Famous Sicilians

Empedocles (c. 490 BC – 430 BC), scientist and philosopher
Gorgias (c. 483 BC – 375 BC), philosopher
Timaeus (c. 345 BC – 250 BC), historian
Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 BC – 212 BC), scientist
Diodorus Siculus (c. 90 BC – 30 BC), historian
Pope Leo II, Pope from 682 to 683
Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily 1130 – 1154
William I of Sicily, King of Sicily 1154 – 1166
William II of Sicily, King of Sicily 1166 – 1189
Frederick II (1194 – 1250), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily (Frederick I of Sicily)
Cielo d’Alcamo (c. 1200 – 1250), poet
Giacomo da Lentini (1210 – 1260), poet
Guido Delle Colonne (1215 – 1290), poet
Antonello da Messina (1430 – 1479), painter
Antonello Gagini (1478 – 1536), sculptor
Francesco Maurolico (1494 – 1575), mathematician
Sigismondo D’India (1582 – 1629), composer
Pietro Novelli (1603 – 1647), painter
Giacomo Serpotta (1656 – 1732), sculptor
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725), composer
Filippo Juvarra (1678 – 1736), architect
Giovanni Meli (1740 – 1815), poet
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 – 1835), opera composer
Francesco Crispi (1819 – 1901), politician
Emanuele Realmuto (1830 – 1857), Prince
Giovanni Verga (1840 – 1922), novelist
Giuseppe Sergi (1841 – 1936), anthropologist
Luigi Pirandello (1867 – 1936), dramatist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Nino Martoglio (1870 – 1921), poet
Luigi Sturzo (1871 – 1959), politician
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896 – 1957), writer, poet
Julius Evola (1898 – 1974), political philosopher
Ignazio Buttitta (1899 – 1997), poet
Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 – 1968), poet, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), novelist
Nino Vaccarella (born 1933), race driver
Giovanni Falcone (1939 – 1992), judge
Paolo Borsellino (1940 – 1992), judge
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 1956), filmmaker
Anna Kanakis (born 1962), model, actress
Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964), football player
Franco Battiato (born 1945) , singer
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (born 1969), actress
Carmen Consoli (born 1974), singer