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Tommaso Buscetta

1928 - 2000

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Tommaso Buscetta (Italian pronunciation: [tomˈmaːzo buʃˈʃetta]; 13 July 1928 – 2 April 2000) was a high ranking Italian mobster and a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He became one of the first of its members to turn informant and explain the inner workings of the organization. Buscetta participated in criminal activity in Italy, the United States and Brazil before being arrested and extradited from Brazil to Italy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommaso Buscetta has received more than 1,373,601 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Tommaso Buscetta is the 35th most popular extremist (down from 32nd in 2019), the 875th most popular biography from Italy (down from 790th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Extremist.

Tommaso Buscetta was most famous for being a Sicilian Mafioso who became a pentito, or informant, in 1984. Buscetta was originally a member of the Sicilian Mafia, but he eventually became a pentito after he was arrested in Brazil and extradited to Italy. He testified against many other Mafiosi, including Salvatore "Toto" Riina and Bernardo Provenzano.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Tommaso Buscetta ranks 35 out of 209. Before him are Luis Carrero Blanco, Mehmet Ali Ağca, Frederick Trump, Otto Ohlendorf, H. H. Holmes, and Andreas Baader. After him are Nathuram Godse, Peter Kürten, Vincenzo Peruggia, William Kemmler, Emperor Norton, and George Jung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Tommaso Buscetta ranks 42. Before him are Hans Küng, Geert Hofstede, Maya Angelou, Domenico Modugno, Carlos Fuentes, and Lina Wertmüller. After him are Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Hardy Krüger, Manfred Gerlach, Peyo, Li Peng, and Li Ka-shing. Among people deceased in 2000, Tommaso Buscetta ranks 22. Before him are Abulfaz Elchibey, Carl Barks, Gherman Titov, Giovanna of Italy, Pierre Trudeau, and Erich Mielke. After him are Louis Néel, Jason Robards, Empress Kōjun, Steve Reeves, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and Frederick Herzberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Tommaso Buscetta ranks 875 out of 4,668. Before him are Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), Luciano Berio (1925), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), and Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753). After him are Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Giovanni Gentile (1875), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), Prince Napoléon Bonaparte (1822), and Il Sodoma (1477).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Tommaso Buscetta ranks 3. Before him are Man in the Iron Mask (1640) and Charles Ponzi (1882). After him are Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Johnny Torrio (1882), Carlo Gambino (1902), Frank Nitti (1886), Joseph Bonanno (1905), Albert Anastasia (1902), and Matteo Messina Denaro (1962).

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