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This is a list of notable Italian Americans.
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- Luigi Galleani (1861–1931)
- Arturo Giovannitti (1884–1959) - union leader and poet
- Nicola Sacco (1891–1927) - defendant in Sacco and Vanzetti case
- Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888–1927) - defendant in Sacco and Vanzetti case
- Carlo Tresca (1879–1943)
Comic artists, cartoonists, illustrators
- Brian Azzarello - comic book writer
- Joseph Barbera (1911–2006) - animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and co-founder, together with William Hanna, of Hanna-Barbera
- Timothy D. Bellavia (born 1971) - children's illustrator, author and founder of the We Are All The Same Inside - Sage doll-making workshop
- Ivan Brunetti (born 1967) - cartoonist and comics author
- Joe Pesci - Italian American actor and musician
- John Buscema (1927–2002) - comic-book artist and one of the mainstays of Marvel Comics during its 1960s and 1970s ascendancy into an industry leader and its subsequent expansion to a major pop culture conglomerate
- Greg Capullo (born 1962) - comic book artist
- Anthony Flamini (born 1978) - comic book writer
- Frank Frazetta (1928–2010) - one of the world's most influential fantasy and science fiction artists
- Dick Giordano (1932–2010) - comic book artist and editor
- Frank Giacoia (1925–1989) - comic book artist
- Carmine Infantino (1925–2013) - comic book artist and editor who was a major force in the Silver Age of Comic Books
- Walter Lantz (1900–1994) - cartoonist and animator, founded the Walter Lantz Studio, created Woody Woodpecker
- Bob Montana (1920–1975) - comic strip artist who created the characters that launched Archie comics
- Joe Orlando (1927–1998) - illustrator, writer, editor and cartoonist
- Jimmy Palmiotti - writer and artist of various comics, games and film
- Leo Politi (1908–1996) - artist and author who wrote and illustrated some 20 children's books
- Don Rico (1912–1985) - comic book writer-artist, paperback novelist, screenwriter and wood engraver; co-created the Marvel Comics character Black Widow with Stan Lee
- John Romita Jr. (born 1956) - comic artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s
- John Romita, Sr. (born 1930) - comic book artist known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man
- Don Rosa (born 1951) - comic book artist for Disney comics
- Eric Stefani (born 1967) - pop musician, former Simpsons animator, and Grammy-nominated composer and writer
- Jim Valentino (born 1952) - writer, penciler and editor of comic books
- Gerard Way (born 1977) - comic book writer; frontman of the American rock band My Chemical Romance
Digital artists and illustrators
- Ashley Biden (born 1981) - founder of the fashion company Livelihood, daughter of Joe and Jill Biden
- Louise Fili (born 1951) - graphic designer, 2014 American Institute of Graphic Arts Medalist[1]
- Fred Marcellino (1939–2001) - illustrator
Painters
- John Balossi (1931–2007) - painter and sculptor
- Edward E. Boccia (1921-2012) - painter, teacher and poet
- Alfred D. Crimi (1900–1994) - muralist and painter
- Ettore (Ted) DeGrazia (1909–1982) - painter, best known for American Southwest subjects
- Robert De Niro, Sr. (1922–1993) - abstract expressionist, father of actor Robert De Niro, Jr.
- Sheila Giolitti (born 1957) - painter and art dealer
- Robert Longo
- Nicola Monachesi (1795–1851) painter believed to have painted the earliest frescos in America
- Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935) - modern expressionist painter
- Tony Sisti (1901–1983) - painter and boxer
- Frank Stella (born 1936) - painter and printmaker
- Joseph Stella (1877–1946) - futurist painter known for his depictions of industrial America
Photographers
- Lynsey Addario (born 1973) - photojournalist known for her coverage of women in war-torn countries
- Severo Antonelli (1907–1995) - legendary figure in Philadelphia Italian American history and the subject of one of the largest ever one-man shows at the Smithsonian Institution
- Franco A. "Frank" Barsotti (1937–2012) - photographer and professor emeritus from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Justin Guariglia (born 1974) - photographer and contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler, and a regular contributor to Smithsonian Magazine
- Isa Leshko (born 1971) - artist/photographer and author of Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries published by the University of Chicago Press in 2019
- Luis Marden (1913–2003) - photographer, explorer, writer, filmmaker, diver, navigator, and linguist who worked for National Geographic magazine
- Nick Saglimbeni - 3D photographer
- Francesco Scavullo (1921–2004) - fashion photographer known for his work on the covers of Cosmopolitan magazine and his celebrity portraits
- Mario Sorrenti (born 1971) - fashion photographer
Sculptors
- Paul Busti (1749–1824) - Holland Land Company Agent General (C.O.O.)
- Amadeo Giannini (1870–1949) - Bank of America president
- Orra E. Monnette (1873–1936) - Bank of America, Los Angeles founder
- Jack Dorsey - co-founder of Twitter, Inc. and Block, Inc.
- Salvatore Briguglio - former mobster, one of the prime suspects in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
- Al Capone, "Scarface" - famous mobster
- Michael Franzese - former mobster
- Santino William Legan - perpetrator of the Gilroy Garlic festival shooting
Actors
- Mario Batali - chef
- Joe Bastianich - chef and television personality
- Lidia Bastianich - chef and television personality
- Hector Boyardee - famous for his Chef Boyardee brand of food products
- Caesar Cardini - creator of the Caesar salad
- Michael Chiarello - celebrity chef specializing in Italian-influenced California cuisine
- Tom Colicchio - chef, restaurateur, political activist, and head judge on Bravo's Emmy Award winning Top Chef
- Giada De Laurentiis - host of the Food Network program Everyday Italian
- Dom DeLuise - actor and celebrity chef who wrote several cookbooks and videos on his family's Italian-influenced cuisine
- Guy Fieri - chef and host of the Food Network program "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"
- Gina Keatley - chef and television personality; influenced charities in New York City
- Sirio Maccioni - restaurateur and author
- Rosanna Pansino - chef and youtuber personality
- Rachael Ray - Food Network chef and Emmy-winning television personality
- Nick Stellino - chef and television personality
- Carlo Vaccarezza - restaurateur
- Buddy Valastro - baker, reality television personality, and businessman
- Anthony Adducci (1937–2006) - pioneer of the medical device industry in Minnesota; best known for founding Guidant Corp. precursor Cardiac Pacemakers, inc., now part of Boston Scientific, the company that manufactured the world's first lithium battery-powered artificial pacemaker[2]
- Giuseppe Mario Bellanca - designer of the first monoplane in the United States with an enclosed cabin
- Enea Bossi
- Lorenzo Del Riccio - inventor of fotofinish camera
- Daniel DiLorenzo - medical device entrepreneur and physician-scientist. He is the inventor of several technologies for the treatment of neurological disease
- Federico Faggin (born 1941) - physicist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur; best known for designing the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004
- Gerard J. Foschini
- The Jacuzzi family - developed the deep well water pump that led to the famous whirlpool bath
- Antonio Meucci (1808–1889) - credited by the Congress of the United States with the invention of the telephone
- Antonio Pasin (1897–1990) - inventor of the Radio Flyer stamped steel toy wagoni
- Sam Porcello (1935–2012) - food scientist who worked at Nabisco on the modern Oreo cookie in particular, was the inventor of the white Oreo cookie creme-filling. His work earned him the nickname, "Mr. Oreo."
- Lorenzo Ponza - inventor of the modern baseball pitching machine
- Francis Rogallo - engineer at NASA, designed the Rogallo wing, which found its greatest success in hang gliders and kites
- Andrea Rossi (born 1950) - entrepreneur who claims to have invented the cold fusion device E-Cat
- Andrew Toti
- Andrew Viterbi (born 1935) - engineer, billionaire, cofounder of Qualcomm, inventor of the Viterbi algorithm
- Frank Zamboni - inventor of the modern ice resurfacer
Judges
- Samuel Alito - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2006–present)
- Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) - Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- William Nardini - Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2019–present)
- Frank Caprio - Chief Judge of the Municipal Court of Providence (1985–2023)
Lawyers
- Bill Bufalino - American attorney who represented the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1947 until 1971.
- Joseph Arpaio (born 1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts) - law enforcement officer, most notably as the Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona; the child of immigrants from Lacedonia
- Michael D'Andrea - officer of the Central Intelligence Agency, appointed to head the Agency's Iran Mission Center
- Pete DeFazio
- Cate Edwards - daughter of former United States Senator John Edwards and Elizabeth Edwards
- Gil Garcetti (born 1941) - Los Angeles County's 40th district attorney
- Joseph D. Pistone - undercover FBI agent who went undercover as Donnie Brasco and infiltrated the Bonanno crime family
- Louis Freeh (born 1950 in Jersey City, New Jersey) - Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 1993–2001
- Rudolph Giuliani - early career was a US attorney in S.D.N.Y., prosecuting high-profile cases, including Cosa Nostra cases
- Dan Mitrione - Italian-born American police officer and U. S. government advisor in Latin America
- Frank Rizzo
- Frank Serpico
- Joe Petrosino - NYCPD lieutenant in charge of the Italian Squad, an elite corps of Italian-American detectives formed to fight the Mafia
- Charles Joseph Bonaparte - member of Theodore Roosevelt's Cabinet and founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Melissa Anelli - resident of Staten Island, journalist at Staten Island Advance and webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron
- Charly Arnolt - sports journalist (ESPN, OutKick, WWE)
- Carlo Barsotti - emigrated from Italy to New York City in 1872. In 1879, he founded the Il Progresso Italo-Americano newspaper in New York City
- Maria Bartiromo - financial journalist and television host
- Joe Benigno - WFAN sports radio personality
- David Brancaccio - journalist
- Harry Caray (1914–1998) - born Harry Christopher Carabina, sports broadcaster, did play-by-play for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and most famously the Chicago Cubs; Cubs win! Cubs win!
- Tucker Carlson - television host and conservative political commentator
- Matt Casamassina - video game journalist working for IGN
- Danny Casolaro - freelance journalist
- Igor Cassini - journalist
- Chris Cimino - co-host of Today in New York on WNBC, the NBC affiliate in New York City
- Kellyanne Conway - president and CEO of The Polling Company Inc./Woman Trend, and has been a political commentator on CNN, Fox News, and Fox Business
- Anthony Cumia - "Anthony" of the Opie and Anthony show
- Rick Francona - NBC military analyst
- Michael Gargiulo - co-host of Today in New York on WNBC, the NBC affiliate in New York City
- John Iadarola - progressive political commentator for The Young Turks
- Megyn Kelly - Fox News Channel political commentator and former corporate defense attorney
- Charlotte Laws - author, columnist, political commentator, former politician, animal rights advocate, anti-revenge porn activist (known as the "Erin Brockovich of revenge porn")
- Anthony Fantano - music critic and founder of The Needle Drop, a music related video blog
- Al Giordano - political commentator, and former anti-nuclear and environmental activist
- Steve Lopez - journalist; a columnist for the Los Angeles Times since 2001; the son of Spanish and Italian immigrants
- Rob Marciano - journalist and meteorologist
- Ann Nocenti - journalist, writer and editor, known for her work on comic books and magazines
- Alexandra Pelosi - journalist, documentary filmmaker, and writer; daughter of Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi
- Dana Perino - political commentator and author who served as the 26th White House Press Secretary, serving under President George W. Bush
- Generoso Pope Jr. (1927–1988) - founder of the National Enquirer
- Tony Rizzo - sports anchor with WJW-TV, the Fox affiliate in Cleveland
- Allison Rosati - WMAQ-TV nightly anchor, maternal Italian ancestry
- Rick Santelli (born 1956) - editor for the CNBC Business News network
- Peter Santenello (born 1977) - videomaker, traveler, and entrepreneur who produces videos about travel and human stories
- Lauren Scala - co-host of Today in New York on WNBC, the NBC affiliate in New York City
- Elaine Sciolino - Paris bureau chief of The New York Times
- Karley Sciortino - writer, television host, and producer
- Carla Sinclair - editor-in-chief at Craft magazine for O'Reilly Media
- Sgt. John Basilone - USMC, Medal of Honor recipient of World War II
- Major John Belli - Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army 1792–1794
- Corporal Anthony Casamento - USMC, Medal of Honor recipient of World War II
- Christopher G. Cavoli - commander of United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Lieutenant General Peter W. Chiarelli
- Lieutenant General Joseph P. DiSalvo - Military Deputy Commander of United States Southern Command
- General Curtis Scaparrotti, Commander of United States European Command
- Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola - Civil War Union Cavalry officer, and Medal of Honor recipient
- Lt Col Rick Francona - U S Air Force officer
- Major Don Gentile (Dominic Salvatore Gentile) (1920–1951) - US Air Force officer
- Bancroft Gherardi - rear admiral of the US Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. The first Italian-American admiral in the US Navy.
- Edmund P. Giambastiani - Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Giovanni Martini - trumpeter; only member of Custer's army to leave the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn alive
- General Raymond T. Odierno - incumbent Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Peter Pace - USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Antonio Pierro - lived to be one of the oldest surviving veterans of World War I
- Joseph L. Romano
- William B. Taliaferro - Confederate general, of Anglo-Italian descent. Though his ancestors came from England to the colonies, his Taliaferro ancestors were originally from Italy.
- Vito Trause - World War II prisoner of war
- Walter Schirra - naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury
- Maj. Gen. Francis D. Vavala - Adjutant General, Delaware Army National Guard
- Humbert Roque Versace - United States Army officer and POW in Vietnam
- Gen. Anthony Zinni - USMC, former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
Founding Fathers of the United States
- Caesar Rodney - signer of the Declaration of Independence, and President of Delaware was 1/64th Italian
- William Paca - often listed as an Italian American, but based on erroneous speculation about the Paca surname
Members of Congress
- Mark Amodei - American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district (2011–present)
- John Baldacci - American politician. As Democrat, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. Also served as the 73rd Governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011.
- John Barrasso - American physician and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wyoming (2007–present)
- Mario Biaggi - American politician a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York from 1969 to 1988.
- David Cicilline - American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district (2011–present)
- Catherine Cortez Masto - American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada (2017–present)
- Ted Cruz - United States senator for Texas is of mixed Cuban, Irish and Italian ancestry (2013–present)
- Emilio Q. Daddario - American Democratic politician from Connecticut. He served as a member of the 86th through 91st United States Congress. (1959–1971)
- John Ensign - Congressman and United States Senator from Nevada (1995–2011)
- James Joseph Lanzetta - American engineer and lawyer member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (1933–1935) and 1937–1939)
- Kevin McCarthy - American businessman and former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the United States House of Representatives (2007–present)
- Joe Manchin - American politician serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia (2010–present)
- Nancy Pelosi - Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2007–2011, 2019–2023)
- Steve Scalise - United States House of Representatives minority whip and representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district (2008–present)
- Tom Suozzi - Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 3rd congressional district (2017–present)
Minister
- Leon Panetta - U.S. Secretary of Defense 2011–2013
- Mike Pompeo - U.S. Secretary of State 2018–2021
Diplomats
- Peter F. Secchia - U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1989–1993
- John J. Maresca - U.S. Ambassador, United States Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1992–1994
- Richard F. Celeste - U.S. Ambassador to India, 1997–2001
- Thomas M. Foglietta - U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1997–2001
- Paul Cellucci - U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 2001–2005
- Paul A. Trivelli - U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, 2005–2008
- Joseph A. Mussomeli - U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines; Ambassador to Cambodia, 2005–2008;
- Ronald P. Spogli - U.S. Ambassador to Italy and first U.S. Ambassador to San Marino, 2005–2009
- Peter Cianchette - U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2008–2009
- Luigi R. Einaudi - acting Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)
- Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. - U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines and Republic of Palau, 2002–2005; Ambassador to Egypt, 2005–2008; and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2009–2010
- Linda S. Taglialatela - U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, the Eastern Caribbean and the OECS since 2016
- Claire A. Pierangelo - U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros since 2022
Governors and former governors
- John Baldacci - former governor of Maine (2003–2011)
- Donald Carcieri - former governor of Rhode Island (2003–2011)
- Dick Celeste - former governor of Ohio (1983–1991)
- Argeo Paul Cellucci - former governor of Massachusetts (1997–2001)
- Chris Christie - former governor of New Jersey (2010–2018)
- Andrew Cuomo - former governor of New York (2011–2021)
- Mario Cuomo - former governor of New York (1983–1994)
- Ron DeSantis - governor of Florida
- Edward D. DiPrete - former governor of Rhode Island (1985–1991)
- Michael DiSalle - former governor of Ohio (1959–1963)
- James Florio - former governor of New Jersey (1990–1994)
- Foster Furcolo - former governor of Massachusetts (1957–1961)
- Ella T. Grasso - former governor of Connecticut (1975–1980); first woman to be elected governor without following a husband
- Andrew H. Longino - former governor of Mississippi (1900–1904)
- Janet Napolitano - former governor of Arizona (2003–2009)
- William Paca - signer of the American Declaration of Independence, member of the Continental Congress, governor of Maryland, Federal District Judge
- John Orlando Pastore - former governor of Rhode Island (1945–1950)
- George Pataki - former governor of New York (1995–2006)
- Gina Raimondo - former governor of Rhode Island (2015–2021)
- Albert Rosellini - former governor of Washington State (1957–1965)
- Al Smith - former governor of New York (1919–1921; 1923–1929)
- John A. Volpe - former governor of Massachusetts (1961–1963; 1965–1969)
Mayors and former mayors
- Hugh Addonizio (1914–1981) - Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, 1962–1970
- Joseph Alioto (1916–1998) - Mayor of San Francisco, 1968–1976
- Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro, Jr. (1903–1987) - Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, 1947–1959; prior to being mayor, he was a representative from Maryland's 3rd congressional district (1939–47); father of U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi
- Luigi Boria (born 1958) - Mayor of Doral, Florida, 2012–2016
- Richard Caliguiri (1931–1988) - Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1978–1988
- Anthony Celebrezze (1910–1998) - Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1953–1962
- Vincent Cianci, Jr (1941–2016) - Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 1975–1984 and 1991–2002
- David Cicilline (born 1961) - Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, 2003–2011; Jewish mother
- Bill de Blasio (born 1961) - Mayor of New York City, 2014–2022
- John DeStefano, Jr. (born 1955) - Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, 1994–2014
- Frank Fasi (1920–2010) - Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1969–1981 and 1984–1994
- Eric Garcetti (born 1971) - Mayor of Los Angeles, California, 2013–2022
- Philip Giordano (born 1963) - Mayor of Waterbury, Connecticut, 1995–2001 when was arrested for municipal corruption and convicted of sex offender.
- Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) - Mayor of New York City, 1994–2001[3]
- Dick A. Greco (born 1933) - Mayor of Tampa, Florida, 1967–1974 and 1995–2003
- Pam Iorio (born 1959) - Mayor of Tampa, Florida, 2003–2011
- Vincent R. Impellitteri (1900–1987) - Mayor of New York City, 1950–1953
- Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947) - Mayor of New York City, 1934–1945; both parents Italian-born; father lapsed Catholic; mother Jewish
- Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) - Mayor of New Orleans, 2010–2018
- Anthony M. Masiello (born 1947) - Mayor of Buffalo, New York, 1994–2005
- Thomas Menino (1942–2014) - Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1993–2014
- Robert Maestri (1899–1974) - Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1936–1946
- George Moscone (1929–1978) - Mayor of San Francisco, 1976–1978
- Joseph R. Paolino Jr. (born 1955) - 33rd Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
- Frank Rizzo (1920–1991) - Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1972–1980
- Angelo Rossi (1878–1948) - Mayor of San Francisco, 1931–1944
- Victor Schiro (1904–1992) - Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1961–1970
- Frank A. Sedita (1907–1975) - Mayor of Buffalo, New York, 1958–1961, 1966–1973
- Reed Gusciora (born 1960) - Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, since 2018
Other
- Alessandra Biaggi (born 1986) - New York State Senator
- Jill Biden (born 1951) - American educator and the current first lady of the United States, wife of President Joe Biden. She was previously the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
- Paul D'Ortona (1903–1992) - Democratic politician from Philadelphia who served as President of Philadelphia's City Council.
- Andrew Giuliani (born 1986) - Special Assistant to the President and associate director of the Office of Public Liaison for President Donald Trump
- Jim Messina (born 1969) - political adviser, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Barack Obama 2009–2011
- Mike Pellicciotti (born 1978) - Washington State Treasurer
- Joe Tacopina (born 1966) - lawyer who has represented Alex Rodriguez, Michael Jackson, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Meek Mill, and most notably Donald Trump.
- Msgr. Geno Baroni (1930–1984) - Catholic Coordinator for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
- Raggio dell'Raggio (born 1963) - New York Italian parish president of Our Lady of Knee Clubbing Most Holy Divine Red Sauce Catholic Church
- Francis X. DiLorenzo (1942–2017) - twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Richmond in Virginia
- John Clement Favalora - Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Miami
- Fr. Stan Fortuna - Roman Catholic priest
- James Groppi - Roman Catholic priest and noted civil rights activist
- Francis Mugavero - first Italian-American Bishop of Brooklyn, 1968–1990
- Anthony M. Pilla - bishop of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, 1979–2006
- Joseph Rosati - first Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Louis
- Robert Sirico
Cardinals
- Joseph Louis Bernardin (1928–1996) - Archbishop of Cincinnati, Archbishop of Chicago
- Anthony Joseph Bevilacqua (1923–2012) - served as Bishop of Pittsburgh and Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Daniel Nicholas DiNardo (born 1949) - Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
- Justin Francis Rigali (born 1935) - Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Aristides Agramonte - bacteriologist
- Janis Amatuzio (born 1950) - forensic pathologist
- John T. Cacioppo - neuroscientist
- Eugenio Calabi (1923–2023) - Italian-born American mathematician specializing in differential geometry, partial differential equations and their applications
- Mario Capecchi (born 1941) - Nobel Prize 2007 winner for medicine
- Nicholas R. Cozzarelli
- Charles DeLisi
- Renato Dulbecco - Nobel Prize 1975 winner for medicine
- Federico Faggin - widely known for designing the first commercial microprocessor
- Robert Fano (1917–2016) - computer scientist
- Ugo Fano (1912–2001) - physicist
- Anthony Fauci - immunologist contributing to research in the areas of AIDS and other immunodeficiencies
- Enrico Fermi (1901–1954) - physicist; Nobel Prize 1938
- Robert Gallo - virologist
- Albert Ghiorso - nuclear scientist who helped discover several chemical elements on the periodic table
- Riccardo Giacconi (1931–2018) - astrophysicist; Nobel Prize 2002
- Edward J. Giorgianni - imaging scientist
- Louis Ignarro - Nobel Prize 1998 winner for medicine
- Robert Lanza
- Paul J. Lioy - exposure science
- Mariangela Lisanti - theoretical physicist
- Salvador Luria - microbiologist; Nobel Prize 1969 for medicine
- Mike Massimino - astronaut
- Fulvio Melia - physicist, astrophysicist, and author
- Antonio Meucci - telephone inventor
- Franco Modigliani - economist; Nobel Prize 1985
- Rita Levi-Montalcini - neurobiologist; Nobel Prize 2009
- Lisa Marie Nowak - born Lisa Marie Caputo; astronaut
- William Daniel Phillips - physicist; shared the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1997, with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
- Sam Potolicchio - psychologist specializing in government
- Bruno Rossi (1905–1993) - major contributions to particle physics and the study of cosmic rays
- Gian-Carlo Rota
- Jack Sarfatti
- Piero Scaruffi (born 1955) - cognitive scientist
- Walter Schirra - astronaut
- Emilio Segrè - Nobel Prize 1959-winning physicist and academic
- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922–2018) - geneticist
- Giuliana Tesoro (1921–2002) - organic chemist
- Michael Viscardi - mathematician
- Andrew Viterbi
- Philip Zimbardo
Academics
- Mario Capecchi - University of Utah
- John D. Caputo
- James Carafano
- Frank A. Cipriani
- Thomas A. DeFanti
- John J. DeGioia - President of Georgetown University
- Frank J. Fabozzi
- Eugene Fama - University of Chicago professor of finance and winner of the 2013 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
- A. Bartlett Giamatti (1938–1989) - President of Yale University, later Major League Baseball commissioner; Italian father
- Robert Gallucci - Dean of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
- Lino Graglia - University of Texas in Austin
- Paul J. Lioy - University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Robert Magliola - academic specialist in hermeneutics, philosophy, and religious studies
- Mariana Mazzucato
- Silvio Micali - professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, distinguished for his work on cryptography
- Fulvio Melia - professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Arizona in Tucson
- Franco Modigliani - MIT economics professor and winner of the 1985 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
- L. Jay Oliva - former President of New York University (NYU) and author of many books on European and Russian history
- Camille Paglia - professor of humanities at the University of the Arts
- Michael Parenti - political scientist, Marxist activist
- P. M. Pasinetti - professor of comparative literature and Italian at UCLA
- Walter Piston - professor of music at Harvard University 1926–1960; Pulitzer Prize winner 1948 and 1961
- Kim Addonizio - poet and novelist
- Vince Aletti (born 1945)- writer, curator, and photography critic
- Maria Arena Bell - novelist, television and freelance writer
- Paul Attanasio - screenwriter
- Ken Auletta - writer/journalist and media critic for The New Yorker
- David Baldacci (born 1960) - best-selling novelist; a distant cousin of John Baldacci, former governor of Maine
- Andrew Berardini - art critic and fiction writer
- Greg Berlanti - television writer and producer
- Giannina Braschi - poet and novelist
- Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) - author and motivational speaker
- Christopher Castellani - novelist
- Nick Cafardo (1956–2019) - sportswriter
- Duane Capizzi - screenwriter
- Lorenzo Carcaterra - novelist and screenwriter
- Christopher Carosa (born 1960) - author, journalist, and investment adviser
- John Ciardi - poet and etymologist
- Diablo Cody - screenwriter, producer, author, journalist, memoirist, stripper and exotic dancer
- Bob Colacello - writer
- Angelo F. Coniglio - civil engineer, genealogist and author
- Gregory Corso - poet
- Wendy Corsi Staub - novelist
- John Corvino - philosopher
- Lorenzo Da Ponte - poet, writer, librettist
- William L. DeAndrea - mystery writer
- Keith R. A. DeCandido
- Frank De Felitta - author
- Don DeLillo (born 1936) - author
- Guy Anthony De Marco - author
- Tomie dePaola - author
- Louise DeSalvo - writer, editor, professor, and lecturer
- Pietro Di Donato - writer
- Janine di Giovanni - author, journalist and war correspondent
- John Fante - novelist and screenwriter
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti - poet, essayist and painter
- David Franzoni - screenwriter of Gladiator and King Arthur
- John Fusco - novelist (Paradise Salvage) and screenwriter of Young Guns, Hidalgo, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- Paul Gallico - Italian father
- Daniela Gioseffi (born 1941) - poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, performer, social justice activist
- Arturo Giovannitti - poet, political activist
- Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1934–2002) - writer
- Evan Hunter - aka Ed MacBain, born Salvatore Lombino
- Philip Lamantia
- Teresa de Lauretis
- Luis Marden - born Annibale Luis Paragallo, writer for National Geographic
- Fulvio Melia - author of several popular science books, including The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
- Charles Messina - writer/director of the play Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God, the film Merging, and co-author the book My Father, My Don
- Henry Samuel Morais - writer, rabbi
- Diana Ossana - Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Camille Paglia - post-feminist literary and cultural critic
- Christopher Paolini
- Michael Parenti
- P.M. Pasinetti - novelist, playwright, journalist, professor
- Mario Pei
- Tom Perrotta - novelist and screenwriter best known for the novels Election (1998) and Little Children (2004)[4][5][6][7]
- Nicholas Pileggi (born 1933) - writer, producer and screenwriter. He wrote the non-fiction book Wiseguy and co-wrote the screenplay for Goodfellas
- Joseph D. Pistone
- Diane di Prima - poet of the Beat generation
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999) - writer/screenwriter and best-selling author of The Godfather
- Marco Rafalà - first-generation descendant of immigrants from Melilli, Sicily. He is the author of the novel, How Fires End, a work of historical fiction set in World War II Sicily and 1980s America.
- Terry Rossio - screenwriter
- Shane Salerno - screenwriter
- R.A. Salvatore (born 1959) - born Robert Anthony Salvatore, science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his Forgotten Realms and Star Wars novels
- Leslie Scalapino - poet
- Piero Scaruffi - poet, historian, scientist
- Dom (Domenico) Serafini - TV trade magazine editor
- Michelangelo Signorile - journalist, columnist, talk radio host and gay activist
- Michael Smerconish - radio host and television presenter, newspaper columnist, author, and lawyer
- Gay Talese
- Adriana Trigiani
- Jessica Valenti - blogger and feminist writer
- Mark Valenti - screenwriter[8]
- Tom Verducci - sportswriter
- Luisa Weiss - food writer
- Rebecca Zanetti - bestselling author of paranormal romance, contemporary romance, and romantic suspense
- Giuseppe Mario Bellanca - designer of the first monoplane in the United States with an enclosed cabin
- Frank Borzage - first person to win the Academy Award for Directing, for Seventh Heaven (1927)
- Enea Bossi - designer of the first stainless steel aircraft and designer of the disputed first fully human-powered plane
- Anthony Celebrezze (1910–1998) - first non-native to be appointed to the U.S. Cabinet
- Geraldine Ferraro (1935–2011) - first woman in U.S. history to be nominated for the vice presidency of the United States from a major political party
- Ella T. Grasso (1919–1981) - born Ella Rose Tambussi Grasso, first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without succeeding her husband
- Giuseppina Morlacchi (1846–1886) - ballerina and dancer, introduced the can-can to the American stage
- Nancy Pelosi - first woman in U.S. history to hold the office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- Frank Posillico - Dry January inventor
- Dennis Tito - world's first space tourist
- Joe Valachi (1904–1971) - first member of the Mafia to testify to the Senate about organized crime
- Emile Ardolino - dancer and choreographer
- Donald P. Bellisario - director, former civil uniform service
- Elizabeth Anne Bisceglia - American murderer; father was of Italian ancestry
- Marella Agnelli - furniture designer
- Luigi Antonini - labor leader
- Noah D'castellano - Italian American actor-model and businessperson [9]
- Chris Avellone - video game designer
- Frances Xavier Cabrini - Catholic religious sister, first U.S. citizen to be canonized a saint by the Catholic Church
- Alyssa Campanella - fashion blogger, model, and beauty pageant titleholder
- Oleg Cassini - Russian-Italian-American fashion designer
- Andrew Cunanan - mass murderer; mother is of Italian background
- Charli D'Amelio - TikTok personality
- Dixie D'Amelio - TikTok personality
- Emily DiDonato - model of Italian, Irish, and Native American ancestry[10]
- Ralph DiGia - pacifist and social justice activist
- Tabitha D'umo - choreographer and creative director
- Angelo Dundee - trainer of several boxing champions
- Elizabeth Edwards - born Anania, wife of John Edwards, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- Anthony Fantano - music critic and internet personality of Sicilian descent
- Vincenzo Ferdinandi - fashion stylist
- Vanessa Hessler - model and actress[11]
- Ernest Ingenito - mass shooter
- Olivia Jade - social media celebrity and YouTuber
- Stacy London - stylist and fashion consultant
- Jay Manuel - make-up artist
- Sabato Morais - rabbi leader of Mikveh Israel Synagogue, pioneer of Italian Jewish Studies in America, and founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City
- Bruno Pauletto - physiologist, shot putter, businessman, coach, author
- Bucky Pizzarelli - jazz guitarist. He was the father of guitarist John Pizzarelli and double bassist Martin Pizzarelli.
- Mike Pompeo - politician, former Central Intelligence Agency director and 70th United States Secretary of State
- Charles Ponzi (1882–1949) - one of the greatest swindlers in American history; inventor of the Ponzi scheme
- Carrie Prejean - model, author, former Miss California USA 2009 and Miss USA 2009 first runner-up[12]
- Angela Carlozzi Rossi - executive secretary of the Italian Welfare League
- John Scarne - born Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia, gambling expert and sleight-of-hand card performer
- Mary Schiavo - former Inspector General of the United States Department of Transportation
- Michael Schiavo - ex-husband of Terri Schiavo, the woman whose comatose state and subsequent court case garnered much media attention
- Christian Siriano - fashion designer from New York
- Milton Sirotta - at age nine coined the term googol
- Michael Smerconish - CNN journalist
- Carmela Teoli - 14-year-old mill worker whose Congressional testimony helped end the 1912 Lawrence textile strike
- Jack Valenti - of Sicilian heritage, president of the Motion Picture Association of America from 1966 to 2007
- Elettra Rossellini Wiedemann - fashion model, and socialite[13]
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