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Lucky Luciano

1897 - 1962

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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 the Italian-American Mafia 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 12,870,755 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Lucky Luciano is the 5th most popular mafioso (down from 4th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Italy (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Mafioso.

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

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Lucky Luciano ranks 5 out of 70. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Al Capone, Griselda Blanco, and Salvatore Riina. After him are Billy the Kid, Jack Ruby, Jesse James, Bernardo Provenzano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, and Karl Gebhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Lucky Luciano ranks 12. Before him are Anthony Eden, Subhas Chandra Bose, Ludwig Erhard, Ivan Konev, Paavo Nurmi, and Wilhelm Reich. After him are Georges Bataille, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Louis Aragon, Norbert Elias, Ferenc Szálasi, and Soong Mei-ling. Among people deceased in 1962, Lucky Luciano ranks 9. Before him are Hermann Hesse, Niels Bohr, Adolf Eichmann, William Faulkner, Karen Blixen, and Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. After him are Georges Bataille, Yves Klein, Gaston Bachelard, Hans Luther, Auguste Piccard, and Arthur Compton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucky Luciano ranks 441 out of 5,161. Before him are Gaius Cassius Longinus (-87), Pope Zachary (679), Pope Hormisdas (450), Pope Boniface VI (800), Renzo Piano (1937), and Pope Benedict II (635). After him are Pope Nicholas III (1215), Pope Benedict VI (900), Andrea Bocelli (1958), Pope Lando (900), Pope Paul I (700), and Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Lucky Luciano ranks 2. Before him are Salvatore Riina (1930). After him are Bernardo Provenzano (1933), Vito Genovese (1897), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Salvatore Maranzano (1886), Giuseppe Morello (1867), Russell Bufalino (1903), Joe Profaci (1897), and Peggy Hettrick murder case (null).

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