| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Notorious B.I.G. |
Rapper |
21-May-1972 |
9-Mar-1997 |
I love it when you call me big poppa |
| Doc Barker |
Criminal |
1899 |
13-Jan-1939 |
Son of Ma Barker |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspiration for the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| H. Rap Brown |
Activist |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
Die, Nigger, Die! |
| Hurricane Carter |
Criminal |
6-May-1937 |
|
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
| Neal Cassady |
Author |
8-Feb-1926 |
4-Feb-1968 |
The Holy Goof |
| David Allan Coe |
Country Musician |
6-Sep-1939 |
|
Take This Job and Shove It |
| Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Bobby Driscoll |
Actor |
3-Mar-1937 |
30-Mar-1968 |
Child actor, succumbed to drugs |
| Marc Dutroux |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1956 |
|
Child murderer |
| David Lee Edwards |
Philanthropist |
c. 1955 |
|
$41.4M Powerball winner |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Loony chess grandmaster |
| Fred Hampton, Sr. |
Activist |
30-Aug-1948 |
4-Dec-1969 |
Black Panther leader assassinated by police |
| David Harris |
Criminal |
19-Oct-1960 |
30-Jun-2004 |
The copkiller in The Thin Blue Line |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| Jack Idema |
Military |
1957 |
|
Green Beret wannabe |
| Robert Iler |
Actor |
2-Mar-1985 |
|
Anthony 'A.J.' Soprano Jr. |
| Frank James |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1843 |
18-Feb-1915 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Jesse James |
Criminal |
5-Sep-1847 |
3-Apr-1882 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Ned Kelly |
Criminal |
Jun-1855 |
11-Nov-1880 |
Iron-clad Australian outlaw |
| Rodney King |
Victim |
2-Apr-1965 |
|
Subject of horrendous LAPD beatdown |
| Etheridge Knight |
Poet |
19-Apr-1931 |
10-Mar-1991 |
Poems from Prison |
| Sonny Liston |
Boxing |
8-May-1932 |
30-Dec-1970 |
World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64 |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Sal Mineo |
Actor |
10-Jan-1939 |
12-Feb-1976 |
Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Richard Ramirez |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1960 |
|
Serial killer, on death row in California |
| Chopper Read |
Criminal |
17-Nov-1954 |
|
Earless Australian killer, author |
| Richard Reid |
Terrorist |
12-Aug-1973 |
|
Shoe bomber |
| Edward G. Robinson, Jr. |
Relative |
19-Mar-1933 |
26-Feb-1974 |
Edward G. Robinson's troubled son |
| Moses Sithole |
Criminal |
1964 |
|
South African serial killer |
| Perry Smith |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1928 |
14-Apr-1965 |
In Cold Blood |
| Charles Starkweather |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1938 |
25-Jun-1959 |
Spree killer |
| Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1901 |
2-Nov-1980 |
Because that's where the money is |
| Hunter S. Thompson |
Journalist |
18-Jul-1937 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gonzo journalist and author |
| William Wallace |
Military |
1272 |
23-Aug-1305 |
Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart |
| Victor Willis |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Jul-1951 |
|
Original cop in The Village People |
