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Vito Genovese

1897 - 1969

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Vito Genovese (Italian: [ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze, -eːse]; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mafioso and the leader of the Genovese crime family in New York City. A childhood friend and criminal associate of Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped Luciano shape the Mafia's rise as a major force in organized crime in the United States. He would later lead Luciano's crime family, which was renamed by the FBI after Genovese in 1957. Along with Luciano, Genovese facilitated the expansion of the heroin trade to an international level. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vito Genovese is the 21st most popular mafioso (up from 24th in 2019), the 1,215th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,433rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Vito Genovese ranks 21 out of 70. Before him are Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, Bernardo Provenzano, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Wyatt Earp, and Mark David Chapman. After him are John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, Ta Mok, Ned Kelly, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and Vito Cascio Ferro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Vito Genovese ranks 55. Before him are Margaret Mahler, Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Joseph Berchtold, Leonid Govorov, and Wilfred Bion. After him are Vlado Chernozemski, Emil Maurice, Gershom Scholem, Ye Jianying, I. I. Chundrigar, and Herbert Gille. Among people deceased in 1969, Vito Genovese ranks 40. Before him are Sonja Henie, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Abdirashid Shermarke, Josef von Sternberg, Alexandra David-Néel, and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis. After him are Wacław Sierpiński, Boris Karloff, Vjekoslav Luburić, B. Traven, Enrique Ballestrero, and René Barrientos.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vito Genovese ranks 1,215 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Cavallini (1240), Gioffre Borgia (1481), Giuseppe Bertello (1942), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Antonius Felix (10), and Palma Vecchio (1480). After him are Concino Concini (1575), Titus Quinctius Flamininus (-229), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), Timaeus (-350), and Nicola Amati (1596).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Vito Genovese ranks 4. Before him are Lucky Luciano (1897), Salvatore Riina (1930), and Bernardo Provenzano (1933). After him are 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).

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