| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Tony Alamo |
Religion |
20-Sep-1934 |
|
Tony Alamo Ministries |
| David Allen |
Author |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Getting Things Done |
| Kenneth Anger |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1930 |
|
Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker |
| Marshall Applewhite |
Religion |
17-May-1931 |
26-Mar-1997 |
Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide |
| Apuleius |
Author |
c. 124 AD |
c. 180 AD |
The Golden Ass |
| Shoko Asahara |
Religion |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard |
Rapper |
15-Nov-1968 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan |
| Elizabeth Báthory |
Royalty |
Aug-1560 |
21-Aug-1614 |
Hungary's infamous Bloody Lady |
| Annie Besant |
Activist |
1-Oct-1847 |
20-Sep-1933 |
Theosophist & Social Activist |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Carlos Castaneda |
Author |
25-Dec-1925 |
27-Apr-1998 |
The Teachings of Don Juan |
| Sri Chinmoy |
Religion |
27-Aug-1931 |
11-Oct-2007 |
Meditation guru |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda |
Religion |
22-Apr-1942 |
|
International Ministry Growing in Grace, Inc. |
| King Diamond |
Musician |
14-Jun-1956 |
|
Death metal pioneer, Mercyful Fate |
| Father Divine |
Religion |
1880 |
1965 |
Founder of the International Peace Mission |
| Werner Erhard |
Religion |
5-Sep-1935 |
|
Erhard Seminar Training ("est") |
| Francis Galton |
Anthropologist |
16-Feb-1822 |
17-Jan-1911 |
Word Association Test |
| Daniel Hamburg |
Politician |
6-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-95 |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| Doug Henning |
Magician |
3-May-1947 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Extremely flamboyant magician |
| Warren Jeffs |
Religion |
3-Dec-1955 |
|
Head of FLDS polygamist clan |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Andy Kaufman |
Comic |
17-Jan-1949 |
16-May-1984 |
Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
| Joseph Kony |
Criminal |
18-Sep-1964 |
|
Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
| Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
| Lung Leg |
Actor |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
That girl on the cover of EVOL |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
Religion |
12-Jan-1917 |
5-Feb-2008 |
Transcendental meditation guru |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers |
Magician |
8-Jan-1854 |
20-Nov-1918 |
Founder of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn |
| Charles Meade |
Religion |
24-Dec-1916 |
10-Apr-2010 |
Meade Ministries, Inc. |
| John Humphrey Noyes |
Religion |
3-Sep-1811 |
13-Apr-1886 |
Oneida Community founder |
| Laurence Oliphant |
Author |
1829 |
23-Dec-1888 |
Scientific Religion |
| Jack Parsons |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1914 |
17-Jul-1952 |
Satanic rocket scientist |
| River Phoenix |
Actor |
23-Aug-1970 |
31-Oct-1993 |
My Own Private Idaho |
| Papa Pilgrim |
Criminal |
c. 1941 |
24-May-2008 |
Hillbilly Heaven |
| Elizabeth Clare Prophet |
Religion |
8-Apr-1939 |
15-Oct-2009 |
Church Universal and Triumphant |
| Pythagoras |
Mathematician |
c. 580 BC |
c. 500 BC |
Pythagorean Theorem |
| Phineas P. Quimby |
Hoaxer |
16-Feb-1802 |
16-Jan-1866 |
Father of New Thought movement |
| Rael |
Hoaxer |
30-Sep-1946 |
|
UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Rakim |
Rapper |
28-Jan-1968 |
|
Eric B and Rakim |
| Prem Rawat |
Religion |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
Guru Maharaj Ji |
| Sai Baba |
Religion |
23-Nov-1926 |
24-Apr-2011 |
Sex-crazed avatar |
| Sky Saxon |
Singer |
20-Aug-1937 |
25-Jun-2009 |
The Seeds |
| Paul Schäfer |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1921 |
24-Apr-2010 |
Colonia Dignidad cult leader |
| William Seabrook |
Author |
22-Feb-1886 |
20-Sep-1945 |
Thoroughly sodden traveling author |
| Harry Smith |
Musicologist |
29-May-1923 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Anthology of American Folk Music |
| Socrates |
Philosopher |
469 BC |
399 BC |
Developer of the Socratic Method |
| Ivan Stang |
Religion |
21-Aug-1954 |
|
Church of the SubGenius |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Arthur Edward Waite |
Paranormal |
2-Oct-1857 |
19-May-1942 |
Created the Rider-Waite Tarot deck |
| Jemima Wilkinson |
Religion |
29-Nov-1752 |
1-Jul-1819 |
The Universal Friend |
| Gridley Wright |
Religion |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Shiva Lila cult founder |
| Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
| Father Yod |
Religion |
4-Jul-1922 |
25-Aug-1975 |
Founder and Deity of The Source Family |
| Malachi York-El |
Religion |
26-Jun-1945 |
|
E.T. leader of United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors |
