Editing Palermo (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Eleonora Abbagnato]] (born 1978), ballet dancer
* [[Simonetta Agnello Hornby]] (born 1945), writer
* [[Emerico Amari]] (1810–1870), politician
* [[Roberto Andò]] (born 1959), film director
* [[Vito Artale]] (1882–1944), general
* [[Lucio Maria Attinelli]] (born 1933), journalist and writer
* [[Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo|Aldo Baglio]] (born 1958), actor
* [[Pietro Ballo]] (born 1952), tenor
* [[Mario Balotelli]] (born 1990), footballer
* [[Mario Bardi]] (1922–1998), painter
* [[Ernesto Basile]] (1857–1932), architect
* [[Letizia Battaglia]] (1935–2022), photographer, photojournalist and politician
* [[Ferdinando Beneventano del Bosco]] (1813–1881), general
* [[Francesco Benigno]] (born 1967), actor
* [[Alfredo Bordonali]] (born 1919), football player
* [[Paolo Borsellino]] (1940–1992), judge
* [[Paolo Briguglia]] (born 1974), actor
* [[Gabriele Bruni]] (born 1974), sailor
* [[Luigi Maria Burruano]] (1948–2017), actor
* [[Tommaso Buscetta]] (1928–2000), [[pentito]] of the [[Sicilian Mafia]]
* [[Lando Buzzanca]] (1935–2022), actor
* [[Alessandro Cagliostro]] (1743–1795), [[magician (paranormal)]] and [[adventure]]r
* [[Phil Caliva]] (born 1945), American racing driver
* [[Stanislao Cannizzaro]] (1826–1910), chemist
* [[Selene Caramazza]] (born 1993), actress
* [[Bruno Caruso]] (1927–2018), painter, illustrator, graphic designer and political activist
* [[Pino Caruso]] (1934–2019), actor
* [[Marco Cecchinato]] (born 1992), tennis player
* [[Michelangelo Celesia]] (1814–1904), Italian cardinal
* [[Federico Cinà]] (born 2007), tennis player 
* [[Daniele Ciprì]] (born 1962), film director
* [[Max Crivello]] (born 1958), illustrator and painter
* [[Miriam Dalmazio]] (born 1987), actress
* [[Alessandro D'Avenia]] (born 1977), writer
* [[Salvatore Di Vittorio]] (born 1967), composer and conductor
* [[Angelo Duro]] (born 1982), actor
* [[Pepi Fabbiano]], astrophysicist
* [[Giovanni Falcone]] (1939–1992), judge
* [[Vincenzo Ferrera]] (born 1973), actor
* [[Ficarra e Picone|Salvatore Ficarra]] (born 1971), actor
* [[Luca Flores]] (1956–1995), pianist and composer
* [[Ignazio Florio Jr.]] (1869–1957), entrepreneur
* [[Ignazio Florio Sr.]] (1838–1891), entrepreneur
* [[Vincenzo Florio]] (1883–1959), entrepreneur
* [[Corrado Fortuna]] (born 1978), actor
* [[Franco Franchi]] (1928–1992), actor
* [[Pia Giancaro]] (born 1950), Italian retired actress
* [[Claudio Gioè]] (born 1975), actor
* [[Filippa Giordano]] (born 1974), singer
* [[Laura Giordano]] (born 1979), [[lyric soprano]]
* [[Marco Glaviano]] (born 1942), photographer and architect
* [[Libero Grassi]] (1924–1991), businessman
* [[Luca Guadagnino]] (born 1971), film director
* [[Ciccio Ingrassia]] (1922–2003), actor
* [[Beniamino Iraci]] (born 1989), professional football player
* [[Ugo La Malfa]] (1903–1979), politician
* [[Elio Lo Cascio]] (born 1948), historian
* [[Luigi Lo Cascio]] (born 1967), actor
* [[Rosalia Lombardo]] (1918–1920), known as the ''Sleeping Beauty''
* [[Enrico Lo Verso]] (born 1964), actor
* [[Louise of Orléans]] (1812–1850), Queen of The Belgians
* [[Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies]] (1806–1878), Queen of [[Spain]]
* [[Filippo Mancuso]] (1922–2011), magistrate and [[Minister of Justice (Italy)|Italian Minister of Justice]]
* [[Ciprì & Maresco|Franco Maresco]] (born 1958), film director
* [[Laura Mattarella]] (born 1967), first child and the only daughter of Sergio Mattarella
* [[Sergio Mattarella]] (born 1941), [[president of Italy]]
* [[Giovanni Meli]] (1740–1815), poet and playwright
* [[Pino Mercanti]] (1911–1986), film director
* [[Silvio Micali]] (born 1954), computer scientist
* [[Gabriele Minì]] (born 2005), racing driver
* [[Vittorio Emanuele Orlando]] (1860–1952), [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
* [[Giovanni Pernice]] (born 1990), dancer
* [[Sophia Petrillo]] (born 1905), character on ''[[The Golden Girls]]''
* [[Ficarra e Picone|Valentino Picone]] (born 1971), actor
* [[Pif (television host)]] (born 1972), actor and film director
* [[Amelia Pinto]] (1876–1946), opera singer
* [[Giuseppe Pitrè]] (1841–1916), [[Folklore studies|folklorist]], medical doctor, professor and senator  
* [[Pope Sergius I]] (650–701)
* [[Isabella Ragonese]] (born 1981), actress
* [[Desirée Rancatore]] (born 1977), [[coloratura soprano]] 
* [[Eva Riccobono]] (born 1983), model
* [[Antonio Rinaldi (architect)|Antonio Rinaldi]] (1709–1794), architect
* [[Gianni Riotta]] (born 1954), journalist
* [[Francesco Riso]] (1826–1860), Italian patriot
* [[Giuni Russo]] (1951–2004), singer
* [[Francesco Sabatini]] (1721–1797), architect
* [[Alfredo Salafia]] (1869–1933), [[Embalming|embalmer]] and [[Taxidermy|taxidermist]]
* [[Pietro Scaglione]] (1906–1971), magistrate
* [[Alessandro Scarlatti]] (1660–1725), composer
* [[Renato Schifani]] (born 1950), [[President of the Senate of the Republic (Italy)|President of the Senate]]
* [[Salvatore Schillaci]] (born 1964), footballer
* [[Francesco Scianna]] (born 1982), actor
* [[Enzo Sellerio]] (1924–2012), photographer, publisher and collector
* [[Giacomo Serpotta]] (1656–1732), sculptor
* [[Giuseppe Serpotta]] (1653–1719), scultore
* [[Marcello Sorgi]] (born 1955), journalist
* [[Tony Sperandeo]] (born 1953), actor
* [[Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì]] (1839–1908), [[Prime Minister of Italy]]
* [[Gaetano Starrabba]] (born 1932), racing driver
* [[Myriam Sylla]], (born 1995) [[volleyball]] player
* [[Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa]] (1896–1957), writer
* [[Giusto Traina]] (born 1959), historian
* [[Nino Vaccarella]] (1933–2021), racing driver
* [[Delia Vaccarello]] (1960–2019), journalist and activist for LGBT rights
* [[Fulco di Verdura]] (1898–1978), duke and jeweller

=== Honorary citizens ===

People awarded the [[honorary citizenship]] of Palermo are:

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| 17 May 1996
| [[Tenzin Gyatso]]
| The [[14th Dalai Lama]]
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| 14 December 2015
| [[Abdullah Öcalan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/12/14/news/cittadinanza_onoraria_a_ocalan_il_sindaco_orlando_siamo_orgogliosi_-129473160/ |title=Cittadinanza onoraria a Öcalan, il sindaco Orlando: "Siamo orgogliosi" |date=14 December 2015 |website=Repubblica.it |language=it |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529173349/https://palermo.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/12/14/news/cittadinanza_onoraria_a_ocalan_il_sindaco_orlando_siamo_orgogliosi_-129473160/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| Founder of [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]]
|-
| |21 August 2018 || [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]] || [[Monarchy of Monaco|Prince of Monaco]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://monacoreporter.com/2018/08/22/prince-albert-kicked-off-palermo-monte-carlo-regatta-was-inducted-as-sicilys-capital-honorary-citizen/ |title=Prince Albert kicked-off Palermo/Monte-Carlo regatta & was inducted as Sicily's capital Honorary Citizen |date=22 August 2018 |access-date=19 September 2018 |archive-date=19 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919132147/https://monacoreporter.com/2018/08/22/prince-albert-kicked-off-palermo-monte-carlo-regatta-was-inducted-as-sicilys-capital-honorary-citizen/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hellomonaco.com/officially-2/from-the-palace-princely-news/prince-albert-becomes-honorary-citizen-of-palermo-and-other-princely-news/ |title=Prince Albert becomes honorary citizen of Palermo and other princely news |date=27 August 2018| access-date=20 September 2018| archive-date=29 May 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529132630/https://www.hellomonaco.com/news/latest-news/prince-albert-becomes-honorary-citizen-of-palermo-and-other-princely-news/| url-status=live}}</ref>
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