Danny Greene
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Most Influential Person Across History
American mobster
Why Is Danny Greene Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Daniel John Patrick Greene was an Irish-American mobster of Cleveland, Ohio, whose conflicts with the Cleveland crime family of the Italian-American Mafia ended in Greene's murder in 1977. Greene first gained power in the local chapter of the International Longshoremen's Association , where he was elected president during the early 1960s. He later became a full time crime boss and began competing with the Cleveland crime family and Jewish mob figure Shondor Birns for control of the city's criminal underworld. Greene set up his own crew called the Celtic Club, complete with enforcers and a close alliance with outlaw biker gangs.