# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-ruggiero
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:30:56.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-ruggiero"
name: "Benjamin Ruggiero"
slug: "benjamin-ruggiero"
description: "Benjamin \"Lefty\" Ruggiero was an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family. He is well known for his friendship and mentorship of FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone, who Ruggiero knew as Donnie Brasco. When Pistone's operation was ended on July 26, 1981, the FBI intercepted and arrested Ruggiero on August 29, 1981. In November 1982, Ruggiero was sentenced to 15 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy; he was released in April 1993 before his death from cancer."
tagline: "American mobster (1926-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donnie_Brasco.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1926-04-19"
deathDate: "1994-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.735809333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Руджеро, Бенджамин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "بنجامين روجيرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ruggiero"
    title: "Benjamin Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty_Ruggiero"
    title: "Lefty Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ruggiero"
    title: "Benjamin Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "لفتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty_Ruggiero"
    title: "Lefty Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ruggiero"
    title: "Benjamin Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ruggiero"
    title: "Benjamin Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Ruggiero"
    title: "Benjamin Ruggiero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q544990"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump