The Most Famous
MAFIOSOS from China
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chinese Mafiosos of all time. This list of famous Chinese Mafiosos is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Du Yuesheng (1888 - 1951)
With an HPI of 55.49, Du Yuesheng is the most famous Chinese Mafioso. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Du Yuesheng (22 August 1888 – 16 August 1951), also known by Dou Yu-Seng or Tu Yueh-sheng or Du Yueh-sheng, nicknamed "Big-Eared Du", was a Chinese mob boss who spent much of his life in Shanghai. He controlled China's opium trade and was the head of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the Bank of China and the Central bank of China. He was a key supporter of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang in their battle against the Communists in the 1920s, and was a figure of some importance during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the Chinese Civil War and the Kuomintang's retreat to Taiwan, Du went into exile in Hong Kong and remained there until his death in 1951.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as mafiosos born between 1888 and 1888. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased mafiosos include Du Yuesheng.
