels (; la, Siculi; grc, Σικελοί ''Sikeloi'') were an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age. Their neighbours to the west were the Sicani. The Sicels gave Sicily the name it has held since antiquity, bu ...

* Dionysius I (432 – 367 BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Dion (408 – 354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse, friend of Plato * Hermocrates (died 407 BC), Syracusan general * Charondas (4th century), lawgiver * Dionysius II (397 – 343 BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Timoleon (411 – 337 BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Agathocles (361 – 289 BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Hicetas of Leontini (died 338 BC), tyrant of Leontini *

Hiero II Hiero II ( el, Ἱέρων Β΄; c. 308 BC – 215 BC) was the Greek tyrant of Syracuse from 275 to 215 BC, and the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon. He was a former general of Pyrrhus of Epirus a ...

(c. 308–c. 215 BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Antander (4th century BC–3rd century BC), strategos *

Epicydes Epicydes or ''Epikudês'' ( grc, Ἐπικύδης) (3rd century BC) was a Carthaginian general of Sicilian origin in the Second Punic War. A Syracusan by origin, he was born and educated at Carthage as the son of a Carthaginian mother. His gra ...

(3rd century BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Lanassa (3rd century BC), queen consort of Epirus and Macedon * Hieronymus, (231–214 BC), tyrant of Syracuse * Euphemius (9th century AD), admiral *

al-Hasan al-Kalbi Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi al-Husayn al-Kalbi ( ar, ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻦ ﺍﺑﻦ ﻋﻠﻲ ﺍﺑﻦ ﺍﺑﻲ ﺍﻟﺤﺴﻴﻦ الكلبي, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥusayn al-Kalbī), known in Byzantine sources as Boulchasenes ( el, Βο ...

(r. 948 – 964 AD), founder of the

Emirate of Sicily The Emirate of Sicily ( ar, إِمَارَة صِقِلِّيَة, ʾImārat Ṣiqilliya) was an Islamic kingdom that ruled the island of Sicily from 831 to 1091. Its capital was Palermo (Arabic: ''Balarm''), which during this period became a ...

Jawhar al-Siqilli Al-Qaid Jawhar ibn Abdallah ( ar, جوهر بن عبد الله, Jawhar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, better known as Jawhar al Siqilli, al-Qaid al-Siqilli (The Sicilian General); died 28 April 992) was a Shia Muslim Fatimid general from the Byzantine (Easte ...

(966–992), general of the

Fatimid Caliphate The Fatimid Caliphate was an Isma'ilism, Ismaili Shia Islam, Shi'a caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the ea ...

* Roger I (1031–1101), founder of the County of Sicily * Felicia (1078–1102), queen consort of Hungary * Roger II (1095-1154), king of Sicily * William I (1131–1166), king of Sicily * William II (1155–1189), king of Sicily *

Tancred Tancred or Tankred is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that comes from ''thank-'' (thought) and ''-rath'' (counsel), meaning "well-thought advice". It was used in the High Middle Ages mainly by the Normans (see French Tancrède) and espec ...

(1138–1194), king of Sicily *

William III William III or William the Third may refer to: Kings * William III of Sicily (c. 1186–c. 1198) * William III of England and Ireland or William III of Orange or William II of Scotland (1650–1702) * William III of the Netherlands and Luxembourg ...

(1186–1198), king of Sicily * Constance I (1154–1198), queen of Sicily, Holy Roman Empress * Frederick II (1194–1250), king of Sicily, Holy Roman Emperor * Henry VII (1211–1242), king of Sicily and Germany *

Manfred ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction. Byr ...

(1232–1266), king of Sicily * Constance II (1249–1302), queen consort of Aragon and Sicily * Frederick III (1272–1337), king of Sicily * Peter II (1304–1342), king of Sicily * Constance (1305–1344), queen consort of Jerusalem and Cyprus and Armenia * Eleanor (1325–1375), queen consort of

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

* Louis (1338–1355), king of Sicily * Frederick IV (1341–1377), king of Sicily * Maria (1363–1401), queen of Sicily * Costanza Chiaramonte (1377–1423), queen consort of Naples * Ferdinand II (1810–1859), king of the Two Sicilies

Politicians, civil servants and military personnel

Sergio Mattarella Presidente della Repubblica Italiana

* Leopoldo de Gregorio, Marquess of Squillace (1699–1785), statesman * Federico Carlo Gravina (1756–1806), admiral of Spain *

Francesco Paolo Di Blasi Francesco Paolo Di Blasi (Palermo, 1753 or 1755 – Palermo, 20 May 1795) was a Sicilian jurist, revolutionary and writer, known as an important advocate of the Sicilian nationalism. Nephew of the Benedictine abbots Salvatore Maria and Giovann ...

(1753/1755–1795), jurist, revolutionary *

Carlo Cottone Carlo Cottone, prince of Castelnuovo, (Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City ...

(1756–1829), politician * Ruggero Settimo (1776–1863), politician *

Giuseppe La Farina Giuseppe La Farina (20 July 1815 in Messina – 5 September 1863 in Torino) was an influential leader of the Italian Risorgimento. He was founder of the Italian National Society in 1857, a society dedicated to the unification of Italy. Life H ...

(1815–1863), politician *

Giuseppe Natoli Giuseppe Natoli Gongora di Scaliti (9 June 1815 – 25 September 1867) was an Italian lawyer and politician from the Mediterranean island of Sicily. He was Minister of Agriculture under Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, in the first governmen ...

(1815–1867), politician *

Francesco Crispi Francesco Crispi (4 October 1818 – 11 August 1901) was an Italian patriot and statesman. He was among the main protagonists of the Risorgimento, a close friend and supporter of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Garibaldi, and one of the architect ...

(1819–1901), politician, 11th Prime Minister of Italy *

Emanuele Notarbartolo Emanuele Notarbartolo, Marquis of San Giovanni (; Palermo, 23 February 1834 – Termini Imerese, 1 February 1893) was an Italian banker and politician. He is widely considered as the Sicilian Mafia's first eminent victim in 1893. Of aristocratic ...

(1834–1893), politician * Antonio Starabba, Marquess of Rudinì (1839–1908), politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy * Antonino Paternò Castello, Marquess of San Giuliano (1852–1914), diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs * Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952), politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Italy *

Pietro Lanza di Scalea Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938) was an Italian noble and politician. He served as the minister of war in 1922 and as the minister of the colonies between 1924 and 1926. He was a long-term member of the Italian Parliament. Early life Lanza w ...

(1863–1938), politician * Luigi Sturzo (1871–1959), politician * Guido Jung (1876–1949), banker, politician * Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile (1878–1964), politician * Gaspare Ambrosini (1886–1986), judge, politician * Luigi Rizzo (1887–1951), admiral * Gaetano Martino (1900–1967), politician * Vincent R. Impellitteri (1900–1987), politician,

mayor of New York City The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property ...

* Mario Scelba (1901–1991), politician *

Filippo Anfuso Filippo Anfuso (1 January 1901 – 13 December 1963) was an Italian writer, diplomat and Fascist politician. Biography Anfuso was born in Catania. His writing career started with a volume of short stories and poetry he published in 1917. Anfuso s ...

(1901–1963), diplomat, politician * Ugo La Malfa (1903–1979), politician * Giorgio La Pira (1904–1977), politician *

Giuseppe Alessi Giuseppe Alessi (29 October 1905 – 13 July 2009) was an Italian politician. Biography Alessi was born in San Cataldo, Caltanissetta, Sicily. He was one of the founding members of the Christian Democratic (Democrazia Cristiana) party on the ...

(1905–2009), politician *

Antonio Canepa Antonio Canepa (Palermo, 25 October 1908 – Randazzo, 17 June 1945) was a Sicilian politician, revolutionary, professor and writer, known as one of the most important advocates of the Sicilian nationalism. He was the leader of the socialist fa ...

(1908–1945), politician, revolutionary * Placido Rizzotto (1914–1948), trade union leader * Antonino Caponnetto (1920–2002), judge *

Cesare Terranova Cesare Terranova (; 25 August 1921 – 25 September 1979)
Centro Studi Giuridici e So ...

(1921–1979), judge, politician *

Rocco Chinnici Rocco Chinnici (, ; 19 January 1925 – 29 July 1983) was a noted Italian anti-Mafia magistrate killed by the Sicilian Mafia. Life Born at Misilmeri, Chinnici graduated in law at the University of Palermo in 1947 and started working as a magist ...

(1925–1983), judge * Pio La Torre (1927–1982), politician *

Boris Giuliano Giorgio Boris Giuliano (; October 22, 1930 – July 21, 1979) was a police chief from Palermo, Sicily. He was the head of Palermo's Flying Squad. He was killed by the Sicilian Mafia while investigating heroin trafficking and money laundering. ...

(1930–1979), policeman * Piersanti Mattarella (1935–1980), politician * Giovanni Falcone (1939–1992), judge * Paolo Borsellino (1940–1992), judge * Sergio Mattarella (born 1941), judge, politician, current president of Italy *

Antonio Martino Antonio Martino (22 December 1942 – 5 March 2022) was an Italian politician, who was the minister of foreign affairs in 1994 and minister of defense from 2001 to 2006. He was a founding member of Forza Italia. Life and career Born in Mess ...

(born 1942), politician *

Pietro Grasso Pietro Grasso (; born 1 January 1945), also known as Piero Grasso, is an Italian anti-mafia magistrate and politician who served as President of the Senate from 2013 to 2018. Grasso became the Acting President of Italy on 14 January 2015, upon th ...

(born 1945), judge, politician *

Ninni Cassarà Antonino "Ninni" Cassarà (; 7 May 1947 – 6 August 1985) was an Italian policeman assassinated by the Cosa Nostra. Life Born in Palermo on 7 May 1947, he was Commissioner in Reggio Calabria and then in Trapani, where he learned about Gio ...

(1947–1985), policeman * Ignazio La Russa (born 1947), politician * Leoluca Orlando (born 1947), politician * Renato Schifani (born 1950), politician * Rosario Livatino (1952–1990), judge *

Anna Finocchiaro Anna Finocchiaro Fidelbo (; born 31 March 1955) is an Italian politician. She was the Democratic Party's leader in the Senate from 2007 to 2013. She served as Minister for Equal Opportunities in the cabinet of Romano Prodi from 1996 to 1998. Bi ...

(born 1955), politician * Angelino Alfano (born 1970), politician * Alfonso Bonafede (born 1976), politician *

Antonin Scalia Antonin Gregory Scalia (; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectu ...

(1936–2016), U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice

Painters, sculptors and architects

Antonello da Messina - Portrait of a Man - National Gallery London

* Antonello da Messina (1430–1479), painter *

Riccardo Quartararo Riccardo Quartararo (Sciacca, Sicily, 1443 - Palermo, 1506) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in Sicily and Naples. He painted the images on wood of Saints Peter and Paul now at Palermo museum. The museum had once attribu ...

(1443–1506), painter *

Girolamo Alibrandi Girolamo Alibrandi (1470-1524), was an Italian painter, born and active in Sicily, called the ''Raphael of Messina'' (''il Raffaello di Messina''). Biography Alibrandi received his first instruction in the school of the Antonj. The fame which Ant ...

(1470–1524), painter *

Antonello Gagini Antonello Gagini (1478–1536) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, mainly active in Sicily and Calabria. Antonello belonged to a family of sculptors and artisans, originally from Northern Italy, but active throughout Italy, including Gen ...

(1478–1536), sculptor * Giacomo del Duca (1520–1604), sculptor, architect * Tommaso Laureti (1530–1602), painter *

Natale Masuccio Natale Masuccio (between 1561 and 1568 – August 1619), also known as Mesuccio or Tomasucci, was an Italian architect and Jesuit. He is regarded as one of the most important architects in Sicily during the transition between Mannerism and Baro ...

(1561–1619), Jesuit architect * Mariano Smiriglio (1561–1636), architect, painter *

Mario Minniti Mario Minniti (8 December 1577 – 22 November 1640) was an Italian artist active in Sicily after 1606. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator, and model of the key Baroque painter Miche ...

(1577–1640), painter *

Alonzo Rodriguez Alonzo Rodriguez (1578 – 22 April 1648), sometimes rendered Alfonso Rodriquez was a painter largely active in Messina. He is thought to have been a follower of Caravaggio. Rodriguez' career was first recorded by Francesco Susinno in his ''L ...

(1578–1648), painter *

Antonio Barbalonga Antonio Barbalonga or Barbalunga (1600 – 2 November 1649), also called Antonio Alberti, was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was a member of the noble family of the Alberti, born at Messina, and was there instructed in paint ...

(1600–1649), painter * Pietro Novelli (1603–1647), painter *

Giovanni Quagliata Giovanni Quagliata (1603–1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He is more properly known in Italy as Giovan Battista Quagliata (and Giambattista Quagliata), one of the leading artists of the Messinesi painters of the 17th centu ...

(1603–1673), painter *

Onofrio Gabrielli Onofrio Gabrieli or Gabriello (April 2, 1619 – September 26, 1706) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Biography He was born in Gesso, near Messina, and had his initial studies in Messina under Antonio Alberti, who was nicknamed ''Barb ...

(1619–1706), painter *

Agostino Scilla Agostino Scilla (10 August 1629 – 31 May 1700) was an Italian Baroque painter, paleontologist, geologist, numismatist, and a pioneer in the study of fossils and in scientific illustration. In addition to his paintings, he published an early te ...

(1629–1700), painter *

Angelo Italia Angelo Italia (8 May 1628 – 5 May 1700) was an Italian Jesuit and Baroque architect, who was born in Licata and died in Palermo. He designed a number of churches in Sicily, and later worked to reconstruct three cities following the 1693 Sic ...

(1628–1700), Jesuit architect * Filippo Tancredi (1655–1722), painter *

Gaetano Giulio Zumbo Gaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656–1701) was an Italian sculptor in wax or wax modeller of the Baroque era. His primary talents were not those generally considered as artistic but devoted to the creation of scientific models that were highly regarded ...

(1656–1701), sculptor * Filippo Juvarra (1678–1736), architect * Rosario Gagliardi (1698–1762), architect * Giovanni Battista Vaccarini (1702–1768), architect * Pietro Novelli (1603–1647), painter * Giacomo Serpotta (1656–1732), sculptor * Olivio Sòzzi (1696–1765), painter * Giovanni Antonio Medrano (1703–1760), architect * Vincenzo Sinatra (1720–1765), architect * Francesco Sabatini (1722–1797), architect *

Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia (6 February 1729 – 19 December 1814) was an Italian architect. Biography Marvuglia received his first training in his native Palermo. This was followed by a stay in Rome from 1747 to 1759. By the end of his time ...

(1729–1814), architect * Mariano Rossi (1731–1807), painter *

Giuseppe Velazquez Giuseppe Velasquez, Velasques or Velasco (16 December 1750 – 7 February 1827) was an Italian painter, active in a Neoclassic style. Biography He was born at Palermo into Spanish family; his father was Fabiano Ungo de Velasco. At the age of ...

(1750–1827), painter *

Giuseppe Cammarano Giuseppe Cammarano (4 June 1766 – 8 October 1850) was an Italian painter and leader of the Academy of Arts in his birthplace of Sciacca, Sicily. Biography Cammarano began his work at the Royal court of Naples. He painted frescos, now degra ...

(1766–1850), painter *

Michele Rapisardi Michele Rapisardi (December 27, 1822 in Catania, Sicily – 1886 in Florence) was an Italian painter. Biography Initially trained with his father, the painter Giuseppe Rapisardi, he then had a classic education locally in Catania, and then ob ...

(1822–1886), painter *

Giovan Battista Filippo Basile Giovan Battista Filippo Basile (August 8, 1825 in Palermo – June 16, 1891) was an Italian architect. Born to a family of humble means. From childhood, Vincenzo Tineo, an erudite horticulturalist in Palermo, recognized Basile's talent, and was ...

(1825–1891), architect * Francesco Lojacono (1838–1915), painter * Vitaliano Poselli (1838–1918), architect * Vincenzo Ragusa (1841–1927), sculptor * Ettore Ximenes (1855–1926), sculptor * Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), architect * Mario Rutelli (1859–1941), sculptor * Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), painter *

Francisco Salamone Francisco Salamone (June 5, 1897August 8, 1959) was an Argentina, Argentine architect of Italian descent who, between 1936 and 1940, during the Infamous Decade, built more than 60 municipal buildings with elements of Art Deco style in 25 rural c ...

(1897–1959), architect * Giuseppe Migneco (1908–1997), painter * Renato Guttuso (1912–1987), painter *

Emilio Greco Emilio Greco (11 October 1913 in Catania, Sicily – 5 April 1995) was an Italian people, Italian sculpture, sculptor, engraver, medallist, writer and poet. He is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the wor ...

(1913–1995), sculptor, *

Topazia Alliata Topazia Alliata (; 5 September 1913 – 23 November 2015) was an Italian painter, curator, art dealer and writer. Biography Alliata was born in Palermo from Prince Enrico Maria Alliata di Villafranca, Duke of Salaparuta (1879–1946), and a f ...

(1913–2015), painter, art curator * Salvatore Fiume (1915–1997), painter, sculptor, architect * Pietro Consagra (1920–2005), sculptor * Bruno Caruso (1927–2018), painter, illustrator, graphic designer * Arturo Di Modica (born 1941), sculptor *

Emanuele Viscuso Emanuele is the Italian form of Manuel. People with the name include: * Carlo Emanuele Buscaglia (1915–1944), Italian aviator * Emanuele Basile (1949–1980), captain of Carabinieri * Emanuele Belardi (born 1977), Italian football player * Ema ...

(born 1952), sculptor * Manfredi Beninati (born 1970), visual artist

Musicians

* Sigismondo d'India (1582–1629), composer *

Alessandro Scarlatti Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. ...

(1660–1725), composer * Emanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757), composer *

Pietro Antonio Coppola Pietro Antonio Coppola (11 December 1793 – 13 November 1876) was an Italian composer and conductor. Born in Castrogiovanni, he was trained by his father and at the Naples Conservatory. He is chiefly known for his many operas, of which h ...

(1793–1876), composer, conductor *

Giovanni Pacini Giovanni Pacini (11 February 17966 December 1867) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas. The fami ...

(1796–1867), composer * Mario Aspa (1797–1868), composer * Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), opera composer *

Errico Petrella Errico Petrella (10 December 18137 April 1877) was an Italian opera composer. Life and career Petrella was born at Palermo, capital of the Kingdom of Sicily. A conservative of the Neapolitan school, he was the most successful Italian composer, ...

(1813–1877), opera composer *

Corrado Galzio Corrado Galzio, (; Noto, November 3, 1919 – Noto, April 19, 2020) was a noted musician and piano player who founded the International Music Festival of Noto and the List of music conservatories in Italy, Italian Music Conservatory in Caracas. ...

(1919–2020), musician and piano player *

Antonino Gandolfo Brancaleone Antonino Gandolfo Brancaleone (24 April 1820, in Catania – 6 June 1888, in Catania) was an Italian composer. His masterpiece was '' Il Sultano'' (1851). Biography He began his studies in Palermo with Pietro Raimondi. Afterward Antonino moved ...

(1820–1888), composer * Achille Campisiano (1837–1908), pianist, composer * Roberto Stagno (1840–1897), tenor * Mario Sammarco (1868–1930), baritone * Giuseppe Anselmi (1876–1929), tenor * Vincent Rose (1880–1944), violinist, pianist, composer * Ignacio Corsini (1891–1967), folklore and tango musician *

Santa Biondo Santa Biondo (December 3, 1892, San Mauro Castelverde, Sicily – February 15, 1989, Stamford, Connecticut) was an American opera star whose career spanned from 1927 to 1938. Early life and career Santa Biondo was born on December 3, 1892 on Vi ...

(1892–1989), soprano * Salvatore Allegra (1898–1993), composer * Franco Ferrara (1911–1985), conductor * Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921–2008), operatic tenor * Rosa Balistreri (1927–1990), singer *

Roberto Pregadio Roberto Pregadio (6 December 1928 – 15 November 2010) was an Italian composer, conductor and TV-personality. Born in Catania and graduated in piano at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples, in 1960 Pregadio became a pianist in the R ...

(1928–2010), composer, conductor, TV personality * Pippo Caruso (1935–2018), composer, conductor *

Tony Cucchiara Tony Cucchiara, stage name of Salvatore Cucchiara (30 October 1937 – 2 May 2018) was an Italian folk singer-songwriter, playwright and composer. Life and career Born in Agrigento, Cucchiara debuted in the late 1950s, mainly recording cover v ...

(1937–2018), singer, composer * Umberto Balsamo (born 1942), singer-songwriter * Salvatore Adamo (born 1943), singer * Nico dei Gabbiani (1944–2012), singer *Aldo Stellita (1944–1998), composer, musician, member of Matia Bazar * Franco Battiato (1945–2021), musician, filmmaker * Gianni Bella (born 1945), singer-songwriter, composer * Cristiano Malgioglio (born 1945), singer-songwriter, composer * Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947), composer *

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

(born 1949), singer * Frédéric François (born 1950), singer * Giuni Russo (1951–2004), singer-songwriter * Marcella Bella (born 1952), singer *

Vincenzo Spampinato Vincenzo Spampinato (born in 1953) is an Italian pop-rock singer-songwriter, composer and lyricist. Background Born in Catania, at very young age Spampinato was a member of the musical group Rovers. He debuted as a soloist in 1978, then he achie ...

(born 1953), singer-songwriter * Luca Madonia (born 1957), singer-songwriter * Giovanni Sollima (born 1962), composer, cellist * Lucia Aliberti (born 1963), operatic soprano *

Rosario Di Bella Rosario Di Bella (born 27 July 1963) is an Italian composer, singer-songwriter, music arranger and musician. Background Born in Zafferana Etnea, Catania, Di Bella studied piano and medicine at the University of Catania. After a long period spen ...

(born 1963), singer-songwriter * Mario Venuti (born 1963), singer-songwriter, producer *

Marcello Giordani Marcello Giordani (born Marcello Guagliardo; 25 January 1963 – 5 October 2019) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang leading roles of the Italian and French repertoire in opera houses throughout Europe and the United States. He had a distingui ...

(1963–2019), tenor * Gerardina Trovato (born 1967), singer *

Salvatore Di Vittorio Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 22 October 1967 in Palermo) is an Italian composer and conductor. He is music director and Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of New York. He has been recognized by Luigi Verdi (Philharmonic Academy of Bologna) as ...

(born 1967), composer * Francesca Alotta (born 1968), singer *

Roy Paci Rosario (Roy) Paci (born September 16, 1969 in Augusta) is an Italian trumpeter, singer, composer and arranger. Music and career Born in Sicily, Paci started playing the piano as a young child and picked up the trumpet at age 10. By 13, he w ...

(born 1969), trumpeter, singer-songwriter *

Jeffrey Jey Gianfranco Randone (; born 5 January 1970), known by his stage name Jeffrey Jey, is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the group Eiffel 65 (1997–2005, 2010–present). He was also the lead singer of ...

(born 1970), singer-songwriter, member of Eiffel 65 * Paolo Buonvino (born 1970), composer, conductor, music arranger *

Mario Biondi Mario Biondi (born Mario Ranno, on 28 January 1971) is an Italian singer. His pseudonym takes up that of his father Giuseppe Ranno, singer, aka Stefano Biondi. Early life Born in Catania, Italy, Mario Biondi is the son of a popular song si ...

(born 1971), singer * Filippa Giordano (born 1974), singer * Carmen Consoli (born 1974), singer-songwriter *

Misstress Barbara Barbara Bonfiglio, better known as Misstress Barbara (the misspelling is an intentional portmanteau .e. "miss" and "stress", is an Italian-born Canadian producer, DJ and singer-songwriter.Wigney, AllanDJ Misstress Barbara on a mission, Canoe.ca ...

(born 1975), DJ, singer-songwriter * Antonino Fogliani (born 1976), conductor *

Desirée Rancatore Desirée Rancatore (born 29 January 1977) is an Italian dramatic coloratura soprano with an active career on the opera and concert stages of Europe. Biography Rancatore was born in Palermo. She studied violin and piano before studying singing w ...

(born 1977), soprano * Vincenzo Luvineri (born 1977) rapper AKA Vinnie Paz *

Silvia Salemi Silvia Salemi (born 2 April 1978) is an Italian singer-songwriter and television personality. Life and career Born in Palazzolo Acreide, Syracuse, in 1995 Salemi won the Castrocaro Music Festival with the song "Con questo sentimento". In 1996 ...

(born 1978), singer-songwriter * Marracash (born 1979), rapper * Giusy Ferreri (born 1979), singer * Romina Arena (born 1980), singer * Oriana Civile (born 1980), singer and ethnomusicologist *

Cristina Scuccia Cristina Scuccia (born 19 August 1988) is an Italian singer. She won the 2014 season of ''The Voice of Italy'' as part of Team J-Ax, resulting in a record deal with Universal. In 2013, she won a Christian music competition as part of the Good N ...

(born 1988), singer * Francesco Cafiso (born 1989), jazz saxophonist *

Giovanni Caccamo Giovanni Caccamo (born 8 December 1990 in Modica, Sicily), is an Italian singer-songwriter. After being discovered by singer Franco Battiato and producer Caterina Caselli, he won the Newcomer's section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, with the ...

(born 1990), singer-songwriter * Deborah Iurato (born 1991), singer *Piero Barone (born 1993), singer, member of

Il Volo Il Volo (; Italian for "The Flight") is an Italian operatic pop trio, consisting of baritone Gianluca Ginoble, and tenors Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto. They describe their music as "popera". Having won the Sanremo Music Festival 2015, the ...

* Lorenzo Fragola (born 1995), singer * La Bionda, composers, record producers

Actors, directors and producers

* Angelo Musco (1872–1937), actor * Ernesto Almirante (1877–1964), actor * Febo Mari (1884–1939), actor, director * Mimi Aguglia (1884–1970), actress * Henry Armetta (1888–1945), actor * Sol Polito (1892–1960), cinematographer * Piero Carnabuci (1893–1958), actor *

Frank Capra Frank Russell Capra (born Francesco Rosario Capra; May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) was an Italian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s ...

(1897–1991), actor, director *

Rosina Anselmi Rosina Anselmi ( 26 July 1880 – 23 May 1965) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She was a prominent actress in the Sicilian language theater, especially in the province of Catania. Life and career Born in Caltagirone, Catania ...

(1880–1965), actress *

Michele Abruzzo Michele Abruzzo (29 December 1904 – 17 November 1996) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Sciacca, Abbruzzo made his debut on stage at 12 years old. Often regarded as the successor of Angelo Musco, he formed his first stage company ...

(1904–1996), actor * Rocco D'Assunta (1904–1970), actor * Salvo Randone (1906–1991), actor * Pino Mercanti (1911–1986), director, screenwriter * Gino Buzzanca (1912–1985), actor * Ignazio Balsamo (1912–1994), actor * Saro Urzì (1913–1979), actor *

Mario Landi Mario Landi (12 October 1920 – 18 March 1992) was an Italian director known for his giallo movies such as ''Giallo a Venezia'' and his television series ''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret''. Life and career Born in Messina, Sicily, Landi ...

(1920–1992), director * Turi Ferro (1921–2001), actor * Adolfo Celi (1922–1986), actor *

Ciccio Ingrassia Francesco Ingrassia (5 October 1922 – 28 April 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian and film director. He was born in Palermo, Sicily, and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. He starred in m ...

(1922–2003), actor, director * Turi Vasile (1922–2009), producer, director * Vittorio De Seta (1923–2011), director * Nino Terzo (1923–2005), actor * Carlo Sposito (1924–1984), actor * Roberto Mauri (1924–2007), actor, director *

Carla Calò Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialecta ...

(1926–2019), actress *

Franco Franchi Franco Franchi (born Francesco Benenato; 18 September 1928 – 9 December 1992) was an Italian actor, comedian and singer. He was born in Palermo, Sicily and began his career in the 1950s, although his career only really took off in the 1960s. ...

(1928–1992), actor * Massimo Mollica (1929–2013), actor, theatre director *

Luigi Vannucchi Luigi Vannucchi (25 November 1930 – 30 August 1978) was an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Caltanissetta, Vannucchi graduated at Silvio d'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1952 and shortly after e ...

(1930–1978), actor *

Franco Indovina Franco Indovina (1932 – 4 May 1972) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. In 1959, he was assistant of Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of ''L'Avventura''. He directed six films between 1965 and 1971. He died when Alitalia Fl ...

(1932–1972), director, screenwriter * Michele Lupo (1932–1989), director * Pino Caruso (1934–2019), actor, author, TV personality * Tuccio Musumeci (born 1934), actor * Aldo Puglisi (born 1935), actor * Robert Hundar (1935–2008), actor * Daniela Rocca (1937–1995), actress, model * Biagio Pelligra (born 1937), actor * Lando Buzzanca (born 1938), actor * Michele Gammino (born 1941), actor * Elio Zamuto (born 1941), actor *

Luigi Maria Burruano Luigi Maria Burruano (20 October 1948 in Palermo – 10 September 2017 in Palermo) was an Italian actor. He began his career in Sicilian-language cabaret and theatre before turning his attention to films. Burruano was arrested in 2006 on ch ...

(1945–2017), actor * Leo Gullotta (born 1946), actor * Beppe Cino (born 1947), director * Carla Cassola (born 1947), actress * Nino Frassica (born 1950), actor * Jerry Calà (born 1951), actor, comedian * Andrea Tidona (born 1951), actor * Antonio Catania (born 1952), actor * Lucia Sardo (born 1952), actress * Frank Sivero (born 1952), actor *

Riccardo Schicchi Riccardo Schicchi (; Augusta, Sicily, 12 March 1953 – Rome, 9 December 2012) was an Italian pornographer. He graduated from art school with a specialization in photography, Schicchi began by being a photographer for a magazine named ''Epoca'', ...

(1953–2012), director, producer * Tony Sperandeo (born 1953), actor *

Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," ''The Film Encyclopedia'' (New York: HarperRes ...

(born 1956), director *

Aurelio Grimaldi Aurelio Grimaldi (born 22 November 1957) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film ''The Whores'' was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Ragazzi fuori'' (1990) * '' The Rebel'' (1993) * ''The Whore ...

(born 1957), director * Donatella Maiorca (born 1957), director * Franco Maresco (born 1958), director * Roberto Andò (born 1959), director * Anna Kanakis (born 1962), model, actress * Daniele Ciprì (born 1962), director * Ninni Bruschetta (born 1962), actor, director * Enrico Lo Verso (born 1964), actor *

Vincenzo Amato Vincenzo Amato (born 30 March 1966) is an Italian actor and sculptor. Life and career Born in Palermo, the son of the stage director and folk musician Emma Muzzi Loffredo, after high school Amato moved to Rome, where his mother lived. Always ...

(born 1966), actor * Luigi Lo Cascio (born 1967), actor *

Francesco Benigno Francesco Benigno (born 4 October 1967), is an Italian actor, director, singer and television personality. Early life Benigno was born in Palermo, Sicily, the twelfth of thirteen children. He grew up in Via Cataldo Parisio located in the densel ...

(born 1967), actor *

Salvatore Termini Salvatore Termini (born 6 April 1967 in Palermo, Sicily) is an Italian actor best known for his role as "Giovanni Trapani", nicknamed "King Kong", in two Italian language dramatic films directed by Marco Risi, "Mery per sempre" (" Forever Mary" ...

(born 1968), actor * Giuseppe Fiorello (born 1969), actor * Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 1969), actress * Donatella Finocchiaro (born 1970), actress * Dario Bandiera (born 1970), actor, comedian * Ficarra e Picone (born 1971), actors, comedians * Lorenzo Crespi (born 1971), actor * Luca Guadagnino (born 1971), director * Pif (born 1972), actor, director *

Paolo Briguglia Paolo Briguglia (born 27 May 1974) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Palermo, Sicily, Briguglia studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome, graduating in 1998. He made his ...

(born 1974), actor * Loredana Cannata (born 1975), actress * Claudio Gioè (born 1975), actor * Barbara Tabita (born 1975), actress *

Tiziana Lodato Tiziana Lodato (born 10 November 1976) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Catania, Lodato attended the Istituto d'Arte in her hometown, and at young age she debuted on stage at the Teatro Stabile di Catan ...

(born 1976), actress * Daniele Gangemi (born 1980), director * Nicole Grimaudo (born 1980), actress *

Isabella Ragonese Isabella Ragonese (born 19 May 1981) is an Italian actress. She studied acting at the Teatès School in Palermo, under director Michele Perriera. During her studies, she wrote, directed and starred in several adaptations of his plays. In 1998 s ...

(born 1981), actress * Francesco Scianna (born 1982), actor * Margareth Madè (born 1982), actress * Valeria Bilello (born 1982), actress, model *

Tea Falco Tea Falco (born Teresa Falsone; August 11, 1986) is an Italian actress. Her credits include '' Me and You'', '' Sotto una buona stella'' and the television show ''The Young Montalbano''. In 2015, she also starred as Beatrice Mainaghi in ''199 ...

(born 1986), actress *

Chazz Palminteri Calogero Lorenzo "Chazz" Palminteri (born May 15, 1952)
Chazzpalminteri.net. Retrieved on November 19, 2013. is an American ...

(born 1952), actor

Sports figures

* Paolo Boi (1528–1598), chess player * Pietro Speciale (1876–1945), fencer, gold medal in the team foil at the

1920 Antwerp Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

* Giovanni Canova (1880–1960), fencer (gold medal at the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

) *

Francesco Calì Francesco Calì (; 16 May 1882 – 3 September 1949) was an Italian professional football player, coach and referee, who played as a defender. He captained the Italy national football team in their first ever match, on 15 May 1910. Early lif ...

(1882–1949), footballer * Johnny Dundee (1893–1965), boxer * Francesco Gargano (1899–1975), fencer and the first Sicilian to win a gold medal at the

Giovanni Corrieri Giovanni Corrieri (7 February 1920 – 22 January 2017) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Corrieri won 7 stages in the Giro d'Italia between 1947 and 1955. Corrieri died on 22 January 2017 at the age of 96 in Prato, Tuscany.

(1920–2017), road bicycle racer * Concetto Lo Bello (1924–1991), football referee * Enzo Maiorca (1931–2016), free diver * Guido Messina (1931–2020), road bicycle racer (gold medal with the Italian team at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

) * Nino Vaccarella (born 1933), racecar driver * Franco Scoglio (1941–2005), football manager *

Giuseppe Furino Giuseppe Furino (; born 5 July 1946) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. A small yet tenacious and physical player, Furino was nicknamed ''Furia'', and was known for his work-rate and energy in midfield, as well as his a ...

(born 1946), footballer * Tullio Lanese (born 1947), football referee * Pietro Anastasi (1948–2020), footballer * Giovanni Scalzo (born 1959), fencer (gold medal in the team sabre event at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

) * Salvatore Antibo (born 1962), runner *

Pasquale Marino Pasquale Marino (born 13 July 1962) is an Italian football manager and former midfielder. He most recently served as the manager of Crotone. Career Playing career In his playing career, started for his home team, Marsala, Marino never played in ...

(born 1962), footballer, football manager *

Alessandro Campagna (water polo) Alessandro "Sandro" Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former water polo player who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team. Career Campagna won a gold medal at t ...

(born 1963), water polo player and coach * Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964), footballer * Maurizio Randazzo (born 1964), fencer (gold medal in the team épée events at the

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

) * Annarita Sidoti (1969–2015), race walker *

Andrea Lo Cicero Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina (; born Catania, 7 May 1976) is an Italian rugby union footballer, who retired from playing in 2013. Born in Catania, Sicily, Lo Cicero began his professional career in the town of his birth with Amatori Catania. Later he ...

(born 1976), rugby union player *

Valerio Vermiglio Valerio Vermiglio (born 1 March 1976) is an Italian volleyball player, who was a member of the Italian men's national team, that won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Career He played with Sisley Treviso and won th ...

(born 1976), volleyball player * Paolo Tiralongo (born 1977), road bicycle racer *

Giuseppe Gibilisco Giuseppe "Peppe" Gibilisco (; born 5 January 1979) is an Italian coach and former pole vaulter, who won the 2003 World Championships with a personal best of 5.90 m. He followed this with a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He also competed ...

(born 1979), pole vaulter * Silvia Bosurgi (born 1979), water polo player (gold medal with the Women's National Team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

) *

Giuseppe Mascara Giuseppe Mascara (; born 22 August 1979) is an Italian football coach and former player who played as a striker or a wide forward. Club career Ragusa Mascara started out playing for the youth side of Sicilian amateurs Comiso before transferri ...

(born 1979), footballer * Giovanni Visconti (born 1983), road bicycle racer * Vincenzo Nibali (born 1984), road bicycle racer *

Tony Cairoli Antonio "Tony" Cairoli (born 23 September 1985) is an Italian professional motocross racer. He has competed in the Motocross World Championships since 2002. Cairoli is notable for winning nine FIM motocross world championships, second only to ten ...

(born 1985), eight-time Grand Prix motocross world champion *

Luca Marin Luca Marin (born 9 April 1986 in Vittoria, Province of Ragusa) is a former Italian medley swimmer. He specialized in the 400 m medley, and won ten medals at European and World Championships in this event. At the 2006 European Short Course Swim ...

(born 1986), medley swimmer * Damiano Caruso (born 1987), road bicycle racer *

Giorgio Avola Giorgio Avola (born 8 May 1989) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer. Avola is a three-time team European champion, 2011 individual European champion, and four-time team world champion. A three-time Olympian, Avola is a 2012 team Olympic c ...

(born 1989), fencer (gold medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the men's team foil event) * Mario Balotelli (born 1990), footballer *

Daniele Garozzo Daniele Garozzo (; born 4 August 1992) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer. Garozzo is a 2022 team European champion, two-time individual European champion, and four-time team world champion. A two-time Olympian, Garozzo is a 2021 individ ...

(born 1992), foil fencer (gold medal in the Men's Individual Foil at the 2016 Summer Olympics) * Marco Cecchinato (born 1992), tennis player *

Miriam Sylla Myriam Fatime Sylla (born 8 January 1995) is an Italian volleyball player of Ivorian descent, playing as a wing spiker or opposite. She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2 ...

(born 1995), volleyball player

Criminals

Others

* Phrygillus (5th century BC), medallist and engraver of precious stones * Eunus (died 132 BC), leader of the slave uprising in the First Servile War *

Dina and Clarenza Dina and Clarenza are two women connected in legend with the historical siege of Messina by Charles I of Anjou during the Sicilian Vespers in August 1282. The legend Dina and Clarenza, two Messinese women, were heroines who, in legend, opposed t ...

(13th century), heroines during the Sicilian Vespers * Manfredi Chiaramonte (died 1391), nobleman * Aaron Abualrabi (1400–1450), Jewish scholar, cabalist, and astrologer *

Laura Lanza Laura Lanza, Baroness of Carini (1529 – 4 December 1563) was an Italian noblewoman who was murdered, allegedly by her father, in Carini, Sicily, for having committed adultery. Biography Laura Lanza di Trabia was born to Cesare Lanza, Baro ...

, Baroness of Carini (1529–1563), noblewoman * Juan Dominguez Palermo (c.1560–1635),

conquistador Conquistadors (, ) or conquistadores (, ; meaning 'conquerors') were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Age of Discovery, conquistadors sailed beyond Europe to the Americas, O ...

* Procopio Cutò (1651–1727), chef *

Giovanna Bonanno Giovanna Bonanno (c. 1713 – 30 July 1789) was an alleged Italian witch and professional poisoner known as ''la vecchia dell'aceto'', "The Old Vinegar Lady." Life and career Little is known of Giovanna Bonanno's early life, though she is believe ...

(1713–1789), alleged witch and poisoner * Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (1743–1795), traveller, occultist *

Lucia Migliaccio Lucia Migliaccio, Duchessa di Floridia (19 July 1770, in Syracuse, Sicily – 26 April 1826, in Naples) was the second wife of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. Their marriage was morganatic and Lucia was never a queen consort.Genealogisches Handbu ...

(1770–1826), second wife of the king Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies *

Pietro Bachi Ignazio Batolo, commonly known as Pietro Bachi, (1787, in Palermo – 22 August 1853, in Boston) was a Sicilian American academic and professor. He was the first professor from Italy teaching at Harvard University. In 1815, he was involved in a ...

(1787–1853), professor *

Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno Giuseppa Bolognara Calcagno (), better known as Peppa la cannoniera (Josie the Cannoneer), in Sicilian: ''Peppa a cannunera'', (Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, 1826–1884), was an Italian patriot. Biography She was born in Barcellona Pozzo di Gott ...

(1826–1884), freedom fighter *

Joseph Whitaker Joseph Whitaker may refer to: *Joseph Whitaker (industrialist) (1789–1870), American iron master and landowner *Joseph Whitaker (naturalist) (1850–1932), English naturalist *Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist) (1850–1936), Sicilian-English ornith ...

(1850–1936), ornithologist, archaeologist and sportsman * Maria Paternò Arezzo (1869–1908), noblewoman, philanthropist *

Ignazio Florio Jr. Ignazio Florio Jr. (Palermo, 1 September 1869 – Palermo, 19 September 1957) was an Italian entrepreneur, heir of the rich Florio economic dynasty, one of the wealthiest Italian families during the late 19th century.

(1869–1957), entrepreneur *

Franca Florio Franca Florio (Palermo, 27 December 1873 – Migliarino Pisano, 10 November 1950), born Francesca Paola Jacona della Motta dei baroni di San Giuliano and commonly called Donna Franca, was an Italian noblewoman, socialite and a prominent protagoni ...

(1873–1950), noblewoman, socialite * Vincenzo Florio (1883–1959), entrepreneur and founder of the Targa Florio race * Frank Lentini (1884/1889–1966), showman *

Josephine Terranova Josephine Pullare Terranova (April 21, 1889, in San Stefano, Sicily, Italy – July 16, 1981, in Marin County, California) was the defendant in a sensational murder trial in New York City in 1906. After years of alleged sexual abuse at the h ...

(1889–1981), accused murderer * Fulco di Verdura (1898–1978), jeweller * Nunzio Filogamo (1902–2002), television and radio presenter * Bernard Castro (1904–1991), inventor *

Nicolò Carosio Nicolò Carosio (15 March 1907 – 27 September 1984) was an Italian sport journalist and commentator. Born in Palermo, the son of a customs inspector and a Maltese pianist, Carosio graduated in law, then he decided to participate in a contest or ...

(1907–1984), sport journalist * Raimondo Lanza di TrabiaSon of a Sicilian father and a

Venetian Venetian often means from or related to: * Venice, a city in Italy * Veneto, a region of Italy * Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area Venetian and the like may also refer to: * Venetian language, a Romance language s ...

mother, Lanza di Trabia was born in

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

but grew up in

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

. (1915–1954), soldier, diplomat, sportsman *

Rosalia Lombardo Rosalia Lombardo (13 December 1918 – 6 December 1920) was a Palermitan child who died of pneumonia, resulting from the Spanish flu, one week before her second birthday. Rosalia's father, Mario Lombardo, was grieving her death, asked Alfredo Sala ...

(1918–1920), known as the ''Sleeping Beauty'' *

Renzo Barbera Renzo Barbera ( Palermo, 19 April 1920 – Palermo, 20 May 2002) was an Italian businessman and the chairman of Palermo Football Club from 1970 to 1980. He was nicknamed ''"Presidentissimo"'' and ''"The Last Leopard"''. During his presidency t ...

(1920–2002), businessman and sportsman *

Salvatore Giuliano Salvatore Giuliano (; Sicilian: Turiddu or Sarvaturi Giulianu; 16 November 1922 – 5 July 1950) was an Italian bandit, who rose to prominence in the disorder that followed the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. In September of that year, Giul ...

(1922–1950), bandit *

Danilo Dolci Danilo Dolci (June 28, 1924 – December 30, 1997) was an Italian social activist, sociologist, popular educator and poet. He is best known for his opposition to poverty, social exclusion and the Mafia in Sicily, and is considered to be one of the ...

(1924–1997), social activist, sociologist * Enzo Sellerio (1924–2012), photographer, publisher, and collector * Libero Grassi (1924–1991), manufacturer and antimafia activist * Paolo Giaccone (1929–1982) professor, forensic pathologist and Mafia’s victim * Nuccio Costa (1925–1991), television presenter * Pino Zac (1930–1985), illustrator * Pippo Baudo (born 1936), television presenter *

Giuseppe Coco Giuseppe Coco (1936 – 4 August 2012) was an Italian comics artist and illustrator. Biography Born in Biancavilla, Province of Catania, Coco started his career in the 1960s as an illustrator of the satyrical magazine '' Il Travaso delle idee''. H ...

(1936–2012), illustrator * Lino Saputo (born 1937), businessman *

Giucas Casella Giucas Casella (; born Giuseppe Casella on 15 November 1949) is an Italian illusionist, hypnotist and television personality. Life and career Born in Termini Imerese, Palermo, he started his career at 17 years old, performing in a disco in Al ...

(born 1949), illusionist, hypnotist *

Michele Cucuzza Michele Cucuzza (born in 1952) is an Italian journalist, news speaker and television presenter. Born in Catania, the son of the volcanologist , Cucuzza became professional journalist in 1979 and he started his career for the radio Radio Popolare. ...

(born 1955), television presenter * Domenico Dolce (born 1958), fashion designer * Rosario Fiorello (born 1960), singer, television personality * Pietro Scalia (born 1960), film editor *

Angelo d'Arrigo Angelo d'Arrigo (April 3, 1961 – March 26, 2006) was an Italian aviator who held a number of world records in the field of flight, principally with microlights and hang gliders, with and without motors. He has been referred to as the "Human Cond ...

(1961–2006), aviator *

Fabrizio Corona Fabrizio Maria Corona (born 29 March 1974) is an Italian entrepreneur, television and media personality and former paparazzo. He is a former partner and director of ''Corona's'', a photographic agency in Milan. He was involved in various legal pr ...

(born 1974), photographer, actor, television personality * Eleonora Abbagnato (born 1978), ballet dancer, model * Eva Riccobono (born 1983), model * Miriam Leone (born 1985), model, television personality *

Diletta Leotta Giulia Diletta Leotta (; born 16 August 1991) is an Italian television presenter from Catania, Sicily. Leotta currently presents the Serie A broadcasts for DAZN since the 2018–2019 season. Earlier, she had presented Serie B games on Sky Sport ...

(born 1991), television personality

Notable people of Sicilian descent by birthplace

Europe

Italy:

* Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino (1602–1661), cardinal and Chief minister of France *

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti (26 October 1685-23 July 1757), was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the deve ...

(1685–1757), composer * Luigi Almirante (1884–1963), actor * Giorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), painter * Totò (1898–1967), actor * Julius Evola (1898–1974), political philosopher, esotericist, painter * Giuseppe Giovanni Lanza del Vasto (1901–1981), philosopher, poet, artist * Pietro Ingrao (1915-2015), politician * Enrico Maria Salerno (1926–1994), actor * Emanuele Severino (1929–2020), philosopher *Bartolomeo Sorge (1929-2020), Jesuit * Paolo Villaggio (1932–2017), actor *

Sophia Loren Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone (; born 20 September 1934), known professionally as Sophia Loren ( , ), is an Italian actress. She was named by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest female stars of Classical Hollywood ci ...

(born 1934), actress * Bettino Craxi (1934–2000), politician, former Prime Minister of Italy * Giuliano Amato (born 1938), politician, former Prime Minister of Italy * Giorgio La Malfa (born 1939), politician * Toto Cutugno (born 1943), singer-songwriter *

Beppe Grillo Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo (; born 21 July 1948) is an Italian comedian, actor, blogger, and politician. He has been involved in politics since 2009 as the co-founder (together with Gianroberto Casaleggio) of the Italian Five Star Movement ...

(born 1948), actor and politician * Gaetano Scirea (born 1953), footballer * Francesco Rutelli (born 1954), Mayor of Rome * Michele Serra (born 1954), writer and journalist * Ignazio Marino (born 1955), Mayor of Rome * Sergio Scariolo (born 1961), basketball coach * Amadeus (born 1962), Tv presenter *

Antonio Albanese Antonio Albanese (born 10 October 1964 in Olginate, Province of Lecco), is an Italian comedian, actor, director and writer. Biography Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue an ...

(born 1964), actor * Paolo Virzì (born 1964), film director, writer, producer *

Max Gazzè Max Gazzè (born 6 July 1967 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician. He is known for his high-pitched voice. He is also a member of the trio Fabi Silvestri Gazzè with Niccolò Fabi and Daniele Silvestri. Biography Max ...

(born 1967), singer-songwriter * Gianluigi Lentini (born 1969), footballer * Stefan Schwoch (born 1969), footballer * Massimo Oddo (born 1976), footballer * Giorgia Meloni (born 1977), politician * Luca Argentero (born 1978), actor *

Sebastian Giovinco Sebastian Giovinco (; born 26 January 1987) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a forward. A quick and creative player on the ball, Giovinco was a versatile forward capable of playing in multiple offensive positions. Gio ...

(born 1987), footballer * Vito Mannone (born 1988), footballer * Roberto Gagliardini (born 1994), footballer * Nicola Cabibbo (born 1935), physicist *

Dario Argento Dario Argento (; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and film critic, critic. His influential work in the horror film, horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as ...

(born 1940), film director Belgium: * Enzo Scifo (born 1966), footballer, football manager * Lara Fabian (born 1970), singer *

Silvio Proto Silvestro "Silvio" Proto (born 23 May 1983) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Proto spent the majority of his career with Anderlecht, for whom he made over 300 appearances, won 13 trophies and served ...

(born 1983), footballer France: * Jean-Paul Belmondo (born 1933), actor * Roberto Alagna (born 1963), tenor * Jean Alesi (born 1964), Formula One driver * Nathalie Cardone (born 1967), actress, singer *

Alexandre del Valle Marc d'Anna (born September 4, 1968), writing under the pen name Alexandre del Valle, is a Franco-Italian geopolitologist, writer, professor, columnist, and political commentator. Del Valle specializes in geopolitics. He is known primarily for ...

(born 1968), writer, professor, columnist * Calogero (born 1971), singer * Fabio Quartararo (born 1999), motorcycle racer Germany: * Ralph Giordano (1923–2014), writer *

Lou Bega David Lubega Balemezi (born 13 April 1975), better known by his stage name Lou Bega, is a German singer. His 1999 song " Mambo No. 5", a remake of Pérez Prado's 1949 instrumental piece, reached number 1 in many European countries and was ...

(born 1975), singer *

Vincenzo Grifo Vincenzo Grifo (; born 7 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. Born in Germany, he plays for the Italy national team. Club career Early career Grifo be ...

(born 1993), footballer

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

: * Sébastien Buemi (1988), Formula One driver United Kingdom: * Gia Scala (1934–1972), actress * Tony Iommi (born 1948), guitarist * Ronnie O'Sullivan (born 1975), professional snooker player * Luke Pasqualino (born 1990), actor * Nico Mirallegro (born 1991), actor

Africa

Algeria: * Edwige Fenech (born 1948), actress Libya: * Claudio Gentile (born 1953), footballer, football manager Tunisia: * Sandra Milo (born 1933), actress * Claudia Cardinale (born 1938), actress * Claude Bartolone (born 1951), politician, former President of the

National Assembly of France The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

America

Argentina: *

Salvador Mazza Salvador Mazza (June 6, 1886November 9, 1946) was a noted Argentine physician and epidemiologist, best known for his strides in helping control American trypanosomiasis, an endemic disease among the rural, poor majority of early 20th century Sou ...

(1886–1946), physician, epidemiologist * Argentina Brunetti (1907–2005), actress * René Favaloro (1923–2000), cardiac surgeon * Duilio Marzio (1923–2013), actor * Alfredo Di Stéfano (1926–2014), footballer, football manager * Carlos Bilardo (born 1939), footballer, football manager * Alfio Basile (born 1943), footballer, football manager * Ricardo Bochini (born 1954), footballer * Martín Palermo (born 1973), footballer * Gabriel Heinze (born 1978), footballer * Florencia Bertotti (born 1983), actress, singer * Javier Mascherano (born 1984), footballer *

Federico Fazio Federico Julián Fazio (born 17 March 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Italian club Salernitana. He began his career at Ferro Carril Oeste, signing for Sevilla in 2007. He made 201 official appear ...

(born 1987), footballer *

Leonel Vangioni Leonel Jesús Vangioni Rangel (born 5 May 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left-back for Newell's Old Boys in the Argentine Primera División. Vangioni is known for scoring the decisive penalty that won Monterrey the Apertura 2019 ...

(born 1987), footballer Canada: *

Yvonne De Carlo Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and late ...

(1922–2007), actress, dancer, singer *

Joey Saputo Giuseppe "Joey" Saputo (born September 25, 1964) is a Canadian businessman and the president of CF Montréal soccer team he founded in 1992, and Saputo Stadium, named after his family's dairy products company Saputo Inc. He is also the chairman ...

(born 1964), businessman, sportsman *

Michael Cammalleri Michael Anthony Cammalleri (born June 8, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for five different teams. He was selected in the second round, 49th overall, by the Los ...

(born 1982), ice hockey player * Carmelina Moscato (born 1984), soccer player * Michael Cera (born 1988), actor, musician United States: * List of Sicilian-Americans Ye

Australia

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

: * Tina Arena (born 1967), singer-songwriter * Natalie Imbruglia (born 1975), singer, actress * The Veronicas (born 1984), singers * Daniel Ricciardo (born 1989), Formula One driver