The list of known people in Palermo gives an overview of people who come from the Sicilian capital Palermo or who worked in Palermo and about whom there is an article in the German-language Wikipedia. This also includes the honorary citizens of this city.
Native Palermitans
Oliva of Palermo
(5th century)
Patron saint of Palermo
Sergius I.
(† 701)
Pope from 687, saint of the Catholic Church
Rosalia
(1130–1166)
Martyr, patron saint of Palermo
Eugenius of Palermo
(around 1130 - after 1203)
Ammiratus of the Kingdom of Sicily, writer and translator
Beatrix of Sicily-Aragon
(1326-1365)
Princess of Sicily-Aragon, by marriage Countess Palatine near the Rhine
Margaret of Sicily-Aragon
(1331-1377)
Princess of Sicily-Aragon, by marriage Countess Palatine near the Rhine
Antonio Beccadelli
(1394–1471)
humanist
Pietro Geremia
(1399-1452)
Beatified Dominican and diplomat
Antonello Crescenzio
(1476–1542)
Renaissance painter
Antonello Gagini
(1478-1536)
Renaissance sculptor
Giacomo Gaggini
(1517–1598)
Renaissance sculptor
Fazio Gaggini
(around 1520 - 1567)
Renaissance sculptor
Vincenzo Gaggini
(1527–1595)
Renaissance sculptor
Francesco II Gonzaga
(1538–1566)
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga
(1540–1591)
Knight of the Order of Malta and Cardinal
Giuseppe d'Alvino
(1550-1611)
Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor
Girolamo Germano
(1568-1632)
Jesuit, neo-Greekist
Sigismondo d'India
(1582–1629)
composer
Gaspare Guercio
(1611–1679)
Baroque sculptor and architect
Rosalia Novelli
(1628 - unknown)
Baroque painter
Paolo Boccone
(1633-1704)
Doctor and botanist
Giacomo Amato
(1643-1732)
Late baroque architect
Giovanni Travaglia
(1643–1687)
Baroque sculptor and architect
Giacinto Calandrucci
(1646–1707)
Baroque painter
Giuseppe Serpotta
(1653-1719)
Sculptor and plasterer
Giacomo Serpotta
(1656-1732)
Sculptor and plasterer
Tommaso Maria Napoli
(1659-1725)
Architect, mathematician and Dominican
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
(1659-1726)
Composer and castrato
Antonio Grano
(1660-1718)
Baroque painter
Francesco Scarlatti
(1666–1741)
Violinist and composer
Gioacchino Vitagliano
(1669–1739)
Baroque sculptor
Procopio Serpotta
(1679–1756)
Late baroque sculptor and plasterer
Gaspare Serenario
(1694–1759)
Baroque painter
18th century
Giovanni Battista Vaccarini
(1702–1768)
Architect of the Sicilian Baroque
Pietro Martorana
(1705-1795)
Classicist painter
Vito D'Anna
(1718–1769)
Rococo painter
Ignazio Marabitti
(1719–1797)
Sculptor of the Palermitan school
Giovan Battista Cascione
(1729–1790)
Architect of Classicism
Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia
(1729-1814)
Neoclassicist architect, major works in Palermo
Gaetano Mercurio
(1730–1790)
Late baroque painter
Francesco Sozzi
(1732–1795)
Late baroque painter
Alessandro Cagliostro
(1734–1795)
Alchemist and impostor
Gioacchino Martorana
(1735–1779)
Classicism and Rococo painter
Antonio Manno
(1739-1810)
Classicist painter
Giovanni Meli
(1740-1815)
Writer, doctor and scientist
Juan Francisco Masdeu
(1744-1817)
Historian and Jesuit
Giuseppe Velasco
(1750-1827)
Painter, representative of classicism
Girolamo Bagnasco
(1759-1832)
sculptor
Vincenzo Riolo
(1772-1837)
Classicist painter
Valerio Villareale
(1773-1854)
sculptor
Ruggero Settimo
(1778–1863)
Politician, President of Sicily 1848/1849
Giuseppe Patania
(1780-1852)
Classicist painter
Giovanni Patricolo
(1789–1861)
Classicist painter
Francesco Zerilli
(around 1794 - 1837)
Classicist painter
Maria-Carolina of Bourbon-Sicily
(1798-1870)
eldest daughter of King Francis I of Naples
Vincenzo Florio
(1799–1868)
Entrepreneurs and politicians
19th century
Nunzio Morello
(1806–1878)
sculptor
Francesco Saverio Cavallari
(1809-1896)
Architect, painter and archaeologist
Salvatore Lo Forte
(1809-1885)
Classicist painter
Ferdinand II.
(1810-1859)
King of Naples and both Sicilies
Pietro Michelangelo Celesia
(1814–1904)
Cardinal and Archbishop of Palermo
Niccolò Turrisi Colonna
(1817-1889)
Politician, Mayor of Palermo
Rosolino Pilo
(1820-1860)
patriot
Salvatore Cusa
(1822-1893)
Arabist, Mayor of Palermo in 1860
Isidoro La Lumia
(1823-1879)
Politicians and Historians, Works on the History of Sicily
Stanislao Cannizzaro
(1826-1910)
Chemist, professor at the University of Palermo
Benedetto De Lisi
(1830-1875)
sculptor
Giuseppe Incorpora
(1834-1914)
Photographer, portraits and contemporary documents, mainly from Palermo and Monreale
Michele Saladino
(1835-1912)
Composer and music teacher
Salvatore Valenti
(1835–1903)
sculptor
Francesco Lojacono
(1838-1915)
Landscape painter
Gioacchino Di Marzo
(1839-1916)
Clergyman, librarian and art historian
Antonio Starabba di Rudinì
(1839–1908)
Politician, Prime Minister of Italy from 1891 to 1892 and from 1896 to 1898
Domenico Costantino
(1840-1915)
sculptor
Roberto Stagno
(1840-1897)
Opera tenor
Giuseppe Pitrè
(1841-1916)
Doctor, writer, collector, ethnographer and university professor
Vincenzo Ragusa
(1841-1927)
Sculptor, also in Japan
Antonio Pasculli
(1842-1924)
Composer and oboe virtuoso
Isidoro Carini
(1843–1895)
Historian and paleographer
Benedetto Civiletti
(1845-1899)
Sculptor, representative of realism
Joseph Whitaker
(1850-1936)
Ornithologist, archaeologist and sportsman
Ettore Ximenes
(1855-1926)
Sculptor of religious and mythological motifs
Ernesto Basile
(1857-1932)
Art Nouveau architect
Enrico Cavallaro
(1858–1895)
painter
Rocco Lentini
(1858–1943)
painter
Mario Rutelli
(1859-1941)
Sculptor and bronze caster
Domenico Trentacoste
(1859–1933)
Sculptor and medalist
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
(1860–1952)
Politician and Prime Minister of Italy from 1917 to 1919
Vito Cascio Ferro
(1862–1943)
Mafioso in the USA
Nino Basile
(1866–1937)
Historian and art historian
Carlo Alberto Garufi
(1868–1948)
Diplomat and paleographer
Mario Sammarco
(1868–1930)
Singer
Alfredo Salafia
(1869–1933)
Chemist, specialist in embalming
Antonio Ugo
(1870–1950)
Sculptor and medalist
Vincenzo Lapuma
(1874–1943)
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Francesco Cantelli
(1875–1966)
mathematician
Francesco Ciuppa
(1875 - unknown)
Automobile racer
Michele De Franchis
(1875-1946)
mathematician
Eduardo Dagnino
(1876–1944)
Composer, musicologist and chess player
Giuseppe Paratore
(1877–1967)
Senate President, Senator for Life
Ignazio Saietta
(1877-1947)
Mafioso in the USA
Michele Cipolla
(1880-1947)
mathematician
Friedrich Franz IV.
(1882–1945)
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1897 to 1918
Manfredi Gravina
(1883–1932)
Naval officer and diplomat
Vincenzo Lojacono
(1885–1954)
diplomat
Vincenzo Cuccia
(1892–1979)
fencer
Francesco Scalice
(1893–1957)
Mafioso in the USA
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
(1896–1957)
Writer and literary scholar, author of the novel The Leopard
Ugo Giachery
(1896–1989)
Member of the Baha'i religion, translator of Baha'i scripts into Italian
Tommy Lucchese
(1899–1967)
Mafioso in the USA
20th century
Ugo La Malfa
(1903–1979)
Politician
Nino Pirrotta
(1908-1998)
Musicologist and educator
Emilio Salafia
(1910-1969)
fencer
Franco Ferrara
(1911–1985)
conductor
Franco Restivo
(1911-1976)
Lawyer and politician
Cesare Sanfilippo
(1911-2000)
Legal scholar, historian and rector of the University of Catania
Antonio Maria Travia
(1914-2006)
Curia Archbishop
Natalia Ginzburg
(1916–1991)
Author of 20th century Italian literature
Arturo Dominici
(1916–1992)
Film and theater actor
Cesare Terranova
(1921–1979)
Investigative judge, victim of the Mafia
Salvatore La Barbera
(1922–1963)
Member of the mafia
Franco Calabrese
(1923-1992)
Singer (bass baritone)
Vittorio De Seta
(1923-2011)
Film director and screenwriter
Ciccio Ingrassia
(1923-2003)
Actor and comedian, member of the Franco & Ciccio duo
Antonio Pucci
(1923-2009)
Automobile racer
Angelo La Barbera
(1924–1975)
Member of the mafia
Rosario Mazzola
(1924-2018)
Bishop of Cefalù
Carla Calò
(1926-2019)
actress
Pio La Torre
(1927-1982)
Politician
Tommaso Buscetta
(1928-2000)
Mafioso, key witness in the anti-mafia trials
Franco Franchi
(1928–1992)
Actor and comedian, member of the Franco & Ciccio duo
Salvatore Lima
(1928–1992)
Politician, Mayor of Palermo
Cesare Barbetti
(1930-2006)
Actor and voice actor
Giuseppe Calò
(* 1931)
Mafioso in Sicily
Gaetano Starrabba
(* 1932)
Racing car driver
Nino Vaccarella
(* 1933)
Sports car and Formula 1 drivers
Pino Caruso
(1934-2019)
Actor and director
Gabriele Catalano
(1934–1990)
Romanist, Italianist and comparativeist
Letizia Battaglia
(* 1935)
Photojournalist, anti-mafia activist
Lando Buzzanca
(* 1935)
Film actor
Salvatore Di Cristina
(* 1937)
Archbishop of Monreale
Giuseppe Puglisi
(1937-1993)
Priest, anti-Mafia activist and Mafia victim
Renato Ugo
(* 1938)
Chemist
Stefano Bontade
(1939-1981)
Mafia boss in Sicily
Giovanni Falcone
(1939–1992)
Lawyer, anti-Mafia activist and Mafia victim
Paolo Borsellino
(1940–1992)
Judge, anti-Mafia activist and Mafia victim (brother of Rita Borsellino)
Gaspare Mutolo
(* 1940)
Sicilian mafioso
Sergio Mattarella
(* 1941)
Lawyer, politician and 12th President of Italy
Salvatore Lo Piccolo
(* 1942)
Mafia boss in Sicily
Salvatore Inzerillo
(1944-1981)
Mafioso in Sicily
Rita Borsellino
(1945-2018)
Politician, anti-mafia activist (sister of Paolo Borsellino)
Giuseppe Furino
(* 1946)
Soccer player
Leoluca Orlando
(* 1947)
Mayor of Palermo from 1985 to 2000, anti-Mafia activist
Salvatore Sciarrino
(* 1947)
Composer for musical theater works
Antonino Cassarà
(1948–1985)
Commissioner, anti-Mafia activist and Mafia victim
Carolina Cupane
(* 1948)
Byzantinist
Lorenzo Maria Bottari
(* 1949)
Painter and graphic artist
Renato Schifani
(* 1950)
Politician
Sebastiano Tusa
(1952-2019)
Archaeologist and cultural politician
Bino
(1953-2010)
Pop singer
Francesca Di Giovanni
(* 1953)
Lawyer, Curia Officer of the Holy See
Caterina Chinnici
(* 1954)
politician
Silvio Micali
(* 1954)
Computer scientist
Paolo Ruffini
(* 1956)
Journalist, Head of the Dicastery for Communication
Salvatore Cicu
(* 1957)
Politician
Aldo Baglio
(* 1958)
Comedian, director and filmmaker
Roberto Alajmo
(* 1959)
Writer and journalist
Roberto Andò
(* 1959)
Theater and film director
Ernesto Bazan
(* 1959)
photographer
Antonio Ingroia
(* 1959)
Prosecutor and politician
Giuseppe Lucchese
(* 1959)
Sicilian mafioso
Antonello Antinoro
(* 1960)
Specialist and politician
Gianni Gebbia
(* 1961)
Jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
Salvatore Bonafede
(* 1962)
Jazz pianist
Nicolò Napoli
(* 1962)
Soccer player and coach
Giovanni Sollima
(* 1962)
Composer and cellist
Biagio Conte
(* 1963)
Lay missionary
Pippo Pollina
(* 1963)
Musician and songwriter
Enrico Lo Verso
(* 1964)
Film actor
Francesco Saverio Romano
(* 1964)
Politician
Salvatore Schillaci
(* 1964)
Soccer player
Nino Vetri
(* 1964)
Writers and musicians
Vincenzo Amato
(* 1966)
Film actor and sculptor
Alessandro Bazan
(* 1966)
contemporary painter
Emma Dante
(* 1967)
Author and theater director
Luigi Lo Cascio
(* 1967)
Theater and film actor
Fabio Romano
(* 1967)
pianist
Giusto Catania
(* 1971)
Politician, PhD from the University of Palermo
Germana Fabiano
(* 1971)
Writer
Pierfrancesco Diliberto
(* 1972)
TV presenter, director, screenwriter and actor
Giovanni Tedesco
(* 1973)
Soccer player
Enzo Sutera
(* 1976)
Guitarist and session musician
Alessandro Parisi
(* 1977)
Soccer player
Salvatore Aronica
(* 1978)
Soccer player
Luca Moncada
(* 1978)
Lightweight rower
Giusy Ferreri
(* 1979)
Pop singer
Anna Incerti
(* 1980)
Long distance runner
Armando Perna
(* 1981)
Soccer player
Emanuele Calaiò
(* 1982)
Soccer player
Maurizio Ciaramitaro
(* 1982)
Soccer player
Gaetano D'Agostino
(* 1982)
Soccer player
Simona La Mantia
(* 1983)
Triple jumper
Leandro Rinaudo
(* 1983)
Soccer player
Antonio Di Gaudio
(* 1989)
Soccer player
Mario Balotelli
(* 1990)
Soccer player
Roberto Crivello
(* 1991)
Soccer player
Giorgia Lo Bue
(* 1994)
Rower
Serena Lo Bue
(* 1995)
Rower
Simone Lo Faso
(* 1998)
Soccer player
People who worked in Palermo
Some of the important people who lived and worked in Palermo include: a .:
Ninfa († 305)
Patron saint of Palermo
Hassan al-Kalbi († 964)
948 to 954 Emir of Sicily, founder of the Muslim dynasty of the Kalbites, which ruled the island until the 11th century
Roger ii (1095–1154)
King of Sicily (1130-1154)
Wilhelm I. (1122–1166)
King of Sicily (1154–1166)
Wilhelm II. (1153-1189)
King of Sicily (1166–1189)
Walter of Palermo († 1190)
from 1169 Archbishop of Palermo, leading member of the Familiar College of Wilhelm II.
Matheus of Salerno († 1193)
Familiar to the Norman kings Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II and Tankred, most recently chancellor
Tankred from Lecce (1138–1194)
King of Sicily (1190–1194)
Constance of Sicily (1154–1198)
Queen of Sicily (1194–1198), mother of Frederick II.
Friedrich II. (1194-1250)
Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily (1198–1250)
Domenico Gagini (1425–1492)
Italian sculptor of the early Renaissance
Benedict the Mohr (1526–1589)
Hermit on Monte Pellegrino, later a Franciscan in Palermo, one of the city patrons of Palermo
Vincenzo degli Azani († 1557)
Italian Renaissance painter, major works in Palermo
Pietro Novelli (1603-1647)
important Sicilian painter of the 17th century
Jakob Josef von Haus (1748-1833)
German lawyer and educator of the Italian King Franz I.
Rudolph of Vivenot (1833-1870)
Austrian doctor and climatologist, researched the climate in Palermo
Antonino Borzì (1852-1921)
Botanist, university professor and director of the Botanical Garden of Palermo
Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee (1894–1982)
German-Baltic psychoanalyst, married Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa in 1932
Bruno Lavagnini (1898–1992)
Gräzist, founder of the "Istituto Siciliano di studi bizantini e neoellenici"
Angela Daneu Lattanzi (1901–1985)
Librarian and manuscript researcher, specialist in book illumination
Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (1920–1982)
Police chief of Palermo, fought the Mafia, murdered by it
Honorary Citizen of Palermo
Hans-Georg Gadamer
(1900-2002)
German philosopher
Elisabeth Mann Borgese
(1918–2002)
German ecologist and writer
Salvatore Pappalardo
(1918-2006)
Italian Archbishop, Cardinal of Palermo
Antonino Caponnetto
(1920–2002)
Italian judge and politician
Chiara Lubich
(1920–2008)
Founder of the Focolare Movement
Dario Fo
(1926-2016)
Italian director and actor
Daisaku Ikeda
(* 1928)
Japanese philosopher
Franca Rame
(* 1929-2013)
Italian theater director and actress
Salvatore De Giorgi
(* 1930)
Italian Archbishop
Tenzin Gyatso
(* 1935)
the 14th Dalai Lama
John Hume
(1937-2020)
Irish politician
Federico Mayor
(* 1934)
Spanish biologist and politician
David Trimble
(* 1944)
Irish politician
Heinrich Bedford-Strohm
(* 1960)
German theologian and Bavarian regional bishop
See also
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