1904 - 1971
Joseph Michael Valachi (September 22, 1904 – April 3, 1971) was an American mobster in the Genovese crime family who was the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to acknowledge its existence publicly in 1963. He is credited with the popularization of the term cosa nostra. Valachi was convicted of drug trafficking in 1959, and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Valachi has received more than 1,359,078 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joseph Valachi is the 125th most popular extremist (down from 112th in 2019), the 2,741st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,899th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Extremist.
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Among extremists, Joseph Valachi ranks 125 out of 209. Before him are Baruch Goldstein, Belle Gunness, Mohamed Atta, Aslan Usoyan, Omar Abdel-Rahman, and Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley. After him are Albert Anastasia, Josef Blösche, Luis Garavito, Sam Giancana, Leon Czolgosz, and Marcus Fulvius Flaccus.
1956 - 1994
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 119
1859 - 1908
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 120
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 121
1937 - 2013
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 122
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 123
1897 - 1945
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 124
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 125
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 126
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 127
1957 - 2023
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 128
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 129
1873 - 1901
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 130
150 BC - 121 BC
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 131
Among people born in 1904, Joseph Valachi ranks 107. Before him are Max Mallowan, Nikolai Berzarin, Arkady Gaidar, Coleman Hawkins, Tadao Takayama, and Delmer Daves. After him are Ding Ling, Leo Joseph Suenens, Anna Mahler, Giuseppe Terragni, Vilis Lācis, and Franz Kutschera. Among people deceased in 1971, Joseph Valachi ranks 69. Before him are Hermann Ehrhardt, Paul Lukas, Erich Abraham, August Derleth, John W. Campbell, and T. V. Soong. After him are Royal Rife, Viktor Patsayev, Philo Farnsworth, József Zakariás, Amet-khan Sultan, and Mak Dizdar.
1904 - 1978
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 101
1904 - 1945
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 102
1904 - 1941
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 103
1904 - 1969
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 104
1904 - 1980
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 105
1904 - 1977
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 106
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 107
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 108
1904 - 1996
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 109
1904 - 1988
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 110
1904 - 1943
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 111
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 112
1904 - 1944
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 113
1881 - 1971
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 63
1894 - 1971
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 64
1895 - 1971
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 65
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 66
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 67
1894 - 1971
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 68
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 69
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 70
1933 - 1971
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 71
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 72
1924 - 1971
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 73
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 74
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 75
Among people born in United States, Joseph Valachi ranks 2,741 out of 18,182. Before him are Edmond O'Brien (1915), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Joey DeMaio (1954), Flannery O'Connor (1925), Douglas Trumbull (1942), and Neilia Hunter Biden (1942). After him are Royal Rife (1888), John Milnor (1931), J. Presper Eckert (1919), Wilder Penfield (1891), Freddie King (1934), and Edgar Snow (1905).
1915 - 1985
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 2,735
1917 - 2015
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,736
1954 - Present
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,737
1925 - 1964
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 2,738
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,739
1942 - 1972
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,740
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,741
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,742
1931 - Present
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,743
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 2,744
1891 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,745
1934 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,746
1905 - 1972
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 2,747
Among extremists born in United States, Joseph Valachi ranks 40. Before him are Andrew Cunanan (1969), Baby Face Nelson (1908), Aldrich Ames (1941), Rodney Alcala (1943), Robert Hansen (1939), and Baruch Goldstein (1956). After him are Sam Giancana (1908), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Jerry Brudos (1939), Patricia Krenwinkel (1947), Richard Chase (1950), and Carl Panzram (1892).
1969 - 1997
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 34
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 36
1943 - 2021
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 37
1939 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 38
1956 - 1994
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 39
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 40
1908 - 1975
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 41
1873 - 1901
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 42
1939 - 2006
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 44
1950 - 1980
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 45
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 46