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Vito Cascio Ferro

1862 - 1943

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Vito Cascio Ferro or Vito Cascioferro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈviːto ˈkaʃʃo ˈfɛrro]; 22 January 1862 – 20 September 1943), also known as Don Vito, was an Italian criminal who was a prominent member of the Sicilian Mafia. He also operated for several years in the United States. He is often depicted as the "boss of bosses", although such a position does not exist in the loose structure of Cosa Nostra in Sicily. Cascio Ferro's life is full of myth and mystery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vito Cascio Ferro is the 27th most popular mafioso (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,611th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,503rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Vito Cascio Ferro ranks 27 out of 70. Before him are Vito Genovese, John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Ta Mok, Ned Kelly, and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. After him are Lepke Buchalter, Khun Sa, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Sundance Kid, Joe Masseria, and Salvatore Giuliano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Vito Cascio Ferro ranks 41. Before him are Georges Feydeau, Henry McMahon, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Mary Kingsley, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, and Anton Ažbe. After him are Silvio Gesell, Théo van Rysselberghe, Mary Anderson, René Viviani, Leonid Pasternak, and Mikhail Nesterov. Among people deceased in 1943, Vito Cascio Ferro ranks 50. Before him are Luz Long, Viktor Lutze, Akira Matsunaga, Pavel Milyukov, Abdelaziz of Morocco, and Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn. After him are Aimo Cajander, Ugo Cavallero, Viktor Pavičić, Marina Raskova, Hans Jeschonnek, and Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vito Cascio Ferro ranks 1,611 out of 5,161. Before him are Damiano Damiani (1922), Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1844), Bernardo Strozzi (1581), Cesare Ripa (1555), Rothari (606), and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio (-181). After him are Primo Carnera (1906), Dino Grandi (1895), Marcus Livius Drusus (-200), Matteo Carcassi (1792), Raffaele Riario (1461), and Veronica Franco (1546).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Vito Cascio Ferro ranks 5. Before him are Lucky Luciano (1897), Salvatore Riina (1930), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), and Vito Genovese (1897). After him are Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Russell Bufalino (1903), Giuseppe Morello (1867), Joe Profaci (1897), and Peggy Hettrick murder case (null).

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