Famous Mob Bosses
Name↕ | Nickname↕ | Organization↕ | Country↕ | Peak Era↕ | Famous For↕ | Fate↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Capone | Scarface | Chicago Outfit | United States | 1925-1931 | Prohibition-era bootlegging, Saint Valentine's Day Massacre | Convicted of tax evasion 1931; died of syphilis complications 1947 |
John Gotti | The Teflon Don | Gambino crime family | United States | 1985-1992 | Whacking Paul Castellano outside Sparks Steakhouse; flamboyant public persona | Died in prison of throat cancer, 2002 |
Lucky Luciano | Lucky | Genovese crime family / Commission | United States / Italy | 1931-1946 | Organizing the modern American Mafia and establishing The Commission | Deported to Italy; died of heart attack in Naples airport, 1962 |
Meyer Lansky | The Mob's Accountant | National Crime Syndicate | United States | 1930s-1970s | Building Mafia gambling empire in Cuba and Las Vegas | Died of lung cancer in Miami Beach, 1983 |
Pablo Escobar | El Patron | Medellin Cartel | Colombia | 1976-1993 | Controlling 80% of the world cocaine trade; narco-terrorism in Colombia | Shot dead on a Medellin rooftop, 1993 |
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman | El Chapo | Sinaloa Cartel | Mexico | 2000-2016 | Running the world's largest drug trafficking organization; two prison escapes | Serving life at ADX Florence supermax in Colorado |
Salvatore 'Toto' Riina | The Beast | Sicilian Mafia (Corleonesi) | Italy | 1974-1993 | Orchestrating the assassinations of judges Falcone and Borsellino | Died in prison, 2017 |
Bernardo Provenzano | The Tractor | Sicilian Mafia | Italy | 1990s-2006 | Leading Cosa Nostra for decades while on the run using handwritten pizzini notes | Captured 2006; died in prison, 2016 |
Carlo Gambino | The Godfather | Gambino crime family | United States | 1957-1976 | Namesake of the Gambino family; partial inspiration for The Godfather | Died of natural causes, 1976 |
Frank Costello | The Prime Minister of the Underworld | Luciano crime family | United States | 1940s-1950s | Political influence and slot machine empire; survived an attempted hit | Died of a heart attack, 1973 |
Sam Giancana | Momo | Chicago Outfit | United States | 1957-1966 | Alleged ties to Kennedy, Sinatra and CIA plots against Castro | Shot dead in his Chicago home, 1975 |
Whitey Bulger | Whitey | Winter Hill Gang | United States | 1975-1995 | Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant; 16 years on the run | Beaten to death in West Virginia prison, 2018 |
Dawood Ibrahim | Dawood Bhai | D-Company | India | 1990s-present | Alleged mastermind of the 1993 Bombay bombings; Mumbai underworld don | Reportedly living in Karachi; on Interpol and US most-wanted lists |
Yoshio Kodama | The Monster | Yakuza power broker | Japan | 1950s-1970s | Uniting Yakuza factions; Lockheed bribery scandal | Died of a stroke, 1984 |
Paul Castellano | Big Paulie | Gambino crime family | United States | 1976-1985 | Leading Gambinos until his public hit outside Sparks Steakhouse | Shot dead on Gotti's orders, 1985 |
Griselda Blanco | The Cocaine Godmother | Medellin Cartel (Miami wing) | Colombia | 1970s-1980s | Pioneering Miami cocaine trade; allegedly ordered 200+ murders | Shot dead in Medellin, 2012 |
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