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Tony Accardo

1906 - 1992

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Anthony Joseph Accardo (; born Antonino Leonardo Accardo, Italian: [antoˈniːno leoˈnardo akˈkardo]; April 28, 1906 – May 22, 1992), also known as "Joe Batters" and "Big Tuna", was an American longtime mobster. In a criminal career that spanned eight decades, he rose from small-time hoodlum to the position of day-to-day boss of the Chicago Outfit in 1947, to ultimately becoming the power behind the throne in the Outfit by 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Accardo has received more than 2,948,284 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Tony Accardo is the 53rd most popular mafioso (down from 51st in 2019), the 5,135th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,555th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Mafioso.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Tony Accardo ranks 53 out of 70. Before him are Dutch Schultz, Sammy Gravano, Belle Starr, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Aafia Siddiqui, and Joseph Colombo. After him are Joe Profaci, Carlos Marcello, Jonathan Pollard, Assata Shakur, Sergei Magnitsky, and Kenneth Lay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Tony Accardo ranks 220. Before him are Francisco Cepeda, Laurens van der Post, Josef Čtyřoký, Bob King, Karl Sesta, and Betti Alver. After him are Luo Ruiqing, Tamara Khanum, Rudolf Krčil, Bart Bok, Eleanor Hibbert, and Olga Taussky-Todd. Among people deceased in 1992, Tony Accardo ranks 151. Before him are Andrew Marton, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Ron Woodroof, Ferdinand Adams, Walter Andreas Schwarz, and Irakli Abashidze. After him are Irmã Dulce, Mary Norton, Lisa Fonssagrives, Hal Roach, Joan Mitchell, and Jean Aerts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Accardo ranks 5,135 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Arizin (1928), Greta Gerwig (1983), Johnny Thunders (1952), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Ross Ulbricht (1984), and Elizabeth Strout (1956). After him are James Thurber (1894), Eileen Heckart (1919), Stephen Root (1951), Sid Haig (1939), Ann Blyth (1928), and John Norman (1931).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Tony Accardo ranks 21. Before him are Vincent Gigante (1928), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Dutch Schultz (1902), Sammy Gravano (1945), Belle Starr (1848), and Joseph Colombo (1923). After him are Jonathan Pollard (1954), Assata Shakur (1947), Kenneth Lay (1942), Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), and Troy Davis (1968).

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