List of Jewish American mobsters
This is a list of Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.
- Hyman Amberg (1902-1926) [1]
- Joseph C. Amberg (1892-1935) [1]
- Louis "Pretty" Amberg (1897-1935)[2]
- Moses Annenberg (1877–1942)[2][3][4][5]
- David Berman (1903–1957)
- Otto "Abbadabba" Berman (1889?–1935)[1][2][4][5][6]
- Abe Bernstein (c. 1892–1968)
- William Morris Bioff (1900–1955)[2][4][5]
- Charles Birger (1881–1928)
- Alex "Shondor" Birns (1907–1975)
- Herbert Blitzstein (1934-1997)
- Ike Bloom (1865-1930)
- Isadore "Kid Cann" Blumenfeld (1900–1981)[4][7]
- Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897–1944)[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]
- Mickey Cohen (1914–1976)[2][4][5][6][7]
- Louis Cohen (1904-1939)[1]
- Moe Dalitz (1899–1989)[2][3][4][5][6]
- Stanley Diamond (b. 1940)
- Monk Eastman (1873–1920)[4][5][6]
- Maxie Eisen[3]
- John Factor (1892-1984)
- Ludwig "Tarzan" Fainberg (b. 1958)
- Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein (1889–1977?)[1][3][4][6]
- Irving Feinstein (1910-1939)
- Abraham Friedman (1897-1939)[1]
- Isadore Friedman (d. 1939)
- Martin Goldstein (1905-1941)[1]
- Waxey Gordon (1886/1889–1952)[1][2][4][5][6]
- Gus Greenbaum (1894–1958)[2][4]
- Harry Greenberg (d. 1939)
- Max "Big Maxie" Greenberg (1883-1933)[1][4][6]
- Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (1886–1956)[2][3][4][5][6]
- Gyp the Blood (1889–1914)[1][4]
- "Kid Dropper" Nathan Kaplan (1891/1895–1923)[2][4][6]
- Phillip Kastel (1893-1962)
- Harry Keywell (d. 1997)[7]
- Philip Kovolick (1908-1971?)
- Whitey Krakow (d. 1941)
- Louis Kravits (fl. 1933-1939) [1][4]
- Martin Krugman (1919-1979)
- Hyman Lamer (fl. 1959-1974)
- Abe Landau (1898–1935)[1][4][5][6]
- Meyer Lansky (1902–1983)[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Red Levine (1920s–1930s)[4][6]
- Samuel Levine (1903-)
- Vach "Cyclone Louie" Lewis (d. 1908)[4]
- William Lipshitz
- Seymour Magoon (d. 1940)[1][6]
- Harry Maione (1908-1942)[1]
- Hyman "Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin (1903–1987)
- Samuel "Nails" Morton (1894–1923)[2][4][5]
- Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen (1894/1901–1927)[1][2][4][6]
- Philip "Pinchy" Paul (d. 1914)
- Abe "Kid Twist" Reles (1906–1941)[1][2][4][5][6][8]
- Harry Rosen (fl. 1920-1950)
- Chris Rosenberg (1950–1979)
- Bernard Rosencrantz (d. 1939)[1]
- Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal (b. 1929)
- Joseph "Joe the Greaser" Rosenzweig (1910s)[4]
- Lou Rothkopf[2][3]
- Arnold "The Brain" Rothstein (1882–1928)[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]
- Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky (1897–1997)
- Dutch Schultz (1902–1935)[1][2][4][5][6][7][8]
- Moe Sedway (1894-1952)
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947)[1][2][3][4][5][6][8]
- Iring, Meyer and William Shapiro (fl. 1931-1934) [1]
- Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Charles "King" Solomon (d. 1933)[2][4][5]
- Johnny Spanish (1891–1919)[2][4]
- Joseph "Doc" Stacher (1902–1977)[2][4][6]
- Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss (1909–1941)[1][2][4][6]
- Albert "Tick–tock" Tannenbaum (1930s)[1][4][6]
- Benjamin Tannenbaum (1906-1941)[1]
- Abraham Telvi (1934-1956)
- Harry Tietlebaum (1889-)
- Joseph Toplinsky (1879-)
- Abraham Weinberg (1897-1935?)[1]
- George Weinberg (1901-1939)[1]
- Emanuel Weiss (1906-1944)[1]
- Samuel Weiss (1904-)
- Jack "Big Jack" Zelig (1882–1912)[4][6]
- Jack Zuta (1888–1930)
- Max "Kid Twist" Zwerbach (d. 1908)[4]
- Abner "Longy" Zwillman (1889/1891–1959)[1][2][3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Block, Alan A. East Side, West Side: Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-1950. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1983. ISBN 0-87855-931-0
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Woodiwiss, Michael. Organized Crime and American Power: A History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8278-5
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Reppetto, Thomas A. American Mafia: A History of Its Rise to Power. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2004. ISBN 0-8050-7798-7
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Cohen, Rich. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. ISBN 0-684-83115-5
- ^ a b c d e Rockaway, Robert A. But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993. ISBN 9652290920
- ^ a b c d e f Rubin, Rachel. Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2000. ISBN 0-252-02539-3
Further reading
- Block, Alan A. Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930–1944. 1976.
- Sadowsky, Sandy. Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia. 1992.