Before he was the King of Cool he was Dino Paul Crocetti — son of a barber from Salino di Montesilvano in Abruzzo, and grandson of two foundlings whose marriage the register still records.
Documented family tree & key facts Rocco Anthony Petrone — director of the Apollo program launch operations; director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. b. Amsterdam, New York, 31 March 1926; d. Palos Verdes, California, 24 August 2006.Parents: Antonio Petrone (b. Sasso Castalda, 7 April 1896) × Teresa De Luca. The line — Petrone, of…
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The chief stone carver of Mount Rushmore — the man who cut the expression into the presidents’ eyes — was born in Meduno, in the Friulian province of Pordenone.
Documented family tree & key facts Vincenzo Sellaro — physician; founder of the Order Sons of Italy in America (1905). b. Polizzi Generosa (Palermo), Sicily, 24 April 1868.Parents: Giuseppe Sellaro (b. Polizzi Generosa, 20 Sep 1837), master shoemaker × Serafina Polizzotto (m. 31 Dec 1867). The line — Sellaro, of Polizzi Generosa (Palermo), Sicily Vincenzo…
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Before he was the great screen idol of the silent era, he was Rodolfo Guglielmi — born in Castellaneta, in the province of Taranto, to a Puglian father and a French mother.
