List of famous Sicilians
The list of known Sicilians gives an overview of people who come from Sicily . The term "Sicilians" does not designate a specific ethnic group , but only serves as a designation of origin.
People who were not born in Sicily but only have Sicilian ancestors or whose work is important for Sicily can be found in the list of people with reference to Sicily or in the list of Sicilian artists .
Antiquity
Charondas | (7th - 6th century BC) | legendary legislator in Catania |
Panaitios | (7th - 6th century BC) | Tyrant of Leontinoi, the first known tyrant of Sicily |
Stesichoros | (approx. 630–556 BC) | Doric lyric poet, founder of the higher, fresh style and the division of choral songs into verse , antistrophe and epode |
Kleandros | († approx. 500 BC) | Tyrant of Gela |
Hippocrates | († 491 BC) | Tyrant of Gela (brother of Kleandros) |
Theron | (approx. 535–473 BC) | from the Emmeniden family, approx. 488–473 BC BC tyrant of Agrigento |
Terillos | (5th century BC) | Ruler of Himera, 483 BC. Expelled from Theron |
Gelon | (540–478 BC) | Tyrant of Gela and Syracuse |
Hieron I. | († 466 BC) | Tyrant of Gela and Syracuse (brother of Gelon) |
Thrasydaios | (5th century BC) | approx. 473–472 BC BC Tyrant of Agrigento, defeated by Hieron (son of Theron) |
Polyzalus | (5th century BC) | Tyrant of Gela (brother of Gelon and Hieron) |
Thrasybulus | (5th century BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse (brother of Gelon and Hieron), driven out by the people |
Duketios | (5th century BC) | Leader of the Sikeler in an uprising against the Greeks |
Hermocrates | (5th century BC) | Syracusan statesman and general |
Corax | (5th century BC) | Rhetorician in Syracuse |
Empedocles | (approx. 490 - approx. 430 BC) | Philosopher, doctor, politician, expiatory priest and poet |
Gorgias | (approx. 480-380 BC) | Philosopher, representative of sophistry |
Philistus | (432–356 BC) | Commander of the citadel under Dionysius I of Syracuse, wrote a history of Sicily in eleven books |
Dionysius I. | (approx. 430–367 BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse |
Dion | (409–354 BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse |
Hiketas | (400–335 BC) | Philosopher and astronomer |
Damocles | (4th century BC) | Favorite of Dionysius I or Dionysius II. |
Dionysius II | (approx. 396–337 BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse (son of Dionysius I) |
Herakleides | (395–354 BC) | Politicians in Syracuse |
Hiketas | (approx. 388–338 BC) | Tyrant of Leontinoi (now Lentini) |
Hipparinos | (approx. 385–350 BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse (son of Dionysius I) |
Dikaiarchos | (approx. 375 / 350–285 BC) | Philosopher, cartographer and geographer |
Apollocrates | (approx. 375–347 BC) | Governor in Syracuse (son of Dionysius II) |
Agathocles | (361–289 BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse |
Timaeus | (345–250 BC) | Historian, wrote a history in 38 books |
Hieron II | (306–215 BC) | Tyrant of Syracuse |
Phintias | († 279 BC) | 289-279 BC BC Tyrant of Akragas, the inhabitants of Gela moved to Licata |
Philinos | (3rd century BC) | Historian, author of a historical work |
Theocritus | (3rd century BC) | Poet, main exponent of the Greek bucolic poetry |
Archimedes | (approx. 287–212 BC) | Mathematician, physicist, inventor |
Diodorus Siculus | (1st century BC) | Historian, wrote a history in 40 books |
Agatha | (approx. 225–250) | Martyr from Catania, patron saint of the city |
Lucia | (approx. 283–303) | Martyr from Syracuse, patron saint of the city |
Vitus | († 304) | Martyr from Mazara del Vallo, one of the fourteen helpers in need |
Ninfa | († 305) | Patron saint of Palermo |
Oliva of Palermo | (5th century) | Patron saint of Palermo |
middle Ages
Agatho | († 681) | Pope from 678, saint of the Catholic Church |
Leo II | († 683) | Pope from 682, saint of the Catholic Church |
Sergius I. | († 701) | Pope from 687, saint of the Catholic Church |
Javar al-Siqilli | († 992) | Army leader of the Fatimids, founder of Cairo |
Simeon of Trier | (980 / 990-1035) | Pilgrim guide in Jerusalem and Palestine, later hermit in Trier, saint of the Catholic Church |
Simon | (1093-1105) | Son of Rogers I, 1101–1105 Count of Sicily |
Roger ii | (1095–1154) | Son of Rogers I, 1105–1130 Count of Sicily, 1130–1154 King of Sicily |
Ibn Zafar | (1104–1170 / 72) | Arabic writer and political philosopher |
Roger III | (1118–1149) | Son of Rogers II, Duke of Apulia from 1130 |
Wilhelm I. | (1122–1166) | Son of Rogers II, 1154–1166 King of Sicily |
Rosalia | (1130–1166) | Hermit from Palermo, patron saint of the city |
Eugenius of Palermo | (around 1130, after 1203) | Ammiratus of the Kingdom of Sicily, writer and translator |
Wilhelm II. | (1153-1189) | Son of Wilhelm I, 1166–1189 King of Sicily |
Walter of Palermo | († after 1190) | Archbishop of Palermo |
Constance | (1154–1198) | Daughter of Rogers II, wife of Emperor Heinrich VI, 1189 / 1194–1198 Queen of Sicily |
Giacomo da Lentini | (1210-1260) | Notary at the court of Frederick II, poet, inventor of the sonnet |
Heinrich (VII.) (HRR) | (1211-1242) | Son of Frederick II, King of Sicily 1212–1216 |
Albertus Siculus | (1212-1307) | Provincial of the Carmelites in Sicily, saint of the Catholic Church |
Constance of Sicily | (1249–1302) | 1282–1285 Queen of Sicily |
Ludwig | (1337-1355) | 1342–1355 King of Sicily |
Giovanni Aurispa | (1376-1459) | Humanist and historian |
Mary of Sicily | (1363-1401) | Daughter of Frederick III, 1377–1401 Queen of Sicily |
Nicolaus de Tudeschis | (1386-1445) | Archbishop of Palermo, canonist |
Antonio Beccadelli | (1394–1471) | humanist |
Pietro Geremia | (1399-1452) | Beatified Dominican and diplomat |
Stefano Giordano | (15th century) | Mannerist painter |
Gaspare da Pesaro | (1421–1464) | Early Renaissance painter |
Antonello da Messina | (1430-1479) | Early Renaissance painter, contributed significantly to the spread of oil painting in Italy |
Tommaso de Vigilia | (active 1444–1497) | Early Renaissance painter |
Riccardo Quartararo | (1443–1506) | Early Renaissance painter |
Salvo d'Antonio | (after 1461 – before 1526) | Early Renaissance painter |
Alfonso Franco | (1466–1523) | Early Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
Antonello de Saliba | (around 1466 / 67–1535) | Early Renaissance painter (nephew of Antonello da Messina) |
Girolamo Alibrandi | (1470-1524) | Renaissance painter, pupil of Leonardo da Vinci |
Pietro Ruzzolone | (active 1484–1522) | Renaissance painter |
Antonello Crescenzio | (1476–1542) | Renaissance painter |
Antonello Gagini | (1478-1536) | Renaissance sculptor, mainly created church sculptures |
Jacopo d'Antonello | (1479–1508) | Renaissance painter |
Polidoro da Caravaggio | (1492-1543) | Mannerist painter |
Antonio Giuffrè | (1493-1543) | Renaissance painter, pupil of Antonello da Messina |
Francesco Maurolico | (1494-1575) | Abbot, mathematician and astronomer |
Pietro de Saliba | (before 1497-1530) | Renaissance painter, also called Pietro da Messina (brother of Antonello de Saliba) |
16th Century
Giovannello da Itala | (16th Century) | Renaissance painter in Messina |
Niccolò Spalletta | (16th Century) | Dominican priest and painter |
Giuseppe Spatafora | (16th Century) | Sculptor and architect, major works in Palermo |
Jacopo Vigneri | (16th Century) | Renaissance painter in Messina |
Mariano Riccio | (1510–1593) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
Deodato Guinaccia | (1510–1585) | Renaissance painter |
Giacomo Gaggini | (1517–1598) | Renaissance sculptor |
Vincenzo degli Azani | (active 1519–1557) | Renaissance painter |
Giacomo del Duca | (1520-1604) | Renaissance architect and sculptor, student of Michelangelo, city architect in Messina |
Fazio Gaggini | (around 1520–1567) | Renaissance sculptor |
Antonio Ferraro | (1523-1609) | Mannerist painter, sculptor and plasterer |
Benedict the Mohr | (1526–1589) | Capuchin, saint |
Vincenzo Gaggini | (1527–1595) | Renaissance sculptor, major works in Palermo |
Paolo Boi | (1528–1598) | Chess master |
Rinaldo Bonanno | (1530–1600) | Renaissance sculptor, major works in Messina |
Francesco II Gonzaga | (1538–1566) | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
Giovanni Vincenzo Gonzaga | (1540–1591) | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
Antonio Veneziano | (1543–1593) | Poets, works in the Sicilian language |
Giuseppe d'Alvino | (1550-1611) | Mannerist painter |
Vincenzo Gallo | (1550-1607) | Kapellmeister, composer of church music |
Antonio Spatafora | (around 1550–1613) | Mannerist painter, architect and cartographer |
Vito Carrera | (1555-1623) | Mannerist painter |
Antonio Catalano | (1560-1630) | Renaissance painter |
Orazio Ferraro | (1561-1643) | Baroque painter and plasterer |
Mariano Smiriglio | (1561-1636) | Architect and painter between mannerism and baroque |
Niccolò Longobardi | (1565–1655) | Jesuit and missionary to China |
Lekë Matrënga | (1567-1619) | Greek Catholic clergyman |
Natale Masuccio | (1568-1619) | Baroque architect |
Pietro Antonio Novelli | (1568-1625) | Late Renaissance painter and mosaicist |
Zoppo di Gangi | (1570-1620) | Late Mannerist painter |
Luigi Rodriguez | (after 1570–1609) | Mannerist painter |
Pietro Carrera | (1573-1647) | Chess player |
Mario Minniti | (1577-1640) | Baroque painter |
Vincenzo La Barbera | (around 1577 – around 1647) | Mannerist painter and architect |
Alonso Rodriguez | (1578-1648) | Baroque painter |
Pietro D'Asaro | (1579-1647) | Mannerist painter |
Giovanni Simone Comandè | (1580–1634) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
Umile da Petralia | (1580 / 1600–1639) | Wooden crucifix sculptor |
Sigismondo d'India | (1582–1629) | Composer, pioneer of baroque music in Italy |
Andrea Carrera | (1590–1677) | Baroque painter |
Placido Saltamacchia | (doc. 1595–1616) | History and portrait painter |
Giovanni Battista Hodierna | (1597-1660) | astronomer |
17th century
Innocenzo da Petralia | (active 1st half 17th century) | Picture carver of crucifixes |
Giovanni Gallina | (17th century) | Baroque sculptor |
Li Volsi | (17th century) | Artist family, mainly active as a baroque sculptor |
Giacomo Lo Verde | (17th century) | Baroque painter |
Antonio Barbalonga | (1600–1649) | Baroque painter, major works in Messina |
Pietro Novelli | (1603-1647) | Baroque painter, mainly depicting religious motifs |
Giovanni Battista Quagliata | (1603–1673) | Baroque painter and architect |
Bernardo da Corleone | (1605–1667) | Capuchin, saint |
Giovanni Fulco | (1605-1680) | Baroque painter |
Andrea Cirrincione | (1607–1683) | Baroque architect and Dominican |
Domenico Guargena | (1610–1663) | Baroque painter |
Filippo Planzone | (1610-1636) | Sculptor and ivory carver |
Gaspare Guercio | (1611–1679) | Baroque architect and sculptor in Palermo |
Domenico Maroli | (1612–1676) | Baroque painter |
Giacinto Platania | (1612-1691) | Baroque painter |
Onofrio Gabrielli | (1619–1706) | Baroque painter |
Michele Blasco | (1628–1685) | Baroque painter and architect |
Angelo Italia | (1628–1700) | Baroque architect and Jesuit |
Rosalia Novelli | (1628 - ????) | Baroque painter |
Andrea Suppa | (1628–1671) | Baroque painter, major works in Messina |
Agostino Scilla | (1629-1700) | Baroque painter, paleontologist, numismatist and geologist |
Pietro Aquila | (around 1630–1692) | Classicist painter |
Bartolomeo Tricomi | (around 1630–1709) | Baroque painter |
Paolo Boccone | (1633-1704) | Doctor and botanist |
Paolo Amato | (1634-1714) | Baroque architect |
Filippo Giannetto | (1640–1702) | Baroque painter |
Giacomo Amato | (1643-1732) | Baroque architect in Palermo |
Giovanni Travaglia | (1643–1687) | Baroque architect and sculptor in Palermo |
Andrea Palma | (1644 / 64–1730) | Baroque architect, major works in Syracuse |
Giacinto Calandrucci | (1646–1707) | Baroque painter, major works in Rome and Palermo |
Michelangelo Fardella | (1650-1760) | Researcher and scholar |
Giovanni Antonio Matera | (1653-1718) | Baroque sculptor |
Giuseppe Serpotta | (1653-1719) | Baroque sculptor and plasterer |
Filippo Tancredi | (1655-1722) | Baroque painter |
Giacomo Serpotta | (1656-1732) | Baroque sculptor and plasterer |
Francesco Cupani | (1657-1719) | Doctor, theologian and botanist |
Tommaso Maria Napoli | (1659-1725) | Architect, mathematician and Dominican |
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi | (1659-1726) | Composer and librettist |
Antonio Grano | (1660-1718) | Baroque painter, major works in Palermo |
Alessandro Scarlatti | (1660-1725) | Composer of operas and cantatas |
Giovanni Tuccari | (1667–1743) | Baroque painter, representative of the Sicilian Baroque |
Nicola van Houbraken | (1668-1720) | Baroque painter, major works in Messina |
Antonio Filocamo | (1669–1743) | Baroque painters, major works in Messina |
Gioacchino Vitagliano | (1669–1739) | Late Baroque sculptor |
Guglielmo Borremans | (1672-1724) | Late baroque painter |
Filippo Juvarra | (1678–1736) | Baroque architect, builder of the House of Savoy |
Procopio Serpotta | (1679–1756) | Late baroque sculptor and plasterer |
Emanuele d'Astorga | (1680–1757) | Nobleman and composer |
Giuseppe Mariani | (1681–1731) | Baroque architect |
Giovanni Biagio Amico | (1684–1754) | Baroque architect in western Sicily and Palermo |
Francesco Ferrigno | (1686–1766) | Baroque architect in Palermo of the Baroque, |
Paolo Filocamo | (1688–1743) | Baroque painters, major works in Messina |
Vincenzo Natoli | (1690–1770) | Richter, involved in the construction and urban development of Palermo |
Olivio Sozzi | (1690–1765) | Painter of panels and frescoes |
Litterio Paladini | (1691–1743) | Baroque painter and engraver |
Filippo Randazzo | (1692–1744) | Classicist painter |
Gaspare Serenario | (1694–1759) | Baroque painter, major works in Palermo |
Nicolò Palma | (1694–1779) | Classicist architect, major works in Palermo |
Pietro Paolo Vasta | (1697-1760) | Baroque painter, representative of the Sicilian Baroque |
Rosario Gagliardi | (1698–1762) | Baroque architect, city architect in Noto |
18th century
Ignazio Buceti | (18th century) | Baroque sculptor |
Paolo Filocamo | (18th century) | Sculptor and plasterer in Palermo |
Gaspare Firriolo | (18th century) | Classicist sculptor |
Cristoforo Milanti | (18th century) | Baroque sculptor and plasterer |
Gaetano Lazzara | (active 1700–1731) | Baroque architect and Dominican |
Francesco Battaglia | (1701–1788) | Late baroque architect |
Giovanni Battista Vaccarini | (1702–1768) | Baroque architect, city builder and major works in Catania |
Pietro Martorana | (1705–1759) | Classicist late baroque painter |
Giuseppe Tresca | (1710–1795) | Baroque painter |
Giuseppe Vasi | (1710–1782) | Graphic artist and vedute engraver, work on Roman monuments in ten books |
Giuseppe Crestadoro | (around 1711–1808) | Late baroque painter |
Felix of Nicosia | (1715–1787) | Capuchins and saints |
Fedele Tirrito | (1717–1801) | Baroque painter |
Vito D'Anna | (1718–1769) | Rococo painter, major works in Palermo |
Ignazio Marabitti | (1719–1797) | Sculptor, major works in Palermo |
Francesco Paolo Labisi | (1720–1798) | Baroque architect |
Vincenzo Sinatra | (1720–1765) | Baroque architect, major works in Noto and Ispica |
Giuseppe Paladini | (1721–1794) | Baroque painter |
Giovan Battista Cascione | (1729–1790) | Neoclassic architect |
Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia | (1729-1814) | Neoclassic architect |
Benedetto De Lisi | (1830-1875) | sculptor |
Sebastiano Lo Monaco | (1730-1775) | Late baroque painter |
Gaetano Mercurio | (1730–1790) | Baroque painter |
Andrea Gigante | (1731–1787) | Late baroque and neoclassic architect |
Mariano Rossi | (1731–1807) | Classicist painter |
Francesco Sozzi | (1732–1795) | Late baroque painter |
Alberto Tipa | (1732–1783) | Sculptor and crib maker in Trapani |
Gaspare Fumagalli | (1735–1785) | Roman painter in Palermo |
Gioacchino Martorana | (1735–1779) | Classicist painter |
Filippo Quattrocchi | (1738-1813) | Late Baroque sculptor |
Antonio Manno | (1739-1810) | Classicist painter |
Giovanni Meli | (1740-1815) | Writer, doctor and scientist |
Nicola Spedalieri | (1740–1795) | Philosopher, priest and author |
Alessandro Cagliostro | (1743–1795) | Alchemist and impostor |
Elia Interguglielmi | (1746-1835) | Late baroque and neoclassic painters, major works in Palermo |
Giuseppe Velasco | (1750-1827) | Painter, representative of neoclassicism |
Matteo Desiderato | (1752-1827) | Classicist painter |
Francesco Manno | (1754-1831) | Classicist painter |
Francesco Guadagnino | (1755-1829) | Classicist painter |
Girolamo Bagnasco | (1759-1832) | Late Baroque sculptor |
Giuseppe Errante | (1760-1821) | Classicist painter |
Giacomo Minutoli | (1765-1827) | Architect of Classicism |
Lucia Migliaccio | (1770-1826) | Wife of Ferdinand III, King of Sicily |
Vincenzo Riolo | (1772-1837) | Classicist painter in Palermo |
Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta | (1773–1863) | Duke of Serradifalco, archaeologist, work on the ancient sites of Sicily in five books |
Valerio Villareale | (1773-1854) | Italian sculptor, one of the most important exponents of neoclassicism |
Niccolò Palmeri | (1778-1837) | Economist, historian and politician |
Ruggero Settimo | (1778–1863) | Prince of Fitalia, statesman, President of Sicily 1848/1849 |
Giuseppe Patania | (1780-1852) | Classicist painter in Palermo |
Raffaello Politi | (1783-1865) | Painter and archaeologist |
Giuseppe Zacco | (1786-1834) | Painter of altarpieces |
Letterio Subba | (1787–1868) | Architect, sculptor and painter |
Giovanni Patricolo | (1789–1861) | Classicist painter in Palermo |
Giuseppe Gandolfo | (1792–1855) | painter |
Giuseppe Vaccaro | (1793–1866) | Painter, sculptor and restorer |
Francesco Zerilli | (around 1794–1837) | Classicist painter |
Giovanni Pacini | (1796–1867) | Composer of operas, oratorios and cantatas |
Vincenzo Florio | (1799–1868) | Entrepreneurs and politicians |
Luigi Natoli | (1799-1875) | Bishop of Caltagirone and Archbishop of Messina |
Giuseppe Rapisardi | (1799-1853) | Neoclassicist painter |
19th century
1801-1850
Vincenzo Bellini | (1801-1835) | Composer of operas, representative of romanticism |
Michele Amari | (1806-1889) | Historical researcher and orientalist |
Nunzio Morello | (1806–1878) | sculptor |
Michele Panebianco | (1806–1873) | Classicist painter |
Giuseppe Vaccaro (sculptor, 1808) | (1808-1889) | Sculptor and terracotta artist |
Francesco Saverio Cavallari | (1809-1896) | Architect, painter and archaeologist |
Tommaso Aloisio Juvara | (1809-1875) | Draftsman and engraver |
Salvatore Lo Forte | (1809-1885) | Classicist painter |
Paolo Emiliani Giudici | (1812-1872) | Literary historian and literary scholar |
Giacomo Conti (painter) | (1813–1888) | painter |
Pietro Michelangelo Celesia | (1814–1904) | Cardinal and Archbishop of Palermo |
Giuseppe La Farina | (1815–1863) | Writers and politicians |
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet | (1818-1894) | Archbishop of Catania |
Francesco Crispi | (1819–1901) | Statesman and colonial politician |
Rosolino Pilo | (1820-1860) | patriot |
Saro Zagari | (1821-1897) | Architect and sculptor of neoclassicism |
Salvatore Cusa | (1822-1893) | Arabist, diplomat, politician |
Michele Rapisardi | (1822-1886) | painter |
Isidoro La Lumia | (1823-1879) | Politicians and Historians, Works on the History of Sicily |
Giuseppe Prinzi | (1825–1895) | sculptor |
Stanislao Cannizzaro | (1826-1910) | Chemist, professor at the University of Palermo |
Pietro Platania | (1828–1907) | Composer and music teacher |
Pasquale Sarullo | (1828-1893) | Franciscan priest and painter |
Giuseppe Incorpora | (1834-1914) | photographer |
Emanuele Notarbartolo | (1834-1893) | Marchese, opponents of the Mafia and victims of the Mafia |
Salvatore Valenti | (1835–1903) | sculptor |
Francesco Lojacono | (1838-1915) | Landscape painter |
Luigi Capuana | (1839-1915) | Writer, representative of verism, lecturer at the University of Catania |
Antonio Starrabba | (1839–1908) | Mayor and Prefect of Palermo, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister |
Domenico Costantino | (1840-1915) | sculptor |
Roberto Stagno | (1840-1897) | Opera tenor |
Giovanni Verga | (1840-1922) | Writer, representative of verism |
Antonino Gandolfo | (1841-1910) | painter |
Antonino Salinas | (1841-1914) | Archaeologist and numismatist, director of the Archaeological Museum in Palermo |
Laura Gonzenbach | (1842–1878) | Author, collection of Sicilian folk tales |
Antonio Pasculli | (1842-1924) | Oboe virtuoso, compositions for wind instruments |
Corrado Avolio | (1843–1905) | Romance studies and dialectologist |
Isidoro Carini | (1843–1895) | Historian and paleographer |
Antonino Leto | (1844–1913) | Impressionist painter |
Mario Rapisardi | (1844–1912) | poet |
Benedetto Civiletti | (1845-1899) | Sculptor, representative of realism |
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè | (1846–1928) | Archbishop of Catania |
Giacomo Natoli | (1846-1896) | Politician, Mayor of Messina |
Antonio Scontrino | (1850-1922) | Composer of operas, representative of romanticism |
Joseph Whitaker | (1850-1936) | Ornithologist, archaeologist and sportsman |
1851-1900
Annibale Maria Di Francia | (1851-1927) | Priests, religious founders and saints |
Antonino Borzì | (1852-1921) | Botanist, university professor in Palermo and Messina |
Giuseppe Vadalà-Papale | (1854 – after 1906) | Lawyer and legal philosopher |
Sebastiano Nicotra | (1855-1929) | Archbishop and Vatican diplomat |
Ettore Ximenes | (1855-1926) | Sculptor, mainly religious and mythological motifs |
Sebastiano Guzzone | (1856-1890) | Portrait painter |
Giuseppe Oddo | (1856–1954) | Chemist |
Ernesto Basile | (1857-1932) | Art Nouveau architect, major works in Palermo |
Enrico Cavallaro | (1858–1895) | painter |
Rocco Lentini | (1858–1943) | painter |
Pierantonio Tasca | (1858–1934) | composer |
Giuseppe de Felice Giuffrida | (1859-1920) | Politician and journalist |
Antonio Ruggeri | (1859-1915) | Vine grower |
Mario Rutelli | (1859-1941) | Sculptor and bronze caster |
Domenico Trentacoste | (1859–1933) | Sculptor and medalist |
Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo | (1860–1937) | Writer and romanist |
Francesco Paolo Frontini | (1860-1939) | composer |
Giovan Pietro Grimaldi | (1860-1918) | Physicists and academics |
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando | (1860–1952) | Politician, Italian Prime Minister |
Michele Tripisciano | (1860-1913) | sculptor |
Vito Cascio Ferro | (1862–1943) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Clemente Grimaldi | (1862-1915) | Agronomist, botanist and politician |
Pietro Gori | (1865-1911) | Anarchist and poet |
Giulio Emanuele Rizzo | (1865–1950) | classical archaeologist |
Nicholas Morello | (1866-1916) | Mafioso in the United States |
Nino Basile | (1866–1937) | historian |
Alessandro Abate | (1867–1952) | painter |
Gennaro Pardo | (1867–1927) | painter |
Luigi Pirandello | (1867–1936) | Writer, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature |
Carlo Alberto Garufi | (1868–1948) | Diplomat and paleographer |
Salvatore Maranzano | (1868–1931) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Mario Sammarco | (1868–1930) | opera singer |
Enrico Mauceri | (1869–1966) | Art historian, museum director |
Alfredo Salafia | (1869–1933) | Chemist, specialist in embalming |
Nino Martoglio | (1870-1921) | Writer, publisher, director and producer |
Peter Morello | (1870–1930) | Mafioso in the United States |
Angelo Paino | (1870–1967) | Archbishop of Messina |
Antonio Ugo | (1870–1950) | Sculptor and medalist |
Luigi Sturzo | (1871-1959) | Priests, politicians |
Pasquale Calapso | (1872–1934) | Mathematician, university professor in Messina |
Vincenzo Lapuma | (1874–1943) | Curia Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church |
Francesco Cantelli | (1875–1966) | mathematician |
Francesco Ciuppa | (1875 - unknown) | Automobile racer |
Michele De Franchis | (1875-1946) | mathematician |
Giovanni Gentile | (1875–1944) | Philosopher, cultural manager and politician |
Filippo Cortesi | (1876–1947) | Archbishop and Vatican diplomat |
Giuseppe Paratore | (1877–1967) | Politician |
Ignazio Saietta | (1877-1947) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Salvatore D'Aquila | (1878–1928) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Joe Masseria | (1879–1931) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Michele Cipolla | (1880-1947) | mathematician |
Giuseppe Antonio Borgese | (1882–1952) | Historian, literature professor and writer |
Giovanni Lentini | (1882–1955) | painter |
Manfredi Gravina | (1883–1932) | Naval officer and diplomat |
Albert Anselmi | (1884–1929) | Mafioso in the United States |
Joseph Ardizzone | (1884–1931) | Member of the mafia |
Gaetano Gagliano | (1884–1951) | Mafioso in the United States |
Vincenzo Lojacono | (1885–1954) | diplomat |
Mauro Picone | (1885–1977) | mathematician |
Vincent Terranova | (1887–1922) | Mafioso in the United States (brother of Ciro Terranova) |
Luciano Maugeri | (1888-1958) | Politician, former mayor of Palermo |
Giovanni Sansone | (1888–1979) | mathematician |
Ciro Terranova | (1889–1938) | Mafioso in the United States (brother of Vincent Terranova) |
Giuseppe Aiello | (1891–1930) | Mafioso in the United States, President of the Unione Siciliana |
Jack Dragna | (1891-1956) | Mafioso in Sicily and the United States |
Francesco Scalice | (1893–1957) | Mafioso in the United States |
Ugo Giachery | (1896–1989) | Member of the Baha'i religion, translator of Baha'i scripts into Italian |
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | (1896–1957) | Writer and literary scholar, author of "The Leopard" |
Lucky Luciano | (1896–1962) | Mafioso in the United States |
Frank Capra | (1897-1991) | Film director in the United States |
Francesco Pennisi | (1898–1974) | Bishop of Ragusa |
Ignazio Buttitta | (1899–1997) | Poet, winner of the Premio Viareggio |
Biagio Pace | (1889–1955) | Archaeologist, lecturer at the University of Palermo |
Stefano "Steve" Ferrigno | (1900–1930) | Mafioso in the United States |
Gaetano Martino | (1900–1967) | Rector of Messina University, politician and foreign minister |
Giuseppe De Primo | (19th - 20th century) | Mafioso in the United States |
John Scalise | (1900–1929) | Mafioso in the United States |
20th century
1901-1925
Filippo Anfuso | (1901–1963) | Diplomat and politician |
Renato Calapso | (1901–1976) | Mathematician, university professor in Messina |
Salvatore Quasimodo | (1901–1968) | Poet and theater critic, Nobel Prize winner for literature |
Alois Ricceri | (1901-1989) | Italian Salesian Father, 1965–1977 Superior General |
Mario Scelba | (1901-1991) | Politician, Prime Minister of Italy |
Umberto Barbaro | (1902-1959) | Film theorist and critic, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker |
Carlo Gambino | (1902–1976) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Lauro Chiazzese | (1903–1957) | Lawyer and university professor |
Ugo La Malfa | (1903–1979) | Politician |
Joseph Maria Pernicone | (1903–1985) | Auxiliary bishop |
Giuseppe Alessi | (1905-2009) | Politician |
Joseph Bonanno | (1905-2002) | Mafia boss in the United States |
Francesco Carpino | (1905-1993) | Archbishop of Palermo, Cardinal to the Curia |
Michele Navarre | (1905-1958) | Doctor and Mafia boss in Sicily |
Ettore Majorana | (1906–?) | Physicist, missing in 1938 |
Salvo Randone | (1906-1991) | Theater and film actor |
Paolo Enrico Arias | (1907-1998) | archaeologist |
Vitaliano Brancati | (1907-1954) | Writers, novels and short stories |
Giuseppe Perniciaro | (1908-1981) | Bishop of the Piana degli Albanesi eparchy |
Nino Pirrotta | (1908-1998) | Musicologist |
Elio Vittorini | (1908–1966) | Writer, publicist and translator, representative of literary neorealism |
Franco Ferrara | (1911–1985) | conductor |
Renato Guttuso | (1911-1987) | Painter, representative of realism |
Giuseppe La Loggia | (1911-1994) | Politician, former President of Sicily |
Franco Restivo | (1911-1976) | Lawyer and politician |
Cesare Sanfilippo | (1911-2000) | Legal scholar and legal historian |
Antonino Lombardo | (1912–1985) | Archivist and historian |
Gino Buzzanca | (1912–1985) | Theater and film actor |
Carmello Cappello | (1912–1996) | Modernist sculptor |
Luigi Di Bella | (1912-2003) | Italian doctor and physiologist |
Paolo Collura | (1914–1997) | Italian paleographer and diplomat |
Placido Rizzotto | (1914-1948) | Union leaders, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Pete Rugolo | (1915-2011) | American jazz composer |
Natalia Ginzburg | (1916–1991) | Author of 20th century Italian literature |
Arturo Dominici | (1916–1992) | Film and theater actor |
Salvatore Cardinal Pappalardo | (1918-2006) | Archbishop of Palermo |
Giovanni Rinaldo Coronas | (1919-2008) | Italian politician |
Sebastiano Lo Nigro | (1919–1984) | Folklorist, lecturer at the University of Catania |
Calogero Lauricella | (1919-1989) | Archbishop of Syracuse |
Stefano D'Arrigo | (1919–1992) | Writer, wrote mostly novels |
Francesco Alliata | (1919-2015) | Film producer and documentary director |
Gesualdo Bufalino | (1920–1996) | Writer, wrote short stories, novels and poems |
Antonino Caponnetto | (1920–2002) | Judges and politicians, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Pietro Consagra | (1920-2005) | Sculptor, representative of abstract art |
Mario Landi | (1920–1992) | Director |
Michele Sindona | (1920–1986) | Lawyer and banker |
Vincenzo Tusa | (1920–2009) | archaeologist |
Ignazio Cannavò | (1921-2015) | Archbishop of Messina |
Salvatore Cassisa | (1921-2015) | Archbishop of Monreale |
Giuseppe Catalfamo | (1921-1989) | Professor of Education at the University of Messina |
Giuseppe Di Stefano | (1921-2008) | Opera singer (tenor) |
Marco Petta | (1921-2007) | Roman Catholic religious |
Leonardo Sciascia | (1921-1989) | Writers and politicians |
Cesare Terranova | (1921–1979) | Investigating judge, was shot by the mafia |
Pino Cerami | (1922-2014) | Cyclist |
Tano Cimarosa | (1922-2008) | Actor and film director |
Gaetano Fichera | (1922–1996) | mathematician |
Salvatore Giuliano | (1922–1950) | Bandit and folk hero |
Salvatore La Barbera | (1922–1963) | Member of the mafia |
Salvatore Lauricella | (1922–1996) | Politician |
Salvatore Nicolosi | (1922-2014) | Bishop of Noto |
Turi Vasile | (1922-2009) | Film producer and screenwriter |
Gaetano Badalamenti | (1923-2004) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
Vittorio De Seta | (1923-2011) | Film director, made documentaries about Sicily |
Ciccio Ingrassia | (1923-2003) | Actor and comedian, member of the Franco & Ciccio duo |
Antonio Pucci | (1923-2009) | Racing car driver |
Giuseppe Bonaviri | (1924-2009) | Writer and cardiologist |
Francesco Giunta | (1924-1994) | Medieval historian |
Libero Grassi | (1924–1991) | Entrepreneur, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Angelo La Barbera | (1924–1975) | Member of the mafia |
Rosario Mazzola | (1924-2018) | Bishop of Cefalù |
Paulino Reale Chirina | (1924–2012) | Bishop in Argentina |
Giuseppe Calderone | (1925–1978) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
Andrea Camilleri | (1925-2019) | Screenwriter, director and writer, internationally known for crime novels |
Rocco Chinnici | (1925-1983) | Public prosecutor and investigating judge |
Giuseppe Fava | (1925-1984) | Writer and playwright |
Mario Francese | (1925–1979) | Journalist and opponent of the Mafia |
Luciano Liggio | (1925–1993) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
1926-1950
Luigi Bommarito | (1926-2019) | Archbishop of Catania |
Emanuele Catarinicchia | (* 1926) | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo |
Angelo Rizzo | (1926-2009) | Bishop of Ragusa |
Domenico Amoroso | (1927–1997) | Religious priest and bishop |
Rosa Balistreri | (1927–1990) | Singer of Sicilian folk songs |
Pio La Torre | (1927-1982) | Politicians and opponents of the Mafia |
Tommaso Buscetta | (1928-2000) | Mafioso, most important key witness of the mafia trials |
Franco Franchi | (1928–1992) | Actor and comedian, member of the Franco & Ciccio duo |
Salvatore Lima | (1928–1992) | Politician, Mayor of Palermo |
Roberto Pregadio | (1928-2010) | Film composer, musician and conductor |
Antonino Zichichi | (* 1929) | physicist |
Cesare Barbetti | (1930-2006) | Actor and voice actor |
Giorgio Boris Giuliano | (1930–1979) | senior police officer and mafia victim |
Salvatore Riina | (1930-2017) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
Giuseppe Calò | (* 1931) | Mafioso in Sicily |
Giuseppe Malandrino | (* 1931) | Bishop of Noto |
Guido Messina | (1931-2020) | Cyclist |
Carmelo Ferraro | (* 1932) | Archbishop of Agrigento |
Gaetano Starrabba | (* 1932) | Racing car driver |
Vincenzo Consolo | (1933–2012) | Writer, written novels, poems and travelogues |
Bernardo Provenzano | (1933-2016) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
Giuseppe Costanzo | (* 1933) | Archbishop of Syracuse |
Nino Vaccarella | (* 1933) | Sports car and Formula 1 drivers |
Francesco Pennisi | (1934-2000) | Composer, incidental music, works for orchestra and solo instruments |
Giovanni Pettinato | (1934-2011) | Ancient orientalist |
Francesco Sgalambro | (1934-2016) | Bishop of Cefalù |
Benedetto Spera | (* 1934) | Mafioso in Sicily |
Letizia Battaglia | (* 1935) | Photojournalist, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Lando Buzzanca | (* 1935) | Film actor |
Antonio Calderone | (1935-2013) | Mafioso in Sicily |
Piersanti Mattarella | (1935–1980) | Politician, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Claudio Undari | (1935-2008) | Film actor |
Pio Vittorio Vigo | (* 1935) | Bishop of Acireale |
Giuseppe Vita | (* 1935) | Manager, former CEO of Schering AG |
Salvatore Di Cristina | (* 1937) | Archbishop of Monreale |
Sotìr Ferrara | (1937-2017) | Bishop of Piana degli Albanesi |
Vittorio Luigi Mondello | (* 1937) | Archbishop of Reggio Calabria-Bova |
Giuseppe Puglisi | (1937-1993) | Priest, anti-Mafia activist and Mafia victim |
Daniela Rocca | (1937-1995) | Film actress |
Paolo Romeo | (* 1938) | Archbishop of Palermo |
Nitto Santapaola | (* 1938) | Mafioso in Sicily |
Stefano Bontade | (1938–1981) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
Mariano Agate | (1939-2013) | Mafioso in Sicily |
Giovanni Falcone | (1939–1992) | Lawyer, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Paolo Borsellino | (1940–1992) | Judge, active in the fight against the Mafia (brother of Rita Borsellino) |
Paolo Urso | (* 1940) | Bishop of Ragusa |
Gaspare Mutolo | (* 1940) | Sicilian mafioso |
Giuseppe Insalaco | (1941–1988) | Politician, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Sergio Mattarella | (* 1941) | Lawyer, politician and 12th President of Italy |
Franco Scoglio | (1941-2005) | coach |
Stefano Zappalà | (1941-2018) | Politician and Member of the European Parliament |
Umberto Balsamo | (* 1942) | song writer |
Salvatore Lo Piccolo | (* 1942) | imprisoned leader of the Cosa Nostra |
Aurelio Malfa | (1942-2004) | Theater and film actor |
Vincenzo Manzella | (* 1942) | Former Bishop of Cefalù |
Antonio Martino | (* 1942) | Lawyer, professor of economics, politician |
Ignazio Zambito | (* 1942) | Bishop of Patti |
Salvatore Adamo | (* 1943) | Singers, chansons and hits |
Vito Bonsignore | (* 1943) | Politician |
Giuseppe Leanza | (* 1943) | Roman Catholic priest |
Francesco Miccichè | (* 1943) | Bishop of Trapani |
Antonio Sabàto (Sr.) | (* 1943) | Film actor |
Salvatore Inzerillo | (1944-1981) | Mafioso in Sicily |
Salvo Andò | (* 1945) | Legal scholar, politician, professor at the University of Enna |
Franco Battiato | (* 1945) | Songwriter, painter and director |
Rita Borsellino | (1945-2018) | Politician, active in the fight against the Mafia (sister of Paolo Borsellino) |
Pietro Grasso | (* 1945) | Lawyer and politician, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Salvatore Pappalardo | (* 1945) | Bishop of Nicosia |
Michele Parrinello | (* 1945) | physicist |
Salvatore Paruzzo | (* 1945) | Bishop of Ourinhos |
Gianni Bella | (* 1946) | Singer and songwriter (brother of Marcella Bella) |
Giuseppe Furino | (* 1946) | former soccer player, midfielder |
Salvatore Gristina | (* 1946) | Archbishop of Catania |
Antonino Migliore | (* 1946) | bishop |
Francesco Montenegro | (* 1946) | Auxiliary Bishop of Messina |
Salvatore Muratore | (* 1946) | Bishop of Nicosia |
Michele Pennisi | (* 1946) | Bishop of Piazza Armerina |
Antonio Santacroce | (* 1946) | Painter, graphic artist and sculptor |
Concetto Franco Diogene | (1947-2005) | actor |
Ignazio La Russa | (* 1947) | Politician |
Salvo | (1947-2015) | Painter, photographer and concept artist |
Domenico Mogavero | (* 1947) | Bishop of Mazara del Vallo |
Leoluca Orlando | (* 1947) | Mayor of Palermo, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Salvatore Sciarrino | (* 1947) | Composer known for his musical theater works |
Pietro Anastasi | (1948-2020) | Soccer player |
Angelo Marcello Anile | (1948-2007) | Physicist and mathematician |
Antonino Cassarà | (1948–1985) | Commissioner, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro | (* 1948) | bishop |
Giuseppe Impastato | (1948–1978) | Politician, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Lorenzo Maria Bottari | (* 1949) | Painter and graphic artist |
Michele Giuttari | (* 1950) | Policeman and writer |
Raffaele Lombardo | (* 1950) | Politician, President of Sicily since 2008 |
Renato Schifani | (* 1950) | Politician |
1951-1975
Enzo Bianco | (* 1951) | Politician and mayor |
Rosario Crocetta | (* 1951) | Mayor of Gela, active in the fight against the Mafia |
Giuseppe Marciante | (* 1951) | Bishop of Cefalù |
Cataldo Naro | (1951-2006) | Archbishop of Monreale |
Marcella Bella | (* 1952) | Singer (sister of Gianni Bella) |
Calogero La Piana | (* 1952) | Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela |
Roberto Scarpinato | (* 1952) | Prosecutor, active in the fight against the mafia |
Frank Sivero | (* 1952) | Film actor |
Bino | (1953-2010) | Singer and songwriter |
Mariano Crociata | (* 1953) | Bishop of Noto |
Alfio Giuffrida | (* 1953) | Sculptor and painter |
Nunzio La Fauci | (* 1953) | linguist |
Calogero Peri | (* 1953) | Bishop of Caltagirone |
Vito Rallo | (* 1953) | Archbishop and Vatican diplomat |
Stelio Mangiameli | (* 1954) | Legal scholar |
Anna Finocchiaro | (* 1955) | Politician and senator |
Rossella Giglio | (* 1955) | Archaeologist |
Sebastiano Musumeci | (* 1955) | Politician, Member of the European Parliament |
Pietro Bartolo | (* 1956) | Doctor and coordinator of medical aid measures for refugees in Lampedusa |
Giuseppe Tornatore | (* 1956) | Film director, Oscar winner |
Lucia Aliberti | (* 1957) | Opera singer |
Giovanni Brusca | (* 1957) | Sicilian mafioso |
Francesco Calogero | (* 1957) | Film director and screenwriter |
Donatella Maiorca | (* 1957) | Film director |
Franco Merli | (* 1957) | Film actor |
Mario Russotto | (* 1957) | Bishop of Caltanissetta |
Claudio Fava | (* 1957) | Politicians and opponents of the Mafia |
Aldo Baglio | (* 1958) | Comedian, director and filmmaker |
Domenico Dolce | (* 1958) | Fashion designer, co-founder of the Dolce & Gabbana fashion company |
Giovanni Lavaggi | (* 1958) | Car racing driver and racing car designer |
Alfredo Ormando | (1958-1998) | Theologian and writer |
Etta Scollo | (* 1958) | Singer, jazz and Sicilian folk songs |
Francesco Tornabene | (* 1958) | Radio journalist and author |
Roberto Alajmo | (* 1959) | Journalist and author |
Rosario Gisana | (* 1959) | bishop |
Antonio Ingroia | (* 1959) | Prosecutor and politician |
Giuseppe Lucchese | (* 1959) | Sicilian mafioso |
Ettore Messina | (* 1959) | Basketball coach |
Antonello Antinoro | (* 1960) | Specialist and politician |
Rosario Fiorello | (* 1960) | Film actor and entertainer |
Pietro Scalia | (* 1960) | Film editor, Oscar winner |
Sebi Tramontana | (* 1960) | Jazz trombonist |
Gaetano Trovato | (* 1960) | multiple award-winning chef |
Luigi Brogna | (1961-2008) | Writer, wrote German-language novels |
Gianni Gebbia | (* 1961) | Jazz saxophonist and clarinetist |
Giuseppina Maria Nicolini | (* 1961) | Mayoress of the municipality of Lampedusa e Linosa |
Salvatore Antibo | (* 1962) | Track and field athlete, long distance runner |
Salvatore Bonafede | (* 1962) | Jazz pianist |
Ninni Bruschetta | (* 1962) | Film actor, director and screenwriter |
Carmelo Cuttitta | (* 1962) | Auxiliary Bishop of Palermo |
Matteo Messina Denaro | (* 1962) | Mafia boss in Sicily |
Anna Kanakis | (* 1962) | Film actress |
Corrado Lorefice | (* 1962) | Archbishop of Palermo |
Nicolò Napoli | (* 1962) | Soccer player and soccer coach |
Michelangelo Rampulla | (* 1962) | Soccer goalkeeper |
Giovanni Sollima | (* 1962) | Cellist and composer |
Fabio Stassi | (* 1962) | writer |
Manuel Zurria | (* 1962) | flutist |
Salvatore Iacolino | (* 1963) | Politician, Member of the European Parliament |
Giovanni La Via | (* 1963) | Politician, Member of the European Parliament |
Roberto Mistretta | (* 1963) | Children's book, screenplay and crime writer |
Pippo Pollina | (* 1963) | Singers, songwriters and musicians |
Enrico Lo Verso | (* 1964) | Film actor |
Salvatore Schillaci | (* 1964) | Soccer player, winner of the Golden Shoe at the 1990 World Cup |
Nino Vetri | (* 1964) | Musician and writer |
Giovanni Mazzarino | (* 1965) | Jazz pianist and band leader |
Vincenzo Ortoleva | (* 1965) | Classical philologist |
Vincenzo Amato | (* 1966) | Sculptor and actor |
Alessandro Bazan | (* 1966) | painter |
Stefania Prestigiacomo | (* 1966) | politician |
Emma Dante | (* 1967) | Author and theater director |
Luigi Lo Cascio | (* 1967) | Theater and film actor |
Fabio Romano | (* 1967) | Pianist and university lecturer |
Gerardina Trovato | (* 1967) | Singer, songwriter |
Roberto Boscaglia | (* 1968) | coach |
Lara Cardella | (* 1969) | Novelist |
Maria Grazia Cucinotta | (* 1969) | Film actress and model |
Giuseppe Fiorello | (* 1969) | Film actor |
Giorgio Occhipinti | (* 1969) | Jazz composer and band leader |
Fabrizio Puglisi | (* 1969) | Jazz bassist |
Annarita Sidoti | (* 1969) | Athlete, walker |
Giuseppe D'Urso | (* 1969) | Track and field athlete, middle distance runner |
Angelino Alfano | (* 1970) | Politician |
Antonino Asta | (* 1970) | Soccer player and coach |
Sonia Alfano | (* 1971) | Politician, active in the fight against the Mafia, Member of the European Parliament |
Mario Biondi | (* 1971) | Singer, soul and rhythm and blues |
Giusto Catania | (* 1971) | Politician, PhD from the University of Palermo |
Germana Fabiano | (* 1971) | Writer |
Vincenzo Modica | (* 1971) | Long distance runner |
Rosa Barba | (* 1972) | Filmmaker and media artist |
Pierfrancesco Diliberto | (* 1972) | TV presenter, director, screenwriter and actor |
Giovanni Tedesco | (* 1972) | Soccer player, midfielder at US Palermo |
Carmen Consoli | (* 1974) | Singer and songwriter |
Christian Riganò | (* 1974) | Soccer player, striker for FC Messina |
Loredana Cannata | (* 1975) | Theater and film actress |
Giuseppe Palumbo | (* 1975) | Cyclist |
1976-2000
Antonino Fogliani | (* 1976) | conductor |
Tiziana Lodato | (* 1976) | Film actress |
Luca Parmitano | (* 1976) | Test pilot and astronaut |
Lorenzo Patanè | (* 1976) | Theater and film actor |
Enzo Sutera | (* 1976) | guitarist |
Alborosia | (* 1977) | Reggae musician |
Francesco Angelico | (* 1977) | conductor |
Francesco Coco | (* 1977) | Soccer player, former player of the Italian national team |
Alessandro Parisi | (* 1977) | Football player, defender at FC Messina |
Paolo Tiralongo | (* 1977) | Cyclist |
Salvatore Aronica | (* 1978) | Soccer player, defender, etc. a. at US Palermo |
Luca Moncada | (* 1978) | Lightweight rower |
Silvia Salemi | (* 1978) | Singer and songwriter |
Giusy Ferreri | (* 1979) | Pop singer |
Giuseppe Gibilisco | (* 1979) | Track and field athlete, pole vaulter |
Giuseppe mascara | (* 1979) | Soccer player at Catania Calcio |
Giampaolo Caruso | (* 1980) | Cyclist |
Nicole Grimaudo | (* 1980) | Film actress |
Armando Perna | (* 1981) | Soccer player, central defender |
Emanuele Calaiò | (* 1982) | Soccer player at SSC Napoli |
Gaetano D'Agostino | (* 1982) | Soccer player, player of the Italian national team |
Leandro Rinaudo | (* 1983) | Soccer player, defender |
Vincenzo Nibali | (* 1984) | Cyclist |
Giuseppe Sulfaro | (* 1984) | Film actor |
Melissa Panarello | (* 1985) | Writer, writes novels |
Damiano Caruso | (* 1987) | Cyclist |
Francesco Cafiso | (* 1989) | Jazz musician, plays the saxophone |
Salvatore Puccio | (* 1989) | Cyclist |
Mario Balotelli | (* 1990) | Soccer player, player of the Italian national team |
See also
literature
- Gaetano Savatteri: I siciliani . Giuseppe Laterza & Figli Spa, Roma-Bari 2006, ISBN 88-420-8161-2
- Moses I. Finley , Denis Mack Smith, Christopher Duggan: History of Sicily and the Sicilians . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-54130-5
- Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily. Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean (= DuMont art travel guide ). 6th, updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 .
Web links
- The Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints with the possibility to search for the saints of Sicily