Salvatore Maranzano (Italian: [salvaˈtoːre maranˈtsaːno]; July 31, 1886 – September 10, 1931), nicknamed Little Caesar, [1] was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City.

Jan 1, 2025 · Salvatore Maranzano was an American gangster of the Prohibition era and leader among the old-country-oriented Italians, known as “Moustache Petes,” many of whom were former members of the Sicilian Mafia and Neapolitan Camorra.

Oct 13, 2024 · Salvatore "Little Caesar" Maranzano was the boss of what would become the Bonanno family in Prohibition-era New York until he was killed on September 10, 1931.

Sep 12, 2023 · The autocratic reign of self-proclaimed boss of all bosses Salvatore Maranzano came to a bloody end 92 years ago this month. A progressive faction of underworld gangsters were setting the stage for a violent preemptive strike …

Aug 5, 2023 · After seeing his rival Joe "The Boss" Masseria betrayed and dispatched, Salvatore Maranzano became the chief Mafia leader in the New York area.

Salvatore Maranzano was an American mafia boss from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss, who led the Castellammarese War against his rival Giuseppe "Joe the Boss" Masseria and subsequently dethroned him as the mafia's capo di tutti capi ("boss of all bosses"). However, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who had ...

Salvatore Maranzano was a prominent Italian-American gangster during the Prohibition era of American history. Maranzano was a unique gangster in that he held one of the highest titles in all the mafia, even for a short period of time.

In 1931, the five families were organized by Salvatore Maranzano following his victory in the Castellammarese War. Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families, which are now known as the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese families ...

Salvatore Maranzano Killed September 25, 1931. Salvatore Maranzano is killed by assassins on behalf of Charles “Lucky” Luciano. With the old guard out of the way, Luciano becomes “chairman of the board” of New York’s Five Families.

Salvatore Maranzano was born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily in 1868. He arrived in the United States after the First World War where he became involved in bootlegging. By the late 1920s Maranzano had become one of the important gang leaders in New York.