Genovese
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Genovese is an Italian surname meaning, properly, someone from Genoa, but more often (as most of the well known representatives of the name), a clever person, a generalization particularly in Southern Italy of people from Genoa.[citation needed]
[edit] List of people with surname Genovese
- Genovese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City's Mafia
- Vito Genovese (1897-1969), prominent New York City Mafia Boss
- Michael James Genovese (1918-2006), alleged Pittsburgh Mafia boss
- Alfredo Genovese (born 1964), Argentine artist
- Bruna Genovese (born 1976), Italian long-distance runner
- Domenico Genovese (born 1961), English footballer
- Eugene D. Genovese (born 1930), American historian
- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese (1941-2007), his wife, also a historian
- Kitty Genovese (1935-1964), murder victim, whose cries for help were allegedly ignored
- Genovese syndrome, or bystander effect, named for the Kitty Genovese case
- Michael Genovese (disambiguation)
- Richard Genovese (born 1947), American painter
- William Genovese, American computer criminal
[edit] See also
- Genovese Drug Stores, a defunct pharmacy chain in the NYC area
- Genoese (disambiguation)
[edit] References
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