Della Lingua Italiana
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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
Cristoforo Columbo
Named for an Italian
Amerigo Vespucci
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Just
Some
Machievelli
Galileo
Dante Aleghieri
Donatello
DaVinci
Along
Marco Polo
Giovanni Caboto
Meucci
(Telephone)
Boccaccio
the
Marconi
Odyssey
Puccini
Verdi
Caruso
Lanza
Over
Two
Dean Martin
Jimmy Durante
Sinatra
LIZA Minelli
Perry Como
Millennia
Explorers
Artists
Frankie Laine
Tony Bennett
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
DeSica-FelliniRosellini
Sculptors
Inventors
Opera Giants
Singers
Giannini
Joe DiMaggio
Actors
Sports Heroes
Business Giants
Rocky Marciano
Mario Andretti
Rudy
Giulianni
(Bank America)
Pamphlet by Joe DeFelice [email protected] 609-387-2630
President, Amici Della Lingua Italiana September 15, 2005
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Montessori
Note: These lists are by no means complete
The Arts
Boccaccio
DaVinci
Machiavelli
(See also Nobel Laureates list)
Boticelli Rafael
Donatello
Michaelangelo
Science/Technology
Galileo
Montessori
Toricelli
Marconi
Meucci
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
Versace
Valentino
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Thomas Aquinas
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
1995
1992
1981
1980
1978
1972
1971
1962
1955
Roberto Benigni
Nicholas Cage
Al Pacino
Henry Fonda
Robert DeNiro
Jane Fonda
Lisa Minelli
Jane Fonda
Ann Bancroft
Ernest Borgnine
Susan Sarandon
Anna Magnani
Supporting Actor or Actress
1953
1974
1985
1990
1992
1995
Frank Sinatra
Robert De Niro
Don Ameche
Joe Pesci
Marisa Tomei
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)
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609-387-2630
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Joe DiMaggio
Roy Campanella
Yogi Berra
Ernie Lombardi
Tom Lasorda
Tony Lazzeri
Phil Rizzuto
Football
Nick Buoniconti
Dan Marino
Lou Groza
Joe Montana
Franco Harris
George Musso
Dante Lanelli
Leo Nomellini
Vince Lombardi
Andy Robustelli
Gino Marchetti
and Pete Rozelle (Commissioner)
Other Players/Sports
Baseball
Harry Carry (Carabini)
Dom DiMaggio
Vince DiMaggio
Carl Furillo
Joe Garagiola
A. Bart Giamatti (Commissioner)
Sal Maglie
Mike Piazza
Joe Torre
Frank Crosetti
Basketball
Joey Giardello
Boxing
Rocky Marciano
Jake LaMotta
Joey Maxim ((Berardinelli) and many others
Race Car Drivers
Mario Andretti
Michael Andretti
Miscellaneous
Football
Pat Croce
Rick Pittino
Jim Valvano
Dick Vitale
Ed DeBartolo (Owner
Bill Parcells (Coach)
Dick Vermeil (Coach)
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. Michael B. Enzi (R-WY),
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT),
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV),
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA),
Sen. Richard J. Santorum (R-PA),
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA),
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA),
Rep. John Mica (R-FL),
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ),
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA),
Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR)
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH),
Rep. Robert A. Brady (D-PA),
Rep. Thomas G. Tancredo (R-CO),
Rep. Vito J. Fossella (R-NY),
Rep. Nicholas V. Lampson (D-TX),
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite (R-FL),
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),
Rep. Mike Ferguson (R-NJ),
Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-MN),
Rep. William J. Pascrell (D-NJ),
Rep. David Weldon (R-FL),
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ),
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA),
Rep. Melissa Hart (R-PA),
Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH),
Rep. Donald Manzullo (R-IL),
Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ),
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