List of Jewish-American mobsters

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This is a list of Jewish-American mobsters and organized crime figures, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day.

Moses Annenberg (1877-1942)
David Berman (1903-1957)
Otto Berman (1889?-1935), "Abbadabba"
Abe Bernstein (c. 1892-1968)
William Morris Bioff (1900-1955)
Charles Birger (1881-1928)
Louis Buchalter (1897-1944), "Lepke"
Isadore Blumenfeld (1900-1981), "Kid Cann"
Mickey Cohen (1914-1976)
Moe Dalitz (1899-1989)
Monk Eastman (1873-1920)
Maxie Eisen (1910s-1920s)
Benjamin Fein (1889-1977?), "Dopey Benny"
Waxey Gordon (1886/1889-1952)
Gus Greenbaum (1894-1958)
Jake Guzik (1886-1956), "Greasy Thumb"
Harry Horowitz (1889-1914), "Gyp the Blood"
Nathan Kaplan (1891/1895-1923), "Kid Dropper"
Harry Keywell (d. 1997)
Abe Landau (1898-1935)
Meyer Lansky (1902-1983)
Red Levine (1920s-1930s)
Vach Lewis (d. 1908), "Cyclone Louie"
William Lipshitz (1901-)
Hyman Martin (1903-1987), "Pittsburgh Hymie"
Nathan Martin (1907-1973), "Pittsburgh Natey"
Samuel Morton (1894-1923), "Nails"
Jacob Orgen (1894/1901-1927), "Little Augie"
Abe Reles (1906-1941), "Kid Twist"
Chris Rosenberg (1950-1979)
Frank Rosenthal (b. 1929), "Lefty"
Joseph Rosenzweig, (1910s), "Joe the Greaser"
Lou Rothkopf (1920s-1950s)
Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928)
Harry Sagansky (1897-1997) "Doc Jasper"
Dutch Schultz (1902-1935)
Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947)
Jacob Shapiro "Gurrah"
Charles Solomon (d. 1933), "King Solomon"
Johnny Spanish (1891-1919)
Joseph Stacher (1902-1977), "Doc"
Harry Strauss (1909-1941), "Pittsburgh Phil"
Albert Tannenbaum (1930s), "Tick-tock"
Jack Zelig (1882-1912), "Big Jack"
Jack Zuta (1888-1930)
Max Zwerbach (d. 1908), "Kid Twist"
Abner Zwillman (1889/1891-1959), "Longy"

[edit] Further reading

Block, Alan A. Lepke, Kid Twist, and the Combination: Organized Crime in New York City, 1930-1944. 1976.
Cohen, Rich. Tough Jews: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams.
Fried, Albert. The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. ISBN 0-231-09683-6
Rockaway, Robert A. But He Was Good to His Mother: The Lives and Crimes of Jewish Gangsters. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House, 1993.
Rubin, Rachel. Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature. 2000.
Sadowsky, Sandy. Wedded to Crime: My Life in the Jewish Mafia. 1992.