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Salvatore Maranzano

1886 - 1931

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Salvatore Maranzano (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre maranˈtsaːno]; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931), nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 to seize control of the American Mafia, winning the war after the murder of rival faction head Joe Masseria in April 1931. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salvatore Maranzano has received more than 3,293,420 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Salvatore Maranzano is the 39th most popular mafioso, the 2,258th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,075th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Salvatore Maranzano ranks 39 out of 70. Before him are Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Richard Kuklinski, Frank Lucas, Sundance Kid, Mickey Cohen, and Murder of Kitty Genovese. After him are Robert Hanssen, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Salomon Morel, Giuseppe Morello, Vincent Gigante, and Russell Bufalino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Salvatore Maranzano ranks 108. Before him are Helen Parkhurst, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Gheorghe Tătărescu, Lyuh Woon-hyung, and Mir Osman Ali Khan. After him are Tarsila do Amaral, Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, Armin T. Wegner, Ferenc Münnich, Wilhelm Marschall, and Yehuda Ashlag. Among people deceased in 1931, Salvatore Maranzano ranks 52. Before him are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Nellie Melba, Gustaf Kossinna, Rachel Bluwstein, Shibusawa Eiichi, and Lujo Brentano. After him are Samad bey Mehmandarov, Felix Blumenfeld, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Melvil Dewey, William Bates, and Princess Isabella of Croÿ.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvatore Maranzano ranks 2,258 out of 5,161. Before him are Indro Montanelli (1909), Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825), Carlo Bergonzi (1924), Gaspara Stampa (1523), Flaminio Bertoni (1903), and Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663). After him are Renato Guttuso (1911), Andrea Falconieri (1580), Daniele Manin (1804), Marcello Tegalliano (700), Fabio Grosso (1977), and Achille Starace (1889).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Italy

Among mafiosos born in Italy, Salvatore Maranzano ranks 7. Before him are Salvatore Riina (1930), Lucky Luciano (1897), Bernardo Provenzano (1933), Vito Genovese (1897), Vito Cascio Ferro (1862), and Salvatore Giuliano (1922). After him are Giuseppe Morello (1867), Russell Bufalino (1903), Joe Profaci (1897), and Peggy Hettrick murder case (null).

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