# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/giuseppe-genco-russo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:16:59.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/giuseppe-genco-russo"
name: "Giuseppe Genco Russo"
slug: "giuseppe-genco-russo"
description: "Giuseppe Genco Russo was a Sicilian Mafia boss from Mussomeli in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. Genco Russo, also known as \"Zi Peppi Jencu\", was an uncouth, sly, semi-literate thug with excellent political connections. A vulgar man, as he used to spit on the floor no matter who was present, he was often photographed with bishops, bankers, civil servants and politicians. He was considered to be the arbiter of Mafia politics, and was regarded as the successor of Calogero Vizzini, who had died in 1954. Although by then a wealthy landowner and politician as a member of Christian Democracy (DC), Genco Russo still kept his mule in the house and the toilet outside, which was little more than a hole in the ground with a stone for a seat and no walls or door according to Mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta."
tagline: "Italian Mafia boss (1893-1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giuseppe_Genco_Russo_1964.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1893-01-26"
deathDate: "1976-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             1.663813762410133
  historical:           4.922652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Genco_Russo"
    title: "Giuseppe Genco Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%BE%D9%87_%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "جوزپه جنکو روسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Genco_Russo"
    title: "Giuseppe Genco Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%83%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%83%E3%82%BD"
    title: "ジョゼッペ・ジェンコ・ルッソ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Genco_Russo"
    title: "Giuseppe Genco Russo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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