- Vito Genovese
Vito 'Don Vitone' Genovese was a mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family. Genovese served as mentor to many future mob bosses including Vincent "Big Chin" Gigante, Nephew Michael Genovese and Carlo Gambino. Genovese started his Mafia career serving Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria during the early 1920s after emigrating from Naples.
- Lucky Luciano
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania) (November 24, 1897 - January 26, 1962) was a Sicilian-American mobster. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime and the mastermind of the massive postwar expansion of the international heroin trade. Time magazine has named Luciano amongst the top 20 most influential builders and titans of the 20th century.
- Frank Costello
Frank Costello, born Francesco Castiglia, or Castilla (January 26, 1891 - February 18, 1973) was an American gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and had political influence like no other La Cosa Nostra boss. Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld" he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia bosses in American history, …
- Vincent Gigante
Vincent "The Chin" Gigante (March 29,1928 - December 19, 2005) was an American Mafioso who headed the Genovese crime family for years, at times while in prison. Sometimes referred to as "the Oddfather," since the mid-1960s, Gigante had been regularly seen wandering the streets of Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, in his bathrobe and slippers, mumbling incoherently to himself. In 2003, as part of a plea bargain, …
- James Galante
James Galante is a convicted felon and reputed mob figure, owner of the Danbury Trashers minor league hockey franchise and CEO of Automated Waste Disposal, a company which holds waste disposal contracts for most of Western Connecticut and Westchester and Putnam Counties in New York. Galante was sentenced in 1999 to 12 months and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion
- Matthew Ianniello
Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello (b. June 18, 1920) is an American mobster. Ianniello was a war hero in World War 2. He was also the owner of Little Italy's "Umberto's Clam House", a popular hangout for members of the Genovese and Colombo crime families, where mobster renegade Joseph Gallo was murdered in 1972 (although Ianniello himself was not present at the restaurant that night). Known primarily for operating midtown Manhattan's vice district, …
- John Ardito
John Gregory "Buster" Ardito (b. October 30, 1919)(d. December 31,2006) was a Bronx-based captain in the Genovese crime family. Ardito became a button man in the crew of Michele Miranda, Vito Genovese's eventual consigliere and one of the more powerful family members during Genovese's incarceration. Ardito was also involved in extortion, loan sharking, and illegal gambling operations.
- Anthony Salerno
Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno (May 1, 1911 - July 27, 1992) was a member of the U.S. La Cosa Nostra and was a leader in the Genovese Family from the 1970's until his conviction in 1986. Usually seen wearing a fedora hat and chomping on a cigar, he was nicknamed "Fat Tony' due to his being overweight.
- Joe Valachi
Joseph 'Joe Cargo' Valachi was the first Mafia member to publicly acknowledge the existence of the Mafia. He is also the person who made Cosa Nostra (meaning "this thing of ours") a household name. In October 1963, Valachi (a "soldier" in New York City's powerful Vito Genovese crime family, whose primary "job" within the family was that of a driver) had testified before Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan's congressional committee on organized crime that the Mafia did exist.
- Anthony Provenzano
Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano (May 24, 1917 - December 12, 1988) was a capo (or captain) in the Genovese crime family, one of the five "families" that made up La Cosa Nostra or Mafia in the New York City area. Provenzano is known due to his connections to Jimmy Hoffa and Richard Nixon due to his position as an International Brotherhood of Teamsters vice president who controlled Teamsters Local 560 in Union City, New Jersey, …
- Lawrence Ricci
Lawrence Ricci (June 17,1945, - November 30, 2005) was a reputed Genovese crime family capo based in Brooklyn. On November 30th, 2005, Ricci's body was found inside a car trunk at the Huck Finn Diner in Union City, New Jersey. He had been missing since October 7, 2005.
- Michael Coppola
Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola (1904 - October 1, 1966) was a New York mobster involved in narcotics who headed many Luciano-Genovese family criminal operations from the late 1930's until the early 1960's.
- Carlos Marcello
Carlos Marcello (Calogero Minacore ) was born in Tunis, North Africa, on 6th February, 1910. Marcello emigrated to the United States and in 1929 was arrested for bank robbery by the police in New Orleans . These charges were later dropped but the following year he was convicted of assault and robbery and was sentenced to the State penitentiary for 9 years (served 5 years). In 1938 Marcello was arrested and charged with the sale of more than 23 pounds of narcotics.
- Ciro Perrone
Ciro Perrone (b. January 8, 1921) is a New York City mobster and solider in the Genovese crime family. Perrone is captain Matthew Ianniello's top soldier and has been his second-in-command since the 1970s. At various times, Perrone has served as the acting captain of Ianniello's powerful Downtown Manhattan crew. This crew was active in the pornography shops in Times Square, labor racketeering, extortion, and the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy, Manhattan.
- Albert Gallo
Albert Gallo, Jr. (b. June 6, 1930) was born in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, New York. Gallo followed his two legendary brothers, Larry and "Crazy" Joe Gallo, into their South Brooklyn gang that ruled President Street, and became known as "Kid Blast". Another member of the crew was future Colombo crime family boss Carmine Persico, who was also known as Junior and the Snake.
- Albert Facchiano
Albert J. Facchiano (b. March 10, 1910), known as "Chink" or "the Old Man", is a Miami mobster involved loansharking and extortion in southern Florida. A longtime underworld figure, he oversaw armed robberies, money laundering, bank fraud and other criminal activities for the Genovese crime family for nearly nearly 60 years. Although considered a "low-level figure" by the the FBI, Facchiano has an extensive arrest record dating back to 1932.
- Anthony Anastasio
Anthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio (1906-March 1, 1963) was a New York mobster and labor racketeer for the Genovese crime family controlling the Brooklyn dockyards for over thirty years.
- Dominick Lofaro
Dominick LoFaro (b. 1928) was a Queens-based associate of the Gambino crime family in captain Ralph "Ralphie Bones" Mosca's crew. Mosca's crew specialized in labor racketeering, loan sharking, and extortion. LoFaro was a bagman in the Carpenters' Union rackets as well as the bagman that took in the Gambinos share from the Greek mobsters operating in Astoria, Queens. In the early 1980s, LoFaro was snagged in a FBI and DEA operation and charged with dealing heroin.
- Liborio Bellomo
Liborio "Barney" Bellomo (b. January 8, 1957) is a member and acting boss of the Genovese crime family of New York, originally from Corleone, Sicily and is one of the fastest rising mafia members in the U.S today, becoming a Capo in his early twenties. In the early 1980s, Vincent Cafaro sponsored Bellomo into the Genovese family, and Bellomo became a made member of Saverio Santora's East Harlem 116th Street Crew.
- Frank Illiano
Frank "Punchy" Illiano (born 1928) is a Brooklyn mafioso and former top member of the Gallo wing of the Profaci crime family. Illiano earned the nickname "Punchy" as a result of a short boxing career.
- Venero Mangano
Venero Frank "Benny Eggs" Mangano (September 7, 1931) is a high ranking member of the Genovese crime family. The nickname "Benny Eggs" came from his mother running an egg farm. Venero is related to Vincent Mangano (1888-1951) who was leader of the future Gambino crime family, Phillip Mangano, Joseph Mangano, Lawrence Mangano and Anthony Mangano.
- Frank Tieri
Frank Tieri (February 22, 1904 - March 31, 1981) was a high-ranking member of the New York Mafia. Nicknamed "Funzi" or "the Old Man", Tieri was the first mobster to be convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act that was primarily enacted in order to bring down Mafia bosses. Arriving from Naples in 1911, Tieri was denied US citizenship twice living as a resident alien in Brooklyn.
- Angelo Decarlo
Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo (September 2, 1902-October 20, 1973) was an United States mobster and member of the New Jersey Genovese crime family who dominated loansharking operations during the 1960s. The subject of a two-year federal undercover operation, DeCarlo's conviction revealed widespread corruption of New Jersey public officials and tied singer Frank Sinatra to organized crime.
- Vincent Cafaro
Vincent "Fish" Cafaro (b. August 27, 1933) was a New York City mobster and protege of Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno, a top lieutenant in the Genovese crime family. In 1986, Carago became a government informant.
- James Ida
James Ida (b. 1940) is a New York mobster and consiglieri of the Genovese crime family. Growing up in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, Ida was inducted into the Genovese crime family in the late-1970s, after the Commission re-opened the books. Ida was placed in the Little Italy based crew of captain Matthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello, frequently serving as Ianniello's bodyguard and chauffeur.
- Daniel Leo
Daniel Leo, once a member of the violent East Harlem Purple Gang during the 1970's, is now the alleged acting-boss of the powerful Genovese Crime Family. He has recently been hit with federal loansharking and extortion charges.
- Vincent Dinapoli
Vincent DiNapoli (b. June 21, 1937) grew up in East Harlem during the 1950s. DiNapoli was originally associated with the Lucchese crime family until he became an associate of Genovese crime family soldier Vincent Cafaro, who was known as "Fish", and was Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno's top lieutenant. Sometime in the late 1970s, Cafaro sponsored DiNapoli for membership in the family, and thereafter, DiNapoli was placed in Saverio Santora's 116th Street Crew.
- Michael Franzese
Michael Franzese (b May 27 1951, Brooklyn, New York) is an American gangster of the late 20th century who was a member of the Colombo crime family. He is the son of reputed Colombo underboss John "Sonny" Franzese. Franzese was elevated to captain during the 1980s while Sonny was serving time in jail. His soaring rise through the ranks was the result of lucrative rackets, …
- Dominick Cirillo
Dominick "Quiet Dom" Cirillo (born July 4, 1929) is a member of the Genovese Crime Family. Cirillo started out as a boxer, but having taken on future Genovese family boss Tommy Eboli as his manager he gradually drifted towards criminality. His first conviction came in 1952 when he was imprisoned on drugs charges. In subsequent years he grew close to another future boss, Vincent "Chin" Gigante.
- Johnny Torrio
John "Papa Johnny" Torrio, a.k.a."The Fox" (born Giovanni Torrio) (February, 1882 - April 16, 1957) was an American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s that would later be inherited by his protege, Al Capone. He also put forth the idea of the National Crime Syndicate in the 1930s and became an unofficial advisor to the Genovese crime family.
- Jackie Presser
Jackie Presser (August 6 1926-July 9 1988) was an American labor leader and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1983 until his death in 1988. He was closely connected to organized crime, and allegedly became president of the Teamsters based on the approval and support of the Cleveland mafia. From 1972 until his death, he was also an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation concerning mafia influence in the Teamsters union.
- Nicodemo Scarfo
Nicodemo Domenico Scarfo (born March 8, 1929, Brooklyn, New York) was an American mafioso, member of the U.S. Cosa Nostra, and head of the Scarfo Crime Family which controlled organized crime in Philadelphia, as well as parts of southern New Jersey and even Newark, New Jersey. Scarfo's father was a made member of the New York based Genovese crime family, and later Scarfo's son Nicky, Jr. became a made member of the Lucchese crime family, …
- Thomas Eboli
Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli (born Tommaso Eboli) (June 13, 1911-July 16, 1972) was a New York City mobster, known for being the boss of the Genovese crime family.
- Philip Lombardo
Philip "Benny Squint" "Cockeyed Ben" Lombardo (1911-1985) was the Boss of the Genovese crime family. Little known mobster Philip Lombardo began his career as a soldier on Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola's powerful East Harlem 116th Street Crew. Before long "Benny Squint", who received his nickname due to wearing thick glasses, would be made a captain. In 1959, Vito Genovese was sent to prison.
- Mario Gigante
Mario Gigante (b. November 4, 1923) served as capo and then acting boss within the Genovese Crime Family. He was the older brother of the former family boss, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Mario began his criminal life as a "made man" in capo Vito Genovese's crew. At that time, brother Vincent was Vito Genovese's chauffeur. During the power struggle between Genovese and then boss Frank Costello, …
- Louis Manna
Louis "Bobby" Manna (b. December 2, 1929), is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family. Manna was a close associate of family boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante; he rented an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York to be close to Gigante's headquarters at the Triangle Social Club. However, Manna's power base was in New Jersey. He supervised four capos while also serving as consigliare.
- Willie Moretti
Guarino "Willie" Moretti (1894 - October 4, 1951) was an underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of family boss Frank Costello.
- Tino Fiumara
Tino "T" Fiumara (b. August 11, 1941) also known as "The Greek", is a New Jersey mafioso and Caporegime of the Genovese crime family's New Jersey Operations. Tino was also a protege of Vincent Gigante, being groomed to take over the Genovese family as Boss. Incarceration has prevented Fiumara from playing a large role in the administration, however as of 2007 he is on the streets awaiting the end of his supervised release.
- Lawrence Dentico
Lawrence Dentico (b. August 22, 1923) known as "Larry Fab" or "the Little Guy", is a New York/New Jersey mobster, a former captain and the current acting consigliere in the Genovese crime family. During the late-1990s, Dentico served as an acting boss of the crime family while family boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante was serving a prison sentence for racketeering. Dentico is currently incarcerated after pleading guilty to racketeering charges.
- Anthony Strollo
Anthony C. Strollo (June 18, 1899 - April 8, 1962), also known as "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high ranking member in three of the New York mafia "Five Families".