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Joe Profaci

1897 - 1962

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Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe proˈfaːtʃi]; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-American Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family of New York City. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organized. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Profaci has received more than 1,215,943 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Profaci is the 54th most popular mafioso, the 3,200th most popular biography from Italy and the 10th most popular Italian Mafioso.

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  • 50.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Joe Profaci ranks 54 out of 70. Before him are Sammy Gravano, Belle Starr, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Aafia Siddiqui, Joseph Colombo, and Tony Accardo. After him are Carlos Marcello, Jonathan Pollard, Assata Shakur, Sergei Magnitsky, Kenneth Lay, and Iva Toguri D'Aquino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Joe Profaci ranks 198. Before him are Hersch Lauterpacht, Walter Pidgeon, Pierre Fresnay, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Rosa Ponselle, and Shovkat Mammadova. After him are Evsei Liberman, Eduard Tisse, Ardito Desio, Zenta Mauriņa, Henry Cowell, and Antonio Riberi. Among people deceased in 1962, Joe Profaci ranks 121. Before him are Gary Hocking, Rudolf von Bünau, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Sylvia Beach, Vadym Meller, and Hans Felber. After him are Sao Shwe Thaik, Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ernst Grünfeld, Louis Raymond, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, and Franz Konwitschny.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Joe Profaci ranks 3,200 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Mengoli (1626), William of Apulia (1100), Alessandro Grandi (1586), Enrico Forlanini (1848), Luigi Bianchi (1856), and Lanassa (-400). After him are Crescenzio Sepe (1943), Ecphantus the Pythagorean (null), Maurizio Cattelan (1960), Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), Cesare Orsenigo (1873), and Sergio Scariolo (1961).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Joe Profaci ranks 10. Before him are Vito Genovese (1897), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Giuseppe Morello (1867), and Russell Bufalino (1903). After him are Peggy Hettrick murder case (null).

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