1897 in Organized Crime - Births

Births

  • Jack Diamond "Legs", New York Prohibition gangster
  • John Lazia, Tom Pendergast gang leader and enforcer
  • Paul Ricca (Paolo deLucia) "The Waiter", Chicago Outfit leader
  • Joseph Zerilli, Detroit crime family leader and former Eastside Gang and Pascuzzi Combine member
  • February 6 - Louis Buchalter "Lepke", National Crime Syndicate member
  • February 2 - Nick Licata, Boss of the Los Angeles crime family
  • April 7 - Walter Winchell, New York organized crime journalist
  • October 2 - Joseph Profaci "Olive Oil King", Profaci crime family founder and Cosa Nostra leader
  • November 24, Charles Luciano (Salvatore Lucania), National Crime Syndicate founder and New York Mafia Don
  • November 27 - Vito Genovese, Genovese crime family founder and Cosa Nostra leader.

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