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The first Italian-American admiral in the US Navy. Edmund P. Giambastiani - Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Giovanni Martini - trumpeter; only member of Custer's army to leave the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn alive
Italian Americans have played a prominent role in the economy of the United States, and have founded companies of great national importance, such as Bank of America (by Amadeo Giannini in 1904), Qualcomm, Subway, Home Depot, and Airbnb among many others. Italian Americans have also made important contributions to the growth of the U.S. economy ...
Italian-American actors included Enrico Caruso in the cultural legitimation of American silent cinema, to Rudolph (Rodolfo) Valentino. The of American film Renaissance ( New Hollywood ) in the 1970s coincided with Scorsese 's Mean Streets (1973) and Coppola's The Godfather (1972), Giuliana Muscio attributes this to Italian Americans becoming ...
Michael F. Doyle, congressman (Italian mother, maiden name Fusco) [72] Larry Farnese, attorney and state senator; Vincent Fumo, former state senator, former Democratic State Senate Appropriations Chairman; Melissa Hart, former U.S. congresswoman (Italian mother, Albina Simone) [73] Frank Mascara, former U.S. congressman [5] Doug Mastriano ...
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
Tommy DeVito has become an Italian American icon in the New Jersey area, but not all the attention has been positive. Social media has been flooded with Goodfellas and Sopranos references that ...
Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol season six finalist; half-Italian through his mother; Pablo Manavello – Italian-born Venezuelan composer, guitarist, singer and songwriter; Al Martino, singer; Guy Marks (1923–1987) (Mario Scarpa) actor, comedian, singer and impressionist; Dean Martin (1917–1995), born Dino Crocetti, singer and film actor [8]
Pages in category "American people of Italian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,444 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .