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  2. Sicilian Americans - Wikipedia

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    Sicilian immigrants brought with them their own unique culture, including theatre and music. Giovanni De Rosalia was a noted Sicilian American playwright in the early period and farce was popular in several Sicilian dominated theatres. In music Sicilian Americans would be linked, to some extent, to jazz. Three of the more popular cities for ...

  3. Sicilians - Wikipedia

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    The Sicilian people are indigenous to the island of Sicily, which was first populated beginning in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. According to the famous Italian historian Carlo Denina, the origin of the first inhabitants of Sicily is no less obscure than that of the first Italians; however, there is no doubt that a large part of these early individuals traveled to Sicily from Southern ...

  4. List of Sicilian Americans - Wikipedia

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    His far Sicilian origins are visible in the typical surname. Al Pacino, born Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940, in The Bronx, New York) American film actor. Pacino is the son of Salvatore Pacino (who was born in Sicily) and Rose Gerardi (the daughter of a Sicilian born father and a New York-born mother of Sicilian descent).

  5. List of Italian-American entertainers - Wikipedia

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    See also List of Sicilian-American jazz musicians. Buffy Sainte-Marie, born Beverly Jean Santamaria, a singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist; Sal Abruscato, hard rock/heavy metal drummer, known for his work with early Type O Negative and Life of Agony; Roberto Alagna, operatic tenor; Steve Albini (1962–2024), indie rock musician ...

  6. Tommy Gagliano - Wikipedia

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    Gagliano was born on May 29, 1883, in Corleone, Sicily. [1] In 1905 he immigrated to the United States, in New York City, and married Giuseppina "Josephine" Pomilla, who was also from Corleone. [1] Gagliano and his brother-in-law Nunzio Pomilla were partners in lathing and hoisting companies in the Bronx. [1]

  7. Italian Americans - Wikipedia

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    Italian Americans (Italian: italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. According to the Italian American Studies Association, the current population is about 18 million, an increase from 16 million in 2010, corresponding to about 5.4% of the total population of the United States.

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  9. Italian language in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Little Italy, Chicago, some Italian language signage is visible (e.g. Banca Italiana).. The first Italian Americans began to immigrate en masse around 1880. The first Italian immigrants, mainly from Sicily, Calabria and other parts of Southern Italy, were largely men, and many planned to return to Italy after making money in the US, so the speaker population of Italian was not always ...