Henry Hill

Henry Hill was part of the New York City Lucchese crime family. He is best known as being the inspiration for the Martin Scorsese film “Goodfellas”.

The crime film “Goodfellas” is based on Henry Hill’s life story as told in the book “Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family” by Nicholas Pileggi. Henry was portrayed by Ray Liotta in the film “Goodfellas”, Henry was only a kid when he was brought into the mob. He climbed the mob ranks initially with petty crime, arson, hijacking trucks and stealing merchandise, and eventually murder. The law caught up with him and placed him in the Witness Protection program while he provided the Feds with info to convict his former mob friends. Henry’s testimony resulted in 50 convictions.

Henry Hill was a famous American mobster, who was born on June 11, 1943. As a person born on this date, Henry Hill is listed in our database as the 10th most popular celebrity for the day (June 11) and the 20th most popular for the year (1943).

People born on June 11 fall under the Zodiac sign of Gemini, the Twins. Henry Hill is the 264th most popular Gemini.

Aside from information specific to Henry Hill's birthday, Henry Hill is the 1738th most famous American and ranks 230th in famous people born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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