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Matteo Messina Denaro

1962 - 2023

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Matteo Messina Denaro (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo mesˈsiːna deˈnaːro]; 26 April 1962 – 25 September 2023), also known as Diabolik (from the Italian comic book character), was an Italian mafia boss from Castelvetrano. He was considered to be one of the new leaders of the Cosa Nostra after the arrests of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006 and Salvatore Lo Piccolo in November 2007. The son of a Mafia boss, Denaro became known nationally on 12 April 2001 when the magazine L'Espresso put him on the cover with the headline: Ecco il nuovo capo della Mafia ("Here is the new Mafia boss"). Messina Denaro became a fugitive on the most wanted list of the Italian Ministry of the Interior in 1993; according to Forbes in 2010, he was one of the ten most wanted and powerful criminals in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matteo Messina Denaro is the 116th most popular extremist (down from 68th in 2019), the 1,944th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,396th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 116 out of 283. Before him are Joachim Kroll, Henry Lee Lucas, Leonarda Cianciulli, Wadie Haddad, Sirhan Sirhan, and Robert Stroud. After him are Horst Mahler, Harold Shipman, Richard Ramirez, Anwar al-Awlaki, Jack Unterweger, and Saif al-Adel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 78. Before him are Dave Gahan, Stockton Rush, Anthony Kiedis, Chris Sanders, Stefan Hell, and Arnold Vosloo. After him are Chuck Palahniuk, Matt Cameron, Gabe Newell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Branko Crvenkovski, and Hirokazu Kore-eda. Among people deceased in 2023, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 113. Before him are Betty Boothroyd, David Crosby, Kaija Saariaho, Menahem Pressler, Petar Zhekov, and Ruslan Khasbulatov. After him are Roger Whittaker, Antonella Lualdi, Lee Sun-kyun, Marisa Pavan, A. S. Byatt, and Tim Keller.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 1,944 out of 5,161. Before him are Sebastiano Baggio (1913), Giovanni Battista Guarini (1538), Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais (1757), Tonino Guerra (1920), Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (-180), and Marcus Antonius Antyllus (-46). After him are Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Vincenzo Coronelli (1650), Alessandro Magnasco (1667), Giuseppe De Santis (1917), Maddalena Casulana (1544), and Luigi Illica (1857).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 9. Before him are Charles Ponzi (1882), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Carlo Gambino (1902), Johnny Torrio (1882), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), and Leonarda Cianciulli (1893). After him are Albert Anastasia (1902), Luciano Leggio (1925), Frank Nitti (1886), Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873), Joseph Bonanno (1905), and Stefano Delle Chiaie (1936).

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