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Joe Profaci

1897 - 1962

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Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe proˈfaːtʃi]; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-American Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family of New York City. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. He was the family's boss for over three decades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Profaci is the 52nd most popular mafioso (up from 54th in 2019), the 3,275th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,200th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Joe Profaci ranks 52 out of 70. Before him are Giuseppe Morello, Dutch Schultz, Belle Starr, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Sammy Gravano, and Joseph Colombo. After him are Anna Sorokin, Tony Accardo, Assata Shakur, Carlos Marcello, Abu Qatada, and Sergei Magnitsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Joe Profaci ranks 204. Before him are Rosa Ponselle, Isabelino Gradín, Marion Davies, Ardito Desio, Géza von Bolváry, and Kazimierz Nowak. After him are Isaías Medina Angarita, Antonio Riberi, Francisco Mignone, Diego Abad de Santillán, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, and Albert Renger-Patzsch. Among people deceased in 1962, Joe Profaci ranks 133. Before him are André Roosevelt, Gary Hocking, Hans Felber, Olga Preobrajenska, Donald Lippincott, and Otto Froitzheim. After him are Ellen Osiier, Josef Uridil, Ernst Grünfeld, Henri Oreiller, Willis H. O'Brien, and Hans Rosbaud.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Joe Profaci ranks 3,276 out of 5,161. Before him are Giulio Bizzozero (1846), Walter Veltroni (1955), Gustavo Marzi (1908), Luca Badoer (1971), Gianni Amelio (1945), and Nichi Vendola (1958). After him are Publius Sulpicius Rufus (-124), Giusto de' Menabuoi (1330), Nossis (null), Riccardo Cucciolla (1924), Giuseppe Signori (1968), and Caterina Volpicelli (1839).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Joe Profaci ranks 10. Before him are Vito Genovese (1897), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Russell Bufalino (1903), and Giuseppe Morello (1867). After him are Peggy Hettrick murder case (null).

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