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  1. Oct 14, 2009 · Getty Images. Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, to poor immigrant parents, Al Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. In 1920 during the height of Prohibition,...

  2. www.fbi.gov › history › famous-casesAl Capone — FBI

    Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member.

  3. themobmuseum.org › notable_names › al-caponeAl Capone - The Mob Museum

    Born: January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York. Died: January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Florida. Nicknames: Scarface, Snorky, the Big Guy, Big Al. Associations: Johnny Torrio, Jim Colosimo, Lucky Luciano, the Outfit, Bugs Moran. Alphonse Capone may be the most celebrated, or infamous, mobster in American history.

  4. May 5, 2015 · Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. 1. Capone was in a street gang as a child. Born on January 17, 1899, in Brooklyn, New York, Alphonse Capone was the fourth of nine children. His parents,...

  5. May 11, 2018 · CAPONE, ALPHONSE. al capone was a gangster leader who controlled much of Chicago from 1920 to 1931. Chicago in the 1920s was a city of vice, corruption, and gangland killings, and synonymous with the evildoings of this era is the name of Al Capone. Capone was born January 17, 1899, in Naples, Italy.

  6. Al Capone (1899-1947) was an American gangster who rose to fame during the prohibition era. He was an uncompromising boss of the Chicago Outfit who ran illegal speakeasies, gambling and brothels. He used an unprecedented level of violence and intimidation to cement his power and influence over the local police and other gang members.

  7. Mar 30, 2020 · Al Capone (January 17, 1899–January 25, 1947) was a notorious gangster who ran an organized crime syndicate in Chicago during the 1920s, taking advantage of the era of Prohibition. Capone, who was both charming and charitable as well as powerful and vicious, became an iconic figure of the successful American gangster.

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