Al Smith

Al Smith

male, deceased (1944)
Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith (December 30, 1873 - October 4, 1944) was Governor of New York, and Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928. He...
Lorenzo da Ponte

Lorenzo da Ponte

male, deceased (1838)
Lorenzo Da Ponte, born Emanuele Conegliano. He was the first faculty member to have been born a Jew, and also the first to have been ordained as a...
Joe Masseria

Joe Masseria

male, deceased (1931)
Giuseppe "Joe The Boss" Masseria (c. 1869-April 15, 1931) was an early Mafia don in the United States. Masseria controlled all organized crime in...
Robert F. Wagner Jr.

Robert F. Wagner Jr.

male, deceased (1991)
Robert Ferdinand Wagner, Jr., usually known as Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (April 20 1910 - February 12 1991) served three terms as the mayor of New York...
Peter Morello

Peter Morello

male, deceased (1930)
Peter "The Clutching Hand" Morello (born Pietro Morello; 1870-August 15, 1930), also known as "The Old Fox", was the last leader of the Morello...
Tommy Lucchese

Tommy Lucchese

male, deceased (1967)
Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese (December 1, 1899 - July 13, 1967) was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the five Mafia families ruling the...
Sonny Black Napolitano

Sonny Black Napolitano

male, deceased (1981)
Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano a.k.a "Mr. Blackstein" (June 16, 1930 Greenpoint, Brooklyn - August 17, 1981 Woodside, Queens) a capo in the...
Una O'Connor

Una O'Connor

female, deceased (1959)
Una O'Connor (23 October, 1880 - 4 February, 1959) was an Irish actress who worked extensively in theatre before becoming a notable character...
Willie Keeler

Willie Keeler

male, deceased (1923)
William Henry Keeler (March 3, 1872 - January 1, 1923) in Brooklyn, New York, nicknamed "Wee Willie", was a right fielder in professional baseball...
Steve Brodie

Steve Brodie

male, deceased (1901)
Steve Brodie was an American bookmaker from Brooklyn who claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived on July 23, 1886. The...