CRIME

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antonin Artaud	Playwright	4-Sep-1896	4-Mar-1948	Theater of Cruelty
Al Capone	Criminal	17-Jan-1899	25-Jan-1947	Scarface
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy	Country Musician	5-Sep-1947		Unique outsider country performer
Wyatt Earp	Government	19-Mar-1848	13-Jan-1929	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Frances Farmer	Actor	19-Sep-1913	1-Aug-1970	Hollywood actress dehumanized by insane asylum
Jean Genet	Novelist	19-Dec-1910	15-Apr-1986	Theatre of the Absurd
Lance Henriksen	Actor	5-May-1940		Aliens, Dead Man
Wild Bill Hickok	Actor	27-May-1837	2-Aug-1876	Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Robert Johnson	Guitarist	8-May-1911	16-Aug-1938	Influential blues guitarist
Machine Gun Kelly	Criminal	18-Jul-1895	18-Jul-1954	Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Jack London	Novelist	12-Jan-1876	22-Nov-1916	Call of the Wild
Ernesto Miranda	Criminal	9-Mar-1941	31-Jan-1976	Miranda v. Arizona
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Jim Morrison	Singer/Songwriter	8-Dec-1943	3-Jul-1971	Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors
Mae Murray	Actor	10-May-1889	23-Mar-1965	The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips
Benito Mussolini	Head of State	29-Jul-1883	28-Apr-1945	Fascist Dictator of Italy
James Nayler	Religion	1618	1660	The Quaker Jesus
Phil Ochs	Singer/Songwriter	19-Dec-1940	9-Apr-1976	50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
Carl Panzram	Criminal	28-Jun-1891	5-Sep-1930	Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Sidney Poitier	Actor	20-Feb-1927		In The Heat Of The Night
Dorothea Puente	Criminal	9-Jan-1929		Black Widow of Sacramento
James Earl Ray	Assassin	10-Mar-1928	23-Apr-1998	Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
Harry Reems	Pornstar	27-Aug-1947		Starred in Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace
Arthur Rimbaud	Poet	20-Oct-1854	10-Nov-1891	Une Saison en Enfer
Rod Stewart	Musician	10-Jan-1945		Do Ya Think I'm Old
Frank Zappa	Composer	21-Dec-1940	4-Dec-1993	Joe's Garage

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