Sicilian-Americans

Ahmet Emuukha Rodan Zappa (born May 15, 1974 in Los Angeles, California) is a musician. He is the third of Frank Zappa's four children. Ahmet has released several albums with his brother Dweezil. He has also appeared in a few feature films and television programs, sometimes appearing as a program host in the latter (see Robotica, But Can They Sing?). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahmet Zappa"

¥Aida Turturro (born September 25, 1962) is an American actress who is most well-known for playing Janice Soprano, sister of New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, on the HBO, TV series, The Sopranos, a role which netted her an Emmy Award nomination. She has also appeared in a number of films including Sleepers, Deep Blue Sea, Mickey Blue Eyes and Bringing Out the Dead. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aida Turturro"

Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940 in The Bronx, New York, USA) is an American film actor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al Pacino"

Alan Dale ( July 9, 1926- April 20, 2002) was a singer of traditional popular and rock'n'roll music. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alan Dale (singer)"

Anthony Talamo Rossi ( 1900- 1993) was an Italian immigrant who founded Tropicana Products, a producer of orange juice founded in 1947 in Bradenton, 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 of citrus juice. Mr Rossi was also an early pioneer in the sales of Florida's citrus juices in schools, and became a noted religiously oriented businessman. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anthony T. Rossi"

Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia (born March 11, 1936) has been a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1986. He is a prominent conservative and originalist voice on the Court and one of the most outspoken defenders of textualism in statutory interpretation and original meaning in constitutional interpretation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antonin Scalia"

Argentina Brunetti ( August 31, 1907 — December 20, 2005) was an actress and writer born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She began her show business career at the age of three with a walk on role in the opera, Cavalleria Rusticana and followed Mimi Aguglia, her famous mother's footsteps in the theater performing supporting roles on stages throughout Europe, and South America. In 1937, she was placed under contract to MGM pictures and began dubbing the voices of Jeanette MacDonald and Norma Shearer in Italian. Next she became a narrator for the Voice of America, interviewing American movie stars for broadcast in Italy. At the same time she began her movie debut in the classic It's a Wonderful Life ( 1946), as Mrs. Martini. ...more on Wikipedia about "Argentina Brunetti"

Armand Assante (born October 4, 1949, New York City, New York) is an American actor born to an Italian American father and an Irish American mother. ...more on Wikipedia about "Armand Assante"

Ben Gazzara (born Biagio Anthony Gazzara on August 28, 1930, in New York City), is an actor in television and motion pictures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ben Gazzara"

Charles Atlas ( 1892– 1972), "self-made man", trained himself to develop his body from that of a 'scrawny weakling', eventually becoming the most popular muscleman of his day. His company, Charles Atlas, Ltd. (1929-and continuing today) markets a fitness program for the "97-pound weakling", a registered trademark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Atlas"

Chastity Bono (born March 4, 1969) is a human rights and gay rights advocate. She is also well-known for being the daughter of pop duo Sonny Bono and Cher. She was named after Cher's first feature film, which was released earlier in 1969. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chastity Bono"

Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), better known as Cyndi Lauper, is a singer whose melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s, the decade in which she first came to fame. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyndi Lauper"

Dan Cortese (born September 14, 1967 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dan Cortese"

Daniel Frisa was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1997. He unseated fellow Republican David A. Levy in the 1994 primary election, and served in the 104th Congress, representing New York's fourth district. Before his election to Congress, he had served in the New York State Assembly, worked as a salesman with Johnson & Johnson and was an executive at Fortunoff. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daniel Frisa"

Diane Di Prima (born August 6, 1934) is an American poet who was one of the most active of women poets associated with the Beats. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diane Di Prima"

Diva Muffin Zappa is the youngest daughter of Frank Zappa. She was born on July 30 1979 in Los Angeles and is the sister of Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa and Ahmet Zappa. (Note: Diva was blessed with the middle name "Muffin" at birth, but after a fit of inspiration by her mother, Gail Zappa, Diva had her name changed to "Diva Magika Zappa") ...more on Wikipedia about "Diva Zappa"

Dominic Paul DiMaggio (born February 12, 1917 in San Francisco, California) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Boston 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 outfielders Joe DiMaggio and Vince DiMaggio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dom DiMaggio"

Donald A. Manzullo (born March 24 1944), American politician, ...more on Wikipedia about "Donald A. Manzullo"

Dweezil Zappa (born September 5, 1969, in Los Angeles, California) is a heavy metal guitarist. He is the son of Gail (Sloatman) and Frank Zappa and the second of four siblings. His father died on December 4, 1993, due to prostate cancer. Dweezil's older sister is Moon Unit, and his two younger siblings are Ahmet and Diva Zappa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dweezil Zappa"

Edie Falco (born Edith Falco on July 5, 1963) is a television and film actress who was born in Brooklyn, New York, but raised in Northport, NY, on Long Island, graduating from Northport High School in 1981 after playing Eliza Doolittle in a production of My Fair Lady. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edie Falco"

Ferdinand J. Pecora ( January 6, 1882 – December 7, 1971) was an American lawyer and judge who became famous in the 1930s as Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand Pecora" Are you ready for shortopedia?

Francis Capra (born 22 April 1983 in New York) is an American actor of sicilian descent. He is the great-grandson of noted film director Frank Capra, grandson of Frank Capra, Jr., who is president of Screen Gems in Wilmington, North Carolina, and son of TV and movie assistant director Frank Capra III. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francis Capra"

Frank Capra III (born July 16, 1959 in San Diego, California) is the son of Frank Capra, Jr., grandson of legendary director Frank Capra and father to actor Francis Capra. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Capra III"

Frank Capra, Jr. (Born March 20, 1934), American movie studio executive, one of 3 children of the late film director Frank Capra, and his second wife, Lou Capra. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Capra, Jr."

Francesco Lentini ( 1889 - 1966) was born in Siracusa, Sicily into a large family. He was born with three legs, two sets of genitals and one rudimentary foot on his third leg. His primary two legs also grew into different lengths. When his parents refused to acknowledge him, his aunt raised him but eventually handed him over to a home of disabled children. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Lentini"

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