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Meyer Lansky
American gangster
Bugsy Siegel
American mobster y brujo de hechicería oscura
Whitey Bulger
Irish-American gangster and crime boss (1929-2018)
Stanley "Tookie" Williamp
American murderer (1953–2005)
Frank Lucas
American mobster (1930-2019)
Bugs Moran
Chicago gangster (1893–1957)
Mickey Cohen
American criminal (1913–1975)
Dutch Schultz
American mobster in the 1920s and 1930s
Louis Buchalter
American mobster (1899-1947)
Enoch L. Johnson
American political boss and racketeer (1883-1968)
Arnold Rothstein
American mobster (1882–1928)
Ellsworth Raymond Johnson
African-American mobster (1905-1968)
Russell Bufalino
American mobster (1903-1994)
Sonny Barger
American outlaw biker (1938–2022)
Giuseppe Morello
American mobster (1867–1930)
James Burke
American gangster (1931–1996)
Frankie Yale
Italian American mob boss (1893–1928)
Santo Trafficante
American crime boss
Angelo Bruno
American mobster (1910–1980)
Dean O'Banion
American mobster (1892–1924)
Mad Dog Coll
American mobster during depression-era
Stefano Magaddino
American gangster (1891–1974)
Al Swearengen
pimp and early entertainment entrepreneur in Deadwood, South Dakota (1845-1904)
Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski
Polish-American gangster
Benny Binion
American gambling icon (1904–1989)
Fredericka Mandelbaum
American fence and gang boss of German origin
Monk Eastman
American mobster
Eduardo Ravelo
Mexican mob boss
Ignazio Lupo
American mob boss (1877-1947)
Nicky Barnes
American convicted drug trafficker (1933–2012)
Raymond L.S. Patriarca
American mob boss (1908–1984)
Stephanie St. Clair
American mobster (1897-1969)
Waxey Gordon
American mobster (1888–1952)
Evsei Agron
Russian-American-Jewish mobster (1932-1985)
Nicodemo Scarfo
American mob boss (1929–2017)
Abner Zwillman
American mob boss
Jacob Shapiro
American mob boss (1899–1947)
Thomas Eboli
American mobster
Santo Trafficante, Sr.
Sicilian-born American mobster
Frank DeSimone
American mobster (1909–1967)
Danny Greene
American mobster (1933–1977)
Ciro Terranova
American mobster (1887-1938)
Donald Eugene Chambers
American founder of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle club
Sister Ping
Chinese human smuggler
Johnny Dio
American mobster (1914–1979)
Jack Dragna
American mobster (1891-1956)
"Freeway" Rick Ross
American former drug trafficker
Peter Milano
Italian-American mobster
James Coonan
American gangster
Melvin Williams
American actor and mobster (1941-2015)
Jimmy Fratianno
American mobster
Larry Hoover
American mobster
Joey Merlino
Joseph Salvatore "Skinny Joey" Merlino is an American former mobster who was the reputed boss of the Philadelphia crime family from the 1990s until 2024. He rose to power and seized control of the organization in the mid-nineties after he fought against the John Stanfa faction of the family. He has led the crime family in gambling, loan sharking, drug trafficking, and extortion. In comparison to other traditional mob bosses who shunned the limelight, Merlino has interacted regularly with the media and the public, often openly providing charity and hosting events to benefit indigent people in Philadelphia, drawing comparisons to the similarly outgoing, conspicuous, and ostensibly charitable late New York crime boss John Gotti. He is the son of deceased Philadelphia crime family underboss Chuckie Merlino.
Joseph Zerilli
Detroit gangster (1897–1977)
Harry Joseph Bowman
American murderer and biker
Frank S. Farley
New Jersey State Senator
Salvatore Sabella
American mob boss
Jose Miguel Battle, Sr.
American mobster
Casper Holstein
American mobster