Della Lingua Italiana http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmicidellaLinguaItaliana Proudly Presents
Famous Italians and Italian Americans An Odyssey over Two Millennia
From the time of the Great Caesars of Rome To the Great Explorers, the New World and America Today
Discovered by an Italian Named for an Italian Cristoforo Columbo Amerigo Vespucci
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Galileo Machievelli Dante Aleghieri Donatello DaVinci Some
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Meucci Giovanni Caboto Boccaccio Marco Polo (Telephone) Marconi
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Puccini Verdi Caruso Lanza
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Dean Martin Jimmy Durante Sinatra Perry Como LIZA Minelli
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Frankie Laine DeSica-Fellini- Artists Tony Bennett Al Pacino Robert DeNiro Rosellini Sculptors
Inventors
Opera Giants
Giannini Singers Rocky Marciano Joe DiMaggio Mario Andretti Rudy (Bank America) Montessori Giulianni Actors
Sports Heroes Pamphlet by Joe DeFelice [email protected] 609-387-2630
President, Amici Della Lingua Italiana September 15, 2005 Business Giants
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Note: These lists are by no means complete The Arts (See also Nobel Laureates list) Science/Technology Boccaccio Boticelli Rafael Galileo Marconi DaVinci Donatello Montessori Meucci Machiavelli Michaelangelo Toricelli Volta/Galvani
Military ITALY Garabaldi USA Civil War – Italian Legion and Garibaldi Guard WW2 - Italian Americans were the largest single Ethnic Group serving USA Recent serving Italian Americans include Generals and an Astronaut. Medal of Honor WW2- Sgt. John Basilone, PFC. Gino Merli & 21 others. Music Andrea Bocelli ~ Tony Bennett ~ Jon BonGovi ~ Sonny Bono Lina Cavelieri ~ Enrico Caruso ~ Perry Como ~ Jim Croce Vic Damone ~ Bobby Darin ~ Dion ~ Connie Francis ~ Leoncavallo ~ Dean Martin ~ Frankie Laine ~ Mario Lanza Cindy Lauper ~ Henry Mancini ~ Madonna ~ Liza Minelli Chiele Minucci (Jazz) ~ Lou Monte ~ Luciano Pavarotti Giacomo Puccini ~ Antonio Salieri ~ Frank Sinatra ~ Bruce Springsteen ~ Arturo Toscanini ~ Steven Tyler ~ Giuseppe Verdi ~ Harry Warren (Guaragna) ~ Frank Zappa
Fashion Religion Armani St. Francis of Assisi Versace St. Thomas Aquinas Valentino Mother Cabrini Blessed Pope John XXIII
Business/Industry/Science (plus Numerous Corporate Executives) Fred DeLuca (Subway) ~ Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America) Tony Galisano (Paychex) ~ Richard Grasso (NYSE) Lee Iococca (Chrysler) ~ Antonio Meucci (Telephone) ~ Gugliemo Marconi (Radio) ~ Dr. Andrew Viterbi (Qualcomm) Car Designers…. Bugatti ~ Ferrari ~ Lamborghini Airplane Designer,,,, Bellanca Firearms…. Beretta TV/Movies/Stage Danny Aiello ~ Alan Alda ~ Robert Alda ~ Ann Bancroft- Joseph Barbera ~ Albert Broccoli ~ Frank Capra - John Carradine ~ Francis Ford Coppola ~ Robert DeNiro - Brian DePalma Vittorio DeSica ~ Danny DeVito ~ Leonardo DiCaprio ~ Linda Dano ~ Jimmy Durante - Federico Fellini ~ Annette Funicello ~ Vittorio Gassman - Susan Lucci ~ Ida Lupino ~ Matt LeBlanc ~Gina Lolobrigida Sophia Loren ~ Liza Minelli ~ Vincent Minelli ~ Silvana Mongano ~ Marcello Mastroianni ~ Al Pacino - Regis Philbin ~ Kelly Ripa ~ Leah Remini ~Laura SanGiacomo - Susan Sarandon ~ John Saxon ~ Martin Scorcese - Connie Selleca ~ Mira Sorvino ~ Paul Sorvino - Sylvester Stallone ~ Marisa Tomei ~ John Travolta – Rudolfo Valentino ~ Jack Valenti
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Italian Winners of Nobel Prize, Pritzker Prize, and Fields Medal The Nobel Prize Giosuè Carducci - Nobel Prize in Literature – 1906 Camillo Golgi - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – 1906 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta - Nobel Peace Prize – 1907 Guglielmo Marconi - Nobel Prize in Physics – 1909 (pic) Grazia Deledda - Nobel Prize in Literature – 1926 Luigi Pirandello - Nobel Prize in Literature – 1934 Enrico Fermi - Nobel Prize in Physics – 1938 (pic) Salvatore Quasimodo - Nobel Prize in Literature – 1959 Emilio Segrè - Nobel Prize in Physics – 1959 Giulio Natta - Nobel Prize in Chemistry – 1963 Salvador E. Luria - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1969 Eugenio Montale - Nobel Prize in Literature – 1975 Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – 1975 Carlo Rubbia - Nobel Prize in Physics – 1984 Franco Modigliani - Nobel Prize in Economics – 1985 Rita Levi-Montalcini - Nobel Prize in Medicine –1986 William D. Phillips - Nobel Prize in Physics – 1997 Dario Fò - Nobel Prize in Literature – 1997 Riccardo Giacconi - Nobel Prize in Physics – 2002
The Pritzker Prize in Architecture Aldo Rossi - Pritzker Prize 1990 Robert Venturi - Pritzker Prize 1991 Renzo Piano - Pritzker Prize 1998
The Fields Medal in Mathemtics Aldo Rossi - Fields Medal 1974
Above from www.dantealighieri.net/.../ Prize_winners.html
Eponyms for Inventions
Leonardo Fibonacci (c1175-1250) Math. Fibonacci Numbers Guido Fubini (1879-1943) Math. (measures) Fubini’s Theorem Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) Physics Galvanization Andrew Viterbi (b. 1935) (Qualcomm) Viterbi Algorithim Allesandro Volta (1745-1827) Electricity pioneer Volt(age)
Some Great Italian Heroes of the time before Awards St. Thomas Aquinas ~ Amerigo Vespucci ~ Boccaccio ~ Botticelli ~ Caboto ~ Caesar ~ Caruso ~ Cellini ~ Cicero ~ Columbus ~DaVinci~Dante ~Donatello ~Galileo~Garabaldi Machiavelli ~ Marco Polo ~ Meucci ~ Michaelangelo ~
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Winners of American Honors Academy of Motion Pictures Awards Best Actor or Actress 1998 Roberto Benigni 1995 Nicholas Cage Susan Sarandon 1992 Al Pacino 1981 Henry Fonda 1980 Robert DeNiro 1978 Jane Fonda 1972 Lisa Minelli 1971 Jane Fonda 1962 Ann Bancroft 1955 Ernest Borgnine Anna Magnani Supporting Actor or Actress 1953 Frank Sinatra 1974 Robert De Niro 1985 Don Ameche 1990 Joe Pesci 1992 Marisa Tomei 1995 Mira Sorvino Best Director 1927/1928 Frank Borzage - Seventh Heaven 1931/1932 Frank Borzage - Bad Girl 1934 Frank Capra - It Happened One Night 1936 Frank Capra - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1938 Frank Capra - You Can't Take It with You 1958 Vincente Minnelli - Gigi 1974 Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II 1978 Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter 1987 Bernardo Bertolucci - The Last Emperor 1996 Anthony Minghella - The English Patient Best Foreign Film (28 Nominations) 1947 Shoeshine (Sciuscià) 1949 The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) 1956 La Strada 1957 Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria) 1963 8½ (Otto e mezzo) 1964 Yesterday, Today,Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) 1970 Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagin su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) 1971 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini) 1974 Amarcord 1989 Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) 1991 Mediterraneo…… 1998 Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)
Pamphlet by Joe DeFelice [email protected] 609-387-2630
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Baseball Hall of Fame Football Joe DiMaggio Nick Buoniconti Dan Marino Roy Campanella Lou Groza Joe Montana Yogi Berra Franco Harris George Musso Ernie Lombardi Dante Lanelli Leo Nomellini Tom Lasorda Vince Lombardi Andy Robustelli Tony Lazzeri Gino Marchetti Phil Rizzuto and Pete Rozelle (Commissioner)
Other Players/Sports Baseball Harry Carry (Carabini) Basketball Pat Croce Dom DiMaggio Vince DiMaggio Rick Pittino Carl Furillo Joe Garagiola Jim Valvano A. Bart Giamatti (Commissioner) Dick Vitale Sal Maglie Mike Piazza Football Ed DeBartolo (Owner Joe Torre Frank Crosetti Bill Parcells (Coach) Dick Vermeil (Coach)
Boxing Joey Giardello Race Car Drivers Rocky Marciano Jake LaMotta Mario Andretti Joey Maxim ((Berardinelli) and many others Michael Andretti
Miscellaneous Charles Atlas and Lou Ferrigno --- Bodybuilding Willy Mosconi –Billiards ~ Jennifer Capriotti -Tennis Mary Lou Retton – Gymnast ~ Gene Sarazen (Saraceni) –Golf
Italian Ancestry of the 108th United States Congress Six United States Senators and 23 United States Representatives of Italian ancestry are serving in the 108th United States Congress.
Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM), Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Sen. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY), Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Richard J. Santorum (R-PA),
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA), Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA), Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ), Rep. John Mica (R-FL), Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-MN), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep. William J. Pascrell (D-NJ), Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. David Weldon (R-FL), Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR) Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ), Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-PA), Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA), Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO), Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH), Rep. Vito J. Fossella (R-NY), Rep. Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Rep. Nicholas V. Lampson (D-TX), Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ), Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite (R-FL),
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