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Notable Italian Americans Directory
Browse the most comprehensive directory of Italian Americans who shaped history in politics, science, business, arts, sports, and more.
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Joey GiardelloSports · 1930–2008 · Middleweight champion 1963-65
Joseph GiordanoMedicine & Public Health · b. 1932 · Trauma surgeon who operated on Ronald Reagan after 1981 assassination attempt
Arturo GiovannittiLabor & Activism · 1884–1959 · IWW poet and organizer
Rudolph GiulianiLaw & Jurisprudence · b. 1944 · As US Attorney SDNY prosecuted the Five Families under RICO (1985-89)
Rudy GiulianiPolitics & Governance · b. 1944 · NYC Mayor 1994-2001
Ariana GrandeMusic · b. 1993 · Thank U, Next; 7 Rings; record-breaking streaming artist; born Ariana Grande-Butera
Ella T. GrassoPolitics & Governance · 1919–1981 · First woman elected U.S. governor in her own right and a landmark Italian American woman officeholder.
Rocky GrazianoSports · 1919–1990 · Middleweight champion
Buddy GrecoMusic · 1926–2017 · The Lady Is a Tramp; jazz-influenced pop vocalist and pianist; born Armando Greco
Vin GuadagninoPolitics & Governance · b. 1988 · Jersey Shore reality TV star
Frank GuariniLaw & Jurisprudence · b. 1924 · NJ Congressman
Franco HarrisSports · 1950–2022 · Immaculate Reception
John HennessyScience & Technology · b. 1952 · Stanford President
Tommy HenrichSports · 1913–2009 · Old Reliable
Pete HermanSports · 1896–1973 · Bantamweight champion
Garth HudsonMusic · b. 1937 · The Band's keyboardist
Bob HugginsSports · 1953–2023 · West Virginia, Cincinnati basketball coach
Lee IacoccaBusiness & Entrepreneurship · 1924–2019 · Auto executive who helped create the Ford Mustang and led Chrysler's historic comeback, becoming one of the most recognized Italian American business leaders.
Robert IannacconeBusiness & Entrepreneurship · b. 1951 · Brooklyn-born Wall Street executive and Italian-American business community leader
Louis J. IgnarroMedicine & Public Health · b. 1941 · Nobel laureate whose discovery that nitric oxide is a signaling molecule changed cardiovascular medicine and enabled treatments including Viagra.
Vincent ImpellitteriPolitics & Governance · 1900–1987 · NYC Mayor 1950-1953
Michael ImperioliFilm & Television · b. 1966 · Christopher Moltisanti in The Sopranos
Pete IncavigliaSports · b. 1964 · Texas Rangers slugger
Dom IrreraFilm & Television · b. 1947 · South Philly Italian-American stand-up comedian
Tom IzzoSports · b. 1955 · Michigan State head basketball coach
Billy JoelMusic · b. 1949 · Piano Man
Vinnie JohnsonSports · b. 1956 · The Microwave
Erica JongArts & Literature · b. 1942 · Fear of Flying
Danny Aiello Jr.Film & Television · b. 1955 · Actor son of Danny Aiello
John Gotti Jr.Business & Entrepreneurship · b. 1964 · Son of John Gotti Sr.
Norma KamaliFashion & Design · b. 1945 · Sleeping bag coat
Rocky KansasSports · 1895–1954 · World lightweight champion 1925-26
Jimmy KimmelFilm & Television · b. 1967 · Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003-present)
Fiorello La GuardiaPolitics & Governance · 1882–1947 · Transformative New York City mayor whose reformist administration became a model of municipal modernization.
Emeril LagasseArts & Literature · b. 1959 · Bam!
Fiorello LaGuardiaPolitics & Governance · 1882–1947 · NYC Mayor 1934-1945
Frankie LaineMusic · 1913–2007 · Rawhide; I Believe; That Lucky Old Sun; born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; 250M+ records sold
Daryle LamonicaSports · 1941–2024 · The Mad Bomber
Jake LaMottaSports · 1921–2017 · The Raging Bull
Rocco LandesmanBusiness & Entrepreneurship · b. 1947 · Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts
Frank LangellaFilm & Television · b. 1938 · Dracula
Kenneth G. LangoneBusiness & Entrepreneurship · b. 1935 · Co-founder of The Home Depot and major philanthropist whose $200 million gift anchored the NYU Langone Medical Center.
Joseph LanzaScience & Technology · b. 1953 · Pioneer of controlled drug release technology
Mario LanzaMusic · 1921–1959 · The Great Caruso film
Nick LaRoccaMusic · 1889–1961 · Led the Original Dixieland Jass Band; first jazz recording session in history (1917)
Tommy LasordaSports · 1927–2021 · Dodger Blue personified
Cyndi LauperMusic · b. 1953 · Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Giada De LaurentiisArts & Literature · b. 1970 · Everyday Italian
Ralph LauricellaBusiness & Entrepreneurship · b. 1950 · Prominent New York real estate developer
Cookie LavagettoSports · 1912–1990 · Broke up Bill Bevens' no-hitter with a walk-off double in 1947 World Series Game 4