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• Joe Adonis, Mobster
• Danny Aiello, actor
• Joseph Allioto , Mayor of San Francisco
• Albert Anastasia (1902-1957), Gangster
• Mario Andretti (b. 1940), auto racing legend
• Anne Bancroft (b. 1931), actress (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano)
• Joe Barbera , director, producer, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera Movie Studios
• Toni Basil, dancer, actress, singer
• Tony Bennett, singer (born Anthony Dominick Benedetto)
• Robert Blake (born 1933), actor (born Michael Gubitosi)
• Joseph Bonanno (1905-2002), Gangster
• Jon Bon Jovi (b. 1962), rock star, actor (born John Frank Bongiovi)
• Sonny Bono (1935-1998), singer, actor, and politician
• Lorraine Bracco (b. 1954), actress
• Donnie BrascoDonnie Brasco was the alias of FBI agent Joe Pistone who worked undercover for years to infiltrate the Bonanno family, a branch of the Mafia in New York City. Following his extraction from the mafia, Pistone entered the Witness Protection Program and assu, undercover FBI agent
• Steve BuscemiSteve Buscemi (born December 13, 1957 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film and stage character actor, and also a former New York City firefighter. His first lead role was opposite Richard Ganoug in Parting Glances (1986). He is an associate member o (b. 1957), actor
• Nicolas CageNicolas Cage (born January 7, 1964) is an American actor. He was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of August and Joy Coppola. In 1976, Cage's parents divorced and he moved to Beverly Hills with his father. He is the nephew of bo (b. 1964), actor (born Nicholas Kim Coppola; nephew of Francis Ford CoppolaGeorge Lucas, Michael Jackson and Francis Ford Coppola filming Captain EO Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American film director. Career 1960 to 1978 Coppola studied film at UCLA and while there, he made numerous short films, including som)
• Al CaponeAlphonse Gabriel Capone ( January 17, 1899 January 25, 1947) more popularly known as Al 'Scarface' Capone was a famous American gangster in the 1920s and 1930s, although his business card is reported to have said he was a used furniture dealer. A Sicilian (1899-1947), Chicago gangster
• Frank CapraFrank Capra ( May 18, 1897 September 3, 1991) was an American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. Born in Sicily, Capra moved with his family to America in 1903, settling in Los Angeles, where he graduated fro (1897-1991), great American fimmaker - It's A Wonderful Life
• Paul CastellanoConstantino Paul Castellano ( 1915- 1985), better known as Paul Castellano was a mafia boss in New York. Castellano belonged to the Gambino crime family, then one of New York's largest Mafia families, headed by Carlo Gambino. He was born in Brooklyn., Mobster
• Federico Castelluccio (b. 1964), actor
• John Cazale, actor
• Paul Celucci , Governor of Massachusetts
• Dominic Chianese, (b. 1934), actor
• Vincent Cianci , former mayor of Providence, R.I.
• John Ciardi
• Joe Colombo, mobster
• Perry Como (1912-2001), musician
• Richard Conte, actor
• Alicia Coppola (b. 1968), actress, no relation to the other famous Coppolas
• Francis Ford Coppola (b. 1939), movie director
• Sofia Coppola (b. 1971), movie director and actress, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola
• Jim Croce (1943-1973), singer/songwriter
• Mario Cuomo (b. 1932), former governor of New York
• Alfonse M. D'Amato
• Tony Danza (b. 1951), actor
• Fred De Luca, founder of Subway Sandwich
• Robert De Niro, actor
• Brian De Palma (born 1940), movie director
• Danny DeVito (born 1944), actor
• Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), actor
• Dom DiMaggio {b. 1917), baseball player
• Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999), Baseball Hall of Famer
• Vince DiMaggio (1912-1986), baseball player
• Ronnie James Dio (b. 1942) heavy metal singer
• Dion (b. 1939), singer
• Peter Domenici
• Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
• Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO
• John Fante, novelist and screenwriter
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet
• Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), physicist
• Geraldine Ferraro
• Carly Fiorina, Hewlett Packard executive
• Annette Funicello
• Carlo Gambino, Mafia Boss
• James Gandolfini (b. 1961), actor
• Ben Gazzara (b. 1930), actor
• Vito Genovese, mobster
• A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938-1989), academic, Major League Baseball commissioner
• Amedeo Giannini, founder in 1904 of Bank of America, the largest bank in the United States
• Vincent Gigante, Gangster
• Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
• Rudolph Giuliani (b. 1944), Mayor of New York during 9/11
• John Gotti, The Dapper Don
• Ella T. Grasso (1919-1981), first woman to be elected governor of a state without succeeding her husband
• Richard Grasso, chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
• Rocky Graziano, boxer
• Lee Iacocca, chairman of Chrysler Corporation
• Michael Imperioli, supporting actor on "The Sopranos"
• Sonny Red Indelicato, (d. 1981?), mobster
• Jenna Jameson, born Jennifer Massoli, adult movie star
• Fiorello LaGuardia (1882-1947), congressman and Mayor of New York
• Nick LaRocca (1889-1961), self-proclaimed "inventor of jazz"
• Matt LeBlanc, (b. 1967) actor, (Joey on Friends)
• Susan Lucci (b. 1947), soap opera actress (Erica Kane on All My Children)
• Lucky Luciano, gangster
• Madonna (born 1958), singer
• Salvatore Maranzano, Mafia Boss
• Rocky Marciano (1924-1969), boxer, only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated
• Dean Martin (1917-1995), singer & actor
• Joe Masseria, Gangster
• Joe Massino, mobster
• Joey Maxim (1922-2001), boxer, world light heavyweight champion. (Born Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli)
• Sal Mineo, actor
• Chieli Minucci, smooth jazz guitarist
• Luis Monti , athlete
• George Moscone, former mayor of San Francisco
• Jimmy Ragtime Monaco early American songwriter "You Made Me Love You"
• Sonny Black Napolitano (d. 1981?), mobster
• Laura Nyro songwriter
• Camille Paglia, post-feminist literary and cultural critic
• Al Pacino, actor
• Felix Pappalardi, rock and roll bassist and producer
• Bill Parcells, football coach
• John Pastore
• George Pataki Governor of New York
• Lisa Peluso, soap opera actress
• Art Pepper, jazz musician
• Joe Pesci, actor
• Mike Piazza (b. 1968), baseball star
• Rick Pitino (b. 1952), basketball coach
• Louis Prima (1910-1978), musician & entertainer
• Mario Puzo (1920-1999), Mafia author
• Leah Remini (b. 1970), actress ( The King of Queens) (Italian on her father's side)
• Mary Lou Retton (b. 1968), Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics (original family name was Rotunda; changed by her grandfather)
• Christina Ricci (b. 1980), actress
• Lisa Rinna (b. 1963), soap opera actress
• Johnny Rivers early Rock'N Roll singer of many hit records
• Frank Rizzo, Mayor of Philadelphia
• Pete Rizzo
• Peter Rodino , Chairman, House Judiciary Committee
• Angelo Rossi, Mayor of San Francisco
• Nicola Sacco, anarchist
• Rick Santorum Senator from Pa.
• Susan Sarandon, actress
• John Saxon, actor
• Antonin Scalia (b. 1936), Supreme Court justice
• Martin Scorsese, movie director
• Emilio Segre, Nobel-winning physicist and academic
• Connie Sellecca, actress most famous for her role on Hotel
• Frank Sinatra (1915-1998), U.S. singer
• John Sirica, judge most famous for presiding over the Watergate hearings
• Bruce Springsteen Rock Star, songwriter
• Sylvester Stallone (b. 1946), actor
• Paul Anthony Stewart (b. 1970), soap opera actor (Danny Santos on Guiding Light)
• Gay Talese , writer
• Johnny Thunders, rock musician (born John A. Genzale)
• Arturo Toscanini, conductor
• Robert Toricelli
• Johnny Torrio (1882 - 1957), Gangster
• John Travolta (b. 1954), movie actor
• Steven Tyler (b. 1951), born Steven Tolerico, rock star, songwriter
• Liv Tyler (b. 1977), movie actress
• Joe Valachi (1904-1971), the first wiseguy to squeal to the senate about organized crime.
• Rudolph Valentino (b. 1895), Hollywood's first sex symbol and the first "Latin Lover"
• Jim Valvano (1946-1993), basketball coach and sportscaster
• Bartolomeo Vanzetti, anarchist
• Dick Vermeil , football coach
• Tony Visconti, rock music producer (based in Britain)
• Dick Vitale (b. 1939), basketball coach and sportscaster
• Harry Warren wrote more hit songs than anyone in early 20th century America
• Victoria Wyndham (b. 1945), soap opera actress (Rachel Cory on Another World)