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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sami Al-Arian
Criminal
14-Jan-1958   Professor convicted of funding terrorism
Lynn Anderson
Singer
26-Sep-1947   Rose Garden
F. Lee Bailey
Attorney
10-Jun-1933   Criminal defense attorney
Ross R. Barnett
Politician
22-Jan-1898 6-Nov-1987 Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64
Kim Basinger
Actor
8-Dec-1953   L.A. Confidential
James Bevel
Activist
19-Oct-1936 19-Dec-2008 Civil rights activist, convicted of incest
Joseph Bonanno
Criminal
18-Jan-1905 12-May-2002 Bonanno crime family
Willie Bosket
Criminal
9-Dec-1962   Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978
Foxy Brown
Rapper
6-Sep-1978   Ill Na Na
Ted Bundy
Criminal
24-Nov-1946 24-Jan-1989 Serial killer, blamed pornography
Noelle Bush
Relative
26-Jul-1977   Niece of George W. Bush
Yancy Butler
Actor
2-Jul-1970   Witchblade
Al Capone
Criminal
17-Jan-1899 25-Jan-1947 Scarface
St. John Chrysostom
Religion
c. 345 AD 14-Sep-407 AD Church Father, Archbishop of Constantinople
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Matthew Cooper
Journalist
1963   Reluctant to name Plame leak source
Eugene V. Debs
Labor Leader
5-Nov-1855 20-Oct-1926 Labor leader ran for President five times
DMX
Rapper
18-Dec-1970   What's My Name?
Creflo Dollar
Religion
28-Jan-1962   World Changers Church International
Jeff Dowd
Film/TV Producer
20-Nov-1949   The Dude
Shepard Fairey
Artist
15-Feb-1970   Andre the Giant Has A Posse
Jim Fisk
Business
1-Apr-1834 6-Jan-1872 Business partner of Jay Gould
Larry Flynt
Business
1-Nov-1942   Publisher of HUSTLER
Squeaky Fromme
Assassin
22-Oct-1948   Attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford
Marcus Garvey
Activist
17-Aug-1887 10-Jun-1940 Pan-African black nationalist
Steve Garvey
Baseball
22-Dec-1948   Former LA Dodger
Sam Giancana
Criminal
24-May-1908 19-Jun-1975 Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66
Greg Ginn
Guitarist
8-Jun-1954   Black Flag guitarist, founded SST records
Al Goldstein
Business
10-Jan-1936   Founder of Screw magazine
Jay Gould
Business
27-May-1836 2-Dec-1892 Railroad baron owned Union Pacific
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
Dashiell Hammett
Author
27-May-1894 10-Jan-1961 The Maltese Falcon
Frank Harris
Author
14-Feb-1856 26-Aug-1931 My Life and Loves
Isaac Hayes
Musician
20-Aug-1942 10-Aug-2008 Theme from Shaft
Abbie Hoffman
Activist
30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
John Holmes
Pornstar
8-Aug-1944 13-Mar-1988 Life-support system for a 10-inch penis
David Irving
Activist
24-Mar-1938   Notorious Holocaust denier
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Business
12-Apr-1947   Johnson & Johnson heir
Martin Luther King
Activist
15-Jan-1929 4-Apr-1968 Pacifist civil rights activist
Larry Klayman
Activist
20-Jul-1951   Founder, Judicial Watch
William Kunstler
Attorney
7-Jul-1919 4-Sep-1995 Civil rights attorney
Meyer Lansky
Criminal
2-Jul-1902 15-Jan-1983 The brains behind the Mafia's money
John L. Lewis
Labor Leader
12-Feb-1880 11-Jun-1969 President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60
G. Gordon Liddy
Government
30-Nov-1930   Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
Courtney Love
Singer
9-Jul-1964   Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole
Susan McDougal
Criminal
1955   Whitewater scandal
Judith Miller
Journalist
2-Jan-1948   Credulous NY Times WMD maven
Nas
Rapper
14-Sep-1973   Illmatic
William Penn
Government
14-Oct-1644 30-Jul-1718 Founder of Pennsylvania
Carl C. Perkins
Politician
6-Aug-1954   Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93
Hy Peskin
Photographer
5-Nov-1915 2-Jun-2005 Sports photojournalist
Adam Clayton Powell
Politician
29-Nov-1908 4-Apr-1972 Congressman from New York, 1945-71
Wilhelm Reich
Scientist
24-Mar-1897 3-Nov-1957 Founder of Orgonomy
Hans Reiser
Computer Programmer
19-Dec-1963   ReiserFS
Marc Rich
Criminal
18-Dec-1934   Pardoned by Clinton
Dennis Rodman
Basketball
13-May-1961   Eccentric ex-pro basketball player
Arundhati Roy
Author
24-Nov-1961   The God of Small Things
Irwin Schiff
Activist
1928   US income tax protester
Bobby Seale
Activist
22-Oct-1936   Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
Christopher Shays
Politician
18-Oct-1945   Congressman from Connecticut, 1987-2009
Harry Sinclair
Business
6-Jul-1876 10-Nov-1956 Founder of Sinclair Oil
Roscoe Tanner
Tennis
15-Oct-1951   Winner, 1977 Australian Open
Randall Terry
Activist
25-Apr-1959   Operation Rescue founder
Kevin Trudeau
Author
6-Feb-1963   Natural Cures, fraudster
Yulia Tymoshenko
Head of State
27-Nov-1960   Prime Minister of Ukraine, 2005
George Wackenhut
Business
1919 31-Dec-2004 Founder of Wackenhut
Chris Webber
Basketball
1-Mar-1973   2003 NBA All-star, Sacramento Kings
Brigham Young
Religion
1-Jun-1801 29-Aug-1877 Second LDS prophet
Marion A. Zioncheck
Politician
5-Dec-1901 7-Aug-1936 Congressman, committed suicide


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