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Lucky Luciano

1897 - 1962

Lucky Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano ( LOO-chee-AH-noh, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for the establishment of the Commission in 1931, after he abolished the boss of bosses title held by Salvatore Maranzano following the Castellammarese War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucky Luciano has received more than 12,269,188 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucky Luciano is the 4th most popular mafioso (up from 5th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Italy (down from 331st in 2019) and the most popular Italian Mafioso.

Lucky Luciano is most famous for being the first boss of the Genovese crime family.

Memorability Metrics

12M
Page Views (PV)
70.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
44
Languages Editions (L)
6.51
Effective Languages (L*)
3.57
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Lucky Luciano ranks 4 out of 52. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Al Capone, and Billy the Kid. After him are John Dillinger, Jesse James, Salvatore Riina, Jack Ruby, Frank Abagnale, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Jeffrey Epstein, and Meyer Lansky.

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1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
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HPI: 79.69
Rank: 2
Billy the Kid
1859 - 1881
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 3
Lucky Luciano
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 4
John Dillinger
1903 - 1934
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 5
Jesse James
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HPI: 69.83
Rank: 6
Salvatore Riina
1930 - 2017
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 7
Jack Ruby
1911 - 1967
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 8
Frank Abagnale
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 9
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 10
Jeffrey Epstein
1953 - 2019
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 11
Meyer Lansky
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lucky Luciano ranks 9. Before him are Pope Paul VI, William Faulkner, Amelia Earhart, Anthony Eden, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Ivan Konev. After him are Ludwig Erhard, Wilhelm Reich, Paavo Nurmi, Georges Bataille, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, and Norbert Elias. Among people deceased in 1962, Lucky Luciano ranks 9. Before him are Niels Bohr, Adolf Eichmann, Eleanor Roosevelt, William Faulkner, Karen Blixen, and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. After him are Georges Bataille, Yves Klein, Arthur Compton, Gaston Bachelard, Auguste Piccard, and Princess Marie Bonaparte.

Others Born in 1897

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Pope Paul VI
1897 - 1978
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 3
William Faulkner
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 4
Amelia Earhart
1897 - 1937
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 5
Anthony Eden
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 6
Subhas Chandra Bose
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 7
Ivan Konev
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 8
Lucky Luciano
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 9
Ludwig Erhard
1897 - 1977
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 10
Wilhelm Reich
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 11
Paavo Nurmi
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 12
Georges Bataille
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 13
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia
1897 - 1918
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 14
Norbert Elias
1897 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15