" Nice to know that we Dagos are known for something other than Il Cosa Nostra."
You have got to be kidding!!!
How about...
Marius, Caesar, (where Pace got some of his genes), Augustus, Trajan, Constantine the Great, Cicero, Cincinnatus, Horatio, Hadrian, Justinian, Virgil, Seneca, St. Francis, St. Anthony, Saint Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, Marco Polo, Dante, The Medici, Macchiavelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Giotto, Raphael, Botticelli, Donatello, Fra Angelico, Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, Verrazano, Archimedes, Galileo, Verdi, Palladio, Paganini, Vivaldi, Puccini, Garibaldi, Mazzini, Napoleone (Italian born in Corsica before it was sold to France), Montessori, Volta, Fibonacci, Fermi, Marconi, Armani, Gucci, Versace, Ferragamo, Ferrari, Ducati, Maserati, Vespa, Sophia Loren, Fellini, Pizza, Pasta, Pesto, Carpaccio, Tiramisu, Bruschetta, Panini, Prosciutto, Gelato, Espresso, Grappa, Amaretto, Venice, Florence, Roma, Milan, Sorrento, Capri, Assisi, Bellaggio, St. Peters, la dolce vita... and yes, even the creators of the "godfather" Puzo and Coppola.
This is just a short list... but I hope it helps a bit.
What? No Topo Giggo? (Eddie, kiss me goodnight)
Gratzi, Caro mio.