Gambino is an Italian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
Gambino is an Italian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
The Gambino crime family is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. The group, which went through five bosses between 1910 and 1957, is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963, when the structure of organized crime first gained public attention. The group's operations extend from New York and the eastern seaboard to California. Its illicit activities include labor and construction racketeering, gambling, loansharking, extortion, money laundering, prostitution, fraud, hijacking, and fencing.
Zips is a slang term in the United States that was especially in use in the early 20th century. It was often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi. The mobsters in the US were said to have difficulty understanding the Sicilian dialects of the new immigrants, in which words appeared to "zip" by. Other theories include pejorative uses, such as Sicilians' preference for homemade zip guns. According to another theory, the term is a contraction of a Sicilian slang term for "hicks" or "primitives". The older Sicilian mafiosi of the pre-Prohibition era, known as "Mustache Petes", were also referred to as "zips". They were deposed by American-born mobsters during the Castellammarese War.
Russo is a common Southern Italian and Sicilian surname. It is the Southern counterpart of Rossi and comes from a nickname indicating red hair or beard, from russo, russë and russu, from Late Latin russus or rubius, Classical Latin rubeus, "red".
Lanza may refer to:
Lucchese may refer to:
D'Amico is an Italian surname. Those with the surname include:
Coppola is a common Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Greco is a common Italian surname, ranking 10th among the most widespread surnames in Italy, and it literally means "Greek". Historically, its popularity is due to the frequent relationships between Italy and Greece.
Perrone is an Italian surname, it may refer to:
Gotti is an Italian surname.
Rizzi is a surname of Italian origin.
Vitale is an Italian surname and given name which derives from the Latin word Vita meaning 'life'. The name may refer to:
Giunta is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rosario "Sal" Gambino is an Italian mobster in the Gambino crime family. He became nationally known when he and his brothers set up a multimillion dollar heroin cartel during the 1970s and 1980s. At the turn of the century he made headline news again when members of his family were suspected of trying to get him a presidential pardon through bribery.
Caruso is an Italian surname derived from the Sicilian word for boy. In 19th century Sicily, the Carusi were young mine workers.
Piccolo is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Salvatore is an Italian name meaning saviour. People named Salvatore include:
Milano is an Italian surname that may refer to the following notable people:
Morello is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: