Leonardo Andriani (an-dree-AH-nee; January 25, 1895 – December 24, 1948) was an Italian longshoreman and immigrant born in Molfetta, Italy.

[1] Raised as the son of an impoverished waggoneer in southern Italy, he joined the Italian Navy in World War I, before settling down and meeting a wife of his own; Marianna DeBari.

They had two children, Gennaro and Serafina, but work was grueling in the olive fields of Apulia, so he decided to make his fortune in America.

The police picked him up and, after spending a night in a Hoboken City Hall holding cell, he was committed to the Hudson County Lunatic Asylum where he died after just three days in their care.

His grandson, Patrick Andriani, is most well known for his search for his remains, as detailed in the documentary "Snake Hill"[2] in 2007.