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Joseph Colombo

1923 - 1978

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Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian: [koˈlombo]; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family. In 1961, the First Colombo War unfolded, instigated by the kidnapping of four high-ranking members in the Profaci family by Joe Gallo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Colombo is the 51st most popular mafioso (up from 52nd in 2019), the 5,749th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,997th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Joseph Colombo ranks 51 out of 70. Before him are Salomon Morel, Giuseppe Morello, Dutch Schultz, Belle Starr, Teresa Claramunt Creus, and Sammy Gravano. After him are Joe Profaci, Anna Sorokin, Tony Accardo, Assata Shakur, Carlos Marcello, and Abu Qatada.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Joseph Colombo ranks 237. Before him are Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, Giuseppe Rotunno, Grigory Romanov, Jean Delumeau, Victor Papanek, and Jorge María Mejía. After him are Ioannis Grivas, Devan Nair, Al Lewis, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Charlie Mariano, and Mikhail Yegorov. Among people deceased in 1978, Joseph Colombo ranks 144. Before him are Federico Chávez, Germain Derycke, Rubén Morán, Zenta Mauriņa, Lon L. Fuller, and Toivo Hyytiäinen. After him are John D. Rockefeller III, Robert Menzies, Roman Karmen, Philip K. Hitti, Mary Blair, and Roy Harrod.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Colombo ranks 5,749 out of 20,380. Before him are Brenda Strong (1960), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), John Fiedler (1925), Sage Stallone (1976), Buster Douglas (1960), and Peter Revson (1939). After him are John Terry (1950), Marcus Miller (1959), Henry Adams (1838), Dutch Mantel (1949), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), and Roger Sherman (1721).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Joseph Colombo ranks 20. Before him are Vincent Gigante (1928), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Robert Hanssen (1944), Dutch Schultz (1902), Belle Starr (1848), and Sammy Gravano (1945). After him are Tony Accardo (1906), Assata Shakur (1947), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Kenneth Lay (1942), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Troy Davis (1968).

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