10|01|23. Thanks to all of you who submitted nominations to the CiaoAmerica! list of the 50 most influential Italian Americans. The next step in this project is to circulate this list for your comments.  Did we miss someone who should be on the list? Please let us know.   The comment period ends on Valentine’s Day , February 14. Here is the list in no particular order:

Lady Gaga | Nancy Pelosi | Danny DeVito | Madonna | Leon Panetta | John Podesta | Antonin Scalia | Jerry Colangelo | Maria Pinto | Leonardo DiCaprio | Giada deLaurentis | Kara Dioguardi | Samuel Alito | Tom Colicchio | Andrew Cuomo | Andrew Napolitano | Rudy Giuliani | Janet Napolitano |Thomas Perrelli | Gay Talese | David Baldacci | Geraldine Ferraro | Martin Scorsese | Raymond Odierno | Jay Leno | Samuel Palmisano | Bruce Springsteen | Maria Bartiromo | John DeGioa | Paul Otellini | Lidia Bastianich | Francesco Vezzoli | Peter DeFazio | Bill Pascrell | Joe Girardi | Andre DiMino | Dominic Massaro | Robert De Niro | Joseph De Raso | Joseph DiTrapani | Dana Perino | Kenneth Langone | Jim Messina | Sylvester Stallone | Anthony Fauci | Peter Pace | Peter Secchia | Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimo’ | Mayor Adrian Fenty | Connie Morella | Gene Dodar | Rachel Ray | Carla Gugino | Bon Jov

|CiaoAmerica.net|