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Joseph D. Pistone

1939 - Today

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Joseph Dominick Pistone (born September 17, 1939) is an American former FBI agent who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco between September 1976 and July 1981, as part of an infiltration primarily into the Bonanno crime family, and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New York City. Pistone was an FBI agent for 17 years, from 1969 until he resigned in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph D. Pistone has received more than 4,090,903 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Joseph D. Pistone is the 1,791st most popular writer (down from 1,764th in 2019), the 2,257th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,290th in 2019) and the 199th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Donnie Brasco
Biography, Mafia, Mafia trials
Posing as jewel thief "Donnie Brasco," FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone carried out the most audacious sting operation ever, working undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant community of mafia soldiers, "connected guys," captains, and godfathers.Now his unforgettable eyewitness account brings to pulsating life the entire world of wiseguys—their code of honor and their treachery, their wives, girlfriends and whores, their lavish spending and dirty dealings.With the drama and suspense of a high-tension thriller, Joseph Pistone reveals every incredible aspect of the jealously guarded world he penetrated...and draws a chilling picture of what the mafia is, does, and means in America today.
1987
The way of the wiseguy
Organized crime, Criminal psychology, Mafia
2005
Donnie Brasco
Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, thrillers, general, Florida, fiction
1999
The way of the wiseguy
Mafia
2004
Donnie Brasco
United States, Officials and employees, Mafia
1989
Donnie Brasco
1990

Page views of Joseph D. Pistones by language

Over the past year Joseph D. Pistone has had the most page views in the with 470,021 views, followed by Spanish (51,732), and French (41,171). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (218.63%), Spanish (163.67%), and Finnish (110.18%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Joseph D. Pistone ranks 1,791 out of 7,302. Before him are Hellanicus of Lesbos, Augusto Boal, Michel Zevaco, Robert Silverberg, Gabriel Naudé, and Djuna Barnes. After him are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Manuel Puig, Betty Friedan, Frans Sammut, and Yevgenia Ginzburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Joseph D. Pistone ranks 122. Before him are John O'Keefe, Jean Djorkaeff, Barry Seal, Stanisław Dziwisz, Michu Meszaros, and Dieter Schwarz. After him are Kim Jae-ryong, Paul Sorvino, Josef Abrhám, Marisa Mell, Alan Baker, and George Hamilton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph D. Pistone ranks 2,257 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Silverberg (1935), Terry O'Quinn (1952), James Rothman (1950), Joe Perry (1950), Djuna Barnes (1892), and Henry Murray (1893). After him are Johnny Winter (1944), Stanley Donen (1924), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Michael Walzer (1935), Betty Friedan (1921), and Joseph E. Johnston (1807).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Joseph D. Pistone ranks 199. Before him are Richard Ford (1944), Suzanne Collins (1962), Raymond E. Feist (1945), Patricia Cornwell (1956), Robert Silverberg (1935), and Djuna Barnes (1892). After him are Betty Friedan (1921), Agnes Smedley (1892), Frederik Pohl (1919), Stephen Crane (1871), Rick Riordan (1964), and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815).

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