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Sammy Gravano

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Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) is an American former mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Gambino crime family of New York City before becoming a government witness. As the underboss, Gravano played a major role in prosecuting John Gotti, the crime family's boss, by agreeing to testify as a government witness against him and other mobsters in a deal. As part of the agreement, Gravano confessed to his involvement in at least 19 murders, although he was also responsible for a number of other crimes, including the 1977 murder of a 16-year-old boy with no ties to the Mafia, who was shot and killed after witnessing Gravano and an associate carry out a drive-by shooting. Originally an associate for the Colombo crime family, and later for the Brooklyn faction of the Gambino family, Gravano was part of the group in 1985 that conspired to murder Gambino boss Paul Castellano. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sammy Gravano is the 50th most popular mafioso (down from 48th in 2019), the 5,526th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,134th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Sammy Gravano ranks 50 out of 70. Before him are Robert Hanssen, Salomon Morel, Giuseppe Morello, Dutch Schultz, Belle Starr, and Teresa Claramunt Creus. After him are Joseph Colombo, Joe Profaci, Anna Sorokin, Tony Accardo, Assata Shakur, and Carlos Marcello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Sammy Gravano ranks 324. Before him are Sayuri Yoshinaga, John Rutter, Gérard Lenorman, Marielle Goitschel, Ana Martín, and Doug Clifford. After him are David Sanborn, Mišo Cebalo, Tony Roche, Marsha P. Johnson, Abdelaziz Belkhadem, and Vladimiro Montesinos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sammy Gravano ranks 5,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Dorsey (1905), Mike Castle (1939), Mark White (1940), Forrest Smithson (1884), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), and Allen Iverson (1975). After him are Roy Buchanan (1939), Carol Potter (1948), Robert Cornelius (1809), David Sanborn (1945), Anna Kendrick (1985), and Billy Hart (1940).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Sammy Gravano ranks 19. Before him are Mickey Cohen (1913), Vincent Gigante (1928), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Robert Hanssen (1944), Dutch Schultz (1902), and Belle Starr (1848). After him are Joseph Colombo (1923), Tony Accardo (1906), Assata Shakur (1947), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Kenneth Lay (1942), and Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916).

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