This is a list of Sicilian people. Sicily is the largest region in Italy and has special conditions of autonomy, with a population of over five million and has contributed many famous names to all walks of life. Sicilian was for a long time a nationality rather than just a regional title and is still considered to be so by many people, especially Sicilians themselves.
Philosophers, scientists and thinkers
- Empedocles (c. 490 – 430 BC), scientist and philosopher
- Gorgias (c. 483 – 375 BC), philosopher
- Archimedes (c. 287 – 212 BC), engineer and mathematician
- Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100 – 1166 AD), geographer and author of Tabula Rogeriana
- Constantine the African (c. 1020 – 1087), physician and translator
- Giovanni Aurispa (1376 – 1459), anthropologist
- Francesco Maurolico (1494 – 1575), mathematician
- Giuseppe Piazzi (1746 – 1826), astronomer, discovered the minor planet Ceres
- Niccolò Cacciatore (1780 – 1841), astronomer
- Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826 – 1910), chemist
- Giuseppe Sergi (1841 – 1936), anthropologist
- Ettore Majorana (1906 – ?), scientist
- Giovanni Gentile (1875 – 1944), philosopher
- Paolo Nucifora (1971 – present), scientist and physician, researcher in diffusional axonal imaging
Religious figures
Writers
- Stesichorus (c. 640 – 555 BC), poet
- Timaeus (c. 345 – 250 BC), historian
- Theocritus (c. 310 – 250 BC), poet
- Diodorus Siculus (c. 90 – 30 BC), historian
- Giacomo da Lentini (1210 – 1260), poet
- Guido Delle Colonne (1215 – 1290), poet
- Giovanni Luca Barberi (1452 – 1520), historian
- Tommaso Fazello (1498 – 1570), historian
- Antonio Veneziano (1543 – 1593), poet
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896 – 1957), writer, poet
- Giovanni Meli (1740 – 1815), poet
- Luigi Capuana (1839 – 1915), writer
- Maria Messina (1880 – 1944), short story writer and novelist
- Giovanni Verga (1840 – 1922), novelist
- Giuseppe Pitrè (1841 – 1916), historian
- Luigi Pirandello (1867 – 1936), dramatist, Nobel laureate
- Julius Evola (1898 – 1974), political philosopher
- Ignazio Buttitta (1899 – 1997), poet
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 – 1968), poet, Nobel laureate
- Vitaliano Brancati (1907 – 1954), writer
- Elio Vittorini (1908 – 1966), writer
- Gesualdo Bufalino (1920 – 1996), writer
- Leonardo Sciascia (1921 – 1989), writer and politician
- Giuseppe Fava (1925 – 1984), writer and dramatist
- Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), novelist
Politicians
- Dion of Syracuse (408 – 354 BC), politician and friend of Plato
- Hassan al-Kalbi (r. 948 – 964 AD), founder of the Emirate of Sicily
- Roger II of Sicily (1095 – 1154), founder of the Kingdom of Sicily
- Henry Aristippus (c. 1155), archdeacon and chancellor
- Maio of Bari (d. 1160), emir and admiral
- Giuseppe La Farina (1815 – 1863), politician
- Francesco Crispi (1819 – 1901), politician
- Ruggero Settimo (1776 – 1863), politician
- Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860 – 1952), politician
- Ugo La Malfa (1903 – 1979), politician
- Giorgio La Pira (1904 – 1977), politician
- Giovanni Falcone (1939 – 1992), judge
- Paolo Borsellino (1940 – 1992), judge
- Luigi Sturzo (1871 – 1959), politician
- Rocco Chinnici (1925 – 1983), judge
- Peppino Impastato (1948 – 1978), journalist and political activist
- Piersanti Mattarella (1935 – 1980), politician
Painters, sculptors and architects
- Antonello da Messina (1430 – 1479), painter
- Antonello Gagini (1478 – 1536), sculptor
- Giovan Battista Filippo Basile (1825 – 1891), architect
- Filippo Juvarra (1678 – 1736), architect
- Giovanni Battista Vaccarini (1702 – 1768), architect
- Pietro Novelli (1603 – 1647), painter
- Giacomo Serpotta (1656 – 1732), sculptor
- Renato Guttuso (1912 – 1987), painter
- Ernesto Basile (1857 – 1932), architect
- Giorgio de Chirico (1888 – 1978), painter
- Manfredi Beninati (1970), visual artist
Musicians
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835), opera composer
- Sigismondo d'India (1582 – 1629), composer
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725), composer
- Salvatore Adamo (born 1943), singer
- Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947), composer
- Franco Battiato (born 1945), musician, filmmaker
- Frédéric François (born 1950), singer
- Lucia Aliberti (born 1963), operatic soprano
- Carmen Consoli (born 1974), musician
- Matteo Musumeci (born 1976, composer
Actors, directors and producers
- Henry Armetta, actor 94 July 1888 - 21 October 1945)
- Frank Capra (1897 – 1991), actor, director
- Lando Buzzanca (born 1938), actor
- Tony Sperandeo (born 1953), actor
- Giuseppe Tornatore (born 1956), director
- Anna Kanakis (born 1962), model, actress
- Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 1969), actress
- Daniele Gangemi (born 1980), director
- Francesco Benigno, (born 1967), actor
- Salvatore Termini, actor
Others
- Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (1743 – 1795), traveller and occultist
- Vito Cascio Ferro (1862 – 1943), mafioso
- Salvatore Giuliano (1922 – 1950), bandit
- Michael Cusmano (born 1992), baseball player/ musician
- Josephine Terranova (1889 – 1981), accused murderess
- Bernardo Provenzano (born 1933), mafioso
- Nino Vaccarella (born 1933), racecar driver
- Ferdinando Scianna (born 1943), photographer
- Domenico Dolce (born 1958), fashion designer
- Angelo d'Arrigo (1961 – 2006), aviator
- Salvatore Antibo (born 1962), runner
- Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964), football player
- Giuseppe Gibilisco (born 1979), pole vaulter
- Eva Riccobono (born 1983), supermodel
- Fabrizio Corona (born 24 March 1974), photographer
- Rosario Fiorello (born 1960), singer, and television personality
See also
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