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Joe Masseria

1886 - 1931

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Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe masseˈriːa]; January 17, 1886 – April 15, 1931) was an Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York City Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931. In 1930, he battled in the Castellammarese War to take over the criminal activities in New York City. The war ended with his murder on April 15, 1931, in a hit ordered by his own lieutenant, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, in an agreement with rival faction head Salvatore Maranzano. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Masseria is the 32nd most popular mafioso (down from 30th in 2019). (down from 1,028th in 2019)

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Among mafiosos, Joe Masseria ranks 32 out of 70. Before him are Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Vito Cascio Ferro, Lepke Buchalter, Khun Sa, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, and Sundance Kid. After him are Salvatore Giuliano, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Richard Hauptmann, Mickey Cohen, Murder of Kitty Genovese, and Vincent Gigante.

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Among people born in 1886, Joe Masseria ranks 72. Before him are Werner Kempf, Sessue Hayakawa, Georg Stumme, Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, Nobutake Kondō, and Walter H. Schottky. After him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Franz Josef Popp, Olaf Stapledon, Taimur bin Feisal, Nikolay Gumilyov, and Hiroshi Ōshima. Among people deceased in 1931, Joe Masseria ranks 42. Before him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Santiago Rusiñol, Nellie Melba, Antonio Salandra, and Jaime, Duke of Madrid. After him are Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Eugene de Blaas, Thomas Lipton, Charles Algernon Parsons, and Mohammad Ali Jauhar.

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