38.1157° N, 13.3613° E
PALERMO
Most Famous People Born in Palermo, Italy
- Notable people
- 1,542
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1922
- Most distinctive
- Mafia 336.0×
A Sicilian capital whose most distinctive profession in the entire dataset is mafioso, at more than three hundred times the global rate, with magistrates and criminals and mobsters close behind — the statistical footprint of both Cosa Nostra and the judges who prosecuted it. Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino were born here, as was Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa; the pre-modern bench runs through Norman and Hohenstaufen kings, Arab-Norman saints, and Alessandro Scarlatti.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Palermo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Palermo Is Known For
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Politician is Palermo's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (246).
Palermo over-indexes on mafia — 336.0× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Palermo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Mario Balotelli
Born 1990
Alessandro Cagliostro
1743 - 1795
Giovanni Falcone
1939 - 1992
Alessandro Scarlatti
1660 - 1725
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
1896 - 1957
Natalia Ginzburg
1916 - 1991
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
1860 - 1952
Luca Guadagnino
Born 1971
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies
1806 - 1878
Stanislao Cannizzaro
1826 - 1910
Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
1810 - 1859
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans
1810 - 1842
Sergio Mattarella
Born 1941
Giusy Ferreri
Born 1979
Louise of Orléans
1812 - 1850
Constance, Queen of Sicily
1154 - 1198
Gaetano Mosca
1858 - 1941
Saint Rosalia
1130 - 1166
William II of Sicily
1153 - 1189
Paolo Borsellino
1940 - 1992
Tommaso Buscetta
1928 - 2000
Lando Buzzanca
Born 1935
Luigi Lo Cascio
Born 1967
Henry (VII) of Germany
1211 - 1242
Salvatore Sciarrino
Born 1947
Pope Sergius I
650 - 701
Ciccio Ingrassia
1922 - 2003
José Ingenieros
1877 - 1925
Leoluca Orlando
Born 1947
Salvatore Schillaci
Born 1964
Franco Franchi
1928 - 1992
Leandro Rinaudo
Born 1983
Princess Marie of Orléans (1813–1839)
1813 - 1839
Antonio Rinaldi (architect)
1709 - 1794
Isabella Ragonese
Born 1981
Federico Gravina
1756 - 1806
Marcello Dell'Utri
Born 1941
Alessandro D'Avenia
Born 1977
Ugo La Malfa
1903 - 1979
Letizia Battaglia
Born 1935
Vittorio De Seta
1923 - 2011
Giuseppe Pitrè
1841 - 1916
Francesco Sabatini
1721 - 1797
William I of Sicily
1126 - 1166
Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì
1839 - 1908
Pino Caruso
1934 - 2019
Antonio Beccadelli (poet)
1394 - 1471
Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1882 - 1945
Fabio Biondi
Born 1961
Michele Amari
1806 - 1889
Ernesto Basile
1857 - 1932
Pino Puglisi
1937 - 1993
Pif (television host)
Born 1972
Giuseppe Furino
Born 1946
Giuni Russo
1951 - 2004
Franco Ferrara
1911 - 1985
Sigismondo d'India
1582 - 1629
Eva Riccobono
Born 1983
Salvatore Aronica
Born 1978
Pio La Torre
1927 - 1982
Giovanni Meli
1740 - 1815
Richard Benedict
1920 - 1984
Rita Borsellino
1945 - 2018
Giacomo Serpotta
1652 - 1732
Ettore Ximenes
1855 - 1926
Gaetano D'Agostino
Born 1982
Giovanni Sollima
Born 1962
Giulia Bongiorno
Born 1966
Renato Schifani
Born 1950
Filippa Giordano
Born 1974
Silvio Micali
Born 1954
Daniela Giordano
Born 1948
Antonello Gagini
1478 - 1536
Franco Indovina
1932 - 1972
Eleonora Abbagnato
Born 1978
Henry Armetta
1888 - 1945
Antonio Ingroia
Born 1959
Emanuele Calaiò
Born 1982
Simonetta Agnello Hornby
Born 1945
Rosalia Lombardo
1918 - 1920
Emma Dante
Born 1967
Carlo Gambino
1902 - 1976
William III of Sicily
1185 - 1198
Marco Cecchinato
Born 1992
Angelo Maria Ripellino
1923 - 1978
Simone Lo Faso
Born 1998
Mauro Picone
1885 - 1977
Roberto Andò
Born 1959
Pippo Pollina
Born 1963
Alessandro Parisi
Born 1977
Sol Polito
1892 - 1960
Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies
1814 - 1898
Antonio Pasculli
1842 - 1924
Giovanni Battista Vaccarini
1702 - 1768
Errico Petrella
1813 - 1877
Paolo Briguglia
Born 1974
Tony Sperandeo
Born 1953
Claudio Gioè
Born 1975
Luigi Maria Burruano
1945 - 2017
Fulco di Verdura
1898 - 1978
Giuseppe Benedetto Dusmet
1818 - 1894
George Wallington
1924 - 1993
Daniele Ciprì
Born 1962
Massimo Taibi
Born 1970
Mario Rutelli
1859 - 1941
Vincenzo Florio
1883 - 1959
Anna Incerti
Born 1980
Francesco Paolo Cantelli
1875 - 1966
Filippo Parlatore
1816 - 1877
Cesare Barbetti
1930 - 2006
Franco Mannino
1924 - 2005
Francesco Lojacono
1838 - 1915
Salvatore Lima
1928 - 1992
Paolo Boccone
1633 - 1704
Simona La Mantia
Born 1983
Arturo Dominici
1916 - 1992
Ivan Mane Jarnović
1747 - 1804
Giovanni Tedesco
Born 1972
Virgilio Savona
1919 - 2009
Francesco Saverio Romano
Born 1964
Vincenzo Amato
Born 1966
Giovanni Battista Sidotti
1668 - 1715
Francesco Scianna
Born 1982
Ruggero Settimo
1778 - 1863
Santi Romano
1875 - 1947
Francesco Ferrara
1810 - 1900
Franco Restivo
1911 - 1976
Gino Marinuzzi
1882 - 1945
Rosolino Pilo
1820 - 1860
Tommaso Laureti
1530 - 1602
Aldo Baglio
Born 1958
Desirée Rancatore
Born 1977
Francesco Antonio Pistocchi
1659 - 1726
Corrado Gaipa
1924 - 1989
Vincenzo La Scola
1958 - 2011
Pietro Accardi
Born 1982
Gianfranco Miccichè
Born 1954
Michelangelo Celesia
1814 - 1904
Agostino Todaro
1818 - 1892
Gian Matteo Giberti
1495 - 1543
Joseph Whitaker (ornithologist)
1850 - 1936
Vincent Rose
1880 - 1944
Ignazio Leone
1923 - 1976
Vito D'Anna
1718 - 1769
Francesco Orlando (critic)
1934 - 2010
Bino (singer)
1953 - 2010
Vincenzo Ragusa
1841 - 1927
Giuseppe Samonà
1898 - 1983
Mario Bardi
1922 - 1998
Franca Florio
1873 - 1950
Carla Calò
1926 - 2019
Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Capua
1811 - 1862
Francesco Scarlatti
1666 - 1741
Enzo Andronico
1924 - 2002
Francesco Gonzaga (1538–1566)
1538 - 1566
Nino Terzo
1923 - 2005
Giacomo Tedesco
Born 1976
Mimi Aguglia
1884 - 1970
Giacomo Cusmano
1834 - 1888
Enzo Sellerio
1924 - 2012
Giuseppe Paratore
1876 - 1967
Pietro Tomasi Della Torretta
1873 - 1962
Emerico Amari
1810 - 1870
Roberto Crivello
Born 1991
Guido Jung
1876 - 1949
Franco Maresco
Born 1958
Franco Calabrese
1923 - 1992
Giovanni Crociata
Born 1997
Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia
1729 - 1814
Franco La Cecla
Born 1950
Antonio Di Gaudio
Born 1989
Antonio Salinas
1841 - 1914
Caterina Chinnici
Born 1954
Corrado Fortuna
Born 1978
Roberto Alajmo
Born 1959
Francesca Morvillo
1945 - 1992
Antonio Aliotta
1881 - 1964
Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse
1813 - 1860
Giuseppe Velasquez
1750 - 1827
Ninni Cassarà
1947 - 1985
Giorgio Corona
Born 1974
Miriam Sylla
Born 1995
Davide Enia
Born 1974
Eugenius of Palermo
1130 - 1202
Rosalia Maggio
1921 - 1995
Gaspare Mutolo
Born 1940
Giuseppe Andaloro
Born 1982
Pia Nalli
1886 - 1964
Francesco Saverio Cavallari
1809 - 1896
Giovanni Ameglio
1854 - 1921
Giacinto Calandrucci
1646 - 1707
Manfredi Beninati
Born 1970
Gioacchino Ventura di Raulica
1792 - 1861
Sergio Donadoni
1914 - 2015
Emanuele Paternò
1847 - 1935
Vincenza Calì
Born 1983
Ignazio Dolce
Born 1933
Nicolò Napoli
Born 1962
Antonio Mazzotta
Born 1989
Gian Gaspare Napolitano
1907 - 1966
Gianni Riotta
Born 1954
Mariano Stabile
1888 - 1968
Fulco Luigi Ruffo-Scilla
1840 - 1895
Lucio Piccolo
1901 - 1969
Maurizio Ciaramitaro
Born 1982
Simon of Sicily
1093 - 1105
Salvatore Foti
Born 1988
Mario Sammarco
1868 - 1930
Domenico Trentacoste
1859 - 1933
Carlo Geloso
1879 - 1957
Beatrice of Sicily (1326–1365)
1326 - 1365
Nicolò Carosio
1907 - 1984
Alessandro Campagna (water polo)
Born 1963
Giovan Battista Filippo Basile
1825 - 1891
Gaspare Spatuzza
Born 1964
Nino Pirrotta
1908 - 1998
Emanuele Notarbartolo
1834 - 1893
Antonino La Gumina
Born 1996
Marco Amenta
Born 1970
Giusto Traina
Born 1959
C. Marcella Carollo
Born 1962
Nino Porzio
Born 1972
Pietro del Po
1616 - 1692
Alberto Varvaro
1934 - 2014
Francesco Benigno
Born 1967
Laura Giordano
Born 1979
Isidoro La Lumia
1823 - 1879
Vito Cascioferro
1862 - 1942
Procopio Cutò
1651 - 1727
Roberto Stagno
1840 - 1897
Giuseppe Patania
1780 - 1852
Vittorio Sala
1918 - 1996
Giuseppe Incorpora
1834 - 1914
Luca Valdesi
Born 1976
Tommaso Napoli
1659 - 1725
Antonio Canepa
1908 - 1945
Biagio Conte
Born 1968
Tommy Lucchese
1899 - 1967
Ignazio Marabitti
1719 - 1797
Pia Giancaro
Born 1950
Andrea Lisuzzo
Born 1981
Camillo Renato
1500 - 1575
Armando Perna
Born 1981
Carmelo Samonà
1926 - 1990
Domenico Lo Faso Pietrasanta
1783 - 1863
Marco Glaviano
Born 1942
Pamela Conti
Born 1982
Michele Catti
1855 - 1914
Antonio Pizzuto
1893 - 1976
Vincenzo Tineo
1791 - 1856
Pino Mercanti
1911 - 1986
Umberto Alongi
Born 1976
Nino Vaccarella
Born 1933
Francesca Alotta
Born 1968
Gabriella Giammanco
Born 1977
Gianfranco Bellini
1924 - 2006
Filippo Mancuso
1922 - 2011
Giovanna Bonanno
1713 - 1789
Leonardo Vitale
1941 - 1984
Giovanni Battista Guccia
1855 - 1914
Gaetano Bruno
Born 1973
Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton
1812 - 1861
Luigi Natoli (écrivain)
1857 - 1941
Giacomo Conti (bobsledder)
1918 - 1992
Paul Porcasi
1879 - 1946
Carlo Vizzini
Born 1947
Thony
Born 1982
Ernesto Tomasini
Born 1968
Juan Francisco Masdeu
1744 - 1817
Antonino Grano
1669 - 1718
Gianluca Di Chiara
Born 1993
Gioacchino Martorana
1736 - 1779
Aleardo Terzi
1870 - 1943
Giacomo Amato
1643 - 1732
Michele Cipolla
1880 - 1947
Vincino
1946 - 2018
Riccardo Salvino
Born 1944
Salvatore D'Aquila
1873 - 1928
Pietro Geremia
1399 - 1452
Salvatore Cicu
Born 1957
Andrea Perrucci
1651 - 1704
Giusi Cataldo
Born 1961
Fulvio Abbate
Born 1956
Giorgio Vasta
Born 1970
Pietro Ranzano
1428 - 1492
Vincenzo Lapuma
1874 - 1943
Frank Scalice
1893 - 1957
Maria Messina
1887 - 1944
Pietro Speciale
1876 - 1945
Cesare Terranova
1921 - 1979
Topazia Alliata
1913 - 2015
Gaspare Serenario
1694 - 1759
Francesco Casisa
Born 1987
Santo Piazzese
Born 1948
Franca Parisi
Born 1933
Manfredi Mineo
1880 - 1930
Valerio Villareale
1773 - 1854
Francesco Manno
1754 - 1831
Marcello Sorgi
Born 1955
Emile Hennequin
1858 - 1888