Fiorello H. La Guardia

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human lawyer mayor member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.

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Label	Occurrences
Fiorello H. La Guardia canonical	21
Fiorello La Guardia	7
Fiorello H. LaGuardia	2
Fiorello Henry La Guardia	2
Fiorello H. La Guardia, mayor of New York City	1
New York City Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T274479 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fiorello H. La Guardia
Context triple: [Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City, hasBurial, Fiorello H. La Guardia]

A. Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
B. Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
C. Alfred Emanuel Smith
Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.
D. Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
E. Warren Delano Jr.
Warren Delano Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American merchant and China trader best known as the maternal grandfather of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fiorello H. La Guardia
Target entity description: Fiorello H. La Guardia was a prominent three-term mayor of New York City (1934–1945) known for his reformist leadership during the Great Depression and World War II.

A. Alfred N. Goldsmith
Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
B. Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
C. Alfred Emanuel Smith
Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served four terms as governor of New York and was the Democratic Party’s nominee for president in 1928.
D. Al Smith
Al Smith was an American politician and four-term New York governor who became the first Roman Catholic major-party nominee for U.S. president in 1928.
E. Warren Delano Jr.
Warren Delano Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American merchant and China trader best known as the maternal grandfather of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ mayor ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ
burialPlace	Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx ⓘ linked to: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
causeOfDeath	pancreatic cancer ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1882-12-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1947-09-20 ⓘ
educatedAt	New York University ⓘ
education	New York University School of Law ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Italian American ⓘ Jewish American ⓘ
familyName	La Guardia ⓘ
fullName	Fiorello Henry La Guardia ⓘ linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia
givenName	Fiorello ⓘ
hasHeritage	Italian ⓘ Jewish ⓘ
influenced	urban reform in the United States ⓘ
knownFor	expanding social services in New York City ⓘ fighting corruption in New York City government ⓘ leadership during World War II ⓘ leadership during the Great Depression ⓘ radio addresses to the public ⓘ reading the comics over the radio during a newspaper strike ⓘ reformist leadership as mayor of New York City ⓘ support for labor rights ⓘ support for public housing projects ⓘ
militaryService	United States Army Air Service ⓘ
movement	New Deal ⓘ
namedAfter	Fiorello H. LaGuardia Airport ⓘ linked to: LaGuardia Airport
notableWork	creation of New York City’s unified transit system ⓘ support for construction of LaGuardia Airport ⓘ
numberOfTermsAsMayor	3 ⓘ
occupation	lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
officeEnd	1945-12-31 ⓘ
officeStart	1934-01-01 ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ
politicalParty	American Labor Party ⓘ Republican Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld	Mayor of New York City ⓘ member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ⓘ
religion	Episcopalian ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Marie Fisher ⓘ Thea Almerigotti ⓘ
workedAs	interpreter at Ellis Island ⓘ

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Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → hasBurial → Fiorello Henry La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

LaGuardia Airport → namedAfter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Office of Civilian Defense → employer → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Fiorello H. La Guardia → fullName → Fiorello Henry La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

LaGuardia Airport → namedAfter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

subject linked to: LGA

North Beach Airport → namedAfter → Fiorello H. LaGuardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Tom Bosley → notableRole → New York City Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Patience (lion statue) → namedBy → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Fiorello! (musical) → subject → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Fiorello! (musical) → featuresCharacter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Fiorello! (musical) → originalBroadwayStarRole → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

New York City mayoral elections → notablePastWinner → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

The Power Broker → notableCharacter → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Fiorello → hasNotableBearer → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Fiorello → associatedWithPerson → Fiorello H. La Guardia, mayor of New York City ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

La Guardia → hasNotableBearer → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

La Guardia → hasNotableBearer → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

LaGuardia Airport → namedAfter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

subject linked to: La Guardia

American Labor Party → notableSupportedCandidate → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts → namedAfter → Fiorello H. LaGuardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Thea Almerigotti → spouse → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

LaGuardia Community College → namedAfter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

LaGuardia Airport → namedAfter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

subject linked to: LGA (airport-wide)

Civil Air Patrol → foundedBy → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Marie Fisher → spouse → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Dorothy Kenyon → appointedBy → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Thomas Edward Bosley → notableRole → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Tony Lo Bianco → portrayed → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Norris-LaGuardia Act → namedAfter → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Republican Party in New York City → hasNotableMayor → Fiorello H. La Guardia ⓘ

Liberal Party of New York → supportedCandidate → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

Gate of Heaven Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Fiorello La Guardia ⓘ

linked to: Fiorello H. La Guardia

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