Giuseppe Garibaldi
War Hero
Politician and general associated with the Italian Risorgimento. He was a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento and fought many military campaigns to form a unified Italy.
He became a merchant marine captain in 1832.
The state fish of California was named after him.
His parents were Giovanni Domenico Garibaldi and Maria Rosa Nicoletta Raimondo.
He was admired by Victor Hugo and other intellectuals of his era.