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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.
- 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)
- 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.