| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Scipio Africanus |
Military |
236 BC |
183 BC |
Defeated Hannibal |
| Bill J. Allen |
Business |
c. 1937 |
|
Founder, VECO Corporation |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Nicky Barnes |
Criminal |
1933 |
|
Heroin kingpin, Mr. Untouchable |
| William W. Barron |
Politician |
8-Dec-1911 |
12-Nov-2002 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65 |
| Silvio Berlusconi |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1936 |
|
Former Prime Minister of Italy |
| Henry Bessemer |
Inventor |
19-Jan-1813 |
15-Mar-1898 |
Bessemer process to manufacture steel |
| Mario Biaggi |
Politician |
26-Oct-1917 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1969-88 |
| Theodore Bilbo |
Government |
13-Oct-1877 |
21-Aug-1947 |
Archangel of white supremacy |
| Daniel Brewster |
Politician |
23-Nov-1923 |
19-Aug-2007 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 |
| Joseph R. Burton |
Politician |
16-Nov-1852 |
27-Feb-1923 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06 |
| Albert G. Bustamante |
Politician |
8-Apr-1935 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1985-93 |
| Bill Campbell |
Politician |
25-May-1953 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 1994-2002 |
| Willy Claes |
Politician |
24-Nov-1938 |
|
Belgian minister |
| John Connally |
Politician |
27-Feb-1917 |
15-Jun-1993 |
Governor of Texas, 1963-69 |
| Bettino Craxi |
Head of State |
24-Feb-1934 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87 |
| James M. Curley |
Politician |
20-Nov-1874 |
12-Nov-1958 |
Four-time Mayor of Boston |
| Frank E. Curran |
Politician |
19-Dec-1912 |
18-Oct-1992 |
Mayor of San Diego, 1963-71 |
| Oliver E. Diaz, Jr. |
Judge |
c. 1959 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Edward D. DiPrete |
Politician |
8-Jul-1934 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1985-91 |
| John L. Duvall |
Politician |
29-Nov-1874 |
25-Feb-1962 |
Indianapolis mayor, took Klan bribes |
| R. Budd Dwyer |
Government |
21-Nov-1939 |
22-Jan-1987 |
Suicided in front of TV cameras |
| Mike Espy |
Government |
30-Nov-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94 |
| Joseph Ejercito Estrada |
Head of State |
19-Apr-1937 |
|
Deposed president of the Philippines |
| Albert Fall |
Government |
26-Nov-1861 |
30-Nov-1944 |
US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal |
| Daniel J. Flood |
Politician |
26-Nov-1903 |
28-May-1994 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1945-80 |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Alan Freed |
Disc Jockey |
15-Dec-1922 |
20-Jan-1965 |
Legendary rock-and-roll DJ |
| Foster Furcolo |
Politician |
29-Jul-1911 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61 |
| Alan García |
Head of State |
23-May-1949 |
|
President of Peru |
| Kenneth A. Gibson |
Politician |
15-May-1932 |
|
Mayor of Newark, 1970-86 |
| Vincent Gigante |
Criminal |
29-Mar-1928 |
19-Dec-2005 |
Mafia boss, headed the Genovese family |
| Ron Gonzales |
Politician |
1951 |
|
Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006 |
| Edward J. Gurney |
Politician |
12-Jan-1914 |
14-May-1996 |
US Senator from Florida, 1969-74 |
| David Hall |
Politician |
20-Oct-1930 |
|
Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75 |
| Alcee Hastings |
Politician |
5-Sep-1936 |
|
Congressman, Florida 23rd |
| Jimmy Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
14-Feb-1913 |
30-Jul-1975 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
| Edward L. Jackson |
Politician |
27-Dec-1873 |
18-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Indiana, 1925-29 |
| William Jefferson |
Politician |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1991-2009 |
| John W. Jenrette, Jr. |
Politician |
9-May-1936 |
|
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
| Richard Kelly |
Politician |
31-Jul-1924 |
22-Aug-2005 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM sting |
| Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
| Kwame Kilpatrick |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08 |
| William Langer |
Politician |
30-Sep-1886 |
8-Nov-1959 |
Governor and Senator from North Dakota |
| Raymond F. Lederer |
Politician |
19-May-1938 |
1-Dec-2008 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
| Buz Lukens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1931 |
22-May-2010 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90 |
| John H. Mitchell |
Politician |
22-Jun-1835 |
8-Dec-1905 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1873-1905 |
| Sir Thomas More |
Philosopher |
7-Feb-1477 |
6-Jul-1535 |
Utopia |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Bess Myerson |
Model |
16-Jul-1924 |
|
First Jewish Miss America |
| Ray Nagin |
Politician |
11-Jun-1956 |
|
Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10 |
| Ehud Olmert |
Politician |
30-Sep-1945 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-09 |
| Puff Daddy |
Music Producer |
4-Nov-1969 |
|
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down |
| Narasimha Rao |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1921 |
23-Dec-2004 |
Prime Minister of India, 1991-96 |
| Tony Rezko |
Business |
1955 |
|
Chicago chain restaurateur |
| Kevin A. Ring |
Attorney |
c. 1970 |
|
Team Abramoff |
| John Rowland |
Politician |
24-May-1957 |
|
Governor of Connecticut, 1995-2004 |
| Carmine De Sapio |
Government |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Jul-2004 |
The Last Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Richard Scrushy |
Business |
Aug-1952 |
|
Imprisoned CEO of HealthSouth |
| Don Siegelman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 |
| Harry Sinclair |
Business |
6-Jul-1876 |
10-Nov-1956 |
Founder of Sinclair Oil |
| Robert Smalls |
Politician |
5-Apr-1839 |
23-Feb-1915 |
Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina |
| A. Jack Stanley |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root, 1998-2001 |
| John B. Swainson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1925 |
13-May-1994 |
Governor of Michigan, 1961-63 |
| James Traficant |
Politician |
8-May-1941 |
|
Disgraced former Ohio Congressman |
| Burton K. Wheeler |
Politician |
27-Feb-1882 |
6-Jan-1975 |
US Senator from Montana, 1923-47 |
| Brent Wilkes |
Business |
May-1954 |
|
Defense contractor, bribed Duke Cunningham |
| James Wilkinson |
Military |
1757 |
28-Dec-1825 |
Duplicitous soldier and adventurer |
| Philip D. Winn |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1925 |
|
HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton |
| Oscar Wyatt |
Business |
7-Jul-1924 |
|
Oilman snagged in oil-for-food scandal |
