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Vincent Gigante

1928 - 2005

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Vincent Louis Gigante ( jig-AN-tee, Italian: [dʒiˈɡante]; March 29, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fought in 25 matches between 1944 and 1947. He then started working as a Mafia enforcer for what was then the Luciano crime family, forerunner of the Genovese family. Gigante was one of five brothers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Gigante is the 38th most popular mafioso (up from 44th in 2019), the 3,358th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,726th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Vincent Gigante ranks 38 out of 70. Before him are Joe Masseria, Salvatore Giuliano, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, Richard Hauptmann, Mickey Cohen, and Murder of Kitty Genovese. After him are Salvatore Maranzano, Du Yuesheng, Richard Kuklinski, Russell Bufalino, Vyacheslav Ivankov, and Robert Hanssen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Vincent Gigante ranks 186. Before him are Nicolas Hayek, Robert Badinter, Borisav Jović, Jean Vanier, Daisaku Ikeda, and Donald Judd. After him are Leyla Gencer, Howard S. Becker, Henry Silva, Branko Mikulić, Shulamit Aloni, and Cy Young. Among people deceased in 2005, Vincent Gigante ranks 93. Before him are Andre Gunder Frank, Erich Topp, Vasco Gonçalves, Amrita Pritam, Alberto Lattuada, and John Mills. After him are Guillermo Cabrera Infante, John DeLorean, Johnny Carson, Sangoulé Lamizana, István Nyers, and Teresa Wright.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vincent Gigante ranks 3,358 out of 20,380. Before him are Stephen Baldwin (1966), Jimmy McLane (1930), Murray Perahia (1947), Harriet Quimby (1875), Neil Sedaka (1939), and Jim Kelly (1946). After him are Alice Ball (1892), William Porter (1926), Tom Hulce (1953), John Blair Jr. (1732), Katie Holmes (1978), and Baruch Goldstein (1956).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Vincent Gigante ranks 14. Before him are Wyatt Earp (1848), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Gotti (1940), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Sundance Kid (1867), and Mickey Cohen (1913). After him are Richard Kuklinski (1935), Robert Hanssen (1944), Dutch Schultz (1902), Belle Starr (1848), Sammy Gravano (1945), and Joseph Colombo (1923).

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