Patrick L. Touhy (1839–1911), born in Ireland, a real estate developer who founded the Rogers Park section of Chicago
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Touhy Avenue, major thoroughfare throughout northern Chicago, Illinois as well as the North and Northwestern suburbs
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Roger Touhy (1898–1959), Irish-American-era mob boss from Chicago, Illinois
In 1944, 20th Century Fox released a semi-biographical and highly fictionalized film based on Touhy's life, title Roger Touhy, Gangster.
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He is best remembered for having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John "Jake the Barber" Factor, a brother of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor, Sr. Despite numerous appeals and at least one court ruling freeing him, Touhy spent 26 years in prison.
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In 1933, Capone had corrupt law enforcement officers arrest Touhy for the kidnapping of William A. Hamm, the brewery heir.
Roger Touhy, Gangster is a 1944 American gangster film based on the life of Chicago mob figure Roger Touhy, directed by film noir specialist Robert Florey.