Alphonse Gabriel Capone


Al Capone was born January 17, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the fourth child out of nine children. His parents who was Gabriel and Teresa Capone who were immigrants from Italy. Al Capone started to associate himself in gangs, which led for him to drop out of after sixth grade.


Around 1920, Al Capone joined Torrio (mob leader) in Chicago, that's when he became a lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. When 1925 comes around, Al Capone become boss when Torrio gets seriously injured.


Random Fact! Al Capone had gotten into a fight in 1917 at the Harvard Inn. During that fight his face got slashed because he insulted a female and her brother, Frank Galluccio left Al Capone some many scares on his face.

Mugshot photo of Al Capone

Photo Credit: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/history/famous-cases/al-capone