38.1936° N, 15.5542° E
MESSINA
Most Famous People Born in Messina, Italy
- Notable people
- 498
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- Median birth year
- 1912
- Most distinctive
- Anthropologist 5.0×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Messina during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Messina Is Known For
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Politician is Messina's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (75).
Messina over-indexes on anthropologist — 5.0× the global rate.
Messina under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Messina's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Sports
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Other
Antonello da Messina
1430 - 1479
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Born 1968
Adolfo Celi
1922 - 1986
Filippo Juvarra
1678 - 1736
Vincenzo Nibali
Born 1984
Euhemerus
-330 - -250
Francesco Maurolico
1494 - 1575
Dicaearchus
-350 - -290
Pietro Gori
1865 - 1911
Nino Frassica
Born 1950
Tano Cimarosa
1922 - 2008
Anna Kanakis
Born 1962
Gaetano Martino
1900 - 1967
Antonio Martino
Born 1942
Annibale Maria di Francia
1851 - 1927
Leopoldo de Gregorio, 1st Marquess of Esquilache
1699 - 1785
Giuseppe Sergi
1841 - 1936
Mario Landi
1920 - 1992
Antonio Spadaro
Born 1966
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato
1434 - 1485
Marco Crimi
Born 1990
Giuseppe La Farina
1815 - 1863
Alessia Gazzola
Born 1982
Ninni Bruschetta
Born 1962
Giacomo Rondinella
1923 - 2015
Turi Vasile
1922 - 2009
Lorenzo Crespi
Born 1971
Lucia Aliberti
Born 1957
Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
1552 - 1605
Aristocles of Messene
-
Domenico Fisichella
Born 1935
Agostino Scilla
1629 - 1700
Antonio de Saliba
1466 - 1535
Girolamo Alibrandi
1470 - 1524
Valerio Vermiglio
Born 1976
Antonino Ragusa
Born 1990
Giuseppe Moletti
1531 - 1588
Antonino Fogliani
Born 1976
Juan José Navarro, 1st Marquess of Victoria
1687 - 1772
Michele Parrinello
Born 1945
Gino Buzzanca
1912 - 1985
Laura Gonzenbach
1842 - 1878
Alonzo Rodriguez
1578 - 1648
Sonia Alfano
Born 1971
Febo Mari
1881 - 1939
Giuseppe Migneco
1908 - 1997
Donatella Maiorca
Born 1957
Johannes Philippus de Lignamine
1420 - 1480
Antonio Barbalonga
1600 - 1649
Giuseppe Sulfaro
Born 1984
Sir Charles Bunbury, 8th Baronet
1809 - 1886
Jolanda Insana
1937 - 2016
Giuseppe Rizzo
Born 1991
Giovanni Calabrese
Born 1966
Michele Giuttari
Born 1950
Giovanni Corrieri
1920 - 2017
Francesco Calogero (Regisseur)
Born 1957
Peppino D'Agostino
Born 1951
Massimo Giacoppo
Born 1983
Antonio Filocamo
1669 - 1743
Oreste Palella
1912 - 1969
Giovanni Tuccari
1667 - 1743
Natale Masuccio
1568 - 1619
Antonino de Bivona-Bernardi
1778 - 1837
Giovanni Scalzo
Born 1959
Aldo Natoli
1913 - 2010
Gianpiero D'Alia
Born 1966
Domenico Maroli
1612 - 1676
Tommaso Cannizzaro
1838 - 1921
Emanuele Krakamp
1813 - 1883
Giuseppe Grioli
1912 - 2015
Giovanni La Camera
Born 1983
Filippo Tancredi
1655 - 1722
Mario Aspa
1795 - 1868
Francesco Paolo Fulci
Born 1931
Maria Rosa Cutrufelli
Born 1946
Carlo Ausino
1938 - 2020
Giuseppe Prinzi
1825 - 1895
Giacomo Conti (artist)
1813 - 1888
Giovanni Alfredo Cesareo
1860 - 1937
Litterio Paladino
1691 - 1743
Spiro Scimone
Born 1964
Fabrice de Nola
Born 1964
Giuseppe Paladino (1721-1794)
1721 - 1794
Giovanni Quagliata
1603 - 1673
Salvatore Todaro
1908 - 1942
Michele Cimarosa
1929 - 1993
Giuseppe Seguenza
1833 - 1889
Pietro Isvalies
1450 - 1511
Pasquale Fazio
Born 1989
Ferdinando Salleo
Born 1936
Francesco Montenegro
Born 1946
Giulio Giacinto Avellino
1645 - 1700
Silvia Bosurgi
Born 1979
Costantino Carrozza
1937 - 2016
Carlo Quartucci
1938 - 2019
Wladimiro Calarese
1930 - 2005
Antonio Catalani (Siciliano)
1560 - 1604
Mariano d'Ayala
1808 - 1877
Tommaso Aloisio Juvara
1809 - 1875
Enrico Fulchignoni
1913 - 1988
Tullio Lanese
Born 1947
Enzo Collotti
Born 1929
Carlo Marullo di Condojanni
Born 1946
Bartholomaeus of Neocastro
1240 - 1293
Placido Campolo
1693 - 1743
Luca Calapai
Born 1993
Armando Maugini
1889 - 1975
Luigi Rodriguez
1580 - 1609
Anastasio Cocco
1799 - 1854
Giovanni Fulco
1605 - 1680
Andrea Suppa
1628 - 1671
Giuseppe Natoli
1815 - 1867
Arturo De Vecchi
1898 - 1988
Nino Marino
Born 1935
Giancarlo Aragona
Born 1942
Enzo Provenzale
1920 - 1990
Ruggero Vasari
1898 - 1968
Francesco di Paola Villadecani
1780 - 1861
Sergio Sergi
1878 - 1972
Alfonso Franco
1466 - 1523
Lio Gangeri
1845 - 1913
Salvatore Pugliatti
1903 - 1976
Francesco Susinno
1670 - 1739
Natale Galletta
Born 1967
Placidus (martyr)
-
Mariano Riccio
1510 - 1593
Francesco La Rosa
1926 - 2020
Gaetano Saya
Born 1956
Nicola van Houbraken
1663 - 1723
Francesco D'Uva
Born 1987
Pasquale Calvi
1794 - 1867
Anna Capodaglio
1879 - 1961
Michele Ainis
Born 1955
Fortunato Misiano
1899 - 1976
Carlo Gemelli
1811 - 1886
Angelo Falzea
1914 - 2016
Caio Domenico Gallo
1697 - 1780
Elios Manzi
Born 1996
Enrico Giannetto
Born 1958
Umberto Fiore
1896 - 1978
Domenico Amoroso
1927 - 1997
Federica De Cola
Born 1984
Antonio Amico
1586 - 1641
Ettore Cercone
1850 - 1896
Maurizio Arena (direttore d'orchestra)
Born 1935
Nadia Terranova
Born 1978
Gaetano Delogu
Born 1934
Temistocle Martines
1926 - 1996
Letterio Subba
1787 - 1868
Pietro Passalacqua
1690 - 1748
Carlo Morici
Born 1974
Giacomo Minutoli
1765 - 1827
Gabriele Greco (attore)
Born 1976
Peppino Mazzullo
Born 1926
Anthony T. Rossi
1900 - 1993
Michele Panebianco
1806 - 1873
Mario Sesti
Born 1958
Saro Cucinotta
1830 - 1871
Ricky Portera
Born 1954
Raimondo Marino
Born 1961
Salvo d’Antonio
1461 - 1526
Agostino Lombardo
1927 - 2005
Oreste De Fornari
Born 1951
Antonio Giuffrè
1493 - 1543
Vittorio Luigi Mondello
Born 1937
Giovanni Guzzetta
Born 1966
Antonio Presti
Born 1957
Giovanni de Primis
Died 1449
Nicolò Amato
Born 1933
Santo Gangemi
Born 1961
Paolo Filocamo
1688 - 1743
Pietro de Saliba
-
Scipione Errico
1592 - 1670
Tina Scala
Born 1935
Enrico Cardile
1884 - 1951
Placido Tardy
1816 - 1914
Vanni Ronsisvalle
Born 1931
Francantonio Genovese
Born 1968
Lelio Bonaccorso
Born 1982
Odo delle Colonne
-
Maurizio Marchetti
Born 1953
Saro Zagari
1821 - 1897
Guido Basile
1893 - 1984
Giacomo Longo
1833 - 1906
Marina La Rosa
Born 1977
Andrea Di Giovanni y Centellés
1742 - 1821
Eduardo Giacomo Boner
1866 - 1908
Alberto Simone
Born 1956
Sergio Lo Giudice
Born 1961
Matteo Brigandì
Born 1952
Giuseppe Longo
1910 - 1995
Franca Gandolfi
Born 1932
Ugo Fleres
1858 - 1939
Giovanni Simone Comandè
1558 - 1630
Nicola Guarino
Born 1954
Francesco Grasso
Born 1966
Jacopo Mostacci
1240 - 1262
Luca Baldini
Born 1976
Katia Greco
Born 1985
Silvia Monelli
-
Giacomo Macrì
1831 - 1908
Vincenzo Garofalo
Born 1958
Salvadore Monosilio
1715 - 1776
Jacopo Vigneri
-
Giacomo La Rosa
Born 1946
Daniela Conti
Born 1958
Antonio Alveario
Born 1963
Alessandro Nunziante
1815 - 1881
Domenico Guargena
1610 - 1663
Ugo Natoli
1915 - 1992
Francesco Sicuro
1746 - 1826
Alessandro Burgos
1666 - 1726
Alfredo Pedullà
Born 1964
Maria Costa (poet)
1926 - 2016
Giovanni Casale
Born 1980
Nicola Giordano
1931 - 1996
Giacomo Natoli
1846 - 1896
Massimo Sigala
Born 1951
Bartolomeo da Messina
Died 1266
Francesco Martino (politician)
1937 - 2017
Ramona Aricò
Born 1985
Caterina Resta
Born 1953
Joe Cambria
1890 - 1962
Roberto Santamaria
Born 1986
Domenico Zampaglione
Born 1986
Felice Bisazza
1809 - 1867
Guido Laj
1880 - 1948
Andrea Genovese
Born 1937
Antoine de Crisafy
Died 1709
Michele Serra (1905)
1905 - 1963
Daniele Mondello
Born 1974
Santi Visalli
Born 1932
Filippo da Messina
-
Antonino Salvatore Germanà
Born 1976
Franco Jamonte
-
Alaimo da Lentini
1210 - 1287
Gaetano Grano
1754 - 1828
Filippo Cianciàfara Tasca di Cutò
1892 - 1982
Adua Del Vesco
Born 1994
Emanuele Samek Lodovici
1942 - 1981
Antonino Serafino Camarda
1674 - 1754
Stella Egitto
Born 1987
Ugo Spagnoli
1926 - 2012
Fabrizio Falco
Born 1988
Tommaso di Sasso
-
Giuseppe Zucca
1887 - 1959
Ernesto Cianciolo
1856 - 1905
Mario Cavallaro (1951)
Born 1951
Giuseppe Maria Sciacca
1912 - 1995
Gaetano Gennai
Born 1962
Renato Accorinti
Born 1954
Sebastiano Fulci
1901 - 1980
Gaetano Baldacci
1911 - 1971
Vincenzo Raimondini
1758 - 1811
Cola Bruno
1480 - 1542
Giulio Cesare Pascali
1527 - 1601
Oriana Civile
Born 1980
Konrad Duden (Jurist)
1907 - 1979
Raffaele Villari
1831 - 1908
Francesco Romano (attore)
Born 1968
Antonino Gaggini
1505 - 1574
Giovanni Melodia
1915 - 2003
Giovanni Gatto
1420 - 1484
Vincenzo Gatto
1922 - 2005
Giuseppe Grosso Cacopardo
1789 - 1858
Luigi Brogna
1961 - 2008
Nicolò Fulci
1857 - 1908
Pier Francesco Brunaccini
1772 - 1850
Andria di Anfusu
1340 - 1416
Giuseppe Cannata
1930 - 1990
Antonio Ricciardello
Born 1986
Placido Cicala
1910 - 1996
Cesare Di Pietro
Born 1964
Anastasio Anastasi
1877 - 1969
Giuseppe Trischitta
1855 - 1931
Enzo Bottasso
1918 - 1998
Nellina Mazzulla
Born 1980
Michele Crisafulli Mondìo
1881 - 1943
Letterio Catapano
1902 - 1979
Domenico Quartaironi
Died 1736
Saverio D'Aquino
1928 - 1997
Antonio Catara Lettieri
1809 - 1884
Nicola Petrina
1861 - 1909
Charles Payson
1837 - 1913
Antonio Mercurio
Born 1930
Stefano Interdonato
1845 - 1896
Giuseppina Vadalà
1824 - 1914
Andrea Lucchesi Palli
1691 - 1768
Antonio Marzullo
1898 - 1979
Pietro Caracciolo
Born 1952
Jaun Kotzé
Born 1992
Francesco Trombetta
1843 - 1898
Celeste Brancato
1969 - 2009
Giovanni Merenda
1942 - 2018
Domenico Minutoli
Born 1947
Roberto Calandra
1915 - 2015
Saverio Granata
1741 - 1817
Giovanni Rappazzo
1893 - 1995
Stefano Ribera
1823 - 1888