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Meyer Lansky

1902 - 1983

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Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States. A member of the Jewish mob, Lansky developed a gambling empire that stretched around the world. He was said to own points (percentages) in casinos in Las Vegas, Cuba, Miami, and New Orleans. Lansky had a strong influence with the Italian-American Mafia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meyer Lansky is the 12th most popular mafioso (down from 10th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Belarus and the most popular Belarusian Mafioso.

Meyer Lansky was an American mobster who was involved in gambling, bootlegging, and the development of the National Crime Syndicate.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Meyer Lansky ranks 12 out of 70. Before him are Salvatore Riina, Frank Lucas, Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, Jack Ruby, and Griselda Blanco. After him are John Dillinger, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, Bernardo Provenzano, and Velupillai Prabhakaran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Meyer Lansky ranks 29. Before him are Alva Myrdal, William Wyler, Margaret Hamilton, Nâzım Hikmet, Andrew Irvine, and Marcel Breuer. After him are Mikhail Suslov, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Ray Kroc, Arne Jacobsen, Juscelino Kubitschek, and Theodore Schultz. Among people deceased in 1983, Meyer Lansky ranks 22. Before him are David Niven, Arthur Koestler, Nikolai Podgorny, Roy Sullivan, Raymond Aron, and Ulf von Euler. After him are Alfred Tarski, George Cukor, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Anna Seghers, Aleksandar Ranković, and Gloria Swanson.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Meyer Lansky ranks 13 out of 368. Before him are Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893). After him are Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), Olga Korbut (1955), Stanisław Moniuszko (1819), Ryszard Kapuściński (1932), Zalman Shazar (1889), and Yanka Kupala (1882).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Belarus

Among mafiosos born in Belarus, Meyer Lansky ranks 1. 

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