# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-buchalter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:50:25.734Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-buchalter"
name: "Louis Buchalter"
slug: "louis-buchalter"
description: "Louis Buchalter, known as Louis Lepke, Lepke Buchalter or Judge Louie,, was a Jewish-American organized crime figure and head of the Mafia hit squad Murder, Inc., during the 1930s. Buchalter was one of the premier labor union racketeers in New York City during that era."
tagline: "American mobster (1899-1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Louis_Buchalter.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1897-02-06"
deathDate: "1944-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.578108
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BA%D0%B5_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лепке Бухалтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "لويس بوشالتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepke_Buchalter"
    title: "Lepke Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepke_Buchalter"
    title: "Lepke Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8"
    title: "לואיס בוכהלטר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ルイス・バカルター"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepke_Buchalter"
    title: "Lepke Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Бухальтер, Луис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Луис Бухалтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Buchalter"
    title: "Louis Buchalter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q288716"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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