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Over 50 Noteworthy
Italians of Waterbury

  1. Augelli, Nick
  2. Bologna, Sando - Among other things, he is the Author of "Growing Up Italian and American in Waterbury"
  3. Capobianco, Carmine (external link)
  4. Cavallari, Chris
  5. Ciarlo, Corado "Babe" (external link)
  6. Cipriano, Joe - a.k.a. Tom Collins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cipriano
  7. Collins, Tom - see Cipriano, Joe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cipriano
  8. Credible, Justin - see Polaco, Peter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Credible
  9. Coviello, Dina
  10. Crocicchia, Jim
  11. D'Bramo, Dr. Louis R.
  12. DeLeo, Michael J.
  13. DeMeco, Allie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allie_DiMeco
  14. DePaulo, Joey
  15. DiCecco, Mario
  16. DiMeco, Allie
  17. Dionne, Monica
  18. Diorio, Joe
  19. Diorio, Ron
  20. Famiglietti, Marissa
  21. Ferraro, Ralph
  22. Ferro, Marissa
  23. Filipi, Catarina
  24. Forte, Nick Apallo
  25. Gallicchio, Michael
  26. Gallo, Robert
  27. Generali, Mario
  28. Giordano, Phillip
  29. Greco, Atty. John Baptiste
  30. Marcuse, Harold
  31. Marano, Richard M. - Among other things, he is the Author of "Growing Up Italian And American In Waterbury"
  32. Martinelli, Nicholas Antonio "Nicolo"
  33. Mastracchio, Richard A.
  34. Palomba, Donna
  35. Pape, William
  36. Paternastro, Rob
  37. Polaco, Peter - a.k.a. Justin Credible
  38. Porzio, Mike
  39. Rossi, Joseph William "Joe Dundee" (external link) 
  40. Ruggerio, Valerie
  41. Russo, Michele
  42. Salinaro, Dom
  43. Santopietro, Joseph
  44. Sirica, John
  45. Solo, Robert H.
  46. Tata, Terry
  47. Tirado, George
  48. Valdambrini, Joseph, Reverend Monsignor (1)
  49. Valentino, Chris
  50. Vastola, Anthony P. - founder of the largest Italian-American service in the U.S.A.; (external link)
  51. Viega, Adriano Seabra, M.D. (1)
  52. Viera, Frank "Porky"
  53. Vincent, Francis T. "Fay" (1)

Italian Mayors for the Day

2000 Rosario Costa 
2001 Honorable Judge Richard M. Marano 
2006 Carl W. Rosa
???? Anthony "Tony" Renzullo
2011 Colonel John Chiarella 
2011 David G. Devino Sr 
2013 John A. Lombardo
2014 Father Frederick Aniello
2015 Semina DeLaurentis
2016 John Sarlo 
2021 William "Billy" Summa
2022 The 3rd and 4th generations of the Maiorano Family of Waterbury
​2023 Arthur J. Denze - also one of Waterbury's top 3 Ignominious people (see below)

Italian Publications in Waterbury

Il Progresso di Waterbury
Amici
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Italian Associations in Waterbury

In the year 1910, there were at least 17 established Italian associations in Waterbury.  In the year 2010, that number was reduced to about half that number.
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Ignominious
​Italians of Waterbury

Denze, Arthur J.
  • Date of Birth: August 30th, 1962 (Source: MyLife.com)
  • Also known as Arthur Dense (Source: MyLife.com)
  • Former Alderman who was disgraced by the Board of Aldermen when they censured him for argumentative, incoherent, obnoxious, and gadflideous behavior, effectively ostracizing him from any possible political position
  • Known as a gadflidious mouthpiece for his own personal causes, Denze spat in the face of at least 1 publich official, namely Connecticut State Representative Anthony "Tony" D'Amelio
  • Renowned as a community racist - freely spewing terms such as "the N word", "them people", "towel heads", et cetera

Giordano, Phillip Anthony
  • Born in Venezuela
  • Descendant of Italian emigrants
  • Former Marine
  • Former Lawyer
  • Former Connecticut State Representative
  • Former Mayor of Waterbury
  • Accused of gross (City of Waterbury) pension underfunding
  • Subject of a Federal Bureau of Investigation into allegations of municipal (Waterbury government) corruption
  • Convicted Sex Offender

Santopietro, Joseph - Mayor
  • A victim of poorly-guided advice from tenured city officials and businessmen, Santopietro got caught in a Security Savings Bank scandal and web of corruption