Sicily is the largestregion inItaly in terms of area, with a population of over five million and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Geographically, it is the largest and most populated island in theMediterranean Sea .
This list includes notablenatives of Sicily and its predecessor states, as well as those who were born elsewhere but spent a large part of their active life in Sicily. People ofSicilian heritage and descent are in a separate section of this article . TheSicilian-Americans have a specificlist .
[ edit ] Hermocrates , Syracusan general during thePeloponnesian War .TheSiculo-Norman Roger II , first king of Sicily. Crowned in thePalermo Cathedral in 1130, he founded a kingdom lasted 686 years. Phalaris (died 555 or 554 BC), tyrant of AkragasTheron (c. 535–472 BC), tyrant of AkragasDiocles of Syracuse (5th century BC), legislator and military leaderGelo (died 478 BC), tyrant of Gela and SyracuseHiero I (died 467 or 466), tyrant of Gela and SyracuseDucetius (died 440 BC), king of theSicels Dionysius I (432 – 367 BC), tyrant of SyracuseDion (408 – 354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse, friend ofPlato Hermocrates (died 407 BC), Syracusan generalCharondas (4th century), lawgiverDionysius II (397 – 343 BC), tyrant of SyracuseTimoleon (411 – 337 BC), tyrant of SyracuseAgathocles (361 – 289 BC), tyrant of SyracuseHicetas of Leontini (died 338 BC), tyrant of LeontiniHiero II (c. 308–c. 215 BC), tyrant of SyracuseAntander (4th century BC–3rd century BC), strategosEpicydes (3rd century BC), tyrant of SyracuseLanassa (3rd century BC), queen consort ofEpirus andMacedon Hieronymus , (231–214 BC), tyrant of SyracuseEuphemius (9th century AD), admiralal-Hasan al-Kalbi (r. 948 – 964 AD), founder of theEmirate of Sicily Jawhar al-Siqilli (966–992), general of theFatimid Caliphate Roger I [ 1] County of Sicily Felicia (1078–1102), queen consort ofHungary Roger II [ 2] William I (1131–1166), king of SicilyWilliam II (1155–1189), king of SicilyTancred (1138–1194), king of SicilyWilliam III (1186–1198), king of SicilyConstance I (1154–1198), queen of Sicily, Holy Roman EmpressFrederick II [ 3] Henry VII (1211–1242), king of Sicily and GermanyManfred [ 4] Constance II (1249–1302), queen consort ofAragon and Sicily Frederick III [ 5] Peter II (1304–1342), king of SicilyConstance (1305–1344), queen consort ofJerusalem and Cyprus andArmenia Eleanor (1325–1375), queen consort ofAragon Louis (1338–1355), king of SicilyFrederick IV (1341–1377), king of SicilyMaria (1363–1401), queen of SicilyCostanza Chiaramonte (1377–1423), queen consort ofNaples Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806–1878), queen of SpainFerdinand II (1810–1859), king of the Two SiciliesLouise of Orléans (1812–1850), queen consort ofLeopold I of Belgium Saint Agatha Francesco Guarino (1637),Museo di Capodimonte ,Naples .Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague–Stricken of Palermo Anthony van Dyck (1624),Metropolitan Museum of Art ,New York City .Pantaenus (died 200 AD), theologian, saintAgatha of Catania (231–251 AD), martyr and saintLucy of Syracuse (283–304 AD), martyr and saintSaint Vitus (c. 290–c. 303 AD), martyr and saintEuplius (died 304 AD), martyr and saintBassianus of Lodi (c. 320– c. 409), bishop and saintMamilian of Palermo (died 460), bishop and saintOlivia of Palermo (448-463), martyr and saintPope Agatho (575–681), Pope from 678 to his death, saintPope Leo II (611–683), Pope from 682 to his death, saintPope Sergius I (650–701), Pope from 687 to his death, saintPope Stephen III (723–772), Pope from 768 to his deathMethodios I (788/800–847),Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and saintLeo Luke of Corleone (815–915), monk and saintJoseph the Hymnographer (816–886), monk and saintElias of Enna (822 or 823–903), monk and saintVitalis of Castronovo (900-994), monk and abbotSymeon of Trier (980/990–1035), monk and saintFilarete of Calabria (c. 1020–1070), monk and saintJohn Theristus (1049–1129), monk and saintRosalia of Palermo (1130–1166), hermit and saintAlbert of Trapani (1240–1307), friar and saintAgostino Novello (1240–1309), Augustinian friar, scholar and blessedNicolò de' Tudeschi "Panormitanus " , (1386–1445), canonist,pseudocardinal Pietro Geremia (1399–1452), Dominican preacher and blessedEustochia Smeralda Calafato (1434–1485), Franciscan hermitess and saintLuigi Rabatà (1443–1490), Carmelite priest and blessedBenedict the Moor (1526–1589), friar and saintGiordano Ansaloni (1598–1634), Dominican missionary and saintBernard of Corleone (1605–1667), friar and saintProspero Intorcetta (1626–1696), Jesuit missionaryGiuseppe Maria Tomasi (1649–1713), Theatine priest, cardinal and saintGiovanni Battista Sidotti (1668–1714), priest, missionaryFelix of Nicosia (1715–1787), Capuchin friar and saintGiacomo Cusmano (1834–1888), priest and blessedMariano Rampolla (1843–1913), cardinal secretary of stateAnnibale Maria di Francia (1851–1927), priest and saintCarolina Santocanale (1852–1923), nun and blessedMaria Crocifissa Curcio (1877–1957), Carmelite nun and blessedGabriele Allegra (1907–1976), Franciscan missionary, translator and blessedGiuseppina Suriano (1915–1950), Catholic activist and blessedSalvatore Pappalardo (1918–2006), archbishop and cardinalFrancesco Spoto (1924–1964), priest, missionary and blessedPino Puglisi (1937–1993), priest and blessedPhilosophers and scientists [ edit ] Archimedes of Syracuse ,mathematician ,physicist ,engineer ,astronomer , and inventor. Portrait byGiuseppe Nogari (18th century),Pushkin Museum ,Moscow .Ettore Majorana ,theoretical physicist who worked onneutrino masses; theMajorana equation andMajorana fermions are named after him.Empedocles (c. 490–430 BC), scientist and philosopherAcron (5th century BC), physicianGorgias (c. 483–375 BC), philosopherHicetas (c. 400–c. 335 BC), philosopherMonimus (c. 399–300 BC), philosopherMenecrates of Syracuse (4th century BC), physicianEuhemerus (c. 330–250 a.C.), philosopherDicaearchus (c. 350–c. 285 BC), philosopher, cartographer, geographer, mathematicianArchimedes (c. 287 – 212 BC), engineer and mathematicianIbn Zafar (1104–1170), philosopher and polymathGiovanni Aurispa (1376–1459), anthropologistFrancesco Maurolico (1494–1575), mathematicianGiovanni Filippo Ingrassia (1510–1580), physician, anatomistGiovanni Battista Hodierna (1597–1660), astronomerPaolo Boccone (1633–1704), botanistTommaso Campailla (1668–1740), philosopher, doctor, poetFrancesco Paolo Cantelli (1875–1966), mathematicianOrso Mario Corbino (1876–1937), physicistLeonardo Ximenes (1716–1786), mathematician, engineer, astronomer, geographerBernardino da Ucria (1739–1796), botanistGiuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826), astronomer, discovered the minor planetCeres Niccolò Cacciatore (1780–1841), astronomerVincenzo Tineo (1791–1856), botanistGioacchino Ventura di Raulica (1792–1861), philosopherFilippo Parlatore (1816–1877), botanistStanislao Cannizzaro (1826–1910), chemistGiuseppe Seguenza (1833–1889), naturalist, geologistGiuseppe Sergi (1841–1936), anthropologistGaetano Mosca (1858–1941), political scientistSilvio Micali (born 1954), computer scientists and Turing award recipientGaspare Mignosi (1875–1951), mathematicianGaetano Fichera (1922–1996), mathematicianGiuseppe Lauricella (1867–1913), mathematicianGiovanni Gentile (1875–1944), philosopherJosé Ingenieros (1877–1925), physician, pharmacist, philosopherMichele Cipolla (1880–1947), mathematicianMauro Picone (1885–1977), mathematicianGiuseppe Oddo (1865–1954), chemistEmanuele Paternò (1847–1935), chemistGiuseppe Mario Bellanca (1886–1960), aviation inventorGiovanni Sansone (1888–1979), mathematicianDavid J. Impastato (1903–1986), neuropsychiatristGiuseppe Gabrielli (1903–1987), aeronautics engineerMichele Parrinello (born 1945), physicistAntonino Lo Surdo (1880–1949), physicistEttore Majorana (1906–1997), physicistQuirino Majorana (1871–1957), physicistAntonino Zichichi (born 1929), physicistLuca Parmitano (born 1976), engineer and astronautVito Latora (born 1971), physicistFlavia Sparacino (born 1966)Napoleone Ferrara (born 1956)[ edit ] Jacopo da Lentini , senior poet of theSicilian School , credited with the invention of thesonnet .Luigi Pirandello , dramatist, novelist and poet; he was awarded the 1934Nobel Prize in Literature for "his almost magical power to turn psychological analysis into good theatre."Epicharmus of Kos (c. 524–c. 435 BC), comic poet, dramatist, philosopherAntiochus of Syracuse (5th century BC), historianCorax of Syracuse (5th century BC), rhetoricianSophron (5th century BC), writer of mimesLysias (c. 445–c. 380 BC), logographer, juristPhilistus (c. 432–356 BC), historianCarcinus (c. 420–360 BC), dramatistArchestratus (4th century BC), poetTimaeus (c. 345–250 BC), historianRhinthon (c. 323–285 BC), dramatistTheocritus (c. 310–250 BC), poetDiodorus Siculus (c. 90–30 BC), historianJulius Firmicus Maternus (4th century AD), writer, astrologerIbn al-Qatta (1041–1121), philologist and lexicographerIbn Hamdis (1056–1133), poetAl-Mazari (1061–1141), eminent jurist from Mazara del ValloEugenius of Palermo (c. 1130–1202), translatorCielo d'Alcamo (13th century), poetNina Siciliana (13th century), poetStefano Protonotaro da Messina (13th century), poetGiacomo da Lentini (1210–1260), poetGuido Delle Colonne (1215–1290), poetAntonio Beccadelli (1394–1471), poet, historianPietro Ranzano (1428–1492), historianLucio Marineo (1444–1533), humanist, historianGiovanni Luca Barberi (1452–1520), historianCataldo Parisio (1455–1517), humanistTommaso Fazello (1498–1570), historianNicoletta Pasquale (16th century), poetAntonio Veneziano (1543–1593), poetSebastiano Bagolino (1562–1604), poet, scholarPietro Fullone (1600–1670), poetFiladelfo Mugnos (1607–1675), historian, genealogist, poetGiuseppe Artale (1632–1679), poetGiovanni Meli (1740–1815), poetDomenico Tempio (1750–1821), poetMichele Amari (1806–1889), historian, orientalist, politicianGabriele Dara (1826–1885), Arbëreshë poet, politicianLuigi Capuana (1839–1915), writerGiovanni Verga (1840–1922), novelistGiuseppe Pitrè (1841–1916), historianMario Rapisardi (1844–1912), poetNapoleone Colajanni (1847–1921), writer, journalist, politicianPietro Gori (1865–1911), journalist, poetLuigi Pirandello (1867–1936), dramatist,Nobel laureate Nino Martoglio (1870–1921), writer, dramatistMaria Messina (1887–1944), writer of short fiction, novelistGiuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957), writer, poetIgnazio Buttitta (1899–1997), poetSalvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968), poet,Nobel laureate Ercole Patti (1903–1976), writerVitaliano Brancati (1907–1954), writerElio Vittorini (1908–1966), writerHelle Busacca (1915–1996), poetGesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996), writerLeonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), writer, politicianAngelo Maria Ripellino (1923-1978), translator, poetVince Colletta (1923–1991), comic book artist, art directorAndrea Camilleri (1925–2019), novelistGiuseppe Fava (1925–1984), writer and dramatistMario Francese (1925–1979), journalistMaria Costa (1926–2016), poetCandido Cannavò (1930–2009) sports journalistSanti Visalli (born 1932), photojournalistVincenzo Consolo (1933–2012), novelistDacia Maraini (born 1936), novelistGaetano Cipolla (born 1937), Sicilian-to-English translator, author, publisher of the journalArba Sicula Emma Baeri (born 1942), feminist historian, political scientistPeppino Impastato (1948–1978), journalist, political activistMarcello Sorgi (born 1955), writer, journalistLara Cardella (born 1969), novelistAlessandro D'Avenia (born 1977), writerMelissa Panarello (born 1985), novelist[ edit ] Antonello da Messina , painter, active during theItalian Renaissance ;Giorgio Vasari credited him with the introduction of oil painting into Italy.Ernesto Basile , architect, exponent ofmodernisme andLiberty style , known especially for the projects of theTeatro Massimo of Palermo and thePalazzo Montecitorio inRome .Antonello da Messina (1430–1479), painterRiccardo Quartararo (1443–1506), painterGirolamo Alibrandi (1470–1524), painterAntonello Gagini (1478–1536), sculptorGiacomo del Duca (1520–1604), sculptor, architectTommaso Laureti (1530–1602), painterNatale Masuccio (1561–1619), Jesuit architectMariano Smiriglio (1561–1636), architect, painterMario Minniti (1577–1640), painterAlonzo Rodriguez (1578–1648), painterAntonio Barbalonga (1600–1649), painterPietro Novelli (1603–1647), painterGiovanni Quagliata (1603–1673), painterOnofrio Gabrielli (1619–1706), painterAgostino Scilla (1629–1700), painterAngelo Italia (1628–1700), Jesuit architectFilippo Tancredi (1655–1722), painterGaetano Giulio Zumbo (1656–1701), sculptorFilippo Juvarra (1678–1736), architectRosario Gagliardi (1698–1762), architectGiovanni Battista Vaccarini (1702–1768), architectPietro Novelli (1603–1647), painterGiacomo Serpotta (1656–1732), sculptorOlivio Sòzzi (1696–1765), painterGiovanni Antonio Medrano (1703–1760), architectGiuseppe Vasi (1710-1782), engraver, architectVincenzo Sinatra (1720–1765), architectFrancesco Sabatini (1722–1797), architectGiuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia (1729–1814), architectMariano Rossi (1731–1807), painterGiuseppe Velazquez (1750–1827), painterGiuseppe Cammarano (1766–1850), painterMichele Rapisardi (1822–1886), painterGiovan Battista Filippo Basile (1825–1891), architectFrancesco Lojacono (1838–1915), painterVitaliano Poselli (1838–1918), architectVincenzo Ragusa (1841–1927), sculptorEttore Ximenes (1855–1926), sculptorErnesto Basile (1857–1932), architectMario Rutelli (1859–1941), sculptorGiorgio de Chirico (1888–1978), painterFrancisco Salamone (1897–1959), architectGiuseppe Migneco (1908–1997), painterRenato Guttuso (1912–1987), painterEmilio Greco (1913–1995), sculptor,Topazia Alliata (1913–2015), painter, art curatorSalvatore Fiume (1915–1997), painter, sculptor, architectPietro Consagra (1920–2005), sculptorBruno Caruso (1927–2018), painter, illustrator, graphic designerGaetano Tranchino (born 1938), painterArturo Di Modica (born 1941), sculptorManfredi Beninati (born 1970), visual artistVincenzo Bellini ,opera composer who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania"; some of his works such asLa sonnambula , made him one of the most famous composers of his time inItaly andEurope .Carmen Consoli , singer-songwriter. Described as "a remarkable combination of rocker and intellectual".Sigismondo d'India (1582–1629), composerAlessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), composerEmanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757), composerPietro Antonio Coppola (1793–1876), composer, conductorGiovanni Pacini (1796–1867), composerMario Aspa (1797–1868), composerVincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), opera composerErrico Petrella (1813–1877), opera composerAntonino Gandolfo Brancaleone (1820–1888), composerAchille Campisiano (1837–1908), pianist, composerRoberto Stagno (1840–1897), tenorMario Sammarco (1868–1930), baritoneGiuseppe Anselmi (1876–1929), tenorVincent Rose (1880–1944), violinist, pianist, composerGino Marinuzzi (1882–1945), composer, conductorIgnacio Corsini (1891–1967), folklore and tango musicianSanta Biondo (1892–1989), sopranoSalvatore Allegra (1898–1993), composerFranco Ferrara (1911–1985), conductorCorrado Galzio (1919–2020), musician and piano playerGiuseppe Di Stefano (1921–2008), operatic tenorRosa Balistreri (1927–1990), singerRoberto Pregadio (1928–2010), composer, conductor, TV personalityPippo Caruso (1935–2018), composer, conductorTony Cucchiara (1937–2018), singer, composerUmberto Balsamo (born 1942), singer-songwriterSalvatore Adamo (born 1943), singerNico dei Gabbiani (1944–2012), singerAldo Stellita (1944–1998), composer, musician, member ofMatia Bazar Franco Battiato (1945–2021), musician, filmmakerGianni Bella (born 1945), singer-songwriter, composerCristiano Malgioglio (born 1945), singer-songwriter, composerSalvatore Sciarrino (born 1947), composerChristian (1949-2025), singerFrédéric François (born 1950), singerGiuni Russo (1951–2004), singer-songwriterMarcella Bella (born 1952), singerVincenzo Spampinato (born 1953), singer-songwriterLuca Madonia (born 1957), singer-songwriterFabio Biondi (born 1961), violinistGiovanni Sollima (born 1962), composer, cellistLucia Aliberti (born 1963), operatic sopranoRosario Di Bella (born 1963), singer-songwriterMario Venuti (born 1963), singer-songwriter, producerMarcello Giordani (1963–2019), tenorGerardina Trovato (born 1967), singerSalvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967), composerFrancesca Alotta (born 1968), singerRoy Paci (born 1969), trumpeter, singer-songwriterJeffrey Jey (born 1970), singer-songwriter, member ofEiffel 65 Paolo Buonvino (born 1970), composer, conductor, music arrangerMario Biondi (born 1971), singerJenny B (born 1972), singerSanti Pulvirenti (born 1973), composerFilippa Giordano (born 1974), singerCarmen Consoli (born 1974), singer-songwriterMisstress Barbara (born 1975), DJ, singer-songwriterAntonino Fogliani (born 1976), conductorDesirée Rancatore (born 1977), sopranoVincenzo Luvineri (born 1977) rapper AKA Vinnie PazSilvia Salemi (born 1978), singer-songwriterMarracash (born 1979), rapperGiusy Ferreri (born 1979), singerRomina Arena (born 1980), singerOriana Civile (born 1980), singer and ethnomusicologistDimartino (born 1982), singer-songwriterColapesce (born 1983), singer-songwriterDario Mangiaracina (born 1985), musician, member ofLa Rappresentante di Lista Levante (born 1987), singer-songwriterCristina Scuccia (born 1988), singerFrancesco Cafiso (born 1989), jazz saxophonistGiovanni Caccamo (born 1990), singer-songwriterDeborah Iurato (born 1991), singerPiero Barone (born 1993), singer, member ofIl Volo Lorenzo Fragola (born 1995), singerLa Bionda , composers, record producers[ edit ] Frank Capra , Sicilian-born American film director, producer and writer who became the creative force behind some of the major award-winning films of the 1930s and 1940s.Maria Grazia Cucinotta , actress who has featured in many films and television series since 1990, and internationally known for her role in the Italian filmIl Postino .Pipina Bonasera (1838-1927), stage actressAngelo Musco (1872–1937), actorErnesto Almirante (1877–1964), actorFebo Mari (1884–1939), actor, directorMimi Aguglia (1884–1970), actressHenry Armetta (1888–1945), actorPina Menichelli (1890–1984), actressSol Polito (1892–1960), cinematographerFrank Puglia (1892–1975), actorPiero Carnabuci (1893–1958), actorFrank Capra (1897–1991), actor, directorRosina Anselmi (1880–1965), actressTuri Pandolfini (1883–1962), actorMichele Abruzzo (1904–1996), actorRocco D'Assunta (1904–1970), actorSalvo Randone (1906–1991), actorPino Mercanti (1911–1986), director, screenwriterGino Buzzanca (1912–1985), actorIgnazio Balsamo (1912–1994), actorSaro Urzì (1913–1979), actorClara Auteri (1918-2018), acressMario Landi (1920–1992), directorTuri Ferro (1921–2001), actorAdolfo Celi (1922–1986), actorTano Cimarosa (1922–2008), actorCiccio Ingrassia (1922–2003), actor, directorTuri Vasile (1922–2009), producer, directorVittorio De Seta (1923–2011), directorNino Terzo (1923–2005), actorCarlo Sposito (1924–1984), actorRoberto Mauri (1924–2018), actor, directorGoliarda Sapienza (1924–1996), actress, writerCarla Calò (1926–2019), actressFranco Franchi (1928–1992), actorMassimo Mollica (1929–2013), actor, theatre directorLuigi Vannucchi (1930–1978), actorFranco Indovina (1932–1972), director, screenwriterMichele Lupo (1932–1989), directorPino Caruso (1934–2019), actor, author, TV personalityTuccio Musumeci (born 1934), actorAldo Puglisi (1935-2024), actorRobert Hundar (1935–2008), actorDaniela Rocca (1937–1995), actress, modelBiagio Pelligra (born 1937), actorLando Buzzanca (1938-2022), actorMichele Gammino (born 1941), actorElio Zamuto (born 1941), actorAurora Quattrocchi (born 1943), actressLuigi Maria Burruano (1945–2017), actorLeo Gullotta (born 1946), actorBeppe Cino (born 1947), directorCarla Cassola (born 1947), actressFranco Diogene (1947-2005), actorNino Frassica (born 1950), actorJerry Calà (born 1951), actor, comedianAndrea Tidona (born 1951), actorAntonio Catania (born 1952), actorLucia Sardo (born 1952), actressFrank Sivero (born 1952), actorRiccardo Schicchi (1953–2012), director, producerTony Sperandeo (born 1953), actorGiuseppe Tornatore (born 1956), directorAurelio Grimaldi (born 1957), directorDonatella Maiorca (born 1957), directorAldo Baglio (born 1958), actor, comedianFranco Maresco (born 1958), directorRoberto Andò (born 1959), directorJo Prestia (born 1960), actorAnna Kanakis (born 1962), model, actressDaniele Ciprì (born 1962), directorNinni Bruschetta (born 1962), actor, directorEnrico Lo Verso (born 1964), actorVincenzo Amato (born 1966), actorLuigi Lo Cascio (born 1967), actorFrancesco Benigno (born 1967), actorEmma Dante (born 1967), director, playwright, actressGiuseppe Fiorello (born 1969), actorMaria Grazia Cucinotta (born 1969), actressDario Bandiera (born 1970), actor, comedianDonatella Finocchiaro (born 1970), actressTeresa Mannino (born 1970), actress, comedian, TV personalityFicarra e Picone (born 1971), actors, comediansLorenzo Crespi (born 1971), actorLuca Guadagnino (born 1971), directorPif (born 1972), actor, directorGaetano Bruno (born 1973), actorGuido Caprino (born 1973), actorCostanza Quatriglio (born 1973), directorPaolo Briguglia (born 1974), actorLoredana Cannata (born 1975), actressClaudio Gioè (born 1975), actorBarbara Tabita (born 1975), actressTiziana Lodato (born 1976), actressCorrado Fortuna (born 1978), actor, directorLaura Torrisi (born 1979), actressNicole Grimaudo (born 1980), actressIsabella Ragonese (born 1981), actressStefania Spampinato (born 1982), actress, director, dancerFrancesco Scianna (born 1982), actorMargareth Madè (born 1982), actressValeria Bilello (born 1982), actress, modelAngelo Duro (born 1982), actor, comedianFrancesca Chillemi (born 1985), actress, modelMiriam Leone (born 1985), actress, model, TV personalityTea Falco (born 1986), actressDario Aita (born 1987), actorGiusy Buscemi (born 1993), actress, modelSelene Caramazza (born 1993), actress[ edit ] Sergio Mattarella politician, judge and currentPresident of Italy .Vittorio Emanuele Orlando , 23rd Prime Minister of Italy who led Italy to victory duringWorld War I and whose political leadership and military reforms and appointments enabled Italy to defeatAustria-Hungary . He was known as "Premier of Victory."Abu al-Qasim ibn Hammud (c. 1130), qā’id or senior officialLeopoldo de Gregorio, Marquess of Squillace (1699–1785), statesmanFederico Carlo Gravina (1756–1806), admiral of SpainFrancesco Paolo Di Blasi (1753/1755–1795), jurist, revolutionaryCarlo Cottone (1756–1829), politicianRuggero Settimo (1776–1863), politicianGiuseppe La Farina (1815–1863), politicianGiuseppe Natoli (1815–1867), politicianFrancesco Crispi (1819–1901), politician, 11th Prime Minister of ItalyEmanuele Notarbartolo (1834–1893), politicianAntonio Starabba, Marquess of Rudinì (1839–1908), politician, 12th Prime Minister of ItalyAntonino Paternò Castello, Marquess of San Giuliano (1852–1914), diplomat and Minister of Foreign AffairsVittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860–1952), politician, 23rd Prime Minister of ItalyPietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938), politicianLuigi Sturzo (1871–1959), politicianGuido Jung (1876–1949), banker, politicianAndrea Finocchiaro Aprile (1878–1964), politicianGaspare Ambrosini (1886–1986), judge, politicianLuigi Rizzo (1887–1951), admiralGaetano Martino (1900–1967), politicianVincent R. Impellitteri (1900–1987), politician,mayor of New York City Mario Scelba (1901–1991), politicianFilippo Anfuso (1901–1963), diplomat, politicianUgo La Malfa (1903–1979), politicianGiorgio La Pira (1904–1977), politicianGiuseppe Alessi (1905–2009), politicianAntonio Canepa (1908–1945), politician, revolutionaryFranco Restivo (1911–1976), politicianPlacido Rizzotto (1914–1948), trade union leaderAntonino Caponnetto (1920–2002), judgeCesare Terranova (1921–1979), judge, politicianRocco Chinnici (1925–1983), judgePio La Torre (1927–1982), politicianBoris Giuliano (1930–1979), policemanPiersanti Mattarella (1935–1980), politicianGiovanni Falcone (1939–1992), judgePaolo Borsellino (1940–1992), judgeSergio Mattarella (born 1941), judge, politician, current president ofItaly Antonio Martino (born 1942), politicianPietro Grasso (born 1945), judge, politicianNinni Cassarà (1947–1985), policemanIgnazio La Russa (born 1947), politicianLeoluca Orlando (born 1947), politicianRenato Schifani (born 1950), politicianRosario Livatino (1952–1990), judgeAnna Finocchiaro (born 1955), politicianGiulia Bongiorno (born 1966), politician, lawyerAngelino Alfano (born 1970), politicianAlfonso Bonafede (born 1976), politicianSalvatore Schillaci , 1990World Cup Golden Boot as the leading goalscorer. He received theGolden Ball as player of the tournament. He also placed second in the1990 Ballon d'Or .Vincenzo Nibali , road bicycle racer. 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He became a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he pursued various occult arts, includingpsychic healing ,alchemy , andscrying .Phrygillus (5th century BC), medallist and engraver of precious stonesEunus (died 132 BC), leader of the slave uprising in theFirst Servile War Dina and Clarenza (13th century), heroines during theSicilian Vespers Manfredi Chiaramonte (died 1391), noblemanAaron Abualrabi (1400–1450), Jewish scholar, cabalist, and astrologerLaura Lanza , Baroness of Carini (1529–1563), noblewomanJuan Dominguez Palermo (c.1560–1635),conquistador Procopio Cutò (1651–1727), chefGiovanna Bonanno (1713–1789), alleged witch and poisonerCount Alessandro di Cagliostro (1743–1795), traveller, occultistLucia Migliaccio (1770–1826), second wife of the kingFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies Pietro Bachi (1787–1853), professorGiuseppa Bolognara Calcagno (1826–1884), freedom fighterJoseph Whitaker (1850–1936), ornithologist, archaeologist and sportsmanMaria Paternò Arezzo (1869–1908), noblewoman, philanthropistIgnazio Florio Jr. (1869–1957), entrepreneurFranca Florio (1873–1950), noblewoman, socialiteVincenzo Florio (1883–1959), entrepreneur and founder of theTarga Florio raceFrank Lentini (1884/1889–1966), showmanJosephine Terranova (1889–1981), accused murdererFulco di Verdura (1898–1978), jewellerNunzio Filogamo (1902–2002), television and radio presenterBernard Castro (1904–1991), inventorNicolò Carosio (1907–1984), sport journalistRaimondo Lanza di Trabia [ 7] Rosalia Lombardo (1918–1920), known as theSleeping Beauty Renzo Barbera (1920–2002), businessman and sportsmanSalvatore Giuliano (1922–1950), banditDanilo Dolci (1924–1997), social activist, sociologistEnzo Sellerio (1924–2012), photographer, publisher, and collectorLibero Grassi (1924–1991), manufacturer and antimafia activistPaolo Giaccone (1929–1982) professor,forensic pathologist and Mafia’s victimNuccio Costa (1925–1991), television presenterPino Zac (1930–1985), illustratorLetizia Battaglia (1935–2022), photographer and photojournalistPippo Baudo (1936–2025), television presenterGiuseppe Coco (1936–2012), illustratorLino Saputo (born 1937), businessmanFerdinando Scianna (born 1943), photographerGiucas Casella (born 1949), illusionist, hypnotistMichele Cucuzza (born 1955), television presenterDomenico Dolce (born 1958), fashion designerRosario Fiorello (born 1960), singer, television personalityPietro Scalia (born 1960), film editorAngelo d'Arrigo (1961–2006), aviatorFabrizio Corona (born 1974), photographer, actor, television personalityEleonora Abbagnato (born 1978), ballet dancer, modelTVBoy (born 1980), neo-pop street artistEva Riccobono (born 1983), modelLa Diamond (born 1987), drag queen, winner ofDrag Race Italia (season two) Diletta Leotta (born 1991), television personalityAura Eternal (born 1998), drag queen, finalist ofDrag Race Italia (season two) Notable people of Sicilian descent by birthplace [ edit ] Italy
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^ Born inNormandy , Roger I was the founder of the Sicilian branch of theHauteville dynasty . ^ Son of the GreatNorman CountRoger I of Sicily , Roger II was born in theCalabrian town ofMileto . ^ Son of the emperorHenry VI of Swabia and of the Sicilian queenConstance I , Frederick II was born in the small town ofJesi , nearAncona , during a voyage towards Palermo, the city where he grew up. According to many historians, f.i. William Harvey Maehl, thepersonality of Frederick II was "most of all Sicilian". Maehl concludes that "To the end of his life he remained above all a Siciliangrand signore , and his whole imperial policy aimed at expanding the Sicilian kingdom into Italy rather than the German kingdom southward." (See: Maehl, William Harvey.Germany in Western Civilization . University of Alabama Press, 1979. p. 64). ^ Son of Frederick II andBianca Lancia , there are some doubts about his place of birth. According to the most prevalent thesis Manfred was born inVenosa (Basilicata ), at that time belonging to theKingdom of Sicily . However, some Sicilian historians suggestPalermo as his birth place (See:Ortolani, Giuseppe Emanuele .Biografia degli uomini illustri della Sicilia ^ Son ofPeter III of Aragon andConstance II of Sicily , Frederick III was born inBarcelona , but passed most of his life inSicily , defending for many years the independence of the Kingdom and founding the Sicilian branch of theHouse of Barcelona . ^ Son of a Sicilian father and aNeapolitan mother, Visconti was born inTurin but grew up inPalermo . ^ Son of a Sicilian father and aVenetian mother, Lanza di Trabia was born inLombardy but grew up inPalermo .
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