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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 by many people, especially Sicilians themselves.
[edit] Philosophers, scientists and thinkers
- Empedocles (c. 490 – 430 BC), scientist and philosopher
- Gorgias (c. 483 – 375 BC), philosopher
- Archimedes (c. 287 – 212 BC), scientist
- Giovanni Aurispa (1376 – 1459), anthropologist
- Francesco Maurolico (1494 – 1575), mathematician
- Niccolò Cacciatore (1780 – 1841), astronomer
- Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826 – 1910), chemist
- Giuseppe Sergi (1841 – 1936), anthropologist
- Ettore Majorana (1906 – ?), scientist
- Giovanni Gentile (1875 – 1944), philosopher
[edit] Religious figures
[edit] 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
- Gesualdo Bufalino (1920 – 1996), writer
- Leonardo Sciascia (1921 – 1989), writer and politician
- Giuseppe Fava (1925 – 1984), writer and dramatist
- Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), novelist
[edit] Politicians
- Dion (408–354 BC), politician and friend of Plato
- 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Musicians
[edit] Actors, directors and producers
[edit] Others
- Count Alessandro di Cagliostro (1743 – 1795), traveller and occultist
- Vito Cascio Ferro (1862 – 1943), mafioso
- Salvatore Giuliano (1922 – 1950), bandit
- 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
[edit] See also
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