1899 - 1947
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 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Al Capone is the 2nd most popular mafioso, the 42nd most popular biography from United States (up from 52nd 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.
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Among mafiosos, Al Capone ranks 2 out of 52. Before him are Pablo Escobar. After him are Billy the Kid, Lucky Luciano, John Dillinger, Jesse James, Salvatore Riina, Jack Ruby, Frank Abagnale, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Jeffrey Epstein, and Meyer Lansky.
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 2
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 4
1903 - 1934
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 5
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 6
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 7
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 9
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 10
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 11
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1899, Al Capone ranks 4. Before him are Huang Xianfan, Alfred Hitchcock, and Ernest Hemingway. After him are Jorge Luis Borges, Vladimir Nabokov, Friedrich Hayek, Humphrey Bogart, Lavrentiy Beria, Yasunari Kawabata, Frederick IX of Denmark, 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, Rudolf Höss, Aleister Crowley, Kurt Lewin, Philipp Lenard, Christian X of Denmark, Jozef Tiso, Victor Horta, and George II of Greece.
1899 - 1982
HPI: 82.93
Rank: 1
1899 - 1980
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 2
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 3
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 4
1899 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 5
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 6
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 7
1899 - 1957
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 8
1899 - 1953
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 10
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 11
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 12
1858 - 1947
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 1
1863 - 1947
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 2
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 3
1869 - 1947
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 4
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 5
1875 - 1947
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 6
1890 - 1947
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 7
1862 - 1947
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 8
1870 - 1947
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 9
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 10
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 11
1890 - 1947
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Al Capone ranks 42 out of 18,182. Before him are Howard Hughes (1905), Bill Gates (1955), Robert De Niro (1943), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Janis Joplin (1943), and Eleanor Roosevelt (1884). After him are George W. Bush (1946), Andy Warhol (1928), Harry S. Truman (1884), Wallis Simpson (1896), John Wilkes Booth (1838), and Abraham Maslow (1908).
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 36
1955 - Present
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 37
1943 - Present
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 38
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 39
1943 - 1970
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 40
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 41
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 43
1928 - 1987
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 44
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 45
1896 - 1986
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 46
1838 - 1865
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 47
1908 - 1970
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 48
Among mafiosos born in United States, Al Capone ranks 1. After him are Billy the Kid (1859), John Dillinger (1903), Jesse James (1847), Jack Ruby (1911), Frank Abagnale (1948), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Wyatt Earp (1848), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Gotti (1940), Richard Kuklinski (1935), and Frank Lucas (1930).
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 1
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 2
1903 - 1934
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 3
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 4
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 5
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 6
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 7
1848 - 1929
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 9
1940 - 2002
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 10
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 11
1930 - 2019
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 12