Shondor Birns | |
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 Birns' May 20, 1957 police mugshot | |
| Born | Sándor Birnstein February 21, 1907 |
| Died | March 29, 1975 (aged 68) Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Cause of death | Murder (car bomb) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Alexander Birnstein, Alex Birns |
Alex Birns (February 21, 1907 – March 29, 1975), best known as Shondor Birns, was a Jewish-American organized crime figure, racketeer and crime boss from Cleveland, Ohio, who was once labeled by the local newspapers as the city's "Public enemy No. 1". Birns was actively involved in a wide variety of racketeering and other organized crime related activities such as prostitution, theft, and numbers, from the days of Prohibition until his death in a car bombing in 1975, which is often attributed as a hit put onto Danny Greene. [1]