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Carlo Gambino

1902 - 1976

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Carlo Gambino (Italian: [ˈkarlo ɡamˈbiːno]; August 24, 1902 – October 15, 1976) was a Sicilian crime boss who was the leader and namesake of the Gambino crime family of New York City. Following the Apalachin Meeting in 1957, and the imprisonment of Vito Genovese in 1959, Gambino took over the Commission of the American Mafia and played a powerful role in organized crime until his death from a heart attack in 1976. During a criminal career that spanned over fifty years, Gambino served only twenty-two months in prison for a tax evasion charge in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Gambino is the 71st most popular extremist (down from 66th in 2019), the 1,367th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,360th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Carlo Gambino ranks 71 out of 283. Before him are Aileen Wuornos, Rodney Alcala, Marvin Heemeyer, Jordan Belfort, Marc Dutroux, and Boris Savinkov. After him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Sada Abe, Johnny Torrio, Emperor Norton, Gudrun Ensslin, and Axeman of New Orleans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Carlo Gambino ranks 57. Before him are Mohammad Hatta, Gianpiero Combi, Lúcio Costa, Fritz Strassmann, Carlo Levi, and Nordahl Grieg. After him are Mitsuo Fuchida, David O. Selznick, Josep Samitier, Oskar Morgenstern, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, and Wilhelm Stuckart. Among people deceased in 1976, Carlo Gambino ranks 53. Before him are Paul Lazarsfeld, Mukesh, Yukio Goto, Lin Yutang, Kazi Nazrul Islam, and Eileen Gray. After him are Mitsuo Fuchida, Phil Ochs, Lee J. Cobb, Mikhail Gurevich, Ivan Yakubovsky, and Michael Polanyi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Gambino ranks 1,367 out of 5,161. Before him are Matteo Bandello (1484), Alessandro Moreschi (1858), Mariano Rampolla (1843), Radagaisus (400), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Publius Ventidius Bassus (-150). After him are Andreas Hofer (1767), Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), and Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Carlo Gambino ranks 5. Before him are Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Charles Ponzi (1882), and Tommaso Buscetta (1928). After him are Johnny Torrio (1882), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), Leonarda Cianciulli (1893), Matteo Messina Denaro (1962), Albert Anastasia (1902), Luciano Leggio (1925), and Frank Nitti (1886).

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