List of Famous people born in Palermo, Italy
Tommaso Laureti
Tommaso Laureti, often called Tommaso Laureti Siciliano, was an Italian painter from Sicily who trained in the atelier of the aged Sebastiano del Piombo and worked in Bologna. From 1582, he worked for papal patrons in Rome in a Michelangelo-inspired style with special skill in illusionistic perspective, that in his Roman work avoided all but traces of Mannerism.
Paul de Bauffremont
Paul Antoine Jean Charles, duc de Bauffremont was a French general, most notable for leading the 'Charge de Sedan' alongside Gaston Alexandre Auguste. He was also the first husband of Valentine de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, whom he divorced in 1875.
Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies
Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies was the Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1833 to 1859 as the consort of Leopold II. In signature, she used Maria Antonietta.
Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year after his death.
Princess Marie of France
Marie Christine Caroline Adélaïde Françoise Léopoldine d'Orléans was a French princess, artist, and, by her marriage, duchess of Württemberg (1837). Before her marriage she was styled Mademoiselle de Valois.
Lucia Borsellino
Francesco Sabatini
Francesco Sabatini, also known as Francisco Sabatini, was an Italian architect of the 18th century who worked in Spain.
Vittorio Mangano
Vittorio Mangano was a member of the Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra. He was well known as the stable keeper at the villa of Silvio Berlusconi in Arcore in the 1970s and as such Mangano is known as "lo stalliere di Arcore". Berlusconi later became Prime Minister of Italy.
Saint Rosalia
Saint Rosalia (1130–1166), also called La Santuzza or "The Little Saint", and in Sicilian as "Rusulia", is the patron saint of Palermo in Italy, Camargo, Chihuahua, and three towns in Venezuela: El Hatillo, Zuata, and Anzoátegui. She is especially important internationally as a saint invoked in times of plague (disease). From 2020 onwards she has been invoked by the citizens of Palermo to protect the city from COVID-19.
Giuseppe Paratore
Giuseppe Paratore was an Italian attorney and politician. He was President of the Italian Senate from 26 June 1952 to 24 March 1953. President Giovanni Gronchi appointed him senator for life on 9 November 1957.