Fiorello H. La Guardia
 Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (/fiəˈrɛloʊ ləˈɡwɑrdiə/; born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia) (December 11 1882 – September 20 1947) was the 99th Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945 as a Republican. Previously he had been elected to Congress in 1916 and 1918 and again from 1922 through 1930. Irascible energetic and charismatic he craved publicity and is acclaimed as one of the three or four greatest mayors in American history.