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This is a list of notable Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day. | ||
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| *] (1897-1935) <ref name="Sifakis">Sifakis, Carl. ''The Mafia Encyclopedia''. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3</ref> | |||
| *] (1877–1942) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss">Woodiwiss, Michael. ''Organized Crime and American Power: A History''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8278-5</ref> <ref name="Fried">Fried, Albert. ''The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6</ref> <ref name="Reppetto">Reppetto, Thomas A. ''American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power''. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7</ref> | |||
| *] (1903–1957) | *] (1903–1957) | ||
| *] (1889?–1935), "Abbadabba" | |||
| *] (1889?–1935) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen">Cohen, Rich. ''Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams''. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83115-5</ref> | |||
| *] (c. 1892–1968) | *] (c. 1892–1968) | ||
| *] (1900–1955) |
*] (1900–1955) | ||
| *] (1881–1928) | *] (1881–1928) | ||
| *] (1907–1975) | *] (1907–1975), "Shondor" | ||
| *] (1900–1981), "Kid Cann" | |||
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| *] (1897–1944), "Lepke" | |||
| *] (1897–1944) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> <ref name="Rubin">Rubin, Rachel. ''Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature''. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. ISBN 0-252-02539-3</ref> | |||
| *] (1914–1976) |
*] (1914–1976) | ||
| *] (1899–1989) |
*] (1899–1989) | ||
| *] |
*] | ||
| *] (1873–1920) |
*] (1873–1920) | ||
| *] (1958-Present), "Tarzan" | |||
| *] <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> | |||
| *] (1889–1977?), "Dopey Benny" | |||
| *] (b. 1958) | |||
| *] (1886/1889–1952) | |||
| *] (1889–1977?) <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1894–1958) | ||
| *] (1886/1889–1952) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1886–1956), "Greasy Thumb" | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1894–1958) |
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| *] (1889–1914), "Gyp the Blood" | |||
| *] (1883-1933) <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1891/1895–1923), "Kid Dropper" | |||
| *] (1886–1956) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
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*] (d. 1997) | ||
| *] (1898–1935) | |||
| *] (1891/1895–1923) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1902–1983) | |||
| *] (d. 1997) <ref name="Rockaway"/> | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1920s–1930s) | ||
| *] (1898–1935) <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (d. 1908), "Cyclone Louie" | |||
| *] (1902–1983) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> <ref name="Rockaway"/> <ref name="Rubin"/> | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1903–1987), "Pittsburgh Hymie" | ||
| *] | |||
| *] (1894–1923), "Nails" | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1920s–1930s) |
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| *] (1894/1901–1927), "Little Augie" | |||
| *] (d. 1908) <ref name="Fried"/> | |||
| *] (1906–1941), "Kid Twist" | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1903–1987) | ||
| *] (1894–1923) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> | |||
| *] (1894/1901–1927) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1906–1941) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> <ref name="Rubin"/> | |||
| *] (1950–1979) | *] (1950–1979) | ||
| *] (b. 1929) | *] (b. 1929), "Lefty" | ||
| *] (1910s) |
*], (1910s), "Joe the Greaser" | ||
| *] (1882–1928)"The Brain" | |||
| *] <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1897–1997) "Doc Jasper" | ||
| *] (1882–1928) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> <ref name="Rubin"/> | |||
| *] (1902–1935) | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1897–1997) | ||
| *] (1906–1947) | |||
| *] (1902–1935) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> <ref name="Rockaway"/> <ref name="Rubin"/> | |||
| *] "Gurrah" | |||
| *] (1906–1947) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> <ref name="Rubin"/> | |||
| *] (d. 1933), "King Solomon" | |||
| *] <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Woodiwiss"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1891–1919) | ||
| *] (d. 1933) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Reppetto"/> | |||
| *] (1902–1977), "Doc" | |||
| ⚫ | *] (1891–1919) |
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| *] (1909–1941), "Pittsburgh Phil" | |||
| *] (1902–1977) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1930s), "Tick–tock" | |||
| *] (1909–1941) <ref name="Sifakis"/> <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1882–1912), "Big Jack" | |||
| *] (1930s) <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1882–1912) <ref name="Fried"/> <ref name="Cohen"/> | |||
| *] (1888–1930) | *] (1888–1930) | ||
| *] (d. 1908) |
*] (d. 1908), "Kid Twist" | ||
| *] (1889/1891–1959) |
*] (1889/1891–1959), "Longy" | ||
| ==References== | |||
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==References== | ||
| *Block, Alan A. ''Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944''. 1976. | *Block, Alan A. ''Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944''. 1976. | ||
| *Cohen, Rich. ''Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams''. | |||
| *Fried, Albert. ''The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6 | |||
| ⚫ | *Rockaway, Robert A. ''But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters''. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993. | ||
| *Rubin, Rachel. ''Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature''. 2000. | |||
| *Sadowsky, Sandy. ''Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia''. 1992. | *Sadowsky, Sandy. ''Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia''. 1992. | ||
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Revision as of 04:54, 17 March 2009
This is a list of notable Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.
- David Berman (1903–1957)
- Otto Berman (1889?–1935), "Abbadabba"
- Abe Bernstein (c. 1892–1968)
- William Morris Bioff (1900–1955)
- Charles Birger (1881–1928)
- Alex Birns (1907–1975), "Shondor"
- Isadore Blumenfeld (1900–1981), "Kid Cann"
- Louis Buchalter (1897–1944), "Lepke"
- Mickey Cohen (1914–1976)
- Moe Dalitz (1899–1989)
- Stanley Diamond
- Monk Eastman (1873–1920)
- Ludwig Fainberg (1958-Present), "Tarzan"
- Benjamin Fein (1889–1977?), "Dopey Benny"
- Waxey Gordon (1886/1889–1952)
- Gus Greenbaum (1894–1958)
- Jake Guzik (1886–1956), "Greasy Thumb"
- Harry Horowitz (1889–1914), "Gyp the Blood"
- Nathan Kaplan (1891/1895–1923), "Kid Dropper"
- Harry Keywell (d. 1997)
- Abe Landau (1898–1935)
- Meyer Lansky (1902–1983)
- Red Levine (1920s–1930s)
- Vach Lewis (d. 1908), "Cyclone Louie"
- Hyman Martin (1903–1987), "Pittsburgh Hymie"
- Samuel Morton (1894–1923), "Nails"
- Jacob Orgen (1894/1901–1927), "Little Augie"
- Abe Reles (1906–1941), "Kid Twist"
- Chris Rosenberg (1950–1979)
- Frank Rosenthal (b. 1929), "Lefty"
- Joseph Rosenzweig, (1910s), "Joe the Greaser"
- Arnold Rothstein (1882–1928)"The Brain"
- Harry Sagansky (1897–1997) "Doc Jasper"
- Dutch Schultz (1902–1935)
- Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (1906–1947)
- Jacob Shapiro "Gurrah"
- Charles Solomon (d. 1933), "King Solomon"
- Johnny Spanish (1891–1919)
- Joseph Stacher (1902–1977), "Doc"
- Harry Strauss (1909–1941), "Pittsburgh Phil"
- Albert Tannenbaum (1930s), "Tick–tock"
- Jack Zelig (1882–1912), "Big Jack"
- Jack Zuta (1888–1930)
- Max Zwerbach (d. 1908), "Kid Twist"
- Abner Zwillman (1889/1891–1959), "Longy"
References
- Block, Alan A. Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944. 1976.
- Cohen, Rich. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams.
- Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- Rockaway, Robert A. But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993.
- Rubin, Rachel. Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature. 2000.
- Sadowsky, Sandy. Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia. 1992.