List of Italian American mobsters
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This is an alphabetical list of Italian-American mobsters, living and deceased, in the United States.
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- Joseph AbateJoseph AbateJoseph F. Abate , also known as "Joey", was a New Jersey mobster involved in extortion, loansharking and illegal gambling as a caporegime for the Lucchese crime family's New Jersey faction.-Criminal career:...
, "Joey" - Frank Abbandando Jr.Frank Abbandando Jr.Frank Abbandando, Jr. ["Francesco"], also known as "Fingers" , was a New York Gambino crime family associate who was the son of Murder, Inc. hitman Frank Abbandando. His brother was mob associate and "button man" Lawrence Abbandando.-Early years:Frank Jr...
, "Fingers" - Philip AbramoPhilip AbramoPhilip Abramo , also known as "The King Of Wall Street", "Lou Metzer" is a caporegime in the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who was allegedly involved in security fraud and murder. Abramo was a capo of the DeCavalcante family's crew in Miami, Florida.-Early years:Born in New York, Abramo...
, "The King of Wall Street" - Settimo AccardiSettimo AccardiSettimo "Big Sam" Accardi was a New Jersey mobster who served as capo in the Lucchese crime family's Jersey crew...
, "Big Sam" - Tony AccardoTony AccardoAntonino Joseph Accardo , also known as "Joe Batters" or "Big Tuna", rose from small-time hoodlum to the position of day-to-day boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, to ultimately become the final Outfit authority in 1972, until his death...
, [Antonino Accardo], "Joe Batters", "Big Tuna" - Anthony AccetturoAnthony AccetturoAnthony "Tumac" Accetturo is a former caporegime and leader of the New Jersey faction of the Lucchese crime family The Jersey Crew.-Biography:...
, "Tumac" - Carmine AgnelloCarmine AgnelloCarmine Agnello is a New York mobster from the Gambino crime family who was in scrap metal. In 1984, he married Victoria Gotti, daughter of mob boss John Gotti and had three sons, Carmine Agnello, John Agnello, and Frank Agnello, and also a stillborn daughter, Justine.In 2000, Agnello was arrested...
- Thomas AgroThomas AgroThomas Agro , also known as "Tommy A", "T.A.", "Tipp", and "Thomas Ambrosiano", was a New York gangster with the Gambino crime family who ran lucrative bookmaking and gambling operations in Florida.-Background:...
, [Ambrosiano], "T.A", "Tipp" - Joe AielloJoe AielloGiuseppe "Joe" Aiello was a Chicago bootlegger during the 1920s and early 1930s who had a longstanding, bloody feud with Chicago Outfit boss Al Capone.-Arrival in America:...
, [Giuseppe Aiello] - Joseph AiuppaJoseph AiuppaJoseph John Aiuppa , also known as "Doves," "Mourning Doves," "O'Brien," or "Joey Doves," was a Chicago mobster who became a leader of the Chicago Outfit.-Early career:...
, "Joey Doves", "Joey O'Brien" (1907–1997) - Felix AlderisioFelix AlderisioFelix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio was a prominent enforcer, bagman, hitman and burglar for the Chicago Outfit, serving as an underboss to Salvatore Giancana during the 1960s and as boss for a short time from 1967 before being sent to prison in 1969 and dying there.-Early life:Alderisio began his...
, "Milwaukee Phil" - Harry AlemanHarry AlemanHarry "The Hook" Aleman was a Chicago mobster who was one of most feared enforcers for the Chicago Outfit during the 1970s. Aleman got the nickname "Hook" from his boxing career in high school.-Early life:...
, "The Hook" - Vincent AloVincent AloVincent "Jimmy Blue Eyes" Alo was a New York mobster and member of the Genovese crime family who set up casino operations with mob associate Meyer Lansky in Florida and Cuba.-Early years:...
, "Jimmy Blue Eyes" - Benedetto AloiBenedetto AloiBenedetto "Benny" Aloi was a New York City mobster who became consigliere of the Colombo crime family. Aloi was a main figure in the famous "Windows Case".-Early years:...
, "Benny" - Vincenzo AloiVincenzo AloiVincenzo "Vinny" Aloi is a New York City mobster involved in stock fraud who briefly served as the acting boss of the Colombo crime family.-Made man to acting boss:...
, "Vinny" - William AloisioWilliam AloisioWilliam "Smokes" Aloisio was a Chicago mobster and "hitman" for the Chicago Outfit.A former member of the Forty-Two Gang in Chicago, Aloiso's arrest record dated back to 1928. In 1945, Aloisio was sentenced to five years at Leavenworth Penitentiary, in Leavenworth, Kansas, for helping his brother...
, "Smokes" - Willie Altieri, "Two-Knife"
- Giacomo AmariGiacomo AmariGiacomo "Jake" Amari was the powerful Underboss and later Acting Boss of the DeCavalcante crime family.- Background :According to the testimony provided by Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, the later Acting Boss of the DeCavalcante crime family, Amari was a prominent and ruthless captain before being...
, "Jake" - Frank AmatoFrank AmatoFrank Amato , pronounced legally dead 1985, was a Sicilian-American mafioso who was the son-in-law of Gambino crime family boss Paul Castellano.-Biography:...
- Samuzzo AmatunaSamuzzo AmatunaSamuel Sammuzzo "Samoots" Amatuna was a Chicago mobster and member of the Genna Brothers, who served as president of the Unione Siciliane.-Early life:...
, "Samuel", "Samoots" - Victor AmusoVictor AmusoVittorio "Little Vic" Amuso is a New York mobster and, as of 2011, the reputed Boss of the Lucchese crime family. Amuso is currently serving life at the Federal Correctional Complex in Beaumont, Texas on murder and racketeering charges....
, "Little Vic", "The Terminator" - Albert AnastasiaAlbert AnastasiaAlbert Anastasia was boss of what is now called the Gambino crime family, one of New York City's Five Families, from 1951-1957. He also ran a gang of contract killers called Murder Inc. which enforced the decisions of the Commission, the ruling council of the American Mafia...
, [Umberto Anastasio], "Mad Hatter", "Lord High Executioner" - Anthony AnastasioAnthony AnastasioAnthony "Tough Tony" Anastasio was a New York City mobster and labor racketeer for the Gambino crime family who controlled the Brooklyn dockyards for over thirty years...
, "Tough Tony" - Joseph AndriacchiJoseph AndriacchiJoseph "The Builder" Andriacchi has been reported by Chicago newspapers to be a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization.-Chicago Outfit career:...
, "Joe the Builder" - Donald AngeliniDonald AngeliniDonald "The Wizard of Odds" Angelini was a mobster with the Chicago Outfit criminal organization who specialized in gambling operations....
, "The Wizard of Odds" - Albert AnselmiAlbert AnselmiAlbert Anselmi was a Chicago mobster who became a hitman during the Prohibition era for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization....
- Anthony AnticoAnthony AnticoAnthony "Tico" Antico is a New York mobster and a reputed captain in the Genovese crime family.In 2005, Antico was indicted on federal racketeering charges and racketeering conspiracy, which included murder conspiracy, extortion, loansharking and witness tampering...
, "Tico" - Ignacio AntinoriIgnacio AntinoriIgnacio Antinori was a Italy-born Florida mobster who built one of the earlier narcotics trafficking networks in that state...
- Salvatore Aparo, "Sammy Meatballs"
- John ArditoJohn ArditoJohn Gregory "Buster" Ardito was a caporegime in the Genovese crime family who worked in the Bronx borough of New York....
, "Buster" - Joseph ArdizzoneJoseph ArdizzoneJoseph "Iron Man" Ardizzone was an early Los Angeles mobster, who became the first Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. He was involved in a long-standing feud with the Matranga family, and became the only Los Angeles boss to be murdered by his own men...
, [Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone], "Iron Man" - Joseph ArmoneJoseph ArmoneJoseph "Piney" Armone was a gangster in the Gambino crime family from 1986 to 1990.-Biography:Born on the Upper East Side, Manhattan, Armone earned his nickname "Piney" in the 1930s by extorting money from Christmas tree vendors. He was the younger brother of mobster Stephen Armone, a Gambino...
, "Joe Piney" - Stephen ArmoneStephen ArmoneStephen Armone , also known as "14th Street Steve", was a New York gangster with the Gambino crime family who ran gambling operations in Lower Manhattan. He was the older brother of Gambino capo Joseph Armone. Armone moved to the United States with his family to Queens...
, "14th Street Steve" - Vincent AsaroVincent AsaroVincent "Vinny" Asaro is a New York City mobster and recognized captain in the Bonanno crime family.According to US authorities and the Lucchese crime family associate turned informant Henry Hill, Asaro of Ozone Park, Queens, has been a reputed captain or caporegime in the Bonanno crime family and...
, "Vinnie" - Louis Attanasio, "Louie Ha Ha"
- Alphonse AttardiAlphonse AttardiAlphonse "The Peacemaker" Attardi was a New York mobster involved in narcotics who later became a government informant. His front was ownership of an olive oil importing business....
, "The Peacemaker" (1892–1970) - Salvatore AvellinoSalvatore AvellinoSalvatore "Sal" Avellino is a mobster and caporegime in the Lucchese crime family who was involved in labor racketering in the garbage and waste management industry in Long Island, New York...
, "Sal", "The Golfer"
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- Frank BalistrieriFrank BalistrieriFrank Peter Balistrieri , also known as "Mr. Big", "Frankie Bal", "Mr. Slick", and "Mad Bomber", was a Milwaukee Mafia boss who was a central figure in skimming during the 1980s.-Early years:...
, "Frankie Bal," "Mr. Big" d. 1993 - Anthony BarattaAnthony BarattaAnthony "Bowat" Baratta is a New York City mobster and former capo in the Lucchese crime family.-Capo of the "Harlem Crew":In 1978, Baratta became a made man in the Lucchese crime family operating under the family's Bronx faction...
, "Bowat" - Joseph BarbaraJoseph Barbara (mobster)Joseph "Joe the Barber" Barbara was a New York state mobster who became the boss of the Bufalino crime family. Barbara is most notable for hosting the abortive Apalachin Conference in 1957...
, "Joe the Barber" - John BarbatoJohn BarbatoJohn "Johnny Sausage" Barbato is a New York City mobster and reputed captain in the Genovese crime family.- Career and NJ exclusion :...
, "Johnny Sausage" - Sam BattagliaSam BattagliaSamuel "Teets" Battaglia was a Chicago mobster and high-level member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization.-Early career:...
, "Teets" - James BelcastroJames BelcastroJames "Mad Bomber" Belcastro was a Black Hand gang member, extortionist, and later chief bomber for the Chicago Outfit during Prohibition....
, "Mad Bomber" - Liborio BellomoLiborio BellomoLiborio Salvatore Bellomo , known as Barney and Big Barney, is a high ranking caporegime and street boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City. Bellomo is one of the fastest rising Mafia members in the United States today, becoming a capo in his mid-twenties...
, "Barney" - Nicholas BiancoNicholas BiancoNicholas "Nicky" Bianco was a Rhode Island mobster who became an influential member of the Patriarca crime family of New England.-Biography:Bianco was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island...
, "Nicky" - Anthony J. BiaseAnthony J. BiaseAnthony Joseph Biase was an Omaha mobster who had a long career in gambling and narcotics and briefly headed the Omaha, Nebraska, crime organization....
- Thomas BilottiThomas BilottiThomas Bilotti was a New York mobster and then Underboss for the reputed Boss of the Gambino crime family, Paul Castellano.-Early years:...
, "The Wig","The Toupee", "The Doberman," "Zombie Bilotti", "The Pitbull", "Tommy", (1940–1985) - Charles BinaggioCharles BinaggioCharles Binaggio was a Missouri gangster who became the boss of the Kansas City crime family and concocted a bold plan to control the police forces in Kansas City, Missouri and St...
, "Charlie" (1909–1950) - Joseph BiondoJoseph BiondoJoseph Biondo , also known as "Joe Bandy", "Joe the Blonde", and "Little Rabbit", was a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who was heavily involved in gambling activities. Biondo was also the family underboss for approximately eight years.-Career:Born in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in...
, "Joe Bandy", "Joe the Blonde", "Little Rabbit" - Attilio BitondoAttilio BitondoAttilio Bitondo , also known as "Tillio", was a New York City labor leader and an associate in the Genovese crime family in the crew of powerful Manhattan captain Vincent DiNapoli....
, "Tillio" - Ferdinand BocciaFerdinand BocciaFerdinand "The Shadow" Boccia was a New York mobster and gambling racketeer who was killed by Vito Genovese, who would become a mob boss. Boccia's murder would force Genovese to flee the United States to Italy to avoid prosecution. He is the father-in-law of Andrew Ruggiano Sr...
, "The Shadow" - Richard BoiardiRichard BoiardiRichard Boiardo , also known as "Ruggiero Boiardo" and "Richie the Boot", was a caporegime in the Genovese crime family who ran mob operations in the Newark, New Jersey area.-History:...
, "Richie the Boot" - Frank Bompensiero, "Frankie Bomp"
- Joseph BonannoJoseph BonannoJoseph Charles Bonanno, Sr. was a Sicilian-born American mafioso who became the boss of the Bonanno crime family. He was nicknamed "Joe Bananas," a name he despised.-Early life:...
, "Joe Bananas", "Don Peppino" (1905–2002) - Salvatore BonannoSalvatore BonannoSalvatore Vincent "Bill" Bonanno was the son of Cosa Nostra boss Joseph Bonanno. Although his father never intended for him to be the underboss of the Bonanno crime family, his appointment to high positions in the syndicate precipitated a "mob war" which led to the Bonanno family's exile to Arizona...
, "Bill" (1932–2008) - Cesare BonventreCesare BonventreCesare "The Tall Guy" Bonventre was a Sicilian mobster and caporegime for the New York Bonanno crime family.-Early life:...
, "The Tall Guy" (d. 1984) - Giovanni BonventreGiovanni BonventreGiovanni "John" Bonventre was a New York mobster with the Bonanno crime family.-Early years:Born in Castellammare del Golfo in Sicily, Bonventre emigrated to New York with his family. The family settled in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, a stronghold of immigrants from their village...
, "John" - Vito BonventreVito BonventreVito Bonventre was a New York mobster involved in bootlegging with Brooklyn mobster Cola Schiro throughout the Prohibition era.Bonventre later served as underboss to New York mob boss Salvatore Maranzano during the Castellammarese War...
- Rosario BorgioRosario BorgioRosario Giuseppe Borgio was an early Italian-American mobster establishing one of the first organized crime operations in the Midwest during the early 20th century.-Black Hand:...
- Bartholomew BorielloBartholomew BorielloBartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was a New York mobster who belonged to the Gambino crime family and served as boss John Gotti's favorite bodyguard and chauffeur...
, "Bobby" (d. 1991) - Anthony BrancatoAnthony BrancatoAnthony Brancato was a Kansas City, Missouri criminal who served as a freelance gunman to various Mafia and syndicate organizations.-Early career:...
- Dominic BrooklierDominic BrooklierDominic Phillip Brooklier , was an Italian American mobster and head of the Los Angeles crime family of the Mafia during the mid-1970s who mainly worked in pornography, extortion, and burglary.-Early years:...
, [Domenico Brucceleri], "Jimmy Regace" - Adolfo BrunoAdolfo BrunoAdolfo Bruno , also known as "Big Al", was a Massachusetts mobster with the Genovese crime family who ran an organized crime operation in Springfield, Massachusetts.-Criminal career:...
, "Al" - Angelo BrunoAngelo BrunoAngelo "The Gentle Don" Bruno was a Sicilian-American mobster who ran the Philadelphia crime family for two decades. Bruno gained his nickname and reputation due to his preference for conciliation over violence.-Early years:Born in Villalba, Sicily, Bruno emigrated to the United States in his...
, "The Gentle Don" (1910–1980) - Fiore BuccieriFiore BuccieriFiore "Fifi" Buccieri was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit who specialized in loansharking.-Early years:...
, "Fifi" - Frank BuccieriFrank BuccieriFrank "The Horse" Buccieri , also known as "Frank Russo" or "Big Frank", was a Chicago Outfit mobster who headed mob operations on the West Coast of the United States during the 1970s and 80s. He was the brother of Outfit hitman Fiore "Fifi" Buccieri.In 1936, the 17 year-old Buccieri was arraigned...
, "The Horse", "Frank Russo", "Big Frank" - Russell BufalinoRussell BufalinoRussell A. Bufalino also known as "McGee" and "The Old Man" was the boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family from 1959 to 1989...
, (born Rosario Bufalino), "McGee", "The Old Man"
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- Thomas CacciopoliThomas CacciopoliThomas Cacciopoli , also known as Tommy Sneakers and Cacci, is a high-ranking member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of Caporegime in the New Jersey faction of the family.- Days of John Gotti :...
, "Tommy Sneakers", "Cacci" - Vincent CaciJimmy CaciVincent Dominic Caci, known by his peers as Jimmy, was a Los Angeles crime family member and a Caporegime in the family.Originally from the East Coast, was born August 1, 1925 in Westfield, New York to Alfonzo and Josephine Caci. Caci grew up around the Buffalo-Western New York area...
, "Jimmy" - Marshall Joseph CaifanoMarshall Joseph CaifanoJohn Caifano was a Chicago mobster who became a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization...
, [Marcello Giuseppe Caifano] - Vincent CafaroVincent CafaroVincent "Fish" Cafaro was a mobster and protegee of Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno, a top lieutenant in the Genovese crime family until becoming a government informant and witness.-Labor racketeer:...
, "Fish" - Richard CainRichard CainRichard Cain was a notoriously corrupt Chicago police officer, made man in the Chicago Outfit and a close associate of Mafia boss Sam Giancana. Several conspiracy theorists have claimed that Cain was directly involved in the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F...
, "Ricardo Scalzetti" - Frank Calabrese, Sr.Frank Calabrese, Sr.Frank Calabrese, Sr. , also known as "Frankie Breeze," is a made man and a caporegime who ran major loansharking and illegal gambling operations for the Chicago Outfit. He is best known as a central figure in Operation Family Secrets and the subsequent Federal trial.-Early life:Frank Calabrese, Sr...
, "Frankie Breeze", "The Breeze" - Frank CaliFrank CaliFrancesco Paolo Augusto Calì , known as "Frank" or "Franky Boy", is a reputed acting captain in the Staten Island faction of the Gambino crime family. Law enforcement considers Cali to be the Gambino "ambassador to Sicilian mobsters" and have linked him to the Inzerillo Mafia family from Palermo...
, [Francesco Paolo Augusto Calì], "Franky Boy" - William CammisanoWilliam CammisanoWilliam "Willie Rat" Dominick Cammisano Sr. was a Kansas City, Missouri, mobster and enforcer for Nicholas Civella's Kansas City crime family....
, "Willie the Rat" - Louis CampagnaLouis CampagnaLouis "Little New York" Campagna was a New York mobster and a high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit for over three decades.-Early years:...
, "Little New York" - Richard CantarellaRichard CantarellaRichard Cantarella , was an New York mobster who became a caporegime for the Bonanno crime family and later a government witness.-Biography:...
, "Shellackhead" - Dominick CanterinoDominick CanterinoDominick "Baldy Dom" Canterino was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family.A Genovese captain from Bensonhurst who ran the family's Greenwich Village Crew, Canterino was a regular at Sullivan Street's Triangle Social Club, the defacto headquarters of the Genovese family...
, "Baldy Dom" - Anthony CapoAnthony CapoAnthony "Tony" Capo is a hitman in the DeCavalcante crime family who became a government witness.- Made Man :A resident of South Beach, Staten Island, Capo became an associate of the DeCavalcante crime family during the early 1980s under powerful Elizabeth, New Jersey faction leader Giovanni...
, "Tony" - Al CaponeAl CaponeAlphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early...
, [Alphonse Capone], "Scarface", "Big Al", "Al Brown" (1899–1947) - Frank CaponeFrank CaponeFrank Capone was a Chicago mobster who participated in the attempted takeover of Cicero, Illinois by his brother Al Capone's criminal organization.-Two brothers:...
, [Salvatore Capone] - Louis CaponeLouis CaponeLouis Capone was a New York organized crime figure who became a supervisor for the notorious Murder Inc. Louis Capone was not related to the boss of the Chicago Outfit, Al Capone.-Murder, Inc.:...
(1896–1944) - Ralph CaponeRalph CaponeRalph "Bottles" Capone, Sr., was a Chicago mobster and an older brother of Al Capone. Ralph Capone got the nickname "Bottles" from the fact that he lobbied the Illinois Legislature to put into law that milk bottling companies had to stamp the date that the milk was bottled on the...
, "Bottles" - Antonio CaponigroAntonio CaponigroAntonio Rocco Caponigro , also known as Tony Bananas, was the consigliere of Angelo Bruno in the Bruno crime family. He is known for ending the peaceful Bruno regime by ordering his murder over a dispute concerning the methamphetamine trade.-Early life:Caponigro was born in Chicago, Illinois on...
, "Tony Bananas" - Frankie CarboFrankie CarboPaul John Carbo better known as "Frankie Carbo" was a New York City Mafia soldier in the Lucchese crime family, who operated as a boxing promoter and a gunman with Murder, Inc....
, [Paul Carbo] "Frank Tucker", "Mr. Fury", "Mr. Gray" (d. 1976) - Anthony J. CardarellaAnthony J. CardarellaAnthony J. "Tiger" Cardarella was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster involved in large-scale fencing operations. Cardarella was the owner of the DBA Tiger Records shop on Independence Avenue in Kansas City. He was also a suspect, along with Felix Ferina, in several prominent gangland slayings...
, "Tiger" - Sam CardinelliSam CardinelliSamuele Cardinelli [Salvatore Cardinella] was a Chicago mobster, extortionist, and leader of Cardinelli Gang during the 1920s....
, [Salvatore Cardinella] - Anthony CarfanoAnthony CarfanoAnthony Carfano , also known as "Little Augie Pisano", was a New York gangster who became a caporegime, or group leader, in the Luciano crime family under mob bosses Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello....
, "Little Augie Pisano" (d. 1959) - Joseph CaridiJoseph CaridiJoseph "Joe C." Caridi a New York mobster and current Consigliere of the Lucchese crime family.-Lucchese family:In the mid 1980s, Caridi was reportedly inducted into the Lucchese crime family, then under the leadership of boss Victor Amuso...
, "Joe C" - Sam CarlisiSam CarlisiSamuel A. Carlisi also known as "Black Sam" and "Sam Wings" , was a Chicago gangster who was in the Chicago Outfit criminal organization. Sam Carlisi's brother Roy was a caporegime in the Buffalo crime family, otherwise known as the Magaddino crime family...
, "Black Sam", "Wings" (d. 1997) - John CarnegliaJohn CarnegliaJohn 'Johnny Carnegs' Carneglia is a New York criminal with the Gambino crime family who was convicted of running a heroin distribution ring...
, "Johnny Carnegs" - Sylvestro CarollaSylvestro CarollaSylvestro or Silvestro Carolla or Carollo was a leader of the New Orleans crime family who was nicknamed "Sam 'Silver Dollar'"...
, "Silver Dollar Sam" (1896–1972) - Charles CarrolloCharles CarrolloCharles Vincent "Charlie the Wop" Carrollo was a Kansas City, Missouri crime boss during the 1930s.Born Carlo Carollo in Sandrigo a town in the Veneto region, birthplace of Baccalà, Carollo's family emigrated to the United States when he was twelve years old, initially settling in New York City...
, "Charlie the Wop" - Frank CarroneFrank CarroneFrancesco Carrone, also known as "Buzzy" or "Buzz", was an Italian-American Gambino crime family associate . He was a close friend of Thomas Agro and Peter Calabrese.-Biography:...
, "Buzz", "Buzzy" - Robert Carozza, "Bobby Russo"
- Frank T. CarusoFrank T. CarusoFrank T. "Skids" Caruso was a Chicago mobster involved in illegal gambling and racketeering activities for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization during the 1950s....
, "Skids" - Primo CassarinoPrimo CassarinoPrimo Cassarino is a New York mobster who became an enforcer for Gambino crime family, and extorted money from actor Steven Seagal.-Foulest mouth in Brooklyn:...
- Anthony CassoAnthony CassoAnthony "Gaspipe" Casso is a former New York City mobster who served as underboss and acting boss of the Lucchese crime family until he was arrested in 1993, becoming a cooperating witness for the Federal Government...
, "Gaspipe" - Paul CastellanoPaul CastellanoConstantino Paul "Big Paul" Castellano , also known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie" , was an American Mafia boss in New York City. He succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family, at the time, the nation's largest Mafia family...
, "Big Paul" (1915–1985) - Richard CastucciRichard CastucciRichard J. Castucci was an Italian-American member of the Boston Winter Hill Gang who owned several strip clubs and was involved in illegal gambling...
, "Ritchie" - Salvatore CatalanotteSalvatore CatalanotteSalvatore "Sam Sings in the Night" Catalanotte was an Italian-American mobster and boss of Detroit's Unione Siciliana from 1920 to 1930. "Sings in the night" is a translation of his last name.-Criminal career:...
, "Sam Sings in the Night" - Dominick CataldoDominick CataldoDominick Cataldo, , known as "Little Dom", was a Sicilian-American soldier in the New York Colombo crime family.-Biography:...
, "Little Dom" - Gerardo CatenaGerardo CatenaGerardo "Jerry" Catena was a New York mobster and a top member of the Genovese crime family during the 1950s and 1960s, along with Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli, Philip "Benny Squint" Lombardo and Michael "Big Mike" Miranda....
, "Jerry" - Domenico CefaluDomenico CefaluDomenico "Italian Dom" Cefalu, also known as Greaseball and Dom from 18th Avenue is the boss of the Gambino crime family and leader of the organization's Sicilian faction....
, "Italian Dom" (b. 1947) - Dino CelliniDino CelliniDino Cellini, ran casinos for New York mobster Meyer Lansky in Havana, Cuba during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Cellini later ran casinos in the Bahamas and the United Kingdom.-Early years:...
- Jackie CeroneJackie CeroneJohn "Jackie The Lackey" Cerone was a Chicago mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit, during the late 1960s. He was the younger brother of mobster Frank "Skippy" Cerone and father of lawyer, John Peter Cerone and husband to the late Clara Cerone.He was born to John Cerone Sr. and Rose Valant. He...
, "Jackie the Lackey" (1914-) - Peter ChiodoPeter ChiodoPeter "Big Pete" Chiodo was a capo in the Lucchese crime family who later became a government witness. He is the nephew of Lucchese mobster Frank Signorino.-Background:...
, "Fat Pete" - Anthony CicconeAnthony CicconeAnthony "Sonny" Ciccone is a New York mobster and a captain of the Gambino crime family.Anthony was born to Sebastian and Gelsamina Piccolla from Pacentro, Italy. He was one of three brothers including Joseph and Salvatore, and two sisters, Anna and Margaret. He is the brother-in-law of mobster...
, "Sonny" - Dominick CirilloDominick CirilloDominick V. "Quiet Dom" Cirillo is a high-ranking member of the Genovese crime family, who briefly served as acting boss for the imprisoned Boss Vincent "Chin" Gigante.- Early life:...
, "Quiet Dom" - Anthony CivellaAnthony CivellaAnthony Thomas "Tony Ripe" Civella was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who was head of the Kansas City crime family.Anthony was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His criminal record started in 1952...
, "Tony Ripe" - Carl CivellaCarl CivellaCarl "Cork" Civella was the leader of the Kansas City crime family following the death of his brother, long-time crime boss Nicholas Civella, after heading day-to-day operations during the mid-1970s....
, "Corky" - Nicholas CivellaNicholas CivellaNicholas Civella was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who became a prominent leader of the Kansas City crime family.-Early life:...
, [Giuseppe Nicoli Civella], "Nick" - Joseph CivelloJoseph CivelloJoseph Francis Civello was a retailer of imported food and liquor in Dallas, Texas, and, more notably, leader of the Dallas crime family from 1956 until his death in 1970.-Early life:...
- Michael ClementeMichael ClementeMichael Clemente , also known as "Mike Costello" and "Big Mike", was a New York mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a major force in controlling the East River waterfront of Manhattan from the 1950s to 1979....
, "Mike Costello", "Big Mike" - Frank Colacurcio, Sr.Frank Colacurcio, Sr.Francis Colacurcio, Sr. was a businessman and boss of the Seattle crime family known for running strip clubs in Seattle, Washington. He gained notoriety as a subject of ongoing federal investigations into organized crime in the city and was suspected of being an organized crime boss...
- Ettore CocoEttore CocoEttore "Eddie" Coco was a New York City mobster who served as acting boss of the Lucchese crime family in 1967.-Boxing promoter:...
, "Eddie" - Eco James ColiEco James ColiEco James Coli was a Chicago tough guy who was an alleged labor racketeer. Starting in 1945, Coli's arrest record included attempted hijacking and assault and battery. He also was questioned in the murder of a Republican ward committeeman. During the 1950s, Coli received one year on probation...
- Joseph ColomboJoseph ColomboJoseph "Joe" Colombo, Sr. was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the "Five Families" of the Cosa Nostra in New York.-Background:...
, "Joe" (1914–1978) - James ColosimoJames ColosimoGiacomo Colosimo , better known as Big Jim Colosimo, was an Italian-American Mafia crime boss who built a criminal empire in Chicago based on prostitution, gambling, and racketeering. Immigrating from Italy in 1895, he gained power through petty crime and the heading of a chain of brothels...
, "Big Jim", "Diamond Jim" (1877–1920) - Louis ConsalvoLouis ConsalvoLouis "Louie Eggs" Consalvo is a New Jersey mobster and reputed "soldier" in the DeCavalcante crime family.A lifelong resident in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Consalvo reportedly joined the North Jersey based DeCavalcante crime family during the disappearance in October 1991 of underboss Louis...
, "Louie Eggs" - Pasquale ContePasquale ContePasquale Conte , also known as "Patsy", is a New York mobster who became a caporegime with the Gambino crime family.-Background:Born in Sicily, Conte is a resident of Roslyn, New York. He was at one time a board member of Key Food Cooperative Supermarket Chain, an association of small supermarkets...
, "Patty", "Patsy" - Frank CoppaFrank CoppaFrank Coppa Sr. is a Sicilian-American gangster in the Bonanno crime family who was a close friend of Joseph Massino and Frank Lino.-Further reading:...
, "Big Frank" - Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola, "Trigger Mike" (d. 1965)
- Mikey CoppolaMikey CoppolaMichael J. Coppola , also known as "Mikey Cigars", is an American mobster in the Genovese crime family. It is unknown if he is related to Michael "Trigger Mike" Coppola, who was also a member of the Genovese crime family. He has been a key figure in the Genovese crime family New Jersey faction...
, Michael "Mikey Cigars" Coppola - Anthony CoralloAnthony CoralloAnthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo was a New York City mobster and boss of the Lucchese crime family.-Early life:...
, "Tony Ducks" - Anthony CorneroAnthony CorneroAnthony Cornero Stralla also known as "the Admiral" and "Tony the Hat" was a bootlegger and gambling entrepreneur in Southern California from the 1920s through the 1950s...
, "Admiral", "Tony the Hat" - Joseph CorozzoJoseph CorozzoJoseph "Jo Jo" Corozzo, Sr. , is a New York mobster who is the reputed Consigliere of the Gambino crime family.-Background:...
, "Jo Jo" - Nicholas CorozzoNicholas CorozzoNicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo is a New York mobster who is the reputed acting boss of the Gambino crime family.-Biography:...
, "Little Nicky" - Samuel CorsaroSamuel CorsaroSamuel "Little Sammy" Corsaro was a mobster who belonged to the New Jersey faction of the Gambino crime family. His nickname "Little Sammy" came from his height of 5'5".-Murder rap:...
, "Little Sammy" - James CosmanoJames CosmanoJames Cosmano also known as "Sunny Jim" was a leader of the Black Hand street gang in pre-Prohibition Chicago who tried to extort money from the South Side gang.-Early years:...
, "Sunny Jim" - Frank CostelloFrank CostelloFrank Costello was an Italian New York City gangster who rose to the top of America's underworld, controlled a vast gambling empire across the United States and enjoyed political influence.Nicknamed the "Prime Minister of the Underworld", he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia...
, "The Prime Minister" (1891–1973) - Steven CreaSteven CreaSteven L. Crea , also known as "Wonderboy", or "Herbie", is a New York mobster heavily involved in labor racketeering who eventually became the acting boss of the Lucchese crime family.-Rise to power:...
, "Stevie Wonder", "Herbie" - Perry CriscitelliPerry CriscitelliPerry Criscitelli is a New York restaurant owner who is an alleged member of the Bonanno crime family. Criscitelli owns several restaurants and previously managed a popular city street festival....
- Domenico CutaiaDomenico CutaiaDomenico "Danny" Cutaia is a Brooklyn mafioso and a caporegime in the Lucchese crime family.-Background:...
, "Danny" - William CutoloWilliam CutoloWilliam Cutolo , also known as "Billy Fingers" and "Wild Bill", was a Brooklyn mobster in the Colombo crime family who committed several murders and was heavily involved in labor racketeering...
, "Billy Fingers", "Wild Bill" (d. 1999)
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- William Daddano, Sr.William Daddano, Sr.William Daddano, Sr. , also known as "William Russo" and "Willie Potatoes," was a top enforcer and loan shark for the Chicago Outfit and a participant in some high-profile robberies.-Early years:...
, "Willie Potatoes" (1912–1975) - Louis DaidoneLouis DaidoneLouis "Louie Bagels" Daidone is a New York mobster and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family.-Sidewalk soldier:...
, "Louie Bagels" - John D'AmatoJohn D'AmatoJohn "Johnny Boy" D'Amato was a New Jersey mobster and former Acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family. After being recruited by Gambino crime family Boss John Gotti to take over the family, and amidst rumors that he was homosexual, D'Amato was murdered in January 1992.- Captain :After being...
, "Johnny Boy" - John D'Amico, "Jackie Nose"'
- Anthony D'AndreaAnthony D'AndreaAnthony D'Andrea was the Mafia boss of Chicago in the late 1910s to early 1920s. He was also a political leader who was a president of the Unione Siciliana and was involved in a heated battle for alderman...
, [Antonio D'Andrea] - Ralph DanielloRalph DanielloRalph "The Barber" Daniello was a New York criminal who belonged to the Brooklyn Navy Street Gang and participated in a major gang slaying. Daniello eventually became an informant and helped destroy the Camorra crime organization in Brooklyn....
, "The Barber" - Salvatore D'AquilaSalvatore D'AquilaSalvatore "Toto" D'Aquila was a New York City mobster from the Mustache Pete-era and the first boss of the Gambino crime family....
, "Toto", "Tata" - Alphonse D'ArcoAlphonse D'ArcoAlphonse "Little Al" D'Arco , also known as "The Professor", is a New York mobster who became the acting boss of Lucchese crime family. He was the first boss, acting or otherwise, of a New York crime family to become a government witness....
, "Little Al" - Angelo DeCarloAngelo DeCarloAngelo "Gyp" DeCarlo was a member of the New York Genovese crime family who dominated loansharking operations in New Jersey during the 1960s...
, "Gyp" - Sam DeCavalcanteSam DeCavalcanteSimone Rizzo "Sam" DeCavalcante , known as "Sam the Plumber", was a member of the New Jersey Mafia. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed "The Count"...
, [Samuel Rizzo Decavalcante], "Sam the Plumber" (1913–1997) - Frank DeCiccoFrank DeCiccoFrank DeCicco also known as Frankie D and Frankie Cheech was a New York mobster and labor racketeer for the Gambino crime family...
, "Frankie D." (d. 1986) - George DeCiccoGeorge DeCiccoGregory "Big Georgie" DeCicco is a New York mobster and longtime Caporegime in the Gambino crime family. DeCicco is one of the last capos of the old John Gotti regime in the 1980s who haven't been under any indictment until now...
, "Butterass" - Joseph DefedeJoseph DeFedeJoseph "Little Joe" DeFede is a New York City mobster and former acting boss of the Lucchese crime family who eventually turned informant.-Early years:...
, "Little Joe", "Joe D" - Peter DeFeoPeter DeFeoPeter DeFeo , also known as "Philie Aquilino", was a New York mobster who became a caporegime with the Genovese crime family.-Rise to power:...
, "Philie Aquilino", Petey" - William D'EliaWilliam D'EliaWilliam "Big Billy" D'Elia is a Pennsylvania mobster and former leader of the Bufalino crime family.-Background:D'Elia began working with the Bufalino family in the late 1960s as boss Russell Bufalino's driver. D'Elia's business background in solid waste brokering and other areas would later be...
, "Big Billy" (1946-) - Patrick DeFilippoPatrick DeFilippoPatrick "Patty From the Bronx" DeFilippo is a reputed high-ranking member of the Bonanno crime family.-Bonanno member:A longtime member of the Bonanno family, DeFilippo became a made man sometime in the 1970s, though his involvement with the family dates back much farther...
, "Patty from the Bronx" - Andrew Thomas DelGiornoAndrew Thomas DelGiornoAndrew Thomas DelGiorno, also known as "Tommy Del" , is a former American mobster, captain in the Scarfo crime family and Federal Bureau of Investigation informant. He was responsible for five murders during his association with Nicky Scarfo in the 1980s...
, "Tommy Del" - Aniello DellacroceAniello DellacroceAniello John "Mr. Neil" Dellacroce , also known as "Father O'Neil" and "The Tall Guy", was an Italian-American gangster and underboss of the Gambino crime family. A capo of his own crew for many years he rose to the position of underboss when Carlo Gambino moved Joseph Biondo aside.-Early...
, "Mr. Neil", "The Lamb" (1914–1985) - Joseph DeLucaJoseph DelucaJoseph DeLuca was an Italian-American mobster who controlled the smuggling and distribution of narcotics with his brother Frank Deluca in Kansas City, Missouri for almost four decades....
, [Giuseppe DeLuca] - Frank DeMayoFrank DeMayoFrank "Chee-Chee" DeMayo was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster who became the crime boss of the Kansas City crime family during the later years of Prohibition.-Bootlegging:...
, "Chee-Chee" - Roy DeMeoRoy DeMeoRoy Albert DeMeo was a soldier in the Gambino crime family. He is infamous for heading the DeMeo crew, a gang suspected by the FBI of murdering at least 70 people between 1973 and 1983. The vast majority were disposed of so thoroughly that they were never found...
, [Roy Albert DeMeo] (1940–1983) - Lawrence DenticoLawrence DenticoLawrence Dentico , also known as "Larry Fab","Little Larry" and "The Little Guy", is a New Jersey mobster who is a former captain and consigliere for the Genovese crime family....
, "Larry Fab", "Little Larry" - Gregory DePalmaGregory DePalmaGregory J. DePalma was an acting capo in the Gambino crime family who was responsible for introducing an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent in his crew.-Celebrity life:...
- John DeRossJohn DeRossJohn J. DeRoss , also known as "Jackie" or "Jackie Zambooka", is the former Underboss in the Colombo crime family.-Capo and control over local 100:John DeRoss is the father of Colombo family mobsters Jack J. DeRoss and Jamie T. DeRoss...
, "Jackie", "Jackie Zambooka" - Frank DeSimoneFrank DeSimoneFrank A. DeSimone was the Boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1956 to 1967. DeSimone was the son of former don Rosario DeSimone. He was sometime referred to as "One Eye" because one of his eyes drooped, in the same way as Charles "Lucky" Luciano...
- Rosario DeSimoneRosario DeSimoneRosario "the Chief" DeSimone , was the head of an Italian crime family that was the predecessor to the Los Angeles crime family of the American Mafia from 1922 to 1925. Rosario was the father of the future California mob boss, Frank DeSimone.-Biography:DeSimone was born in Salaparuta, Sicily in...
, "The Chief" - Thomas DeSimoneThomas DeSimoneThomas "Two-Gun Tommy" Anthony DeSimone was an Italian-American gangster and associate of the Lucchese crime family in New York. Also known as "Tommy D" or "Tommy Two-Guns", he was a grandson and nephew of Los Angeles mob bosses Rosario DeSimone and Frank DeSimone...
, "Two-Gun Tommy" - Sam DeStefanoSam DeStefanoSam "Mad Sam" DeStefano was an Italian-American gangster who became one of the Chicago Outfit's most notorious loan sharks and sociopathic killers. Chicago-based Federal Bureau of Investigation agents such as William F. Roemer, Jr., considered DeStefano to be the worst torture-murderer in the...
, "Mad Sam" - William DevinoWilliam DevinoWilliam "Billy Batts" Devino was a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a longtime friend of John Gotti in the 1960s...
, "Billy Batts" - Vito Di GiorgioVito Di GiorgioVito Di Giorgio was an early crime boss of the Los Angeles crime family. Originally from Palermo, Sicily, Di Giorgio lived most of his life as a grocer in New Orleans. While he lived in Los Angeles he was known as a wealthy food importer. During his New Orleans years he was an active Black Hander...
- John DiGilioJohn DiGilioJohn Joseph DiGilio Sr. also known as "Johnny Dee", , was a New Jersey mobster with the Genovese crime family who became a powerful organized crime leader in the New Jersey faction....
, "Johnny Dee" - Michael DiLeonardoMichael DiLeonardoMichael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo is an Italian-American New York mobster who formerly belonged to the Gambino crime family and is now a government informant.-Background:...
, "Mickey Scars" - Leonard DiMariaLeonard DiMariaLeonard "Lenny" DiMaria , also known as "Fatso" and "the Conductor", is a New York mobster and Caporegime in the Gambino crime family...
, "Lenny" - Joseph DiNapoliJoseph DiNapoliJoseph "Joey Dee" DiNapoli , is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, holding the rank of caporegime or captain, in the family's Ruling Committee/Panel, controlling the day-to-day operations since 2003, along with Aniello "Neil" Migliore and Matthew Madonna...
, "Joey D." - Louis DiNapoliLouis DiNapoliLouis DiNapoli is a New York City mobster and soldier in the Genovese crime family. DiNapoli grew up in the East Harlem section of Manhattan and became a made member of the Genovese family in the early 1980s, joining the 116th Street Crew, which was headed by his older brother Vincent DiNapoli. ...
, "Louie D." - Vincent DiNapoliVincent DiNapoliVincent DiNapoli is a New York mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family, involved in labor racketeering. DiNapoli is best known for creating a cartel in the 1970s that controlled the price of drywall in New York City.-Early years:...
, "Vinny D." - John DioguardiJohn DioguardiGiovanni Ignazio Dioguardi, also known as "John Dioguardi" and "Johnny Dio" , was an Italian-American organized crime figure and a labor racketeer...
, "Johnny Dio" - Joseph DippolitoJoseph DippolitoJoseph Charles Dippolito, also known as "Joe Dip", was an Italian American Mafia member in the Los Angeles crime family. The son of fellow Mafioso Salvatore Charles Dippolito , he rose to become Underboss of the Los Angeles crime family...
, "Joe Dip" - Joseph DiVarcoJoseph DiVarcoJoseph "Little Caesar" DiVarco was a Chicago mobster with the Chicago Outfit who was involved in numerous street rackets.He and Big Joe Arnold were partners in a local haberdashery during the 1960s....
, "Little Caesar" - Jack DragnaJack DragnaJack Ignatius Dragna was an American Mafia member and Black Hander who was active in both Italy and the United States in the 1900s. He was active in bootlegging in California during the Prohibition Era in the United States...
, [Ignazio Dragna], "Capone of Los Angeles" - Tom DragnaTom DragnaTom Dragna was a Sicilian-American bootlegger and mobster who became a member of the Los Angeles crime family. He is the brother of Jack Dragna and the father of Louis Tom Dragna...
, [Gaetano Dragna] - Louis Tom DragnaLouis Tom DragnaLouis Tom Dragna is a former mobster and nephew of Jack Dragna and son of Tom Dragna. He was active in the Los Angeles crime family from the 1940s until the early 1980s.-Early life:...
, "The Reluctant Prince" - Vincent DrucciVincent DrucciVincent Drucci, also known as "The Schemer" , was an American mobster during Chicago's Prohibition era who served as a lieutenant under Dean O'Banion's North Side Gang and later as gang boss. Drucci was one of the few mobsters to ever be killed by a law enforcement officer...
, [Vittorio D'Ambrosio], "Schemer" (1898–1927)
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- Thomas EboliThomas EboliThomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli was a New York City mobster who eventually became the acting boss of the Genovese crime family.-Early life:...
, "Tommy Ryan" (d. 1972) - Albert EmbarratoAlbert EmbarratoAlfred "Al Walker" Embarrato a.k.a. "Alfred Scalisi" a.k.a." Aldo Elvorado" was a New York mobster who became a caporegime of the Bonanno crime family and a powerful labor figure at a New York newspaper.-Newspaperman:Born on the Lower East Side, Manhattan to first generation immigrants Salvatore...
, "Al Walker" (d. 2001) - Joseph EspositoJoseph Esposito (mobster)Joseph "Diamond Joe" Esposito was a Prohibition-era Chicago politician who was involved in bootlegging, extortion, prostitution and labor racketeering with the Genna Brothers...
, "Diamond Joe" - Natale EvolaNatale EvolaNatale "Joe Diamond" Evola was a New York mobster who briefly became boss of the Bonanno crime family.Born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn to parents Filippo and Francesca, who was natives of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. He was the brother of Paul, Joseph and Anna...
, "Joe Diamonds"
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- Albert FacchianoAlbert FacchianoAlbert Joseph Facchiano , also known as "Chinkie" and "the Old Man", was a Miami mobster with the New York Genovese crime family who was involved in loansharking and extortion in South Florida...
, "Chinky", "The Old Man" - Louis FaccioloLouis FaccioloLouis Facciolo also known as "Louie" was a Gambino crime family mob associate who served under capo Leonard DiMaria and brother of Lucchese crime family mobster Bruno Facciolo who shot to fame when it became known that he was murdered by the NYPD "mafia cops".-Biography:Louis Facciolo, Carlos...
, "Louie" - James FaillaJames FaillaJames "Jimmy Brown" Failla was a senior caporegime with the Gambino crime family who was a major power in the garbage hauling industry in New York City...
, "Jimmy Brown" - Costabile FaraceCostabile FaraceCostabile "Gus" Farace, Jr. was a low-level criminal with the Bonanno crime family who murdered a teenage male prostitute and a federal Drug Enforcement Agency agent in New York City.-Early years:Farace was born in 1960 in Bushwick to Costabile Farace Sr...
Jr., "Gus" - Carmine FaticoCarmine FaticoCarmine "Charley Wagons" Fatico was a Caporegime in the New York Gambino crime family. Fatico is best known as an early mentor to Gambino boss John Gotti.-Biography:...
, "Charley Wagons" - Anthony FedericiAnthony FedericiAnthony "Tough Tony" Federici is a Queens, New York City resident who has been identified as a captain in the Genovese crime family...
, "Tough Tony" - Steve FerrignoSteve FerrignoStefano "Steve" Ferrigno was a New York mobster of Sicilian origin who led an important Italian criminal gang in the 1920s. Ferrigno was assassinated along with Alfred Mineo during the so-called Castellammarese War....
, [Stefano Ferrigno] - Louis FerranteLouis FerranteLouis Ferrante is an American writer, motivational speaker, and media personality who has appeared on television stations such as MSNBC, Fox News Channel, BBC, PBS, and Comedy Central. On September 15, 2011, Ferrante spoke at The Economist's Ideas Economy: Human Potential Summit in New York...
- Theresa FerraraTheresa FerraraTheresa Ferrara an Italian-American born in the Five Towns area of Long Island, New York. She worked with Lucchese crime family associates, and eventually became an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation . Ferrara was a distant relative of New Orleans crime family boss Carlos Marcello...
- Vincent M. FerraraVincent M. FerraraVincent J. Ferrara, also known as "The Animal", is an Italian-American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts and former Capo of the New England based Patriarca crime family of La Cosa Nostra.-Criminal career:...
, "The Animal" - Joseph FerriolaJoseph FerriolaJoseph Ferriola , also known as, "Joe Nagall," "Mr. Clean" and "Oscar," was an American mobster who helped run the Chicago Outfit, from 1985 to 1988, after Joseph Aiuppa and John Cerone went to prison for skimming Las Vegas casino profits.- Early life :Joseph Anthony Ferriola was a product of...
, "Oscar", "Joe Nagall" - Ray FerrittoRay FerrittoRaymond W. Ferritto was an Italian American mobster from Erie, Pennsylvania. Ferritto is best known for the 1977 murder of Irish mob boss Danny Greene....
, "Raymond" - Anthony FiatoAnthony FiatoCraig Anthony Fiato, also known as Anthony the Animal and Tony Rome, was an American mobster and hitman for the Los Angeles crime family who later became an undercover informant and government witness...
, [Craig Anthony Fiato] "The Animal" - Charles FischettiCharles FischettiCharles "Trigger Happy" Fischetti was a Chicago mobster, former Capone bodyguard and Mafia leader.Fischetti was called a notorious Chicago gangster in the FBI files. He was the mob's political fixer in Chicago. He was also Al Capone's cousin and his reputed consigliere. Fischetti and his brother...
, "Trigger Happy", "The Fixer" - Rocco FischettiRocco FischettiRocco Fischetti, also known as "Rocky" and "Ralph Fisher" was a Chicago mobster with the Chicago Outfit criminal organization who ran many illegal gambling operations...
, "Rocky", "Ralph Fisher" - Tino FiumaraTino FiumaraTino "T" Fiumara , also known as "The Greek", was a major figure in the Genovese crime family. Since the 1980s, he had been the leader of the Genovese New Jersey faction in northern New Jersey...
, "T", "The Greek", "George Greco" - Stephen FlemmiStephen FlemmiStephen Joseph "The Rifleman" Flemmi is an Italian-American mobster and close associate of Winter Hill Gang boss James J. Bulger. Beginning in 1965, Flemmi was a top echelon informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
, "The Rifleman" - Vincent FlemmiVincent FlemmiVincent James Flemmi , also known as "Jimmy The Bear," was an Italian-American mobster who freelanced for the Winter Hill Gang and the Patriarca crime family. He was also a longtime informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was also the brother of government informant Stephen...
, "Jimmy The Bear", "Vinnie the Butcher" - Steven FranseSteven FranseSteven Franse was a New York mobster with the Genovese crime family who was a close associate of mob bosses Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Vito Genovese....
- John FranzeseJohn FranzeseJohn "Sonny" Franzese, Sr. , is a longtime member and the current Underboss of the Colombo crime family. Arguably, Franzese has been famous as the current oldest active member of the American Mafia...
, "Sonny" - Michael FranzeseMichael FranzeseMichael Franzese , is a former New York mobster with the Colombo crime family who was heavily involved in the gasoline tax rackets in the 1980s...
, "The Yuppie Don" - Christopher FurnariChristopher FurnariChristopher "Christie Tick" Furnari, Sr. is a Lucchese crime family mobster serving life in prison. During the 1980s, Furnari served as the family consigliere until his 1986 racketeering conviction.-Early years:...
, "Christy Tick" - Jimmy FratiannoJimmy FratiannoAladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno was a Cleveland, Ohio, mobster and later acting head of the Los Angeles crime family before becoming a government witness...
, (born Aladena Fratianno), "The Weasel" - Louis FrattoLouis FrattoLouis Thomas Fratto , born Luigi Tomaso Giuseppi Fratto, also known as "Lew Farrell" and "Cock-eyed", was a labor racketeer and organized crime figure in Chicago, Illinois, from the 1930s to 1960s. Fratto was allegedly shifted over to become Des Moines, Iowa's, top crime boss in about 1940, until...
, [Luigi Tomaso Giuseppi Fratto], "Lew Farrell", "Cock-Eyed Lou"
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- Anthony GaggiAnthony GaggiAnthony "Antonino" "Nino" Frank Gaggi was a captain in the New York Gambino crime family who supervised the infamous DeMeo crew, headed by Roy DeMeo. It is estimated that the DeMeo crew murdered between 75 and 200 people....
, "Nino" - Tommy GaglianoTommy GaglianoGaetano "Tommy" Gagliano was an American gangster who founded the Lucchese crime family, one of the powerful "Five Families" of New York City, and served as its low-profile Boss for over two decades...
, [Gaetano Gagliano] - Carmine GalanteCarmine GalanteCarmine Galante, also known as "Lilo" and "Cigar" was a mobster and acting boss of the Bonanno crime family...
, "The Cigar", "Lilo" (1910–1979) - James GalanteJames GalanteJames Galante is a convicted felon and associate of the Genovese crime family, owner of the defunct Danbury Trashers minor league hockey team, and ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal , a company which holds waste disposal contracts for most of western Connecticut and Westchester and Putnam counties...
- Joseph GaliziaJoseph GaliziaJoseph "Joe Glitz" Galizia was a New York mobster who became a high-ranking soldier in the Genovese crime family, and ran a large gasoline bootlegging operation.-Becoming a family member:...
, "Joe Glitz" - Albert GalloAlbert GalloAlbert "Kid Blast" Gallo, Jr. was a New York mobster for the Profaci crime family, later called the Colombo crime family. Gallo led his crew in challenging the Colombo leadership during the Second Colombo War.-Biography:...
, "Kid Blast", "Al" - Joe GalloJoe GalloJoseph Gallo , also known as "Crazy Joey" and "Joe the Blond", was a celebrated New York City gangster for the Profaci crime family, later known as the Colombo crime family...
, "Crazy Joe", "Joey the Blond" (1929–1972) - Joseph N. GalloJoseph N. GalloGiuseppe “Uno-Punzone” Nicholas Gallo, Jr. also known as Joseph Nicholas Gallo was a New York mobster, who allegedly became consigliere of the Gambino crime family.-Biography:He was born on January 8, 1912...
(1912–1995) - Carlo GambinoCarlo Gambino"Don" Carlo Gambino, was a Sicilian mafioso who became Boss of the Gambino crime family, that still bears his name today. After the 1957 Apalachin Convention he unexpectedly seized control of the Commission of the American Mafia. Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive...
, "Don Carlo" (1902–1976) - Emanuel GambinoEmanuel GambinoEmanuel 'Manny' Gambino was the nephew of infamous Mafia leader Carlo Gambino and an organized crime figure in New York. He was kidnapped from outside his home in Queens, New York, by a group of gangsters...
, "Manny" - John GambinoJohn GambinoJohn Gambino , is an American mobster. He became a made member of the Gambino crime family in 1975 and a capodecina or captain, and head of the crime family's Sicilian faction, appointed by family boss John Gotti in 1986, according to Mafia turncoat Sammy Gravano.-Transatlantic Mafia clan:Together...
- Thomas GambinoThomas GambinoThomas "Tommy" Gambino is a New York mobster and a longtime Caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District.-Early life:...
, "Tommy" - Rosario GangiRosario GangiRosario "Ross" Gangi is a New York City mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family who became involved in labor racketeering and white collar crime.-Biography:...
, "Ross" - Eddie GarafolaEddie GarafolaEddie "Eddie The Chink" Garafola pronounced /dʒəˈniːn ɡəˈrɒfəloʊ is a Gambino crime family associate who was involved in the construction industry. Garafola was the brother-in-law of former underboss and informant Sammy "The Bull" Gravano....
, "Eddie the Chink" - Charles GargottaCharles GargottaCharles Gargotta, also known as "Mad Dog", was a Kansas City, Missouri gangster who became a top enforcer for the Kansas City crime family.Born in Kansas City, Gargotta joined the criminal organization of boss John Lazia as a young man...
, "Mad Dog" - Michael James GenoveseMichael James GenoveseMichael James Genovese was an alleged boss of the Pittsburgh crime family. References to Michael Genovese as the brother of Vito Genovese are to a different Michael Genovese; Michael James Genovese was first cousin to New York mob boss Vito Genovese.-Early years:Genovese was born to Ursula...
, "Mike" - Vito GenoveseVito GenoveseVito "Don Vito" Genovese was an Italian 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 future mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante...
, "Don Vitone" (1897–1969) - Nicola GentileNicola GentileNicola Gentile , also known as Nick Gentile, was a Sicilian mafioso and an organized crime figure in New York City during the 1920s and 1930s. He was also known for publishing his memoirs which, violating the mafiosi code known as omerta, revealed many details of the Sicilian and American underworld...
, "Nick", "Zu Cola" - Phillip Giaccone, "Philly Lucky"
- Corrado GiaconaCorrado GiaconaCorrado Giacona was the first boss of the New Orleans crime family, remaining a power from the organization's formation until his death in 1944....
- Sam GiancanaSam GiancanaSalvatore Giancana , better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966...
, "Momo", "Mo", "Mooney", "Sam the Cigar", "Sam Flood" (1908–1975) - Gaetano GianollaGaetano GianollaGaetano Gianolla was an Italian-American mobster and former boss of the Detroit Partnership criminal organization.During the Prohibition era, the Detroit River was the most important commercial waterway for the illegal importation of intoxicants from Canada into Detroit, Michigan...
- Mario GiganteMario GiganteMario Gigante is a New York City mobster who served as caporegime for the Genovese crime family...
- Vincent GiganteVincent GiganteVincent Gigante was a short lived professional light heavyweight boxer who was known as "The Chin" Gigante. He fought 25 matches and lost four, boxing 121 rounds. On February 19, 1945, he fought Pete Petrello in Madison Square Garden and won by a knock out in the second round. During his successful...
, "Chin", "The Oddfather", "Vinny" (1928–2006) - Charles GioeCharles GioeCharles "Cherry Nose" Gioe was a lieutenant in the Chicago Outfit criminal organization and a partner in the Hollywood extortion scandals of the 1930s....
, "Cherry Nose" (d. 1954) - Thomas GioeliThomas GioeliThomas Salvatore Gioeli, , also known as "Tommy Shots", is a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family who has allegedly killed several people, including a policeman and a Colombo underboss, for the family.- Rise in the Colombo family :...
, "Tommy Shots" - Anthony GiordanoAnthony GiordanoAntonio Rico Giuseppe Giordano was the boss of the St. Louis crime family.-Early life:Anthony Giordano, nicknamed "Tony G", was born June 24, 1915 in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Catherine P. Burns, and together they adopted a son named William Giordano.-St...
, [Antonio Rico Giuseppe Giordano], "Tony G" - Federico GiovanelliFederico GiovanelliFederico "Fritzy" Giovanelli is a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family.Giovanelli is the typical New York mafioso, a small time criminal who had participated in loansharking, bookmaking, and illegal gambling. As a Capo in the Genovese crime family, one of the country's most powerful families,...
, "Fritzy"(b. 1932) - Anthony GizzoAnthony GizzoAnthony Robert Gizzo , was born in New York City and was known as "Tony". He was a Kansas City, Missouri mobster with the Cosa Nostra and a boss of the Kansas City crime family....
, "Fat Tony" - Gene GottiGene GottiEugene Gotti is a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who was a major drug trafficker.-Background:Born to John and Fannie Gotti, Gene has four brothers: deceased Gambino boss John Gotti, Peter Gotti, capo Richard V. Gotti, and soldier Vincent Gotti...
, (born Eugene Gotti) (1946-) - John GottiJohn GottiJohn Joseph Gotti, Jr was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. Gotti grew up in poverty. He and his brothers turned to a life of crime at an early age...
, "Johnny Boy", "The Dapper Don", "The Teflon Don" (1940–2002) - John A. Gotti, "Junior Gotti" (1960-)
- Peter GottiPeter GottiPeter Gotti, also known as "One Eyed Pete", "Petey Boy", "One Eye" , is a New York mobster who is the former boss of the Gambino crime family and the older brother of deceased Gambino boss John Gotti.-Background:...
, "Pete", "One Eye" (1939-) - Richard G. GottiRichard G. GottiRichard G. Gotti is a member of the Gambino crime family. His father is Gambino capo Richard V. Gotti and cousins are capo John A. "Junior" Gotti, former reality television star Victoria Gotti, and Peter Gotti, Jr...
, "Ritchie" (1968-) - Richard V. GottiRichard V. GottiRichard V. Gotti is a capo in the Gambino crime family.Richard was born in 1942 to John Gotti, Sr. and his wife Fannie. Richard's brothers included deceased Gambino boss John Gotti, capo Gene Gotti, current boss Peter, and Vincent Gotti. Richard has a son, Richard G. Gotti, who also belongs to...
, "Ritchie Jr" (1942-) - Steven Grammauta, "Stevie Coogan"
- Sammy GravanoSammy GravanoSalvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano is a former underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is known as the man who helped bring down John Gotti, the family's boss, by agreeing to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation informant and turn state's evidence.Originally a mobster for the Colombo crime...
, [Salvatore Gravano], "Sammy the Bull", "Sammy G." (1945-) - Anthony GrazianoAnthony GrazianoAnthony "T.G." Graziano is a New York mobster and former consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.- Bonanno captain :...
, "T.G." - Edward GrilloEdward GrilloEdward "Danny" Grillo was a member of a Gambino crime family crew headed by soldier Roy DeMeo. After falling deeply into debt to DeMeo and other loansharks, Grillo was murdered by his own associates in the DeMeo Crew....
, "Danny" - Francesco GuarraciFrancesco GuarraciFrancesco "Frank" Guarraci , is a prominent member and reputed current boss of the DeCavalcante crime family.-Early inducted member:...
, "Frank" - Matthew GuglielmettiMatthew GuglielmettiMatthew L. Guglielmetti, Jr., also known as "Matty" , is a high-ranking mobster from Cranston, Rhode Island who is a Caporegime, or "captain," in the New England-based Patriarca crime family of La Cosa Nostra...
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- Matthew IannielloMatthew IannielloMatthew "Matty the Horse" Ianniello is a New York mobster with the Genovese crime family mobster who specialized in vice operations. He was acting boss of the family from 1998–2005 and is the owner of numerous nightclubs in the New York City area.-Little Italy:Ianniello got the nickname "Matty the...
, "Matty the Horse" - Joseph IannuzziJoseph IannuzziJoseph Iannuzzi, also known as "Joe Dogs" and "Joe Diner" , was a Gambino crime family associate and turncoat whose co-operation influenced events surrounding the late 1985 assassination of Gambino boss Paul Castellano and played an indirect, but valuable role in the 1985 Mafia Commission Trial...
, "Joe Dogs" - James IdaJames IdaJames Ida also known as "Little Guy" is a New York mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family.James was born to first generation immigrants from Lombardy, Italy. Growing up in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, Ida was inducted into the Genovese crime family in...
, "Little Jimmy" - Frank IllianoFrank IllianoFrank "Punchy" Illiano is a Brooklyn capo with the Genovese crime family. During the 1960's and 1970's, he served as a top lieutenant to the Gallo brothers in their two wars with the Colombo crime family leadership.-Biography:...
, "Punchy" - Nicola ImpastatoNicola ImpastatoNicolo Impastato , also known as "Nick Tousa", was a Kansas City gangster.Nicolo Impastato was an admitted member of the Mafia who was born near Palermo, Sicily and became a Mafioso while still in Sicily. He fled to the U.S. in 1927 during Benito Mussolini's campaign to eradicate the Mafia in Sicily...
, "Nick Tousa" - Alphonse Indelicato, "Sonny Red"
- Anthony IndelicatoAnthony IndelicatoAnthony "Bruno" Indelicato , also known as "Bruno", "Whack-Whack" and "Anthony Indelligado" is a capo with the Bonanno crime family in New York City,-Biography:...
, "Bruno", "Whack-Whack" - Pietro InzarilloPietro InzarilloPietro Inzarillo or Inzerillo was a New York underworld figure and a member of the Morello crime family.-Early years:Inzarillo immigrated to the United States from the Marineo area of Palermo, Sicily with his wife and five children and settled in New York City. In the early 1900s, he became...
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- Ronald JerotheRonald JerotheRonald Jerothe also known as "Foxy" was an American mobster and member of the Bergin Crew, who operated out of John Gotti's club, the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club, in Ozone Park, Queens...
, "John", "Foxy" - Wilfred JohnsonWilfred JohnsonWilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson was a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation informant from 1969 to 1985. He provided the FBI with information relating to John Gotti and other members of the Gambino family...
, "Willie Boy" - Joseph JulianoJoseph JulianoJoseph "Sonny" Juliano is a New York City mobster and a reputed Caporegime in the Gambino crime family.-Biography:...
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- Gennaro LangellaGennaro LangellaGennaro Adriano Langella also known as "Gerry Lang", is a member of the Colombo crime family who eventually became underboss and acting boss.-Background:...
, "Jerry Lang" - Joseph LanzaJoseph LanzaJoseph A. "Socks" Lanza was a New York labor racketeer and a member of the Genovese crime family.Born in Palermo, Sicily, Lanza immigrated to the United States and settled in New York working as a handler in Lower Manhattan's Fulton Fish Market...
, "Socks" - Angelo J. LaPietraAngelo J. LaPietraAngelo J. "The Hook" LaPietra was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit, involved in extensive loansharking operations in the city's First Ward during the 1970s and 80s. He earned his nickname "The Hook" due to the way he murdered his victims—those that did not, or could not pay up...
, "The Hook" - James LaPietraJames LaPietraJames "Jimmy the Lapper" LaPietra was a Chicago mobster and member of Chicago Outfit. He was also the younger brother of mobster Angelo "the Hook" LaPietra....
, "Jimmy the Lapper" - Louis LaRassoLouis LaRassoLouis "Fat Lou" LaRasso was a New Jersey mobster and the longtime official Underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family.- Apalachin meeting :...
, "Fat Lou" - John Sebastian LaRoccaJohn Sebastian LaroccaJohn Sebastian LaRocca was boss of the Pittsburgh crime family from the 1950s until his death in 1984.Born in Sicily, LaRocca and his family emigrated to the United States in 1910, settling in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As a young man, LaRocca went to work in the coal mines...
, "John La Rock" - James V. LaSalaJames V. LaSalaJames V. LaSala was a Brooklyn mobster and drug trafficker who eventually controlled syndicate drug trafficking in California and several other Southwestern states....
- Frank LastorinoFrank LastorinoFrank "Big Frank" Lastorino is a New York City mobster and former Consigliere of the Lucchese crime family.-Lucchese hitman:Raised in Canarsie, Brooklyn, Lastorino soon joined the Lucchese crime family under Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo in extortion, loansharking and illegal gambling operations...
, "Big Frank" - Peter LaTempaPeter LaTempaPeter LaTempa was a New York mobster and associate of the Genovese crime family, who later agreed to become a government witness against Vito Genovese....
- John LaziaJohn LaziaJohn Lazia, also known as "Brother John" , was an American organized crime figure in Kansas City, Missouri, during the prohibition period in the United States.-Early years:...
, "Brother John" - Daniel LeoDaniel Leo (mobster)Daniel "Danny the Lion" Leo is the currently imprisoned acting boss of the Genovese crime family, the biggest of New York's Five Families.-Early life and career:...
, "Danny the Lion" - Phil LeonettiPhil LeonettiPhilip "Crazy Phil" Leonetti is a Philadelphia gangster who became the underboss of the Scarfo crime family under his uncle, Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo before becoming a government informant. At the time, he was the highest-ranking member of the American Mafia to break his blood oath and turn...
, "Crazy Phil" - Paolo LiCastriPaolo LiCastriPaolo LiCastri was a made man, or "Man of Honor" who worked under Carlo Gambino and Carmine Galante.-Biography:...
- Nick LicataNick Licata (mobster)Nick "Old Man" Licata was an Italian American mobster who was the Boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1967 until his death in 1974.-Early life:...
, "Old Man', "Mr. Nick" - James T. LicavoliJames T. LicavoliA member of the Licavoli Crime Family, James T. "Blackie" Licavoli also known as "Jack White" was a Cleveland, Ohio mobster and one of the earliest organized crime figures to be convicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act .-Early life:James Licavoli was born Vicentio...
, [Vicentio Licavoli], "Jack White", "Blackie" - Thomas LicavoliThomas LicavoliThomas "Yonnie" Licavoli was a gangster and bootlegger during Prohibition. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Yonnie, along with brother Peter Joseph Licavoli and cousin James Licavoli, worked with Jewish gangsters to take over illegal gambling in St. Louis. He was a member of the Licavoli Crime Family...
, "Yonnie" - Peter LicavoliPeter LicavoliPeter Joseph Licavoli , was an organized crime figure in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to Detroit, Michigan...
, "Horseface" - Joseph LigambiJoseph LigambiJoseph Anthony "Uncle Joe" Ligambi is an American mobster and current boss of the Philadelphia crime family. Ligambi is known among law enforcement circles to have a more "old school" approach, in sharp contrast to the former boss, Joseph Merlino's, flamboyant, high-profile style...
, "Uncle Joe" - Frank LinoFrank LinoFrank "Curly" Lino is a Sicilian-American caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who later became an informant.-Biography:...
, "Curly" - Frank LoCascioFrank LocascioFrank "Frankie Loc" LoCascio is a New York mobster who became the Consigliere to the Gambino crime family, under Boss John Gotti. LoCascio is the father of Salvatore LoCascio, a caporegime in the Gambino family....
, "Frankie Loc" - Peter LoCascioPeter LoCascioPeter "Mr. Bread" LoCascio was a New York mobster, drug trafficker and brother of Carmine LoCascio.LoCascio has an arrest record dating from 1935, that includes arrests for illegal alcohol trafficking, narcotics violations, and forgery. A lieutenant under his brother Carmine, Peter LoCascio was...
, "Mr. Bread" - Salvatore LoCascioSalvatore LoCascioSalvatore LoCascio is a reputed caporegime in the New York Gambino crime family.-Early life:LoCascio grew up in Eastchester, New York when his father, Frank LoCascio, Consigliere to John Gotti, was sentenced to life imprisonment for mafia crimes...
, "Tori" - Gaetano LococoGaetano LococoGaetano Lococo, also known as "Thomas" or "Tano was a mobster identified as one of the "Five Iron Men" of Kansas City, Missouri by Americanmiafia.com. Lococo was known within the Kansas City crime family as an enforcer in his early years...
, "Thomas", "Tano" - Pasqualino LolordoPasqualino LolordoPasqualino "Patsy" Lolordo was an organized crime figure and head of the Chicago chapter of the Unione Siciliana a "front" organization for the Mafia, of which Lolordo was considered one of the most powerful capos during the late 1920s.Lolordo succeeded Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo, an...
, "Patsy" - Antonio LombardoAntonio LombardoAntonio "The Scourge" Lombardo was an American mobster. He was advisor, or consigliere, to Al Capone and later President of the Unione Siciliana.-Biography:...
, "The Scourge", "Tony" (1892–1928) - Joseph LombardoJoseph LombardoJoseph Patrick “Joey the Clown” Lombardo Sr. , also known as "Joe Padula," "Lumbo," and "Lumpy", is an imprisoned American mafioso and a high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit crime organization...
, [Giuseppe Lombardo], "Joey the Clown", "Joe Padula", "Lumbo", "Lumpy" (1929-) - Philip LombardoPhilip LombardoPhilip Lombardo also known as "Benny Squint" and "Cockeyed Phil", was the boss of the Genovese crime family from the late 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s....
, "Benny Squint", "Cockeyed Ben", "Ben" - Carmine LombardozziCarmine LombardozziCarmine "The Doctor" Lombardozzi was a high ranking member of the Gambino crime family in New York. He was also known as the "King of Wall Street" and "The Italian Meyer Lansky"....
, "The Doctor" - Angelo LonardoAngelo LonardoAngelo Anthony Lonardo was a Cleveland crime family mobster who later became the acting boss of the family in the early 1980s. Lonardo was born in 1911 in Cleveland to Joseph and Concetta Lonardo. His godfather was Anthony Milano...
, "Big Ange" - Alan LongoAlan LongoAlan "Baldie" Longo is an alleged Brooklyn mobster and acting caporegime in the New York Genovese crime family who became heavily involved in stock fraud schemes.-Stock scams:...
, "Baldie" - Joseph LoPiccolo, "Baldie"
- Anthony Loria Sr.Anthony Loria Sr.Anthony Loria, Sr., also known as "Tony Aboudamita", was a New York mobster who played a major role in the famous French Connection heroin scandal...
, "Tony Aboudamita" (1921–1989) - Tommy LuccheseTommy LuccheseGaetano "Tommy" Lucchese , also known as "Tom Brown" or "Three-Finger Brown", was an American mobster who became the Boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City...
, [Gaetano Lucchese], "Three Finger Brown", "Tommy Brown" (1899–1967) - Charles Luciano, [Salvatore Lucania], "Lucky" (1896–1962)
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- Matthew MadonnaMatthew MadonnaMatthew Madonna is a caporegime with the Lucchese crime family who was heavily involved in narcotics trafficking and bribery of government officials.-Narcotics trafficking:...
, "Matty" - Peter MagaddinoPeter MagaddinoPeter Magaddino was a mobster in the Magaddino crime family of Buffalo, New York. The son of crime boss Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino, Magaddino was a caporegime in the family and possibly an underboss.-Early years:...
- Stefano MagaddinoStefano MagaddinoStefano Magaddino was an Sicilian mafioso who became the boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio and Southern Ontario as far north as Montreal, Quebec...
, "Don Stefano", "The Undertaker", "The Grand Old Man of La Cosa Nostra" - Joseph MaglioccoJoseph MaglioccoJoseph Magliocco, also known as "Joe Malayak" was a New York mobster and the boss of the Profaci crime family from 1962 to 1963...
, [Giuseppe Magliocco], "Joe Malayak", "Fat Joe" - Harry MaioneHarry MaioneHarry "Happy" Maione was a New York mobster who served as a hitman for Murder, Inc. during the 1930s...
, "Happy" - Alphonse MalangoneAlphonse MalangoneAlphonse "Allie Shades" Malangone is a New York City mobster and caporegime in the Genovese crime family. Malangone controlled a good portion of the Genovese interests in the Fulton Fish Market, while dabbling in pump and dump stock scams on Wall Street and controlling Brooklyn's garbage hauling...
, "Allie Shades" - Lawrence ManganoLawrence ManganoLawrence "Dago Lawrence" Mangano was a Chicago mobster and member of the Chicago Outfit during the 1920s to the 1940s...
, "Dago" - Venero ManganoVenero ManganoVenero Frank "Benny Eggs" Mangano is the Underboss of the Genovese crime family. Since boss Daniel "Danny the Lion" Leo was imprisoned in 2007, Mangano has been the family's senior leader outside prison. The nickname "Benny Eggs" came from his mother running an egg farm...
, "Benny Eggs" - Vincent ManganoVincent ManganoVincent Mangano , born Vincenzo Giovanni Mangano, also known as "The Executioner" as he was named in a Brooklyn newspaper, was the head of the Mangano crime family from 1931 to 1951. His brother Philip Mangano was his right hand man and de facto, or substituto, underboss of the crime family which...
, [Vincenzo Giovanni Mangano], "Don Vincenzo" - Louis MannaLouis MannaLouis Anthony "Bobby" Manna , is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family.-Genovese family:...
, "Bobby" - Anthony MannarinoAnthony MannarinoAnthony "Anthony Marshmallow" Mannarino is a New Jersey mobster and reputed soldier in the DeCavalcante crime family who supervised family operations in Florida....
, "Marshmallow" - Luigi ManocchioLuigi ManocchioLuigi Giovanni "Baby Shanks" Manocchio is an Italian-American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island. He is the former boss of the New England-based Patriarca crime family, which is part of La Cosa Nostra.-Criminal career:...
, "Baby Shanks" - Francesco ManzoFrancesco ManzoFrank Manzo, also known as "Francesco Manzo", "Frank Manse", "Frankie the Wop" is a soldier in the Lucchese crime family. Manzo oversaw the crime family's interests in John F. Kennedy Airport.-Biography:...
, "Frankie the Wop", "Frank Manze" - Salvatore MaranzanoSalvatore MaranzanoSalvatore Maranzano was an organized crime figure from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss in the United States. He instigated the Castellammarese War to seize control of the American Mafia operations, and briefly became the Mafia's "Boss of Bosses"...
, "Little Caesar" - Carlos MarcelloCarlos MarcelloCarlos "The Little Man" Marcello was a Sicilian-American mafioso who became the boss of the New Orleans crime family during the 1940s and held this position for the next 30 years.-Early life:...
, [Calogero Minacore], "The Little Man" - James MarcelloJames MarcelloJames J. “Little Jimmy, Jimmy Light” Marcello , also known as Jimmy "the Man" Marcello, is an imprisoned crime boss who was a front boss for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s...
, “Little Jimmy”, "Jimmy The Man" - Richard MartinoRichard MartinoRichard Martino is a member of the New York Gambino crime family who was involved in an Internet scam that cost consumers $750 million. It was the largest consumer fraud case in American history....
, "Ritchie" - John Vincent MartoranoJohnny MartoranoJohn James Vincent Martorano also known as "Vincent Joseph Rancourt," "Richard Aucoin", "Nick," "The Cook" and "The Executioner" and "The Basin Street Butcher" , is a former hitman for the Winter Hill Gang in Boston, Massachusetts who has admitted to 20 gang-related killings.-Early life:Johnny...
, "Vincent Joseph Rancourt", "Richard O'Coin", "Nick", "The Cook", "The Executioner" - Joseph Masella, "Joey O"
- Joe MasseriaJoe MasseriaGiuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria was an early Mafia don in the United States. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931.-Early days:...
, [Giuseppe Masseria], "Joe the Boss" - Joseph Massino, "Big Joey", "The Ear"
- Jack McGurnJack McGurn"Machine Gun" Jack McGurn was an Italian-American mobster and key member of Al Capone's Chicago Outfit.-Early life:...
, [Vincenzo Antonio Gibaldi], "Machine Gun" - James McLainJames McLainJames "Revolvers" McLain was a member of Jack McGurn's crew, in the Chicago Outfit, and believed to be involved in the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre.-Early life:...
, [Antonio Trangorello], "Revolvers" - Anthony MegaleAnthony MegaleAnthony Megale , also known as "The Genius", "Tony Connecticut", "Machiavelli", "Mac", "The Brain", "Mr. T", and "Gas Man" is a Connecticut mobster who became the acting underboss of the Gambino crime family.-Criminal history:...
, "The Genius", "Tony" - Angelo MeliAngelo MeliAngelo Meli was a Detroit, Michigan mobster who became a consiglieri and then leading Chairman of the Detroit Partnership criminal organization of La Cosa Nostra.-Criminal career:...
, - Vincent MeliVincent MeliVincent "Little Vince" Meli was a Detroit mobster and acting Underboss of the Detroit crime family. The nephew of Angelo Meli, he succeeded longtime crime boss Anthony Zerilli following his imprisonment.-Early years:...
, "Little Vince" - Angelo MercurioAngelo MercurioAngelo "Sonny" Mercurio was a member of the Patriarca crime family who became a government informant and recorded a Cosa Nostra induction ceremony.-History:...
, "Sonny" - Joseph MerlinoJoseph MerlinoJoseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino was the boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1994 to 1999, despite Ralph Natale being officially the boss, and was said to have led it primarily in extortion, bookmaking, drug trafficking, and loan sharking.-Family mob ties:Joseph Salvatore Merlino a.k.a...
, "Skinny Joe" - Mike MerloMike MerloMike Merlo was a Chicago political figure associated in his later years with the Johnny Torrio-Al Capone organization. As head of the Unione Siciliana fraternal group, Merlo wielded considerable influence both in Chicago's Democratic Party politics and also within Chicago's criminal underworld...
, [Michele Merlo] - Sam MesiSam MesiSamuele "Sam" Mesi was a Chicago mobster with the Chicago Outfit criminal organization who was a bookmaker, hitman and Chicago city employee....
, [Samuele Mesi] - Aniello MiglioreAniello MiglioreAniello "Neil" Migliore is a New York City mobster, and acting leader of the Lucchese crime family. Migliore was a close associate of family bosses Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese and Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo.-Early years:...
, "Neil" - Anthony MilanoAnthony MilanoAnthony "Tony" Milano was an Italian mobster who rose to power in America working for the Cleveland crime family in the American Mafia. He served as the long time Underboss in the Cleveland crime family from 1930 until his retirement in 1976...
, "Old Man Tony" - Carmen MilanoCarmen MilanoCarmen Joseph Milano was a disbarred lawyer who eventually became a member of the American Mafia, serving as Underboss of the Los Angeles crime family. The criminal organization he served is headed by his older brother Peter Milano...
, "Flipper" - Peter MilanoPeter MilanoPeter John Milano is a Los Angeles based, Italian-American mobster, and current Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. Milano has been active in organized crime since the 1950s...
- Gaspar MilazzoGaspar MilazzoGaspar Milazo was a major organized-crime figure in Detroit, Michigan, during the Prohibition era. He is also credited with helping establish one of the early Brooklyn-based crime families in New York City, the Castellammarese Clan, better known today as the Bonanno crime family.-Early life:Born...
, "The Peacemaker" - Alfred MineoAlfred MineoAlfredo "Al Mineo" Manfredi was a Brooklyn based New York mobster, who headed a strong American Mafia crime family during the Castellammarese War. Mineo's organization would eventually become the present-day Gambino crime family....
, [Alfredo Manfredi]], "Al" - Michele MirandaMichele MirandaMichele "Big Mike" Miranda was a longtime member and eventual consigliere of the Genovese crime family and one of the most powerful New York gangsters in the 1950s and 1960s.-Early years:...
, "Big Mike" - Anthony MirraAnthony MirraAnthony "Tony" Mirra was an Italian-American mobster and soldier for the Bonanno crime family...
, "Tony" - Salvatore MontagnaSalvatore MontagnaSalvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna was an acting boss of the Bonanno crime family of the New York City mafia families, and the Sicilian faction-leader of the Bronx section. At the time of his death, he had been associated with the Rizzuto crime family of Montreal...
, "Sal the Iron Worker", "Sal the Zip" - John C. MontanaJohn C. MontanaJohn C. Montana was a Buffalo, New York labor racketeer, political fixer, and elected politician who eventually became the underboss and/or consiglieri of the Buffalo crime family....
, [Giovanni Montana] - Lenny MontanaLenny MontanaLenny Montana was an American actor, who played the role of feared hitman Luca Brasi in The Godfather. Prior to becoming an actor, he had a successful career as a professional wrestler,...
, [Lenny Passofaro] - Dominick MontiglioDominick MontiglioDominick Montiglio is a former associate of the Gambino crime family. The nephew of Anthony 'Nino' Gaggi, who was a powerful and respected captain in the Gambino family, Dominick became a government witness in 1983 after being arrested for extortion and went on to testify in two Federal trials...
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- Peter MoralesPeter MoralesPeter Morales is the president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, elected in 2009. He is their first Hispanic president. He was formerly the senior minister of the Jefferson Unitarian Church in Jefferson County, Colorado, a rapidly growing Unitarian Universalist congregation in the...
, [Peter Anselmi], "Peter Burns" - Pellegrino MoranoPellegrino MoranoPellegrino Morano was a leader of the Neapolitan Camorra gangs in Brooklyn, New York. He operated from his Coney Island gang and is considered the American "Grand Master" from roughly 1907-1917.-Background:...
, "Don Pellegrino" - Nicholas MorelloNicholas MorelloNicolo Terranova , also known as Nicholas "Nick" Morello, was one of the first Italian-American organized crime figures in New York City...
, [Nicolo Morello], Nick Terranova" - Peter Morello, [Pietro Morello], "The Clutching Hand", "The Old Fox", "Giuseppe Morello", "Piddu Morello"
- Willie MorettiWillie MorettiGuarino "Willie" Moretti was an underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of family boss Frank Costello.-Life:...
, (born Quarico Moretti), "Willie Moore" - Julie MorrellJulie MorrellJulie Morrell or Jules Morello was a freelance gunman associated with the Eastman Gang during the turn of the century. Hired by Jack Sirocco and Chick Tricker to murder Eastman leader Jack Zelig, who had been engaged in a gang war over control of the Eastmans...
, "Jules Morello" - Ralph MoscaRalph MoscaRalph "Ralphie Bones" Mosca, also known as Funzie, was a Queens/Bronx-based Gambino crime family caporegime. Mosca's crew was involved in labor racketeering, specifically through the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, loan...
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- James NapoliJames NapoliJames "Jimmy Nap" Napoli was a New York mobster who was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family. From the 1950s to the 1980s, he controlled one of the largest illegal gambling operations in the United States....
, "Jimmy Nap" - Dominick Napolitano, "Sonny Black" (1936–1981)
- John NardiJohn NardiJohn Nardi was an influential associate of the Cleveland crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in Cleveland, Ohio. At the end of his criminal career, Nardi turned against his crime family in a bloody gang war.-Early years:...
, [Giovanni Narcchione] - Bernard NiCastroBernard NiCastroBernard Nicastro is a mobster and alleged "soldier" in the New Jersey based DeCavalcante crime family.A resident in West Palm Beach, Florida, Nicastro was involved in loansharking activities since the 1970s, which is when he is believed to have been 'made' in the New Jersey based DeCavalcante...
, "Bernie" - Charles NicolettiCharles NicolettiCharles "Chuckie" Nicoletti, also known as "The Typewriter" "Chuckie Typewriter" , was a top Chicago Outfit hitman under Outfit boss Sam "Mooney" Giancana before and after Giancana's rise and fall.-Early years:...
, "Chuckie", "The Typewriter" (1916–1977) - Frank NittiFrank NittiFrancesco Raffaele Nitto , also known as Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, was an Italian American gangster. One of Al Capone's top henchmen, Nitti was in charge of all strong-arm and 'muscle' operations...
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- Daniel PaganoDaniel PaganoDaniel Pagano is a New York mobster and a caporegime in the Genovese crime family who was involved in a famous gasoline bootlegging racket of the 1980s....
, "Danny" - Joseph Luco PaganoJoseph Luco PaganoJoseph Luco Pagano was a New York mobster and member of the Genovese crime family.Born in New York, Pagano and his brother Pasquale Pagano joined the Genovese family in the late 1940s. With an arrest record dating back to 1946, Pagano has been charged with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon,...
- Girolamo PalermoGirolamo PalermoGirolamo "Jimmy Dumps" Palermo is the longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi.-Murdering Al Colicchio:...
, "Jimmy Dumps" - Vincent PalermoVincent PalermoVincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo is a former de facto boss of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who eventually became a government witness. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano is said to be loosely based on Palermo.-Background:...
, "Vinny Ocean" - Charles PanarellaCharles PanarellaCharles Joseph Panarella a.k.a. "Moose" a.k.a. Len Conforti a.k.a. Chas Esposito is a New York City mobster and capo in the Colombo crime family with a brutal reputation as a hitman.-Early years:...
, "Charlie Moose" - Vincent PapaVincent PapaVincent Papa was an Italian-American mobster associated with the Lucchese crime family. He became notorious for masterminding the theft of the French Connection heroin from the New York Police Department property office.-Early years:Born in New York City, Papa grew up in the Astoria neighborhood...
- Raymond L.S. PatriarcaRaymond L.S. PatriarcaRaymond Loreda Salvatore Patriarca, Sr. was an Italian-American mobster from Providence, Rhode Island who became the longtime boss of the Patriarca crime family, whose control extended throughout New England for over three decades...
, "The Man", "Ray" - Raymond Patriarca, Jr.Raymond Patriarca, Jr.Raymond J. Patriarca Jr. a.k.a. "Ray Junior" a.k.a. "Junior" is a Providence, Rhode Island, mobster who succeeded his father, Raymond Patriarca Sr., as head of the Patriarca crime family in 1984....
, "Rubber Lips" - Anthony PerainoAnthony PerainoAnthony "Big Tony" Peraino was a New York mobster in the Colombo crime family who financed the ground-breaking pornographic film Deep Throat...
, "Big Tony" - Robert PerrinoRobert PerrinoRobert Francis Perrino, also known as "Bobby Perrino" was the Superintendent of Deliveries at The New York Post from the 1970s until 1992 when he was murdered. He was a Bonanno crime family associate of Italian-American descent...
, "Bobby" - Ciro PerroneCiro PerroneCiro Perrone is an Italian-American convict and former member of the Genovese crime family.On July 28, 2007, Perrone was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, extortion, loansharking, labor racketeering, and the operation of illegal gambling businesses. Perrone was initially acquitted,...
- Carmine PersicoCarmine PersicoCarmine John Persico, Jr. also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", has been the de-facto boss of the Colombo crime family since the early 1970s. Persico has overseen gang wars, murders, and major rackets, most of the time from prison. He has been serving life imprisonment without...
, "The Snake", "Junior" (1933-) - Dominick PetrilliDominick PetrilliDominick "The Gap" Petrilli was a New York mobster in the Lucchese crime family. He was an early associate of mobster/government witness Joe Valachi....
, "The Gap" - Tommaso Petto, "The Ox"
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- Frank PiccoloFrank PiccoloFrank Louis Piccolo was a caporegime in the Gambino crime family in Bridgeport, Connecticut who became involved in a famous extortion case with singer Wayne Newton....
, "Pic" - Nicholas PiccoloNicholas PiccoloNicholas "Nicky Buck" Piccolo was a Philadelphia mobster and high ranking member of the Scarfo crime family during the 1970s and 1980s....
, "Nicky Buck" - Joseph PinzoloJoseph PinzoloBonaventura "Joseph/Fat Joe" Pinzolo was the head of the Lucchese crime family in New York City for a brief period during 1930....
, [Bonaventura Pinzolo], "Fat Joe" - Louis PioggiLouis PioggiLouis "Louie the Lump" Pioggi was a New York criminal and member of the Five Points Gang, known most prominently for the murder of Eastman Gang leader Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach and Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis...
, [Poggi], "Louie the Lump" - Thomas PiteraThomas PiteraThomas "Tommy Karate" E. Pitera is a former Mafia hitman in the Bonanno crime family. Pitera earned a reputation as a vicious and sadistic killer who enjoyed murdering people. He was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 60 murders. He was well known for his use of karate and other martial...
, "Tommy Karate" - Dominick PizzoniaDominick PizzoniaDominick "Skinny Dom" Pizzonia is a New York mobster and captain with the Gambino crime family who was a hitman and loanshark.-Early life and rise:...
, "Skinny Dom" - Alfred PolizziAlfred PolizziAlfred "The Owl" Polizzi was a Cleveland, Ohio mobster who helped establish criminal syndicate operations in Northeast Ohio....
, "The Owl" - Frank PolizziFrank PolizziFrancesco "Frank" Polizzi was a New Jersey mobster and captain in the DeCavalcante crime family.- DeCavalcante family :...
, [Francesco Polizzi] - Ross PrioRoss PrioRoss Prio was a Chicago mobster and high-ranking member of the Chicago Outfit criminal organization from the 1930s until the early '70s, when he died.-Early years:...
, [Rosario Prio]" - Joe ProfaciJoe ProfaciGiuseppe "Joe" Profaci was a New York La Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what is today known as the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for over three decades.-Family ties:Profaci's sons were Frank...
, [Giuseppe Profaci], "The Old Man", "Don Peppino" (1897–1962) - Anthony ProvenzanoAnthony ProvenzanoAnthony Provenzano also known as Tony Pro was a Caporegime in the Genovese crime family of New York City...
, "Tony Pro" - Nunzio ProvenzanoNunzio ProvenzanoNunzio "Nunzi Pro" Provenzano was a Genovese crime family soldier in his older brother Anthony Provenzano's crew, which controlled Teamsters Union Local 560 in New Jersey. Both Provenzanos served as officers in the union local, including president, secretary, and business agent...
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- Rocco RaccoRocco RaccoRocco Racco was a Calabrian born mafioso, who immigrated to the United States and settled in the Pennsylvania area in the 1890s. Racco was known as an early American Black Hand leader, extorting fellow Italian immigrants through the use of anonymous letters, which were covered in cryptic images...
- Gregory RagoGregory RagoGregory "Georgie" Rago is a New Jersey mobster and "soldier" in the DeCavalcante crime family.A resident in Bayonne, New Jersey prior to his conviction in 2002, Rago was reportedly inducted into the North Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family after he, along with fellow soldiers Anthony Capo and...
, "Georgie" - Joseph RaoJoseph RaoJoseph "Tough Joey" Rao , also known as Joie Rao and Joseph Cangro was a New York mobster who was both a rival and an associate of mobster Dutch Schultz...
, "Joseph Cangro", "Tough Joey" - Vincenzo RaoVincenzo RaoVincenzo John Rao also known as Vincent or Vinny, was a New York City mobster who served as consigliere in the Lucchese crime family.-East Harlem:...
, "Vincent" - Phillip Rastelli, "Rusty" (1918–1991)
- Marco ReginelliMarco ReginelliMarco "Small Man" Reginelli was a New Jersey mobster who became underboss of the Bruno crime family and operated a famous nightclub in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Reginelli's nickname came from his short stature.-Early life:...
, "Little Man", "Small Man" - Tom Reina, [Gaetano Reina] (1889–1930)
- George ReminiGeorge ReminiGeorge V. "Big Georgie" Remini was a New York mobster known as "Fat Georgie" or "Big George" within the Gambino crime family. In 1969, Remini was arrested and pled guilty to possession of stolen property from interstate shipment and was sentenced to three years in prison. He married an Austrian wife...
, "Fat Georgie", "Big George" - Paul RiccaPaul RiccaPaul Ricca, also known as "The Waiter" , was a Chicago mobster who served as the nominal or de facto leader of the Chicago Outfit for forty years.-Early life:...
, "The Waiter" (1897–1972) - Lawrence RicciLawrence RicciLawrence A. Ricci was a reputed Genovese crime family caporegime.Officially a dairy products salesman, Ricci was allegedly a major mob figure. In 1979, Ricci was sentenced to prison for attempting to extort $4,800 from a Parsippany, New Jersey restaurant owner.In February 2005, Ricci was charged...
, "Larry" - Louis RiccoLouis RiccoLouis Ricco , also known as "Louie Bracciole" is a longtime member of the Gambino crime family, holding the rank of caporegime with illegal activities in the Bronx, New York, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York.- Promoted by Big Paul :...
, "Louie Bracciole" - Harry RiccobeneHarry RiccobeneHarry Riccobene was a high-ranking member of the Scarfo crime family who became a major figure in the short, but violent, gang war that followed the 1980 death of boss Angelo Bruno....
, "Harry the Hump", "The Humpback" - Giovanni RiggiGiovanni RiggiGiovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi is a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. Riggi was the leader of the "Elizabeth crew" in the family when he was a Caporegime. He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and has...
, "John the eagle" - Frank RioFrank RioFranklin Rio also known as "Frank Rio" and "Frank Cline" was a member of Al Capone's Chicago-based criminal organization known as the Chicago Outfit. He was also an alleged gunman in the famous 1929 St...
, "Frank Cline" - Salvatore RiinaSalvatore RiinaSalvatore "Totò" Riina is a member of the Sicilian Mafia who became the most powerful member of the criminal organization in the early 1980s. Fellow mobsters nicknamed him The Beast due to his violent nature, or sometimes The Short One due to his diminutive stature...
"short one" "the beast" - Michael RizzitelloMichael RizzitelloMichael Anthony Rizzitello also known as "Mike Rizzi", was an Italian American mobster in the Los Angeles crime family. Rizzitello's criminal record stretched back to 1947...
, "Mike Rizzi" - Carmine RomanoCarmine RomanoCarmine Romano was a New York City mobster and captain in the Genovese crime family who controlled the Fulton Fish Market distribution center in Downtown Manhattan.-Mob control of Fulton Fish Market:...
, "Fish" - John RoselliJohn RoselliJohn "Handsome Johnny" Roselli , sometimes spelled John Rosselli, was an influential mobster for the Chicago Outfit who helped them control Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. Roselli was also involved with the Central Intelligence Agency plot to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the early 1960s...
, "Handsome Johnny", "John Rosselli", "John F. Stewart" - Benjamin RuggieroBenjamin RuggieroBenjamin Ruggiero, also known as "Lefty," "Lefty Guns," "Lefty Two Guns" , was a soldier in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph "Donnie Brasco" Pistone. Ruggiero was an old school Cosa Nostra mobster who knew how Mafia...
, "Lefty" (1923–1995) - Angelo RuggieroAngelo RuggieroAngelo Salvatore Ruggiero Sr. pronounced was a caporegime of the Gambino crime family and close friend of John Gotti.-Mob family roots:...
, "Quack Quack" - Anthony RussoAnthony Russo (mobster)Anthony Russo , aka Little Pussy, was an Italian-American Genovese crime family figure who was a reputed Boss of Monmouth County, New Jersey. He is also the supposed inspiration behind the fictional character Big Pussy Bonpensiero.Russo was a skilled cat burglar which is how he earned his nickname...
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- Michael SabellaMichael SabellaMichael "Mimi" Sabella was a caporegime in the Bonanno crime family and a relative of Philadelphia crime family mob boss Salvatore Sabella.-Early years:...
, "Mimi" - Salvatore SabellaSalvatore SabellaSalvatore Sabella was the Sicilian Mafia boss of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the 1920s. Sabella built the future Bruno crime family and trained its leaders.-Early life:...
- Ignazio SaiettaIgnazio SaiettaIgnazio Lupo , also known as Ignazio Saietta and Lupo the Wolf, was a Sicilian-American Black Hand leader in New York City during the early 1900s. His business was centered in Little Italy, Manhattan, where he ran large extortion operations and committed other crimes including robberies,...
, "Ignazio Lupo", "Lupo the Wolf" (born Ignazio Lupo, his mother's maiden name is Saietta) - Frank SalemmeFrank SalemmeFrancis P. Salemme [Salemone], also known as "Cadillac Frank" and "Julian Daniel Selig" , is a Boston, Massachusetts mobster who became a hitman and eventually the boss of the Patriarca crime family of New England before turning government witness.-Early years:In 1957, while in prison, Salemme...
, [Francis Salemone], "Cadillac Frank", "Julian Daniel Selig" - Anthony SalernoAnthony SalernoAnthony "Fat Tony" Salerno was a New York mobster who served as front boss of the Genovese crime family to family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante from the 1970s until his conviction in 1986...
, "Fat Tony" - Rudolph SantobelloRudolph SantobelloRudolph Santobello is a New York mobster who serves as a caporegime in the Genovese crime family.On July 21, 1950, Santobello and Joseph Corbo murdered Alfred Loreto, an off-duty New York Police Department officer, during an attempted kidnapping of another individual in the Bronx section of New York...
, "Rudy" - Nicholas SantoraNicholas SantoraNicholas Angelo "Nicky Mouth" Santora is the reputed underboss of the Bonanno crime family.-Biography:Nicholas Santora was born on June 21, 1942, and became known in his teens as a tough mobster from New York City...
, "Nicky Mouth" - Saverio SantoraSaverio SantoraSaverio Santora , also known as "Sammy Black", was a New York mobster with the Genovese crime family who briefly served as family underboss....
, "Sammy" - Salvatore SantoroSalvatore SantoroSalvatore T. "Tom Mix" Santoro, Sr. served as Underboss in the Lucchese crime family during the 1980s before being convicted in the Mafia Commission Trial and sentenced to 100 years in federal prison.-Early life:...
Sr., "Tom Mix" - Michael SarnoMichael SarnoMichael Sarno is a Chicago mobster who has been identified as the alleged, current leader of the Grand Avenue street crew, in the Chicago Outfit criminal organization.- Indictments and imprisonment :...
, "Fat Boy", "The Fat Guy", "Big Mike", "The Big Guy" - Salvatore ScalaSalvatore ScalaSalvatore Scala, also known as "Fat Sal" and "Uncle Sal" was a New York mobster who became a caporegime in the Gambino crime family.Scala was born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, to first-generation immigrants from Scala, Italy...
, "Fat Sally" - Frank ScaliceFrank ScaliceFrancesco "Frank" Scalice also known as Don Cheech and Wacky, was an Italian-American mobster active in New York City, who led the future Gambino crime family from 1930 to 1931, and was underboss from 1951 to 1957.-Boss:Scalice was born in Palermo, Sicily in 1893, and later emigrated to the US,...
, [Francesco Scalice], "Don Cheech" (1893–1957) - John ScaliseJohn ScaliseJohn Scalise was an American organized crime figure of the early 20th century and, with partner Albert Anselmi, was one of the Chicago Outfit's most successful hitmen in Prohibition-era Chicago.-Early life:...
- John T. ScalishJohn T. ScalishJohn T. Scalish was an Ohio mobster who became the boss of the Cleveland crime family. Scalish was the brother-in-law of Philadelphia crime family boss Angelo Bruno and Cleveland mob associate Milton Rockman....
- Frank ScarabinoFrank ScarabinoFrank "Franky the Beast" Scarabino is a New York City mobster and former "soldier" in the North Jersey based DeCavalcante crime family, before becoming a government informant.- Background :...
, "Franky the Beast" - Nicodemo ScarfoNicodemo ScarfoNicodemo "Little Nicky" Domenico Scarfo is a member of the American Mafia who eventually became the Boss of the Philadelphia crime family after the death of Angelo Bruno and Phil Testa...
, "Little Nicky" (1929-) - Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr.Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr.Nicodemo Salvatore "Nicky" Scarfo Jr. is the second son of convicted Philadelphia crime family boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, Sr. In his 20s, he was allegedly inducted into the Lucchese crime family sometime in the early 1990s....
, "Nicky Junior" - Gregory Scarpa, Sr., "The Grim Reaper"
- Gerald ScarpelliGerald ScarpelliGerald Hector Scarpelli was a hitman for the Chicago Outfit criminal organization who later became a government witness.Born in Chicago, Scarpelli was the son of a baker on the Near West Side of the city. Scarpelli was arrested in 1960, the first of 18 arrests in his criminal record...
, [Gerald Hector Scarpelli] (1938–1989) - Giuseppe SchifillitiGiuseppe SchifillitiGiuseppe "Pino" Schifilliti was a prominent member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1980s, heavily involved in labour racketeering and extortion activities.- Made by DeCavalcante :...
, "Pino" - Paul SciaccaPaul SciaccaPaul Sciacca was a New York City mobster who became boss of the Bonanno crime family.-Bonanno family war:In 1964, a rivalry in the Bonanno crime family started when boss Joseph Bonanno promoted his son Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno to the position of consigliere over senior capo Gaspar DiGregorio...
, - Carmine SciandraCarmine SciandraCarmine Sciandra is accused of being a gangster who serves as a Caporegime in the Gambino crime family and is a co-owner of the Top Tomato grocery chain.-References:...
- John SciandraJohn SciandraJohn "Johnny" Sciandra also known as "Giovanni" was the notorious boss of the Bufalino crime family of Pennsylvania from 1933 until his death in 1940....
, [Giovanni Sciandra], "Johnny" - Gerlando SciasciaGerlando SciasciaGerlando Sciascia , also known as "George from Canada", was a New York mobster and a caporegime for the Bonanno crime family, also the Sixth family's Rep for New York, who was a major narcotics trafficker in Canada.-Background:...
, "George from Canada" - Nicholas ScibettaNicholas ScibettaNicholas Scibetta, also known as "Little Nicky" , was a Sicilian American mobster who was the nephew of Joseph Zicarelli and John Zicarelli and is the brother-in-law of Sammy Gravano and uncle of mafioso Gerard Gravano who was a Gambino crime family mob associate who was later marked as a stool...
, "Little Nicky" - Augustus SclafaniAugustus SclafaniAugustus Sclafani, d. 1986, also known as "Big Gus", was a New York mobster who was a mob associate with the Gambino crime family. Sclafani is not to be confused with the younger Augustus Sclafani , another Gambino family member....
, "Big Gus" - Ralph ScopoRalph ScopoRalph "Little Ralphie" Scopo was a New York mobster with the Colombo crime family who became a powerful labor racketeer. He was the father of Colombo mobsters Joseph Scopo and Ralph Scopo Jr., and the grandfather of Joseph Scopo Jr...
, "Little Ralphie" - Anthony ScottoAnthony ScottoAnthony M. Scotto is a New York mobster and labor union racketeer in the Gambino crime family who eventually became the head of the Brooklyn waterfront.-Early life:...
, "Tony" - Simone ScozzariSimone ScozzariSimone "Sam" Scozzari was a Sicilian mobster was a member of the American Mafia in Los Angeles. He served as a soldier in the Los Angeles crime family during the 1940s and 1950s. When Frank DeSimone became boss of the L.A. crime family in 1956, he promoted Scozzari Underboss.Scozzari was born on...
, "Sam" - Anthony SenterAnthony SenterAnthony Senter and Joseph Testa, better known the Gemini twins are two mobsters in the Lucchese crime family. Senter and Testa are former members of the DeMeo crew in the Gambino crime family...
, "Gemini Twin" - Alphonso SgroiaAlphonso SgroiaAlfonso Sgroia also known as "The Butcher" was a New York gang member who became a hitman for the Neapolitan Camorra gang....
, "The Butcher" - Joseph SicaJoseph SicaJoseph "JS" Sica 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. Chistopher "Chris" Petti was Sica's longtime partner in the Los Angeles and...
, "JS" - Peter SimonePeter SimonePeter Joseph Simone, also known as "Las Vegas Pete" , is a Kansas City, Missouri organized crime figure who is thought to be involved in running illegal gaming activities....
, "Las Vegas Pete" - Michele SindonaMichele SindonaMichele Sindona was an Italian banker and convicted felon. Known in banking circles as "The Shark", Sindona was a member of Propaganda Due , a secret lodge of Italian Freemasonry, and had clear connections to the Mafia...
, "The Shark" - Frank SindoneFrank SindoneFrank Sindone , also known as "Barracuda Frank", was a loan shark and soldier in the Bruno crime family who helped plot the 1980 murder of family mob boss Angelo Bruno.-Personal background:...
- Thomas SinitoThomas SinitoThomas James Sinito, also known as "The Chinaman" , was a powerful Caporegime in the Cleveland crime family who was once accused of plotting the assassination of then mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Dennis J. Kucinich in 1979...
, "The Chinaman" - Vincent SolanoVincent SolanoVincent Solano was a gangster, a caporegime for the Chicago Outfit who ran a corrupt Laborers Union local in Chicago.A longtime organized crime figure on Chicago's North Side, Solano served as chauffeur and bodyguard to mobster Ross Prio...
- Anthony SperoAnthony SperoAnthony Spero was the consigliere and one time acting boss of the Bonanno crime family.-Biography:Spero was a large man with dark hair, a dark complexion and was good looking in a rough way" Philip Carlo wrote...
, "Tony", "The Old Man" - Anthony SpilotroAnthony SpilotroAnthony "The Ant" Spilotro was an Italian-American mobster and enforcer for the Chicago Outfit in Las Vegas during the 1970s and 1980s. His job was to protect and oversee the Outfit's illegal casino profits...
, [Anthony John Spilotro], "Tony the Ant" (1938–1986) - Michael SpilotroMichael SpilotroMichael Peter "Micky" Spilotro was the brother of Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and was an associate of the Chicago La Cosa Nostra organized crime organization referred to as "The Outfit".-Family background:...
, "Micky" (1944–1986) - Victor SpilotroVictor SpilotroVictor P. Spilotro was the older brother of Chicago Outfit mobster Tony Spilotro and Outfit wannabe brother, Michael. It was not until the 1980s that Victor started to get public attention.-Biography:...
(1935–1997) - Pasquale SpiritoPasquale "Pat the Cat" SpiritoPasquale Spirito a.k.a. "Pat the Cat" was a soldato and hitman of the Scarfo crime family in Philedelphia from 1981 until his death on April 29, 1983.-Career:...
, "Pat the Cat" - James SquillanteJames SquillanteJames "Jimmy Jerome" Squillante , also known as "Vincent Squillante", was a New York mobster who belonged to the Gambino crime family and was known as "king of the garbage collection racket"...
,"Jimmy Jerome", "Vincent Squillante" - Arnold SquitieriArnold SquitieriArnold "Squiggy" Ezekiel Squitieri of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey is a convicted drug dealer and former acting boss and current Underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is also known as "Zeke", "Bozey", and "Squitty".-Murder charge:...
, "Zeke", "Bozey", "Sylvester", "Squiggy" - John StanfaJohn StanfaGiovanni "John the Dour Don" Stanfa is a former acting boss of the Scarfo crime family. Convicted of multiple charges in 1995, Stanfa is currently serving five consecutive life sentences.-Early life and Mafia member:...
, [Giovanni Stanfa], "The Dour Don", "The Zip" - Johnny StompanatoJohnny StompanatoJohn "Johnny" Stompanato , also known as "Handsome Harry", "Johnny Stomp", "John Steele", and "Oscar", was a former United States Marine who became a bodyguard/enforcer for gangster Mickey Cohen...
Jr., "Handsome Harry", "John Steele", "Oscar" - Anthony StrolloAnthony StrolloAnthony C. Strollo , aka "Tony Bender", was a New York mobster who served as a high ranking member of the Genovese crime family.-Early years:...
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- Martin TaccettaMartin TaccettaMartin "Marty" Taccetta is a New Jersey mobster who is the alleged boss of the Jersey Crew, a powerful faction of the Lucchese crime family.-Early life:...
, "Marty" - Michael TaccettaMichael TaccettaMichael Salvatore Taccetta , also known as "Mad Dog", is a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, who wound up controlling the entire New Jersey faction of the family in the 1980s...
, "Mike T.", "Mad Dog" - Silva TagliagambaSilva TagliagambaSilva Tagliagamba was an early New York mobster and a member of the Morello crime family.Tagliagamba served as a bodyguard for mob boss Umberto Valenti during in the early 1920s. On May 8, 1922, Valenti allegedly murdered mobster Vincent Morello in Manhattan...
- Enrico TameleoEnrico TameleoEnrico "Henry" Tameleo , also known as "The Referee," was an Italian-American mobster from Boston, Massachusetts and underboss in the New England-based Patriarca crime family of La Cosa Nostra from 1952 to 1968.-Criminal career:...
, "Henry", "The Referee" - Vincent TeresaVincent TeresaVincent "Fat Vinnie" Teresa was an American mobster in the Boston branch of the Patriarca crime family who was a lieutenant of boss Raymond Patriarca....
, "Fat Vinny" - Ciro TerranovaCiro TerranovaCiro "The Artichoke King" Terranova was a New York City gangster and one time underboss of the Morello crime family.-Early life:Ciro Terranova was born in the town of Corleone, Sicily...
, "The Artichoke King" - Vincenzo TerranovaVincenzo TerranovaVincenzo "Vincent" Terranova was a gangster and an early Italian-American organized crime figure in the United States. He served as boss and underboss of the Morello crime family, today known as the Genovese crime family, the oldest of the Five Families in New York City.Terranova was born in...
, "Vincent" - Philip TestaPhilip TestaPhilip Carlo Testa , also known as "The Chicken Man" or "The Julius Cesar of the Philadelphia Mob" or "Philly", was a Sicilian-born American Mafia figure known for his brief leadership of the Scarfo crime family...
, "Chicken Man" - Salvatore TestaSalvatore TestaSalvatore "Salvie" Testa, , nicknamed The Crowned Prince of the Philadelphia Mob, was a Philadelphia gangster who served as a hitman for the Scarfo crime family during a period of internal gang conflict...
, "Salvie", "The Crown Prince of the Philadelphia Mob" - Frank Tieri, [Alphonse Tieri], "The Old Man", "Funzi"
- Albert ToccoAlbert ToccoAlbert Tocco , also known as "Caesar" , was a high ranking member of the Chicago Outfit during the 1970s and '80s. He allegedly controlled the rackets on the South Side of Chicago, the south suburbs, and parts of Northern Indiana...
, [Caesar Tocco] - Jack ToccoJack ToccoGiacomo “Jack” Tocco is an Italian-American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, and alleged boss of the national organized crime organization known as The Detroit Partnership, based in Detroit, Michigan.-Early life:...
, [Giacomo Tocco] - William ToccoWilliam ToccoWilliam "Black Bill" Tocco was an Italian-American mobster from Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and a founding member of the Detroit Partnership of La Cosa Nostra.-Early years:...
, [Guglielmo Vito Tocco], "Black Bill" - Frank TodaroFrank TodaroFrancesco Todaro was an Italian-American mobster and onetime boss of the New Orleans crime family. Todaro briefly succeeded Corrado Giacona upon his death on July 25, 1944....
, [Francesco Todaro] - Joseph Todaro, Jr.Joseph Todaro, Jr.Joseph "Big Joe" Todaro, Jr. is an alleged Buffalo, New York organized crime figure involved in labor racketeering, loansharking, illegal gambling, narcotics, and murder for hire. Joe Todaro Jr. became a business agent for the Laborers' International Union of North America Local 210. In 1984, Joe...
, "Big Joe" - Joseph Todaro, Sr.Joseph Todaro, Sr.Joseph Todaro, Sr. is a prominent Buffalo, New York businessman, and alleged Mafia boss.According to local and national law enforcement agencies including the United States Department of Justice, Joseph Todaro Sr. is known on the streets of Buffalo and throughout the underworld as "Lead Pipe Joe",...
, "Lead Pipe Joe" - Salvatore TodaroSalvatore TodaroSalvatore "Black Sam" Todaro was a Cleveland, Ohio, mobster who briefly acted as the head of the Cleveland crime family during the late 1920s, while the crime family's boss was absent from Cleveland, away in Italy overseeing personal matters...
, [Agosto Archangelo], "Black Sam" - Antonio TomasuloAntonio TomasuloAntonio Tomasulo, also known as "Bootsie" , was an Italian-American mobster who served in the New York Bonanno crime family running a highly lucrative illegal slot machine gambling operation.-Biography:...
, [Tommasulo], "Bootsie" - James TorelloJames TorelloJames Vincent "Turk" Torello was an Italian-American mobster who became a caporegime and leading enforcer for the Chicago Outfit during the mid-to-late 1970s....
, "Turk" - Johnny TorrioJohnny TorrioJohn "Papa Johnny" Torrio , also known as "The Fox", was an Italian-American mobster who helped build the criminal empire known as the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s that was later inherited by his protege, Al Capone...
, [Giovanni Torrio], "The Fox", "Papa Johnny", "The Brain" - Santo Trafficante, Jr.Santo Trafficante, Jr.Santo Trafficante, Jr. was one of the last of the old-time Mafia bosses in the United States. He allegedly controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante, Sr...
, "Louie Santos", "The Old Man" - Santo Trafficante, Sr.Santo Trafficante, Sr.Santo Trafficante, Sr. was a Sicilian-born mobster, and father of the powerful mobster Santo Trafficante, Jr.-Early life:...
(1886–1954) - Carmine TramuntiCarmine TramuntiCarmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti was a New York mobster who was the boss of the Lucchese crime family. Tramunti helped build the massive French Connection heroin smuggling ring.-Operating in Harlem:...
, "Mr. Gribbs" - Dominick TrincheraDominick TrincheraDominick "Big Trin" Trinchera was a Bonanno crime family capo who was murdered with Alphonse Indelicato and Phillip Giaccone for planning the overthrow of aspiring Bonanno boss Phillip Rastelli.-Biography:Born in Rockland, New York, Trinchera was the son of an immigrant from Rome, Italy and an...
, "Big Trin", "Trinny" - John TronoloneJohn TronoloneJohn "Peanuts" Tronolone was a Cleveland, Ohio mobster who succeeded crime boss James Licavoli as head of the Cleveland branch of the Licavoli Crime Family. Tronolone ran the Cleveland family following the Licavoli-Nardi gang wars from 1985 until 1991.Born in Buffalo, New York, Tronolone was...
, "Peanuts" - Ronnie TrucchioRonnie TrucchioRonald Joseph Trucchio also known as "One Armed Ronnie", is a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who ran the The Ozone Park Boys crew during the 1990s.-Biography:...
, "One Armed Ronnie" - Matthew Trupiano, "Mike"
- Tony TursiTony TursiAnthony Tursi was an Italian-American organized crime figure who ran nightclubs in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the 1950s and 1970s....
(d. 1989) - Charles TuzzoCharles TuzzoCharles "Chuckie" Tuzzo is a New York mobster who is a capo with the Genovese crime family.- Criminal career :A reputed captain in the Genovese crime family upon the takeover by Vincent "Chin" Gigante in the 1980s, Tuzzo's criminal activities were mostly white collar crimes in Manhattan, Queens...
, "Chuckie"
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- Joe ValachiJoe ValachiJoseph "Joe Cargo" Valachi , Italian American, also known as "Charles Chanbano" and "Anthony Sorge" was the first Mafia member to publicly acknowledge the existence of the Mafia. He is also the person who made Cosa Nostra a household name.-Career:Joseph Valachi was born in East Harlem, New York...
, "Joe Cago" (1903–1971) - Rocco ValentiRocco ValentiRocco Valenti was a New York City gangster and prominent member of the Morello crime family during the early 1900s.-Mafia-Camorra War:Valenti joined the Neapolitan Navy Street Gang in the early 1910s...
, [Umberto Valenti] (d. 1922) - Louis VallarioLouis VallarioLouis Vallario, also known as "Big Louie" and "Big Lou" , is a member of the Gambino crime family who was a top aide to boss John Gotti and Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano in the late 1980s.-Criminal history:...
, "Big Lou" - Ernest Varacalli, "Junior"
- Paul VarioPaul VarioPaul Vario was a caporegime of a crew in the Lucchese crime family. In the 1970s Vario held the position of consigliere in the family but later resigned. In 1980, longtime associate Henry Hill became a government witness and testified against Vario and members of his crew...
, "Paulie" (1914–1988) - Gaetano VastolaGaetano Vastola (gangster)Gaetano "Corky" Vastola is a New Jersey mobster who became an underboss for the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey.-Record mogul:In 1946, Vastola was arrested for burglary in New York City...
, "Corky", "The Big Guy" - Anthony VeranisAnthony VeranisAnthony Veranis, also known as "Mickey White" and "Tony" was an associate of the Winter Hill Gang and a professional welterweight boxer.- Early life :...
, "Mickey White", "Tony" - Stefano VitabileStefano VitabileStefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile, , is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the DeCavalcante crime family.-Early years:...
, "Steve the Truck Driver" - John VitaleJohn Vitale (mobster)John Joseph Vitale was a Sicilian-American boss and underboss of the St. Louis crime family. During his lifetime, Vitale allegedly was the boss of the St. Louis crime family on two separate occasions.-Early life:...
- Salvatore VitaleSalvatore VitaleSalvatore "Good Looking Sal" Vitale was a New York City caterer and former underboss of the Bonanno crime family of La Cosa Nostra before becoming a government informant.-Biography:...
, "Good Looking Sal", "The Chief" - Alessandro VolleroAlessandro VolleroAlessandro Vollero was a New York mobster and a high ranking member of the Brooklyn Camorra crime organization. Vollero served as a lieutenant to gang boss Pellegrino Morano during the Mafia-Camorra War of 1916....
, "Sandro" - Joseph VolleroJoseph VolleroJoseph Vollaro, also known as "Joey V" and "Joe Andrews" , is a Staten Island-based American trucking executive and Gambino crime family associate who is now a government informant and witness....
, "Joey V", "Joe Andrews"
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- Michael ZaffaranoMichael ZaffaranoMichael Zaffarano , also known as "Mickey", was a capo in the Bonanno crime family who worked in the adult entertainment industry.-Biography:...
, "Mickey - John ZancocchioJohn ZancocchioJohn "Porky" Zancocchio is a New York mobster with the Bonanno crime family mobster who is a loanshark and a bookmaker. One of Zancocchio gaming clients was U.S Major League Baseball player Peter Rose.-Biography:...
, "Porky" - Ilario ZanninoIlario ZanninoIlario "Larry Baione" Maria Antonio Zannino was the muscle and chief gambling honcho for Raymond J. Patriarca and the Patriarca crime family. Zannino was said to be the second-highest-ranking figure in the Boston faction of the Patriarca family...
, "Larry Baiona" - George ZappolaGeorge ZappolaGeorge "Georgie Neck" Zappola is a New York mobster and caporegime with the Lucchese crime family who became infamous for smuggling a sperm sample out of prison to impregnate his girlfriend.-Biography:Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City...
, "Georgie Neck" - Anthony Joseph ZerilliAnthony Joseph ZerilliAnthony Joseph Zerilli is an Italian-American mobster from Sterling Heights, Michigan who is the reputed underboss of the Detroit Partnership criminal organization, which is part of Cosa Nostra.-Early years:...
, "Tony Z." - Joseph ZerilliJoseph ZerilliJoseph Zerilli was a Prohibition-era Detroit gangster who led the crime family known as the Detroit Partnership from the 1930s through the 1970s.-Early life:...
, [Giuseppe Zerilli], "Joe Z.", "The Old Man" - Frank ZitoFrank ZitoFrank Zito was an Italian-American mobster who controlled criminal activities in Central and Southern Illinois for over twenty years, providing protection from law enforcement and rival competitors....
- Anthony ZizzoAnthony ZizzoAnthony Zizzo was an American mobster and a reputed member of the Chicago Outfit.Zizzo disappeared after leaving his home on August 31, 2006; he was last seen outside a Melrose Park restaurant where his car was found after a missing person's report was made...
, "Little Tony"
See also
- List of American mobsters by organization
- List of Mafia crime families
- List of mobsters by city
- List of crime bosses