| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Theo Albrecht |
Business |
28-Mar-1922 |
24-Jul-2010 |
World's 20th richest man, 2005 |
| Nick Berg |
Victim |
2-Apr-1978 |
May-2004 |
US contractor, beheaded on Iraq videotape |
| A. Bruce Bielaski |
Government |
1884 |
Feb-1964 |
FBI Director 1912-19 |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
18-Dec-2013 |
UK Great Train Robber |
| Joseph Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| Christian Brando |
Relative |
11-May-1958 |
26-Jan-2008 |
Son of Marlon Brando |
| Carlie Brucia |
Victim |
16-Mar-1992 |
1-Feb-2004 |
Little girl kidnapped and killed |
| Julius Caesar |
Head of State |
13-Jul-100 BC |
15-Mar-44 BC |
Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC |
| Martine Carol |
Actor |
16-May-1920 |
6-Feb-1967 |
Lola Montès |
| George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
| Geoffrey Chaucer |
Author |
c. 1343 |
25-Oct-1400 |
Canterbury Tales |
| Joseph Cinqué |
Activist |
c. 1813 |
c. 1879 |
Led the Amistad slave rebellion |
| Paulo Coelho |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
The Alchemist |
| Jared Cohen |
Government |
24-Nov-1981 |
|
Children of Jihad |
| Joseph Colombo |
Criminal |
16-Jun-1923 |
22-May-1978 |
Colombo Family Boss, 1964-71 |
| Samuel Crowther |
Religion |
c. 1809 |
31-Dec-1891 |
African missionary bishop |
| Kim Dae-Jung |
Head of State |
3-Dec-1925 |
18-Aug-2009 |
South Korean President, 1998-2003 |
| Adolph Dubs |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1920 |
14-Feb-1979 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
| Adolf Eichmann |
Criminal |
19-Mar-1906 |
31-May-1962 |
Nazi war criminal |
| C. Burke Elbrick |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1908 |
1983 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Richard Engel |
Journalist |
16-Sep-1973 |
|
NBC Chief Foreign Correspondent |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| William Lloyd Garrison |
Activist |
10-Dec-1805 |
24-May-1879 |
Anti-slavery editor of the Liberator |
| Will Geer |
Actor |
9-Mar-1902 |
22-Apr-1978 |
Zebulon Walton in The Waltons |
| Chuck Geschke |
Business |
11-Sep-1939 |
|
Co-Founder of Adobe |
| Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen |
Novelist |
c. 1621 |
17-Aug-1676 |
Simplicius Simplicissimus |
| Tonya Harding |
Figure Skating |
12-Nov-1969 |
|
Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
| King James I |
Royalty |
19-Jun-1566 |
27-Mar-1625 |
King of England, 1603-25 |
| Alan Johnston |
Journalist |
17-May-1962 |
|
Kidnapped BBC journalist |
| Polly Klaas |
Victim |
3-Jan-1981 |
Nov-1993 |
Murdered by Richard Allen Davis |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture |
Military |
20-May-1743 |
7-Apr-1803 |
Led the 1791 Slave Rebellion |
| Bruce Laingen |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1922 |
|
US Ambassador to Malta, 1977-79 |
| Eddie Lampert |
Business |
19-Jul-1962 |
|
Billionaire, Chairman of Sears |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| Larry Levenson |
Business |
c. 1936 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
| Charles Lindbergh, Jr. |
Victim |
22-Jun-1930 |
Mar-1932 |
The Lindbergh Baby |
| Jeremy London |
Actor |
7-Nov-1972 |
|
Assistant reverend on 7th Heaven |
| Lydia Lunch |
Musician |
2-Jun-1959 |
|
Punk and spoken word confrontationalist |
| Jack Ma |
Business |
1964 |
|
Founder of Alibaba |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| John Gordon Mein |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
28-Aug-1968 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68 |
| Francis E. Meloy, Jr. |
Diplomat |
28-Mar-1917 |
16-Jun-1976 |
US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated |
| Aldo Moro |
Head of State |
23-Sep-1916 |
9-May-1978 |
Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
| Robert Pelletreau |
Diplomat |
9-Jul-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1991-93 |
| Isabel Peron |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1931 |
|
Dancer, President of Argentina, 1974-76 |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| Pocahontas |
Royalty |
c. 1595 |
21-Mar-1617 |
Native American princess |
| Jerzy Popieluszko |
Activist |
23-Sep-1947 |
19-Oct-1984 |
Priest murdered by Polish government |
| Rajkumar |
Actor |
24-Apr-1928 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Kannada megastar kidnapped by Veerappan |
| Sacagawea |
Explorer |
c. 1787 |
20-Dec-1812 |
Lewis and Clark expedition translator |
| Giuliana Sgrena |
Activist |
20-Dec-1948 |
|
Marxist journalist, kidnapped in Iraq |
| Elizabeth Short |
Victim |
29-Jul-1924 |
15-Jan-1947 |
The Black Dahlia |
| Frank Sinatra, Jr. |
Singer |
10-Jan-1944 |
|
Son of Frank |
| Eugene C. Sit |
Business |
8-Aug-1938 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Sit Investment Associates |
| Elizabeth Smart |
Victim |
3-Nov-1987 |
|
Kidnap victim |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
The Wealth of Nations |
| Joseph Smith |
Religion |
23-Dec-1805 |
27-Jun-1844 |
Founded the Mormon faith |
| Steven Stayner |
Victim |
18-Apr-1965 |
16-Sep-1989 |
Boy kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell |
| Sukarno |
Head of State |
6-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1970 |
President of Indonesia, 1945-67 |
| Emmett Till |
Victim |
25-Jul-1941 |
28-Aug-1955 |
Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi |
| Mordechai Vanunu |
Activist |
13-Oct-1954 |
|
Blew whistle on Israel's nukes |
| Terry Waite |
Victim |
31-May-1939 |
|
Hostage negotiator, then hostage |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
| Ahmed Zaki Yamani |
Government |
30-Jun-1930 |
|
Former Saudi Minister of Oil |
| Sun Yat-sen |
Head of State |
12-Nov-1866 |
12-Mar-1925 |
President of China, 1911-12 |
| Ali Zeidan |
Head of State |
15-Dec-1950 |
|
Prime Minister of Libya |
| Marion A. Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
