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Matteo Messina Denaro

1962 - 2023

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Matteo Messina Denaro (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo mesˈsiːna deˈnaːro]; Sicilian: Matteu Missina Dinaru; 26 April 1962 – 25 September 2023), also known as Diabolik (from the Italian comic book character), was a Sicilian Mafia boss from Castelvetrano. He was considered to be one of the new leaders of the Sicilian mob after the arrests of Bernardo Provenzano on 11 April 2006 and Salvatore Lo Piccolo in November 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matteo Messina Denaro has received more than 2,904,665 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Matteo Messina Denaro is the 68th most popular extremist (up from 150th in 2019), the 1,396th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,421st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 68 out of 283Before him are Boris Savinkov, Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Taha Yassin Ramadan, Pedro López, Carlo Gambino, and Kang Kek Iew. After him are Johnny Torrio, Gary Ridgway, Willi Herold, Charles Sobhraj, Hermine Braunsteiner, and Jordan Belfort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 37Before him are Viktor Tsoi, Stephen Chow, Jeff Bennett, Thomas Kretschmann, Kelly Preston, and Ales Bialiatski. After him are Milo Đukanović, Matthew Broderick, Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Dino Merlin, Christiane F., and Jordan Belfort. Among people deceased in 2023, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 97Before him are Thomas Williams, Françoise Gilot, Luis Garavito, Dariush Mehrjui, Ruud Geels, and Dmitry Utkin. After him are Shane MacGowan, Bo Larsson, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, Aleksandr Viktorenko, Burt Bacharach, and Marouf al-Bakhit.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 1,396 out of 5,161Before him are Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), Leonardo Leo (1694), Roger of Lauria (1245), Francesco Cilea (1866), and Angelo Schiavio (1905). After him are Johnny Torrio (1882), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Giuseppe Conte (1964), and Mariotto Albertinelli (1474).

Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Matteo Messina Denaro ranks 6Before him are Man in the Iron Mask (1640), Charles Ponzi (1882), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), and Carlo Gambino (1902). After him are Johnny Torrio (1882), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), Luciano Leggio (1925), Leonarda Cianciulli (1893), Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873), and Frank Nitti (1886).