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There are approximately 55 million Italians in Italy, which represents 91% of the Italian population. In addition, there are over 15,700,000 Italian Americans who reside in the United States according to the Year 2000 Census. The Italian immigrant experience began in earnest in 1890 and reached a peek in 1913. Both contadini  and tradesmen faced economic as well as ethnic prejudices upon entering the labor force in America. The economic-caused hostility derived from Italian immigrants’ roles as “strikebreakers” and “wage cutters” from 1870 onward. Because of this and other reasons, negative stereotypes of Italian Americans have flourished in the media. Even Italians in Italy are stereotyped in ways that they feel resemble the "truth" and in other ways they find offensive.

What most people do not know is that hundreds of Notable Italians and Italian Americans have contribute to contributed to science, arts, technology, cuisine, sports, jurisprudence and banking both abroad and worldwide.