SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Frank Costello

1891 - 1973

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Frank Costello (Italian: [koˈstɛllo]; born Francesco Castiglia [franˈtʃesko kaˈstiʎʎa]; January 26, 1891 – February 18, 1973) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Luciano crime family. Born in Italy, he moved with his family to the United States as a child. As a youth he joined New York City gangs. Working with Charlie "Lucky" Luciano, Costello was involved in bootlegging operations during Prohibition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Costello is the 100th most popular social activist (up from 115th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,042nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Social Activist.

Frank Costello was an Italian-American mobster who was one of the most powerful crime bosses in the country during the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a close friend of President John F. Kennedy.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Frank Costello ranks 100 out of 840. Before him are Amílcar Cabral, Stenka Razin, Denis Mukwege, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Errico Malatesta, and Mairead Maguire. After him are Gabrielle d'Estrées, Léon Jouhaux, Lee Radziwill, Louise Michel, Augusto César Sandino, and Antipope Clement III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Frank Costello ranks 27. Before him are Genrikh Yagoda, Ilya Ehrenburg, Osip Mandelstam, Frederick Banting, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, and Alexander Rodchenko. After him are Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Edward Bernays, Charley Patton, Henry Morgenthau Jr., Fumimaro Konoe, and Carl Spaatz. Among people deceased in 1973, Frank Costello ranks 43. Before him are Gerard Kuiper, Jacques Maritain, Hans Albert Einstein, Lon Chaney Jr., Amílcar Cabral, and Maurice René Fréchet. After him are Luis Carrero Blanco, Dickinson W. Richards, Jean-Pierre Melville, Emmy Göring, Elsa Schiaparelli, and A. S. Neill.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Frank Costello ranks 957 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Gentile (1875), Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Fausta (289), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), John William Waterhouse (1849), and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (-2). After him are Luigi Nono (1924), Simone Inzaghi (1976), Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (1787), Masolino da Panicale (1383), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), and William I of Sicily (1126).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Italy

Among social activists born in Italy, Frank Costello ranks 4. Before him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Beatrice Cenci (1577), and Errico Malatesta (1853). After him are Antipope Clement III (1025), Fra Dolcino (1250), Beppe Grillo (1948), Moses Montefiore (1784), Attica (-55), Franca Viola (1948), Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), and Giuseppe Impastato (1948).

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