Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (born 1906)

Bugsy Siegel

American mobster (1906–1947)

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a Jewish-American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Siegel was influential within the Jewish Mob, along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky; the Italian-American Mafia; and the…