Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola was a New York City mobster who became a caporegime of the 116th Street Crew of the Luciano family, which later came to be known as the Genovese family. Coppola headed many Genovese family criminal operations from the late 1930s until the early 1960s. He should not be confused with Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola, a later member of the Genovese crime family.

Vito Anthony Marcantonio was an American lawyer and politician who served as the socialist leader of East Harlem for seven terms in the United States House of Representatives.