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Frank Lucas

1930 - 2019

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Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug lord who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly from his source in the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia. Lucas boasted that he smuggled heroin using the coffin pallets of dead American servicemen, as depicted in the feature film American Gangster (2007), which fictionalized aspects of his life. This claim was denied by his Southeast Asian associate Leslie "Ike" Atkinson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Lucas is the 7th most popular mafioso (up from 35th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,424th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Frank Lucas ranks 7 out of 70. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Al Capone, Billy the Kid, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Lucky Luciano, and Salvatore Riina. After him are Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, Jack Ruby, Griselda Blanco, Meyer Lansky, and John Dillinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Frank Lucas ranks 30. Before him are Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tu Youyou, Salvatore Riina, and Ion Iliescu. After him are Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, Yves Chauvin, Thomas P. Stafford, and George E. Smith. Among people deceased in 2019, Frank Lucas ranks 16. Before him are Jeffrey Epstein, Robert Forster, Rutger Hauer, Bruno Ganz, Nuon Chea, and Peter Mayhew. After him are Manfred Eigen, I. M. Pei, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Peter Fonda, Karel Gott, and Agnès Varda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Lucas ranks 493 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Berry (1926), Bob Kahn (1938), Stevie Wonder (1950), Faye Dunaway (1941), Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809), and John Saxon (1935). After him are Jefferson Davis (1808), Aaron T. Beck (1921), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Cliff Burton (1962), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), and Fred Astaire (1899).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Frank Lucas ranks 3. Before him are Al Capone (1899), and Billy the Kid (1859). After him are Jesse James (1847), Jack Ruby (1911), John Dillinger (1903), Frank Abagnale (1948), Wyatt Earp (1848), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Gotti (1940), Lepke Buchalter (1897), and Sundance Kid (1867).

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