CRIME

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Birdman of Alcatraz	Criminal	28-Jan-1890	22-Nov-1963	Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Max Baer	Boxing	11-Feb-1909	21-Nov-1959	Beat Max Schmeling in 1933
Mary Flora Bell	Criminal	1957		Killed two boys as a 10-year-old
Christian Brando	Relative	11-May-1958	26-Jan-2008	Son of Marlon Brando
Charles Dutton	Actor	30-Jan-1951		Roc
John Gotti	Criminal	27-Oct-1940	10-Jun-2002	The Teflon Don
Edward A. Hannegan	Politician	25-Jun-1807	25-Feb-1859	US Senator, committed suicide
Karla Homolka	Criminal	4-May-1970		Husband/wife serial killer team
Lon Horiuchi	Government	9-Jun-1954		Sniper who killed Vicki Weaver
Bill Janklow	Politician	13-Sep-1939		Congressman forgiven for manslaughter
Little Willie John	Musician	15-Oct-1937	26-May-1968	Volatile but influential R&B writer and performer
John Paul Jones	Military	6-Jul-1747	18-Jul-1792	Has not yet begun to fight
Ben Jonson	Playwright	11-Jun-1572	6-Aug-1637	Volpone
Paul Kelly	Actor	9-Aug-1899	6-Nov-1956	Flying Tigers
Edgar Ray Killen	Criminal	17-Jan-1925		Convicted in Mississippi Burning murders
Don King	Boxing	20-Aug-1931		Boxing promoter
Marjorie Knoller	Criminal	c. 1946		Presa Canario enthusiast
Egon Krenz	Head of State	19-Mar-1937		East German leader, 1989
John Landis	Film Director	3-Aug-1950		An American Werewolf in London
Claudine Longet	Musician	29-Jan-1942		TV actress got 30 days for murder
Armin Meiwes	Criminal	1961		German cannibal
Jim Mitchell	Film Director	30-Nov-1943	12-Jul-2007	Pornographer; shot and killed brother Artie
Huey Newton	Activist	17-Feb-1942	22-Aug-1989	Black Panther
Terry Nichols	Terrorist	1-Apr-1955		Timothy McVeigh's partner in crime
Robert Noel	Criminal	c. 1942		Presa Canario enthusiast
Matti Nykänen	Skier	17-Jul-1963		Olympic ski jumper
Alferd Packer	Criminal	21-Nov-1842	23-Apr-1907	Celebrated cannibal killer
Arthur Shawcross	Criminal	6-Jun-1945		Genesee River Killer
Willi Stoph	Head of State	9-Jul-1914	13-Apr-1999	East German leader, 1973-76
Dan White	Assassin	2-Sep-1946	21-Oct-1985	Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk

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