| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
| Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
|
My Ding-A-Ling |
| Benny Binion |
Business |
20-Nov-1904 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Founder, World Series of Poker |
| Whitey Bulger |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1929 |
|
Accused Boston crimelord |
| Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
| Oscar Collazo |
Assassin |
20-Feb-1914 |
21-Feb-1994 |
Attempted assassin of Truman |
| Vito Genovese |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1897 |
14-Feb-1969 |
Genovese crime family |
| Sam Giancana |
Criminal |
24-May-1908 |
19-Jun-1975 |
Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66 |
| Erich Gimpel |
Spy |
25-Mar-1910 |
1996 |
Agent 146 |
| Charles A. Graner |
Military |
1968 |
|
Abu Ghraib prison guard |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| Jack Johnson |
Boxing |
31-Mar-1878 |
10-Jun-1946 |
First black heavyweight champion |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Ricardo Flores Magón |
Anarchist |
16-Sep-1873 |
21-Nov-1922 |
Agitator behind Mexican revolution |
| Bradley Manning |
Military |
17-Dec-1987 |
|
Accused of releasing classified documents |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Leonard Peltier |
Criminal |
12-Sep-1944 |
|
Native American political prisoner |
| Tom Pendergast |
Politician |
22-Jul-1873 |
26-Jan-1945 |
Missouri political boss |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |