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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Birdman of Alcatraz
Criminal
28-Jan-1890 22-Nov-1963 Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Victor L. Berger
Politician
28-Feb-1860 7-Aug-1929 Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin
Chuck Berry
Singer
18-Oct-1926   My Ding-A-Ling
Benny Binion
Business
20-Nov-1904 25-Dec-1989 Founder, World Series of Poker
Whitey Bulger
Criminal
3-Sep-1929   Accused Boston crimelord
Al Capone
Criminal
17-Jan-1899 25-Jan-1947 Scarface
Oscar Collazo
Assassin
20-Feb-1914 21-Feb-1994 Attempted assassin of Truman
Vito Genovese
Criminal
27-Nov-1897 14-Feb-1969 Genovese crime family
Sam Giancana
Criminal
24-May-1908 19-Jun-1975 Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66
Erich Gimpel
Spy
25-Mar-1910 1996 Agent 146
Charles A. Graner
Military
1968   Abu Ghraib prison guard
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
Jack Johnson
Boxing
31-Mar-1878 10-Jun-1946 First black heavyweight champion
Alvin Karpis
Criminal
10-Aug-1907 26-Aug-1979 Former Public Enemy #1
Machine Gun Kelly
Criminal
18-Jul-1895 18-Jul-1954 Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Louis Lepke
Criminal
6-Feb-1897 4-Mar-1944 Head of Murder, Inc.
Ricardo Flores Magón
Anarchist
16-Sep-1873 21-Nov-1922 Agitator behind Mexican revolution
Bradley Manning
Military
17-Dec-1987   Accused of releasing classified documents
Carl Panzram
Criminal
28-Jun-1891 5-Sep-1930 Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Leonard Peltier
Criminal
12-Sep-1944   Native American political prisoner
Tom Pendergast
Politician
22-Jul-1873 26-Jan-1945 Missouri political boss
James Earl Ray
Assassin
10-Mar-1928 23-Apr-1998 Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
Iceberg Slim
Criminal
4-Aug-1918 28-Apr-1992 Pimp-turned-author




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