Al Capone

Al Capone (1899 - 1947), byname of Alphonse Capone, also called Scarface, was an Italian-American gangster, notably in Chicago.

Al Capone has received enormous attention in the (entertainment) mass media and has been described as "the most famous American gangster", with the mass media often ignoring less politically correct gangsters, such as Jewish gangsters. See Race and crime: Organized Crime.