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Meyer Lansky

1902 - 1983

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Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States. A member of the Jewish mob, Lansky developed a gambling empire that stretched around the world. He was said to own points (percentages) in casinos in Las Vegas, Cuba, Miami, and New Orleans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meyer Lansky has received more than 7,978,842 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Meyer Lansky is the 10th most popular mafioso (up from 12th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Belarus and the most popular Belarusian Mafioso.

Meyer Lansky was an American mobster who was involved in gambling, bootlegging, and the development of the National Crime Syndicate.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Meyer Lansky ranks 10 out of 70. Before him are Salvatore Riina, Lucky Luciano, Billy the Kid, Jack Ruby, Jesse James, and Bernardo Provenzano. After him are Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, John Dillinger, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Mark David Chapman, and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Meyer Lansky ranks 26. Before him are Walter Houser Brattain, Arne Tiselius, Ray Kroc, William Wyler, Josemaría Escrivá, and Arne Jacobsen. After him are Mikhail Suslov, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Fritz Strassmann, André Michel Lwoff, Alva Myrdal, and Juscelino Kubitschek. Among people deceased in 1983, Meyer Lansky ranks 12. Before him are Umberto II of Italy, Hergé, Idris of Libya, Jon Brower Minnoch, Felix Bloch, and Tennessee Williams. After him are Arthur Koestler, Albert Claude, Nikolai Podgorny, Raymond Aron, David Niven, and George Cukor.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Meyer Lansky ranks 13 out of 368. Before him are Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893). After him are Olga Korbut (1955), Zhores Alferov (1930), Zalman Shazar (1889), Ryszard Kapuściński (1932), Sviatopolk I of Kiev (978), and Mstislav I of Kiev (1076).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Belarus

Among mafiosos born in Belarus, Meyer Lansky ranks 1. 

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