List of Sicilian artists
The list of artists from Sicily gives an overview of artists who come from Sicily or whose main focus is on Sicily and about whom there is an article in the German Wikipedia.
(Please also include articles on people who are included in this list in the list of known Sicilians or the list of people with reference to Sicily )
Architects
| Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli | (around 1507–1563) | Disciple of Michelangelo, 1547–1557 cathedral builder in Messina |
| Giacomo del Duca | (1520-1604) | Student of Michelangelo, from 1589 city architect in Messina |
| Andrea Calamech | (1524–1589) | Architect and sculptor, major works in Messina |
| Giulio Lasso | († 1617) | Representative of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Palermo |
| Antonio Muttone | († 1623) | Architect of early baroque monastery buildings |
| Mariano Smiriglio | (1561-1636) | Architect and painter between Mannerism and Baroque in Palermo |
| Natale Masuccio | (1568-1619) | Baroque architect, major works in Palermo and Messina |
| Andrea Cirrincione | (1607–1683) | Baroque architect and Dominican in Palermo |
| Guarino Guarini | (1624–1683) | Representative of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Messina |
| Angelo Italia | (1628–1700) | Baroque architect in Palermo, Jesuit |
| Paolo Amato | (1634-1714) | Baroque architect in Palermo |
| Giacomo Amato | (1643-1732) | Representative of the Roman Baroque in Palermo |
| Andrea Palma | (17th century) | Representative of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Syracuse |
| Tommaso Maria Napoli | (1659-1725) | Architect, mathematician and Dominican in Palermo |
| Filippo Juvarra | (1678–1736) | Baroque builder |
| Giuseppe Mariani | (1681–1731) | Baroque architect, major works in Palermo |
| Giovanni Biagio Amico | (1684–1754) | Late baroque architect, major works in western Sicily |
| Francesco Ferrigno | (1686–1766) | Baroque architect |
| Nicolò Palma | (1694–1779) | Architect of Classicism in Palermo |
| Rosario Gagliardi | (1698–1762) | Representatives of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Noto |
| Gaetano Lazzara | (active 1700–1731) | Baroque architect in Palermo |
| Francesco Battaglia | (1701–1788) | Late baroque architect |
| Giovanni Battista Vaccarini | (1702–1768) | Representative of the Sicilian Baroque, city architect in Catania |
| Francesco Paolo Labisi | (1720–1798) | Baroque architect |
| Vincenzo Sinatra | (1720–1765) | Representatives of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Noto and Ispica |
| Stefano Ittar | (1724–1790) | Representative of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Catania |
| Giovan Battista Cascione | (1729–1790) | Representative of neoclassicism, major works in Palermo |
| Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia | (1729-1814) | Representative of neoclassicism, major works in Palermo |
| Andrea Gigante | (1731–1787) | Representative of the late baroque and neo-classicism |
| Giacomo Minutoli | (1765-1827) | Architect of Classicism |
| Letterio Subba | (1787–1868) | Architect of Classicism |
| Francesco Saverio Cavallari | (1809-1896) | Architect, painter and archaeologist |
| Saro Zagari | (1821-1897) | Architect and sculptor of classicism |
| Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile | (1825-1891) | Architect and landscape architect |
| Ernesto Basile | (1857-1932) | Representative of Art Nouveau, major works in Palermo |
painter
Madonna Annunziata by Antonello da Messina
Peter by Girolamo Alibrandi
Madonna and Saints by Pietro Novelli
| Stefano Giordano | (15th century) | Mannerist painter |
| Gaspare da Pesaro | (1421–1462) | Early Renaissance painter |
| Antonello da Messina | (1430-1479) | Early Renaissance painter of religious subjects and portraits |
| Tommaso de Vigilia | (active 1444–1494) | Early Renaissance painter |
| Riccardo Quartararo | (1443–1506) | Renaissance painter |
| Salvo d'Antonio | (after 1461-before 1526) | Early Renaissance painter |
| Alfonso Franco | (1466–1523) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
| Pietro Ruzzolone | (active 1484–1522) | Early Renaissance painter |
| Antonello de Saliba | (1466 / 67–1535) | Renaissance painter (brother of Pietro de Saliba and nephew of Antonello da Messina) |
| Girolamo Alibrandi | (1470-1524) | Renaissance painter, major works in Messina |
| Antonello Crescenzio | (1476–1542) | Renaissance painter |
| Jacopo d'Antonello | (1479–1508) | Renaissance painter |
| Polidoro da Caravaggio | (1492-1543) | Mannerist painter |
| Antonio Giuffrè | (1493-1543) | Renaissance painter, major works in Messina |
| Pietro de Saliba | (???? - 1530) | Renaissance painter (brother of Antonello de Saliba and nephew of Antonello da Messina) |
| Niccolò Spalletta | (active in the 16th century) | Early Renaissance painter |
| Giovannello da Itala | (active in the 16th century) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
| Giovanni Matta | (active in the 16th century) | Renaissance painter |
| Jacopo Vigneri | (active in the 16th century) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
| Deodato Guinaccia | (1510–1585) | Renaissance painter |
| Mariano Riccio | (1510–1593) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
| Vincenzo degli Azani | (active 1519–1557) | Renaissance painters, major works in Palermo |
| Antonio Ferraro | (1523-1609) | Mannerist painter, sculptor and plasterer |
| Filippo Paladini | (1544-1614) | Mannerist painter |
| Antonio Spatafora | (around 1550–1613) | Renaissance painter, major works in Messina |
| Giuseppe d'Alvino | (1550-1611) | Mannerist painter |
| Vito Carrera | (1555-1623) | Mannerist painter |
| Antonio Catalano | (1560-1630) | Renaissance painter |
| Orazio Ferraro | (1561-1643) | Plasterer and painter |
| Pietro Antonio Novelli | (1568-1625) | Painter and mosaicist |
| Giovanni Paolo Fondulli | (active 1568–1600) | Renaissance painter |
| Zoppo di Gangi | (1570-1620) | Late Mannerist painter |
| Mario Minniti | (1577-1640) | Baroque painter |
| Vincenzo La Barbera | (around 1577-around 1647) | Mannerist painter |
| Alonso Rodriguez (painter) | (1578-1648) | Baroque painters, major works in Messina |
| Pietro D'Asaro | (1579-1647) | Mannerist painter |
| Giovanni Simone Comandè | (1580–1634) | Renaissance painters, major works in Messina |
| Andrea Carrera | (1590–1677) | Baroque painter |
| Placido Saltamacchia | (doc. 1595–1616) | History and portrait painter |
| Antonio Barbalonga | (1600–1649) | Baroque painter, major works in Messina |
| Pietro Novelli | (1603-1647) | Renaissance painter of religious motifs |
| Giovanni Battista Quagliata | (1603–1673) | Baroque painter and architect |
| Giovanni Fulco | (1605–1689) | Baroque painter |
| Domenico Guargena | (1610–1663) | Baroque painter |
| Domenico Maroli | (1612–1676) | Baroque painter |
| Giacinto Platania | (1612-1691) | Baroque painter |
| Onofrio Gabrielli | (1619–1706) | Baroque painter |
| Michele Blasco | (1628–1685) | Baroque painter |
| Rosalia Novelli | (1628–?) | Baroque painter |
| Andrea Suppa | (1628–1671) | Baroque painter, major works in Messina |
| Agostino Scilla | (1629-1700) | Baroque painter, also active as a paleontologist, numismatist and geologist |
| Pietro Aquila | (around 1630–1692) | Classicist painter, draftsman, engraver |
| Bartolomeo Tricomi | (around 1630–1709) | Baroque painter |
| Filippo Giannetto | (1640–1702) | Baroque painter |
| Giacinto Calandrucci | (1646–1707) | Baroque painter, major works in Palermo |
| Filippo Tancredi | (1655-1722) | Baroque painter |
| Antonio Grano | (1660-1780) | Baroque painter, major works in Palermo |
| 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 |
| Guglielmo Borremans | (1676-1724) | Sicilian painter from Antwerp |
| Paolo Filocamo | (1688–1743) | Baroque painters, major works in Messina |
| 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 |
| Pietro Paolo Vasta | (1697-1760) | Baroque painter, representative of the Sicilian Baroque |
| Giacomo Lo Verde | (17th century) | Baroque painter |
| Pietro Martorana | (1705–1749) | Classicist late baroque painter |
| Giuseppe Tresca | (1710–1795) | Late baroque painter |
| Giuseppe Vasi | (1710–1782) | Graphic artist and engraver |
| Giuseppe Crestadoro | (around 1711–1808) | Late baroque painter |
| Fedele Tirrito | (1717–1801) | Baroque painter |
| Vito D'Anna | (1718–1769) | Rococo painter, major works in Palermo |
| Giuseppe Paladini | (1721–1794) | Baroque painter |
| Sebastiano Lo Monaco | (1730-1775) | Late Baroque painter |
| Antonio Manno | (1730-1810) | Mannerist painter |
| Gaetano Mercurio | (1730–1790) | Baroque painter |
| Mariano Rossi | (1731–1807) | Classicist painter |
| Francesco Sozzi | (1732–1795) | Late baroque painter |
| Gaspare Fumagalli | (1735–1785) | Painter from Rome in Palermo |
| Gioacchino Martorana | (1735–1779) | Classicist painter |
| Antonio Manno | (1739-1810) | Classicist painter |
| Elia Interguglielmi | (1746-1835) | Late Baroque and Classicist painter |
| Giuseppe Velasco | (1750-1827) | Representative of Mediterranean neoclassicism, major works in Palermo |
| Matteo Desiderato | (1752-1827) | Classicist painter |
| Francesco Manno | (1754-1831) | Classicist painter and architect |
| Francesco Guadagnino | (1755-1829) | Classicist painter |
| Giuseppe Errante | (1760-1821) | Classic eclectic painter |
| Vincenzo Riolo | (1772-1837) | Classicist painter in Palermo |
| Giuseppe Patania | (1780-1852) | Classicist painter in Palermo |
| Raffaello Politi | (1783-1865) | Painter and archaeologist |
| Giuseppe Zacco | (1786-1834) | Painter of altarpieces |
| Giovanni Patricolo | (1789–1861) | Classicist painter in Palermo |
| Giuseppe Gandolfo | (1792–1855) | Portrait painter |
| Giuseppe Vaccaro | (1793–1866) | Painter, sculptor and restorer |
| Francesco Zerilli | (around 1794–1837) | Classicist painter |
| Giuseppe Rapisardi | (1799-1853) | Painter between neoclassicism and romanticism |
| Michele Panebianco | (1806–1873) | Classicist painter |
| Tommaso Aloisio Juvara | (1809-1875) | Draftsman and engraver |
| Salvatore Lo Forte | (1809-1885) | Classicist painter |
| Giacomo Conti | (1813–1888) | Classicist painter |
| Michele Rapisardi | (1822-1886) | painter |
| Francesco Lojacono | (1838-1915) | Landscape painter |
| Antonino Gandolfo | (1841-1910) | Main factories in Catania |
| Otto Geleng | (1843–1939) | German landscape painter, lived in Taormina and was also mayor there |
| Antonino Leto | (1844–1913) | Impressionist painter |
| Sebastiano Guzzone | (1856-1890) | Portrait painter |
| Enrico Cavallaro | (1858–1895) | Major works in Palermo |
| Rocco Lentini | (1858–1943) | Major works in Palermo |
| Alessandro Abate | (1867–1952) | Art Nouveau painter |
| Gennaro Pardo | (1867–1927) | Painter of frescoes and history pictures |
| Giovanni Lentini | (1882–1955) | Painter of landscapes and genre scenes |
| Renato Guttuso | (1911-1987) | Representative of realism |
| Alberto Burri | (1915–1995) | Representative of the Informel, erected the Gibellina monument |
| Franco Battiato | (* 1945) | Musician and painter under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani |
| Antonio Santacroce | (* 1946) | Painter, graphic artist and sculptor |
| Salvo | (1947-2015) | Painter, photographer and concept artist |
| Lorenzo Maria Bottari | (* 1949) | Painter and graphic artist |
| Alessandro Bazan | (* 1966) | contemporary painter |
sculptor
Marble bust of a princess by Francesco Laurana
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Madonna statue by Antonello Gagini
| Domenico Gagini | († 1492) | Early Renaissance sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Francesco Laurana | (1430–1502) | Early Renaissance sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Giuliano Mancino | (before 1475- after 1524) | Renaissance sculptor |
| Antonello Gagini | (1478-1536) | Renaissance sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Bartolomeo Berrettaro | (active 1498–1524) | Renaissance sculptor in Alcamo |
| Fedele Casella | (* around 1504) | Renaissance sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli | (1507–1563) | Renaissance sculptor, 1547–1557 cathedral builder in Messina |
| Giacomo Gaggini | (1517–1598) | Renaissance sculptor |
| Fazio Gaggini | (around 1520–1567) | Renaissance sculptor |
| Vincenzo Gaggini | (1527–1595) | Renaissance sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Giovan Battista Mazzolo | (not used) | Renaissance sculptor, major works in Messina |
| Rinaldo Bonanno | (1530–1600) | Major works in Messina |
| Giuseppe Spatafora | (16th Century) | Sculptor and architect, major works in Palermo |
| Umile da Petralia | (Late 16th century - 1639) | Early Baroque carver |
| Giovanni Gallina | (17th century) | Baroque sculptor |
| Innocenzo da Petralia | (17th century) | Picture carver of crucifixes |
| Li Volsi | (17th century) | Artist family, baroque sculptors |
| Filippo Planzone | (1610-1636) | Sculptor and ivory carver |
| Gaspare Guercio | (1611–1679) | Sculptor and architect, major works in Palermo |
| Carlo D'Aprile | (1621–1688) | Sculptor and architect, major works in Palermo |
| Giovanni Travaglia | (1643–1687) | Sculptor and architect, major works in Palermo |
| Giovanni Antonio Matera | (1653-1718) | Baroque sculptor |
| Giuseppe Serpotta | (1653-1719) | Baroque sculptor and plasterer |
| Giambattista Ragusa | († 1727) | Baroque sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Giacomo Serpotta | (1656-1732) | Major works in Palermo |
| Gioacchino Vitagliano | (1669–1739) | Major works in Palermo |
| Procopio Serpotta | (1679–1756) | Late baroque sculptor and plasterer |
| Ignazio Buceti | (18th century) | Baroque sculptor |
| Cristoforo Milanti | (18th century) | Main factories in Trapani |
| Gaspare Firriolo | (second half of the 18th century) | Late baroque sculptor and plasterer |
| Ignazio Marabitti | (1719–1797) | Major works in Palermo |
| Alberto Tipa | (1732–1783) | Sculptor and crib maker in Trapani |
| Filippo Quattrocchi | (1738-1813) | Representative of the late baroque |
| Girolamo Bagnasco | (1759-1832) | Representative of the late baroque and classicism |
| Valerio Villareale | (1773-1854) | Representative of neoclassicism |
| Nunzio Morello | (1806–1878) | Representative of neoclassicism |
| Giuseppe Vaccaro (sculptor, 1808) | (1808-1889) | Terracotta sculptors |
| Giuseppe Prinzi | (1825–1895) | Major works u. a. in Messina |
| Benedetto De Lisi | (1830-1875) | Portrait bust sculptor |
| Francesco Biangardi | (1832-1911) | Church sculptor |
| Salvatore Valenti | (1835–1903) | Major works in Palermo |
| Domenico Costantino | (1840-1915) | Major works in Palermo |
| Benedetto Civiletti | (1845-1899) | Sculptor, representative of realism |
| Ettore Ximenes | (1855-1926) | Sculptor of religious and mythological subjects |
| Mario Rutelli | (1859-1941) | Sculptor and bronze caster |
| Domenico Trentacoste | (1859–1933) | Sculptor and medalist |
| Michele Tripisciano | (1860-1930) | Major works u. a. in Caltanissetta |
| Antonio Ugo | (1870–1950) | Sculptor and medalist |
| Carmello Cappello | (1912–1996) | Representatives of the modern age |
| Pietro Consagra | (1920-2005) | Representative of abstract art |
| Alfio Giuffrida | (* 1953) | Postmodern sculptor and painter |
Photographers
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| Giuseppe Incorpora | (1834-1914) | Portraits and contemporary documents |
| Wilhelm von Gloeden | (1856–1931) | German photographer, pioneer of nude photography, lived and worked in Taormina |
| Letizia Battaglia | (* 1935) | Photojournalist, active in the fight against the Mafia, former city councilor in Palermo |
| Paola Pivi | (* 1971) | Photographer and performance artist, created the Alicudi photo project on the Aeolian Islands |
Composers
| Vincenzo Gallo | (1550-1607) | Representative of the Renaissance, Kapellmeister in Palermo |
| Sigismondo d'India | (1582–1629) | Pioneer of baroque music in Italy |
| Francesco Antonio Pistocchi | (1659-1726) | Composer and librettist |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | (1660-1725) | Representative of the baroque, composer of operas and cantatas |
| Francesco Scarlatti | (1666–1741) | Composer and violinist |
| Emanuele d'Astorga | (1680–1757) | Composer of cantatas |
| Giovanni Pacini | (1796–1867) | Representative of Romanticism, composer of operas, cantatas and oratorios |
| Vincenzo Bellini | (1801-1835) | Representative of Romanticism, composer of operas |
| Pietro Platania | (1828–1907) | Composer and music teacher |
| Antonio Pasculli | (1842-1924) | Composer of works for wind instruments, oboe virtuoso |
| Antonio Scontrino | (1850-1922) | Representative of Romanticism, composer of operas |
| Pierantonio Tasca | (1858–1934) | Composer of operas |
| Francesco Paolo Frontini | (1860-1939) | Composer mainly of operas |
| Francesco Pennisi | (1934-2000) | Composer of incidental music, works for orchestra and for solo instruments |
| Salvatore Sciarrino | (* 1947) | Composer of well-known music theater works |
| Giorgio Occhipinti | (* 1969) | Jazz composer and band leader |
Musician
| Mario Sammarco | (1868–1930) | opera singer |
| Franco Ferrara | (1911–1985) | conductor |
| Giuseppe Di Stefano | (1921-2008) | opera singer |
| Rosa Balistreri | (1927–1990) | Folk singer |
| Umberto Balsamo | (* 1942) | song writer |
| Franco Battiato | (* 1945) | song writer |
| Gianni Bella | (* 1946) | Singer (brother of Marcella Bella) |
| Marcella Bella | (* 1952) | Singer (sister of Gianni Bella) |
| Bino | (1953-2010) | Pop singer |
| Lucia Aliberti | (* 1957) | Opera singer |
| Etta Scollo | (* around 1960) | singer |
| Sebi Tramontana | (* 1960) | Jazz trombonist |
| Gianni Gebbia | (* 1961) | Jazz saxophonist and clarinetist |
| Salvatore Bonafede | (* 1962) | Jazz pianist |
| Giovanni Sollima | (* 1962) | Cellist and composer |
| Manuel Zurria | (* 1962) | flutist |
| Pippo Pollina | (* 1963) | song writer |
| Giovanni Mazzarino | (* 1965) | Jazz pianist and band leader |
| Fabio Romano | (* 1967) | Pianist and university lecturer |
| Gerardina Trovato | (* 1967) | Singer, songwriter |
| Fabrizio Puglisi | (* 1969) | Jazz bassist |
| Mario Biondi | (* 1971) | Singer |
| Carmen Consoli | (* 1974) | singer |
| Antonino Fogliani | (* 1976) | conductor |
| Enzo Sutera | (* 1976) | guitarist |
| Alborosia | (* 1977) | Reggae musician |
| Silvia Salemi | (* 1978) | singer |
| Giusy Ferreri | (* 1979) | Pop singer |
| Francesco Cafiso | (* 1989) | Jazz saxophonist |
Authors
Bust of Luigi Pirandellos in Palermo
Statue of Leonardo Sciascias in Racalmuto
| Stesichoros | (around 630–556 BC) | Doric poet, belongs to the canon of the nine poets |
| Sappho | (around 630-570 BC) | important poet of classical antiquity, counts in the canon of the nine poets, lived in exile in Sicily |
| Simonides of Keos | (556–467 BC) | Greek poet, belongs to the canon of the nine lyric poets, several stays at the court of Hieron I in Syracuse |
| Aeschylus | (525–456 BC) | Greek tragedy poet, several stays at the court of Hieron I in Syracuse |
| Pindar | (around 520–445 BC) | Greek poet, belongs to the canon of the nine lyric poets, several stays at the court of Hieron I in Syracuse |
| Empedocles | (around 490-430 BC) | Philosopher, doctor, politician, expiatory priest and poet |
| Theocritus | (around 270 BC) | Poet, main exponent of the Greek bucolic poetry |
| Giacomo da Lentini | (1210-1260) | Member of the Sicilian School of Poetry |
| Antonio Veneziano | (1543–1593) | Lyric poet |
| Giovanni Meli | (1740-1815) | Poet and scientist |
| Luigi Capuana | (1839-1915) | Representative of Italian verism |
| Giovanni Verga | (1840-1922) | Representative of Italian verism |
| Laura Gonzenbach | (1842–1878) | Collection of Sicilian folk tales |
| Mario Rapisardi | (1844–1912) | poet |
| Luigi Pirandello | (1867–1936) | Dramatist, Nobel Prize in Literature 1934 |
| Nino Martoglio | (1870-1921) | Writer, publisher, director and producer |
| Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa | (1896–1957) | Writer and literary scholar |
| Ignazio Buttitta | (1899–1997) | Poet, winner of the Premio Viareggio 1972 |
| Salvatore Quasimodo | (1901–1968) | Poet and critic, Nobel Prize in Literature 1959 |
| Vitaliano Brancati | (1907-1954) | Writer of time-sensitive novels |
| Elio Vittorini | (1908–1966) | self-taught journalist and translator, representative of literary neorealism |
| Natalia Ginzburg | (1916–1991) | Author of 20th century Italian literature |
| Stefano D'Arrigo | (1919–1992) | writer |
| Gesualdo Bufalino | (1920–1996) | Writer and novelist |
| Leonardo Sciascia | (1921-1989) | Writer and novelist |
| Giuseppe Bonaviri | (1924-2009) | Writer, full-time cardiologist |
| Andrea Camilleri | (1925-2019) | Writer, screenwriter and director |
| Giuseppe Fava | (1925-1984) | Writer and playwright |
| Vincenzo Consolo | (1933–2012) | Author of novels, poems and travelogues |
| Dacia Maraini | (* 1936) | Author and feminist |
| Roberto Alajmo | (* 1959) | Writer and journalist |
| Luigi Brogna | (1961-2008) | Writer, wrote German-language novels |
| Roberto Mistretta | (* 1963) | Children's book, screenplay and crime writer |
| Nino Vetri | (* 1964) | Writers and musicians |
| Emma Dante | (* 1967) | Author and theater director |
| Lara Cardella | (* 1969) | Author of a bestseller |
| Germana Fabiano | (* 1971) | Author of novels and short stories |
| Melissa Panarello | (* 1985) | Author of autobiographical novels |
actor
| Salvo Randone | (1906-1991) | Theater and film actor |
| Gino Buzzanca | (1912–1985) | Theater and film actor |
| Turi Ferro | (1921-2001) | Theater and film actor |
| Tano Cimarosa | (1922-2008) | Film actor and film director |
| Ciccio Ingrassia | (1923-2003) | Film actor and comedian, member of the Franco & Ciccio duo |
| Franco Franchi | (1928–1992) | Film actor and comedian, member of the Franco & Ciccio duo |
| Claudio Undari | (1935-2008) | Film actor |
| Daniela Rocca | (1937-1995) | Film actress |
| Concetto Franco Diogene | (1947-2005) | Theater and film actor |
| Franco Merli | (* 1957) | Film actor |
| Rosario Fiorello | (* 1960) | Film actor and entertainer |
| Ninni Bruschetta | (* 1962) | Film actor, director and screenwriter |
| Enrico Lo Verso | (* 1964) | Film actor |
| Vincenzo Amato | (* 1966) | Film actor and sculptor |
| Luigi Lo Cascio | (* 1967) | Theater and film actor |
| Maria Grazia Cucinotta | (* 1969) | Film actress and model |
| Giuseppe Fiorello | (* 1969) | Film actor |
| Loredana Cannata | (* 1975) | Theater and film actress |
| Tiziana Lodato | (* 1976) | Film actress |
| Nicole Grimaudo | (* 1980) | Film actress |
| Giuseppe Sulfaro | (* 1984) | Film actor |
Film artist
| Umberto Barbaro | (1902-1959) | Film theorist and critic, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker |
| Luchino Visconti | (1906–1976) | Theater and film director |
| Vittorio De Seta | (* 1923) | Film director and screenwriter |
| Giuseppe Tornatore | (* 1956) | Film director, Oscar winner 1990 |
| Francesco Calogero | (* 1957) | Film director and screenwriter |
| Aldo Baglio | (* 1958) | Film director, comedian and actor |
| Pietro Scalia | (* 1960) | Film editor, Oscar winner in 1992 and 2002 |
| Emanuele Crialese | (* 1965) | Film director and screenwriter |
| Rosa Barba | (* 1972) | Film director and media artist |
Designer
| Domenico Dolce | (* 1958) | Fashion designer, co-founder of the Dolce & Gabbana company |