Editing Lists of Italian Americans (section)

==Italian Americans who were first in their field of achievement==
*[[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 film)|Seventh Heaven]]'' (1927)
*[[Enea Bossi, Sr.|Enea Bossi]] - designer of the [[Budd BB-1 Pioneer|first stainless steel aircraft]] and designer of the disputed first fully [[Pedaliante|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 [[History of the United States|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 [[Italian-American Mafia|the Mafia]] to testify to the Senate about organized crime