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Charles "Lucky" Luciano was born Salvatore Lucania on November 24, 1897, [6] in Lercara Friddi, Sicily, Italy. [ nb 1 ] His parents, Antonio Lucania and Rosalia Caffarella, had four other children: Giuseppe (born 1885); Bartolomeo (born 1890); Filippa, or "Fanny" (born 1901); and Concetta (born 1903).
Charles "Lucky" Luciano (Vincent Piazza) is a main supporting character in Seasons 1-4 and a main antagonist in Season 5. He is a Sicilian-American gangster and close associate of Rothstein based on the real-life historical figure of the same name.
Meyer Lansky (born Maier Suchowljansky; [1] July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983), known as the "Mob's Accountant", was an American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States.
The modern family was founded by Charles "Lucky" Luciano and was known as the Luciano crime family from 1931 to 1957, when Vito Genovese became boss. Genovese was head of the family during the McClellan hearings in 1963, which gave the Five Families their current names.
Anthony Carfano (November 1895 – September 25, 1959), also known as "Little Augie Pisano", was a New York gangster who became a caporegime, or group leader, in the Luciano crime family under mob bosses Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello.
Following the death of Maranzano, Strollo joined the Luciano crime family, headed by boss Charles "Lucky" Luciano. Strollo became a capo for Luciano and underboss Vito Genovese. Strollo assumed control of the Greenwich Village Crew, operating illegal gambling in New York's Greenwich Village and Lower Manhattan districts.
When the war finally ended in 1931, top mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano reorganized the New York gangs into five organized crime families. At this point, Profaci was recognized as boss of what was now the Profaci crime family, with Magliocco as underboss and Salvatore Profaci as consigliere .
In 1920, Masseria had recruited Lucky Luciano as one of his gunmen. [4] D'Aquila also had a gunman working for him, Umberto Valenti , and ordered him to kill Masseria. On May 8, 1922, the boss of the Morello/Terranova crime family , Vincenzo Terranova , was killed in a drive-by shooting near his E. 116th Street home.