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Bernardo Provenzano

1933 - 2016

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Bernardo Provenzano (Italian pronunciation: [berˈnardo provenˈtsaːno]; 31 January 1933 – 13 July 2016) was an Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia clan known as the Corleonesi, a Mafia faction that originated in the town of Corleone, and de facto the boss of bosses ("il capo dei capi"). His nickname was Binnu u tratturi (Sicilian for "Bernie the tractor") because, in the words of one informant, "he mows people down". Another nickname was il ragioniere ("the accountant"), due to his apparently subtle and low-key approach to running his crime empire, at least in contrast to some of his more violent predecessors.Provenzano was part of the Corleonesi Mafia clan who backed mob boss Luciano Leggio in the ambush and murder of Michele Navarra in the late 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernardo Provenzano has received more than 1,113,903 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Bernardo Provenzano is the 15th most popular mafioso (down from 13th in 2019), the 814th most popular biography from Italy (down from 733rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Mafioso.

Bernardo Provenzano is most famous for being the head of the Sicilian Mafia.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Bernardo Provenzano ranks 15 out of 52Before him are Frank Abagnale, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Jeffrey Epstein, Meyer Lansky, Karl Gebhardt, and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. After him are Tamam Shud case, Wyatt Earp, Mark David Chapman, John Gotti, Ned Kelly, and Amado Carrillo Fuentes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Bernardo Provenzano ranks 40Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stanley Milgram, Steven Weinberg, John Barry, Oliver Sacks, and Gian Maria Volonté. After him are Gene Wilder, Quincy Jones, Jerzy Grotowski, Paul J. Crutzen, Richard R. Ernst, and Jayne Mansfield. Among people deceased in 2016, Bernardo Provenzano ranks 34Before him are Pierre Boulez, John Glenn, Andrzej Żuławski, Carrie Fisher, Nancy Reagan, and Věra Čáslavská. After him are Gene Wilder, George Gaynes, James Cronin, Walter Scheel, Hilary Putnam, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bernardo Provenzano ranks 814 out of 4,668Before him are Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Pescennius Niger (135), Domenico Modugno (1928), Silvio Piola (1913), Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498), and Giosuè Carducci (1835). After him are Tancred, King of Sicily (1138), William I of Sicily (1126), Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), Giacomo Agostini (1942), and Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587).

Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Bernardo Provenzano ranks 3Before him are Lucky Luciano (1897) and Salvatore Riina (1930). After him are Vito Genovese (1897), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), and Russell Bufalino (1903).