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Abruzzese (pronounced [abrutˈtseːze,-eːse]) is an Italian surname, meaning literally "Abruzzian" or "from Abruzzo". [1] Notable people with the surname include: David Abruzzese (born 1969), Welsh footballer; Giuseppe Abruzzese (born 1981), Italian footballer; Ray Abruzzese (1937–2011), American football player
Pages in category "People of Abruzzese descent" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Vincent Massari, originally named Vincenzo Massari, was born in Luco dei Marsi (), Abruzzo, on November 29, 1898. [4] He emigrated from Italy in 1915, after studying at a Catholic seminary in the town of Penne (now part of the province of Pescara), just a few days before the devastating 1915 Avezzano earthquake, which resulted in thousands of casualties.
Aldo Donelli (1907–1994), American football and soccer player, and is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 1941, he made American football history becoming thus far the only man to simultaneously coach both a National Football League team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and a collegiate team, Duquesne Dukes. The latter would finish that ...
She was born in Queens, New York to Swiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique. Nick LaRocca (1889–1961), American early jazz trumpeter and the leader of the Original Dixieland Jass Band. He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time, "Tiger Rag".
Pages in category "American people of Italian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,478 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Abruzzo (US: / ɑː ˈ b r uː t s oʊ, ə ˈ-/, [3] [4] UK: / æ ˈ b r ʊ t s oʊ /; [5] Italian:; Abruzzese Neapolitan: Abbrùzze [abˈbruttsə], Abbrìzze [abˈbrittsə] or Abbrèzze [abˈbrɛttsə]; Aquilano: Abbrùzzu), historically known as Abruzzi, is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million.