What was Lucky Luciano's role in the American Mafia?

Lucky Luciano was a key figure in the American Mafia, serving as a prominent crime boss and playing a pivotal role in the formation and operation of the National Crime Syndicate. He was instrumental in organizing and structuring the Mafia, making it more efficient and powerful.

What were Lucky Luciano's main criminal activities?

Lucky Luciano was involved in various illegal activities, including drug trafficking, loan sharking, and prostitution. He was known for his strategic planning and leadership in these operations, which helped to establish a more organized criminal network.

What was the National Crime Syndicate?

The National Crime Syndicate was a cabal of American criminals that operated during the mid-20th century. Lucky Luciano played a crucial role in its formation and operation, helping to establish a more organized and efficient criminal network.

What was Lucky Luciano's affiliation with the Genovese crime family?

Lucky Luciano was a key figure in the Genovese crime family, one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the United States. His leadership and strategic planning helped to establish the family as a major force in the American Mafia.

Lucky Luciane

Italian American mobster (1897–1962)

Person human Q208357

Lucky Luciane — New York Police Department. Original uploader was Hephaestos at en.wikipedia · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

22 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[16]
Date of birth: November 24, 1897, November 11, 1897^[10]
Date of death: January 26, 1962
Place of birth: Lercara Friddi
Place of death: Naples
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Italy, Italy^[12]^[13]
Occupation: gangster, crime boss, racketeer, rum-runner, drug lord, loan shark^[14]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian, English^[26]^[27]
Affiliation: Five Points Gang, Genovese crime family, National Crime Syndicate^[28]^[29]^[30]
Birth name: Salvatore Lucania^[32]
Convicted of: procuring, forced prostitution^[24]^[25]
Family name: Lucano, Luciano^[19]^[20]
Given name: Salvatore, Charles^[21]^[22]
Hair color: black hair^[33]
Manner of death: natural causes^[23]
Member of: Five Points Gang^[15]
Nickname: luciano^[31]
Place of burial: St. John Cemetery^[11]
Place of detention: Clinton Correctional Facility, Sing Sing, Great Meadow Correctional Facility^[34]^[35]^[36]
Unmarried partner: Igea Lissoni^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

en Charles Luciano en Salvatore Lucania en Charles "Lucky" Luciano en Lucky Luciane ar شارلز لوتشيانو ar سلفاتور لوكانيا ar تشارلز "لوكي" لوتشيانو ar لوكي لوتشيانو cs Salvatore Luciano cs Lucky Luciano cs Charles Luciano de Salvatore Lucania de Charles Luciano el Λάκι Λουτσιάνο es Salvatore Lucania es Charles "Lucky" Luciano es Charles Luciano fa لوچیانوی خوش‌شانس fa لوچیانوی خوشبخت fa لوچیانوی خوش شانس

🔖 Identifiers · 43

ISNI: 0000000116151098
VIAF cluster ID: 30813198
Library of Congress authority ID: n79049596
GND ID: 118574752
American National Biography ID: 2000610
BIBSYS ID: 8056253
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 16601582t
CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas ID: charles-lucky-luciano-3690
Comic Vine ID: 4005-12898
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118574752
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Lucky-Luciano
FAST ID: 34924

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Film.ru person ID: lucky-luciano
Find a Grave memorial ID: 651
Freebase ID: /m/0130rz
GTAA ID: 125691
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000010922857802
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Lucky_Luciano
IMDb ID: nm0524592
IdRef ID: 077305000
Kinobox person ID: 1250722
Lex ID: Lucky_Luciano
LibraryThing author ID: lucianolucky
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID: 03920/eu_l_2636/l2636
Munzinger person ID: 00000006766
NE.se ID: lucky-luciano
NLA Trove people ID: 1026685
NLP ID: a0000002396679
NUKAT ID: n2010085373
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007447755005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810599133005606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 069968322
Notable Names Database ID: 349/000094067
Prabook ID: 724295
Quora topic ID: Lucky-Luciano-1
TMDB person ID: 6053343
Topic's main category: Category:Lucky Luciano
Trading Card Database name ID: 123320
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID: charles-lucky-luciano
WikiTree person ID: Lucania-15
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJv4kF7XpDMDYCfwkt7bVC
Yale LUX ID: person/0e348724-3389-407b-8fd4-e1498016163e
ČSFD person ID: 20166

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🔗 Connections

Occupation 4

gangster, drug lord, loan shark, crime boss

Affiliation 3

Genovese crime family, National Crime Syndicate, Five Points Gang

Country of citizenship 3

United States, Italy, Kingdom of Italy

Convicted of 2

procuring, forced prostitution

Given name 2

Charles, Salvatore

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, Italian

Place of detention 2

Sing Sing, Clinton Correctional Facility

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Founded entities 1

The Commission

Hair color 1

black hair

Instance of 1

human

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Lercara Friddi

Place of death 1

Naples

Sex or gender 1

male

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Boardwalk Empire

← FactGrid item ID 1

Llanvetherine

← Occupant 1

The Majestic

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Summary

Lucky Luciane was born on November 24, 1897^[1], in Lercara Friddi^[2]. He died on January 26, 1962^[3], in Naples^[4]. He worked as a gangster^[5], crime boss^[6], racketeer^[7], rum-runner^[8], and drug lord^[9].

FAQs

Where was Lucky Luciane born?

Lucky Luciane was born in Lercara Friddi^[2].

Where did Lucky Luciane die?

Lucky Luciane died in Naples^[4].

What did Lucky Luciane do for work?

Lucky Luciane worked as a gangster^[5], crime boss^[6], racketeer^[7], rum-runner^[8], and drug lord^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Lucky Luciane — place of birth (P19): Lercara Friddi. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Lucky Luciane — place of death (P20): Naples. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2026-10-17. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Lucky Luciane — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Lucky Luciane — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Italy. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Lucky Luciane — country of citizenship (P27): Italy. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Lucky Luciane — occupation (P106): gangster. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Lucky Luciane — occupation (P106): crime boss. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Lucky Luciane — occupation (P106): racketeer. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Lucky Luciane — occupation (P106): rum-runner. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Lucky Luciane — occupation (P106): drug lord. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Lucky Luciane — occupation (P106): loan shark. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Lucky Luciane — place of burial (P119): St. John Cemetery. findagrave.com. Retrieved 2026-05-20. findagrave.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Lucky Luciane — unmarried partner (P451): Igea Lissoni. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Lucky Luciane — member of (P463): Five Points Gang. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Lucky Luciane — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Lucky Luciane — date of birth (P569): November 24, 1897. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Lucky Luciane — date of birth (P569): November 11, 1897. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Lucky Luciane — date of death (P570): January 26, 1962. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Lucky Luciane — family name (P734): Lucano. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Lucky Luciane — family name (P734): Luciano. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Lucky Luciane — given name (P735): Salvatore. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Lucky Luciane — given name (P735): Charles. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Lucky Luciane — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Lucky Luciane — convicted of (P1399): procuring. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Lucky Luciane — convicted of (P1399): forced prostitution. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Lucky Luciane — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Italian. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Lucky Luciane — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Lucky Luciane — affiliation (P1416): Five Points Gang. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Lucky Luciane — affiliation (P1416): Genovese crime family. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Lucky Luciane — affiliation (P1416): National Crime Syndicate. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Lucky Luciane — nickname (P1449): luciano. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Lucky Luciane — birth name (P1477): Salvatore Lucania. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Lucky Luciane — hair color (P1884): black hair. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Lucky Luciane — place of detention (P2632): Clinton Correctional Facility. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Lucky Luciane — place of detention (P2632): Sing Sing. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Lucky Luciane — place of detention (P2632): Great Meadow Correctional Facility. wikidata.org.

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Family name → Lucano, Luciano

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WikiTree person ID → Lucania-15

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