Vito Rizzuto, known as Montreal's Teflon Don, is alleged to be the leading mafia boss in Canada. He was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy, on February 21, 1946, and was brought to Montreal by his parents in 1954.

Simone Perrotta, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born September 17, 1977 in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England) is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer midfielder, who currently plays for A.S. Roma in Serie A. He was member of the Italian national football team that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Perrotta lived in England until the age of 6, attending school at St. Ann's primary school in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Frank Costello, born Francesco Castiglia, or Castilla (January 26, 1891 - February 18, 1973) was an American gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and had political influence like no other La Cosa Nostra boss. Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld" he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia bosses in American history, …

James "Big Jim" Colosimo (1877 - May 11, 1920) was an early Chicago mob boss who was noted for his flashy lifestyle and an empire built on prostitution, gambling, and racketeering.

Francesco Ioele (1893 - July 1, 1928), better known as Frankie Uale or the alias of Yale, was a Brooklyn gangster and original employer of Al Capone, before the latter moved to Chicago to start his own gang.

Nicodemo Domenico Scarfo (born March 8, 1929, Brooklyn, New York) was an American mafioso, member of the U.S. Cosa Nostra, and head of the Scarfo Crime Family which controlled organized crime in Philadelphia, as well as parts of southern New Jersey and even Newark, New Jersey. Scarfo's father was a made member of the New York based Genovese crime family, and later Scarfo's son Nicky, Jr. became a made member of the Lucchese crime family, …

Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio) (September 26, 1902-October 25, 1957), also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc.

Barlaam of Seminara (ca. 1290-1348), or Barlaam of Calabria was a Greek/Italian scholar (Aristotelian scholastic) and clergyman of the 14th century. Humanist, philologist, and theologian, he is one of the representatives of Byzantine Renaissance humanism. He brought an accusation of heresy against Gregory Palamas for the latter's defence of Hesychasm (the Eastern Orthodox Church's mystical teaching on prayer).

About me? difficult question, simple question, all in one and all at once... I've been born one October day in the deep south of Italy, in a city I really miss, named Crotone. I'm going to get my bachelor in philosophy, quite soon I hope (April, maybe), I'm working as an English teacher for children, once upon a time i thought I would have become a theatre actress. But the Italian theatre wasn't thinking the same.