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Salvatore Riina

1930 - 2017

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Salvatore Riina (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre (toˈtɔ r)riˈiːna]; 16 November 1930 – 17 November 2017), called Totò (sicilian diminutive of Salvatore), was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, known for a ruthless murder campaign that reached a peak in the early 1990s with the assassinations of Antimafia Commission prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, resulting in widespread public outcry, legal change and a major crackdown by the authorities. He was also known by the nicknames la belva ("the beast") and il capo dei capi (Sicilian: 'u capu di 'i capi, "the boss of bosses"). Riina succeeded Luciano Leggio as head of the Corleonesi criminal organisation in the mid-1970s and achieved dominance through a campaign of violence, which caused police to target his rivals. Riina had been a fugitive since the late 1960s after he was indicted on a murder charge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvatore Riina is the 6th most popular mafioso (down from 4th in 2019), the 539th most popular biography from Italy (down from 329th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Mafioso.

Salvatore Riina is most famous for being the boss of the Sicilian Mafia. He was also known as "The Beast" and "The Boss of Bosses." Riina was arrested in 1993 and is currently serving a life sentence.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Salvatore Riina ranks 6 out of 70Before him are Pablo Escobar, Al Capone, Billy the Kid, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, and Lucky Luciano. After him are Frank Lucas, Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, Jack Ruby, Griselda Blanco, and Meyer Lansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Salvatore Riina ranks 28Before him are Pete Conrad, John Young, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Tu Youyou. After him are Ion Iliescu, Frank Lucas, Silvana Mangano, Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, and Yves Chauvin. Among people deceased in 2017, Salvatore Riina ranks 15Before him are Bill Paxton, Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, Jalal Talabani, Jeanne Moreau, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. After him are Ali Abdullah Saleh, David Rockefeller, Chuck Berry, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Manuel Noriega, and Hans Georg Dehmelt.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvatore Riina ranks 539 out of 5,161Before him are Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Peter Damian (1007), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Januarius (272), Gaius Gracchus (-154), and Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863). After him are Emilio Segrè (1905), Pope Agapetus II (900), Theocritus (-315), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Giovanni Falcone (1939), and Anna Magnani (1908).

Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Salvatore Riina ranks 2Before him are Lucky Luciano (1897). After him are Bernardo Provenzano (1933), Vito Genovese (1897), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Russell Bufalino (1903), Giuseppe Morello (1867), Joe Profaci (1897), and Peggy Hettrick murder case (null).