JOE VALACHI

• Born: September 22, 1904
• Died: April 3, 1971
• Nationality: American
• Profession: Mobster

Joseph Michael Valachi was an American gangster in the Genovese crime family who is notable as the first member of the Italian-American Mafia to, in 1963, acknowledge its existence publicly. He is credited with popularization of the term cosa nostra.