Category:Italian-American

Italian-American

• See Italian American Studies

Organization

• National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW)

The mission of the National Organization of Italian American Women is to create a thriving, inclusive community that embraces Italian culture and supports the personal fulfillment and professional advancement of its members. The vision of the National Organization of Italian American Women is to unite, celebrate, and empower each other.

Famous Italian Americans

• Fiorello LaGuardia (1882-1947) – LaGuardia was the first Italian-American to serve as mayor of New York City and was known for his progressive policies and reforms.

• Luigi Antonini (1883-1968), poet

• Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) was an Italian-American physicist who made significant contributions to the field of nuclear physics and was one of the key figures in the development of the atomic bomb.

• Victor L. Anfuso (1905-1966), politician

• Licia Albanese (1913-), opera singer

• Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe", "the Yankee Clipper" and "Joe D.", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees.

• Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) – A famous singer and actor, Sinatra was a cultural icon in the mid-20th century and helped to popularize the “rat pack” lifestyle.

• Mario Puzo (1920-1999) – Puzo was an Italian-American author who wrote “The Godfather,” which became one of the most popular books and movies of all time.

• Geraldine Ferraro (1935-2011) – Ferraro was the first Italian-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress and served as the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1984.

• Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) – Scalia was an Italian-American jurist who served as a Supreme Court justice from 1986 until his death in 2016.

• Francis Ford Coppola (1939)

• Mario Andretti (1940), auto racing driver

• Martin Scorsese (1942), film director