SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Frank Costello

1891 - 1973

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Frank Costello (Italian: [koˈstɛllo]; born Francesco Castiglia [franˈtʃesko kaˈstiʎʎa]; January 26, 1891 – February 18, 1973) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Luciano crime family. Born in Italy, he moved with his family to the United States as a child. As a youth he joined New York City gangs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Costello has received more than 5,124,768 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Frank Costello is the 114th most popular social activist (down from 110th in 2019), the 1,042nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,043rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Social Activist.

Frank Costello was an Italian-American mobster who was one of the most powerful crime bosses in the country during the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a close friend of President John F. Kennedy.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Frank Costello ranks 114 out of 840. Before him are Ishikawa Goemon, Narges Mohammadi, Nat Turner, Vlado Chernozemski, René Cassin, and An Jung-geun. After him are Alexander Parvus, Yun Chi-ho, Léon Jouhaux, Hans Scholl, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and Sophia of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Frank Costello ranks 31. Before him are Edward Bernays, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Alexander Rodchenko, Fumimaro Konoe, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, and Grant Wood. After him are Michael Chekhov, Antonio Segni, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Alexander Wienerberger, and Hans Reichenbach. Among people deceased in 1973, Frank Costello ranks 51. Before him are Dickinson W. Richards, Ingeborg Bachmann, W. H. Auden, Edward G. Robinson, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Frances Marion. After him are Howard H. Aiken, Leo Strauss, Emmy Göring, Asger Jorn, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Otto Klemperer.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Frank Costello ranks 1,042 out of 5,161. Before him are Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Gioffre Borgia (1481), Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Ettore Scola (1931), and Romuald (951). After him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Nicola Porpora (1686), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), and Sebastian Cabot (1484).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Italy

Among social activists born in Italy, Frank Costello ranks 5. Before him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Beatrice Cenci (1577), Errico Malatesta (1853), and Fra Dolcino (1250). After him are Antipope Clement III (1025), Beppe Grillo (1948), Moses Montefiore (1784), Attica (-55), Franca Viola (1948), Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), and Giuseppe Impastato (1948).

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