Editing Messina (section)

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Messina}}
List of notable people from Messina or connected to Messina, listed by career and then in alphabetical order by last name.

=== Actors ===

* [[Adolfo Celi]], actor (1922–1986)
*[[Tano Cimarosa]], actor (1922–2008)
*[[Maria Grazia Cucinotta]], actress (born 1968)
*[[Nino Frassica]], actor (born 1950)
*[[Massimo Mollica]], actor (1929–2013)
*[[Rosalinda Cannavò|Adua Del Vesco]], actress (born 1992)
*[[Ninni Bruschetta]], actor (born 1962)
* Marina La Rosa, actress and [[Grande Fratello (season 1)]] contestant (born 1977)
*[[Gino Buzzanca]], actor (1912–1985)

=== Artists and designers ===

* [[Girolamo Alibrandi]], painter (1470–1524)
* [[Anna Maria Arduino]] (1672 – 1700), 17th century painter, writer and socialite, served as the Princess of [[Piombino]], from Messina.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Donne in Arcadia (1690-1800)|url=http://www.arcadia.uzh.ch/donnedetails.php?id=13|access-date=2020-08-09|website=www.arcadia.uzh.ch}}</ref>
* [[Antonio Barbalonga]], painter (17th century)
* [[Francesco Comande]], painter (16th century)
* [[Antonello da Messina]], major painter of the Renaissance (1430–1479)
* [[Giuseppe Migneco]], painter (1908–1997)
* [[Giovanni Quagliata]], painter (1603–1673)
* [[Filippo Juvarra]], Baroque architect (1678–1736)
* [[Mariano Riccio]], painter (1510–1593)
* [[Alonzo Rodriguez]], painter (1578–1648)
* [[Valentina Romeo]] (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator, billiards player
* [[Giovanni Tuccari]], painter (1667–1743)
* [[Pino da Messina]], painter (born 15th century)

=== Politicians, civil service, military ===

* [[Giuseppe La Farina]], leader of the Italian [[Italian unification|Risorgimento]] (1815–1863)
* [[Gaetano Martino]], politician, physician and professor. (1900–1967)
* [[Giuseppe Natoli]], lawyer and politician (1815–1867)
* [[Luigi Rizzo]], naval officer and First World War hero (1887–1951)
* Carlo Stagno D'Alcontres, politician, Prince of Alcontres and [[List of mayors of Messina|mayor of Messina]] (1913–1981)

=== Musicians, composers ===

* [[Mario Aspa]], composer (1797–1868)
* [[Filippo Bonaffino]] (fl. 1623), Italian madrigal composer
* [[Alberto Urso]], singer (born 1997)
* [[Peppino D'Agostino]], guitarist (born 1956)

=== Religion ===

* [[Eustochia Smeralda Calafato]], saint (1434–1485)
* [[Hannibal Mary Di Francia|Annibale Maria Di Francia]], saint (1851–1927)
* [[Pope Leo II]], bishop of Rome (611–683)

=== Sport ===

* [[Tony Cairoli]], motocross world champion (born 1985)
* [[Vincenzo Nibali]], [[road bicycle racing|cyclist]] (born 1984)
* [[Antonio Stelitano]], Italian footballer (born 1987)
* [[Antonino Ragusa]], Italian footballer (born 1990)

=== Researchers, academics ===
*[[Aristocles of Messene]], peripatetic philosopher (1st century AD)
*[[Dicaearchus]], Greek philosopher and mathematician (350 BC—323 BC)
*[[Caio Domenico Gallo]], historian (1697–1780)
*[[Francesco Maurolico]], astronomer, mathematician and humanist (1494–1575)
*[[Agostino Scilla]], painter, paleontologist, geologist and pioneer in the study of fossils (1629–1700)
*[[Giuseppe Seguenza]], naturalist and geologist (1833–1889)
*[[Giuseppe Sergi]], anthropologist and psychologist (1841–1936)
*[[Michele Parrinello]], physicist (born 1945)
* Giulio Tarro, doctor and scientist (born 1938)
*[[Gaetano Martino]], scientist (1900–1967)

=== Others ===
*[[Stefano D'Arrigo]], writer (1919–1992)
*[[Guido delle Colonne]], judge and writer (13th century)
*[[Santi Visalli]], American photographer and photojournalist (born 1932)
* Tommaso Cannizzaro, writer (1838–1921)