The Purple Gang were Jewish American bootleggers and hijackers in Detroit during the 1920s.
Purple Gang may also refer to: East Harlem Purple Gang, Italian American gang of drug dealers and hitmen The Purple Gang (film), a 1960 American crime film The Purple Gang (American band), a 1960s garage/psychedelic band The Purple Gang (British band), British rock band active intermittently since the 1960s Purple People Eaters, defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from the late 1960s to the late 1970s