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Memorable Sicilians & Italians
I will never forget the sign that hung in my
father's office and in my barber Franco's shop:
Caesar, Michelangelo,
Benini, Botticelli, Cellini, Cicero, Caruso, Cabato, Dante, Galileo, Grimaldi,
Garabaldi,
Marconi, Meuci, St. Thomas Aquanis,Toscanini, Marco Polo, Virgil, Vivaldi,
Verdi, Sinatra, DiMaggio & Columbus...
No Other People Can Make This
Statement
In spite of the common stereotypes of mafia and other less desireable characters, fictional or real, the Italians and the Sicilians have contributed more to this planet than any other ethic group. More Italians fought and died for the US efforts during World War II, than any other nationality. The United States was discovered by an Italian (Christoforo Colombo) and named for another (Amerigo Vespucci). So the next time someone reminds you of the American Mafia and Sicilian Cosa Nostra, remind them of not just those above, but the others of more recent times that have made the United States of America and the rest of the world what it is today. Please Note, this is in no way a complete list, we are working on it, kindly send us an email of anyone we may have not included at this writing.
Obituary Section
Additions to this Statement
KEY:
(Italian Born)
(Sicilian Descent)
(Italian Descent)
(Italian or Sicilian & Other
Descent)
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Danny Aiello
(Actor)
Anna Maria Alberhetti
(Actress)
Alan Alda
(Actor/Writer/Director)
Mario Andretti (Race Car Driver)
Michael Andretti (Race Car Driver)
Anna Maria
Angeli
(Actress)
Michelangelo Antonioni
(Film)
Giorgio Armani (Fashion Designer)
Charles
Atlas
(Fitness/Bodybuilder)
Frankie (Avalone)
Avalon
Anne Bancroft (Entertainer)
Joseph
Barbera
(Cartoonist)
Cecilia Bartoli (Opera
Singer)
Mario Batali (Chef)
Lou Bega
(Singer)
Vincenzo
Bellini
(Composer)
Monica
Bellucci (Model/Actress)
Tony
Bennett (Singer)
Roberto
Benigni (Actor)
Yogi
Berra (Baseball Legend)
Carlo Bo
(Writer)
Andrea Bocelli
(Singer)
Jon Bon
Jovi (Musician)
Joseph Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (Ruler of France)
Sonny Bono
(Entertainer, Politician)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(Artist)
Lorraine
Bracco (Actress)
John Cabot (Explorer)
Julius Caesar (Roman Empire Ruler)
Augustus Octavian Caesar (Emperor)
Frank
Capra (Film)
Claudia
Cardinale (Actress)
Frankie
Carle (Carlone, Song Writer)
Cardinal Carpino
Renato
Carosone (Singer)
Roberto
Cavalli (Fashion Designer)
Joe Causi
(Radio Personality)
Enrico Caruso (Opera Singer)
Richard S.
Castellano (Actor)
Valentina Cervi
(Actress)
John Ciardi
Russ
Columbo (Singer)
Pat Cooper (Comedian)
Nicholas Coppola
Cage (Actor)
Dominic
Chianese (Actor)
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cristoforo
Columbo (Columbus)
Perry Como
(Entertainer/Singer)
Francis Ford
Coppola (Film Director) Sophia Coppola
(Actress/Director)
Valentina Cortesa
Lucia
Corvelli (Model/Actress)
Lou Costello
(Castillo)
(Comedian)
Franco
Cristaldi (Film Director)
Justin R.
Cristaldi
(Super Genius)
Lucille Cristaldi
(Actress)
Maria Grazia
Cucinotta
(Actress)
Mario Cuomo
(Politician) Alfonse D'Amato
(Politician)
Bobby Darin
(Entertainer)
Leonardo DaVinci
(Inventor/Artist)
Lorenzo de'Medici
Dino De
Laurentiis (Director/Producer)
Beverly
D'Angelo
(Actress)
Tony Danza (Actor)
Dom DeLouise
(Actor)
Robert
DeNiro (Actor)
Leonardo
DiCaprio (Actor)
Desi Di
Nardo (Poet) |
Joe
DiMaggio (Baseball Legend)
Dion DiMucci (Musician)
Brian De Palma
(Director)
Danny DeVito (Actor)
Al DiMeola
Tamara
Dona (Entertainer)
Jimmy
Durante (Entertainer)
Mary Ann Esposito (Chef)
Edie Falco
(Actress)
Federico Fellini (Film Director)
Geraldine Ferraro
(Politician)
Fabrizio
Ferri (Photographer)
Connie Francis
(Singer)
Giovanni Furno
Lou Ferrigno (Actor/Bodybuilder) Enrico Fermi
Giuseppe Ferrata
Jim Florio (Politician)
Fabian Forte (Entertainer)
David Franzoni (Cinema)
Galileo Galilei
(Astronomer)
James
Gandolfini (Actor)
Giuseppe
Garibaldi (Patriot)
Jeanine Garafolo (Comedian)
Joe Garagiola (Sports)
Jeffrey Giuffre (Jazz Musician)
Rudolph
W. Giuliani (Politician)
Valerie Golino (Actress)
Lee Iacocca (Industry)
Nathalie
Imbruglia (Singer)
Michael
Imperioli (Actor)
Ashley Judd (Ciminella)
(Actress)
Alicia Keys
(Musician)
Fiorello
LaGuardia
(Politician)
Anthony LaPaglia (Actor)
Frank
Langella
Mario Lanza
(Opera Singer)
Cyndi Lauper
(Singer)
Jay
Leno (Comedian)
Sergio
Leone (Spaghetti Western)
Tea Leone (Actress)
Ray Liotta
(Actor)
Liberace (Entertainer)
Johnny
LoBianco (Referee)
Robert Loggia (Actor)
Gina
Lollabrigida (Actress)
Vince Lombardi (Football
Legend)
Sophia Loren
(Actress)
Patti Lupone (Broadway
Entertainer)
Nicolo Machiavelli
Anna Magnani
(Actress)
Henry Mancini
(Composer)
Rocky Marchiano (Boxer)
Gugliemo Marconi
(Inventor)
Dean Martin
(Singer/Actor)
Al Martino
(Singer/Actor)
Marcello Mastroianni
(Actor)
Tommy Mattola
(Music Industry)
Filippo Mazzei
(Entreprenuer)
Natalie Merchant
(Musician)
Antonio Meucci (Inventor)
Sal Mineo (Actor)
Grace Mirabella (Publisher)
Liza Minnelli (Entertainer)
Vincente Minnelli (Director)
Lou Monte
(Entertainer)
Joe Montegna (Actor)
Indro
Montanelli (Journalist)
Ornella Muti
(Actress)
Mya (Singer) |
Don Novello
Giana
Nanini
(Musician)
Dean Obeidalla
(Comedian)
Alfredo
James Pacino
(Actor)
Cologero (Chazz) Palminteri
(Actor)
George
Pataki
(Politician)
Luciano Pavoratti
(Singer)
Joe Pesci (Actor)
Bernadette Peters (Lazzara,
Entertainer)
Regis Philbin
(TV Personality)
Mike Piazza
(Baseball Great)
Luigi Pirandello
(Author/Playwrite)
Joe
Piscapo
(Comedian)
Louis Prima
(Musician)
Marco Polo
(Explorer)
Mario
Puzo
(Writer)
Christina
Ricci
(Actress)
Phil
Rizutto (Baseball
Announcer)
Ray
Romano
(Comedian)
Isabella
Rossalini (Actress)
Bobby (Ridarelli)
Rydell
(Entertainer)
Susan Sarandon
(Actress)
Supreme Court
Justice Scalia
Jack Scalia
(Actor)
Italo
Scanga (Artist)
Francesco
Scuvullo
(Photographer)
Martin Scorcese
(Film Director)
Frank Serpico
(Law Enforcement)
Talia Shire
(Actress)
John "Goomba"
Sialiano
(Entertainer)
Frank
Albert Sinatra
(Singer/Actor)
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
(Singer)
Nancy
Sinatra
(Singer)
Tony
Sirico
(Actor)
Mira
Sorvino (Actress)
Paul
Sorvino
(Actor/Singer)
Bruce Sprigsteen
(Musician)
Sylvester Stallone
(Actor)
Fabio
Taglioni (Motorcycle Designer)
Gay Talese
(Actor/Writer)
Quintin Tarantino
(Actor)
Adam
Tomei
(Actor)
Marisa
Tomei
(Actress)
Joe
Torre
(Baseball)
Giuseppe Tornatore (Film
Director)
Federigo Tozzi
John
Travolta
(Actor)
John Turturro
Salvatore
Quasimodo (Poet) Jerry
Vale (Singer)
Frankie (Casteluccio)
Valli (Musician)
Louis
Vanaria
(Actor/Singer)
Versace
(Fashion)
"Uncle" Floyd
Vivino
(Entertainer)
Amerigo Vespucci
(Explorer)
Verdi
(Composer)
Bobby
Vinton
(Singer)
Vivaldi
(Composer)
Valentino
(Designer)
Rudolph
Valentino
(Actor/Singer)
Marco
Zanuso
(Architect)
Frank Zappa
(Musician)
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