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Joseph Valachi

1904 - 1971

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Joseph Michael Valachi (September 22, 1904 – April 3, 1971) was an American mobster in the Genovese crime family who was the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly in 1963. He is credited with the popularization of the term cosa nostra. Valachi was convicted of drug trafficking in 1959, and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. In 1962 while he and Genovese family boss Vito Genovese were in prison together, he murdered an inmate whom he thought was a hitman sent by Genovese, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Valachi is the 152nd most popular extremist (down from 146th in 2019), the 3,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,221st in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Joseph Valachi ranks 152 out of 283. Before him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Josef Blösche, Stephen Paddock, Fred West, Alexandros Koryzis, and Marcus Fulvius Flaccus. After him are John Adams, Joseph Bonanno, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Elisabeth Becker, Peter Sutcliffe, and Anatoly Onoprienko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Joseph Valachi ranks 121. Before him are Ivar Ballangrud, Wang Ming, Karl Ernst, Giuseppe Terragni, Leo Joseph Suenens, and André Leducq. After him are Ralph Bunche, Tevfik Esenç, Joseph M. Juran, Franz Kutschera, Aparicio Méndez, and Max Mallowan. Among people deceased in 1971, Joseph Valachi ranks 84. Before him are Ed Gordon, Gertrud von Le Fort, Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Albin Stenroos, Duane Allman, and Princess Anna of Montenegro. After him are Amet-khan Sultan, Otto Lasch, Ralph Bunche, Royal Rife, Bella Darvi, and Frank Wolff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Valachi ranks 3,571 out of 20,380. Before him are Sean Young (1959), Stephen Stills (1945), DeForest Kelley (1920), John O'Connor (1920), Barry Goldwater (1909), and Thomas Horsfield (1773). After him are William Atherton (1947), Kate Chopin (1850), Gardner Fox (1911), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Jason Newsted (1963), and Sal Mineo (1939).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Joseph Valachi ranks 51. Before him are Robert Hansen (1939), Aldrich Ames (1941), Baruch Goldstein (1956), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Whitey Bulger (1929), and Stephen Paddock (1953). After him are Samuel Little (1940), Charles Whitman (1941), Sam Giancana (1908), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Richard Chase (1950), and Nancy Spungen (1958).

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