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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Tommaso Buscetta
1928 - 2000
Ciccio Ingrassia
1922 - 2003
Franco Franchi
1928 - 1992
Vittorio De Seta
1923 - 2011
Pio La Torre
1927 - 1982
Richard Benedict
1920 - 1984
Angelo Maria Ripellino
1923 - 1978
George Wallington
1924 - 1993
Franco Mannino
1924 - 2005
Salvatore Lima
1928 - 1992
Corrado Gaipa
1924 - 1989
Ignazio Leone
1923 - 1976
Mario Bardi
1922 - 1998
Carla Calò
1926 - 2019
Enzo Andronico
1924 - 2002
Nino Terzo
1923 - 2005
Enzo Sellerio
1924 - 2012
Franco Calabrese
1923 - 1992
Rosalia Maggio
1921 - 1995
Carmelo Samonà
1926 - 1990
Gianfranco Bellini
1924 - 2006
Filippo Mancuso
1922 - 2011
Cesare Terranova
1921 - 1979
Sandro Paternostro
1922 - 2000
Alberto Rosselli
1921 - 1976
Alfonso Traina
1925 - 2019
Corrado Lojacono
1924 - 2012
Héctor Mauré
1920 - 1976
Carlo Sposito
1924 - 1984
Michele Cavataio
1929 - 1969
Angelo La Barbera
1924 - 1975
Salvatore La Barbera
1922 - 1963
Rosario La Duca
1923 - 2008
Francesco Cosentino
1922 - 1985
Giovanni Narzisi
Born 1929
Rosario Mazzola
1924 - 2018
Enrico Gentile
Born 1921
Bruno Caruso
1927 - 2018
Giovanni Gioia
1925 - 1981
Umberto Domina
1921 - 2006
Gerlando Alberti
1927 - 2012
Francesco Madonia
1924 - 2007
Frank Guida
1922 - 2007
Francesco Corrao
1922 - 1994
Rosario Riccobono
1929 - 1982
Renzo Barbera
1920 - 2002
Antonio Annaloro
1920 - 1996
Faele
1922 - 1981
Giuliana Saladino
1925 - 1999
Ugo La Rosa
Born 1925
Alfonso Giordano (giurista)
Born 1928
Paolo Giaccone
1929 - 1982
Franz Maria d'Asaro
1925 - 2003
Giovanni Cesareo
1926 - 2015
Alfredo Di Dio
1920 - 1944
Guido Verucci
1929 - 2015
Salvatore Contino
1922 - 2008
Lucia Guzzardi
Born 1927
Mario Mineo
1920 - 1987
Giorgia O'Brien
1928 - 2004
Ubaldo Mirabelli
1921 - 2008
Paolo Schiavocampo
Born 1924
Filippo De Gara
1928 - 1989
Gianni Di Palma
1921 - 2002
Eugenio Cannada Bartoli
1925 - 2000
Pietro Virga
1920 - 2004
Giovanna Giaconia
1922 - 2012
Antonio Di Dio
1922 - 1944
Pupino Samonà
1925 - 2007
Leonardo Pandolfo
1929 - 2006
Michelangelo Verso
1920 - 2006
Aldo De Maria
1925 - 1973
Casimiro Vizzini
1920 - 2003
Heitor de Andrade
1922 - 1966
Alfonso Sansone
1924 - 2015
Pina Maisano Grassi
1928 - 2016
Sebastiano Bosio
1929 - 1981
Salvatore Palazzolo
1923 - 2000
Ernesto Di Fresco
1929 - 2002
Giuseppe Cerami
1924 - 1989
Giuseppina Zacco
1927 - 2009
Saverio Salvatore Porcari
1927 - 2013
Giovanni Bonanno
1925 - 2008
Antonino Macaluso
1922 - 2018
Pietro Genduso
1922 - 1999
Francesco Paolo Vicari
1925 - 1975
Kosima Kosmo
1926 - 2017
Vincenzo Mutolo
1920 - 1991
Giovanni Perriera
1923 - 1988
Giuseppe Borzellino
1923 - 2000
Pantaleo Magurano
Born 1922
Giovanni Matta
1928 - 1983