Italian-American
From Wikinfo
An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent. Although proud of their heritage most prefer to be called simply American. Much Italian immigration to the United States took place in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Famous Italian Americans include
- Danny Aiello, actor
- Mario Andretti, auto racing legend
- Nicolas Cage, actor (born Nicholas Ford Coppola)
- Al Capone (1899-1947), Chicago gangster
- John Cazale, actor
- Vincent Cianci, former mayor of Providence, R.I.
- John Ciardi
- Perry Como, musician
- Francis Ford Coppola, film director
- Mario Cuomo (born 1932), former governor of New York
- Alfonse D'Amato
- Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), Baseball Hall of Famer
- Ronnie James Dio, heavy metal singer
- Dion, singer
- Peter Domenici
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
- John Fante, novelist and screenwriter
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet
- Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), physicist
- Geraldine Ferraro
- Annette Funicello
- James Gandolfini (born 1961), actor
- A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938-1989), academic, Major League Baseball commissioner
- Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
- Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944), Mayor of New York during 9/11
- Ella Grasso, first woman to be elected governor of a state without succeeding her husband
- Rocky Graziano, boxer
- Fiorello LaGuardia (1882-1947)
- Nick LaRocca (1889-1961), self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
- Rocky Marciano, boxer, only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated
- Dean Martin, singer & actor
- Sal Mineo, actor
- Luis Monti, athlete
- George Moscone, former mayor of San Francisco
- Camille Paglia, post-feminist literary and cultural critic
- Al Pacino
- Felix Pappalardi, rock and roll bassist and producer
- John Pastore
- Mike Piazza (born 1968), baseball star
- Louis Prima (1910-1978), musician & entertainer
- Mario Puzo (1920-1999), US Mafia author
- Mary Lou Retton (born 1968), Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics
- Christina Ricci (born 1980), actress
- Frank Rizzo, controversial US politician
- Pete Rizzo
- Peter Rodino
- John Saxon, actor
- Antonin Scalia
- Martin Scorsese, film director
- Emilio Segre, Nobel-winning physicist and academic
- Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), US singer with mob connections
- John Sirica
- Sylvester Stallone
- Gay Talese
- Robert Toricelli
- John Travolta, movie actor
External Links
- National Italian-American Foundation
- One Stop Italian America
- National Association of Italian American Women
- Sons of Italy in America
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Italian-American" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian-American, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
