Tony Pizzo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tony Pizzo

Local historian and businessman

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1912

Place of Birth: Tampa, Florida, United States

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1994

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Anthony "Tony" P.
Pizzo was a well-respected local historian and businessman, and was internationally recognized for his attempts to preserve the Italian American and Cuban American heritage and history of Tampa, Florida, and in particular that of his home neighborhood of Ybor City.
From 1982 until his death in 1994, Pizzo was the official historian of Hillsborough County, and is author of several histories, most of which celebrate the unusual multicultural makeup of early Tampa.
Pizzo also served as chairman of the Hillsborough County Historical Commission from 1968 to 1980, where he oversaw and was responsible for over eighty historical markers in Tampa and Ybor City.