- July 20, 1930: Daughter Elettra born.
- June 21, 1910: Son Giulio born.
- September 11, 1908: Daughter Degna born.
- Invented wireless telegraphy. He has been called "The Father of Radio".
- Pictured on an 8¢ Canadian commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor 15 November 1974.
- Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1988.
- Died on his youngest daughter's seventh birthday.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1975.
- Mother was Irish, the granddaughter of Scotsman John Jameson, founder of the esteemed Jameson Whiskey distillery in Dublin, Ireland.
- Elected into the 2008 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to enterprise and contributions to the development of wireless technology.
- Shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".
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