Tommy Lucchese (born Gaetano Lucchese; Italian pronunciation: [gae'ta?no luk'ke?se]; December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967) was an Italian American gangster and founding member of the Mafia in the United States, an offshoot of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily.
From 1951 until 1967, he was the boss of the Lucchese crime family, one of the Five Families that dominates organized crime in New York City.