| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Black Bart |
Criminal |
c. 1829 |
? |
Old West bandit and poet |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Great Train Robber |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| William Lee Brent |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1930 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Black Panther hijacker |
| Todd Bridges |
Actor |
27-May-1965 |
|
Diff'rent Strokes |
| James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Godfather of Soul |
| Edward Bunker |
Author |
31-Dec-1933 |
19-Jul-2005 |
Animal Factory |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Dog Chapman |
TV Personality |
1-Feb-1953 |
|
Dog, the Bounty Hunter |
| Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Pretty Boy Floyd |
Criminal |
3-Feb-1904 |
22-Oct-1934 |
Bank robber |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by Utah firing squad |
| Donald Goines |
Author |
15-Dec-1936 |
21-Oct-1974 |
Whoreson |
| Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
|
Okie From Muskogee |
| Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| Willie Horton |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1951 |
|
Prison furlough poster child |
| George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Robert Mathews |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1953 |
8-Dec-1984 |
White supremacist died in shootout with FBI |
| Ernesto Miranda |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1941 |
31-Jan-1976 |
Miranda v. Arizona |
| Charles Ng |
Criminal |
24-Dec-1960 |
|
On death row in California |
| Terry Nichols |
Terrorist |
1-Apr-1955 |
|
Timothy McVeigh's partner in crime |
| Clifford Olson |
Criminal |
1-Jan-1940 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Killed 11 youths in British Columbia |
| Petey Pablo |
Rapper |
22-Jul-1973 |
|
Dirty South rapper, Raise Up |
| Jose Padilla |
Terrorist |
18-Oct-1970 |
|
Convicted of conspiracy |
| Dana Plato |
Actor |
7-Nov-1964 |
9-May-1999 |
Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Chopper Read |
Criminal |
17-Nov-1954 |
|
Earless Australian killer, author |
| Sonny Rollins |
Jazz Musician |
7-Sep-1930 |
|
Tenor sax master |
| Nicola Sacco |
Anarchist |
22-Apr-1891 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| O. J. Simpson |
Football |
9-Jul-1947 |
|
Searching tirelessly for the real killers |
| Tony Sirico |
Actor |
29-Jul-1942 |
|
Paulie Walnuts |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |
| Flavio Sosa |
Politician |
1953 |
|
Jailed APPO councilman |
| Lionel Tate |
Criminal |
30-Jan-1987 |
|
Florida's wrestling death teen |
| Danny Trejo |
Actor |
16-May-1944 |
|
Ex-con turned character actor |
| Bianca Trump |
Pornstar |
7-Nov-1972 |
|
Rent-a-Butt |
| Dick Turpin |
Criminal |
1706 |
7-Apr-1739 |
English highwayman |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
Anarchist |
11-Jun-1888 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Varg Vikernes |
Musician |
11-Feb-1973 |
|
Norwegian black metallurgist |
| Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
| John Wojtowicz |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
2-Jan-2006 |
Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon |
| Aileen Wuornos |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1956 |
9-Oct-2002 |
Notorious serial killer |
