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Johnny Torrio

1882 - 1957

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John Donato Torrio (born Donato Torrio, Italian: [doˈnaːto ˈtɔrrjo]; January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957) was an Italian-born mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s later inherited by his protégé Al Capone. Torrio proposed a National Crime Syndicate in the 1930s and later became an adviser to Lucky Luciano and his Luciano crime family. Torrio had several nicknames, primarily "The Fox" for his cunning and finesse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johnny Torrio has received more than 3,067,934 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Johnny Torrio is the 69th most popular extremist (down from 60th in 2019), the 1,397th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,165th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Extremist.

Johnny Torrio was a Chicago mobster who, along with Al Capone, led the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s. He is most famous for being the first to import the "Chicago way" of doing business to New York City.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Johnny Torrio ranks 69 out of 283. Before him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Pedro López, Carlo Gambino, Kang Kek Iew, and Matteo Messina Denaro. After him are Gary Ridgway, Willi Herold, Charles Sobhraj, Hermine Braunsteiner, Jordan Belfort, and Frank Sheeran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Johnny Torrio ranks 66. Before him are Leo Perutz, Fan Noli, Franz Seldte, Subramania Bharati, Dušan Simović, and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are John Rabe, Friedrich Dollmann, Lucien Petit-Breton, Eduard Spranger, Korney Chukovsky, and Husband E. Kimmel. Among people deceased in 1957, Johnny Torrio ranks 51. Before him are Leo Perutz, Carl Clauberg, Aga Khan III, Sacha Guitry, Hermann Buhl, and Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria. After him are Mamoru Shigemitsu, Henry Norris Russell, James Brendan Connolly, Rudolf Diels, Max Amann, and Giovanni Battista Caproni.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Johnny Torrio ranks 1,397 out of 5,161. Before him are Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Leonardo Leo (1694), Roger of Lauria (1245), Francesco Cilea (1866), Angelo Schiavio (1905), and Matteo Messina Denaro (1962). After him are Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Giuseppe Conte (1964), Mariotto Albertinelli (1474), and Andrew, Duke of Calabria (1327).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Johnny Torrio ranks 7. Before him are Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Charles Ponzi (1882), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Carlo Gambino (1902), and Matteo Messina Denaro (1962). After him are Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), Luciano Leggio (1925), Leonarda Cianciulli (1893), Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873), Frank Nitti (1886), and Albert Anastasia (1902).

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