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Lepke Buchalter

1897 - 1944

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Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke or Lepke Buchalter, (February 6, 1897 – March 4, 1944) was a Jewish-American organized crime figure and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc., during the 1930s. Buchalter was one of the premier labor union racketeers in New York City during that era. Charles Birger and Buchalter are the only National Crime Syndicate bosses to be executed after being convicted of murder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lepke Buchalter has received more than 442,827 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Lepke Buchalter is the 44th most popular mafioso, the 3,527th most popular biography from United States and the 17th most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Lepke Buchalter ranks 44 out of 52Before him are Richard Hauptmann, Salvatore Maranzano, Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Russell Bufalino, Vyacheslav Ivankov, and Robert Hanssen. After him are Dutch Schultz, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Jonathan Pollard, Salomon Morel, Vincent Gigante, and Belle Starr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lepke Buchalter ranks 141Before him are Horace McCoy, Traicho Kostov, Lazare Ponticelli, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, John Bagot Glubb, and Natacha Rambova. After him are Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Husni al-Za'im, Manlio Brosio, Paul Gallico, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, and Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 1944, Lepke Buchalter ranks 156Before him are Peter Yorck von Wartenburg, Missak Manouchian, Benjamin Fondane, Amy Beach, Liviu Rebreanu, and Regina Jonas. After him are Itzhak Katzenelson, Lou Henry Hoover, Alberts Kviesis, Léon Brunschvicg, Hendrik Willem van Loon, and Theodore Roosevelt Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lepke Buchalter ranks 3,527 out of 18,182Before him are Jensen Ackles (1978), Charles Jencks (1939), Dominic Chianese (1931), Scotty Moore (1931), Frederick Jackson Turner (1861), and Stephen Paddock (1953). After him are Dutch Schultz (1902), Mitch Pileggi (1952), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Doug Savant (1964), Jennifer Doudna (1964), and Peter Boyle (1935).

Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Lepke Buchalter ranks 17Before him are Richard Kuklinski (1935), Frank Lucas (1930), Mickey Cohen (1913), Sundance Kid (1867), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Robert Hanssen (1944). After him are Dutch Schultz (1902), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Vincent Gigante (1928), Belle Starr (1848), Tony Accardo (1906), and Kenneth Lay (1942).