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Lepke Buchalter

1897 - 1944

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Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke or Lepke Buchalter, (February 6, 1897 – March 4, 1944) was a Jewish-American organized crime figure and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc., during the 1930s. Buchalter was one of the premier labor union racketeers in New York City during that era. Charles Birger and Buchalter are the only National Crime Syndicate bosses to be executed after being convicted of murder. Buchalter was executed using the infamous "Old Sparky" electric chair after being sent "up the river" to Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lepke Buchalter is the 28th most popular mafioso (up from 46th in 2019), the 2,174th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,964th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Lepke Buchalter ranks 28 out of 70. Before him are John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Ta Mok, Ned Kelly, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and Vito Cascio Ferro. After him are Khun Sa, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Sundance Kid, Joe Masseria, Salvatore Giuliano, and Jenny-Wanda Barkmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lepke Buchalter ranks 85. Before him are Tarjei Vesaas, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, and Winifred Wagner. After him are Thornton Wilder, Károly Kerényi, Mukhtar Auezov, Hans Speidel, Einar Gerhardsen, and Richard Russell Jr.. Among people deceased in 1944, Lepke Buchalter ranks 92. Before him are Yvette Guilbert, Sergei Bulgakov, Arsen Kotsoyev, Viktor Ullmann, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, and Bernardino Machado. After him are Chaim Rumkowski, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Paul Masson, Arthur Blake, Aliya Moldagulova, and Ethel Smyth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lepke Buchalter ranks 2,174 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Bloch (1917), John Densmore (1944), Paul Marcinkus (1922), Robin Hobb (1952), John du Pont (1938), and Alan Bean (1932). After him are Priscilla Lane (1915), Robert Atkins (1930), Pete Sampras (1971), Patricia Neal (1926), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), and Dean Cain (1966).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Lepke Buchalter ranks 11. Before him are Jack Ruby (1911), John Dillinger (1903), Frank Abagnale (1948), Wyatt Earp (1848), Mark David Chapman (1955), and John Gotti (1940). After him are Sundance Kid (1867), Mickey Cohen (1913), Vincent Gigante (1928), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Robert Hanssen (1944), and Dutch Schultz (1902).

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