Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jack Abramoff |
Government |
28-Feb-1958 |
|
Casino Jack |
Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
Peter Y. Atkinson |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
Ex-VP of Hollinger International |
Jim Bakker |
Religion |
2-Jan-1939 |
|
Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist |
Frank Ballance |
Politician |
15-Feb-1942 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 2003-04 |
Conrad Black |
Business |
25-Aug-1944 |
|
Rapacious newspaper mogul |
Ray Blanton |
Politician |
10-Apr-1930 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79 |
J. A. Boultbee |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Ex-CFO of Hollinger International |
Buddy Cianci |
Politician |
30-Apr-1941 |
|
Twice Mayor of Providence |
Charles Diggs, Jr. |
Politician |
2-Dec-1922 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80 |
David Duke |
Activist |
13-Jul-1950 |
|
Former KKK Grand Wizard |
R. Budd Dwyer |
Government |
21-Nov-1939 |
22-Jan-1987 |
Suicided in front of TV cameras |
Harold Ford, Sr. |
Politician |
20-May-1945 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1975-97 |
Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
Marcus Garvey |
Activist |
17-Aug-1887 |
10-Jun-1940 |
Pan-African black nationalist |
Katie Hall |
Politician |
3-Apr-1938 |
20-Feb-2012 |
Congresswoman from Indiana, 1982-85 |
Richard Hatch |
TV Personality |
8-Apr-1961 |
|
Survivor |
Leona Helmsley |
Business |
4-Jul-1920 |
20-Aug-2007 |
Queen of Mean |
Jimmy Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
14-Feb-1913 |
30-Jul-1975 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
Webb Hubbell |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1948 |
|
Whitewater casualty |
Clifford Irving |
Hoaxer |
5-Nov-1930 |
|
Howard Hughes autobiography hoax |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Mar-1965 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1995-2012 |
Sharpe James |
Politician |
20-Feb-1936 |
|
Mayor of Newark, 1986-2006 |
Bernard Kerik |
Government |
4-Sep-1955 |
|
NYC Police Commissioner, 2000-01 |
Adnan Khashoggi |
Business |
25-Jul-1935 |
|
Saudi billionaire, arms merchant |
Kwame Kilpatrick |
Politician |
8-Jun-1970 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08 |
Lyndon LaRouche |
Economist |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Eccentric economist politician |
Marvin Mandel |
Politician |
19-Apr-1920 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 1969-79 |
Edward Mezvinsky |
Politician |
17-Jan-1937 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77 |
Michael Milken |
Business |
4-Jul-1946 |
|
Convicted financial executive |
Arch A. Moore, Jr. |
Politician |
16-Apr-1923 |
|
Twice Governor of West Virginia |
Bess Myerson |
Model |
16-Jul-1924 |
|
First Jewish Miss America |
Henry T. Nicholas |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Broadcom billionaire |
Deborah Jeane Palfrey |
Criminal |
18-Mar-1956 |
1-May-2008 |
The DC Madam |
Charles Ponzi |
Criminal |
3-Mar-1882 |
18-Jun-1949 |
Get-rich-quick schemes |
Kevin Poulsen |
Hacker |
1965 |
|
Hacker and journalist |
Tony Rezko |
Business |
1955 |
|
Chicago chain restaurateur |
Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
Dan Rostenkowski |
Politician |
2-Jan-1928 |
11-Aug-2010 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95 |
George Ryan |
Politician |
24-Feb-1934 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1999-2003 |
Ralph Sampson |
Basketball |
7-Jul-1960 |
|
Three-time Naismith Award winner |
Richard Scrushy |
Business |
Aug-1952 |
|
Imprisoned CEO of HealthSouth |
Don Siegelman |
Politician |
24-Feb-1946 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003 |
Preston Tucker |
Business |
21-Sep-1903 |
26-Dec-1956 |
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