Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), commonly nicknamed "Scarface", was an Italian-American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s.
He was not always a crime lord however. When he was younger he owned a shoe shining stand. When it was destroyed by a rival shoe shiner, he was broken. This was in many people's eyes the reason he became a ruthless crime lord.
Born in 1899 Brooklyn to Southwestern Italian immigrants Gabriele and Teresina Capone, Capone began his career in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago and becoming the boss of the criminal organization known as the Chicago Outfit (although his business card reportedly described him as a used furniture dealer).[1]
By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation following his being placed on the Chicago Crime Commission's "public enemies" list. Although never successfully convicted of racketeering charges, Capone's criminal career ended in 1931, when he was indicted and convicted by the federal government for income-tax evasion.