CRIME

Presence on this list implies merely that, to the best of our knowledge, charges were filed against the people in question, or in some cases, a civil suit. It is not meant to imply guilt, and in fact many of the individuals listed may have been found innocent of said charges or claims. Some details of the charge in question can often be found inside the specific profiles linked.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antonin Artaud	Playwright	4-Sep-1896	4-Mar-1948	Theater of Cruelty
Al Capone	Criminal	17-Jan-1899	25-Jan-1947	Scarface
Yvon Chouinard	Business	9-Nov-1938		Founder, Patagonia
The Legendary Stardust Cowboy	Country Musician	5-Sep-1947		Unique outsider country performer
Wyatt Earp	Government	19-Mar-1848	13-Jan-1929	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Frances Farmer	Actor	19-Sep-1913	1-Aug-1970	Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Pretty Boy Floyd	Criminal	3-Feb-1904	22-Oct-1934	Bank robber
Jean Genet	Novelist	19-Dec-1910	15-Apr-1986	Theatre of the Absurd
Clarence Earl Gideon	Criminal	30-Aug-1910	18-Jan-1972	Gideon v. Wainwright
Donald Goines	Author	15-Dec-1936	21-Oct-1974	Whoreson
Lance Henriksen	Actor	5-May-1940		Aliens, Dead Man
Wild Bill Hickok	Actor	27-May-1837	2-Aug-1876	Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Robert Johnson	Guitarist	8-May-1911	16-Aug-1938	Influential blues guitarist
Machine Gun Kelly	Criminal	18-Jul-1895	18-Jul-1954	Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Jack London	Novelist	12-Jan-1876	22-Nov-1916	Call of the Wild
Ernesto Miranda	Criminal	9-Mar-1941	31-Jan-1976	Miranda v. Arizona
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Jim Morrison	Singer/Songwriter	8-Dec-1943	3-Jul-1971	Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors
Mae Murray	Actor	10-May-1889	23-Mar-1965	The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips
Benito Mussolini	Head of State	29-Jul-1883	28-Apr-1945	Fascist Dictator of Italy
James Nayler	Religion	1618	1660	The Quaker Jesus
Phil Ochs	Singer/Songwriter	19-Dec-1940	9-Apr-1976	50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
Carl Panzram	Criminal	28-Jun-1891	5-Sep-1930	Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Sidney Poitier	Actor	20-Feb-1927		In The Heat Of The Night
Dorothea Puente	Criminal	9-Jan-1929	27-Mar-2011	Black Widow of Sacramento
James Earl Ray	Assassin	10-Mar-1928	23-Apr-1998	Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
Harry Reems	Pornstar	27-Aug-1947	19-Mar-2013	Deep Throat
Arthur Rimbaud	Poet	20-Oct-1854	10-Nov-1891	Une Saison en Enfer
Rod Stewart	Singer/Songwriter	10-Jan-1945		Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Frank Zappa	Composer	21-Dec-1940	4-Dec-1993	Joe's Garage

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