| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Frank Abagnale |
Criminal |
27-Apr-1948 |
|
Catch Me If You Can |
| Omar Abdel-Rahman |
Criminal |
3-May-1938 |
|
The Blind Sheikh |
| Jack Abramoff |
Government |
28-Feb-1958 |
|
Casino Jack |
| Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Criminal |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Black Panther, sentenced to death |
| Joe Adonis |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1902 |
26-Nov-1971 |
Mafia boss, eventually deported |
| Sami Al-Arian |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1958 |
|
Professor convicted of funding terrorism |
| Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
| Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Casey Anthony |
Criminal |
19-Mar-1986 |
|
Mother of Caylee Anthony |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
| Anna Ayala |
Criminal |
22-Dec-1965 |
|
Wendy's chili-finger woman |
| Anthony Babington |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1561 |
20-Sep-1586 |
Plotted to overthrow Elizabeth I |
| Gaetano Badalamenti |
Criminal |
14-Sep-1923 |
29-Apr-2004 |
Don Tano, the Boss of Bosses |
| Nathaniel Bar-Jonah |
Criminal |
15-Feb-1957 |
13-Apr-2008 |
Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years |
| Sonny Barger |
Criminal |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Oakland Hells Angels |
| Doc Barker |
Criminal |
1899 |
13-Jan-1939 |
Son of Ma Barker |
| Ma Barker |
Criminal |
1872 |
16-Jan-1935 |
Matriarch of the Barker-Karpis Gang |
| Nicky Barnes |
Criminal |
1933 |
|
Heroin kingpin, Mr. Untouchable |
| Clyde Barrow |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1909 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Black Bart |
Criminal |
c. 1829 |
? |
Old West bandit and poet |
| Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Elizabeth Báthory |
Royalty |
Aug-1560 |
21-Aug-1614 |
Hungary's infamous Bloody Lady |
| Jim Bell |
Activist |
6-Apr-1958 |
|
Assassination Politics |
| Mary Flora Bell |
Criminal |
1957 |
|
Killed two boys as a 10-year-old |
| David Berkowitz |
Criminal |
1-Jun-1953 |
|
Son of Sam killer |
| Paul Bernardo |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1964 |
|
Husband/wife serial killer team |
| Kenneth Bianchi |
Criminal |
22-May-1951 |
|
Half of the Hillside Strangler duo |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Great Train Robber |
| Billy the Kid |
Criminal |
23-Nov-1859 |
14-Jul-1881 |
Frontier outlaw |
| Arthur Gary Bishop |
Criminal |
1951 |
10-Jun-1988 |
Utah serial killer of boys |
| Blackbeard |
Criminal |
c. 1680 |
22-Nov-1718 |
Infamous pirate |
| John Wayne Bobbitt |
Victim |
23-Mar-1967 |
|
Penectomy survivor |
| Lorena Bobbitt |
Criminal |
1970 |
|
Severed husband's penis |
| Joe Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| Lizzie Borden |
Criminal |
19-Jul-1860 |
1-Jun-1927 |
Presumed axe murderer |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspiration for the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| Edwin Alonzo Boyd |
Criminal |
2-Apr-1914 |
17-May-2002 |
Notorious Canadian bank robber |
| Ian Brady |
Criminal |
2-Jan-1938 |
|
British serial killer, convicted of Moors Murders |
| William Lee Brent |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1930 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Black Panther hijacker |
| Betty Broderick |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1947 |
|
Killed her husband, and his lover |
| Divine Brown |
Criminal |
9-Aug-1969 |
|
Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio |
| Martin Bryant |
Criminal |
7-May-1967 |
|
Killed 35 in a shooting spree in Tasmania |
| Whitey Bulger |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1929 |
|
Accused Boston crimelord |
| Ted Bundy |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1946 |
24-Jan-1989 |
Serial killer, blamed pornography |
| Edward Bunker |
Author |
31-Dec-1933 |
19-Jul-2005 |
Animal Factory |
| William Burke |
Criminal |
1792 |
28-Jan-1829 |
Cheap cadavers for science |
| Andrew Burnett |
Criminal |
1972 |
|
Road-rage dog killer |
| Joey Buttafuoco |
Criminal |
11-Mar-1956 |
|
Amy Fisher's other daddy |
| Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
| Harvey Carignan |
Criminal |
18-May-1927 |
|
The Want-Ad Killer |
| Roger Caron |
Criminal |
12-Apr-1938 |
11-Apr-2012 |
Go-Boy! Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars |
| Hurricane Carter |
Boxing |
6-May-1937 |
|
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
| Butch Cassidy |
Criminal |
13-Apr-1866 |
c. 1908 |
Train and bank robber |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Beatrice Cenci |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1577 |
11-Sep-1599 |
Italian beauty, murdered her father |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| Eldridge Cleaver |
Activist |
31-Aug-1935 |
1-May-1998 |
Black Panther turned Republican |
| Chuck Colson |
Government |
16-Oct-1931 |
21-Apr-2012 |
Minister, former Watergate figure |
| D. B. Cooper |
Criminal |
? |
? |
Successfully hijacked an airplane in 1971 |
| Kevin Cooper |
Criminal |
c. 1958 |
|
Hatcheted four people, awaiting execution |
| Juan Corona |
Criminal |
1934 |
|
Serial killer serving 25 life sentences |
| John Evander Couey |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1958 |
30-Sep-2009 |
Sex offender, killed Jessica Lunsford |
| Charles Cullen |
Criminal |
1960 |
|
Claimed to have killed 30-40 patients |
| Andrew Cunanan |
Criminal |
31-Aug-1969 |
23-Jul-1997 |
Murdered Gianni Versace |
| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
| Thomas Dangerfield |
Criminal |
1650 |
1685 |
English conspirator |
| Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| John Demjanjuk |
Criminal |
3-Apr-1920 |
17-Mar-2012 |
Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Mike Diana |
Artist |
5-Jun-1969 |
|
Boiled Angel |
| Everard Digby |
Criminal |
16-May-1578 |
30-Jan-1606 |
Gunpowder Plot |
| John Dillinger |
Criminal |
22-Jun-1903 |
22-Jul-1934 |
Public Enemy Number One |
| John E. du Pont |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1938 |
9-Dec-2010 |
Lunatic, murdered wrestler David Schultz |
| Marc Dutroux |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1956 |
|
Child murderer |
| Nikolai Dzhurmongaliev |
Criminal |
1952 |
|
Cannibal serial killer |
| Adolf Eichmann |
Criminal |
19-Mar-1906 |
31-May-1962 |
Nazi war criminal |
| Ira Einhorn |
Activist |
15-May-1940 |
|
Earth Day founder turned killer |
| Ruth Ellis |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1925 |
13-Jul-1955 |
Last woman hanged in England |
| Lynndie England |
Military |
8-Nov-1982 |
|
Abu Ghraib dominatrix |
| Pablo Escobar |
Criminal |
1-Dec-1949 |
2-Dec-1993 |
Head of the Medellin Cartel |
| Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
| Guy Fawkes |
Criminal |
13-Apr-1570 |
31-Jan-1606 |
Tried to blow up British Parliament |
| Colin Ferguson |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1958 |
|
Long Island Railroad Massacre |
| Albert Fish |
Criminal |
19-May-1870 |
16-Jan-1936 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Amy Fisher |
Criminal |
21-Aug-1974 |
|
Long Island Lolita |
| Heidi Fleiss |
Criminal |
30-Dec-1965 |
|
Hollywood madam |
| Pretty Boy Floyd |
Criminal |
3-Feb-1904 |
22-Oct-1934 |
Bank robber |
| Walter A. Forbes |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
Deposed CEO of Cendant |
| Robert Ford |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1862 |
8-Jun-1892 |
Shot and killed Jesse James |
| Mad Frankie Fraser |
Criminal |
13-Dec-1923 |
|
Notorious British bank robber |
| Josef Fritzl |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1935 |
|
Kept daughter in basement for 24 years |
| John Wayne Gacy |
Criminal |
17-Mar-1942 |
10-May-1994 |
28 dead boys in his crawlspace |
| Carlo Gambino |
Criminal |
24-Aug-1902 |
15-Oct-1976 |
Don of the Gambino Crime family |
| Luis Alfredo Garavito |
Criminal |
25-Jan-1957 |
|
Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Vito Genovese |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1897 |
14-Feb-1969 |
Genovese crime family |
| Carlo Gesualdo |
Composer |
c. 1560 |
8-Sep-1613 |
Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife |
| Sam Giancana |
Criminal |
24-May-1908 |
19-Jun-1975 |
Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66 |
| Vincent Gigante |
Criminal |
29-Mar-1928 |
19-Dec-2005 |
Mafia boss, headed the Genovese family |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by firing squad in Utah |
| Amon Goeth |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1908 |
13-Sep-1946 |
Ran concentration camp at Plaszow |
| Bernhard Goetz |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1947 |
|
Subway vigilante |
| John Gotti |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1940 |
10-Jun-2002 |
The Teflon Don |
| Peter Gotti |
Criminal |
c. 1939 |
|
Gambino Boss after John Gotti |
| Sammy "The Bull" Gravano |
Criminal |
12-Mar-1945 |
|
Testified against John Gotti |
| Matt Hale |
Religion |
27-Jul-1971 |
|
White supremacist |
| David Harris |
Criminal |
19-Oct-1960 |
30-Jun-2004 |
Copkiller in The Thin Blue Line |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
| Billy Hayes |
Criminal |
3-Apr-1947 |
|
Hashish smuggler, Midnight Express |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| Marvin Heemeyer |
Criminal |
1952 |
4-Jun-2004 |
Killdozer pilot |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| Elmer Wayne Henley |
Criminal |
9-May-1956 |
|
Kidnapped, tortured, murdered 27 boys |
| George Hennard |
Criminal |
15-Oct-1956 |
16-Oct-1991 |
Killed 22 at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas |
| Henry Hill |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1943 |
12-Jun-2012 |
Mobster inspired Goodfellas |
| Myra Hindley |
Criminal |
23-Jul-1942 |
15-Nov-2002 |
The Moors Murders |
| Gary Hirte |
Criminal |
1986 |
|
Eagle Scout, convicted murderer |
| Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
| H. H. Holmes |
Criminal |
16-May-1860 |
7-May-1896 |
The Devil in the White City |
| Karla Homolka |
Criminal |
4-May-1970 |
|
Husband/wife serial killer team |
| Larry Hoover |
Criminal |
30-Nov-1950 |
|
Gangster Disciples |
| Willie Horton |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1951 |
|
Prison furlough poster child |
| Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
| Webb Hubbell |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1948 |
|
Whitewater casualty |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Ian Huntley |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1974 |
|
Jailed for double murder |
| Jack Idema |
Military |
30-May-1956 |
21-Jan-2012 |
Green Beret wannabe |
| George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
| Frank James |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1843 |
18-Feb-1915 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Jesse James |
Criminal |
5-Sep-1847 |
3-Apr-1882 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| William Jefferson |
Politician |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1991-2009 |
| George Jung |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1942 |
|
Cocaine smuggler |
| Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| John Mark Karr |
Criminal |
11-Dec-1964 |
|
JonBenét Ramsey murder suspect |
| Moshe Katsav |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1945 |
|
President of Israel, 2000-07 |
| Charles Keating |
Business |
4-Dec-1923 |
|
Morality crusader, white-collar swindler |
| Andrew Kehoe |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1872 |
18-May-1927 |
Bath School Bomber |
| Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
| Ned Kelly |
Criminal |
Jun-1855 |
11-Nov-1880 |
Iron-clad Australian outlaw |
| William Kemmler |
Criminal |
9-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1890 |
First man executed by electric chair |
| Ed Kemper |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1948 |
|
The Co-Ed Killer |
| Jerome Kerviel |
Criminal |
11-Jan-1977 |
|
Rogue trader, lost €4.9B for Sociéte Générale |
| Mikhail Khodorkovsky |
Business |
26-Jun-1963 |
|
Founder of Yukos, now jailed |
| James William Kilgore |
Criminal |
11-Dec-1947 |
|
One of the Patty Hearst kidnappers |
| Edgar Ray Killen |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1925 |
|
Convicted in Mississippi Burning murders |
| Rodney King |
Victim |
2-Apr-1965 |
17-Jun-2012 |
Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown |
| Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Suge Knight |
Business |
19-Apr-1965 |
|
Rap mogul and ex-con |
| Marjorie Knoller |
Criminal |
c. 1946 |
|
Presa Canario enthusiast |
| Joseph Konopka |
Criminal |
c. 1976 |
|
Real-life super villain Dr. Chaos |
| Joseph Kony |
Criminal |
18-Sep-1964 |
|
Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda |
| Reg Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
1-Oct-2000 |
Kray brothers |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| Patricia Krenwinkel |
Criminal |
3-Dec-1947 |
|
Charles Manson Family |
| Gustav Krupp |
Business |
7-Aug-1870 |
16-Jan-1950 |
Industrialist, Nazi war criminal |
| Richard Kuklinski |
Criminal |
11-Apr-1935 |
5-Mar-2006 |
The Iceman |
| Vardan Kushnir |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1969 |
24-Jul-2005 |
Russian spammer, murdered |
| Henri Landru |
Criminal |
1869 |
25-Feb-1922 |
Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows |
| Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
| Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
| Carlos Lehder |
Criminal |
1950 |
|
Co-Founder, Medellin Cartel |
| Friedrich Leibacher |
Criminal |
21-Jul-1944 |
28-Sep-2001 |
Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Mary Kay Letourneau |
Criminal |
30-Jan-1962 |
|
America's Favorite Sex Offender |
| John Walker Lindh |
Criminal |
9-Feb-1981 |
|
The American Taliban |
| Pedro Alonzo Lopez |
Criminal |
1949 |
|
The Monster of the Andes, killed 300+ |
| Frank Lucas |
Criminal |
9-Sep-1930 |
|
Harlem heroin kingpin |
| Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Lucky Luciano |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1897 |
26-Jan-1962 |
Founder of Murder, Inc. |
| Paul Magliocchetti |
Criminal |
c. 1946 |
|
Washington lobbyist, PMA Group |
| Malcolm X |
Activist |
19-May-1925 |
21-Feb-1965 |
Nation of Islam |
| Lee Malvo |
Criminal |
18-Feb-1985 |
|
One of the two Washington Snipers |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Salvatore Maranzano |
Criminal |
1868 |
10-Sep-1931 |
Capo di tutti capi |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| Robert Mathews |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1953 |
8-Dec-1984 |
White supremacist died in shootout with FBI |
| David Edward Maust |
Criminal |
5-Apr-1954 |
20-Jan-2006 |
Serial killer of boys |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| Michael McDermott |
Criminal |
4-Sep-1958 |
|
Mucko killed seven coworkers |
| Susan McDougal |
Criminal |
1955 |
|
Whitewater scandal |
| Frank McLaury |
Criminal |
3-Mar-1848 |
26-Oct-1881 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Tom McLaury |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1853 |
26-Oct-1881 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Armin Meiwes |
Criminal |
1-Dec-1961 |
|
German cannibal |
| Erik Menendez |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1971 |
|
Killed parents with brother Lyle |
| Lyle Menendez |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1968 |
|
Killed parents with brother Erik |
| Edward Mezvinsky |
Politician |
17-Jan-1937 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77 |
| Michael Milken |
Business |
4-Jul-1946 |
|
Convicted financial executive |
| Lambdin P. Milligan |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1812 |
21-Dec-1899 |
Ex Parte Milligan |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Ernesto Miranda |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1941 |
31-Jan-1976 |
Miranda v. Arizona |
| Jim Mitchell |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1943 |
12-Jul-2007 |
Pornographer; shot and killed brother Artie |
| Sir Henry Morgan |
Military |
1635 |
25-Aug-1688 |
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean |
| John Allen Muhammad |
Criminal |
31-Dec-1960 |
10-Nov-2009 |
Beltway sniper |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Baby Face Nelson |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1908 |
27-Nov-1934 |
Public Enemy Number One |
| Charles Ng |
Criminal |
24-Dec-1960 |
|
On death row in California |
| Brian Nichols |
Criminal |
10-Dec-1971 |
|
Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape |
| Robert Noel |
Criminal |
c. 1942 |
|
Presa Canario enthusiast |
| Manuel Noriega |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1938 |
|
Panamanian dictator |
| Titus Oates |
Criminal |
15-Sep-1649 |
12-Jul-1705 |
Popish Plot |
| Clifford Olson |
Criminal |
1-Jan-1940 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Killed 11 youths in British Columbia |
| Sara Jane Olson |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1947 |
|
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| John L. Orr |
Criminal |
26-Apr-1949 |
|
California arson investigator, arsonist |
| Alferd Packer |
Criminal |
21-Nov-1842 |
23-Apr-1907 |
Celebrated cannibal killer |
| Deborah Jeane Palfrey |
Criminal |
18-Mar-1956 |
1-May-2008 |
The DC Madam |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Maurice Papon |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1910 |
17-Feb-2007 |
Vichy war criminal |
| Bonnie Parker |
Criminal |
1-Oct-1910 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Kenneth Parnell |
Criminal |
26-Sep-1932 |
21-Jan-2008 |
Kidnapped Steven Stayner |
| Lou Pearlman |
Business |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Boy bands and Ponzi schemes |
| Leonard Peltier |
Criminal |
12-Sep-1944 |
|
Native American political prisoner |
| Scott Peterson |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1972 |
|
Murdered pregnant wife Laci |
| Robert Pickton |
Criminal |
c. 1949 |
|
Canadian pig farmer, serial killer |
| Papa Pilgrim |
Criminal |
c. 1941 |
24-May-2008 |
Hillbilly Heaven |
| Martha M. Place |
Criminal |
c. 1855 |
20-Mar-1899 |
First woman executed by electric chair |
| Charles Ponzi |
Criminal |
3-Mar-1882 |
18-Jun-1949 |
Get-rich-quick schemes |
| Dorothea Puente |
Criminal |
9-Jan-1929 |
27-Mar-2011 |
Black Widow of Sacramento |
| William Quantrill |
Criminal |
31-Jul-1837 |
6-Jun-1865 |
Quantrill's Raiders |
| Dennis Rader |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
|
BTK serial killer |
| Gilles de Rais |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1404 |
26-Oct-1440 |
Fifteenth-century child killer |
| Richard Ramirez |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1960 |
|
Serial killer, on death row in California |
| Chopper Read |
Criminal |
17-Nov-1954 |
|
Earless Australian killer, author |
| Abe Reles |
Criminal |
1906 |
12-Nov-1941 |
Hitman for Murder, Inc. |
| Mel Reynolds |
Politician |
8-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95 |
| Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
| Gary Leon Ridgway |
Criminal |
18-Feb-1949 |
|
The Green River killer |
| John Rigas |
Business |
14-Nov-1924 |
|
CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002 |
| Johnny Ringo |
Criminal |
3-May-1850 |
13-Jul-1882 |
Old West gunslinger |
| Mark Roberts |
Activist |
1945 |
|
UK's most famous drug smuggler |
| John Edward Robinson |
Criminal |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
Serial killer incarcerated in Kansas |
| Alfonso Rodriguez |
Criminal |
18-Feb-1953 |
|
Multiple rapist, alleged murderer |
| Dayton Leroy Rogers |
Criminal |
30-Sep-1953 |
|
Serial killer, on death row in Oregon |
| Mark "Gator" Rogowski |
Skateboarder |
1966 |
|
Pro skateboarder imprisoned for murder |
| Darlie Routier |
Criminal |
4-Jan-1970 |
|
Death row babykiller with size EE breast implants |
| Rob Roy |
Criminal |
7-Mar-1671 |
28-Dec-1734 |
War leader of the Gregor clan |
| Eric Rudolph |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1966 |
|
White supremacist, Olympic Park Bomber |
| Gregory Scarpa, Sr. |
Criminal |
8-May-1928 |
8-Jun-1994 |
Top Mafia FBI informant for 30 years |
| Christopher Scarver |
Criminal |
c. 1969 |
|
Murdered Jeffrey Dahmer |
| Paul Schäfer |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1921 |
24-Apr-2010 |
Colonia Dignidad cult leader |
| Dutch Schultz |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1902 |
24-Oct-1935 |
Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer |
| Richard Scrushy |
Business |
Aug-1952 |
|
Imprisoned CEO of HealthSouth |
| Barry Seal |
Criminal |
19-Jul-1939 |
19-Feb-1986 |
DEA informant, CIA contract pilot |
| Donald Segretti |
Criminal |
17-Sep-1941 |
|
Dirty trickster for Nixon |
| Walter Seifert |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1922 |
12-Jun-1964 |
Cologne flamethrower massacre |
| Ted Shackley |
Government |
16-Jul-1927 |
9-Dec-2002 |
The CIA's Blond Ghost |
| Paul Shanley |
Religion |
25-Jan-1931 |
|
Molesting priest |
| Arthur Shawcross |
Criminal |
6-Jun-1945 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Genesee River Killer |
| Jack Sheppard |
Criminal |
1702 |
16-Nov-1724 |
English scoundrel, escapee |
| Harold Shipman |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1946 |
13-Jan-2004 |
Serial killer had 215 victims |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Harry Sinclair |
Business |
6-Jul-1876 |
10-Nov-1956 |
Founder of Sinclair Oil |
| Tony Sirico |
Actor |
29-Jul-1942 |
|
Paulie Walnuts |
| Moses Sithole |
Criminal |
1964 |
|
South African serial killer |
| Michael Skakel |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1960 |
|
Convicted of murdering Martha Moxley |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |
| Eddie Slovik |
Military |
18-Feb-1920 |
31-Jan-1945 |
US soldier executed for desertion |
| Benjamin Nathaniel Smith |
Criminal |
1978 |
5-Jul-1999 |
White supremacist spree killer |
| Perry Smith |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1928 |
14-Apr-1965 |
In Cold Blood |
| Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
| Morton Sobell |
Criminal |
11-Apr-1917 |
|
Rosenbergs Co-Defendant |
| Richard Speck |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1941 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Killed eight student nurses |
| Charles Starkweather |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1938 |
25-Jun-1959 |
Spree killer |
| Belle Starr |
Criminal |
5-Feb-1848 |
3-Feb-1889 |
Bandit Queen of the Old West |
| Cary Stayner |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1961 |
|
Yosemite killer |
| The Sundance Kid |
Criminal |
19-Apr-1868 |
c. 1908 |
Outlaw and sidekick |
| Peter Sutcliffe |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1946 |
|
The Yorkshire Ripper |
| Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1901 |
2-Nov-1980 |
Because that's where the money is |
| Lionel Tate |
Criminal |
30-Jan-1987 |
|
Florida's wrestling death teen |
| Charles Taylor |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1948 |
|
Former Liberian president, war criminal |
| Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
| Danny Trejo |
Actor |
16-May-1944 |
|
Ex-con turned character actor |
| Karla Faye Tucker |
Criminal |
18-Nov-1959 |
3-Feb-1998 |
First woman executed in Texas since 1863 |
| Dick Turpin |
Criminal |
1706 |
7-Apr-1739 |
English highwayman |
| Boss Tweed |
Politician |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Howard Unruh |
Criminal |
21-Jan-1921 |
19-Oct-2009 |
Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949 |
| Bryan Uyesugi |
Criminal |
1959 |
|
Shot 7 Xerox coworkers to death in Honolulu |
| Paul Vario |
Criminal |
9-Jul-1914 |
22-Nov-1988 |
Lucchese Crime Family |
| Veerappan |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1952 |
18-Oct-2004 |
India's greatest Sandalwood smuggler |
| Robert Vesco |
Criminal |
4-Nov-1935 |
23-Nov-2007 |
Fugitive financier |
| Eugène François Vidocq |
Government |
23-Jul-1775 |
11-May-1857 |
Criminal-turned-criminologist |
| Varg Vikernes |
Musician |
11-Feb-1973 |
|
Norwegian black metallurgist |
| Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
| Carl von Cosel |
Criminal |
8-Feb-1877 |
23-Jul-1952 |
Florida's favorite necrophile |
| Spamford Wallace |
Criminal |
c. 1968 |
|
Notorious spammer |
| Tex Watson |
Criminal |
2-Dec-1945 |
|
Honor student turned to Manson Family |
| Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
| Randy Weaver |
Victim |
3-Jan-1948 |
|
Ruby Ridge Incident |
| Rosemary West |
Criminal |
29-Nov-1953 |
|
British serial killer, along with husband Fred |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Jayson Williams |
Basketball |
22-Feb-1968 |
|
Retired and imprisoned NBA player |
| Tookie Williams |
Criminal |
29-Dec-1953 |
13-Dec-2005 |
Co-Founder, West Side Crips |
| Wayne Williams |
Criminal |
27-May-1958 |
|
Atlanta child murders |
| Philip D. Winn |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1925 |
|
HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton |
| 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 |
| Huang Yong |
Criminal |
c. 1974 |
26-Dec-2003 |
Prolific Chinese serial killer |
| Cole Younger |
Criminal |
15-Jan-1844 |
21-Mar-1916 |
The brains of the James-Younger Gang |
| Yang Zhiya |
Criminal |
c. 1968 |
14-Feb-2004 |
Chinese serial killer, charged 65 murders |
