| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Criminal |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Black Panther, sentenced to death |
| Mehmet Ali Agca |
Assassin |
9-Jan-1958 |
|
In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II |
| Rodney Alcala |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1943 |
|
The Dating Game killer |
| Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
| Yigal Amir |
Assassin |
23-May-1970 |
|
Assassin of Yitzhak Rabin |
| Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Casey Anthony |
Criminal |
19-Mar-1986 |
|
Mother of Caylee Anthony |
| Benigno Aquino |
Politician |
27-Nov-1932 |
21-Aug-1983 |
Philippine opposition leader |
| Fatty Arbuckle |
Actor |
24-Mar-1887 |
29-Jun-1933 |
Keystone Cop |
| Vladimir Arutyunian |
Assassin |
12-Mar-1978 |
|
Threw a grenade at George W. Bush |
| Shoko Asahara |
Religion |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult |
| Atahualpa |
Royalty |
c. 1502 |
29-Aug-1533 |
Incan king ransomed, killed by Pizarro |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
| 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 |
| Klaus Barbie |
Government |
25-Oct-1913 |
25-Sep-1991 |
The Butcher of Lyon |
| Sonny Barger |
Criminal |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Oakland Hells Angels |
| Doc Barker |
Criminal |
1899 |
13-Jan-1939 |
Son of Ma Barker |
| Nicky Barnes |
Criminal |
1933 |
|
Heroin kingpin, Mr. Untouchable |
| Clyde Barrow |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1909 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Mary Flora Bell |
Criminal |
1957 |
|
Killed two boys as a 10-year-old |
| Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
| 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 |
| Billy the Kid |
Criminal |
23-Nov-1859 |
14-Jul-1881 |
Frontier outlaw |
| Benny Binion |
Business |
20-Nov-1904 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Founder, World Series of Poker |
| Arthur Gary Bishop |
Criminal |
1951 |
10-Jun-1988 |
Utah serial killer of boys |
| Robert Blake |
Actor |
18-Sep-1933 |
|
Baretta |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| John Wilkes Booth |
Assassin |
10-May-1838 |
26-Apr-1865 |
Abraham Lincoln's assassin |
| Juan Maria Bordaberry |
Head of State |
17-Jun-1928 |
17-Jul-2011 |
President of Uruguay, 1972-76 |
| Lizzie Borden |
Criminal |
19-Jul-1860 |
1-Jun-1927 |
Presumed axe murderer |
| Martin Bormann |
Government |
17-Jun-1900 |
2-May-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's adjutant |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| W. A. Boyle |
Labor Leader |
1-Dec-1904 |
31-May-1985 |
UMW President, 1963-72 |
| Ian Brady |
Criminal |
2-Jan-1938 |
|
British serial killer, convicted of Moors Murders |
| Lillo Brancato |
Actor |
30-Aug-1976 |
|
A Bronx Tale, acquitted of murder |
| Betty Broderick |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1947 |
|
Killed her husband, and his lover |
| H. Rap Brown |
Activist |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
Die, Nigger, Die! |
| John Brown |
Activist |
9-May-1800 |
2-Dec-1859 |
Led the raid on Harpers Ferry |
| 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 |
| William Burke |
Criminal |
1792 |
28-Jan-1829 |
Cheap cadavers for science |
| Aaron Burr |
Politician |
6-Feb-1756 |
14-Sep-1836 |
Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| C-Murder |
Rapper |
9-Mar-1971 |
|
Rapper, serving life for murder |
| William Calley |
Military |
8-Jun-1943 |
|
Led the My Lai Massacre |
| Bertrand Cantat |
Musician |
5-Mar-1964 |
|
French rock star accused of killing girlfriend |
| Caravaggio |
Painter |
28-Sep-1573 |
18-Jul-1610 |
Temperamental painter |
| Harvey Carignan |
Criminal |
18-May-1927 |
|
The Want-Ad Killer |
| Luis Posada Carriles |
Terrorist |
c. 1928 |
|
Cuban terrorist in US custody |
| Rae Carruth |
Football |
20-Jan-1974 |
|
Carolina Panther murdered his girlfriend |
| Hurricane Carter |
Boxing |
6-May-1937 |
|
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
| Cassidy |
Rapper |
1983 |
|
"Da Problem" |
| Benvenuto Cellini |
Sculptor |
1-Nov-1500 |
13-Feb-1571 |
Florentine Mannerist goldsmith and sculptor |
| Beatrice Cenci |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1577 |
11-Sep-1599 |
Italian beauty, murdered her father |
| Dog Chapman |
TV Personality |
1-Feb-1953 |
|
Dog, the Bounty Hunter |
| Mark David Chapman |
Assassin |
10-May-1955 |
|
Assassin of Beatle John Lennon |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| 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 |
| Leon Czolgosz |
Assassin |
1873 |
29-Oct-1901 |
President McKinley's assassin |
| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
| Dee Jay Daniels |
Actor |
17-Oct-1988 |
|
Michael Hughley on The Hughleys |
| Angela Davis |
Activist |
26-Jan-1944 |
|
Black Panther, teacher, professor |
| 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 |
| Bob Denard |
Military |
7-Apr-1929 |
13-Oct-2007 |
French mercenary |
| Sepp Dietrich |
Military |
28-May-1892 |
22-Apr-1966 |
Nazi general, guilty of war crimes |
| Snoop Dogg |
Rapper |
20-Oct-1971 |
|
Sippin' on gin, juice |
| Don Drummond |
Musician |
12-Mar-1932 |
6-May-1969 |
The Skatalites |
| 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 |
| Wyatt Earp |
Government |
19-Mar-1848 |
13-Jan-1929 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Luis Echeverría |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
President of Mexico, 1970-76 |
| 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 |
| Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
| Colin Ferguson |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1958 |
|
Long Island Railroad Massacre |
| Albert Fish |
Criminal |
19-May-1870 |
16-Jan-1936 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Pretty Boy Floyd |
Criminal |
3-Feb-1904 |
22-Oct-1934 |
Bank robber |
| Robert Ford |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1862 |
8-Jun-1892 |
Shot and killed Jesse James |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Mad Frankie Fraser |
Criminal |
13-Dec-1923 |
|
Notorious British bank robber |
| John Wayne Gacy |
Criminal |
17-Mar-1942 |
10-May-1994 |
28 dead boys in his crawlspace |
| Carmine Galante |
Criminal |
21-Feb-1910 |
12-Jul-1979 |
Acting Bonanno Boss, 1974-79 |
| Leopoldo Galtieri |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1926 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads |
| 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 |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by Utah firing squad |
| Nathuram Vinayak Godse |
Assassin |
19-May-1910 |
15-Nov-1949 |
Assassinated Gandhi |
| William J. Goebel |
Politician |
4-Jan-1856 |
3-Feb-1900 |
Kentucky Governor, assassinated |
| John Gotti |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1940 |
10-Jun-2002 |
The Teflon Don |
| Sammy "The Bull" Gravano |
Criminal |
12-Mar-1945 |
|
Testified against John Gotti |
| Charles Guiteau |
Assassin |
8-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1882 |
Assassin of President Garfield |
| 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 |
| Nidal Malik Hasan |
Military |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
Fort Hood shooting |
| Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
| Big Bill Haywood |
Labor Leader |
4-Feb-1869 |
18-May-1928 |
Industrial Workers of the World |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| Gulbuddin Hekmatyar |
Head of State |
1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Afghanistan |
| 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 |
| Joe Hill |
Labor Leader |
7-Oct-1879 |
19-Nov-1915 |
Labor leader, convicted of murder |
| 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 |
| Doc Holliday |
Doctor |
14-Aug-1851 |
8-Nov-1887 |
Wyatt Earp's reliable friend |
| H. H. Holmes |
Criminal |
16-May-1860 |
7-May-1896 |
The Devil in the White City |
| James Holmes |
Criminal Defendant |
13-Dec-1987 |
|
2012 Aurora theater shooting |
| John Holmes |
Pornstar |
8-Aug-1944 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis |
| Larry Hoover |
Criminal |
30-Nov-1950 |
|
Gangster Disciples |
| Willie Horton |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1951 |
|
Prison furlough poster child |
| Ian Huntley |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1974 |
|
Jailed for double murder |
| Uday Hussein |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1964 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son |
| Carlos the Jackal |
Terrorist |
12-Oct-1949 |
|
International terrorist |
| George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
| Jesse James |
Criminal |
5-Sep-1847 |
3-Apr-1882 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Little Willie John |
Singer |
15-Oct-1937 |
26-May-1968 |
Fever |
| E. Z. C. Judson |
Novelist |
20-Mar-1823 |
16-Jul-1886 |
Pulp novelist, pseudonym Ned Buntline |
| Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
| Radovan Karadzic |
Head of State |
19-Jun-1945 |
|
Indicted Serbian war criminal |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| John Mark Karr |
Criminal |
11-Dec-1964 |
|
JonBenét Ramsey murder suspect |
| Mir Aimal Kasi |
Terrorist |
10-Feb-1964 |
14-Nov-2002 |
Killed two CIA employees at HQ |
| Andrew Kehoe |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1872 |
18-May-1927 |
Bath School Bomber |
| 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 |
| Jack Kevorkian |
Doctor |
26-May-1928 |
3-Jun-2011 |
Euthanasia enthusiast |
| Edgar Ray Killen |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1925 |
|
Convicted in Mississippi Burning murders |
| Don King |
Boxing |
20-Aug-1931 |
|
Boxing promoter |
| Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Marjorie Knoller |
Criminal |
c. 1946 |
|
Presa Canario enthusiast |
| 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 |
| Richard Kuklinski |
Criminal |
11-Apr-1935 |
5-Mar-2006 |
The Iceman |
| Henri Landru |
Criminal |
1869 |
25-Feb-1922 |
Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows |
| Adam Lanza |
Criminal |
22-Apr-1992 |
14-Dec-2012 |
Connecticut school shooter |
| José P. Laurel |
Head of State |
9-Mar-1891 |
6-Nov-1959 |
3rd President of the Philippines |
| Leadbelly |
Guitarist |
29-Jan-1885 |
6-Dec-1949 |
Goodnight Irene |
| Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Ray Lewis |
Football |
15-May-1975 |
|
NFL linebacker charged with murder, pled out |
| Abu Faraj al-Libbi |
Terrorist |
c. 1963 |
|
Third in command of al-Qaeda |
| Lil' Boosie |
Rapper |
14-Nov-1983 |
|
Bad Azz |
| Jared Loughner |
Assassin |
10-Sep-1988 |
|
Tucson Safeway shooter |
| Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Andrei Lugovoi |
Spy |
1966 |
|
KGB agent, charged with Litvinenko murder |
| Luka Magnotta |
Criminal Defendant |
24-Jul-1982 |
|
Allegedly dismembered a Chinese student |
| Lee Malvo |
Criminal |
18-Feb-1985 |
|
One of the two Washington Snipers |
| Gucci Mane |
Rapper |
2-Feb-1980 |
|
Icy |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Ferdinand Marcos |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1917 |
28-Sep-1989 |
Disgraced Philippine dictator |
| Christopher Marlowe |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1564 |
30-May-1593 |
Doctor Faustus |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| Joey Massino |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1943 |
|
Bonanno Family Boss, 1991-2004 |
| 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 |
| John McAfee |
Business |
18-Sep-1945 |
|
Antivirus entepreneur and yoga wannabe |
| Michael McDermott |
Criminal |
4-Sep-1958 |
|
Mucko killed seven coworkers |
| Lachlan McIntosh |
Military |
17-Mar-1725 |
20-Feb-1806 |
Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel |
| Timothy McVeigh |
Terrorist |
23-Apr-1968 |
11-Jun-2001 |
Oklahoma City Bomber |
| Russell Means |
Activist |
10-Nov-1939 |
22-Oct-2012 |
American Indian Movement |
| Joe Meek |
Music Producer |
5-Apr-1929 |
3-Feb-1967 |
Innovative record producer |
| 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 |
| Slobodan Milosevic |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1941 |
11-Mar-2006 |
Deposed President of Yugoslavia |
| John Milton |
Politician |
20-Apr-1807 |
1-Apr-1865 |
Florida governor, committed suicide |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Jim Mitchell |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1943 |
12-Jul-2007 |
Pornographer; shot and killed brother Artie |
| Imad Fayez Mugniyah |
Terrorist |
7-Dec-1962 |
12-Feb-2008 |
Hezbollah International terror wing |
| John Allen Muhammad |
Criminal |
31-Dec-1960 |
10-Nov-2009 |
Beltway sniper |
| Eadweard Muybridge |
Photographer |
9-Apr-1830 |
8-May-1904 |
Animal Locomotion |
| Baby Face Nelson |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1908 |
27-Nov-1934 |
Public Enemy Number One |
| Huey Newton |
Activist |
17-Feb-1942 |
22-Aug-1989 |
Black Panther |
| Charles Ng |
Criminal |
24-Dec-1960 |
|
On death row in California |
| Brian Nichols |
Criminal |
10-Dec-1971 |
|
Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape |
| 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 |
| Sara Jane Olson |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1947 |
|
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| John L. Orr |
Criminal |
26-Apr-1949 |
|
California arson investigator, arsonist |
| Felice Orsini |
Assassin |
1819 |
13-Mar-1858 |
Attempted assassin of Napoleon III |
| Osman I |
Royalty |
1258 |
1326 |
Founder of the Ottoman Empire |
| Lee Harvey Oswald |
Assassin |
18-Oct-1939 |
24-Nov-1963 |
Assassin of John F. Kennedy |
| Alferd Packer |
Criminal |
21-Nov-1842 |
23-Apr-1907 |
Celebrated cannibal killer |
| Jose Padilla |
Terrorist |
18-Oct-1970 |
|
Convicted of conspiracy |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Talwinder Singh Parmar |
Terrorist |
26-Feb-1944 |
15-Oct-1992 |
1985 Air India bombing mastermind |
| Albert Parsons |
Activist |
20-Jun-1848 |
11-Nov-1887 |
Haymarket Martyr |
| Leonard Peltier |
Criminal |
12-Sep-1944 |
|
Native American political prisoner |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| Scott Peterson |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1972 |
|
Murdered pregnant wife Laci |
| Robert Pickton |
Criminal |
c. 1949 |
|
Canadian pig farmer, serial killer |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Martha M. Place |
Criminal |
c. 1855 |
20-Mar-1899 |
First woman executed by electric chair |
| Gavrilo Princip |
Assassin |
25-Jul-1894 |
28-Apr-1918 |
Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Jack Reed |
Activist |
22-Oct-1887 |
19-Oct-1920 |
Ten Days That Shook the World |
| Hans Reiser |
Computer Programmer |
19-Dec-1963 |
|
ReiserFS |
| Abe Reles |
Criminal |
1906 |
12-Nov-1941 |
Hitman for Murder, Inc. |
| Gary Leon Ridgway |
Criminal |
18-Feb-1949 |
|
The Green River killer |
| William E. Riker |
Religion |
1873 |
3-Dec-1969 |
Holy City cult leader |
| 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 |
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Serial killer, on death row in Oregon |
| Mark "Gator" Rogowski |
Skateboarder |
1966 |
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Pro skateboarder imprisoned for murder |
| Frank Rosolino |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1926 |
26-Nov-1978 |
Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! |
| Darlie Routier |
Criminal |
4-Jan-1970 |
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Death row babykiller with size EE breast implants |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Eric Rudolph |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1966 |
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White supremacist, Olympic Park Bomber |
| Nicola Sacco |
Anarchist |
22-Apr-1891 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Muqtada al-Sadr |
Military |
12-Aug-1973 |
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Militant Shiite Iraqi cleric |
| Richard Savage |
Poet |
c. 1697 |
1-Aug-1743 |
Poet-subject of Life of Savage |
| Christopher Scarver |
Criminal |
c. 1969 |
|
Murdered Jeffrey Dahmer |
| Paul Schäfer |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1921 |
24-Apr-2010 |
Colonia Dignidad cult leader |
| Bobby Seale |
Activist |
22-Oct-1936 |
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Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party |
| Walter Seifert |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1922 |
12-Jun-1964 |
Cologne flamethrower massacre |
| Arthur Shawcross |
Criminal |
6-Jun-1945 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Genesee River Killer |
| 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 |
| O. J. Simpson |
Football |
9-Jul-1947 |
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Searching tirelessly for the real killers |
| Sirhan Sirhan |
Assassin |
19-Mar-1944 |
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Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy |
| Moses Sithole |
Criminal |
1964 |
|
South African serial killer |
| Michael Skakel |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1960 |
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Convicted of murdering Martha Moxley |
| 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 |
| Robert Sorrells |
Actor |
29-Jun-1930 |
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Gunsmoke and Bonanza |
| Richard Speck |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1941 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Killed eight student nurses |
| Phil Spector |
Music Producer |
26-Dec-1940 |
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Creator of the Wall of Sound |
| Charles Starkweather |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1938 |
25-Jun-1959 |
Spree killer |
| Cary Stayner |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1961 |
|
Yosemite killer |
| Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
| Peter Sutcliffe |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1946 |
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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 |
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Florida's wrestling death teen |
| David S. Terry |
Judge |
8-Mar-1823 |
14-Aug-1889 |
California Chief Justice, 1857-59 |
| Griselio Torresola |
Assassin |
1925 |
1-Nov-1950 |
Attempted assassin of Truman |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
Anarchist |
11-Jun-1888 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Veerappan |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1952 |
18-Oct-2004 |
India's greatest Sandalwood smuggler |
| Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
| Varg Vikernes |
Musician |
11-Feb-1973 |
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Norwegian black metallurgist |
| Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
| Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia |
Royalty |
12-Feb-1937 |
|
Crown Prince of Italy |
| William Wallace |
Military |
1272 |
23-Aug-1305 |
Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart |
| 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 |
| Dan White |
Assassin |
2-Sep-1946 |
21-Oct-1985 |
Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Louis T. Wigfall |
Politician |
21-Apr-1816 |
18-Feb-1874 |
US Senator from Texas, 1859-61 |
| Tookie Williams |
Criminal |
29-Dec-1953 |
13-Dec-2005 |
Co-Founder, West Side Crips |
| Wayne Williams |
Criminal |
27-May-1958 |
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Atlanta child murders |
| Aileen Wuornos |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1956 |
9-Oct-2002 |
Notorious serial killer |
| Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
| Andrea Yates |
Criminal Defendant |
2-Jul-1964 |
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Drowned her five children |
| Huang Yong |
Criminal |
c. 1974 |
26-Dec-2003 |
Prolific Chinese serial killer |
| Ramzi Yousef |
Terrorist |
27-Apr-1968 |
|
Mastermind of 1993 WTC bombing |
| Giuseppe Zangara |
Assassin |
7-Sep-1900 |
20-Mar-1933 |
Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Asif Ali Zardari |
Head of State |
22-Jul-1955 |
|
President of Pakistan |
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
Terrorist |
20-Oct-1966 |
7-Jun-2006 |
Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq |
| Ayman al-Zawahiri |
Terrorist |
19-Jun-1951 |
|
Founder, Islamic Jihad |
| Yang Zhiya |
Criminal |
c. 1968 |
14-Feb-2004 |
Chinese serial killer, charged 65 murders |
| George Zimmerman |
Criminal Defendant |
5-Oct-1983 |
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Killed Trayvon Martin |
