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The following is a list of notableSicilian Americans. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they areSicilian American or must be accompanied by references showing they are Sicilian American and are notable.

• Carly Aquilino, (born November 18, 1990) stand-up comedian of Sicilian descent, podcast performer, cast member of MTV's Girl Code.
• Henry Armetta, (Palermo, Sicily, July 4, 1888 – San Diego, October 21, 1945) movie character actor who appeared in at least 150 films, starting in silents as early as 1915 to a movie released in 1946, after his death. In 1938, he played inEverybody Sing withJudy Garland,Allan Jones, andFanny Brice. In 1941, he was hilarious as the father of an Italian family shopping for beds in "The Big Store" with theMarx Brothers andTony Martin. He appeared in at least 24 films in 1934 alone, sometimes uncredited.
• Romina Arena,Palermo, Sicily, May 12, 1980operatic pop /popclassical crossover singer-songwriter and published author now living in Los Angeles.
• Armand Assante, (born October 4, 1949) born in New York City to a Sicilian father and an Irish mother. Assante is an accomplishedcharacter actor, with his big break coming in 1974 inThe Lords of Flatbush. His sometimes sinister look has made him a popular choice for movies and television.
• Dodici Azpadu, (bornc. 1945) one of the few American novelists writing from a distinctlySicilian-American andlesbian perspective. She has also published several volumes of poetry.
• Joseph Barbera, born Joseph Roland Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006)animator,cartoon artist,storyboard artist, director, producer and co-founder, together withWilliam Hanna ofHanna-Barbera (now known asCartoon Network Studios). The studio produced well-known cartoons such asThe Huckleberry Hound Show,The Flintstones,The Jetsons andScooby-Doo.
• Paul Barresi, (born January 12, 1949) American actor, private investigator and media personality best known for his unique persona and natural muscled physic on film and in photographs, including the movie Perfect and in photo essays such as the sell out [1975] Playgirl photo essay in which he was featured with Cassandra Peterson, aka, Elvira - Mistress of the Dark.
• Chazz Palminteri, (born May 15, 1952) American actor and writer, best known for his performances inThe Usual Suspects,A Bronx Tale,Mulholland Falls and hisAcademy Award-nominated role forBest Supporting Actor inBullets Over Broadway.
• Sonny Bono, born Salvatore Phillip Bono (February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) American record producer, singer, actor and politician whose career spanned over three decades.
• Argentina Brunetti, (August 31, 1907 – December 20, 2005) actress and writer. She followedMimi Aguglia, her famous mother's footsteps in the theater. She began her movie debut in theFrank Capra classicIt's a Wonderful Life (1946), as Mrs. Martini. Throughout her varied career she has also written and performed in daily radio shows, became a member of the 'Hollywood Foreign Press Association', writing numerous articles on Hollywood personalities, authored books, written music and acted in over 57 television programs and 68 movies in which she mainly played multi-ethnic roles. She hosted a weekly weblog on the Internet, calledArgentina Brunetti's Hollywood Stories, which her son plans to continue running, and has written abiographical novel calledIn Sicilian Company.
• Steve Buscemi, (born December 13, 1957, inBrooklyn, New York) actor.
• Frank Capra, (May 18, 1897 – September 3, 1991) American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films. Born Francesco Rosario Capra inBisacquino, Sicily, Capra moved with his family to America in 1903, settling in Los Angeles.
• Vivian Cash, (April 23, 1934 – May 24, 2005) was an American author. She was the first wife of singerJohnny Cash and the inspiration for his first hit single I Walk The Line. Vivian’s two paternal grandparents were fromCefalù, Sicily. Her family roots in Cefalù go back over 300 years.
• Richard S. Castellano, (September 4, 1933 – December 10, 1988) actor, became famous asPete Clemenza inThe Godfather
• Iron Eyes Cody, (April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) actor born inKaplan, Louisiana. He was born Espera DeCorti, the son of Sicilian immigrants Francesca Salpietra and Antonio De Corti. He was not born a Native American, but he claimed to be partCherokee and partCree. Cody and his wife Bertha Parker adopted children that were Native American. Cody began his acting career at the age of 12 and continued to work until the time of his death. In 1996,The Times-Picayune exposed his true heritage, but Cody denied it.
• Dan Cortese, (born September 14, 1967, nearPittsburgh, Pennsylvania) actor. Born in the Pittsburgh suburb ofSewickley, Pennsylvania, Cortese first came to prominence as host ofMTV Sports from 1992 to 1993. He has had starring roles in the 1993 remake ofRoute 66,Traps,Melrose Place,The Single Guy,Veronica's Closet, andBall & Chain
• Paul Creston (1906–1985), composer of classical music
• Russ (born 1992), rapper
• Alan Dale, (July 9, 1926 – April 20, 2002) singer oftraditional popular androck and roll music. He was born Aldo Sigismondi in theBrooklyn borough of New York. His father, Aristide Sigismondi, immigrated to the United States fromAbruzzi, Italy in 1904 at the age of 21, and became a comedian in Italian-language theater, with a radio program of his own. His mother, Agata "Kate" Sigismondi, was born inMessina, Sicily, and was 15 years younger than Aristide.
• Arturo Di Modica New York City artist, born in Sicily, best known for his sculptureCharging Bull (also known as the "Wall Street Bull"), which he installed without permission in front of theNew York Stock Exchange in December 1989. The piece is now on loan to theNew York City Department of Parks and Recreation who has placed it in nearbyBowling Green park. Di Modica now lives in New York City
• Vincent D'Onofrio, (born Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio June 30, 1959, inBrooklyn, New York) actor and producer, best known asDetective Robert Goren inLaw & Order: Criminal Intent. D'Onofrio's parents Gennaro (Gene) D'Onofrio and Phyllis D'Onofrio, are both of Sicilian descent.
• Dennis Farina, (February 29, 1944 – July 22, 2013) born in Chicago, actor in television and motion pictures; formerly a Chicago policeman.
• Ben Gazzara, (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012) born Biagio Anthony Gazzara in New York City) actor in television and motion pictures. Born to Sicilian immigrants, Antonio Gazzara and Angela Consumano, Gazzara grew up on New York's toughLower East Side.
• Leila George, (born Leila George D'Onofrio on March 20, 1992, inSydney,Australia) actress. George's parents are American actor Vincent D'Onofrio who is Sicilian descent and Australian actressGreta Scacchi.
• Charlie Gracie (born Charles Anthony Graci in South Philadelphia, 1936; d. 2022), rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer and guitarist
• Lino Graglia, Dalton Cross Professor of Law at theUniversity of Texas specializing inantitrust litigation. He obtained a BA from theCity College of New York in 1952, and anLLB fromColumbia University in 1954. He worked in theUnited States Department of Justice during the administration of PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower. Graglia is an outspoken Catholic conservative of Sicilian background. He is a well known critic ofaffirmative action andracial quotas.
• Alicia Keys, (born January 25, 1981) singer-songwriter, record producer, pianist and actress. She is an international pop star. Her real name is Alicia Augello Cook. Her mother, Teresa Augello, is of Sicilian descent (fromSciacca).
• Ariana Grande, (born June 26, 1993) American actress and singer. She is an international pop star. She is of Italian descent, half Sicilian (through her father Edward Butera), half Abruzzese. Her older brother is actor-producerFrankie Grande.
• Frankie Laine, (born Frank Paul LoVecchio March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007), influential American singer. Frankie's parents emigrated fromMonreale, Sicily to Chicago's "Little Sicily". At 17 he sang before a crowd of 5,000 at The Merry Garden Ballroom to such enthusiastic applause that he ended up performing five encores on his first night. But success as a singer was another 17 years away. Frankie Laine's 70-plus year career spanned most of the 20th century and continued into the 21st. Laine was a key figure in the golden age ofpopular music, and remains, quite possibly the greatest singer of all time. On June 12, 1996, he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th Annual Songwriters’ Hall of Fame awards ceremony at the New York Sheraton.
• Matteo Lane, (born 1982) comedian whose maternal family comes fromAgrigento.
• Cyndi Lauper, (born June 22, 1953), Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper, better known as Cyndi Lauper, singer whose melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s, the decade in which she first came to fame. She was born inQueens, New York toSwiss German-American Fred Lauper and Sicilian Italian-American Catrine Dominique.
• Nick LaRocca (1889–1961), American early jazz trumpeter and the leader of theOriginal Dixieland Jass Band. He is the composer of one of the most recorded jazz classics of all-time, "Tiger Rag". He was part of what is generally regarded as the first recorded jazz band, a band which recorded and released the first jazz recording, "Livery Stable Blues" in 1917.
• Frank Lentini, born Francesco A. Lentini (1889–1966) born inSyracuse, Sicily, into a large family. He was born with three longer legs, two sets of genitals and one rudimentary foot on his third leg. His primary legs also grew into different lengths. At the age of nine, Lentini moved to the United States and entered the sideshow business.
• Robert Loggia, born Salvatore Loggia (January 3, 1930 – December 4, 2015) American actor and director. His father, Biagio Loggia, was a shoemaker born inPalma di Montechiaro,Agrigento, Sicily, and his mother, Elena Blandino, a homemaker born inVittoria,Ragusa, Sicily.
• Patti LuPone, (born April 21, 1949, inNorthport, New York) American singer and actress of Sicilian descent.^[1] She is a graduate ofNorthport High School. An important player in contemporary Americanmusical theater, she has performed on Broadway in works byAndrew Lloyd Webber,Stephen Sondheim and others. She won aTony Award forEvita in 1980.
• John Lurie (b. 1952), musician, composer, actor, and painter
• Matteo Marchisano-Adamo, born February 19, 1973, inFlint, Michigan, filmmaker and composer whose mother's family comes fromErice, Sicily.
• Joe Mantegna, (born Joseph Anthony Mantegna Jr., November 13, 1947, in Chicago) actor, writer and director whose family comes fromCalascibetta, Sicily.
• Leo Martello, (1931–2000) author, lecturer,gay civil rights activist, and an early voice in the AmericanNeopagan movement. He drew heavily on his Sicilian heritage, teaching theStrega Tradition which was named after the Italian word for Witch. As a founder of the Witches Anti-Defamation League (later the Alternative Religions Education Network) he was known for his lively and sometimes confrontational style. For example, in his books he tried to popularize the "Witches' Curse" which was "I wish you on yourself". He was profiled inMargot Adler'sDrawing Down the Moon.
• Natalie Merchant, (born October 26, 1963, inJamestown, New York) versatile musician. Merchant co-founded and fronted the successful band10,000 Maniacs in 1981, but left the band in 1993 for a solo career. Her father's original Italian name was Mercante but was Americanized into Merchant. Her mother's side is Irish.
• Sal Mineo, born Salvatore Mineo, Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) American actor and theater director, famous for hisAcademy Award-nominated performance oppositeJames Dean in the filmRebel Without a Cause. Mineo, born inThe Bronx, New York City as the son of a Sicilian coffin maker, was enrolled by his mother in dancing and acting school at an early age.
• Vincente Minnelli, (February 28, 1910 – July 25, 1986) born in Chicago, IL; noted film director; also father of Academy Award winning actressLiza Minnelli; he was of half-Sicilian heritage on his paternal side.
• Mario Nugara, American ballet artist, director and teacher. He is the founder and artistic director of the City of Angels Ballet School. Artistic Director of theCalifornia Riverside Ballet from 2010 to 2015. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Italian (Sicilian) and Polish descent. He is the subject of television documentary "Turning Point, City of Angels Ballet" and is featured in the book "Unselfish, Love Thy Neighbor As Thy Selfie".
• Nick Oliveri, (born October 21, 1971, inPalm Desert, California) musician. He plays bass guitar,acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and is a vocalist. His main music project isMondo Generator, which he has fronted since 1997. He is most widely known for his work withQueens of the Stone Age. His far Sicilian origins are visible in the typical surname.
• Al Pacino, born Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940, inThe Bronx, New York) American film actor. Pacino is the son of Salvatore Pacino (who was born in Sicily) and Rose Gerardi (the daughter of a Sicilian born father and a New York-born mother of Sicilian descent). His parents divorced while Pacino was still a child. His maternal grandparents originate fromCorleone, Sicily, while his paternal grandparents originate fromSan Fratello, Sicily.
• Louis Prima, born into a musical family of Sicilian descent inNew Orleans. He studied violin for several years as a child. His older brotherLeon Prima was a well regarded local bandleader. Prima was proud of his heritage, and made a point of letting the audience know at every performance that he was Sicilian -American and from New Orleans. His singing and playing showed that he absorbed many of the same influences as his fellow Crescent City musician,Louis Armstrong, particularly in his hoarse voice andscat singing.
• Mario Puzo, (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) American author known for his fictional books aboutthe Mafia. Puzo was born into a family of Sicilian immigrants living in the "Hell's Kitchen" neighborhood of New York City. Many of his books draw heavily on this Sicilian heritage.
• Gregorio Prestopino, (June 29, 1907 – December 16, 1984) Italian American artist that was known for his Depression error artwork, as well as his depictions of Italian art. He was born and grew up inLittle Italy, Manhattan, to Antonino Prestopino and Letteria Rando, both of whom immigrated fromMessina, Sicily.
• Marco Rafalà, first-generation descendant of immigrants fromMelilli, Sicily. He is the author of the novel,How Fires End, a work of historical fiction set inWorld War II Sicily and 1980sAmerica.
• Matthew Randazzo V, (born March 13, 1984, in New Orleans) American true crime writer and historian known for his work on theAmerican Mafia.
• Leah Remini, (born June 15, 1970, inBrooklyn, New York) actress. She is best known for her role as Carrie Heffernan on the sitcomThe King of Queens. Her father George Remini, owner of an asbestos company, originates from Sicily. Her mother Vicki Marshall, a high school principal, is Jewish.
• Giovanni Ribisi, born Giovanni Antonino Ribisi (born December 17, 1974, in Los Angeles, California) actor. His father, Albert Anthony Ribisi, is a musician. Ribisi's paternal grandfather was the son of farmers from Sicily.
• Pete Rugolo, (born December 25, 1915) Sicilian-born composer and arranger. He was born inPatti, Sicily, but his parents emigrated to the United States in 1920 and settled inSanta Rosa, California. He started his musical career playing thebaritone, like his father, but he quickly branched out into other instruments, notably theFrench horn and the piano. He is most famous for his writing for theStan Kenton Orchestra, although he led a long and successful career as a composer and arranger based in Los Angeles for many years. He has written forthe Four Freshmen (for whom he was musical director) and many others.
• Martin Scorsese, (pronounced as Scor-SEH-see) (born November 17, 1942, inQueens, New York, US) multi-Oscar nominated film director. Martin Scorsese came from a working class Sicilian-American family, hailing from the Sicilian town ofPolizzi Generosa; his fatherLuciano Charles Scorsese (1913–1993) was a pants presser in New York's garment district. He struggled to earn enough money to attend university, but has shown enormous gratitude to his parents for helping him realize his dreams. His parents were the subject of Scorsese's documentaryItalianamerican and made numerous cameo appearances in his films before their deaths. For years, his mother worked as the official caterer for all of Scorsese's films and his father helped in the wardrobe department.
• Gia Scala, born Josefina Grazia Scoglio inLiverpool, England, to a Sicilian father, Pietro Scoglio, and an Irish mother, Eileen O'Sullivan. Raised from infancy inSicily, she moved to the United States at age sixteen where she graduatedBayside High School and later worked in New York City. She studied acting and in 1954 was signed to a contract byUniversal Studios in Hollywood where her name was changed to Gia Scala. She received wide recognition for her performance of "Anna" inThe Guns of Navarone (1961 film). Her life ended with an accidental drug overdose in 1972. Gia Scala is interred in theHoly Cross Cemetery inCulver City, California.
• Vincent Schiavelli (November 10, 1948 – December 26, 2005), noted character actor known for his work in film and on television. He was born into a Sicilian/Italian-American family inBrooklyn, New York. He studied acting through the Theater Program atNew York University and began working on the stage in the 1960s. Having a respected Sicilian chef for a grandfather rubbed off on Vincent Schiavelli, as he is also the author of a number of cookbooks and food articles for magazines and newspapers. He received aJames Beard Foundation Journalism Award in 2001 and has been nominated on a number of other occasions. He succumbed to lung cancer at age 57, passing away at his home inPolizzi Generosa, Italy, the town in Sicily where his grandfather emigrated from and which he wrote about in his 2002 book,Many Beautiful Things: Stories and Recipes from Polizzi Generosa (ISBN 0-7432-1528-1).
• Frank Sinatra, born Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) American singer considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. Many critics place him alongsideBing Crosby,Elvis Presley, andThe Beatles as the most important popular music figures of the 20th century.^[2] Sinatra launched a second career as a dramatic film actor, and became admired for a screen persona distinctly tougher than his smooth singing style. Sinatra also had a larger-than-life presence in the public eye, and as "The chairman of the board" became an Americanicon, known for his brash, sometimes swaggering attitude, as embodied by hissignature song "My Way". He was born inHoboken, New Jersey, as the only child of a quiet Sicilian fireman father, Anthony Martin Sinatra (1894–1969). Anthony had emigrated to the United States in 1895. His mother, Natalie Della Gavarante (1896–1977), talented, tempestuousLigurian, who worked as a part-time abortion provider. She was known was "Dolly", and emigrated in 1897.
• Tony Sirico, (July 29, 1942 – July 8, 2022) actor most famous for his role asPaulie Walnuts on theHBO television seriesThe Sopranos. Prior to becoming an actor, Sirico spent some time in jail for holding up a number of night clubs in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While in prison, he became interested in acting from watching a theater group that came to perform. When he got out of jail, Sirico played gangsters in a number of films.
• Britney Spears, born Britney Jean Spears (December 2, 1981, in McComb, Mississippi) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Her grandmother Lilian Irene Portelli was an English immigrant, of part-Italian Maltese descent.
• Sylvester Stallone, born Sylvester Enzio Stallone (July 6, 1946, in New York City) American film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is often referred to by his nickname, "Sly". He achieved his greatest successes in a number ofaction films, notably theRocky andRambo series. He was born to Frank Stallone Sr. (a beautician who was an immigrant fromCastellammare del Golfo, Sicily) and Jacqueline "Jackie" Labofish, an American astrologer of 1/4 Russian Jewish descent.
• Tommy Tallarico, born Thomas V. Tallarico (born February 18, 1968) accomplished Americanvideo game music composer.
• Richard Termini (born June 20, 1956, Brooklyn, New York) is an American educator, platinum record award winning musician, composer, film director, writer and photographer. His grandfather, Giuseppe Termini, founder of Termini Bakery in Brooklyn, New York, was born inSciacca, Sicily, and immigrated to the United Statesc. 1896 with his parents. Termini's paternal genetic lineage is of the somewhat rareHaplogroup T-M184.
• Robert Thorburn (born January 10, 1974 inSuffolk County, New York), professionally known as R.A. the Rugged Man, rapper and producer
• Johnny Thunders, born John Anthony Genzale, Jr. (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991)rock and roll guitarist and singer, first with theNew York Dolls, the proto-punkglam rockers of the early 1970s. During the late 1970s, he was a familiar figure on the New York punk scene, both withThe Heartbreakers and as a solo artist. His guitar work was highly influential inpunk rock music.
• Aida Turturro, (born September 25, 1962) actress who is best known for playingJanice Soprano, sister ofNew Jersey mob boss,Tony Soprano, on theHBO television seriesThe Sopranos, a role which netted her anEmmy Award nomination.
• John Turturro, (born February 28, 1957) American actor. He has appeared in over sixty movies, and is well known for his ability to effortlessly change both his demeanour and physique. Turturro was born inBrooklyn, New York to a Sicilian Catholic family. He completed hisMFA at theYale School of Drama. He worked as anextra inRaging Bull (1980).
• Mark Valenti, (born June 29), American writer for television, films and books.
• Frank Vincent, (born Frank Vincent Gattuso on August 4, 1939) Italian-American actor. He was born inNorth Adams, Massachusetts, but was raised inJersey City, New Jersey. His father was also called Frank. His mother was Mary (née Ricci). Frank has two brothers: Nick and Jimmy. Frank's father was one of six children, all born in the USA to Sicilian immigrants Niccolò Gattuso and Francesca di Peri. He was spotted byMartin Scorsese in a low-budget gangster movie calledDeath Collector. Scorsese was impressed and hired Vincent to star inRaging Bull.Joe Pesci co-starred with Vincent inThe Death Collector and the two were reunited in several other movies; another familiar co-star of Vincent isRobert De Niro.
• Tony Vitale, born "Anthony Neal Vitale" born May 24, 1964, inThe Bronx, New York, American film writer, director, producer. His films,Kiss Me Guido,Very Mean Men andOne Last Ride have included many characters of Sicilian descent. Vitale is the son of Anthony Ralph Vitale and Mildred (Carmela) Italiano, daughter of immigrants fromAgrigento, Sicily.
• Guy Williams, (January 14, 1924 – May 7, 1989), born Armando Joseph Catalano in New York City, the son of Sicilian immigrants. He was an American actor who playedswashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s. An accomplishedfencer, his most famous role wasZorro in twoWalt Disney movies andtelevision series of that name (1957–1959) and also inLost in Space, as the father of the Robinson family. Nearly a half-century later,Zorro is still being aired all over South America, fromArgentina toVenezuela, in some places twice daily.Zorro continues to be the most popular U.S. series ever to have appeared on South American television.
• Frances Winwar, (1900–1985), born Francesca Vinciguerra in Sicily, was a biographer, translator, and fiction writer.
• Frank Zappa, born Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was a composer, guitarist, singer and satirist. In his 33-year musical career, Zappa proved to be one of the most prolific musicians ever, releasing over 60 albums during his life. His father, Francis Zappa was born inAlcamo, Sicily. His mother Rose Marie Colimore was of, 3/4 Italian and 1/4 French descent.
• Philip Zimbardo, (born March 23, 1933) Americanpsychologist, best known for hisStanford prison experiment and bestselling introductions to psychology. Zimbardo was born to Sicilian parents, George Zimbardo and Margaret Bisicchia and grew up in New York City, in theSouth Bronx.
• Lady Gaga, (born March 28, 1986) American singer-songwriter. Her father Joseph was born in Sicily.
• Jon Bon Jovi, born John Francis Bongiovi, Jr., in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, some of his father's ancestors were from Sciacca, near Agrigento in Sicily.
• Liza Minnelli, (born March 12, 1946) American actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress and singer Judy Garland and Garland's second husband, film directorVincente Minnelli who was the son of a Sicilian immigrant.
• Tony Danza, (born April 21, 1951) American actor best known for starring on the television seriesTaxi andWho's the Boss? Danza was born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Anne Cammisa (1925–1993) and Matty Iadanza (1920–1983). Anne was born inCampobello di Mazara,Trapani, Sicily and immigrated to the United States with five brothers and sisters in 1929. Danza is a full blooded Sicilian American.
• Eve Mauro, (born December 21, 1981) actress and model born in Atlanta, Georgia. Her father, Antonio Alfio Di Mauro was born inCatania, Sicily on September 7, 1934.
• Robert Davi, (born June 26, 1951) actor, singer, writer, and director. Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York, the son of Maria (née Rulli) and Sal Davi. His mother was an Italian American whose family came fromNusco,Avellino,Campania and his father was fromTorretta,Palermo, Sicily. Davi has performed in more than 130 films. Among his most known roles are opera-singing heavy Jake Fratelli inThe Goonies (1985), Vietnam veteran and FBI Special Agent Johnson inDie Hard (1988), James Bond villain Franz Sanchez inLicence to Kill (1989), police deputy chief Phil Heinemann inPredator 2 (1990) and strip club manager Al Torres inShowgirls (1995). On television, he portrayed FBI Special Agent Bailey Malone in theNBC television seriesProfiler (1996–2000).
• Michael Giacchino, (born October 10, 1967) American musician and composer of music for films, television and video games. Giacchino was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. His father's ancestors were Italians, hailing from Sicily and his mother's ancestors emigrated fromAbruzzo in central Italy; he holds dual American and Italian citizenship. Giacchino grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey in 1986 He has received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Grammy Awards. He is known for his collaborations withJ. J. Abrams,Brad Bird,Matt Reeves,Pete Docter,Colin Trevorrow,Jon Watts,Drew Goddard,The Wachowskis andThomas Bezucha. His film scores include several films from theMission: Impossible,Jurassic Park andStar Trek series, seven Pixar Animation Studios films,Super 8,Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,Zootopia,Doctor Strange,Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, andSpider-Man: Far From Home, andThe Batman. He also composed the score of the video game seriesMedal of Honor andCall of Duty and the television seriesAlias,Lost andFringe.
• John Travolta

• Charles Atlas (1892–1972), born Angelo Siciliano inAcri,Calabria, Italy, he moved toBrooklyn, New York at a young age. Initially a small, weak child, Siciliano worked hard to tone his muscles, using a variety of weights. Contemplating the strength of a tiger in a zoo, he conceived the idea of working muscle against muscle, rather than working out with weights. Using this system, later dubbeddynamic tension, he acquired a physique that earned him the nickname "Charles Atlas", after the mythicalAtlas, theTitan who held up the heavens. He later filed for and received trademark status for the name. He soon took the role ofstrongman in theConey IslandCircusSideshow. His company, Charles Atlas, Ltd. (1929-and continuing today) markets a fitness program for the "97-pound weakling", a registered trademark. Not of Sicilian descent, family originated fromCalabria.
• Dom DiMaggio, born Dominic Paul DiMaggio on February 12, 1917, in San Francisco, formercenter fielder inMajor League Baseball who played his entire career for theBoston Red Sox (1940–42, 1946–53). His small stature (standing five feet nine inches) and eyeglasses earned him the nickname "The Little Professor". He is the brother of outfieldersJoe DiMaggio andVince DiMaggio. DiMaggio was a teammate and close friend of Ted Williams,Bobby Doerr, andJohnny Pesky. Their friendship was chronicled inDavid Halberstam's bookThe Teammates. Dom DiMaggio was inducted to theBoston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 1995.
• James Maritato (born March 12, 1972) American professional wrestler better known by the ring names Little Guido and Nunzio. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling.
• Joe DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr. (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was a Sicilian-Americancenter fielder inMajor League Baseball who played his entire career (1936–1951) for theNew York Yankees. The eighth of nine children, DiMaggio was born in a two-room house inMartinez, California, to Sicilian immigrants who came fromIsola delle Femmine, nearPalermo; delivered by amidwife. His mother, Rosalia, named him "Giuseppe" for his father; "Paolo" was in honor ofSaint Paul, Giuseppe's favorite saint. The family moved to San Francisco when Joe was one year old.
• Vince DiMaggio, Vincent Paul DiMaggio (September 6, 1912 – October 3, 1986)Major League Baseballcenter fielder and right-handed batter who played in theNational League for theBoston Bees (1937–38),Cincinnati Reds (1939–40),Pittsburgh Pirates (1940–46) andNew York Giants (1946). The older brother ofJoe andDom, DiMaggio was born inMartinez, California.
• Johnny Dundee, (November 22, 1893–April 22, 1965)featherweight andjunior lightweightboxer who fought from 1910 until 1932. Dundee was born Giuseppe Carrora inSciacca, Sicily, but was raised in the United States. Although today he is almost completely forgotten, Dundee was highly regarded by many old time boxing experts.The Ring founder and editor,Nat Fleischer, rated Dundee in the top five of his list of greatest featherweights of all time.
• Robert James "Gino" Marella (June 4, 1937 – October 6, 1999), better known by his ring name ofGorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play announcer, and booker. Marella is also a member of the Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame and placed second in the 1959 NCAA National Wrestling championship tournament.
• Joe Montana (born June 11, 1956), former U.S.National Football Leaguequarterback who played for theSan Francisco 49ers (1979-1992) and theKansas City Chiefs (1993-1994). He is a four-timeSuper Bowl champion and two-time regular season MVP who also holds the record for highest passer rating in Super Bowl history. In 1999,ESPN ranked him the 25th greatest athlete of the 20th century and he is universally considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
• Paul Malignaggi (born November 23, 1980), professionaljunior welterweightboxer and a formerIBFJunior Welterweight Champion most notable for defeatingLovemore N'dou twice, as well as losing in bouts withMiguel Cotto andRicky Hatton.
• Mike Piazza, born Michael Joseph Piazza (September 4, 1968, inNorristown, Pennsylvania) U.S.Major League Baseball player. He is generally recognized as the top-hittingcatcher of all time. He is a ten timeAll-Star. On May 5, 2004, Piazza surpassedCarlton Fisk for mosthome runs by a catcher with the 352nd of his career. Mike grew up for the first few years of his life in a small house inPhoenixville, Pennsylvania. The house was barely big enough to have Mike's entire family inside. His family consisted of his two parents, Vince and Veronica Piazza, and his brothers Vince Jr., Danny, Tony and Tommy.
• Christian Pulisic (born September 18, 1998), soccermidfielder withAC Milan and theU.S. national team, has a Sicilian grandmother.^[3]
• Gene Sarazen, (also known as Gene Saraceni) (February 27, 1902 – May 13, 1999) one of the few golfers to win all themajor championships in his career.
• Roman Reigns, born Leati Joseph Anoa'i (May 25, 1985) is an American professional wrestler and former football player who currently wrestles forWWE. His mother is of Sicilian descent

• Frank Cannova, (Jan 14, 1911 – November 29, 2005)Florida hotelier, businessman and entrepreneur.
• Joe Plumeri, President and CEO ofWillis Group Holdings, and owner of theTrenton Thunder.
• Rachael Ray, populartalk show host and TV chef who has had several shows on theFood Network and in syndication.
• Judith Regan (born August 17, 1953) book publisher and talk show host. She launched the careers of novelists Wally Lamb,Jess Walter, Gregory Maguire, Walter Kirn, and Doug Coupland. She has published Howard Stern, Michael Moore, General Tommy Franks, and legendary journalists, artists, historians, designers and hundreds more. She hosts a show on SiriusXm and hosted a television show for 9 years on the Fox News Channel. She is Sicilian and Irish.
• Anthony T. Rossi (1900–1993) born as Antonio Talamo Rossi inMessina, Sicily. He had the equivalent of a high school education. He emigrated to the United States when he was 21 years old and educated himself to the point that he became an expert mathematician and mechanical engineer. He foundedTropicana Products, a producer oforange juice founded in 1947 inBradenton, Florida, in the United States which grew from 50 employees to over 8,000 in 2004, expanding into multiple product lines and became one of the world's largest producers and marketers ofcitrus juice.

• Sam Maceo (1894–1951) andRosario Maceo (1887–1954) wereorganized crime bosses inGalveston, Texas. They are credited with having made the island city a nationally knownresort town fromProhibition through the end of World War II during the city's "open era".
• Lucky Luciano, considered to be the father of theAmerican Mafia.
• Carlos Marcello, New Orleans Mafia boss who was at one time linked to theassassination of John F. Kennedy.

• Sharkey Bonano, (April 9, 1904 – March 27, 1972) born with the name Joseph Gustaf Bonano in the Milenburg neighborhood ofNew Orleans, Louisiana, by the shores ofLake Pontchartrain. He sometimes billed himself as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas.
• Chick Corea, born Armando Anthony Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021)
• Eddie Costa, (1930–1962)jazz pianist based inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• Steve Gadd, (born April 9, 1945,Rochester, New York)
• Jimmy Giuffre, born James Peter Giuffre (Dallas, Texas, 1921).
• Vince Guaraldi, (July 17, 1927 – February 6, 1976) famous jazz pianist, known for his hit single "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" and for composing and performing the soundtrack of thePeanuts television specials.
• Scott LaFaro, born Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936,Newark, New Jersey – July 6, 1961, Flint, New York). Not of Sicilian descent, family originated fromCalabria.
• Papa Jack Laine, born George Vital Laine akaPapa Jack (September 21, 1873 – June 1, 1966).
• Eddie Lang, (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933), born Salvatore Massaro, son of an Italian-American instrument maker inPhiladelphia.
• Nick LaRocca, born Dominic James La Rocca (New Orleans, April 11, 1889 –New Orleans, February 22, 1961).
• Joe Lovano, born Joseph Salvatore Lovano (December 29, 1952, inCleveland, Ohio). His father's family comes from the village ofAlcara li Fusi and his mother's family from the village ofCesarò.
• Chuck Mangione, (born November 29, 1940). Also brother Gaspare "Gap", a musician and Uncle Gerlando "Jerre", an Author.
• Wingy Manone, born Joseph Matthews Mannone (sic), (February 13, 1900,New Orleans – July 9, 1982.
• Charlie Mariano (born 1923)
• Joe Marsala (1907–1978)
• Pat Martino, born Pat Azzara (August 25, 1944) inSouth Philadelphia
• Joe Morello, (July 17, 1929 – March 12, 2011), inSpringfield, Massachusetts
• Joe Pass, born Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, January 13, 1929,New Brunswick, New Jersey – May 23, 1994, Los Angeles.
• John Patitucci, born 1959 inBrooklyn, New York
• Art Pepper, (1925–1982) (Sicilian mother)
• Louis Prima, (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978). Prima was born into a musical family of Sicilian descent inNew Orleans. Prima was proud of his heritage, and made a point of letting the audience know at every performance that he was Italian-American and from New Orleans.
• Leon Roppolo, (March 16, 1902 – October 5, 1943). Leon Joseph Roppolo (nicknamed "Rap") was born inLutcher, Louisiana, upriver fromNew Orleans
• Frank Rosolino, (August 20, 1926, Detroit – November 26, 1978, Los Angeles)
• Tony Scott, (1921–2007)
• George Wallington, born Giacinto Figlia, October 27, 1923,Palermo, Sicily –Cape Coral, Miami, February 15, 1993).

• Joseph L. Alioto, (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998), Mayor ofSan Francisco 1968–1976.
• Vincent R. Impellitteri, (February 4, 1900 – January 29, 1987) appointed ActingMayor of New York City upon the resignation of then MayorWilliam O'Dwyer, on September 1, 1950. He served from 1950 to 1953. Impellitteri moved with his family to the United States fromSicily as an infant in 1901. Trivia: Impellitteri believed his name to be too difficult to spell by most people. When running for mayor he tried to persuade a judge to allow voters to simply write "Impy" on their ballots. The judge refused the request.
• The families of 6 members of theUnited States Congress emigrated from Sicily:
  • Daniel Frisa member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1997.
  • Nick Lampson His family emigrated from the region ofSalemi,Trapani.
  • Frank LoBiondo His family emigrated from the region ofBelmonte Mezzagno,Palermo.
  • Donald A. Manzullo City not known.
  • Frank Pallone City not known.
  • Vito Fossella Representative from New York
• John Ferruggio, (1925–2010) – led the evacuation ofPan Am Flight 93, which was hijacked in 1970^[4]
• Ferdinand Pecora, (January 6, 1882 – December 7, 1971) born inNicosia, Sicily, the son of Louis Pecora and Rosa Messina who emigrated to the United States and New York City with his parents. He earned alaw degree from theNew York Law School and eventually worked as an assistantdistrict attorney. He led Senate hearings into the causes of theWall Street Crash of 1929 that launched a major reform of the American financial system. Pecora personally undertook many of the interrogations during the hearings, including high profileWall Street personalities such asRichard Whitney, president of theNew York Stock Exchange andinvestment bankersThomas W. Lamont,Otto H. Kahn,Albert H. Wiggin, andCharles E. Mitchell. Pecora's high-profile work led to the hearings being called thePecora Commission and it put him on the June 12, 1933, cover ofTime.
• Antonin Scalia, (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) (sometimes known by the nickname "Nino") was aU.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1986. He was widely considered the leadingoriginalist voice on the Court and one of the most outspoken defenders oftextualism. Antonin Scalia was born inTrenton, New Jersey, to his mother, Catherine, and his father, S. Eugene. His mother was born in the United States; his father, a professor of romance languages, emigrated from Sicily at age 15. When Scalia was five years old, his family moved toQueens, New York City, during which time his father worked atBrooklyn College.
• Jack Valenti, (September 5, 1921 – April 26, 2007) "special assistant" toLyndon Johnson's White House. In 1966, he resigned and became the president of theMotion Picture Association of America. During his tenure there, he was generally regarded as one of the most influential pro-copyrightlobbyists in the world. His salary in 2004 was reported to be $1.35 million, which made him the seventh-highest paid Washington trade group chief, according to theNational Journal.
• Mario Savio, (December 8, 1942 – November 6, 1996) Americanactivist and a key member in theBerkeleyFree Speech Movement. He is most famous for his passionate speeches, especially the "put your bodies upon the gears" address given atSproul Hall,University of California, Berkeley on December 2, 1964. Savio remains historically relevant as an icon of the earliest phase of the 1960scounterculture movement. His father was born in Sicily (Santa Caterina Villarmosa).
• Andrew Cuomo, (born December 6, 1957)Democratic politician and the 56thGovernor of New York from 2011 to 2021. He previously served asAttorney General of New York between 2007 and 2010, andUnited States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development between 1997 and 2001 underPresident Bill Clinton. He is of half-Sicilian ancestry through his mother, Matilda. His father, former New York GovernorMario Cuomo, was born to immigrants fromCampania. He is the older brother of CNN journalistChris Cuomo.

• Pietro Bachi, (1787 – August 22, 1853) first professor from Italy teaching atHarvard University
• David J. Impastato, (January 8, 1903 – February 28, 1986) born inMazara del Vallo, Sicily, heemigrated to the U.S. in 1912 and became one of the most distinguishedpsychiatrists of his day
• Philip Zimbardo, (born March 23, 1933, New York (South Bronx), NY) Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, psychologist.
• Anthony Fauci, (born December 24, 1940, New YorkBrooklyn, NY) former director of theNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the leading figures of theWhite House Coronavirus Task Force for theCOVID-19 pandemic in theUnited States

• Anthony Fantano, (born October 28, 1985), music critic

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