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
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- Filtered to 1770s Clear ×
Ruggero Settimo
1778 - 1863
Valerio Villareale
1773 - 1854
Michele Carrascosa
1774 - 1853
Vincenzo Riolo
1772 - 1837
Prince Giuseppe Emanuele Ventimiglia
1776 - 1814
Cesare Airoldi
1774 - 1858
Baldassare Palazzotto
1777 - 1858
Francesco Sivori
1771 - 1830
Joseph Leoni
1770 - 1834
Raffaele Carrascosa
1779 - 1866