Bosses of the Bonanno crime family
1925–1930 — Nicola "Cola" Schiro
1930–1931 — Salvatore "Caesar" Maranzano (murdered September 10, 1931)
1931–1964 — Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonanno (crime family patriarch and longtime godfather, officially stepped down in December of 1964)
1963–1964 — John "Johnny Burns" Morales (acting boss)
1965–1968 — Gaspare "Gasparino" DiGregorio (retired)
1966–1968 — Paul Sciacca (acting boss)
1968–1970 — Paul Sciacca (jailed May 12, 1971)
1971–1973 — Natale "Joe Diamonds" Evola (died August 28, 1973)
1973–1975 — Phillip "Rusty" Rastelli (jailed in 1975)
1975–1979 — Carmine "Lilo" Galante (aka. "The Cigar") (defacto boss, Rastelli was the officially recognized boss, murdered July 12, 1979)
1979–1991 — Phillip "Rusty" Rastelli (paroled 1984, jailed 1986, sentenced to 12 years in 1987, released on July 21, 1991, died 3 days later in a Queens hospital)
1979–1984 — Salvatore "Sally Fruits" Ferrugia (acting boss)
1987–1992 — Anthony Spero (acting boss)
1991–2005 — Joseph "Big Joey" Massino (aka. "The Ear") (jailed January 9, 2003, defected October 2004)
2003–2004 — Anthony "Tony Green" Urso (acting boss) (jailed January 20, 2004)
2004–2005 — Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (acting boss) (jailed November 19, 2004)
2005–present — Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano (defacto boss, recently convicted in July of 2007)
2005–2006 — Michael "Mikey Nose" Mancuso (acting boss) (jailed February 16, 2006)
2006–present — Salvatore "Sal the Iron Worker" Montagna (acting boss)