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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Tony Alamo
Religion
20-Sep-1934   Tony Alamo Ministries
David Allen
Author
28-Dec-1945   Getting Things Done
Kenneth Anger
Film Director
3-Feb-1930   Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker
Marshall Applewhite
Religion
17-May-1931 26-Mar-1997 Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide
Apuleius
Author
c. 124 AD c. 180 AD The Golden Ass
Shoko Asahara
Religion
2-Mar-1955   Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Elizabeth Báthory
Royalty
Aug-1560 21-Aug-1614 Hungary's infamous Bloody Lady
Annie Besant
Activist
1-Oct-1847 20-Sep-1933 Theosophist & Social Activist
H. P. Blavatsky
Author
12-Aug-1831 8-May-1891 Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine
Carlos Castaneda
Author
25-Dec-1925 27-Apr-1998 The Teachings of Don Juan
Sri Chinmoy
Religion
27-Aug-1931 11-Oct-2007 Meditation guru
Clarence 13X
Religion
21-Feb-1928 13-Jun-1969 Nation of Gods and Earths
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda
Religion
22-Apr-1942   International Ministry Growing in Grace, Inc.
King Diamond
Musician
14-Jun-1956   Death metal pioneer, Mercyful Fate
Father Divine
Religion
1880 1965 Founder of the International Peace Mission
Werner Erhard
Religion
5-Sep-1935   Erhard Seminar Training ("est")
Francis Galton
Anthropologist
16-Feb-1822 17-Jan-1911 Word Association Test
Daniel Hamburg
Politician
6-Oct-1948   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Gary Heidnik
Criminal
22-Nov-1943 6-Jul-1999 Sex torturer, murderer
Doug Henning
Magician
3-May-1947 7-Feb-2000 Extremely flamboyant magician
Warren Jeffs
Religion
3-Dec-1955   Head of FLDS polygamist clan
Jim Jones
Religion
13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 Led mass People's Temple suicide
Andy Kaufman
Comic
17-Jan-1949 16-May-1984 Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler
Joseph Kony
Criminal
18-Sep-1964   Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda
David Koresh
Religion
17-Aug-1959 19-Apr-1993 Branch Davidian cult leader
Anton LaVey
Religion
11-Apr-1930 29-Oct-1997 Founder, Church of Satan
Ervil LeBaron
Criminal
22-Feb-1925 16-Aug-1981 Murderous cult leader
Lung Leg
Actor
8-Jul-1963   That girl on the cover of EVOL
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Religion
12-Jan-1917 5-Feb-2008 Transcendental meditation guru
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
Magician
8-Jan-1854 20-Nov-1918 Founder of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Charles Meade
Religion
24-Dec-1916 10-Apr-2010 Meade Ministries, Inc.
John Humphrey Noyes
Religion
3-Sep-1811 13-Apr-1886 Oneida Community founder
Laurence Oliphant
Author
1829 23-Dec-1888 Scientific Religion
Jack Parsons
Scientist
2-Oct-1914 17-Jul-1952 Satanic rocket scientist
River Phoenix
Actor
23-Aug-1970 31-Oct-1993 My Own Private Idaho
Papa Pilgrim
Criminal
c. 1941 24-May-2008 Hillbilly Heaven
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Religion
8-Apr-1939 15-Oct-2009 Church Universal and Triumphant
Pythagoras
Mathematician
c. 580 BC c. 500 BC Pythagorean Theorem
Phineas P. Quimby
Hoaxer
16-Feb-1802 16-Jan-1866 Father of New Thought movement
Rael
Hoaxer
30-Sep-1946   UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Rakim
Rapper
28-Jan-1968   Eric B and Rakim
Prem Rawat
Religion
10-Dec-1957   Guru Maharaj Ji
Sai Baba
Religion
23-Nov-1926 24-Apr-2011 Sex-crazed avatar
Sky Saxon
Singer
20-Aug-1937 25-Jun-2009 The Seeds
Paul Schäfer
Criminal
4-Dec-1921 24-Apr-2010 Colonia Dignidad cult leader
William Seabrook
Author
22-Feb-1886 20-Sep-1945 Thoroughly sodden traveling author
Harry Smith
Musicologist
29-May-1923 26-Nov-1991 Anthology of American Folk Music
Socrates
Philosopher
469 BC 399 BC Developer of the Socratic Method
Ivan Stang
Religion
21-Aug-1954   Church of the SubGenius
Krishna Venta
Religion
29-Mar-1911 10-Dec-1958 W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World
Arthur Edward Waite
Paranormal
2-Oct-1857 19-May-1942 Created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck
Jemima Wilkinson
Religion
29-Nov-1752 1-Jul-1819 The Universal Friend
Gridley Wright
Religion
19-Jan-1934 22-Dec-1979 Shiva Lila cult founder
Yahweh ben Yahweh
Religion
27-Oct-1935 7-May-2007 Nation of Yahweh
Father Yod
Religion
4-Jul-1922 25-Aug-1975 Founder and Deity of The Source Family
Malachi York-El
Religion
26-Jun-1945   E.T. leader of United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors



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