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Sam Giancana

1908 - 1975

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Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana ( JEE-ahn-KAH-nə; born Gilormo Giangana, Italian: [dʒiˈlɔrmo dʒaŋˈɡaːna]; May 24, 1908 – June 19, 1975) was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966. Giancana was born in Chicago to Italian immigrant parents. He joined the 42 Gang as a teenager, developing a reputation in organized crime, which gained him the notice of the leaders of the Chicago Outfit, which he joined during the late 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Giancana has received more than 3,512,524 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Giancana is the 140th most popular extremist (down from 129th in 2019), the 3,094th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,881st in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Extremist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.16

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  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Sam Giancana ranks 140 out of 283. Before him are Charles Whitman, Fred West, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Richard Chase, Joseph Bonanno, and Patricia Krenwinkel. After him are Leon Czolgosz, Ahmed Jabari, Ahmad Sa'adat, Anatoly Onoprienko, Tsutomu Miyazaki, and Joseph Valachi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Sam Giancana ranks 133. Before him are Leo Sternbach, Peg Entwistle, Robert Rossen, Bo Yibo, Petro Shelest, and Son Ngoc Thanh. After him are Salo Flohr, Richard Wright, Aurelio Peccei, Ivan Yefremov, Lee Krasner, and Mario Evaristo. Among people deceased in 1975, Sam Giancana ranks 90. Before him are Ezzard Charles, Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, K. Kamaraj, Richard Conte, Boris Blacher, and Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. After him are Kazimierz Fajans, Joseph Laniel, Alvin Hansen, Virginio Rosetta, Michał Sopoćko, and Jan Mukařovský.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Giancana ranks 3,094 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary L. Cleave (1947), Hetty Green (1834), Gordon Mitchell (1923), Ahmad Jamal (1930), Althea Gibson (1927), and Dita Von Teese (1972). After him are Mitch Pileggi (1952), Stephen Stills (1945), Christina Ricci (1980), Rob Schneider (1963), Jim Abrahams (1944), and Winston Groom (1943).

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Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, Sam Giancana ranks 41. Before him are Stephen Paddock (1953), Rodney Alcala (1943), Robert Stroud (1890), Charles Whitman (1941), Richard Chase (1950), and Patricia Krenwinkel (1947). After him are Leon Czolgosz (1873), Joseph Valachi (1904), Patty Hearst (1954), Jerry Brudos (1939), Louis Farrakhan (1933), and Robert Ford (1862).

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