30 Notable alumni of University of Messina
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Messina is ranked #746 in the world and #30 in Italy by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 30 notable alumni from University of Messina sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Messina won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Giuseppe Albanese
1979-. (aged 47)
pianist
Giuseppe Albanese is an Italian pianist.
2. Nicola Capria
1932-2009 (aged 77)
politician
Nicola Capria was an Italian politician, member of the Italian Socialist Party.
3. Maria Angela Danzì
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
Maria Angela Danzì is an Italian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Five Star Movement from 2022 to 2024.
4. Carmelo Zito
1899-1980 (aged 81)
Carmelo Zito, born in Oppido Mamertina, Italy and immigrated to the United States circa 1923, was an outspoken Italian American immigrant who operated the Il Corriere del Popolo Italian-language newspaper in San Francisco, California, from 1935 through 1966. He was active in the Italian anti-fascist movement in the United States. Family members relate that he fled Mussolini's regime after learning...
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5. Francesco La Camera
diplomat
Francesco La Camera is an Italian civil servant, academic, diplomat who was elected the second Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency, and assumed office on 4 April 2019. At the IRENA, he has a four-year tenure, after succeeding Adnan Z. Amin of Kenya, who served in a two-term tenure from 2011 to 2019 and has been given the honorary...
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6. Christian Bisceglia
1967-. (aged 59)
film director
screenwriter
Christian Bisceglia is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in a small town near Milan, but he is Messinese of adoption.
7. Federico Basile
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Federico Basile is an Italian politician who served as mayor of Messina since 2022.
8. Maria Tripodi
1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Maria Tripodi is an Italian politician of Forza Italia. Since 2022, she has served as undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2018 to 2022, she was a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
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9. Armando Veneto
1935-. (aged 91)
politician
Armando Veneto is an Italian politician and lawyer.
10. Carolina Costa
1994-. (aged 32)
judoka
Carolina Costa is an Italian female judoka and paralympic athlete. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
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11. Giancarlo Aragona
1942-. (aged 84)
diplomat
Giancarlo Aragona is an Italian diplomat who served as ambassador of Italy to NATO, Russia and United Kingdom and Secretary General of OSCE.
12. Giuseppe Scopelliti
1966-. (aged 60)
journalist
politician
Giuseppe Scopelliti is an Italian politician.
13. Vincenzo Consolo
1933-2012 (aged 79)
journalist
writer
Vincenzo Consolo was an Italian writer.
14. Antonio Spadaro
1966-. (aged 60)
writer
Catholic priest
journalist
Antonio Spadaro, SJ is an Italian Jesuit priest, journalist and writer.
15. Nadia Terranova
1978-. (aged 48)
blogger
children's writer
lecturer
writer
Nadia Terranova is an Italian author.
16. Lucio Colletti
1924-2001 (aged 77)
university teacher
philosopher
politician
Lucio Colletti was an Italian Western Marxist philosopher. Colletti started to be known outside Italy because of a long interview with him that Marxist historian Perry Anderson published in the New Left Review in 1974.
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17. Italo Falcomatà
1943-2001 (aged 58)
politician
Italo Falcomatà was an Italian politician, teacher, and historian who served as the Mayor of Reggio Calabria from 1993 to January 1997, and again from April 1997 to his death in 2001.
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18. Gianpiero D'Alia
1966-. (aged 60)
politician
Gianpiero D'Alia is an Italian politician.
19. Franco Sensi
1926-2008 (aged 82)
association football player
entrepreneur
politician
Francesco Sensi, Cavaliere del lavoro was an Italian oil tycoon. He was born in Rome, where he lived throughout his entire life, though he also served time as mayor of Visso, the city where his family came from. He had been for fifteen years, until his death, chairman of Roma, the major football club of Rome. He took control of...
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20. Antonio Martino
1942-2022 (aged 80)
university teacher
politician
diplomat
journalist
economist
Antonio Martino was an Italian politician and economist who a deputy and minister during the early years of the Second Italian Republic. A founding member of Forza Italia (FI), he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and Minister of Defence from 2001 to 2006. Martino was the son of a prominent Italian Liberal Party (PLI) who served as...
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21. Domenico Scilipoti
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
physician
Domenico Scilipoti Isgrò is an Italian politician and doctor.
22. Barbara Floridia
1977-. (aged 49)
historian of classical antiquity
teacher
politician
Barbara Floridia is an Italian politician who currently serves as a Senator.
23. Alessia Gazzola
1982-. (aged 44)
writer
novelist
physician writer
medical examiner
Alessia Gazzola is an Italian novelist.
24. Cateno De Luca
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Cateno Roberto Salvatore De Luca is an Italian politician who served as the mayor of Messina from 2018 to 2022 and is the incumbent mayor of Taormina since 2023. He was also the mayor of Fiumedinisi, his hometown, from 2003 to 2011 and of Santa Teresa di Riva from 2012 to 2017.
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25. Giorgio La Pira
1904-1977 (aged 73)
lawyer
politician
Giorgio La Pira, TOSD was an Italian Catholic politician who served as the mayor of Florence. He also served as a deputy for Christian Democracy (DC), the ruling party of post-war Italy, and participated in the assembly that wrote the Italian Constitution following World War II. In his public and private life he was a tireless champion of peace and...
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26. Cesare Terranova
1921-1979 (aged 58)
judge
politician
Cesare Terranova was an Italian judge and politician from Sicily, notable for his anti-Mafia stance. From 1958 until 1971 Terranova was an examining magistrate at the Palermo prosecuting office. He was one of the first to seriously investigate the Mafia and the financial operations of Cosa Nostra. He was killed by the Mafia in 1979.
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27. Santo Versace
1944-. (aged 82)
film producer
entrepreneur
politician
Santo Domenico Versace is an Italian businessman and politician who is the president and co-chief executive officer of Gianni Versace SpA, based in Milan, Italy. Since 2008 he has been elected as Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic in the constituency of Calabria. He is a member of the Alliance for Italy political party, and a...
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28. Giancarlo Magalli
1947-. (aged 79)
screenwriter
television writer
television presenter
actor
Giancarlo Magalli is an Italian television writer, presenter and actor.
29. Marco Minniti
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Marco Minniti is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the government of Italy as Minister of the Interior from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. Previously, he was one of the most prominent councilors of former Prime Ministers Matteo Renzi and Massimo D'Alema.
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30. Gianni Amelio
1945-. (aged 81)
screenwriter
director
film director
Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.