List of people related to Sicily
The list of people related to Sicily gives an overview of persons who by origin or interaction with Sicily are connected and which in the German Wikipedia is an article.
On the one hand there are people with Sicilian ancestors and on the other hand people whose work is important for Sicily. In addition, some mythical people who are associated with Sicily are listed. Not in this list are native Sicilians, they can be found in the list of well-known Sicilians .
People with Sicilian ancestry
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| Argentina Brunetti | (1907-2005) | Argentinian actress |
| Louis Great | (1910–1978) | Italian-American entertainer, singer, actor and trumpeter from New Orleans |
| Frank Sinatra | (1915-1998) | American entertainer, singer and actor |
| Mario Puzo | (1920–1999) | American author |
| Richard S. Castellano | (1933–1988) | US-American actor |
| Dacia Maraini | (* 1936) | Writer |
| Antonin Scalia | (1936-2016) | American lawyer and associate judge on the Supreme Court since 1986 |
| Sal Mineo | (1939–1976) | Italian-American actor and singer |
| Frank Zappa | (1940-1993) | American composer and musician |
| Al Pacino | (* 1940) | American actor, film director, and producer |
| Martin Scorsese | (* 1942) | American film director |
| Tony Sirico | (* 1942) | US-American actor |
| Sammy Gravano | (* 1945) | American mafioso |
| Sylvester Stallone | (* 1946) | American actor, film director and screenwriter |
| Vincent Schiavelli | (1948-2005) | US-American actor |
| Armand Assante | (* 1949) | US-American actor |
| Frank Stallone | (* 1950) | American actor and singer, brother of Sylvester Stallone |
| Suzi Quatro | (* 1950) | American representative of glam rock in the 1970s and early 1980s |
| Cyndi Lauper | (* 1953) | American singer, songwriter, and actress |
| Angelo d'Arrigo | (1960-2006) | Italian ornithologist, paraglider and hang-glider pilot, long active on Mount Etna |
| Jon Bon Jovi | (* 1962) | American singer, guitarist and composer for the rock group Bon Jovi, actor |
| Emanuele Crialese | (* 1965) | Italian film director |
| Leah Remini | (* 1970) | US-american actress |
| Lou Bega | (* 1975) | German Latin pop singer |
| Natalie Imbruglia | (* 1975) | Australian pop singer and actress |
| Laura Imbruglia | (* 1983) | Australian folk rock singer and guitarist, sister of Natalie Imbruglia |
Non-Sicilians who worked in Sicily
Rulers and functionaries
Giuseppe Garibaldi around 1870
| Phalaris | (6th century BC) | originating from Crete, 570–555 BC BC tyrant of Agrigento |
| Gylippos | (5th century BC) | Spartan general, played a crucial role in the Sicilian expedition |
| Nicias | († 413 BC) | Athenian politician and military leader, one of the leaders of the Sicilian expedition |
| Timoleon | (411–337 BC) | Greek politician and general, 344–337 BC Aisymnet of Syracuse |
| Pyrrhus | (around 319–272 BC) | Greek hegemon of the League of Epirus and king of the Molossians, conquered 278-276 BC. Almost all of Sicily |
| Hamilkar Barkas | (around 270–229 BC) | Carthaginian general, in the First Punic War from 247 BC Commander in chief of the Carthaginian troops in Sicily |
| Eunus | († 132 BC) | Syrian slave, as "King Antiochus" the most important leader of the slaves in the first Sicilian slave war |
| Kleon | († 132 BC) | Coming from Cilicia, strategist of Eunus in the first Sicilian slave war |
| Salvius | († around 101 BC) | as "King Tryphon" leader of the slaves in the second Roman slave war |
| Athenion | († 101 BC) | Strategist of Salvius and after his death his successor as leader of the slaves in the second Roman slave war |
| Gaius Verres | (around 115–43 BC) | Roman politician, 73–71 BC BC governor of Sicily |
| Marcus Tullius Cicero | (106–43 BC) | Roman politician, lawyer and philosopher, 75 BC BC Quaestor in Sicily, 70 BC Representatives of the communities of Sicily in the trial of the corrupt governor Gaius Verres |
| Selouros | (1st century BC) | Rebel, leader of an army |
| Belisarius | (505-565) | Byzantine general, general of Emperor Justinian I, conqueror of Sicily |
| Constans II | (630–668) | Byzantine emperor, moved his residence to Syracuse in 660 |
| Asad ibn al-Furat | (759-828) | Arab legal scholar and theologian, leader of the Arab conquest of Sicily |
| Georg Maniakes | († 1043) | Byzantine general, conquered Messina and part of eastern Sicily in 1038 |
| Roger I. | (1031-1101) | Norman conqueror, 1072–1101 Count of Sicily |
| Adelheid of Savona | (1072–1118) | Wife of Rogers I, queen and after Roger's death 1101–1113 regent of Sicily |
| Christodulos | († after 1125) | Admiral of Roger II |
| George of Antioch | (1080 / 1090–1151) | General of Roger II. |
| Elvira of Castile | (1100–1135) | first wife Rogers II, first countess and from 1130 Queen of Sicily |
| Sibyl of Burgundy | (1125–1151) | second wife of Rogers II, Queen of Sicily |
| Beatrix von Rethel | (1130–1185) | third wife of Rogers II, Queen of Sicily. |
| Romuald of Salerno | (around 1115–1181) | Historian, doctor, adviser to kings Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II. |
| Margaret of Navarre | (1128–1182) | Mrs. Wilhelm I, queen and after Wilhelm's death 1166–1171 regent of Sicily |
| Henry VI. | (1194-1250) | Holy Roman Emperor, 1194–1197 King of Sicily |
| Friedrich II. | (1194-1250) | Roman-German Emperor, son of Henry VI. and Constanze of Sicily, 1197–1250 as Frederick I, King of Sicily |
| Giovanni da Procida | (1210-1289) | Diplomat under Friedrich II., From 1283 governor of Sicily under Peter III. |
| Horatio Nelson | (1758–1805) | British admiral, made Duke of Bronte in 1799 |
| Carlo Filangieri | (1784–1867) | Governor of Sicily |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | (1807-1882) | Italian guerrilla fighter, protagonist of the Risorgimento |
| Cesare Mori | (1871-1942) | from Lombardy, Prefect of Palermo, active in the fight against the Mafia in Sicily |
| Alexander Hardcastle | (20th century) | English naval captain, settled in Agrigento and financed the excavations of Pirro Marconi |
| Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa | (1920–1982) | from Piedmont, police chief of Palermo, fought the mafia, murdered by it |
Scientists and scholars
| Plato | (427–347 BC) | Greek philosopher, teacher of Dion of Syracuse |
| Gaufredus Malaterra | (11th century) | Monk and chronicler of Roger I of Sicily |
| Al-Idrisi | (1100–1166) | Arab scholar at the court of the Norman king Roger II. |
| Giovanni da Procida | (1210-1298) | Italian doctor, worked as a diplomat for Friedrich II and raised his son Manfred |
| Adolf Holm | (1830-1900) | German ancient historian, university professor in Palermo |
| Paolo Orsi | (1859-1935) | Italian archaeologist and long-time director of the Archaeological Museum in Syracuse |
| Felix Braun | (1885–1973) | Austrian writer, university professor in Palermo |
| Pirro Marconi | (1897–1938) | Italian archaeologist, collaboration with Paolo Orsi, university professor in Palermo |
| Emilio Gino Segrè | (1905-1989) | Italian physicist, university professor in Palermo |
Artist
Fresco of Sappho in Pompeii
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| Sappho | (around 630-570 BC) | Greek poet, most important poet of classical antiquity, fled to Sicily after her exile from Mytilene |
| Simonides of Keos | (around 557–468 BC) | Greek poet, worked at the court of Hieron I of Syracuse |
| Aeschylus | (525–456 BC) | Greek tragedy poet, worked at the court of Hieron I of Syracuse |
| Pindar | (around 522–445 BC) | Greek poet, worked at the court of Hieron I of Syracuse |
| Domenico Gagini | (1420–1492) | Sculptor from Lombardy, v. a. in Sicily |
| Francesco Laurana | (1430–1502) | Dalmatian sculptor of the early Renaissance, major works in Palermo |
| Polidoro da Caravaggio | (1495-1543) | Italian painter, student of Raphael, major works in Messina |
| Giovanni Battista Mazzolo | (16th Century) | Italian sculptor, major works in Messina |
| Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli | (around 1507–1563) | Italian sculptor and architect, cathedral builder in Messina from 1547 to 1557 |
| Deodato Guinaccia | (1510–1585) | Renaissance painter, worked v. a. in Sicily |
| Scipione Casella | (verifiable from 1543 to 1553) | Italian sculptor, major works in Palermo |
| Filippo Paladini | (1544-1614) | Mannerist painter, v. a. in Sicily |
| Giulio Lasso | († 1617) | Italian architect of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Palermo |
| Guarino Guarini | (1624–1683) | Italian mathematician, philosopher and architect of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Messina |
| Guglielmo Borremans | (1672-1724) | Flemish painter, major works in Sicily |
| Stefano Ittar | (1724–1790) | Polish architect of the Sicilian Baroque, major works in Catania |
| Johann Gottfried Seume | (1763-1810) | Writer, wrote a travelogue about his trek to Syracuse |
| Otto Geleng | (1843–1939) | German landscape painter, lived in Taormina from 1863 and was mayor there |
| Wilhelm von Gloeden | (1856–1931) | German photographer who mainly worked in Taormina |
| Luchino Visconti | (1906–1976) | Italian film director, filmed novels by Giovanni Verga and Giuseppe Tomaso di Lampedusa |
| Alberto Burri | (1915–1995) | Italian painter, created a monument from the ruins of Gibellina |
| Dacia Maraini | (* 1936) | Italian author of novels set in Sicily |
| Paola Pivi | (* 1971) | Italian photographer and performance artist, worked on the Alicudi photo project |
Mythical people related to Sicily
Many events in Greek mythology take place in Sicily. Some of the mythical characters are listed below.
- Akis , son of Pan and lover of the nymph Galateia, was slain by Polyphemus, whereupon Galateia transformed his blood into the river Acis on the eastern slope of Etna.
- Aeolus , the god of the winds, had his seat on the Aeolian or Lipari Islands or the island of Ustica north of Sicily.
- Arethusa , a nymph, transformed into a spring with the help of the goddess Artemis and originated on the island of Ortygia, which belongs to Syracuse .
- Daidalos , inventor, builder, artist and craftsman, fled from King Minos with self-made wings and ended up with King Kokalos in Sicily.
- Galateia , a nymph, see Akis
- Hephaestus , god of fire and forge, had his forge under the Etna volcano .
- Kokalos , the mythical king of the Sicanes , granted the Daidalos asylum.
- Kyane , a nymph, tried to prevent the kidnapping of Persephone by Hades and dissolved into the river Ciane .
- Minos , the mythical king of Crete, followed Daedalus to Sicily and was killed by the daughters of Kokalos.
- Odysseus , mythical king of Ithaca and participant in the Trojan War . Some authors locate stations on his odyssey on his return from Troy on or near Sicily (see Locations of the Odyssey ; e.g. meeting the Cyclops Polyphemus , visiting the wind god Aiolos, or crossing the strait where Scylla and Charybdis lived ). In one of his falsehoods, Odysseus claims to come from Sicania .
- According to legend, Persephone , daughter of the fertility goddess Demeter , was kidnapped by Hades , the god of the underworld, on Lake Pergusa south of Enna .