1906-1992
1905-2002
Donnie Brasco was the alias of Joseph Pistone, an undercover FBI agent that infiltrated the Bonanno crime family.
1939-
James "Whitey" Bulger has been on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list since 1999, number two, behind Osama bin Laden.
1929-
A child from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone (a.k.a. 'Scarface') rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era.
1899-1947
Anthony Casso is a member of the Lucchese crime family who was the first major crime boss to be kicked out of the witness protection program.
1940-
Paul Castellano is best known for becoming the boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City.
1915-1985
Mickey Cohen became the West Coast racket boss in 1947, after his mentor and predecessor, Bugsy Siegel, was assassinated.
1913-1976
1942-1983
Jack "Legs" Diamond was a Prohibition-era mob leader, hit man and bootlegger who was based in New York.
1897-1931
John Dillinger was an infamous gangster and bank robber during the Great Depression, and was know as "Jackrabbit" and "Public Enemy No. 1."
1903-1934
New York gangster Joey Gallo was both a hero and villain; a very public criminal who hung out with pop stars and was immortalized in the Bob Dylan song, Joey.
1929-1972
Organized crime boss, Sam Giancana climbed to the top of Chicago's underworld and became a player on the national stage through shadowy ties to the Kennedys.
1908-1975
Vincent Gigante was an Italian-American mobster, known as "The Enigma in the Bathrobe," who led the Genovese crime family of New York City.
1928-2005
John Gotti was an organized crime leader who became head of the Gambino family.
1940-2002
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, a mobster turned government witness, is best known for testifying against his mafia associates in exchange for government protection.
1945-
Henry Hill was a member of the Lucchese crime family who became a federal informant, inspiring the Martin Scorsese movie Goodfellas.
1943-2012
1895-1954
1902-1983
1929-
By the 1960s, gangster and drug kingpin Frank Lucas had constructed an international drug ring that spanned from New York to South East Asia.
1930-
1899-1967
Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American mobster best known for engineering the structure of modern organized crime in the United States.
1897-1962
Carlos Marcello was best known as the mob boss of New Orleans, and for the FBI's investigation of his possible involvement in JFK's assassination.
1910-1993
Mob boss Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo controlled Philadelphia's organized crime for many years, even from prison.
1929-
1902-1935
Iconic mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel built the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas, igniting an era of glamour, gambling and gangsters in the desert.
1906-1947
Tony Spilotro is best known as a mob representative in Las Vegas from the 1970s to the '80s. He was brutally beaten and murdered by mob members in 1986.
1938-1986
1939-
Santo Trafficante is best known for running casinos in Cuba, prior to Castro's revolution.
1914-1987
1904-1971