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Al Capone

1899 - 1947

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Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he went to prison at the age of 33. Capone was born in New York City in 1899 to Italian immigrants. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al Capone has received more than 30,377,289 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 78 in 2019). Al Capone is the 2nd most popular mafioso, the 78th most popular biography from United States (down from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular American Mafioso.

Al Capone was the famous mobster who was the head of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era. He was most famous for bootlegging, prostitution, and racketeering.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 80

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Al Capones by language

Over the past year Al Capone has had the most page views in the with 3,060,983 views, followed by Spanish (456,200), and Russian (304,117). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Mongolian (2,347.62%), Simple English (102.32%), and Breton (88.72%)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Al Capone ranks 2 out of 70. Before him are Pablo Escobar. After him are Griselda Blanco, Salvatore Riina, Lucky Luciano, Billy the Kid, Jack Ruby, Jesse James, Bernardo Provenzano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, and Karl Gebhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Al Capone ranks 5. Before him are Huang Xianfan, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock, and Jorge Luis Borges. After him are Vladimir Nabokov, Friedrich Hayek, Frederick IX of Denmark, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Humphrey Bogart, and László Bíró. Among people deceased in 1947, Al Capone ranks 3. Before him are Max Planck, and Henry Ford. After him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Philipp Lenard, Christian X of Denmark, Rudolf Höss, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Aleister Crowley, Kurt Lewin, George II of Greece, and Jozef Tiso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Al Capone ranks 78 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack London (1876), Toni Morrison (1931), Patrick Swayze (1952), Bill Clinton (1946), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), and Woody Allen (1935). After him are Abraham Maslow (1908), Robin Williams (1951), Stephen King (1947), Morgan Freeman (1937), Larry Ellison (1944), and John D. Rockefeller (1839).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Al Capone ranks 1. After him are Billy the Kid (1859), Jack Ruby (1911), Jesse James (1847), Frank Abagnale (1948), John Dillinger (1903), Mark David Chapman (1955), Wyatt Earp (1848), John Gotti (1940), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Frank Lucas (1930), and Sundance Kid (1867).

American born Mafiosos

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