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Meyer Lansky

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Meyer Lansky

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Also known as Honest Meyer, Maier Suchowljansky, Maier Suchowlański, Meier Suchowlański, Majer Suchowlański

American gangster

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Meyer Lansky, born Majer Suchowlański in Hrodna, was a male gangster and investor. He was a member of the National Crime Syndicate, the Five Points Gang, and Jewish-American organized crime. Lansky held citizenship in the Russian Empire, the Second Polish Republic, the United States, and Israel. He was convicted of tax noncompliance.

Lansky was of Jewish ethnicity and practiced Judaism. He was known by several nicknames, including "Mastermind of the Mob," "Little man," "Mob's Accountant," and "Secretary of the Treasury." He died of lung cancer from natural causes in Miami on January 15, 1983.

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Acting · Grodno, Poland [now Hrodna, Belarus]

Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983) was a Russian-born American organized crime figure associated with gambling operations and illicit finance in the United States, Cuba, and the Caribbean during the mid-20th century. He was closely linked to Charles 'Lucky' Luciano and is frequently described by historians and law-enforcement sources as a key figure in the…

Known for

  • Rogues Gallery — Self (archive footage)1997

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
81
Total plays
191

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

  2. Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony

    · 1977 · cited 18,343x

  3. Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)

    · 2008 · cited 17,871x

  4. Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers

    · 2006 · cited 13,810x

  5. Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence.

    · 2003 · cited 11,489x

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