# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-franzese
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:42:05.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-franzese"
name: "Michael Franzese"
slug: "michael-franzese"
description: "Michael Franzese Sr. is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family in New York City, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese. Franzese was enrolled in a pre-med program at Hofstra University, but dropped out to make money for his family after his father was sentenced to 50 years in prison for bank robbery in 1967. He eventually helped implement a scheme to defraud the federal government out of gasoline taxes in the early 1980s."
tagline: "American former mobster"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Franzese_PTG_Astrup_2009_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Influencers"
  slug: "influencers"
profileType:
  name: "Influencer"
  slug: "influencer"
birthDate: "1951-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.58662933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 45
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelfranzese.com"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291882/"
    handle:    "nm0291882"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BA%A5%E5%8F%AF%C2%B7%E6%B3%95%E8%98%AD%E5%82%91%E6%96%AF"
    title: "麥可·法蘭傑斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل فرانزيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BB_%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B6"
    title: "Μάικλ Φραντσίζ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6830410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1557898"
    title: "Michael Franzese"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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