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Joseph Colombo

1923 - 1978

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Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian: [koˈlombo]; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Colombo has received more than 3,866,525 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Colombo is the 52nd most popular mafioso, the 4,997th most popular biography from United States and the 20th most popular American Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Joseph Colombo ranks 52 out of 70. Before him are Lepke Buchalter, Dutch Schultz, Sammy Gravano, Belle Starr, Teresa Claramunt Creus, and Aafia Siddiqui. After him are Tony Accardo, Joe Profaci, Carlos Marcello, Jonathan Pollard, Assata Shakur, and Sergei Magnitsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Joseph Colombo ranks 249. Before him are Netti Witziers-Timmer, Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, Giuseppe Rotunno, Morris Halle, Ioannis Grivas, and Eugene Sledge. After him are Primo Nebiolo, Marc Riboud, Rhonda Fleming, Rentarō Mikuni, Jim Marshall, and Charlie Mariano. Among people deceased in 1978, Joseph Colombo ranks 144. Before him are Roman Karmen, Mario Varglien, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Costante Girardengo, Lennie Tristano, and Mark Robson. After him are Mária Mednyánszky, James B. Conant, Nico Diederichs, Luo Ruiqing, Theo Lingen, and Kathleen Kenyon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Colombo ranks 4,997 out of 20,380. Before him are Judy Collins (1939), Sam Jones (1933), Bonnie Bartlett (1929), Frank Muller (1862), William Masters (1915), and Joanne Dru (1922). After him are Ronee Blakley (1945), Henry Gibson (1935), Leon Russell (1942), Richard Hatch (1945), Zakk Wylde (1967), and Joan Van Ark (1943).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Joseph Colombo ranks 20. Before him are Robert Hanssen (1944), Vincent Gigante (1928), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Dutch Schultz (1902), Sammy Gravano (1945), and Belle Starr (1848). After him are Tony Accardo (1906), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Assata Shakur (1947), Kenneth Lay (1942), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Troy Davis (1968).

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