37.5027° N, 15.0872° E
CATANIA
Most Famous People Born in Catania, Italy
- Notable people
- 720
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1940
- Most distinctive
- Mafioso 168.8×
A Sicilian bel canto stronghold — the Composer and Singer benches are Bellini's city still looking after its own, with a Philosopher thread running through the Etnean school around Verga's verismo. The Journalist count is the anti-mafia press tradition; yes, there is also a Mafioso tile, and no, we will not dwell on it.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Catania during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Catania Is Known For
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Politician is Catania's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (93).
Catania over-indexes on mafioso — 168.8× the global rate.
Catania under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Catania's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Art & Design
- Other
Vincenzo Bellini
1801 - 1835
Giovanni Verga
1840 - 1922
Ettore Majorana
1906 - 1938
Carmen Consoli
Born 1974
Rosario Fiorello
Born 1960
Giovanni Pacini
1796 - 1867
Jerry Calà
Born 1951
Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon
1249 - 1302
James III of Majorca
1315 - 1349
Gianni Bella
Born 1946
Saro Urzì
1913 - 1979
Claudio Fava
Born 1957
Goliarda Sapienza
1924 - 1996
Pietro Anastasi
1948 - 2020
Leo Gullotta
Born 1946
Lorenzo Fragola
Born 1995
Mario Biondi
Born 1971
Maria, Queen of Sicily
1363 - 1401
Aldo Clementi
1925 - 2011
Marcella Bella
Born 1952
Turi Ferro
1921 - 2001
Alfredo M. Bonanno
Born 1937
Emilio Greco
1913 - 1995
Rossella Fiamingo
Born 1991
Donatella Finocchiaro
Born 1970
Peter II of Sicily
1305 - 1342
Francesco Messina
1900 - 1995
Tiziana Lodato
Born 1976
Miriam Leone
Born 1985
Frederick the Simple
1342 - 1377
Antonino Paternò Castello, Marchese di San Giuliano
1852 - 1914
Mario Rapisardi
1844 - 1912
Antonino Calderone
1935 - 2013
Misstress Barbara
Born 1975
Tea Falco
Born 1986
Raffaele Lombardo
Born 1950
Andrea Lo Cicero
Born 1976
Gerardina Trovato
Born 1967
Etta Scollo
Born 1958
Francesco Paolo Frontini
1860 - 1939
Concetto Marchesi
1878 - 1957
Roberto Pregadio
1928 - 2010
Panormitanus
1386 - 1445
Angelo d'Arrigo
1961 - 2006
Charondas
Born -600
Angelo Musco (actor)
1872 - 1937
Louis, King of Sicily
1338 - 1355
Ettore Messina
Born 1959
Fabrizio Corona
Born 1974
Aldo Puglisi
Born 1935
Filippo Anfuso
1901 - 1963
Napoleone Ferrara
Born 1956
Giuseppe Sciacca
Born 1955
Guia Jelo
Born 1952
Giuseppe Fiorello
Born 1969
Salvatore Battaglia
1904 - 1971
Quirino Majorana
1871 - 1957
Donatella della Porta
Born 1956
Franco Diogene
1947 - 2005
Umberto Balsamo
Born 1942
Giuseppe Lombardo Radice
1879 - 1938
Paolo Pizzo
Born 1983
Lucio Lombardo-Radice
1916 - 1982
Candido Cannavò
1930 - 2009
Libero Grassi
1924 - 1991
Ercole Patti
1903 - 1976
Giovanni Grimaldi
1917 - 2001
Claudio Licciardello
Born 1986
Beatrice of Savoy, Marchioness of Saluzzo
Born 1223
Santo Mazzarino
1916 - 1987
Tuccio Musumeci
Born 1934
Giulia Grillo
Born 1975
William II, Duke of Athens
1312 - 1338
Daniele Garozzo
Born 1992
Enrico Garozzo
Born 1989
Gilberto Idonea
1946 - 2018
Ubaldo Ragona
1916 - 1987
Michele Rapisardi
1822 - 1886
John, Duke of Randazzo
1317 - 1348
Orazio Fagone
Born 1968
Patrizia Laquidara
Born 1972
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè
1846 - 1928
Aldo Grimaldi
1942 - 1990
Emanuele Ndoj
Born 1996
Giuseppe De Felice Giuffrida
1866 - 1920
Domenico Tempio
1750 - 1821
Turi Pandolfini
1883 - 1962
Giuseppe D'Urso
Born 1969
Olivio Sòzzi
1690 - 1765
Pietro Platania
1828 - 1907
Francesco Giuffrida
Born 1981
Oreste Bilancia
1881 - 1945
Gaetano Benedetti
1920 - 2013
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco
Born 1963
Alfredo Donnarumma
Born 1990
Giovanni Grasso (1873-1930)
1873 - 1930
Carlotta Ferlito
Born 1995
Sara Scuderi
1906 - 1987
Marco Fichera
Born 1993
Roberto Carnevale
Born 1966
Guido Leontini
1927 - 1996
Laura Torrisi
Born 1979
Paolo Romeo
Born 1938
Manfred, Duke of Athens
1306 - 1317
Daniele Gangemi
Born 1980
Jenny B
Born 1972
Fabio Sciacca
Born 1989
Angelo Arcidiacono
1955 - 2007
Beppe Costa
Born 1941
Pietro Torrisi
Born 1940
Vincenzo Spampinato
Born 1953
Alfonso Fadrique
1290 - 1338
Antonino Gandolfo
1841 - 1910
Lorenzo Patanè
Born 1976
Gianluca Litteri
Born 1988
Salvatore Billa
1943 - 2006
Roberto Zapperi
Born 1932
Luca Madonia
Born 1957
Michele Cucuzza
Born 1952
Ada Pometti
Born 1942
Claudio Castrogiovanni
Born 1969
Giovanni La Via
Born 1963
Ignazio Paternò Castello
1719 - 1786
Francesco Fichera
1881 - 1950
Gaetano Giorgio Gemmellaro
1832 - 1904
Alberto Oliverio
Born 1938
Emanuela Abbadessa
Born 1964
Luigi Randazzo
Born 1994
Maria Grazia Cutuli
1962 - 2001
Francesco Scuderi
Born 1977
Leonardo Caffo
Born 1988
Giuseppe Russo
Born 1983
Salvatore Fisichella
Born 1943
Rosaria Aiello
Born 1989
Sebastiano Riso
Born 1983
Salvatore Bugnatelli
1943 - 2018
Gianluca Maglia
Born 1988
Giusi Malato
Born 1971
Davide Saitta
Born 1987
Gualtieri di San Lazzaro
1908 - 1974
Gianni Celeste
Born 1964
Benedetto Santapaola
Born 1938
Domenico Rao
Born 1977
Ottavio Cappellani
Born 1969
Giuseppe Catalfamo
1921 - 1989
Gaetano di Ventimiglia
1888 - 1973
Kaballà
Born 1976
Vincenzo Vinciguerra
Born 1949
Rosario La Mastra
Born 1984
Francesco Nicolosi
Born 1954
Raoul Gatto
1930 - 2017
Puccio Corona
1942 - 2013
Angelo Majorana Calatabiano
1865 - 1910
Alessandro Abate
1867 - 1953
Carmelo Bongiorno
Born 1960
Maddalena Musumeci
Born 1976
Michela Giuffrida
Born 1964
Igor Man
1922 - 2009
Orazio Arancio
Born 1967
Giampiero Mughini
Born 1941
Giovanni Burtone
Born 1956
Anita Pistone
Born 1976
Domenico Magrì
1903 - 1983
Mario Opinato
Born 1964
Ignazio Balsamo
1912 - 1994
Natale Cirino
1894 - 1962
Farida
Born 1946
Giuseppe Calderone
1925 - 1978
Diletta Giampiccolo
Born 1974
Cinzia Ragusa
Born 1977
Peter of Aragon (heir of Sicily)
1398 - 1400
Mario Fazio
1919 - 1983
Vito Maria Amico
1697 - 1762
Filippo Raciti
1967 - 2007
Giovanni Grasso
1888 - 1963
Angelo Litrico
1927 - 1986
Alessio Spataro
Born 1977
Gilda Lombardo
Born 1989
Calcedonio Reina
1842 - 1911
Saverio Landolina
1743 - 1814
Renato Montalbano
Born 1931
Giuseppe Majorana
1863 - 1940
Salvo Pogliese
Born 1972
Guglielmo Giombanco
Born 1966
Fabrizio Crisafulli
Born 1948
Silvio Amato
Born 1961
Carmelo Di Bella
1921 - 1992
Giuseppe Rapisardi
1799 - 1853
Salvatore Costanzo
Born 1982
Diletta Leotta
Born 1991
Seid Lizde
Born 1995
Maria Monsè
Born 1974
Bernardo Scammacca
1430 - 1487
Euplius of Catania
Died 304
Francesco Millesi
Born 1980
Vincenzo Ortoleva
Born 1965
Giuseppe Marciante
Born 1951
Massimo Enrico Baroni
Born 1973
Benedetto Majorana della Nicchiara
1899 - 1982
Sheila Stone
Born 1977
Antonino Russo Giusti
1876 - 1957
Salvatore Pappalardo (composer)
1817 - 1884
Salvatore Camilleri
Born 1921
Francesco Galgano
1932 - 2012
Giuseppe Gandolfo
1792 - 1855
Giovanni Pistorio
Born 1960
Antonino Caltabiano
Born 1955
Antonio Savasta
1874 - 1959
Henryk Ittar
1773 - 1850
Pietro Barcellona
1936 - 2013
Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi
Born 1956
Viola Di Grado
Born 1987
Pino Pinelli (pittore)
Born 1938
Francesco Foti (attore)
Born 1965
Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi
1880 - 1951
David Coco
Born 1970
Francesco Di Bartolo
1826 - 1913
Mimmo Mignemi
Born 1956
Giuseppe Frazzetto
Born 1955
Brigantony
Born 1948
Antonino Abate
1825 - 1888
Concetto Pettinato
1886 - 1975
Brando (cantante)
Born 1965
Alfio Caruso
Born 1950
Walter Arena
Born 1964
Alessio Palumbo
Born 1985
Enzo Consoli
1939 - 2007
Napoleone Colajanni (1926)
1926 - 2005
Giusy Consoli
Born 1967
Alfredo Sangiorgi
1894 - 1962
Giuseppe Quatriglio
1922 - 2017
Cesare Basile
Born 1964
Daniele Desiderio
Born 1979
Valerio Anastasi
Born 1990
Benedetto Colajanni
1927 - 2009
Giuseppe Perrotta
1843 - 1910
Giuseppe Vadalà-Papale
1854 - 1921
Gianfranco Pappalardo Fiumara
Born 1978
Giuseppe Villaroel
1889 - 1965
Nino D'Agata
Born 1955
Simone Rapisarda Casanova
Born 1970
Pino della Selva
1904 - 1987
Vito Scalia
1925 - 2009
Sebastiano Addamo
1925 - 2000
Catena Fiorello
Born 1966
Fabrizio Quattrocchi
1968 - 2004
Domenico Gennaro
Born 1948
Viviana Mazza
Born 1978
Mario Michele Giarrusso
Born 1965
Marica Coco
Born 1975
Gabriello Carnazza
1871 - 1931
Alessandra Costanzo
Born 1959
Chiara Palazzolo
1961 - 2012
Giuseppe Gioeni
1743 - 1822
Jean Calogero
1922 - 2001
Eugenia Bonino
Born 1933
Giorgio Dell'Arti
Born 1945
Nuccio Costa
1925 - 1991
Orazio Antonio Licandro
Born 1962
Grazia Di Marzà
1922 - 1993
Lucio Libertini
1922 - 1993
Vittorio Frosini
1922 - 2001
Marianna Di Martino
Born 1989
Concetto Gallo
1913 - 1980
Luciano Modica
Born 1950
Mario Cutelli
1589 - 1654
Agostino Marangolo
Born 1953
Giuseppe Berretta
Born 1970
Aaron ben Gershon abu al-Rabi
1400 - 1450
Antonio Marangolo
Born 1949
Carmelina Naselli
1894 - 1971
Gioacchino Russo
1865 - 1953
Pietro Musumeci
Born 1920
Emanuele Casale
Born 1974
Giuseppe Geremia
1732 - 1814
Francesco Battaglia (Architekt)
1701 - 1788
Saro Arcidiacono
1886 - 1972
Piermaria Siciliano
Born 1974
Paul Fratellini
1886 - 1961
Guido Angelozzi
Born 1955
Gabriella Saitta
Born 1959
Nino Strano
Born 1950
Giuseppe Leonardi (atleta)
Born 1996
Salvatore Carrubba
Born 1951
Salvatore Campochiaro
1893 - 1983
Oriana Bandiera
Born 1971
Antonio Roccuzzo
Born 1958
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
1730 - 1775
Grazia Maria Pinto
Born 1988
Antonino Pulvirenti
Born 1962
Giovanni Battista Guttadauro di Reburdone
1814 - 1896
Rodolfo De Mattei
1899 - 1981
Python of Catana
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Giorgio Mangiamele
1926 - 2001
Carmelo Nicosia
Born 1960
Marco Iacona
Born 1964
Chiara Brancati
Born 1981
Mario Cordova
Born 1955
Filippo Eredia
1877 - 1948
Manuela Spartà
Born 1982