List of Famous people born in Sicily, Italy
Letizia Battaglia
Letizia Battaglia is an Italian photographer and photojournalist.
Leoluca Bagarella
Leoluca Bagarella is an Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia. He is from the town of Corleone. Following Salvatore Riina's arrest in early 1993, Bagarella had taken over as il capo dei capi of the Corleonesi, rivalling Riina's putative successor, Bernardo Provenzano. Bagarella was captured in 1995, having been a fugitive for four years, and sentenced to life imprisonment for Mafia association and multiple murders.
Michele Navarra
Michele Navarra was an Italian member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was a qualified physician and headed the Mafia family from the town of Corleone in Sicily. He was known as 'u patri nostru.
Eleonora Abbagnato
Eleonora Abbagnato is an Italian ballet dancer, model, and actress. She is currently an Étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet.
Gianni Bella
Giovanni Bella, best known as Gianni Bella, is an Italian composer and singer-songwriter.
Salvatore Schillaci
Salvatore Schillaci, commonly referred to by his nickname Totò, is an Italian former footballer, who played as a striker. During his club career, he played for Messina (1982–1989), Juventus (1989–1992), Internazionale (1992–1994) and Júbilo Iwata (1994–1997).
Rosario Gambino
Rosario "Sal" Gambino is an Italian mobster in the Gambino crime family. He became nationally known when he and his brothers set up a multimillion dollar heroin cartel during the 1970s and 1980s. At the turn of the century he made headline news again when members of his family were suspected of trying to get him a presidential pardon through bribery.
Ettore Messina
Ettore Messina is an Italian professional basketball coach who is the head coach of Olimpia Milano of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He has won four EuroLeague championships as a head coach. Messina is regarded as one of the best European basketball coaches of all time, having been named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors in 2008.
Filippa Giordano
Filippa Giordano is an Italian-born Mexican crossover singer.
Miriam Sylla
Miriam Fatime Sylla is Italian female volleyball player of Ivorian descent, playing as a wing spiker or opposite. She is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, and the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League.