Subj : Born in Italy To : All From : Mike Dippel Date : Thu Apr 23 2026 22:13:50 In honor of Italy's Liberation Day (April 25), this week's Connection Checkers are famous people born in Italy. Per wikitree.com I am: 17 degrees from Catherine de M˙dicis 22 degrees from Giovanni Agnelli 20 degrees from Lucrezia Borgia 20 degrees from Frank Russell Capra 20 degrees from Umberto di Savoia 29 degrees from Vittorio Gassman 24 degrees from Caronne Grisi 21 degrees from Guglielmo Marconi 21 degrees from Marcello Mastroianni 20 degrees from Maria Montessori 18 degrees from Rudolph Valentino 25 degrees from Carla Zampatti More about them: Catherine de Medici, Italian noblewoman and Queen of France. Giovanni Agnelli, industrialist and principal founder of Fiat. Lucrezia Borgia, considered one of the great beauties of the Italian Renaissance. Daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Frank Capra, film director, producer, and writer involved in major award-winning Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s. Umberto II di Savoia, the "May King," the last King of Italy. Vittorio Gassman, considered one Italy's greatest actors. Carlotta Grisi, ballet dancer known for developing the Gisele role. Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi, was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on radio transmission. Marcello Mastroianni, Italian film actor. Maria Montessori, psychiatric physician and biologist who developed the Montessori method of education. Rodolfo Valentino, silent film star. Carla Zampatti, Italian-Australian fashion designer, businesswoman, and executive chairperson of the fashion label "Carla Zampatti Limited." ---- I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are. https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters. It is totally free and very useful to genealogists. If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me some basic information by going to: https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm and click on the 'Request Form' link. I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history, and I would love to see how WE are related. Mike Dippel https://bbs-list.net List Your BBS For Free * Origin: The Hobby Line! BBS - hobbylinebbs.com (954:895/1) .