Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Mark Abene |
Hacker |
1972 |
|
Hacker Phiber Optik |
King Ad-Rock |
Rapper |
31-Oct-1966 |
|
Beastie Boys |
Claude Allen |
Government |
11-Oct-1960 |
|
Former White House domestic policy advisor |
Rafid Ahmed Alwan |
Hoaxer |
1968 |
|
"Curveball" |
Casey Anthony |
Criminal |
19-Mar-1986 |
|
Mother of Caylee Anthony |
Tom Arnold |
Actor |
6-Mar-1959 |
|
Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr |
Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Great Train Robber |
John Wayne Bobbitt |
Victim |
23-Mar-1967 |
|
Penectomy survivor |
Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Godfather of Soul |
Andrew Burnett |
Criminal |
1972 |
|
Road-rage dog killer |
Hurricane Carter |
Boxing |
6-May-1937 |
|
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
Frederick Chiluba |
Head of State |
30-Apr-1943 |
18-Jun-2011 |
President of Zambia, 1991-2002 |
Eldridge Cleaver |
Activist |
31-Aug-1935 |
1-May-1998 |
Black Panther turned Republican |
Frank Corder |
Aviator |
26-May-1956 |
12-Sep-1994 |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
Gregory Corso |
Poet |
26-Mar-1930 |
17-Jan-2001 |
Beat poet, Gasoline |
Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda |
Religion |
22-Apr-1942 |
|
International Ministry Growing in Grace, Inc. |
Melissa DeHart |
Victim |
Jul-1974 |
|
58-pound celebrity anorexic |
Sheila Dixon |
Politician |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Baltimore Mayor, resigned in disgrace |
DMX |
Rapper |
18-Dec-1970 |
|
What's My Name? |
Marc Dutroux |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1956 |
|
Child murderer |
Jean-Claude Duvalier |
Head of State |
3-Jul-1951 |
|
"Baby Doc" Haitian dictator |
Daniel Ellsberg |
Government |
7-Apr-1931 |
|
Pentagon Papers source |
Stefan Eriksson |
Business |
14-Dec-1961 |
|
Gizmondo exec, crashed Ferrari |
Giuseppe Marco Fieschi |
Assassin |
1790 |
19-Feb-1836 |
Attempted assassin of Louis-Philippe |
Albert Fish |
Criminal |
19-May-1870 |
16-Jan-1936 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
Redd Foxx |
Comic |
9-Dec-1922 |
11-Oct-1991 |
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son |
Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
George Gissing |
Novelist |
22-Nov-1857 |
28-Jan-1903 |
New Grub Street |
Amon Goeth |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1908 |
13-Sep-1946 |
Ran concentration camp at Plaszow |
Stephen Goldsmith |
Politician |
12-Dec-1946 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis 1992-99 |
Jeff Habay |
Politician |
9-May-1966 |
|
Pennsylvania State Legislator, 1996-2006 |
Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
Joey Heatherton |
Actor |
14-Sep-1944 |
|
1960s sex kitten |
John Holmes |
Pornstar |
8-Aug-1944 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis |
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. |
Politician |
7-Jul-1937 |
|
Congressman from Kentucky, 1975-93 |
H. Guy Hunt |
Politician |
17-Jun-1933 |
30-Jan-2009 |
Governor of Alabama, 1987-93 |
George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
Lance Kerwin |
Actor |
6-Nov-1960 |
|
James at 15 |
Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
Evel Knievel |
Daredevil |
17-Oct-1938 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Daredevil and one-time action figure |
Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
Sir Thomas Malory |
Author |
c. 1410 |
14-Mar-1471 |
Le Morte d'Arthur |
André Malraux |
Novelist |
3-Nov-1901 |
23-Nov-1976 |
La Condition Humaine |
Winnie Mandela |
Relative |
26-Sep-1936 |
|
Former wife of Nelson Mandela |
Karl May |
Author |
25-May-1842 |
30-Mar-1912 |
Bestselling German novelist |
John Mitchell |
Government |
15-Sep-1913 |
9-Nov-1988 |
US Attorney General, Watergate figure |
Charles Ng |
Criminal |
24-Dec-1960 |
|
On death row in California |
Brian Nichols |
Criminal |
10-Dec-1971 |
|
Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape |
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 |
Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
Enver Pasha |
Government |
22-Nov-1881 |
4-Aug-1922 |
Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities |
Pink |
Singer |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
Dorothea Puente |
Criminal |
9-Jan-1929 |
27-Mar-2011 |
Black Widow of Sacramento |
Richard Ramirez |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1960 |
|
Serial killer, on death row in California |
John Edward Robinson |
Criminal |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
Serial killer incarcerated in Kansas |
Otto Skorzeny |
Military |
12-Jun-1908 |
5-Jul-1975 |
Most dangerous man in Europe |
Eddie Slovik |
Military |
18-Feb-1920 |
31-Jan-1945 |
US soldier executed for desertion |
Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
Erich von Däniken |
Author |
14-Apr-1935 |
|
Chariots of the Gods? |
Jonathan Walker |
Activist |
22-Mar-1799 |
30-Apr-1878 |
The Man with the Branded Hand |
Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
Barry White |
Singer |
12-Sep-1944 |
4-Jul-2003 |
Soulful R&B singer |