CRIME

Presence on this list implies merely that, to the best of our knowledge, charges were filed against the people in question, or in some cases, a civil suit. It is not meant to imply guilt, and in fact many of the individuals listed may have been found innocent of said charges or claims. Some details of the charge in question can often be found inside the specific profiles linked.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Abagnale	Criminal	27-Apr-1948		Catch Me If You Can
Omar Abdel-Rahman	Criminal	3-May-1938		The Blind Sheikh
Abu Bakar Bashir	Terrorist	17-Aug-1938		Spiritual Leader of Jemaah Islamiah
Edward Bunker	Author	31-Dec-1933	19-Jul-2005	Animal Factory
William S. Burroughs, Jr.	Relative	21-Jul-1947	3-Mar-1981	Son of William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs	Author	5-Feb-1914	2-Aug-1997	Naked Lunch
Noelle Bush	Relative	26-Jul-1977		Niece of George W. Bush
Giacomo Casanova	Author	2-Apr-1725	4-Jun-1798	World-renowned paramour
Beth Chapman	TV Personality	29-Oct-1967		Dog Chapman's wife
Richard Allen Davis	Criminal	2-Jun-1954		Murderer of Polly Klaas
Mike Diana	Artist	5-Jun-1969		Boiled Angel
Bobby Driscoll	Actor	3-Mar-1937	30-Mar-1968	Child actor, succumbed to drugs
Stefan Eriksson	Business	14-Dec-1961		Gizmondo exec, crashed Ferrari
Giuseppe Marco Fieschi	Assassin	1790	19-Feb-1836	Attempted assassin of Louis-Philippe
Gus Hall	Activist	8-Oct-1910	13-Oct-2000	Leader, Communist Party USA
Mark W. Hofmann	Criminal	7-Dec-1954		Forger, murderer
Clifford Irving	Hoaxer	5-Nov-1930		Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
Etta James	Singer	25-Jan-1938	20-Jan-2012	Soul Diva
Edward Kelley	Paranormal	1-Aug-1555	1-Nov-1597	Notorious forger and alchemist
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
Dennis Kozlowski	Business	16-Nov-1946		Disgraced CEO of Tyco
Friedrich Leibacher	Criminal	21-Jul-1944	28-Sep-2001	Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage
Charles Manson	Criminal	12-Nov-1934		Helter Skelter
John Mitchell	Government	15-Sep-1913	9-Nov-1988	US Attorney General, Watergate figure
Clifford Olson	Criminal	1-Jan-1940	30-Sep-2011	Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Augusto Pinochet	Head of State	25-Nov-1915	10-Dec-2006	Overthrew Chile with CIA's help
Dana Plato	Actor	7-Nov-1964	9-May-1999	Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
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
James Earl Ray	Assassin	10-Mar-1928	23-Apr-1998	Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
John Edward Robinson	Criminal	27-Dec-1943		Serial killer incarcerated in Kansas
Harold Shipman	Criminal	14-Jan-1946	13-Jan-2004	Serial killer had 215 victims
Bianca Trump	Pornstar	7-Nov-1972		Rent-a-Butt
Boss Tweed	Politician	3-Apr-1823	12-Apr-1878	Boss of Tammany Hall
Yulia Tymoshenko	Head of State	27-Nov-1960		Prime Minister of Ukraine, 2005
Eugène François Vidocq	Government	23-Jul-1775	11-May-1857	Criminal-turned-criminologist
Voltaire	Author	21-Nov-1694	30-May-1778	Candide
Erich von Däniken	Author	14-Apr-1935		Chariots of the Gods?
Chuck Wepner	Boxing	26-Feb-1939		Supposed inspiration for Rocky
Aileen Wuornos	Criminal	29-Feb-1956	9-Oct-2002	Notorious serial killer

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