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
- Pietro Grasso (1945), judge and politician
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