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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Criminal
3-May-1938   The Blind Sheikh
Mark Abene
Hacker
1972   Hacker Phiber Optik
Jack Abramoff
Government
28-Feb-1958   Lobbyist, incarcerated
Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá
Politician
13-Feb-1962   Governor of Puerto Rico
Saif al-Adel
Terrorist
11-Apr-1960   Al Qaeda embassy bomber
Sami Al-Arian
Criminal
14-Jan-1958   Professor convicted of funding terrorism
Bill J. Allen
Business
c. 1937   Founder, VECO Corporation
Aldrich Ames
Spy
26-Mar-1941   CIA agent, divulged names to the Soviets
Yigal Amir
Assassin
23-May-1970   Assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
Eddie Antar
Business
18-Dec-1947   Crazy Eddie
Anna Ayala
Criminal
22-Dec-1965   Wendy's chili-finger woman
Jim Bakker
Religion
2-Jan-1939   Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist
Frank Ballance
Politician
15-Feb-1942   Congressman from North Carolina, 2003-04
Sonny Barger
Criminal
8-Oct-1938   Oakland Hells Angels
Nicky Barnes
Criminal
1933   Heroin kingpin, Mr. Untouchable
Abu Bakar Bashir
Terrorist
17-Aug-1938   Spiritual Leader of Jemaah Islamiah
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Head of State
5-Jan-1928 4-Apr-1979 Head of Pakistan, hanged
Linda Blair
Actor
22-Jan-1959   Head spins in Exorcist
Ray Blanton
Politician
10-Apr-1930 22-Nov-1996 Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79
John Wayne Bobbitt
Victim
23-Mar-1967   Penectomy survivor
Anne Boleyn
Royalty
c. 1507 19-May-1536 Wife of English King Henry VIII
Martin Bormann
Government
17-Jun-1900 2-May-1945 Adolf Hitler's adjutant
Georges Boulanger
Military
29-Apr-1837 30-Sep-1891 French general-turned-politician
Christopher Boyce
Spy
16-Feb-1953   The Falcon
Whitey Bulger
Criminal
3-Sep-1929   One of the FBI's ten most wanted
Dan Burros
Activist
5-Mar-1937 31-Oct-1965 Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times
Richard G. Butler
Activist
23-Feb-1918 8-Sep-2004 Founder of the Aryan Nations
Plutarco Elías Calles
Head of State
25-Sep-1877 19-Oct-1945 El Turco President of Mexico, 1924-28
Rae Carruth
Football
20-Jan-1974   Carolina Panther murdered his girlfriend
Hurricane Carter
Criminal
6-May-1937   Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder
Dog Chapman
TV Personality
1-Feb-1953   Dog, the Bounty Hunter
Dick Cheney
Politician
30-Jan-1941   Dubya's VP, ex-CEO of Halliburton
André de Chénier
Poet
30-Oct-1762 25-Jul-1794 Greatest 18th c. French poet
Tommy Chong
Actor
24-May-1938   The stoned half of Cheech and Chong
Buddy Cianci
Politician
30-Apr-1941   Twice Mayor of Providence
Henry Cisneros
Politician
11-Jun-1947   Secretary of HUD, 1993-97
Clarence 13X
Religion
21-Feb-1928 13-Jun-1969 Nation of Gods and Earths
Roger Clinton
Relative
25-Jul-1956   Black sheep in Clinton family
Thomas Cochrane
Military
14-Dec-1775 31-Oct-1860 Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen
William Sloane Coffin
Activist
1-Jun-1924 12-Apr-2006 Civilly disobedient chaplain
John Connally
Politician
27-Feb-1917 15-Jun-1993 Governor of Texas, 1963-69
Duke Cunningham
Politician
8-Dec-1941   Congressman from California, 1991-2005
Kim Dae-Jung
Head of State
3-Dec-1925   South Korean President, 1998-2003
Georges Jacques Danton
Activist
26-Oct-1759 5-Apr-1794 Key figure in French Revolution
Harry M. Daugherty
Government
26-Jan-1860 12-Oct-1941 US Attorney General, 1921-24
Angela Davis
Activist
26-Jan-1944   Black Panther, teacher, professor
Eugene V. Debs
Labor Leader
5-Nov-1855 20-Oct-1926 Labor leader ran for President five times
Tom DeLay
Politician
8-Apr-1947   Indicted ex-House Majority Leader
John DeLorean
Business
6-Jan-1925 19-Mar-2005 Automobile designer and entepreneur
Bob Denard
Military
7-Apr-1929 13-Oct-2007 French mercenary
Karl Doenitz
Military
16-Sep-1891 2-Dec-1980 U-Boat admiral
Bernardine Dohrn
Activist
12-Jan-1942   Weather Underground leader
Mac Dre
Rapper
5-Jul-1970 1-Nov-2004 Vallejo Rapper
José Napoleón Duarte
Head of State
23-Nov-1925 23-Feb-1990 President of El Salvador, 1984-89
Marc Dutroux
Criminal
6-Nov-1956   Child murderer
Sanjay Dutt
Actor
29-Jul-1959   Mission Kashmir
R. Budd Dwyer
Government
21-Nov-1939 22-Jan-1987 Suicided in front of TV cameras
Bernard Ebbers
Business
27-Aug-1941   CEO of WorldCom, 1985-2002
John Ehrlichman
Government
20-Mar-1925 14-Feb-1999 Watergate criminal, served time
Daniel Ellsberg
Government
7-Apr-1931   Pentagon Papers source
Lynndie England
Military
8-Nov-1982   Abu Ghraib dominatrix
Albert Fall
Government
26-Nov-1861 30-Nov-1944 US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal
Andrew Fastow
Business
22-Dec-1961   Disgraced CFO of Enron
W. Mark Felt
Government
17-Aug-1913   Watergate's Deep Throat
Heidi Fleiss
Criminal
30-Dec-1965   Hollywood madam
Ernie Fletcher
Politician
12-Nov-1952   Governor of Kentucky, 2003-07
Dusty Foggo
Government
17-Mar-1954   CIA Executive Director, 2004-06
Walter A. Forbes
Business
c. 1943   Deposed CEO of Cendant
Thomas King Forcade
Journalist
1945 Nov-1978 Founder of High Times
Harold Ford, Sr.
Politician
20-May-1945   Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97
Wilhelm Frick
Government
12-Mar-1877 16-Oct-1946 Authored the Nuremberg Laws
Hans Fritzsche
Government
21-Apr-1900 27-Sep-1953 Reich minister of radio propaganda
Walther Funk
Government
18-Aug-1890 31-May-1960 Reich economic minister
Vincent Gigante
Criminal
29-Mar-1928 19-Dec-2005 Mafia boss, headed the Genovese family
Carl Goerdeler
Politician
31-Jul-1884 2-Feb-1945 Politician hanged by the Nazis
Hermann Goering
Military
12-Jan-1893 15-Oct-1946 Founder of the Gestapo
Emma Goldman
Anarchist
27-Jun-1869 14-May-1940 Anarchist and feminist libertarian
Ron Gonzales
Politician
1951   Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006
Irv Gotti
Music Producer
26-Jun-1970   Founder, Murder Inc. Records
John Gotti
Criminal
27-Oct-1940 10-Jun-2002 The Teflon Don
Charles A. Graner
Military
1968   Abu Ghraib prison guard
L. Patrick Gray
Government
18-Jul-1916 6-Jul-2005 Acting FBI Director, 1972-73
David Greenglass
Spy
1922   Gave atomic secrets to Julius Rosenberg
Bo Gritz
Military
18-Jan-1939   Former Green Beret
H. R. Haldeman
Government
27-Oct-1926 12-Nov-1993 Nixon's Chief of Staff
David Hall
Politician
20-Oct-1930   Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
Tonya Harding
Skating
12-Nov-1969   Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal
James Harrington
Philosopher
7-Jan-1611 11-Sep-1677 Oceana
Domino Harvey
Relative
7-Aug-1969 27-Jun-2005 Laurence Harvey's daughter
Alcee Hastings
Politician
5-Sep-1936   Congressman, Florida 23rd
Roger Hedgecock
Politician
2-May-1946   Mayor of San Diego, 1983-85
Rudolf Hess
Government
26-Apr-1894 17-Jul-1987 Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
David Hicks
Military
7-Aug-1975   Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh
Jimmy Hoffa
Labor Leader
14-Feb-1913 30-Jul-1975 International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Abbie Hoffman
Activist
30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
H. H. Holmes
Criminal
16-May-1860 7-May-1896 The Devil in the White City
Julius C. Holmes
Diplomat
24-Apr-1899 15-Jul-1968 US Ambassador to Iran, 1961-65
Larry Hoover
Criminal
30-Nov-1950   Gangster Disciples
Victoriano Huerta
Head of State
23-Mar-1854 13-Jan-1916 El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14
E. Howard Hunt
Criminal
9-Oct-1918 23-Jan-2007 Coordinated Watergate break-in
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Business
22-Feb-1926   Tried to corner the silver market
Ian Huntley
Criminal
31-Jan-1974   Jailed for double murder
Jack Idema
Military
1957   Green Beret wannabe
Clifford Irving
Hoaxer
5-Nov-1930   Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
Allen Iverson
Basketball
7-Jun-1975   Denver Nuggets point guard
Michael Jackson
Singer
29-Aug-1958   King of Pop
William Jefferson
Politician
14-Mar-1947   Congressman, Louisiana 2nd
Warren Jeffs
Religion
3-Dec-1955   Head of FLDS polygamist clan
Waylon Jennings
Country Musician
15-Jun-1937 13-Feb-2002 Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
John W. Jenrette, Jr.
Politician
9-May-1936   Congressman snagged in ABSCAM
Alfred Jodl
Military
10-May-1890 16-Oct-1946 Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender
Mother Jones
Activist
1-Aug-1837 30-Nov-1930 The grandmother of all agitators
George Jung
Criminal
6-Aug-1942   Cocaine smuggler
Martin L. Kaiser
Inventor
c. 1935   Electronic surveillance consultant
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Military
4-Oct-1903 16-Oct-1946 Commanded the Reich Central Security Office
Charles Keating
Business
4-Dec-1923   Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
Wilhelm Keitel
Military
22-Sep-1882 16-Oct-1946 Just following orders
Richard Kelly
Politician
31-Jul-1924 22-Aug-2005 Congressman snagged in ABSCAM sting
Jomo Kenyatta
Head of State
20-Oct-1892 22-Aug-1978 President of Kenya, 1964-78
Bernard Kerik
Government
4-Sep-1955   NYC Police Commissioner, 2000-01
Otto Kerner
Politician
15-Aug-1908 9-May-1976 Governor of Illinois, 1961-68
Edgar Ray Killen
Criminal
17-Jan-1925   Convicted in Mississippi Burning murders
Kwame Kilpatrick
Politician
8-Jun-1970   Mayor of Detroit
Lil' Kim
Rapper
11-Jul-1974   Wore a pastie to the 1999 MTV Video Awards
Don King
Boxing
20-Aug-1931   Boxing promoter
Joseph Konopka
Criminal
c. 1976   Real-life super villain Dr. Chaos
Dennis Kozlowski
Business
16-Nov-1946   Disgraced CEO of Tyco
Bud Krogh
Government
3-Aug-1939   Nixon's plumbers
Alfried Krupp
Business
13-Aug-1907 30-Jul-1967 Nazi munitions maker, convicted war criminal
Gustav Krupp
Business
7-Aug-1870 16-Jan-1950 Industrialist, Nazi war criminal
Lyndon LaRouche
Economist
8-Sep-1922   Eccentric economist politician
Fred LaRue
Government
11-Oct-1928 24-Jul-2004 Nixon's bag man
Ken Lay
Business
15-Apr-1942 05-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Louis Lepke
Criminal
6-Feb-1897 4-Mar-1944 Head of Murder, Inc.
Jamal Lewis
Football
29-Aug-1979   Cleveland Browns RB
Lewis Libby
Government
22-Aug-1950   Cheney's former Chief of Staff
G. Gordon Liddy
Government
30-Nov-1930   Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
John Walker Lindh
Criminal
9-Feb-1981   The American Taliban
Frank Lucas
Criminal
9-Sep-1930   Harlem heroin kingpin
Buz Lukens
Politician
11-Feb-1931   Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90
Niccolò Machiavelli
Author
03-May-1469 22-Jun-1527 The Prince
Jeb Magruder
Government
5-Nov-1934   Nixon's deputy campaign director
Michael Marcavage
Religion
1979   Founder of Repent America
Marie Antoinette
Royalty
2-Nov-1755 16-Oct-1793 Cake proponent
José Martí
Activist
28-Jan-1853 19-May-1895 Cuban hero
Mary I of Scotland
Royalty
8-Dec-1542 8-Feb-1587 Mary, Queen of Scots
James W. McCord, Jr.
Government
26-Jan-1924   Led the Watergate burglary
Susan McDougal
Criminal
1955   Whitewater scandal
Vince McMahon
Wrestling
24-Aug-1945   World Wrestling Entertainment impresario
Aimee Semple McPherson
Religion
9-Oct-1890 27-Sep-1944 Evangelist, faith healer
Timothy McVeigh
Terrorist
23-Apr-1968 11-Jun-2001 Oklahoma City Bomber
Erik Menendez
Criminal
27-Nov-1971   Killed parents with brother Lyle
Lyle Menendez
Criminal
10-Jan-1968   Killed parents with brother Erik
Tom Metzger
Activist
9-Apr-1938   White supremacist
Lambdin P. Milligan
Criminal
24-Mar-1812 21-Dec-1899 Ex Parte Milligan
John Mitchell
Government
15-Sep-1913 9-Nov-1988 Attorney General and Watergate figure
Sun Myung Moon
Religion
6-Jan-1920   Head Moonie
Zacarias Moussaoui
Terrorist
30-May-1968   Would-be al Qaeda hijacker
John Allen Muhammad
Criminal
31-Dec-1960   DC sniper
John M. Murphy
Politician
3-Aug-1926   Congressman snagged in ABSCAM
Bess Myerson
Model
16-Jul-1924   First Jewish Miss America
Bob Ney
Politician
5-Jul-1954   Congressman from Ohio, 1995-2006
Charles Ng
Criminal
24-Dec-1960   On death row in California
Henry T. Nicholas
Business
c. 1959   Broadcom billionaire
Terry Nichols
Terrorist
1-Apr-1955   Timothy McVeigh's partner in crime
Daniel O'Connell
Politician
6-Aug-1775 15-May-1847 Irish hero, called The Liberator
Sara Jane Olson
Criminal
16-Jan-1947   Symbionese Liberation Army
Jose Padilla
Terrorist
18-Oct-1970   Alleged Terrorist
Emmeline Pankhurst
Activist
14-Jul-1857 14-Jun-1928 Militant suffragette
Talwinder Singh Parmar
Terrorist
26-Feb-1944 15-Oct-1992 1985 Air India bombing mastermind
Albert Parsons
Activist
20-Jun-1848 11-Nov-1887 Haymarket Martyr
Lou Pearlman
Business
19-Jun-1954   Boy bands and Ponzi schemes
Anthony Pellicano
Business
22-Mar-1944   Hollywood private eye
Carl C. Perkins
Politician
6-Aug-1954   Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93
Józef Pilsudski
Military
5-Dec-1867 12-May-1935 Military dictator of Poland, 1926-36
Augusto Pinochet
Head of State
25-Nov-1915 10-Dec-2006 Overthrew Chile with CIA's help
John Poindexter
Military
12-Aug-1936   Iran-Contra criminal
Jonathan Pollard
Spy
7-Aug-1954   Spied for Israel
Johannes Popitz
Government
2-Dec-1884 2-Feb-1945 Prussian finance minister 1933-44
Kevin Poulsen
Hacker
1965   Hacker and journalist
Moana Pozzi
Pornstar
27-Apr-1961 15-Sep-1994 Backdoor Summer 2
Erich Raeder
Military
24-Apr-1876 6-Nov-1960 Reich Admiral
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
James Earl Ray
Assassin
10-Mar-1928 23-Apr-1998 Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
Harry Reems
Pornstar
27-Aug-1947   Starred in Deep Throat with Linda Lovelace
Sidney Reilly
Spy
24-Mar-1874 5-Nov-1925 Ace of Spies
Rick Renzi
Politician
11-Jun-1958   Congressman, Arizona 1st
Tommy Rettig
Actor
10-Dec-1941 15-Feb-1996 Jeff Miller in Lassie
Marc Rich
Criminal
18-Dec-1934   Pardoned by Clinton
John Rigas
Business
14-Nov-1924   CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002
Jack Roche
Terrorist
31-Oct-1953   al Qaeda's man in Australia
François de la Rochefoucauld
Author
15-Sep-1613 16-Mar-1680 Maxims
Alfred Rosenberg
Politician
12-Jan-1893 16-Oct-1946 Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories
Ethel Rosenberg
Relative
28-Sep-1915 19-Jun-1953 Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg
Spy
12-May-1918 19-Jun-1953 Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR
Rick Ross
Activist
24-Nov-1952   Cult expert, deprogrammer
Dan Rostenkowski
Politician
2-Jan-1928   Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95
Karl Rove
Government
25-Dec-1950   Turd Blossom
George Ryan
Politician
24-Feb-1934   Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003
Fritz Sauckel
Military
27-Oct-1894 16-Oct-1946 Reich slavemaster
Hjalmar Schacht
Government
22-Jan-1877 3-Jun-1970 Reich Minister of Economics
Richard Scrushy
Business
Aug-1952   Imprisoned CEO of HealthSouth
Bobby Seale
Activist
22-Oct-1936   Co-founder of the Black Panther Party
Tokyo Sexwale
Business
5-Mar-1953   Mvelaphanda Holdings
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Government
22-Jul-1892 16-Oct-1946 Reich Commissar of Austria, Netherlands
Michelle Shocked
Musician
24-Feb-1962   Short Sharp Shocked
Don Siegelman
Politician
24-Feb-1946   Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003
Mark D. Siljander
Politician
11-Jun-1951   Congressman from Michigan, 1981-87
O. J. Simpson
Football
9-Jul-1947   Searching tirelessly for the real killers
Jeffrey Skilling
Business
25-Nov-1953   Disgraced CEO of Enron
Joseph Smith
Religion
23-Dec-1805 27-Jun-1844 Founded the Mormon faith
Morton Sobell
Criminal
11-Apr-1917   Rosenbergs Co-Defendant
Hans Speidel
Military
28-Oct-1897 28-Nov-1984 German general, NATO commander
Marylin Star
Pornstar
12-Apr-1969   Ex-Pornstar, insider trader
George Steinbrenner
Baseball
4-Jul-1930   Owner, New York Yankees
Lynne Stewart
Attorney
8-Oct-1939   Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group
Martha Stewart
Business
3-Aug-1941   Professional housekeeper, insider trader
David Stockman
Government
10-Nov-1946   Ronald Reagan's chief economist
Julius Streicher
Journalist
12-Feb-1885 16-Oct-1946 Editor of Der Stuermer 1923-45
Parnell Thomas
Government
16-Jan-1895 19-Nov-1970 HUAC chairman
James Traficant
Politician
8-May-1941   Ohio Congressman now in prison
Nat Turner
Military
2-Oct-1800 11-Nov-1831 Nat Turner's Rebellion
Michael Vick
Football
26-Jun-1980   Atlanta Falcons QB in dogfighting scandal
Guadalupe Victoria
Head of State
29-Sep-1786 21-Mar-1843 First President of Mexico
Konstantin von Neurath
Diplomat
2-Feb-1873 15-Aug-1956 Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
Franz von Papen
Diplomat
29-Oct-1879 2-May-1969 Nazi ambassador
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Diplomat
30-Apr-1893 16-Oct-1946 Reich Foreign Minister
Baldur von Schirach
Government
9-Mar-1907 8-Aug-1974 Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna
Claus von Stauffenberg
Military
15-Nov-1907 20-Jul-1944 Tried to kill Hitler in 1944
Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel
Military
2-Jan-1886 30-Aug-1944 Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler
Erwin von Witzleben
Military
4-Dec-1881 8-Aug-1944 German general, tried to overthrow Hitler
Sam Waksal
Business
8-Sep-1947   CEO, ImClone
Edwin A. Walker
Military
10-Nov-1909 31-Oct-1993 Ultraconservative activist
John Waters
Film Director
22-Apr-1946   Pencil-moustached director
Brent Wilkes
Business
May-1954   Defense contractor
Pete Williams
Politician
10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM
Louis Wolfson
Business
28-Jan-1912 30-Dec-2007 Business criminal, horse breeder
Oscar Wyatt
Business
7-Jul-1924   Oilman snagged in oil-for-food scandal
Yahweh ben Yahweh
Religion
27-Oct-1935 7-May-2007 Nation of Yahweh
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Religion
18-Dec-1936 21-Mar-2004 Hamas spiritual leader
Ramzi Yousef
Terrorist
27-Apr-1968   Mastermind of 1993 WTC bombing
Mark Zachares
Government
1-Jan-1958   Abramoff confederate
Frank Zappa
Composer
21-Dec-1940 4-Dec-1993 Joe's Garage
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Terrorist
20-Oct-1966 7-Jun-2006 Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq
Chuck Zito
Actor
1-Mar-1953   Hell's Angel, Bodyguard to the Stars, Oz
Jacob Zuma
Politician
12-Apr-1942   Ex-Deputy President of South Africa


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