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Politics & Governance
Fiorello La Guardia
1882–1947New York, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Transformative New York City mayor whose reformist administration became a model of municipal modernization.
Notable For
- Mayor of New York City 1934–1945
- U.S. Representative
- Director-General of UNRRA
Honors & Recognition
- Time Magazine Man of the Year (1934)
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Politics & Governance
- Years
- 1882–1947
- Birth Place
- New York, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Ancestry Verification
- Confirmed
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