Italian-American
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
- Nicolas Cage, actor (born Nicholas Ford Coppola)
- Al Capone, (1899-1947), Chicago gangster
- Enrico Caruso, (1873-1921), tenor
- John Ciardi
- Perry Como, musician
- Francis Ford Coppola, film director
- Alfonse D'Amato
- Joe Dimaggio, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Peter Domenici
- Jimmy Durante, (1893-1980)
- John Fante, novelist and screenwriter
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet
- Enrico Fermi, (1901-1954), physicist
- Geraldine Ferraro
- Annette Funicello
- A. Bartlett Giamatti, (1938-1989)
- Rudolph Giuliani, (born 1944)
- Ella Grasso
- Rocky Graziano, boxer
- Fiorello LaGuardia, (1882-1947)
- Nick LaRocca, (1889-1961), self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
- Luis Monti, athlete
- Camille Paglia, post-feminist literary and cultural critic
- Al Pacino
- John Pastore
- Louis Prima, (1910-1978), musician & entertainer
- Mario Puzo, (1920-1999), US Mafia author
- Frank Rizzo, controversial US politician
- Pete Rizzo
- Peter Rodino
- 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
- Bob Toricelli
- John Travolta movie actor
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