Great Italians

The Columbus Coalition

Memorable Italians

Caesar, Michelangelo, Benini, Botticelli, Cellini, Cicero, Caruso, Cabato, Dante, Galileo,
Grimaldi, Garabaldi, Marconi, Meuci, St. Thomas Aquanis,Toscanini, Marco Polo, Virgil, Vivaldi,
Verdi, Sinatra, DiMaggio & Columbus...

No Other People Can Make This Statement

KEY:

Italian Born

Sicilian Descent

Italian Descent

Italian or Sicilian & Other Descent

Mario Andretti (Race Car Driver)
Anna Maria Angeli (Actress)
Michelangelo Antonioni (Film)
Giorgio Armani (Fashion Designer)
Cecilia Bartoli (Opera Singer)
Monica Bellucci (Model/Actress)
Roberto Benigni (Actor)
Carlo Bo (Writer)
Andrea Bocelli (Singer)

Napoleon Bonaparte (Ruler of France)

Michelangelo Buonarroti (Artist)

John Cabot (Explorer)

Julius Caesar (Roman Empire Ruler)

Augustus Octavian Caesar (Emperor)

Renato Carosone (Singer)

Roberto Cavalli (Fashion Designer)

Enrico Caruso (Opera Singer)

Valentina Cervi (Actress)

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cristoforo Columbo (Columbus)

Lucia Corvelli (Model/Actress)

Franco Cristaldi (Film Director)

Leonardo DaVinci (Inventor/Artist)

Lorenzo de'Medici (Royalty)

Dino De Laurentiis (Director/Producer)

Federico Fellini (Film Director)

Enrico Fermi

Galileo Galilei (Astronomer)

Sergio Leone (Spaghetti Western)

Gina Lollabrigida (Actress)

Sophia Loren (Actress)

Nicolo Machiavelli

Gugliemo Marconi (Inventor)

Marcello Mastroianni (Actor)

Indro Montanelli (Journalist)
Ornella Muti

Giana Nanini (Musician)
Luciano Pavoratti (Singer)
Marco Polo (Explorer)
Isabella Rossalini (Actress)
Italo Scanga (Artist)
Bruce Sprigsteen (Musician)
Sylvester Stallone (Actor)
Fabio Taglioni (Motorcycle Designer)
Gay Talese (Actor/Writer)
Quintin Tarantino (Actor/Producer)
Adam Tomei (Actor)
Marisa Tomei (Actress)
Giuseppe Tornatore (Film Director)
Versace (Fashion)
Amerigo Vespucci (Explorer)
>Verdi (Composer)
Rudolph Valentino (Actor/Singer)
Marco Zanuso (Architect)

Joseph Barbera (Cartoonist)
Charles Atlas (Fitness/Bodybuilder)
Lou Bega (Singer)
Vincenzo Bellini (Composer)
Sonny Bono (Entertainer, Politician)
Frank Capra (Film)
Claudia Cardinale (Actress)
Cardinal Carpino
Joe Causi (Radio Personality)
Richard S. Castellano (Actor)
Maria Grazia Cucinotta (Actress)
Joe DiMaggio (Baseball Legend)
Robert DeNiro (Actor)
Jeffrey Giuffre (Jazz Musician)
Rudolph W. Giuliani (Politician)
Mario Lanza (Opera Singer)
Cyndi Lauper (Singer)
Johnny LoBianco (Referee)
Natalie Merchant (Musician)
Sal Mineo (Actor)
Dean Obeidalla (Comedian)
Alfredo James Pacino (Actor)
Cologero (Chazz) Palminteri (Actor)
Mike Piazza (Baseball Great)
Luigi Pirandello (Author/Playwrite)
Louis Prima (Musician)
Salvatore Quasimodo (Poet)
Supreme Court Justice Scalia
Jack Scalia (Actor)
Martin Scorcese (Film Director)
Frank Serpico (Law Enforcement)
Frank Albert Sinatra (Singer/Actor)
Frank Sinatra, Jr. (Singer)
Nancy Sinatra (Singer)
Louis Vanaria (Actor/Singer)
Frank Zappa (Musician)

Danny Aiello (Actor)
Anna Maria Alberhetti (Actress)
Alan Alda (Actor/Writer/Director)
Michael Andretti (Race Car Driver)
Frankie Avalon (Entertainer)
Anne Bancroft (Entertainer)
Mario Batali (Chef)
Tony Bennett (Singer)
Yogi Berra (Baseball Legend)
Jon Bon Jovi (Musician)
Joseph Bonaparte
Lorraine Bracco (Actress)
Frankie Carle (Carlone, Song Writer)
John Ciardi
Russ Columbo (Singer)
Pat Cooper (Comedian)
Nicholas Coppola Cage (Actor)
Dominic Chianese (Actor)
Perry Como (Entertainer/Singer)
Francis Ford Coppola (Film Director)
Dion DiMucci (Musician)
Brian De Palma (Director)
Danny DeVito (Actor)
Al DiMeola
Tamara Dona (Entertainer)
Jimmy Durante (Entertainer)
Mary Ann Esposito (Chef)
Valentina Cortesa
Lou Costello(Castillo) (Comedian)
Lucille Cristaldi (Actress)
Mario Cuomo (Politician)
Alfonse D'Amato (Politician)
Bobby Darin (Entertainer)
Tony Danza (Actor)
Dom DeLouise (Actor)
Geraldine Ferraro (Politician)
Fabrizio Ferri (Photographer)
Connie Francis (Singer)
Giovanni Furno
Lou Ferrigno (Actor/Bodybuilder)
Giuseppe Ferrata
Jim Florio (Politician)
Fabian Forte (Entertainer)
David Franzoni (Cinema)
James Gandolfini (Actor)
Giuseppe Garibaldi (Patriot)
Jeanine Garafolo (Comedian)
Joe Garagiola (Sports)
Valerie Golino (Actress)
Lee Iacocca (Industry)
Nathalie Imbruglia (Singer)
Michael Imperioli (Actor)
Ashley Judd (Actress)
Fiorello LaGuardia (Politician)
Anthony LaPaglia (Actor)
Frank Langella
Tea Leone (Actress)
Liberace (Entertainer)
Robert Loggia (Actor)
Vince Lombardi (Football Legend)
Patti Lupone (Broadway Entertainer)
Anna Magnani (Actress)
Henry Mancini (Composer)
Rocky Marchiano (Boxer)
Dean Martin (Singer/Actor)
Al Martino (Singer/Actor)
Tommy Mattola (Music Industry)
Filippo Mazzei (Entreprenuer)
Grace Mirabella (Publisher)
Vincente Minnelli (Director)
Lou Monte (Entertainer)
Joe Montegna (Actor)
Don Novello
Joe Pesci (Actor)
Bernadette Peters (Entertainer)
Joe Piscapo (Comedian)
Mario Puzo (Writer)
Christina Ricci (Actress)
Phil Rizutto (Baseball Announcer)
Ray Romano (Comedian)
Bobby (Ridarelli) Rydell (Entertainer)
Francesco Scuvullo (Photographer)
Talia Shire (Actress)
Tony Sirico (Actor)
Mira Sorvino (Actress)
Paul Sorvino (Actor/Singer)
Joe Torre (Baseball)
Federigo Tozzi
John Turturro
Jerry Vale (Singer)
Frankie Valli (Musician)
"Uncle" Floyd (Entertainer)
Valentino (Designer)

Sophia Coppola (Actress/Director)
Beverly D'Angelo (Actress)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Actor)
Alicia Keys (Musician)
Edie Falco (Actress)
Jay Leno (Comedian)
Ray Liotta (Actor)
Antonio Meucci (Inventor)
Liza Minnelli (Entertainer)
George Pataki (Politician)
Regis Philbin (TV Personality)
Susan Sarandon (Actress)
John Travolta (Actor)