ANCESTRY

See also Italian Ancestry.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Henry Armetta	Actor	4-Jul-1888	21-Oct-1945	A Bell For Adano
Armand Assante	Actor	4-Oct-1949		Judge Dredd
Joe Bellino	Football	13-Mar-1938		Winner, 1960 Heisman Trophy
Joe Bonanno	Criminal	18-Jan-1905	12-May-2002	Bonanno crime family
Chastity Bono	Relative	4-Mar-1969		Lesbian daughter of Sonny and Cher
Iron Eyes Cody	Actor	3-Apr-1904	4-Jan-1999	Keep America Beautiful
Dan Cortese	TV Personality	14-Sep-1967		Hosted MTV Sports
Anthony John Denison	Actor	20-Sep-1949		Det. Andy Flynn on The Closer
Jewel De'Nyle	Pornstar	5-Aug-1977		Bend Over and Say Ahh 3
Joe DiMaggio	Baseball	25-Nov-1914	8-Mar-1999	Where have you gone
Alexis Fire	Pornstar	25-Jul-1964		Lactating contortionist-cum-prostitute
Dan Frisa	Politician	27-Apr-1955		Congressman from New York, 1995-97
Ben Gazzara	Actor	28-Aug-1930		The Thomas Crown Affair
Robert Giaimo	Politician	15-Oct-1919	24-May-2006	Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano	Criminal	12-Mar-1945		Testified against John Gotti
Henry Hill	Criminal	11-Jun-1943		Mobster inspired Goodfellas
Chris Lehane	Business	2-Jun-1967		Fabiani & Lehane
Lucky Luciano	Criminal	24-Nov-1897	26-Jan-1962	Founder of Murder, Inc.
Silvana Mangano	Actor	23-Apr-1930	16-Dec-1989	Bitter Rice and Anna
Salvatore Maranzano	Criminal	1868	10-Sep-1931	Capo di tutti capi
Joe Masseria	Criminal	1879	15-Apr-1931	NY mobster, killed by Luciano
K. T. McFarland	Government	1952		Former Kissinger staffer
Sal Mineo	Actor	10-Jan-1939	12-Feb-1976	Dies in Rebel Without A Cause
Joseph A. Mussomeli	Diplomat	26-May-1952		US Ambassador to Cambodia
Al Pacino	Actor	25-Apr-1940		Michael Corleone in The Godfather
Anthony Pellicano	Business	22-Mar-1944		Hollywood private eye
Louis Prima	Singer	7-Dec-1910	24-Aug-1978	King of the Swingers
Judith Regan	Publisher	1953		ReganBooks
Frank Rosolino	Jazz Musician	20-Aug-1926	26-Nov-1978	Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose!
Gene Sarazen	Golf	27-Feb-1902	13-May-1999	First winner of the Grand Slam
Mario Savio	Activist	8-Dec-1942	6-Nov-1996	Free Speech Movement
Antonin Scalia	Judge	11-Mar-1936		US Supreme Court Justice
Vincent Schiavelli	Actor	10-Nov-1948	26-Dec-2005	Character actor and cookbook author
Martin Scorsese	Film Director	17-Nov-1942		Taxi Driver
Jasmin St. Claire	Pornstar	23-Oct-1970		World's Biggest Gang Bang II
Ken Stott	Actor	1955		Messiah series
Johnny Thunders	Guitarist	15-Jul-1952	23-Apr-1991	New York Dolls guitarist
Joe Trippi	Activist	1956		Democratic campaign strategist
John Turturro	Actor	28-Feb-1957		Barton Fink, Five Corners
Frank Zappa	Composer	21-Dec-1940	4-Dec-1993	Joe's Garage
Philip Zimbardo	Psychologist	23-Mar-1933		1971 Stanford Prison Experiment

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