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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Frank Abagnale
Criminal
27-Apr-1948   Catch Me If You Can
Jack Abramoff
Government
28-Feb-1958   Casino Jack
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá
Politician
13-Feb-1962   Governor of Puerto Rico, 2005-09
Carlos Ahumada
Business
1964   Construction magnate, snared in bribery scheme
Anwar al-Awlaki
Religion
22-Apr-1971 30-Sep-2011 Yemeni video cleric, AQAP
Eddie Antar
Business
18-Dec-1947   Crazy Eddie
Anna Ayala
Criminal
22-Dec-1965   Wendy's chili-finger woman
J. T. Battenberg III
Business
25-Apr-1943   CEO of Delphi, 1998-2005
Silvio Berlusconi
Head of State
29-Sep-1936   Former Prime Minister of Italy
William E. Borah
Politician
29-Jun-1865 19-Jan-1940 US Senator from Idaho, 1907-40
Flavio Briatore
Business
12-Apr-1950   Renault F1 Team, dates models
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Joseph L. Bruno
Politician
8-Apr-1929   NY Senate Majority Leader
Noelle Bush
Relative
26-Jul-1977   Niece of George W. Bush
Giacomo Casanova
Author
2-Apr-1725 4-Jun-1798 World-renowned paramour
Henry Cisneros
Politician
11-Jun-1947   Secretary of HUD, 1993-97
Miss Cleo
Paranormal
12-Aug-1962   Psychic fraud takes VISA, M/C
Gary Collins
Actor
30-Apr-1938 13-Oct-2012 Host of The Home Show
John Evander Couey
Criminal
19-Sep-1958 30-Sep-2009 Sex offender, killed Jessica Lunsford
Captain Crunch
Hacker
1943   Toothless hacker
James M. Curley
Politician
20-Nov-1874 12-Nov-1958 Four-time Mayor of Boston
Martin R. Delany
Activist
6-May-1812 24-Jan-1885 Black nationalist
John DeLorean
Business
6-Jan-1925 19-Mar-2005 Automobile designer and entepreneur
Oliver E. Diaz, Jr.
Judge
c. 1959   Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court
Raymond J. Donovan
Politician
31-Aug-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1981-85
Lenny Dykstra
Baseball
10-Feb-1963   Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder
Edwin Edwards
Politician
7-Aug-1927   Former governor, convicted felon
Stefan Eriksson
Business
14-Dec-1961   Gizmondo exec, crashed Ferrari
Andrew Fastow
Business
22-Dec-1961   Disgraced CFO of Enron
Tom Fitton
Activist
?   Judicial Watch president
Lil' Flip
Rapper
3-Mar-1981   Texan freestyle rapper
Stephen Fry
Actor
24-Aug-1957   Jeeves and Wooster
Kaye Gibbons
Novelist
5-May-1960   Ellen Foster
Mark W. Hofmann
Criminal
7-Dec-1954   Forger, murderer
L. Ron Hubbard
Religion
13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Sharpe James
Politician
20-Feb-1936   Mayor of Newark, 1986-2006
Warren Jeffs
Religion
3-Dec-1955   Head of FLDS polygamist clan
Charles Keating
Business
4-Dec-1923   Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
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
Kwame Kilpatrick
Politician
8-Jun-1970   Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08
Henri Landru
Criminal
1869 25-Feb-1922 Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows
Nick Leeson
Business
25-Feb-1967   Caused collapse of Baring's Bank
Avigdor Lieberman
Politician
5-Jun-1958   Israeli Foreign Minister
Rush Limbaugh
Radio Personality
12-Jan-1951   Conservative talk show host
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
22-Mar-1948   Evita
Luka Magnotta
Criminal Defendant
24-Jul-1982   Allegedly dismembered a Chinese student
Khalid bin Mahfouz
Business
26-Dec-1949 16-Aug-2009 Billionaire Saudi banker
Winnie Mandela
Relative
26-Sep-1936   Former wife of Nelson Mandela
Ferdinand Marcos
Head of State
11-Sep-1917 28-Sep-1989 Disgraced Philippine dictator
Imelda Marcos
First Lady
2-Jul-1929   Former First Lady of the Philippines
Karl May
Author
25-May-1842 30-Mar-1912 Bestselling German novelist
Susan McDougal
Criminal
1955   Whitewater scandal
Evan Mecham
Politician
12-May-1924 22-Feb-2008 Governor of Arizona, 1987-88
Robin Moore
Author
31-Oct-1925 21-Feb-2008 The Green Berets
Daniel H. Mudd
Business
c. 1959   CEO of Fannie Mae, 2005-08
John Naisbitt
Author
15-Jan-1929   Megatrends
Ehud Olmert
Politician
30-Sep-1945   Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-09
Clifford Olson
Criminal
1-Jan-1940 30-Sep-2011 Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Bo Hi Pak
Business
18-Aug-1930   Sun Myung Moon's right-hand man
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
Randy Quaid
Actor
1-Oct-1950   Parents
Simon Rex
Actor
20-Jul-1974   What I Like About You
Mel Reynolds
Politician
8-Jan-1952   Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95
William E. Riker
Religion
1873 3-Dec-1969 Holy City cult leader
John Edward Robinson
Criminal
27-Dec-1943   Serial killer incarcerated in Kansas
Donald Segretti
Criminal
17-Sep-1941   Dirty trickster for Nixon
Al Sharpton
Activist
3-Oct-1954   Minister, Presidential hopeful
John Stonehouse
Politician
28-Jul-1925 14-Apr-1988 British MP, faked his own death
Marshall Sylver
Magician
?   Stage hypnotist, self-help guru
Fife Symington
Politician
12-Aug-1945   Governor of Arizona, 1991-97
Richard F. Syron
Business
25-Oct-1943   CEO of Freddie Mac, 2003-08
Calisto Tanzi
Business
1938   Founder of Parmalat, now jailed
J. Parnell Thomas
Government
16-Jan-1895 19-Nov-1970 HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
Jim Guy Tucker
Politician
13-Jun-1943   Governor of Arkansas, 1992-96
Boss Tweed
Politician
3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall
Janet Ventura-Arvizo
Relative
16-Jul-1968   Gavin Arvizo's mother
Eugène François Vidocq
Government
23-Jul-1775 11-May-1857 Criminal-turned-criminologist
Erich von Däniken
Author
14-Apr-1935   Chariots of the Gods?
Daniel Walker
Politician
6-Aug-1922   Governor of Illinois, 1973-77
Jacob Zuma
Politician
12-Apr-1942   President of South Africa
Ernst Zundel
Activist
24-Apr-1939   Holocaust denier


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