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Gregory Scarpa
Gregory Scarpa Sr. (1928–1994), "the Grim Reaper," Colombo crime family capo and FBI informant from 1962, linked to the 1964 Mississippi civil-rights case, the 1991–93 Colombo war, and the Devecchio trial.
Harry Aleman
Harry "The Hook" Aleman (1939–2010) was a Chicago Outfit hit man convicted in 1997 of the 1972 murder of William Logan, retried after a 1977 acquittal bought with a $10,000 bribe.
Harry Maione
Harry "Happy" Maione (1908–1942), Brooklyn gangster, led the Ocean Hill Hooligans and killed for Murder, Inc.; executed at Sing Sing February 19, 1942 for the Rudnick murder.
Henry Hill
Henry Hill (1943–2012), Lucchese crime family associate and FBI informant whose life inspired Wiseguy and Goodfellas; testified in about 50 mob convictions, later lived publicly.
James Marcello
James "Little Jimmy" Marcello (born 1943) is a Chicago Outfit acting boss convicted in the 2007 Operation Family Secrets trial for the Spilotro murders and racketeering, sentenced to life in 2009, held at ADX Florence.
Jeff Fort
Jeff Fort, also known as Chief Malik, cofounded Chicago's Blackstone Rangers, later the Almighty Black P. Stone Nation, led the El Rukns, took Libyan money for planned terrorism, and is serving 168 years.
Jesse James Hollywood
Jesse James Hollywood, California marijuana dealer convicted of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the 2000 killing of teenager Nicholas Markowitz over a drug debt; captured in Brazil 2005, sentenced to life without parole; basis for the film Alpha Dog.
Joey Merlino
Joey "Skinny Joey" Merlino, reputed former boss of the Philadelphia La Cosa Nostra family, 1990s mob war rival of John Stanfa, 2001 racketeering conviction, 2016 East Coast LCN case, now a podcaster and cheesesteak shop owner.
John A. Gotti
John A. "Junior" Gotti, eldest son of Gambino boss John Gotti Sr., served as acting boss, pleaded guilty to racketeering in 1999, and beat four later trials including the 2005 Sliwa-kidnapping RICO case.
John Connolly (FBI)
John J. Connolly Jr., retired FBI special agent of the Boston field office, handler of informants Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi; convicted 2002 of racketeering and obstruction and 2008 in Florida of second-degree murder; compassionate release 2021.
John DiFronzo
John "No Nose" DiFronzo (c. 1929–2018), also called Johnny Bananas, was the reputed boss of the Chicago Outfit from the mid-1990s until his death, never charged despite Spilotro-murder testimony in the 2007 Family Secrets trial.
John Gotti
John Gotti, the Dapper Don and Teflon Don, boss of New York's Gambino crime family from 1985 after the Castellano murder, convicted on all 13 RICO counts in 1992, died in prison in 2002.
John Roselli
John (Handsome Johnny) Roselli, born Filippo Sacco (1905-1976), was a Chicago Outfit boss on the West Coast, a Hollywood fixer, and the CIA's main underworld contact in plots to assassinate Fidel Castro; he was murdered in 1976.
Johnny Martorano
Johnny Martorano, born John James Vincent Martorano, is a retired American hitman who killed 20 people for Boston's Winter Hill Gang, then became a government witness against Whitey Bulger.
Johnny Stompanato
Johnny Stompanato (John Stompanato Jr.), Los Angeles mobster Mickey Cohen's enforcer and bodyguard and Lana Turner's boyfriend, was stabbed to death April 4, 1958 by Turner's 14-year-old daughter Cheryl Crane; a coroner's inquest ruled it justifiable homicide.
Jon Roberts
Jon Pernell Roberts (Jon Roberts), American cocaine smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in 1980s Miami, featured in Cocaine Cowboys and memoirist of American Desperado; died 2011, age 63.
Joseph Konopka
Joseph Konopka (born 1976), alias Dr. Chaos, an American who led the Realm of Chaos in sabotage of Wisconsin infrastructure 1998–2001 and stored cyanide in Chicago subway tunnels, receiving 23 years in federal prison.
Joseph Valachi
Joseph Michael Valachi (born 1904), aka Joe Cargo, Charles Sanbano, Anthony Sorge, was a Genovese crime family soldier who in October 1963 became the first Mafioso to break omertà publicly, testifying before a Senate subcommittee and revealing the name La Cosa Nostra; his memoir inspired The Valachi Papers.
Karen Friedman Hill
Karen Friedman Hill (born 1946), ex-wife of Lucchese associate Henry Hill of Wiseguy and Goodfellas fame; married him in 1965, entered witness protection in 1980, divorced 2002, portrayed by Lorraine Bracco, lives under an alias.
Kevin Weeks
Kevin Weeks, born in 1956, is an American former organized crime figure who served as chief enforcer and right-hand man to James "Whitey" Bulger of Boston's Winter Hill Gang.
Liborio Bellomo
Liborio Bellomo, born Liborio Salvatore Bellomo in 1957 and known as "Big Barney," is an American alleged mobster and reported boss of New York's Genovese crime family.
List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters
Past members of the Lucchese crime family, one of New York's Five Families: bosses Gaetano Reina, Tommy Gagliano, Tommy Lucchese, Carmine Tramunti, Tony Ducks Corallo, Amuso and Casso, informant Al D'Arco, and later soldiers like Anthony Villani.
Mae Capone
Mae Capone (Mary Josephine Coughlin, 1897–1986), Irish-American wife of mob boss Al Capone; married 1918 in Brooklyn, lived apart from his rackets, nursed him until his 1947 death, sued Desilu over The Untouchables.
Mexican Mafia
The Mexican Mafia is a loosely structured criminal organization that directs over 21,000 gang members. It controls allied Hispanic street gangs across the United States and Mexico.
Michael Mancuso
Michael "the Nose" Mancuso, Bonanno crime family acting boss from November 2004; convicted of ordering the 2004 Randolph Pizzolo murder, sentenced to 15 years in 2008, released 2019, and resentenced to 11 months in 2023 for supervised-release violations.
Nicky Barnes
Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, aka Mr. Untouchable, born 1933, ran the Council heroin syndicate in 1970s New York; convicted 1977, sentenced to life in 1978, became a federal witness, released into witness protection in 1998.
Pat DiCicco
Pat DiCicco (Pasquale Jiovanni DiCicco, 1909–1978), American talent agent and film producer, producer of Avalanche (1946); married Thelma Todd and Gloria Vanderbilt; alleged associate of Lucky Luciano.
Paul Castellano
Paul "Big Paul" Castellano (Paul Constantine Castellano), boss of New York's Gambino crime family after Carlo Gambino's death, assassinated outside Sparks Steak House December 16, 1985, on John Gotti's orders.
Peter Gotti
Peter Gotti (1939–2021), brother of John Gotti, was acting boss of the Gambino crime family 1999–2002; convicted of racketeering, money laundering, extortion, and plotting to kill Sammy Gravano, he died in federal prison at Butner.
Phil Leonetti
Philip "Crazy Phil" Leonetti (born 1953), underboss of the Philadelphia/Scarfo crime family under uncle Nicodemo Scarfo, convicted of racketeering in 1988, became a government witness in 1989, testified against Gigante and others, served five years, wrote Mafia Prince.