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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Princess Marie of Orléans (1813–1839)
1813 - 1839
Francesco Lojacono
1838 - 1915
Tommaso Laureti
1530 - 1602
Vito D'Anna
1718 - 1769
Mario Bardi
1922 - 1998
Giuseppe Velasquez
1750 - 1827
Giacinto Calandrucci
1646 - 1707
Pietro del Po
1616 - 1692
Giuseppe Patania
1780 - 1852
Michele Catti
1855 - 1914
Gioacchino Martorana
1736 - 1779
Aleardo Terzi
1870 - 1943
Gaspare Serenario
1694 - 1759
Rocco Lentini
1858 - 1943
Salvatore Lo Forte
1804 - 1885
Francesco Sozzi
1732 - 1795
Lia Pasqualino Noto
1909 - 1998
Alessandro Bazan
Born 1966
Tommaso de Vigilia
1435 - 1495
Pietro Martorana
1705 - 1759
Antonello Crescenzio
1476 - 1542
Rosalia Novelli
1628 - 1688
Antonio Manno
1739 - 1810
Alessandro d'Anna
1746 - 1810
Giuseppe Crestadoro
1711 - 1808
Max Crivello
Born 1958
Jacopo Siculo
1490 - 1544
Giuseppe d’Alvino
1550 - 1611
Domenico Quattrociocchi
1872 - 1941
Simonetta Jung
1917 - 2005
Andrea D'Antoni
1811 - 1868
Vittorio Corona (pittore)
1901 - 1966
Dane Chanase
1894 - 1975
Eustachio Catalano
1893 - 1975
Annetta Turrisi Colonna
1820 - 1848
Francesco De Grandi
Born 1968
Salvatore Gregorietti
1870 - 1952
Tommaso Pollace
1748 - 1830
Gino Morici
1901 - 1972
Manfredo Manfredi (Szenenbildner)
Born 1934
Casimiro Piccolo
1894 - 1970
Michele Canzoneri
Born 1944
Salvatore Contino
1922 - 2008
Francesco Zerilli
1793 - 1837
Pietro Ruzolone
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Paolo Schiavocampo
Born 1924
Giovanni Lombardo Calamia
1849 - 1894
Manlio Giarrizzo
1896 - 1957
Lorenzo Maria Bottari
Born 1949
Antonio Spatafora
Died 1613
Pupino Samonà
1925 - 2007
Pietro Volpes
1827 - 1924
Gian Rodolfo D'Accardi
1906 - 1993
Angelo Maria Costa
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Gaetano Mercurio
1730 - 1790
Giovanni Lentini
1882 - 1955
Gaspare da Pesaro
1413 - 1461
Francesco Potenzano
Died 1599
Michele Dixitdomino
1908 - 2003
Antonio Dominici
1737 - 1794
Daniele Bongiovanni
Born 1986
Arrigo Musti
Born 1969
Daniela Papadia
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Vincenzo Marchese
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Vincenzo Manno (pittore)
1750 - 1827
Enrico Cavallaro
1858 - 1895
Pavanino Palermitano
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Fra Felice da Palermo
1751 - 1824
Kosima Kosmo
1926 - 2017
Patrizio de Lollis
Born 1959
Gianni Carramusa
1898 - 1968
Franco Anastasi
1887 - 1964
Francesca Gambacorta Magliani
1845 - 1910
Francesca Magliani
Born 1845
Rosita Lojacono
1897 - 2001
Bernardo Martorana
1846 - 1891