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Frank Sheeran

1920 - 2003

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Francis Joseph Sheeran (October 25, 1920 – December 14, 2003), also known as "The Irishman", was an American labor union official and enforcer for Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino. He was accused of having links to the Bufalino crime family in his capacity as a high-ranking official in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the president of Local 326. Sheeran was a leading figure involved in the infiltration of unions by organized crime in the 1960s and 70s. In 1980, he was convicted of labor racketeering and sentenced to 32 years in prison, of which he served 13 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Sheeran is the 32nd most popular extremist (up from 75th in 2019), the 766th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,575th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Extremist.

In 2013, Ed Sheeran released his debut album, +. The album was a commercial success, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland, as well as the top five in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. The album has sold over 5 million copies worldwide.

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Among extremists, Frank Sheeran ranks 32 out of 283. Before him are Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Ed Gein, Albert Fish, Carlos the Jackal, Machine Gun Kelly, and Ulrike Meinhof. After him are Cleon, Charles Ponzi, Anders Behring Breivik, John Hinckley Jr., H. H. Holmes, and Robert-François Damiens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Frank Sheeran ranks 33. Before him are George Porter, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Boris Vian, Captain Tom, Montgomery Clift, and Fritz Walter. After him are Edmond H. Fischer, Helmut Newton, Zecharia Sitchin, Sun Myung Moon, Clarice Lispector, and Peter D. Mitchell. Among people deceased in 2003, Frank Sheeran ranks 24. Before him are Elia Kazan, Donald Davidson, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bertram Brockhouse, Leopoldo Galtieri, and Gianni Agnelli. After him are Walt Whitman Rostow, Robert Palmer, Robert Kardashian, Luciano Berio, Soong Mei-ling, and Maurice Blanchot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Sheeran ranks 766 out of 20,380. Before him are Oprah Winfrey (1954), Jeff Goldblum (1952), Wilt Chamberlain (1936), Frank Marshall (1877), Billy Graham (1918), and George Minot (1885). After him are Natalie Wood (1938), Ellen G. White (1827), Darren Young (1983), Christopher Lambert (1957), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), and Joanne Woodward (1930).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Frank Sheeran ranks 14. Before him are Jeffrey Dahmer (1960), Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Wayne Gacy (1942), Ed Gein (1906), Albert Fish (1870), and Machine Gun Kelly (1895). After him are John Hinckley Jr. (1955), H. H. Holmes (1861), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Jim Jones (1931), William Kemmler (1860), and Butch Cassidy (1866).

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