Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jack Abramoff |
Government |
28-Feb-1958 |
|
Casino Jack |
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá |
Politician |
13-Feb-1962 |
|
Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005-09 |
Spiro T. Agnew |
Politician |
9-Nov-1918 |
17-Sep-1996 |
US Vice President, 1969-73 |
Tony Alamo |
Religion |
20-Sep-1934 |
|
Tony Alamo Ministries |
Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
Robert B. Anderson |
Government |
4-Jun-1910 |
14-Aug-1989 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 |
Momofuku Ando |
Business |
5-Mar-1910 |
5-Jan-2007 |
Inventor of instant noodle soup |
Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
Jim Bakker |
Religion |
2-Jan-1939 |
|
Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist |
Stephen Baldwin |
Actor |
12-May-1966 |
|
A Baldwin Brother |
Gustav Bauer |
Head of State |
6-Jan-1870 |
16-Sep-1944 |
German Chancellor 1919-20 |
Boris Becker |
Tennis |
22-Nov-1967 |
|
Wimbledon winner at 17 |
Jim Bell |
Activist |
6-Apr-1958 |
|
Assassination Politics |
Ingmar Bergman |
Film Director |
14-Jul-1918 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Scenes from a Marriage |
Silvio Berlusconi |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1936 |
|
Former Prime Minister of Italy |
Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
Benny Binion |
Business |
20-Nov-1904 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Founder, World Series of Poker |
Earl Butz |
Government |
3-Jul-1909 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Ford's disgraced Secretary of Agriculture |
Crazy Cabbie |
Radio Personality |
10-Dec-1968 |
|
Part of the Howard Stern menagerie |
Bill Campbell |
Politician |
25-May-1953 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 1994-2002 |
Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
Helio Castroneves |
Auto Racing |
10-May-1975 |
|
Winner, 2001, 2002, 2009 Indy 500 |
Duke Cunningham |
Politician |
8-Dec-1941 |
|
Congressman from California, 1991-2005 |
Clive Davis |
Business |
4-Apr-1932 |
|
Founder of Arista Records |
John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
Ken Dodd |
Comic |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
British comedian, ventriloquist |
David Duke |
Activist |
13-Jul-1950 |
|
Former KKK Grand Wizard |
Charles Evers |
Activist |
11-Sep-1922 |
|
Brother of Medgar Evers |
Heidi Fleiss |
Criminal |
30-Dec-1965 |
|
Hollywood madam |
Red Foley |
Country Musician |
17-Jun-1910 |
19-Sep-1968 |
Country crooner, wrote Old Shep |
Harold Ford, Sr. |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97 |
John Gotti |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1940 |
10-Jun-2002 |
The Teflon Don |
W. V. Grant, Jr. |
Religion |
1946 |
|
Televangelist, convicted of tax evasion |
Richard Hatch |
TV Personality |
8-Apr-1961 |
|
Survivor |
Harry Helmsley |
Business |
4-Mar-1909 |
4-Jan-1997 |
Hotel magnate |
Leona Helmsley |
Business |
4-Jul-1920 |
20-Aug-2007 |
Queen of Mean |
Skitch Henderson |
Conductor |
27-Jan-1918 |
1-Nov-2005 |
Original Tonight Show bandleader |
Lauryn Hill |
Singer |
26-May-1975 |
|
Soul/hip hop singer and producer |
Kent Hovind |
Religion |
15-Jan-1953 |
|
Creation Science evangelist |
Webb Hubbell |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1948 |
|
Whitewater casualty |
Ronald Isley |
Musician |
21-May-1941 |
|
An Isley brother |
Fat Joe |
Rapper |
19-Aug-1970 |
|
J.O.S.E. (Jealous Ones Still Envy) |
Mikhail Khodorkovsky |
Business |
26-Jun-1963 |
|
Founder of Yukos, now jailed |
Kwame Kilpatrick |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08 |
Don King |
Boxing |
20-Aug-1931 |
|
Boxing promoter |
Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
Allen Klein |
Business |
18-Dec-1931 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Prehensile ABKCO executive |
Dennis Kozlowski |
Business |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Disgraced CEO of Tyco |
Thomas J. Lane |
Politician |
6-Jul-1898 |
14-Jun-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1941-63 |
Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
Lyndon LaRouche |
Economist |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Eccentric economist politician |
Larry Levenson |
Business |
c. 1936 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
Sophia Loren |
Actor |
20-Sep-1934 |
|
La Ciociara |
Ginger Lynn |
Pornstar |
14-Dec-1962 |
|
Come Hither Cum Ginger |
Method Man |
Rapper |
1-Apr-1971 |
|
Wu-Tang Clan |
Diego Maradona |
Soccer |
30-Oct-1960 |
|
Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final |
Ferdinand Marcos |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1917 |
28-Sep-1989 |
Disgraced Philippine dictator |
Willie McCovey |
Baseball |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
521 homers, 18 grand slams |
Susan McDougal |
Criminal |
1955 |
|
Whitewater scandal |
Andrew W. Mellon |
Business |
24-Mar-1855 |
27-Aug-1937 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32 |
Carlos Menem |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1930 |
|
President of Argentina, 1989-99 |
Marvin Mitchelson |
Attorney |
7-May-1928 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Celebrity divorce lawyer |
Sun Myung Moon |
Religion |
6-Jan-1920 |
3-Sep-2012 |
Head Moonie |
James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
Mystikal |
Rapper |
22-Sep-1970 |
|
New Orleans rapper, Ghetto Fabulous |
Willie Nelson |
Country Musician |
30-Apr-1933 |
|
The red-headed stranger |
Luciano Pavarotti |
Singer |
12-Oct-1935 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
Tom Pendergast |
Politician |
22-Jul-1873 |
26-Jan-1945 |
Missouri political boss |
Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
Adam Clayton Powell |
Politician |
29-Nov-1908 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Congressman from New York, 1945-71 |
Richard Pryor |
Comic |
1-Dec-1940 |
10-Dec-2005 |
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy |
Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
Keith Richards |
Guitarist |
18-Dec-1943 |
|
The Rolling Stones |
William E. Riker |
Religion |
1873 |
3-Dec-1969 |
Holy City cult leader |
Pete Rose |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Cincinnati Reds |
Ja Rule |
Rapper |
29-Feb-1976 |
|
Holla Holla |
George Ryan |
Politician |
24-Feb-1934 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003 |
Irwin Schiff |
Activist |
1928 |
|
US income tax protester |
Nawaz Sharif |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1949 |
|
Twice Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Al Sharpton |
Activist |
3-Oct-1954 |
|
Minister, Presidential hopeful |
Beanie Sigel |
Rapper |
6-Mar-1974 |
|
Rapper, Protege of Jay-Z |
Nina Simone |
Singer |
21-Feb-1933 |
21-Apr-2003 |
The High Priestess of Soul |
Percy Sledge |
Singer |
25-Nov-1941 |
|
When a Man Loves a Woman |
Lawrence J. Smith |
Politician |
25-Apr-1941 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1983-93 |
William G. Stratton |
Politician |
26-Feb-1914 |
2-Mar-2001 |
Governor of Illinois, 1953-61 |
Darryl Strawberry |
Baseball |
12-Mar-1962 |
|
Troubled former baseball player |
Lawrence Taylor |
Football |
4-Feb-1959 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
James Traficant |
Politician |
8-May-1941 |
|
Disgraced former Ohio Congressman |
Walter R. Tucker III |
Politician |
28-May-1957 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-95 |
Erich von Däniken |
Author |
14-Apr-1935 |
|
Chariots of the Gods? |
Sam Waksal |
Business |
8-Sep-1947 |
|
CEO, ImClone |
Ai Weiwei |
Artist |
18-May-1957 |
|
Chinese contemporary artist |
John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |