Italian American

An Italian American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated.

Famous Italian Americans

• Danny Aiello, Actor
• Alan Alda, actor
• Scott Baio, Actor
• Anne Bancroft, Actress
• Joseph Barbera, creator of Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, The Smurfs and Scooby-Doo
• John Belli, Quartermaster General U.S. Army, 1792 to 1794
• Yogi Berra, baseball player, catcher
• Tony Bennett, (b. Anthony Benedetto), entertainer
• Ettore Boiardi, entrepreneur Chef Boyardee
• Nicholas Cage, actor (b. Nicholas Coppola)
• Roy Campanella, baseball player, catcher
• Adam Carolla, Comedian
• Dan Castellaneta, voice actor
• Madonna Ciccone, Singer, entertainer
• Perry Como, Singer
• Francis Ford Coppola, Director
• Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York
• Vic Damone, Singer
• Tony Danza, Actor
• Bobby Darin, Singer
• Robert De Niro, actor (Also parts Dutch, French, German, and Irish, but has stated he identifies "more with Italian side than with other parts.")
• Brian De Palma, Director
• Leonardo Dicaprio, Actor
• Joey DeMaio, bass player for Manowar
• Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Player
• Debra DiMaio, Producer Oprah Winfrey show
• Jimmy Durante, Singer, actor, comedian
• Enrico Fermi, Physicist
• Geraldine Ferraro, Politician
• Connie Francis (b. Concetta Rosemarie Franconero)
• Annette Funicello, Actress
• Giuseppe Garibaldi, Hero, Patriot, Revolutionary, Major General, also knows as "Hero of the Two Worlds"
• Ernest & Julio Gallo, vintners
• Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City, 1993-2001
• Terence Hill, (b. Mario Girotti) Actor
• Lee Iacocca, Business Leader
• Jacuzzi family, inventors
• Jon Bon Jovi, Musician
• Fiorello LaGuardia, New York mayor
• Frankie Laine, Singer
• Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Jay Leno, Comedian, Talk Show Host (The Tonight Show)
• Vince Lombardi, Football all of famer 1971
• Sophia Loren, Actress
• Rocky Marciano, Boxer aka "Brockton Blockbuster" or "The Rock's" or "the great ones leave no doubt"
• Billy Martin(b. Alfred Manuel Pesano), baseball manager
• Dean Martin (b. Dino Crocetti), Singer, actor (Parents emigrated from Naples).
• Al Martino, Singer
• Philip Mazzei, political philosopher, American revolutionary, diplomat
• Antonio Meucci, Inventor of the Telephone
• Mike Mignola, Comics Author
• Liza Minelli, Actress and singer
• Vincente Minnelli, musical conductor
• Vincente Minnelli, aka (Lester Anthony Minnelli) Director
• Lou Monte, Entertainer
• Georgia O'Keeffe, artist
• William Paca, Governor of Maryland Politician and American revulutionary (signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776)
• Al Pacino, Actor
• William Paca, Signer of Declaration of Independence
• Chazz Palminteri, Actor and screenwriter
• Joe Pesci, Actor
• John Petrucci, Guitarist
• Amadeo Pietro, banker
• Louis Prima, Entertainer
• Mario Puzo, Novelist
• Leonard Riggio, founder and CEO of Barnes & Noble
• Ray Romano, Comedian
• Mark Ruffalo, actor
• Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice
• Martin Scorsese, Director
• Frank Sinatra, Singer
• Bruce Springsteen, Singer
• Sylvester Stallone, Actor
• Gay Talese, writer
• Quentin Tarantino, Director
• Joe Torre,Baseball player
• John Travolta, Actor
• John Turturro, Actor
• Jerry Vale, Singer
• Rudolph Valentino, actor
• Timi Yuro, Singer