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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 American 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 2,902,392 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Johnny Torrio is the 60th most popular extremist (down from 59th in 2019), the 1,168th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,198th in 2019) and the 6th 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 60 out of 209. Before him are Jordan Belfort, Friedrich Jeckeln, George Habash, Frank Sheeran, Karl Denke, and Hermine Braunsteiner. After him are Barry Seal, Timothy McVeigh, Dennis Rader, Marc Dutroux, Shamil Basayev, and Sada Abe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Johnny Torrio ranks 54. Before him are John Rabe, B. Traven, Lluís Companys, Éamon de Valera, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Aleksandra Ekster. After him are Wacław Sierpiński, John Bauer, Petre Dumitrescu, Jean Giraudoux, Yusef of Morocco, and Pavel Florensky. Among people deceased in 1957, Johnny Torrio ranks 41. Before him are Maurice Garin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Beniamino Gigli, José Leandro Andrade, James Brendan Connolly, and Erich Auerbach. After him are Aga Khan III, Rudolf Weigl, Hermann Buhl, Max Ophüls, Rudolf Diels, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Johnny Torrio ranks 1,168 out of 4,668. Before him are Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Saint Silvia (515), Palma Vecchio (1480), Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), Rafael Bombelli (1526), and Luciano Spalletti (1959). After him are Jacopo della Quercia (1374), Gino Severini (1883), Federico Zuccari (1539), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), Gaspare Spontini (1774), and Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Johnny Torrio ranks 6. Before him are Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Charles Ponzi (1882), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), and Patrizia Reggiani (1948). After him are Carlo Gambino (1902), Frank Nitti (1886), Joseph Bonanno (1905), Albert Anastasia (1902), and Matteo Messina Denaro (1962).

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