- Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 - January 25, 1947), popularly known as "Scarface" Al Capone, was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the illegal trafficking of alcoholic beverages during the time of prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Brooklyn, New York, to Neapolitan emigrants Gabriele and Teresina Capone, … - John Gotti
John Joseph Gotti, Jr. (October 27, 1940 - June 10, 2002), also known as The Dapper Don and The Teflon Don, was an American mobster and boss of the Gambino Crime Family, one of the Five Families in New York City. He became widely known for his outspoken personality and flamboyant style that made him the poster child for mobsters, an image that persists even today. - Joe Pesci
Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster, mafia thug, or a grouchy funnyman. - Bugsy Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 - June 20, 1947) was an American gangster, popularly thought to be the impetus behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. - Meyer Lansky
Meyer Lansky was an American gangster who, with Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the so-called "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States. He was the intellectual impetus behind the Commission and the so-called "Mogul of the Mob." Interestingly, while nearly all Lansky's contemporary criminal associates were either arrested or murdered, Lansky himself served only a short sentence and died a natural death. - 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. - Henry Hill
Henry Hill (born June 11, 1943) is an Irish/Italian American former mobster, Lucchese crime family associate, and FBI informant whose life was immortalized in the book "Wiseguy", written by crime reporter Nicholas Pileggi, and the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie "Goodfellas", in which Hill was played by Ray Liotta. - 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, … - Chazz Palminteri
Chazz Palminteri (b. May 15, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer, best known for his performances in "The Usual Suspects", "A Bronx Tale" and "Mulholland Falls". - Sam Giancana
Sam "Momo" Giancana ((born Salvatore Guingano) June 15, 1908 - June 19, 1975) was a famous and powerful mafioso and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-66. Among his nicknames included "Mo", "Mooney" and "Sam the Cigar" - Vincent Pastore
Vincent Pastore (born July 14 1946 in Bronx, New York) is an American film and television actor, often cast as a mobster. Pastore was born in The Bronx, New York, of Italian-American descent. He attended Pace University for 3 years before eventually going into the acting industry after befriending Matt and Kevin Dillon; he was previously a club-owner in New Rochelle, New York. He has made appearances in films ranging from "Goodfellas" to "Shark Tale", … - Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina (born February 29, 1944) is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police. - Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz (August 6, 1902 - October 24, 1935) was a New York City-area gangster of the 1920s and '30s. Born Arthur Flegenheimer into a Jewish German family in the Bronx, he made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging illegal alcohol and the numbers racket in Harlem. He is most famous today for the rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologue he gave police in a hospital as he lay dying of a gunshot wound. - Frank Lucas
Frank Lucas was a heroin dealer in Harlem in the early 1970s. He claims to have grossed $1 million a day selling drugs on 116th Street. Federal judge Sterling Johnson, who was special narcotics prosecutor in New York at the time of Lucas's crimes, called Lucas's operation "one of the most outrageous international dope-smuggling gangs ever. - Vincent Basciano
Vincent J. "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (born November 14, 1959) is a New York mobster who is reputed to have been a boss of the Bonanno crime family. Basciano was acquitted in 1994 of supplying heroin to a smuggling ring that reaped $10 million a year from 1985 to 1991. He became boss in 2003 and was rumored to do family dirty work even though he is in a leadership position. - Mickey Cohen
Meyer Harris Cohen was a gangster in 1940s and 1950s. - Paul Castellano
Constantino Paul Castellano (June 26, 1915 - December 16, 1985), better known as Paul Castellano (or PC to his family), was a mafia boss in New York. He succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family, then one of New York's largest Mafia families. In early 1985, he was one of many Mafia bosses arrested on charges of racketeering, which was to result in the Mafia Commission Trial; in December of that year, while out on bail, … - Carlo Gambino
Carlo Gambino (August 24,1902 - October 15,1976) was a Mafioso who was boss of the Gambino crime family. Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive. Unlike many modern mafiosi Gambino served relatively little time in prison. He lived to the age of of 74, when he died of a heart attack while sleeping in his home. - Albert Anastasia
Albert Anastasia (born Umberto Anastasio) (September 26, 1902-October 25, 1957), also known as the "Mad Hatter" and "Lord High Executioner", was a Mafia boss chiefly remembered for running the contract killing syndicate known as Murder, Inc. - James Marcello
James J. “Little Jimmy” Marcello was, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the "Boss" of the Chicago La Cosa Nostra family known as the "Chicago Outfit". But, in reality, he was merely a front boss for the ruling triumvirate leadership of John "No Nose" DiFronzo, Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo and Joseph "Joe the Builder" Andriacchi. In April 2005, Marcello and his younger brother, Michael "Mickey" Marcello, … - 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. - Frank Nitti
Francesco Raffaele Nitto, better known as Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti was an Italian/American gangster, one of the top henchmen of Al Capone and later a mob boss in his own right. - Mickey Spillane
Michael Spillane much better known as Mickey Spillane (July 13th 1934-May 13th 1977) was an Irish-American mobster from Hell's Kitchen, New York. Spillane, who was called the "last of the gentleman gangsters", was a marked contrast to the violent Westies gang members who succeeded him in Hell's Kitchen. - Paul Vario
Paul Vario (July 9, 1914 - November 22, 1988) was a member of the U.S. Italian Mafia and a Caporegime in the Lucchese Family. Some reports say that he also was the Underboss of the Luccheses in the 1970's but was either demoted or resigned. Paul is related to Bonanno crime family consigliere John Oddo by marriage who served the family from 1962-1963. He had four other brothers including Vito aka "Tuddy", Tommy, Salvatore, and Lenny. He ran his own crew. - Peter Gotti
Peter Gotti is a Mafia member of the Gambino crime family and is the brother of John Gotti. - Arnold Rothstein
Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 - November 4, 1928) was a New York businessman and gambler, chiefly famous for his role as a kingpin of organized crime. He is also widely reputed to have been behind baseball's Black Sox Scandal in which the 1919 World Series was fixed. His notoriety inspired several fictional characters based on his life, including "Meyer Wolfsheim" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby", … - Abu Salem
Abu Salem (born 1968) is an underworld don originally from Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, India. He has been accused in the 1993 Bombay serial blasts case and killing of India's music baron Gulshan Kumar 1997. He has unsuccessfully attempted to kill Bollywood film directors Rajiv Rai and Rakesh Roshan. At one time was a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim and later fell off when he seemed too-big-for-his-boots. - 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. - Vito Rizzuto
Vito Rizzuto, known as Montreal's Teflon Don, is alleged to be the leading mafia boss in Canada. He was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, Italy, on February 21, 1946, and was brought to Montreal by his parents in 1954. - Dawood Ibrahim
Dawood Ibrahim, also known as Dawood Ebrahim and Sheikh Dawood Hassan, birth name Sheikh Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, is one of the Dons of the organized crime syndicate D-Company in Mumbai. He is currently on the wanted list of Interpol for terrorism, organised crime and counterfeiting. Ibrahim is accused of heading a vast and sprawling illegal empire, in which he acquired money and political clout. His name has become a byword in political, … - Joseph Massino
Joseph C. "Big Joey" Massino (January 10, 1943) known in the media as "The Last Don", was a Queens, New York restaurateur and former head of the Bonanno crime family. He was convicted in July 2004 of racketeering, seven murders, arson, extortion, loan sharking, illegal gambling, conspiracy, and money laundering. - Bruce Cutler
Bruce Cutler, born 1948, is a criminal defense lawyer based in New York City who gained notoriety in the 1980s for defending mobster John Gotti. Cutler won three acquittals for Gotti, centering his legal strategy on the Lifestyle Defense to combat the RICO charges against his client. Cutler's signature courtroom technique was his vigorous cross-examination of prosecution witnesses, who agreed to testify against Gotti only in exchange for lighter sentences. - Russell Bufalino
Russell A. Bufalino (September 25, 1903-February 25, 1994) was head of the Bufalino crime family during the 1960's and 70's. Based in Pittston, Pennsylvania, this family controlled criminal activities in sections of Upstate New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for over four decades. - Joseph Bonanno
Giuseppe "Joseph/Joe" Bonanno (January 18, 1905 - May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became the boss of one of the infamous "five families" crime families of New York City. He was nicknamed "Joe Bananas", a name he hated due to the implication that he was crazy. - Paul Kelly
Paul Kelly (1876-1936) was a New York criminal who founded the Five Points Gang, one of the last dominant street gangs in New York history and recruited many of the most prominent criminals of the early 20th century, including Johnny Torrio, Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel and Frankie Yale. His year of birth is not reliably known. Some reports have him born in 1871 (as well his death in 1927), … - Tony Accardo
Antonino Leonardo Accardo, aka "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna", (April 28, 1906 - May 22, 1992) was the boss of the Chicago Outfit from about 1945 until shortly before he died of natural causes in 1992. By keeping a low profile and allowing flashier figures such as Sam Giancana to attract attention, Accardo intermittently ran the Chicago Outfit for much longer than Al Capone, … - Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov is a Russian associated with organized crime, including arms dealing, smuggling, and bribing figure skating judges in the 2002 Winter Olympics. - 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. - Joseph Sica
Joseph "JS" Sica (1911 - 1982) was a New Jersey mobster involved in armed robbery, murder for hire, extortion, and narcotics distribution. Sica mentored many West Coast mobsters, including Mike Rizzitello and Anthony "the Animal" Fiato. Chis Petti was Sica's long time partner in the Los Angeles and San Diego rackets. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Sica was first arrested in 1926 at age 15. In 1950, … - Carmine Galante
Carmine Galante aka "Lilo," "Cigar" was the boss of the Bonanno crime family, a New York City Mafia crime organization from 1974 to 1979. He was rarely seen without a cigar clenched in his teeth, and, amazingly, died with a cigar still in his mouth, which led to his rather unimaginative nickname, "Cigar". The son of a fisherman who immigrated from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Galante was born in an East Harlem tenement.
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