Italian 42B: Historical People

19th cent Italian opera singer (soprano)became famous in capitals of Europe and America

famous Italian tenor opera singerbecame famous in Europe, North & South America

first mayor of 100% Italian descent of a major US city(1931-1944)

Italian American, founder of Bank of America, started in produce businessloaned $ to imms when other bankers refused, nat'l system of branch banks that served ordinary people

Sicilian imm to US in 1902, worked on NY subway system, moved to Fresno & bought 700 acres of landdug out huge underground tunnels, rooms, lived underground

IT AM who created the Watts Towers (LA landmark) out of everyday items*monument to vernacular culture

born in Italy, moved originally to C. America then to CA in 1849SF's most successful chocolatier