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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 2,745,213 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Accardo is the 51st most popular mafioso, the 5,567th most popular biography from United States and the 22nd most popular American Mafioso.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 48.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Tony Accardo ranks 51 out of 52Before him are Dutch Schultz, Teresa Claramunt Creus, Jonathan Pollard, Salomon Morel, Vincent Gigante, and Belle Starr. After him are Kenneth Lay, Sergei Magnitsky, Rakhat Aliyev, Assata Shakur, Abu Qatada, and Anna Sorokin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Tony Accardo ranks 230Before him are Charles Malik, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Wolfgang Staudte, Boris Papandopulo, Georges Ronsse, and Alexander Gelfond. After him are Milutin Ivković, Olga Taussky-Todd, Alf Andersen, Abdylas Maldybaev, Rudolf Krčil, and Zoltan Sarosy. Among people deceased in 1992, Tony Accardo ranks 158Before him are Michael Gothard, Amjad Khan, Vincent Gardenia, Nancy Walker, Lisa Fonssagrives, and Allan Bloom. After him are Claude Aveline, Rosemary Sutcliff, Kenneth MacMillan, Mary Norton, Andrew Marton, and Pumpuang Duangjan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Accardo ranks 5,567 out of 18,182Before him are Lewis Powell (1844), Barbara Morgan (1951), Lee Meriwether (1935), Ancel Keys (1904), Stan Kenton (1911), and Will Rogers (1879). After him are Ray Allen (1975), Daniel Webster (1782), Zane Grey (1872), Robert Towne (1934), Wendell Willkie (1892), and George Calnan (1900).

Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Tony Accardo ranks 22Before him are Robert Hanssen (1944), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Dutch Schultz (1902), Jonathan Pollard (1954), Vincent Gigante (1928), and Belle Starr (1848). After him are Kenneth Lay (1942), Assata Shakur (1947), Troy Davis (1968), and Amanda Knox (1987).