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Severo Antonelli (1907–1995) - legendary figure in Philadelphia Italian American history and the subject of one of the largest ever one-man shows at the Smithsonian Institution Franco A. "Frank" Barsotti (1937–2012) - photographer and professor emeritus from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
An American teacher who had studied in Italy, Sarah Wool Moore, was so concerned with grifters luring immigrants into rooming houses or employment contracts in which the bosses got kickbacks that she pressed for the founding of the Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants (often called the Society for Italian Immigrants). The society ...
This category contains lists of notable citizens of the United States of Italian descent. Pages in category "Lists of American people of Italian descent" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The first Italian American in Detroit was Alfonso Tonti (1659–1727) The first Italian American in Detroit was Alfonso Tonti, a Frenchman with an Italian immigrant father. He was the second-in-command of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who established Detroit in 1701. Tonti's child, born in 1703, was the first ethnic European child born in Detroit.
The Emergency Quota Act, and the subsequent Immigration Act of 1924 sharply reduced immigration from Southern Europe except for relatives of immigrants already in the U.S. [3] This period saw political and economic shifts in Sicily that made emigration desirable. There was also a large wave of immigration after World War II.
Anthony T. Rossi (1900–1993), Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products; Henry Salvatori (1901–1997), Italian immigrant geophysicist, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist who founded Western Geophysical; Peter Santenello (born 1977), videomaker, traveler, and entrepreneur who produces videos about travel and human stories
The South American country has the largest number of people with full or partial Italian ancestry outside Italy, with São Paulo as the most populous city with Italian ancestry in the world. [135] Italian immigrants in a conventillo in Buenos Aires , Argentina .
Phil Mickelson (born 1970) member of Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. His Italian heritage comes from his mother's side of the family. His nickname at Arizona St. was "The Roman". Brinson Paolini (born 1991) Toney Penna (1908–1995) Johnny Revolta (1911–1991) Gene Sarazen (1902–1999) Shawn Stefani (born 1981) Roger Tambellini (born 1975)