Births
- January 25 - Kenichi Shinoda, the founding head of the Kodo-kai and the sixth head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan
- August 6 - George Jung, Medellín Cartel drug trafficker
- September 7 - Roy DeMeo, Gambino crime family hitman and Capo
- September 16 - Tadamasa Goto, the founding head of the Goto-gumi, a secondary Yamaguchi-gumi affiliate
- Francesco Bonura, Sicilian mafia member
- Stephen Caracappa, NYPD officer and mob hitman
- Richard V. Gotti, member of the Gambino crime family
- Gennaro Langella (Jerry Lang), member of the Colombo crime family
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