This is an incomplete list of crime bosses. This list is arranged alphabetically by last name, and broken into categories by year that an individual is believed to have assumed leadership of a

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19th century

Shimizu Jirocho was a famous yakuza and entrepreneur. He is considered a folk hero in Japan. Born , he was adopted by his uncle Jirohachi Yamamoto who was a rice wholesaler. Due to the fall of his adoptive family he became a bakuto (gambler) and thereafter the ...

(1820-1893), natural causes * James Dolan (1848–1898), natural causes *

Johnny Dolan "Dandy" Johnny Dolan ( – April 21, 1876) was a New York City murderer and reputed leader of the Whyos street gang. Life A biography of Dolan published by ''The New York Times'' in 1876 contains many details about Dolan's criminal histo ...

(1849–1876), executed *

Monk Eastman Edward "Monk" Eastman (1875 – December 26, 1920) was a New York City gangster who founded and led the Eastman Gang in the late 19th and early 20th century; it became one of the most powerful street gangs in the city. His aliases included Jos ...

(1875–1920), assassinated * Paul Kelly (1876–1936), natural causes *

Vito Cascio Ferro Vito Cascio Ferro or Vito Cascioferro (; 22 January 1862 – 20 September 1943), also known as Don Vito, was a prominent member of the Sicilian Mafia. He also operated for several years in the United States. He is often depicted as the "boss of ...

(1862–1943) *

Giosue Gallucci Giosuè Gallucci (; December 10, 1864 – May 21, 1915), also known as Luccariello, was a crime boss of Italian Harlem in New York City affiliated with the Camorra. He dominated the area from 1910–1915 and was also known as the undisputed "King ...

(1864–1915), assassinated *

Huang Jinrong Huang Jinrong (; 10 May 1868 – 20 June 1953), nicknamed "Pockmarked" due to a bad case of smallpox, Lintner, Bertil. ''Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948''. Silkworm Books. 1999. p.309 was a Chinese detective who worked for the Fre ...

(1868–1953), natural causes *

John Morrissey John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He was born in 1831 in Ireland. His parents moved to New York State when he was a ...

(1831-1878), natural causes * Jefferson R. "Soapy" Smith (1860–1898), assassinated *

Al Swearengen Ellis Alfred Swearengen (July 8, 1845 – November 15, 1904) was an American pimp and entertainment entrepreneur who ran the Gem Theater, a notorious brothel, in Deadwood, South Dakota, for 22 years during the late 19th century. Personal life Sw ...

(1845–1904), natural causes

Early 20th century (1900–1919)

* James "Big Jim" Colosimo (1878–1920), assassinated * Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila (1878–1928), assassinated *

Sebastiano DiGaetano Sebastiano DiGaetano (; c. 1862 – disappeared March 1912) was an Italian-born New York City mafia boss of what would later become known as the Bonanno crime family. He briefly attained the title ''capo dei capi'' (English: "Boss of bosses") of ...

(1862–?), disappeared in 1912 * Vito Di Giorgio (1880–1922), assassinated *

Du Yuesheng Du Yuesheng (22 August 188816 August 1951), also known by Dou Yu-Seng or Tu Yueh-sheng or Du Yueh-sheng, nicknamed "Big-Eared Du",Lintner, Bertil. ''Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency Since 1948''. Silkworm Books. 1999. p.309 was a Chinese m ...

(1888–1951), natural causes * Ignazio "the Wolf" Lupo (1877–1947), natural causes * Owney "The Killer" Madden (1891–1965), natural causes *

Giuseppe Morello Giuseppe "the Clutch Hand" Morello (; May 2, 1867 – August 15, 1930), also known as "The Old Fox", was the first boss of the Morello crime family and later top adviser to Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria. He was known as ''Piddu'' ( Sicilian ...

, (1867–1930), assassinated *

Nicholas Morello Nicolò Terranova (1890 – September 7, 1916), also known as Nicholas "Nick" Morello, was one of the first Italian-American organized crime figures in New York City he succeeded Giuseppe Morello as boss of the then Morello Gang in 1909 and was suc ...

(1890–1916), assassinated *

Salvatore Sabella Salvatore Sabella (; July 7, 1891 – 1962) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Philadelphia crime family The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob or Philly Mafia, the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafi ...

(1891–1962), natural causes * Nicolo Schiro (1872–1957), natural causes *

Ciro Terranova Ciro Terranova (; July 20, 1888 − February 20, 1938) was an Italian-born New York City gangster and one time underboss of the Morello crime family. Early life Terranova was born in the town of Corleone, Sicily. In 1893, Ciro moved to New Yor ...

(1889–1938), natural causes *

Calogero Vizzini Calogero "Don Calò" Vizzini (; 24 July 1877 – 10 July 1954) was a Sicilian Mafia boss of Villalba in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. Vizzini was considered to be one of the most influential and legendary Mafia bosses of Sicily after ...

(1877–1954), natural causes *

Harukichi Yamaguchi was the founder of the Yamaguchi-gumi, which grew to become Japan's largest and most powerful yakuza , also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by re ...

(1881–1938), natural causes

Prohibition (1919–1933)

Joe Adonis Joseph Anthony Doto (born Giuseppe Antonio Doto, ; November 22, 1902 – November 26, 1971), known as Joe Adonis, was an Italian-American mobster who was an important participant in the formation of the modern Cosa Nostra crime families in New Y ...

(1902–1971), natural causes * Joe Aiello (1891–1930), assassinated *

Joseph Ardizzone Joseph "Joe Iron Man" Ardizzone (born Giuseppe Ernesto Ardizzone; ; November 19, 1884 – disappeared October 15, 1931, declared dead 1938) was an Italian-born early Los Angeles mobster, who became the first Boss of the Los Angeles crime family. ...

(1884–1932), assassinated * Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno (1905–2002), natural causes * Al "Scarface" Capone (1899–1947), natural causes * Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll (1908–1932), assassinated *

Moe Dalitz Morris Barney Dalitz (December 25, 1899 – August 31, 1989) was an American gangster, businessman, casino owner, and philanthropist. He was one of the major figures who shaped Las Vegas in the 20th century. He was often referred to as "Mr. Las V ...

(1899–1989), natural causes *

Rosario DeSimone Rosario DeSimone (; 11 December 1873 – 15 July 1946) was the head of an Italian crime family during the 1920s to 1940s that was the predecessor to the Los Angeles crime family of the American Mafia. Rosario was the father of the future Califo ...

(1873–1946), natural causes * Jack "Legs" Diamond (1897–1931), assassinated *

Jack Dragna Jack Ignatius Dragna (born Ignazio Dragna, ; April 18, 1891 – February 23, 1956) was an American Mafia member and Black Hander who was active in both Italy and the United States in the 20th century. He was active in bootlegging in Californ ...

(1891–1956), natural causes * Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci (1898–1927), assassinated *

Tommy Gagliano Thomas Gagliano (born Tommaso Gagliano; ; May 29, 1883 − February 16, 1951) was an Italian-American mobster and boss of what U.S. federal authorities would later designate as the Lucchese crime family, one of the " Five Families" of New York ...

(1884–1951), natural causes *

Waxey Gordon Waxey Gordon (born Irving Wexler; January 19, 1888 – June 24, 1952) was an American gangster who specialized in bootlegging and illegal gambling. An associate of Arnold Rothstein during prohibition, he was caught up in a power struggle follo ...

(1886–1952), natural causes in prison *

Enoch L. Johnson Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson (January 20, 1883December 9, 1968) was an Atlantic City, New Jersey, political boss, a sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey, a businessman and a crime boss who was the leader of the political machine that controlle ...

(1883–1968), natural causes *

Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the ...

(1902–1983), natural causes * John Lazia (1896–1934), assassinated * Louis Lepke (1897–1944), executed * Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo (1892–1928), assassinated *

Charles "Lucky" Luciano Charles "Lucky" Luciano (, ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. Luciano started his criminal career in the Five Points gang and was instrument ...

(1897–1962), natural causes * Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino (1891–1974), natural causes *

Vincent Mangano Vincent Mangano (born Vincenzo Giovanni Mangano; ; March 28, 1888 – disappeared April 19, 1951, declared dead October 30, 1961) was an Italian-born mobster also known as "Vincent The Executioner" as named in a Brooklyn newspaper, and the head of ...

(1888–1951), assassinated *

Salvatore Maranzano Salvatore Maranzano (; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931) was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. ...

(1886–1931), assassinated * Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria (1887–1931), assassinated *

Gaspare Messina Gaspare Messina (; August 7, 1879 – June 15, 1957) founded the New England Mafia that would later be known as the Patriarca crime family. He immigrated to Brooklyn from Sicily with his wife in 1905. Messina and his family arrived in Boston by ...

(1879–1957), natural causes * George "Bugs" Moran (1891–1957), natural causes *

Alfred Mineo Manfredi "Al" or "Alfred" Mineo (; 1880 – November 5, 1930) was a Brooklyn-based New York mobster, who headed a strong American Mafia crime family during the Castellammarese War. Mineo's organization would eventually become the present-day Gambi ...

(1880–1930), assassinated *

Johnny Jack Nounes Johnny Jack Nounes, also known as the "Beau Brummell of Galveston", was a mob boss in Galveston, Texas, United States, during the 1920s and 1930s. He, with one-armed George Musey, led the Downtown Gang, one of the two gangs which controlled most o ...

(1890-1970) *

Dean O'Banion Charles Dean O'Banion (July 8, 1892 – November 10, 1924) was an American mobster who was the main rival of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone during the brutal Chicago bootlegging wars of the 1920s. The newspapers of his day made him better known ...

(1892–1924), assassinated * Raymond L.S. Patriarca (1908–1984), natural causes *

Joseph Pinzolo Past member(s) Joseph Abate Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey.Raab, p.1-3 In June 1976, Aba ...

(1887–1930), assassinated *

Joe Profaci Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci (; October 2, 1897 – June 6, 1962) was an Italian-born New York City Cosa Nostra boss who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family. Established in 1928, this was the last of the Five Families to be organi ...

(1897–1962), natural causes *

Ollie Quinn Ollie Johnson Quinn (26 May 1893 – 23 August 1949) was a mob boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States, who was involved in bootlegging, illegal gambling, numbers racket, prostitution and other criminal activities from the 1910s up until ...

* Gaetano Reina (1889–1930), assassinated * George Remus (1874–1952), natural causes * Paul "The Waiter" Ricca (1897–1972), natural causes *

Arnold Rothstein Arnold Rothstein (January 17, 1882 – November 4, 1928), nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, crime boss, businessman, and gambler in New York City. Rothstein was widely reputed to have organized corruption in professional athleti ...

(1882–1928), assassinated * Joseph "Polack Joe" Saltis (1894–1947), natural causes *

Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz (born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer; August 6, 1901October 24, 1935) was an American mobster. Based in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s, he made his fortune in organized crime-related activities, including bootlegging and the nu ...

(1902–1935), assassinated * Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906–1947), assassinated * Stephanie "Queenie" St. Clair (1886–1969), natural causes *

Johnny Torrio John Donato Torrio (born Donato Torrio, ; January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957) was an Italian born-American mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s later inherited by his protégé Al Capone. Torrio proposed a National Crime Sy ...

(1882–1957), natural causes *

Dutch Voight Oscar Ernest "Dutch" Voigt was an American mob boss in Galveston, Texas in the United States, who was involved in bootlegging, illegal gambling, numbers racket, prostitution and other criminal activities during the early 1900s. Voight was called ...

(1888–1986), natural causes * Earl "Hymie" Weiss (1898–1926), assassinated *

Frankie Yale Francesco Ioele (; January 22, 1893 – July 1, 1928), known as Frankie Yale or Frankie Uale, was an Italian-American gangster based in Brooklyn and second employer of Al Capone. Early life Yale was born in Longobucco, Italy, on January 22, ...

(1893–1928), assassinated *

Frankie LaPorte Frank "Frankie" LaPorte (October 7, 1901 – October 30, 1972) was an Italian–American racketeer in the Chicago Outfit. He was the Chicago Heights boss during the early 20th century. His closest associates in bootlegging included Ross Prio ...

* Noboru Yamaguchi (1902–1942), natural causes * Abner "Longy" Zwillman (1899–1959), suicide

Great Depression and World War II (1933–1945)

* Joseph "Joe the Barber" Barbara (1905–1959), natural causes *

Charles Binaggio Charles Binaggio (January 12, 1909 - April 6, 1950) was an American gangster who became the boss of the Kansas City crime family and concocted a bold plan to control the police forces in Kansas City, Missouri and St. Louis, Missouri. Early life ...

(1909–1950), assassinated * Alex "Shondor" Birns (1907–1975), assassinated * Charles "Charlie the Wop" Carrollo (1902–1979), natural causes *

Frank Costello Frank Costello (; born Francesco Castiglia; ; January 26, 1891 – February 18, 1973) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Luciano crime family. In 1957, Costello survived an assassination attempt ordered by Vito Genovese and carried out by ...

(1891–1973), natural causes *

Antonio Cottone Antonio Cottone (; 1904/1905 – August 22, 1956) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia in his hometown Villabate in the province of Palermo, Sicily. He was known as (Our Heavenly Father) due to his alleged generosity. The Cottone clan was a hi ...

(1904–1956), assassinated * Salvatore Giuliano (1922–1950), killed by law enforcement. * Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson (1905–1968), natural causes *

Yoshio Kodama was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous '' kuromaku'', or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and crimi ...

(1911–1984), natural causes * Sam "The Velvet Glove" Maceo (1894-1951), natural causes * Rosario "Papa Rose" Maceo (1887-1954), natural causes *

Willie Moretti Guarino "Willie" Moretti (February 24, 1894 – October 4, 1951), also known as Willie Moore, was a notorious underboss of the Genovese crime family and a cousin of the family boss Frank Costello. Criminal career Born Guarino Moretti in Bari ...

(1894–1951), assassinated * Alfred "Big Al" Polizzi (1900–1975), natural causes * Ross Prio (1901–1972), natural causes *

Giuseppe Genco Russo Giuseppe Genco Russo (26 January 1893 – 18 March 1976) was an Italian mafioso, the boss of Mussomeli in the Province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. Genco Russo, also known as "Zi Peppi Jencu", was an uncouth, sly, semi-literate thug with excell ...

(1893–1976), natural causes *

Ryōichi Sasakawa was a Japanese suspected war criminal, businessman, far-right politician, and philanthropist. He was born in Minoh, Osaka. In the 1930s and during the Second World War he was active both in finance and in politics, actively supporting the Japane ...

(1899–1995), natural causes *

John T. Scalish John T. Scalish (September 18, 1912 – May 26, 1976), also known as "John Scalise", was an Ohio mobster who became the boss of the Cleveland crime family. His death resulted in the ascension of James T. Licavoli to the head of the Cleveland Mob a ...

(1912–1976), natural causes * John Sciandra (1899–1940), natural causes * Santo Trafficante Sr. (1886–1954), natural causes

Post-World War II (1945–1970)

* Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo (1906–1992), natural causes * Felix "Milwaukee Phil" Alderisio (1912–1971), natural causes in prison * Gus Alex (1916–1998), natural causes in prison *

Albert Anastasia Umberto "Albert" Anastasia (, ; ; September 26, 1902 – October 25, 1957) was an Italian-American mobster, hitman, and crime boss. One of the founders of the modern American Mafia, and a co-founder and later boss of the Murder, Inc. organizat ...

(1902–1957), assassinated *

Gaetano Badalamenti Gaetano Badalamenti (; 14 September 1923 – 29 April 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. ''Don Tano'' Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s. In 19 ...

(1923–2004), natural causes in prison * "King" David Barksdale (1947–1974), natural causes * Francesco Paolo Bontade (1914–1974), natural causes *

Angelo Bruno Angelo Bruno (born Angelo Annaloro; ; (May 21, 1910 – March 21, 1980) was a Sicilian Americans, Sicilian-American mobster, notable for being boss of the Philadelphia crime family for two decades until his assassination. Bruno was known as "the ...

(1910–1980), assassinated *

Russell Bufalino Russell Alfred Bufalino (; born Rosario Alfredo Bufalino, ; September 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) was an Italian-American mobster who became the crime boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Italian-American Mafia crime family known as the ...

(1903–1994), natural causes *

Giuseppe Calderone Giuseppe “Pippo” Calderone (Catania, November 1, 1925 – Catania, September 8, 1978) was an influential Sicilian mafioso from Catania, eventually becoming the capo of the Catania Mafia family. He became the ‘secretary’ of the Interprov ...

(1925–1978), assassinated *

Giuseppe Calò Giuseppe "Pippo" Calò (born 30 September 1931) is an Italian mobster and member of the Sicilian Mafia in Porta Nuova. He was referred to as the "''cassiere di Cosa Nostra''" (Mafia's Cashier) because he was heavily involved in the financial si ...

(born 1931), serving life sentence in prison * Michele "The Cobra" Cavataio (1929–1969), assassinated *

Đại Cathay Đại Cathay, whose real name was Lê Văn Đại was a 1960s Saigon mobster, and was considered as the top or "number one" of the "Four Great Kings" of Saigon's criminal underworld before 1975. The Four Great Kings of the Saigon criminal underwor ...

(1940-1967), cause of death disputed * Jackie "The Lackey" Cerone (1914–1996), natural causes * Chen "King Duck" Chi-li (1943–2007), natural causes *

Carl Civella Carl "Cork" Civella (January 28, 1910 – October 2, 1994) was the leader of the Kansas City crime family following the death of his brother, long-time crime boss Nicholas Civella, after heading day-to-day operations during the mid-1970s. C ...

(1910–1994), natural causes in prison *

Nicholas Civella Nicholas Civella (born Giuseppe Nicoli Civella; March 19, 1912 – March 12, 1983) was an American mobster who became a prominent leader of the Kansas City crime family. Early life Civella was born to Italian immigrants in Kansas City. He was the ...

(1912–1983), natural causes * Joseph Civello (1902–1970), natural causes *

Mickey Cohen Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1913 – July 29, 1976) was an American gangster, boxer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles during the mid-20th century. Early life Mickey Cohen was born on September 4, 1913, in New York City to Je ...

(1913–1976), natural causes *

Joe Colombo Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member ...

(1914–1978), natural causes *

Vincenzo Cotroni Vincenzo "Vic" Cotroni (; born Vincenzo Cotrone; ; 1911 – 16 September 1984), also known as "The Egg", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Cotroni crime family in Montreal, Quebec. Cotroni was born in 1911, in Mammola, Calabria, Italy. I ...

(1911–1984), natural causes * Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante (1912–1997), natural causes *

Frank DeSimone Frank A. DeSimone (July 17, 1909 – August 4, 1967) was an American attorney and the boss of the Los Angeles crime family from 1956 to 1967. DeSimone was the son of former don Rosario DeSimone. He was sometime referred to as "One Eye" because ...

(1909–1967), natural causes *

Calcedonio Di Pisa Calcedonio Di Pisa (; 11 October 1931 – 26 December 1962), also known as Doruccio, was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of the Mafia family in the Noce neighbourhood in Palermo and sat on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission, the ...

(1931–1962), assassinated *

Gaspar DiGregorio Gaspar or Gaspare DiGregorio (October 4, 1905 – June 11, 1970) was a New York mobster and a high-ranking member of the Bonanno crime family who was a key figure in the "Banana War". In October 1964, during Joseph Bonanno's two-year absence, Bona ...

(1905–1970), natural causes * Thomas "Tommy Ryan" Eboli (1911–1972), assassinated *

Gaetano Fidanzati Gaetano Fidanzati (; 6 September 1935 – 5 October 2013) was a Sicilian Mafia boss of the Resuttana '' mandamento'' in Palermo and heavily involved in drug trafficking. He was among the first Mafia bosses to establish a presence in Northern Italy ...

(1935–2013), natural causes in prison *

Jeff Fort Jeff Fort (born February 20, 1947),

(born 1947), serving life sentence in prison * Marcel Francisci (1920–1982), assassinated * "Crazy" Joe Gallo (1929–1972), assassinated *

Carlo Gambino Carlo Gambino (; August 24, 1902 – October 15, 1976) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Gambino crime family. After the Apalachin Meeting in 1957, and the imprisonment of Vito Genovese in 1959, Gambino took over the Commission o ...

(1902–1976), natural causes * Sam "Momo" Giancana (1908–1975), assassinated *

Vito Genovese Vito Genovese (; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster who mainly operated in the United States. Genovese rose to power during Prohibition as an enforcer in the American Mafia. A long-time associate and ch ...

(1897–1969), natural causes in prison * Antonio "Nenè" Geraci (1917–2007), natural causes * Anthony "Fat Tony" Gizzo (1902–1953), natural causes * Michele "The Pope" Greco (1924–2008), natural causes in prison * Salvatore "The Engineer" Greco (born 1924), international fugitive since 1963. * Salvatore "Little Bird" Greco (1923–1978), natural causes *

Danny Greene Daniel John Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an Irish-American organized crime figure based in Cleveland, Ohio. Greene gained power first in the local chapter of the International Longshoremen's Association, where h ...

(1933–1977), assassinated *

Kakuji Inagawa Kakuji Inagawa (稲川角二 ''Inagawa Kakuji''), also known as Seijō Inagawa (稲川聖城 ''Inagawa Seijō''; November 1914 – December 22, 2007) was a Japanese yakuza boss best known for founding the Inagawa-kai, Japan's third-largest yakuz ...

(1914–2007), natural causes *

Dündar Kılıç Dündar Kılıç (real name Dündar Alikılıç) (1935 – 10 August 1999) was an infamous boss in the Turkish underworld. He earned himself the nickname of being the ' godfather of godfathers'. Early life and rise in underworld Dündar Kıl ...

(1935–1999), natural causes * Ronnie and Reggie Kray (1933-1995 and 2000), natural causes *

Angelo La Barbera Angelo La Barbera (; July 3, 1924 – October 28, 1975) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. Together with his brother Salvatore La Barbera he ruled the Mafia family of Palermo Centro. Salvatore La Barbera sat on the first Sicilian Mafia C ...

(1924–1975), assassinated *

Salvatore La Barbera Salvatore La Barbera (; April 20, 1922 – January 17, 1963) was a Sicilian mafioso. Together with his brother Angelo La Barbera he ruled the Mafia family of Palermo Centro. Salvatore La Barbera sat on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission that ...

(1922–1963), assassinated *

Luciano Leggio Luciano Leggio (; 6 January 1925 – 15 November 1993) was an Italian criminal and leading figure of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the head of the Corleonesi, the Mafia faction that originated in the town of Corleone. He is universally known with th ...

(1925–1993), natural causes in prison * Nick Licata (1897–1974), natural causes * Philip "Cockeyed Phil" Lombardo (1908–1987), natural causes *

Frank Lucas Frank Lucas (September 9, 1930 – May 30, 2019) was an American drug trafficker who operated in Harlem, New York City, during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was known for cutting out middlemen in the drug trade and buying heroin directly ...

, retired from crime since 1991. *

Tommy Lucchese Thomas Gaetano Lucchese (born Gaetano Lucchese; ; December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967), sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" was an Italian-American gangster and founding member ...

(1899–1967), natural causes *

Hisayuki Machii , nicknamed the , was the founder of one of Japan's most notorious yakuza gangs, the Tosei-Kai. Life Early years According to his widow Yasuyo, Machii was born Jeong Geon-Yeong (정건영/) as the first-generation Korean born in Minami-Sakuma Ch ...

(1923–2002), natural causes *

Joseph Magliocco Joseph Magliocco (born Giuseppe Magliocco; ; June 29, 1898 – December 28, 1963), also known as "Joe Malayak" and "Joe Evil Eye", was an Italian-born New York mobster and the boss of the Profaci crime family (later to become the Colombo cri ...

(1898–1963), natural causes *

Stefano Magaddino Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino (; October 10, 1891 – July 19, 1974) was an Italian-born crime boss of the Buffalo crime family in western New York. His underworld influence stretched from Ohio to Southern Ontario and as far east as Montreal ...

(1891–1974), natural causes *

Cesare Manzella Cesare Manzella (; December 18, 1897 – April 26, 1963) was a traditional Mafia capo, who sat on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission. He was the head of the Mafia family in Cinisi, a small seaside town near the Punta Raisi Airport. As the airport ...

(1897–1963), assassinated *

Carlos Marcello Carlos Joseph Marcello (; born Calogero Minacore ; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 until the late 1980s. Aside from his role in the American Mafia, he is also n ...

(1910–1993), natural causes * Eddie McGrath (born 1906, date of death unknown), cause of death unknown *

James "Buddy" McLean James Joseph McLean (January 26, 1930 – October 31, 1965) was an American mobster boss, who was the original boss of the Somerville, Massachusetts-based Winter Hill Gang during the 1960s. McLean was well known throughout the Greater Boston ar ...

(1929–1965), assassinated * Joe "Pegleg" Morgan (1929–1993), natural causes in prison *

Michele Navarra Michele Navarra (; 5 January 1905 – 2 August 1958) was an Italian member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was a qualified physician and headed the Mafia family from the town of Corleone in Sicily. He was known as u patri nostru'' (our father) ...

(1905–1958), assassinated * John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (1905–1976), assassinated *

Khun Sa Chinese: Chang Chi-fu () , other_name = th, จันทร์ จางตระกูล (Chan Changtrakul); Tun Sa; U Htet Aung , image = Khun Sa (9to12).jpg , alt = , caption = Khun Sa at his jungle headquarters ...

(1933–2007), natural causes *

Antonio Salamone Antonio Salamone (December 12, 1918 in San Giuseppe Jato – May 31, 1998 in São Paulo) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia and a member of the first Sicilian Mafia Commission. His nickname was “il furbo” – the shrewd one. Mafia herita ...

(1918–1998), natural causes *

Paul Sciacca Paul Sciacca (June 15, 1909 – August 27, 1986) was a New York City mobster who succeeded Joseph Bonanno as boss of the Bonanno crime family in 1968. He was succeeded by Natale Evola in 1971. Bonanno family war In 1964, a rivalry in the Bo ...

(died 1970), natural causes *

Mickey Spillane Frank Morrison Spillane (; March 9, 1918July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer (character), Mike Hammer. More than 225 million c ...

(1934–1977), assassinated *

Tokutaro Takayama was a yakuza, the president of the Fourth Aizukotetsu-kai. An ethnic Korean, he rose to power as the head of the Kyoto-based gang until his retirement in the 1990s. When he was a young man, his parents returned to Korea, leaving him to earn a l ...

(1928–2003), natural causes *

Masaru Takumi Masaru Takumi (宅見勝 ''Takumi Masaru''; June 22, 1936 – August 28, 1997) was a powerful Japanese organized crime figure assassinated in 1997. Until his death, he was the second-in-command (''wakagashira'') and financial overseer of Japan's ...

(1936–1997), assassinated *

Kazuo Taoka was one of the most prominent yakuza godfathers.History and Cultur ...

(1913–1981), natural causes *

Santo Trafficante, Jr. Santo Trafficante Jr. (November 15, 1914 – March 17, 1987) was among the most powerful Mafia bosses in the United States. He headed the Trafficante crime family and controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had p ...

(1914–1987), natural causes * Carmine "Mr. Gribbs" Tramunti (1910–1978), natural causes in prison * Aslan "Grandpa Hassan" Usoyan (1937–2013), assassinated *

Howie Winter Howard Thomas Winter (March 17, 1929 – November 12, 2020) was an American mobster. He was a leader of the Winter Hill Gang. Early life Winter was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 17, 1929. He was of German and Irish descent. Winter die ...

(1929–2020), retired as boss in 1978. * Kenichi Yamamoto (1925–1982), natural causes

Late 20th century (1970–2000)

Pablo Acosta Villarreal Pablo Acosta Villarreal, commonly referred to as El Zorro de Ojinaga ("The Ojinaga Fox") was a Mexicans, Mexican illegal drug trade, narcotics smuggler who controlled crime along a 200-mile stretch of U.S.-Mexico border. At the height of his pow ...

(1937–1987), killed by law enforcement *

Mariano Agate Mariano Agate (19 May 1939 in Mazara del Vallo – 3 April 2013 in Mazara del Vallo) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of Mazara del Vallo Mafia family since the 1970s when he replaced the old boss Mariano Licari. He also was ...

(born 1939–2013), natural causes * Pietro "The Little Gentleman" Aglieri (born 1959), serving life sentence in prison *

Evsei Agron Evsei Borisovich Agron ( rus, Евсей Борисович Агрон, r=Yevsei Borisovich Agron; 25 January 1932 – 4 May 1985) was boss of New York City's Russian mafia during the 1970s and 1980s. Known for his cruelty, he was called the "God ...

(died 1985), assassinated * Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (1950–1993), assassinated * Joseph "Joey Doves" Aiuppa (1907–1997), natural causes *

Yaakov Alperon Yaakov Alperon ( he, יעקב אלפרון; February 18, 1955 – November 17, 2008) was an Israelis, Israeli mobster, head of the Alperon Crime family, criminal family, which became one of the largest organized crime syndicates in Israel, until h ...

(1955–2008), assassinated * Victor "Little Vic" Amuso (born 1934), serving life sentence in prison *

Braulio Arellano Domínguez Braulio Arellano Domínguez (died 4 November 2009) was a Mexican drug trafficker who was one of the founders the Mexican criminal organization known as Los Zetas with other military men in the late 1990s. He joined the Mexican Army in 1993, but ...

(d. 2009), killed by law enforcement *

Francisco Javier Arellano Félix Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (born 11 December 1969) is a former Mexican drug lord who alongside his brothers founded and led the Tijuana Cartel (a.k.a. the Arellano-Félix Organization) until his capture by the United States Coast Guard ...

(born 1969), serving twenty-three-year prison sentence *

Leoluca Bagarella Leoluca Bagarella (; born 3 February 1942) is an Italian criminal and member of the Sicilian Mafia. He is from the town of Corleone. Following Salvatore Riina's arrest in early 1993, Bagarella became the head of the stragist strategy faction, ...

(born 1942), serving life sentence in prison *

Marat Balagula Marat Yakovlevich Balagula (russian: Мара́т Я́ковлевич Балагула; 8 September 1943 – 19 December 2019) was a Jewish-American organized crime figure, crime boss, and close associate of the Lucchese crime family and Colom ...

(born 1943), at large * Leroy "Nicky" Barnes (1933–2012), disease *

Jose Miguel Battle, Sr. Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galile ...

(1930–2007), natural causes in prison * Donovan "Bulbie" Bennett (1964–2005), killed by law enforcement *

Vivian Blake Vivian Blake (11 May 1956 – 21 March 2010) was a Jamaican drug kingpin who founded and operated the American operations of the Jamaican Shower Posse. Background Blake was born to a poor family in West Kingston, but was granted a scholars ...

(1956–2010), natural causes *

Griselda Blanco Griselda Blanco Restrepo (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012), known as ''the Black Widow'', was a Colombian drug lord of the Medellín Cartel, and in the Miami-based cocaine drug trade and underworld, during the 1970s through the earl ...

(1943–2012), assassinated *

Stefano Bontade Stefano Bontade (23 April 1939 – 23 April 1981) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. His actual surname was Bontate. He was the boss of the Santa Maria di Gesù Family in Palermo. He was also known as the ''Principe di Villagrazia'' (Prin ...

(1939–1981), assassinated *

Dominic Brooklier Dominic Phillip Brooklier (born Domenico Brucceleri; November 19, 1914 — July 18, 1984) was an American mobster and boss of the Los Angeles crime family of the Mafia during the mid-1970s who mainly worked in pornography, extortion, and gambli ...

(1914–1984), natural causes in prison * Klaus Bruinsma (1953–1991), assassinated *

(1910–1980), assassinated * Giovanni "The Pig" Brusca (born 1957), serving life sentence in prison *

James "Whitey" Bulger James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. (; September 3, 1929 – October 30, 2018) was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang in the Winter Hill neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, a city directly northwest of Bos ...

(1929–2018), murdered in prison * Martin "The General" Cahill (1949–1994), assassinated *

Năm Cam Trương Văn Cam, known by the sobriquet Năm Cam (April 22, 1947 – June 3, 2004) was a notorious Vietnamese mobster who is often called the "Godfather" of Vietnam. Known for building and running a criminal enterprise revolving around ga ...

(1947–2004), executed * William "Willie the Rat" Cammisano (1914–1995), natural causes *

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born 18 May 1967) is a Mexican drug lord and the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, he entered the cartel by killing Juan García Abrego's friend and comp ...

(born 1967), serving twenty-five-year sentence * Samuel "Sam Wings" Carlisi (1914–1997), natural causes in prison *

Amado Carrillo Fuentes Amado Carrillo Fuentes (; December 17, 1956 – July 7, 1997) was a Mexican drug lord who seized control of the Juárez Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Aguilar Guajardo. Amado Carrillo became known as "''El Señor de Los Cielos''" ...

(1956–1997), natural causes *

Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (born 16 October 1962), commonly referred to by his alias El Viceroy, is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Juárez Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. The cartel is based in Chihuahua, one of ...

(born 1962), imprisoned *

Alfonso Caruana Alfonso Caruana (; born January 1, 1946) is an Italian-Canadian crime boss and member of the Sicilian Mafia and was the head of the Sicilian Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan's branch in Canada. In 1997, he was sentenced ''in absentia'' in Italy, on ...

(born 1946), serving twenty-two-year prison sentence * Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso (born 1942), serving life sentence in prison *

Paul Castellano Constantino Paul Castellano (; June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985), was an American crime boss who succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family. Castellano was killed in an unsanctioned hit on December 16, 1985. Early life Cast ...

(1915–1985), assassinated * Peter Chong (born 1943), at large *

Renato Cinquegranella Renato Cinquegranella (; born 15 May 1949) is an Italians, Italian criminal and a member of the Camorra. Cinquegranella is on the "List of most wanted fugitives in Italy" of the ministry of the Interior. Biography Renato Cinquegranella was born ...

(born 1949), international fugitive since 2018 * Anthony "Tony Ripe" Civella (1930–1976), natural causes * Christopher "Dudus" Coke (born 1969), serving twenty-three-year prison sentence *

Jimmy Coonan James Michael Coonan (born December 21, 1946), nicknamed "Jimmy C", is an Irish-American mobster and racketeer from Manhattan, New York who, from approximately 1977 to 1988, served as the boss of the Westies gang, an Irish mob group based in He ...

(born 1946), serving seventy-five-year prison sentence * Anthony "Tony Ducks" Corallo (1913–2000), natural causes in prison *

John D'Amato John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato (died January 1992) was a New Jersey mobster and former acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family. After being recruited by Gambino crime family boss John Gotti to take over the family, he was suspected of engaging ...

(died 1992), assassinated * William "Big Billy" D'Elia (born 1946), retired * Boris Dekanidze (died 1995), executed. * Giuseppe "The Tiger" Di Cristina (1923–1978), assassinated * Thomas DiBella (1905-1988), natural causes * John "No Nose" DiFronzo (1928–2018), natural causes *

Paolo Di Lauro Paolo Di Lauro (; born August 26, 1953) is an Italian crime boss, leader of the Di Lauro Clan, a Camorra crime organization. He is also known as () among other aliases. In 2002 he was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy and wa ...

(born 1953), imprisoned * Dương Văn Khánh (1956-1998), executed *

Rayful Edmond Rayful Edmond III (born November 26, 1964) is an American former drug trafficker in Washington, D.C. in the 1980s. Edmond is largely responsible for having introduced crack cocaine into the Washington, D.C. area during the crack epidemic, result ...

(born 1964), currently enrolled in the Witness Protection Program *

Pablo Escobar Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (; ; 1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar is the wealthiest criminal in h ...

(1949–1993), killed by law enforcement. * Natale "Joe Diamond" Evola (1907–1973), natural causes * Giuseppe Falsone (born 1970), serving life sentence in prison *

Giuseppe Farinella Giuseppe Farinella (24 December 1925 – 5 September 2017) was a Sicilian mafioso, boss of the San Mauro Castelverde family and a one-time member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission. San Mauro Castelverde, a village on 1,000 meters above sea leve ...

(1925–2017), natural causes in prison *

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8, 1946), commonly referred to by his aliases ''El Jefe de Jefes'' ("The Boss of Bosses") and ''El Padrino'' ("The Godfather"), is a convicted Mexican drug lord Kingpin. He was one of the founders of th ...

(born 1946), serving life sentence in prison * Joseph Ferriola (1927–1989), natural causes *

Guy Fisher Guy Thomas Fisher (born July 21, 1947) is an American convicted racketeer who was once part of " The Council", an African-American crime organization that controlled the heroin trade in Harlem from 1972 to 1983. He became the first black man to ...

(born 1947), serving life sentence in prison * Aladino "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno (1913–1993), natural causes * Carmine "The Cigar" Galante (1910–1979), assassinated * Juan García Ábrego (born 1944), serving life sentence in prison *

Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino (Palermo, May 21, 1941 – Milan, November 30, 1996), also known as ''u tignusu'' (the bald one), was a member of the Mafia and head of the San Lorenzo mandamento. Giuseppe Giacomo Gambino was considered the deputy of To ...

(1941–1996), suicide *

Raffaele Ganci Raffaele Ganci (4 January 1932 – 3 June 2022) was a member of the Mafia in Sicily from the Noce neighbourhood in Palermo. He was considered to be the right-hand man of Cosa Nostra boss Totò Riina and sat on the Sicilian Mafia Commission.

(born 1932), serving life sentence in prison *

Mario Gigante Mario "the shadow" Gigante (November 4, 1923 – March 10, 2022) was an American mobster in New York City who served as caporegime for the Genovese crime family. He was the elder brother of late family boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante. Biography ...

(born 1923), at large * Vincent "The Chin" Gigante (1928–2005), natural causes in prison * "Factory" John Gilligan (born 1952), on trial *

Tadamasa Goto ''The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition'' : "Tadamasa Goto" (p.137–138), February 1, 2005, Mediax, is a retired yakuza. The US Treasury department put him on a watch-list in December 2015 and he is still engaged in criminal ...

(born 1943), retired * John Gotti (1940–2002), natural causes in prison *

Giuseppe Graviano Giuseppe Graviano (; September 30, 1963) is an Italian Sicilian Mafia, mafioso from the Brancaccio quarter in Palermo. He also was one the men of the death squad that murdered Salvatore Contorno's relatives. He is currently serving several life se ...

(born 1963), serving life sentence in prison *

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (; born 4 April 1957), commonly known as "El Chapo" (), is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader within the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate. He is considered to have been one of th ...

(born 1957), serving life sentence in prison * Dung Hà (1965-2000), assassinated *

Larry Hoover Larry Hoover (born November 30, 1950)"Larry Hoover"
''Biography.com''. Retrieved 18 April 2019. ...

(born 1950), serving life sentence in prison *

Dawood Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim (; born 26 December 1955) is an Indian mafia gangster, drug kingpin, and wanted terrorist from Dongri, Mumbai. He reportedly heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s. Ibrahim ...

(born 1955), international fugitive since 1993 * Georgi Iliev (1966–2005), assassinated *

Vasil Iliev Vasil Iliev ( bg, Васил Илиев; January 22, 1965 – April 25, 1995) was a Bulgarian mobster, businessman and wrestler. Background Vasil Iliev was born in 1965 in Kyustendil, Bulgaria. He was a very successful wrestler, becoming a nati ...

(1964–1995), assassinated *

Salvatore Inzerillo Salvatore Inzerillo (; 20 August 1944 – 11 May 1981) was an Italian member of the Sicilian Mafia, also known as Totuccio (a diminutive for Salvatore). He rose to be a powerful boss of Palermo's Passo di Rigano family. A prolific heroin traffick ...

(1944–1981), assassinated *

Tadashi Irie ''The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition'' : "Tadashi Irie (Takumi-gumi)", December 2008, Mediax, is a yakuza, the head (''kumicho'') of the Osaka-based 2nd Takumi-gumi

(born 1944), at large * Vyacheslav "Yaponchik" Ivankov (1940–2009), assassinated *

Pappu Kalani Pappu Kalani (born c. 1951) is an Indian criminal-politician from Ulhasnagar. After emerging as the leader of an organized crime syndicate in the 1980s,Quote: Suresh "Pappu" Kalani: a man who is seen as the personification of this lawlessness i ...

(born 1951), serving life sentence in prison * Zakhariy Kalashov (born 1953), at large *

Vladimir Kumarin Vladimir Kumarin, aka Vladimir Barsukov, aka "Kum" is a Russian businessman, former deputy president of the Petersburg Fuel Company (PTK) between 1998 and 1999, and the boss of the criminal Tambovskaya Bratva (Tambov gang) of Saint Petersburg. ...

(born 1956), serving fourteen-year prison sentence *

Otari Kvantrishvili Otari Kvantrishvili ( ka, ოთარ კვანტრიშვილი, russian: Ота́ри Квантришвили; January 27, 1948 – April 5, 1994) was a Georgian mafia boss and one of Moscow's leading organised crime figures during ...

(1948–1994), assassinated *

Carlos Lehder Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas (born 7 September 1949) is a German-Colombian former drug lord who was co-founder of the Medellín Cartel. He was released from prison in the United States after 33 years in 2020. Born in Armenia, Colombia, Lehder ...

(born 1950), serving fifty-five-year prison sentence * James T. "Blackie" Licavoli (1904–1985), natural causes in prison * Salvatore "The Baron" Lo Piccolo (born 1942), serving life sentence in prison * Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo, (born 1929), serving life sentence in prison * Salvatore Lo Russo (born 1953), arrested and became a pentito *

Giuseppe Lucchese Giuseppe Lucchese (; born September 2, 1959), known as ''Occhi di ghiaccio'' (Eyes of ice), is a member of the Sicilian Mafia from the Brancaccio neighbourhood in Palermo. He was one of the favourite hitmen of the Corleonesi, headed by Totò Rii ...

(born 1959), serving life sentence in prison *

Francesco Madonia Francesco Madonia (March 31, 1924 – March 13, 2007) was the Mafia boss of the San Lorenzo-Pallavicino area in Palermo. In 1978 he became a member of the Sicilian Mafia Commission. ''Ciccio'' Madonia became the unquestioned patriarch of the Resu ...

(1924–2007), natural causes in prison *

Francesco Mallardo Francesco Mallardo (; born April 1, 1951, in Giugliano in Campania), also known as ''Ciccio 'e Carlantonio'', is an Italian criminal and a member of the Neapolitan Camorra. He headed the Mallardo clan operating from the town of Giugliano in Campan ...

(born 1951), imprisoned *

Andrea Manciaracina Andrea Manciaracina (; born April 7, 1962), sometimes spelled Mangiaracina, is a member of Sicily, Sicilian Sicilian Mafia, Mafia. He was born in Mazara del Vallo in the province of Trapani. He was initiated in Cosa Nostra in 1985 or 1986. In 1992 ...

(born 1962), serving life sentence in prison * Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio (born 1929), at large *

Howard Marks Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he claimed to have been smuggling consignmen ...

(1945–2016), natural causes * Joseph "Big Joey" Massino (born 1943), first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence * Francesco Matrone (born 1947), serving two life sentences in prison *

Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff (born September 19, 1960) is an American convicted former drug lord and gangster from New York City. Background McGriff rose to prominence in early 1981 when he formed his own crack cocaine distributing and manufacturing ...

(born 1960), serving life sentence in prison * Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino (born 1962), serving two-year prison sentence * Gerlandino Messina (born 1972), serving nine-year prison sentence *

Matteo Messina Denaro Matteo Messina Denaro (; born 26 April 1962), also known as ''Diabolik'', is a Sicilian Mafia boss. He got his nickname from the Italian comic book character of the same name. He is considered to be one of the new leaders of Cosa Nostra after t ...

(born 1962), international fugitive since 1993 * Sergei Mikhailov (born 1958), at large * Peter "Shakes" Milano (1925–2012), natural causes * Felix "The Cat" Mitchell (1954–1986), assassinated *

Semion Mogilevich Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich ( uk, Семен Юдкович Могилевич, Semén Yúdkovych Mohylévych ; born June 30, 1946) is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He quickly built a highly structured criminal organization, in ...

(born 1946), international fugitive since 2003 * Diego León Montoya Sánchez (born 1958), serving forty-five-year prison sentence * Rocco Morabito (born 1966), international fugitive since 2019 *

Giovanni Motisi Giovanni Motisi (, ; born 1 January 1959, in Palermo) also known as U Pacchiuni'' (), is a member of the Sicilian Mafia in Sicily from the Altarello neighbourhood in Palermo. He has been on the most wanted list of the Italian ministry of the ...

(born 1959), international fugitive since 1998 * Boris Nayfeld (born c.1947), retired * Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev (born 1954), missing and presumed dead * Tariel Oniani (born 1952), serving ten-year prison sentence *

Héctor Luis Palma Salazar Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (born April 29, 1960), commonly known as "El Güero Palma", is a Mexican former drug trafficker and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. After the brutal murder of his family ordered by hi ...

(born 1940), awaiting trial *

Johnny Papalia John Joseph Papalia (; March 18, 1924 – May 31, 1997), also known as Johnny Pops Papalia or "The Enforcer", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss of the Papalia crime family based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Papalia crime family is one o ...

(1924–1997), assassinated * Raymond Patriarca Jr. (born 1945), retired * Carmine "Junior" Persico (1933–2019), natural causes in prison *

Santiago Luis Polanco Rodríguez Santiago Luis Polanco-Rodríguez (born June 16, 1961) is a Dominican American former drug dealer considered to be the first mass marketer of crack cocaine in United States. He is also known by his street name, "Yayo". Officials from the Drug En ...

(born 1961), retired * Mario Prestifilippo (1958–1987), assassinated * Bernardo "Bennie the Tractor" Provenzano (1933–2016), natural causes in prison * Giuseppe "o Giappone" Puca (1955-1989), assassinated *

Vincenzo Puccio Vincenzo Puccio (November 27, 1945 – May 11, 1989) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was from Palermo and joined the Ciaculli Mafia family sometime in the late 1970s, although like many other members of that particular family he operated ...

(1945–1989), assassinated *

Domenico Raccuglia Domenico "Mimmo" Raccuglia (; born October 27, 1964, in Altofonte), nicknamed ("the veterinarian"), is a member of the Mafia in Sicily. He was a fugitive and included on Italy's most wanted list since 1996, until his capture on November 15, 2009 ...

(born 1964), serving life sentence in prison * Bosko "The Yugo" Radonjich (born 1943-2011), natural causes * Philip "Rusty" Rastelli (1918–1991), natural causes * Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović (1952–2000), assassinated *

Rosario Riccobono Rosario Riccobono (February 10, 1929 in Palermo – November 30, 1982 in Palermo) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of Partanna Mondello, a suburb of Palermo, his native city. In 1974 he became a member of the Sicilian Ma ...

(1929–1982), assassinated * Salvatore "Totò" Riina (1930-2017), natural causes in prison *

Nicolo Rizzuto Nicolo Rizzuto (; February 18, 1924 – November 10, 2010) was an Italian-Canadian crime boss and founder of the Rizzuto crime family, the Sicilian Mafia organization based in Montreal, Quebec. Rizzuto was born in Cattolica Eraclea, Sicily, I ...

(1924–2010), assassinated *

Vito Rizzuto Vito Rizzuto (; February 21, 1946 – December 23, 2013), also known as "Montreal's Teflon Don", was an Italian-Canadian crime boss alleged to be the leader of the Sicilian Mafia in Canada. He headed the notorious Rizzuto crime family based ...

(1946–2013), natural causes *

José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (14 May 1947 – 15 December 1989), also known by the nicknames 'Don Sombrero' and ''El Mexicano'' ( en, The Mexican), was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the notorious Medellín Cartel along wi ...

(1947–1989), killed by law enforcement *

Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela Gilberto José Rodríguez Orejuela (30 January 1939 – 31 May 2022) was a Colombian drug lord, who was one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. Cali Cartel Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, along with his brother Miguel ...

(born 1939), serving thirty-year prison sentence *

Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Orejuela (born August 15, 1943) is a convicted Colombian drug lord, formerly one of the leaders of the Cali Cartel, based in the city of Cali. He is the younger brother of Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. He married Miss Colo ...

(born 1943), serving thirty-year prison sentence * Pasquale Russo (born 1947), serving life sentence in prison * Salvatore Russo (born 1958), serving life sentence in prison * "Cadillac" Frank Salemme (born 1933), serving life sentence in prison * Anthony "Fat Tony" Salerno (1911–1992), natural causes in prison *

José Santacruz Londoño José Santacruz Londoño (also known as Chepe Santacruz; 1 October 1943 – 5 March 1996) was a Colombian drug lord. Along with Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, and Hélmer Herrera Buitrago, Londoño was a leader ...

(1943–1996), killed by law enforcement * Benedetto "The Hunter" Santapaola (born 1938), serving life sentence in prison * Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo (1929–2017), natural causes in prison *

Benedetto Spera Benedetto Spera (; born July 1, 1934) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia and the boss of the Belmonte Mezzagno Mafia family and the '' mandamento'' of Misilmeri in the province of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy. He was convicted ''in absentia' ...

(born 1934), serving life sentence in prison * Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro (1938–1986), assassinated *

John Stanfa Giovanni "John" Stanfa (; born December 7, 1940) is an Italian-born American former boss of the Philadelphia crime family from 1991 to 1995. Convicted of multiple charges in 1995, Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison. Early life Stanfa was b ...

(born 1940), serving life sentence in prison * Nikolay Suleimanov (1955–1994), assassinated *

Omid Tahvili Omid Tahvili ( fa, امید تحویلی; born on 31 October 1970, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian-Canadian sexual offender and kingpin of an organized crime family in Canada which is connected to various international crime organizations. ...

(born 1970), international fugitive since 2007 *

Masahisa Takenaka was the 4th ''kumicho'' of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza gang. He took the role of kumicho (supreme Godfather) in 1984, but was assassinated at a girlfriend's home in Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Hon ...

(1933–1985), assassinated * Philip "Chicken Man" Testa (1924–1981), assassinated *

David Thai David Thai, (born Thái Thọ Hoàng January 30, 1956), is a Vietnamese-born American gangster who was the founder and leader of the notorious Born to Kill gang during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was also responsible for running a massiv ...

(born 1956), serving life sentence in prison * Frank "Funzi" Tieri (1904–1981), natural causes * Joseph "Lead Pipe Joe" Todaro (1923–2012), natural causes * Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov (born 1949), international fugitive since 2002 *

Robert Trimbole Bruno Robert Trimbole (19 March 1931 – 12 May 1987) was an Australian businessman, drug baron and organised crime boss whose alleged involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales, area, which according to popular loose fic ...

(1931–1987), natural causes * John "Peanuts" Tronolone (1910–1991), natural causes * Mery Valencia (born 1953), at large * Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (1952–2004), killed by law enforcement * Vincenzo Virga (born 1936), serving life sentence in prison * Giuseppa "Giusy" Vitale (born 1972), currently enrolled in the Italian Witness Protection Program *

Vito Vitale Salvatore "Vito" Vitale (; born June 20, 1959 in Partinico), also known as ''Fardazza'', is a member of the Sicilian Mafia. For a while he was considered the heir of Totò Riina and was closely connected to Leoluca Bagarella.

(born 1958), at large *

Yoshinori Watanabe was a yakuza, the fifth ''kumicho'' (chairman or Godfather) of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization. He became kumicho in 1989. He was known for a more low-key approach than his predecessors, partly due to an anti-gang law pas ...

(1941–2012), natural causes

Early 21st century (2000–)

Raffaele Amato Raffaele Amato (born November 11, 1965 in Naples) is an Italian Camorra boss and head of the Amato-pagano clan, a Camorra clan from Naples. He is known by multiple nicknames in the Neapolitan criminal underworld, including ''"Lo Spagnolo"'' (Th ...

(born 1965), imprisoned * Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (born 1959), serving life sentence in prison * Liborio "Barney" Bellomo (born 1957) * Frank Cali (1965–2019), assassinated *

Domenico Cefalù Domenico Cefalù (; born 1947) is an Italian American mobster and is currently the boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. On February 25th, 2021, Domenico became the boss of the Gambino crime family. Biography Cefalù was born in Pal ...

(born 1947) *

Cosimo Di Lauro Cosimo Di Lauro (8 December 1973 – 13 June 2022) was an Italian Camorrista who was acting boss of the Di Lauro clan from Naples. Due to his flamboyant nature and passion for designer clothes, he earned the nickname "The Designer Don". Di Laur ...

(1973–2022), natural causes *

Marco Di Lauro Marco Di Lauro (; born 16 June 1980) is an Italian Camorrista and member of the Di Lauro clan from Naples. After having been a fugitive for 14 years and been included on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy, he was captured in Naples on 2 ...

(born 1980), serving life sentence in prison *

Francesco Domingo Francesco Domingo (born 1956) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime ...

(born 1956), currently awaiting sentencing * Servando "The Teacher" Gómez Martínez (born 1966), imprisoned * Peter "One-Eyed Pete" Gotti (1939–2021) natural causes while in prison * Mohamed Abdi "Big Mouth" Hassan, serving twenty-year prison sentence * Rovshan Janiyev (1975–2016), assassinated *

Paul Le Roux Paul Calder Le Roux (born 24 December 1972) is a former programmer, former criminal cartel boss, and informant to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In 1999, he created E4M, a free and open-source disk encryption software program for ...

(born 1972), currently awaiting sentencing * Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi (born 1939), retired * Michael "The Nose" Mancuso (born 1955) * James "Little Jimmy" Marcello (born 1943), serving life sentence in prison * Settimo Mineo (born 1938), imprisoned * Nazario "The Rosary" Moreno González (1970–2014), killed by law enforcement *

Gianni Nicchi Giovanni "Gianni" Nicchi (; born 16 February 1981 in Turin) is a member of the Sicilian Mafia. Despite his young age – he is nicknamed ("the little boy") – he is considered to be one of the leading mafiosi of Cosa Nostra in Palermo. He was on ...

(born 1981), serving eighteen-year prison sentence * Cesare Pagano (born 1969), imprisoned *

Antonio Rotolo Antonino "Nino" Rotolo (born January 3, 1946) is a Sicilian Mafia boss from the Pagliarelli area in Palermo that traditionally was under the control of the Motisi Mafia family. Rotolo was the underboss of Matteo Motisi, but according to some penti ...

(born 1946), serving thirteen-year prison sentence *

Kenichi Shinoda , also known as , is a Japanese Yakuza, the sixth and current ''kumicho'' (supreme kingpin, or chairman) of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization. Career Shinoda was born in Ōita, Kyushu.Kiyoshi Takayama is a yakuza best known as the second-in-command (''wakagashira'') of the 6th-generation Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan, and the president of its ruling affiliate, Kodo-kai, based in Nagoya. Takayama has been consider ...

(born 1947), serving six-year prison sentence *

Ross Ulbricht Ross William Ulbricht (born March 27, 1984) is an American serving life imprisonment for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. The site operated as a hidden service on the Tor network ...

(born 1984), serving life sentence in prison

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