# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-franzese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:16:24.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-franzese"
name: "John Franzese"
slug: "john-franzese"
description: "John \"Sonny\" Franzese Sr. was an American mobster who was a longtime member and former underboss of the Colombo crime family."
tagline: "Italian-American mobster (1917–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Franzese_mug_shot_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1917-02-06"
deathDate: "2020-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.695037333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291883/"
    handle:    "nm0291883"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%91%E5%B0%BC%C2%B7%E6%B3%95%E8%98%AD%E5%82%91%E6%96%AF"
    title: "桑尼·法蘭傑斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franzese"
    title: "John Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Franzese"
    title: "Sonny Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%B3"
    title: "جان فرانزس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franzese"
    title: "John Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Franzese"
    title: "Sonny Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Franzese"
    title: "Sonny Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franzese"
    title: "John Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Францезе, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Franzese"
    title: "John Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693635"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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