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Encyclopedia: Italian American

An Italian American is an American of Italian descent. The phrase may refer to someone born in the United States of Italian descent or to someone who has immigrated to the United States from Italy. Although Italians arrived early in the new world, large scale Italian immigration to the United States effectively began in the 1880s, and peaked from 1900 until 1914, when World War I made movement impossible. By 1978, 5.3 million Italians had immigrated to the United States; two million arrived between 1900 and 1914. About a third of these immigrants intended to stay only briefly, in order to make money and return to Italy. These immigrants were commonly referred to as "Birds of Passage." While one in four did return to Italy, the rest either decided to stay, or were prevented from returning by the war. Only Irish, Germans, and more recently, Mexicans have immigrated in equal or larger numbers.

In the 2000 U.S. Census, Italian Americans constituted the sixth largest ancestry group in America with about 15.6 million people (5.6% of the total U.S. population).^[1] Sicilian Americans are a subset of numerous Americans of regional Italian ancestries, such as Sicilians came from Sicily in southern Italy.

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How to say "Italian American" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	イタリア系アメリカ人
	(German)	Italo-Amerikaner
	(French)	Italo-Américain
	(Italian)	Italoamericani

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John Saxon

John Saxon (born August 5, 1935) is an Italian-American actor. He was born Carmine Orrico the son of Antonio and Anna Orrico, in Brooklyn, New York...

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Thomas Menino

Thomas M. Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the Mayor of Boston, first elected on November 2, 1993, to succeed Raymond Flynn. He is the city's first Italian-American mayor...

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National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame

Since its founding in 1977, more than two hundred American athletes of Italian descent have been enshrined in the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame . A Hall of Fame and museum is being...�Little Italy.” In this 44,000 square foot building, the grace and glory of Italian American athletes...

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Byrd Park

A park in Richmond, Virginia. Some attractions the Christopher Columbus Monument, controversial in its time because it honored Italian-Americans. the World War I Memorial Carrilon built in 1926 constructed as a memorial to the WWI dead has 56-bells Dogwood Dell Amphitheatre annual Summer...

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Dan Grimaldi

Dan Grimaldi is an Italian-American actor who is most well-known for his role as Patsy Parisi on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos . In addition to his role on The Sopranos , he has also had some minor film credits and some other guest TV appearances, including several episodes on Law & Order...

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Federico Castelluccio

Federico Castelluccio (b. April 29, 1964) is an Italian-American actor who is most famous for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos . While most famous for his mobster role, Castelluccio is also an avid painter and is a partner in a pasta restaurant in New Brunswick, New...

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Paul G. Comba

Paul G. Comba is an Italian-American astronomer. He was born in Italy and came to the United States in 1946 at the age of 20. He received a Ph.D. in mathematics at Caltech in 1951. He specializes in asteroids and has discovered a large number of them...

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Annabella Sciorra

Annabella Sciorra (born 24 March, 1964 in Wethersfield, Connecticut) is an Italian-American actress who has starred in a number of films and television series. She is familiar to many viewers as Tony Soprano's mistress Gloria Trillo in the HBO series The Sopranos . Filmography Reversal of Fortune...

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Connie Sellecca

Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia on May 25, 1955 in The Bronx, New York City) is an Italian American actress. Sellecca first made a name for herself as a fashion model, but she is most known for her role as Christine Francis on the television drama Hotel , which she played from 1983 to...

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Frank Borzage

Frank Borgaze (23 April 1893 - 19 June 1962) was an Italian-American film director famed for his mystical romanticism. His best-known films include Seventh Heaven (1927), Street Angel (1928), A Farewell To Arms (1932) and Strange Cargo (1940), among many others. After 1948 his output became...

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