Mobsters

Meet the Mobsters

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  Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia
1902 - 1957
Mob boss Albert Anastasia started out as a hitman and became one of the most powerful crime bosses of the 20th century. He helped run Murder Inc.
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  Al Capone

Al Capone
1899 - 1947
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.
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  Anthony Casso

Anthony Casso
1940 -
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.
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  Joey Gallo
Joey Gallo
"Crazy" Joey Gallo was a hitman for  the Profaci crime family and friend of Nicky Barnes.
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  John Gotti

John Gotti
1940 - 2002
John Gotti was an organized crime leader who became head of the Gambino family.
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  Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano
1897 - 1962
Lucky Luciano was an Italian-born American mobster best known for engineering the structure of modern organized crime in the United States.
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  Mad Dog Sullivan
Mad Dog Sullivan
This mob hit man is the only prisoner to ever escape from Attica.
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  Sammy "The Bull" Gravano

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
1945 -
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, a mobster turned government witness, is best known for testifying against his mafia associates in exchange for government protection.
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  Thomas Pitera

Thomas Pitera
1954 -
Mobster Thomas Pitera was a hitman for the Gambino and Bonanno organized crime families. Notorious for his brutal crimes, he is nicknamed “The Butcher.”
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  Tony Accardo

Tony Accardo
1906 - 1992
Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo turned to a life of crime in his early teens, and quickly rose to infamy as a soldier in Al Capone's Chicago Crime Syndicate.
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  Whitey Bulger

Whitey Bulger
1929 -
James "Whitey" Bulger has been on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list since 1999, number two, behind Osama bin Laden.
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  Bugsy Siegel

Bugsy Siegel
1906 - 1947
Iconic mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel built the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas, igniting an era of glamour, gambling and gangsters in the desert.
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  Jimmy Hoffa

Jimmy Hoffa
1913 - 1975
Jimmy Hoffa was became a labor organizer in the 1930s, rising in the Teamsters Union during the next two decades until he reached the office of president.
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  Vincent Gigante

Vincent Gigante
1928 - 2005
Vincent Gigante was an Italian-American mobster, known as "The Enigma in the Bathrobe," who led the Genovese crime family of New York City.
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  Henry Hill

Henry Hill
1943 - 2012
Henry Hill was a member of the Lucchese crime family who became a federal informant, inspiring the Martin Scorsese movie Goodfellas.
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  Tommy Lucchese

Tommy Lucchese
1899 - 1967
Tommy Lucchese is best known as one of New York City's mob bosses during the 1950's and 1960's.

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  Danny Greene

Danny Greene
1933 - 1977
Known as "The Irishman," Daniel "Danny" Greene was one of most notorious crime figures in the Midwest. He even took on the entire Mafia in his quest for power.

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