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CRIME

See also Assault and Battery, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Battery, Sexual Assault and Sexual Battery.

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.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Saif Ali Khan
Actor
16-Aug-1970   Dil Chahta Hai
Ethan Allen
Military
10-Jan-1739 12-Feb-1789 Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys
G. G. Allin
Musician
29-Aug-1956 28-Jun-1993 Hated
Adam Ant
Musician
3-Nov-1954   Goody Two Shoes
Notorious B.I.G.
Rapper
21-May-1972 9-Mar-1997 I love it when you call me big poppa
Sebastian Bach
Musician
3-Apr-1968   Former Skid Row vocalist
Wally Backman
Baseball
22-Sep-1959   Hitter for the New York Mets, 1980-88
Scott Bairstow
Actor
23-Apr-1970   Ned on Party of Five
Christian Bale
Actor
30-Jan-1974   The Dark Knight
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
Criminal
15-Feb-1957 13-Apr-2008 Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Scotty Beckett
Actor
4-Oct-1929 10-May-1968 Child star train wreck
Alexander Berkman
Anarchist
21-Nov-1870 28-Jun-1936 A.B.C. of Anarchism
Paul Bernardo
Criminal
27-Aug-1964   Husband/wife serial killer team
George Best
Soccer
22-May-1946 25-Nov-2005 Manchester United
Jesse Birdsall
Actor
13-Feb-1963   Nicholas Beckett on Bugs
John Wayne Bobbitt
Victim
23-Mar-1967   Penectomy survivor
Lorena Bobbitt
Criminal
1970   Severed husband's penis
Manute Bol
Basketball
16-Oct-1962 19-Jun-2010 Seven foot seven
Danny Bonaduce
Actor
13-Aug-1959   The Partridge Family
Brian Bonsall
Actor
3-Dec-1981   Andy Keaton on Family Ties
Willie Bosket
Criminal
9-Dec-1962   Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978
Roy Bourgeois
Activist
1938   School of the Americas Watch
Da Brat
Rapper
14-Apr-1974   Potty-mouthed rapper chick
Arthur Bremer
Assassin
21-Aug-1950   Shot Governor George Wallace
John T. Broderick, Jr.
Judge
1947   New Hampshire Chief Justice
Foxy Brown
Rapper
6-Sep-1978   Ill Na Na
Jim Brown
Football
17-Feb-1936   Cleveland Browns RB
August Busch IV
Business
c. 1965   CEO of Anheuser-Busch
Yancy Butler
Actor
2-Jul-1970   Witchblade
Jack Cafferty
TV Personality
1942   CNN anchor
Glen Campbell
Country Musician
22-Apr-1936   Rhinestone Cowboy
Luther Campbell
Rapper
22-Dec-1960   2 Live Crew, Luke Records founder
Naomi Campbell
Model
22-May-1970   Black Panther
Jose Canseco
Baseball
2-Jul-1964   Troubled Oakland A's player
Harvey Carignan
Criminal
18-May-1927   The Want-Ad Killer
Hurricane Carter
Boxing
6-May-1937   Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder
Buddy Cianci
Politician
30-Apr-1941   Twice Mayor of Providence
Clarence 13X
Religion
21-Feb-1928 13-Jun-1969 Nation of Gods and Earths
Eldridge Cleaver
Activist
31-Aug-1935 1-May-1998 Black Panther turned Republican
Jarvis Cocker
Singer/Songwriter
19-Sep-1963   Frontman, Pulp
Coolio
Rapper
1-Aug-1963   Gangsta's Paradise
Russell Crowe
Actor
7-Apr-1964   A Beautiful Mind
Trick Daddy
Rapper
27-Sep-1973   Thug
Richard Allen Davis
Criminal
2-Jun-1954   Murderer of Polly Klaas
Donald DeFreeze
Criminal
16-Nov-1943 17-May-1974 Symbionese Liberation Army
Pete Doherty
Musician
12-Mar-1979   Ex-frontman for The Libertines
Morton Downey, Jr.
Talk Show Host
9-Dec-1933 12-Mar-2001 Mort the Mouth
Dr. Dre
Music Producer
18-Feb-1965   Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
Bobby Driscoll
Actor
3-Mar-1937 30-Mar-1968 Child actor, succumbed to drugs
John E. du Pont
Criminal
22-Nov-1938 9-Dec-2010 Lunatic, murdered wrestler David Schultz
Lynndie England
Military
8-Nov-1982   Abu Ghraib dominatrix
Stefan Eriksson
Business
14-Dec-1961   Gizmondo exec, crashed Ferrari
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Brenda Fassie
Singer
3-Nov-1964 9-May-2004 South African pop diva
Matthew Fox
Actor
14-Jul-1966   Jack on Lost
Tony Franciosa
Actor
25-Oct-1928 19-Jan-2006 A Face in the Crowd
Joe Frazier
Boxing
12-Jan-1944 7-Nov-2011 Smokin' Joe
Adam Gadahn
Terrorist
1-Sep-1978   Al-Qaeda terrorist, indicted for treason
Carmine Galante
Criminal
21-Feb-1910 12-Jul-1979 Acting Bonanno Boss, 1974-79
Liam Gallagher
Musician
21-Sep-1972   Lead singer for Oasis
Mark Gastineau
Football
20-Nov-1956   New York Jets defensive line
Gary Gilmore
Criminal
4-Dec-1940 17-Jan-1977 Executed by Utah firing squad
Greg Ginn
Guitarist
8-Jun-1954   Black Flag guitarist, founded SST records
Jim Goad
Author
12-Jun-1961   ANSWER Me!
Henry B. Gonzalez
Politician
3-May-1916 28-Nov-2000 Congressman from Texas, 1961-99
Charles A. Graner
Military
1968   Abu Ghraib prison guard
Lizzie Grubman
Business
30-Jan-1971   Celebrity publicist and SUV-wielder
John Heard
Actor
7-Mar-1945   The Pelican Brief
Patty Hearst
Victim
20-Feb-1954   Kidnapped by SLA
Gary Heidnik
Criminal
22-Nov-1943 6-Jul-1999 Sex torturer, murderer
James Hewitt
Relative
1958   Princess Diana's adulterous lover
Henry Hill
Criminal
11-Jun-1943 12-Jun-2012 Mobster inspired Goodfellas
Doc Holliday
Doctor
14-Aug-1851 8-Nov-1887 Wyatt Earp's reliable friend
Shannon Hoon
Musician
26-Sep-1967 21-Oct-1995 Frontman for Blind Melon
Willie Horton
Criminal
12-Aug-1951   Prison furlough poster child
Sam Houston
Head of State
2-Mar-1793 26-Jul-1863 President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44
Terrence Howard
Actor
11-Mar-1969   Hustle & Flow
Jack Idema
Military
30-May-1956 21-Jan-2012 Green Beret wannabe
Allen Iverson
Basketball
7-Jun-1975   Detroit Pistons point guard
George Jackson
Criminal
23-Sep-1941 21-Aug-1971 Soledad Brother
Joshua Jackson
Actor
11-Jun-1978   Pacey on Dawson's Creek
Mick Jagger
Singer/Songwriter
26-Jul-1943   Lead singer of the Rolling Stones
Rick James
Musician
1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 Superfreak
Bill Janklow
Politician
13-Sep-1939 12-Jan-2012 Congressman and Governor of South Dakota
Jay-Z
Rapper
4-Dec-1969   Can I Get A...
Warren Jeffs
Religion
3-Dec-1955   Head of FLDS polygamist clan
Little Willie John
Singer
15-Oct-1937 26-May-1968 Fever
Dennis Johnson
Basketball
18-Sep-1954 22-Feb-2007 Boston Celtics
Don Johnson
Actor
15-Dec-1949   Miami Vice, Nash Bridges
Anand Jon
Fashion Designer
28-Nov-1976   Designer to the stars
George Jones
Country Musician
12-Sep-1931 26-Apr-2013 Country singer, White Lightning
Grace Jones
Singer/Songwriter
19-May-1952   Slave to the Rhythm
Jim Jones
Rapper
15-Jul-1976   We Fly High, Dipset
Pacman Jones
Football
30-Sep-1983   Dallas Cowboys
Vinnie Jones
Soccer
5-Jan-1965   Footballer turned actor
Juvenile
Rapper
25-Mar-1975   Back That Ass Up
Meir Kahane
Activist
1-Aug-1932 5-Nov-1990 Founder of Jewish Defense League
Radovan Karadzic
Head of State
19-Jun-1945   Indicted Serbian war criminal
Ken Kesey
Novelist
17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Bounty Killer
Rapper
12-Jun-1972   Dancehall rude boy, Copper Shot
Kwame Kilpatrick
Politician
8-Jun-1970   Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08
Bernard King
Basketball
4-Dec-1956   Former NBA small forward
Cris Kirkwood
Bassist
22-Oct-1960   Meat Puppets
Suge Knight
Business
19-Apr-1965   Rap mogul and ex-con
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
Adam Lambert
Singer
29-Jan-1982   American Idol
Meyer Lansky
Criminal
2-Jul-1902 15-Jan-1983 The brains behind the Mafia's money
Queen Latifah
Rapper
18-Mar-1970   All Hail the Queen
Jude Law
Actor
29-Dec-1972   Gattaca
Leadbelly
Guitarist
29-Jan-1885 6-Dec-1949 Goodnight Irene
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   M�tley Cr�e drummer
Avigdor Lieberman
Politician
5-Jun-1958   Israeli Foreign Minister
Sonny Liston
Boxing
8-May-1932 30-Dec-1970 World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64
Amy Locane
Actor
19-Dec-1971   Bongwater
Lindsay Lohan
Actor
2-Jul-1986   Mean Girls
Jason London
Actor
7-Nov-1972   Poor White Trash
Abner Louima
Victim
24-Nov-1966   New York's Rodney King
Courtney Love
Singer
9-Jul-1964   Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole
Lester Maddox
Politician
30-Sep-1915 25-Jun-2003 Governor of Georgia, 1967-71
Bill Maher
Talk Show Host
20-Jan-1956   Politically Incorrect
Norman Mailer
Author
31-Jan-1923 10-Nov-2007 Armies of the Night
Winnie Mandela
Relative
26-Sep-1936   Former wife of Nelson Mandela
Gucci Mane
Rapper
2-Feb-1980   Icy
Taryn Manning
Actor
6-Nov-1978   Crossroads
Nathaniel Marston
Actor
9-Jul-1975   One Life to Live
John Matuszak
Football
25-Oct-1950 17-Jun-1989 Oakland Raider turned actor
Ian McCulloch
Singer/Songwriter
5-May-1959   Echo and the Bunnymen
Russell Means
Activist
10-Nov-1939 22-Oct-2012 American Indian Movement
Warren Moon
Football
18-Nov-1956   CFL and NFL hall-of-fame quarterback
Michael Moriarty
Actor
5-Apr-1941   ADA on Law & Order
Vince Neil
Singer
8-Feb-1961   M�tley Cr�e vocalist
Judd Nelson
Actor
28-Nov-1959   The Breakfast Club
Charles Ng
Criminal
24-Dec-1960   On death row in California
Brian Nichols
Criminal
10-Dec-1971   Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape
Jack Nicholson
Actor
22-Apr-1937   Chinatown
Noreaga
Rapper
6-Sep-1977   Niggas On the Run Eating
Matti Nykänen
Skier
17-Jul-1963   Olympic ski jumper
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Religion
13-Apr-1919 Sep-1995 Atheist spokeswoman
George Oppen
Poet
24-Apr-1908 7-Jul-1984 Objectivist proponent and poet
Tito Ortiz
Martial Arts
23-Jan-1975   UFC / mixed martial arts fighter
Kelly Osbourne
Relative
27-Oct-1984   Ozzy's daughter
Jose Padilla
Terrorist
18-Oct-1970   Convicted of conspiracy
Emmeline Pankhurst
Activist
14-Jul-1857 14-Jun-1928 Militant suffragette
Carl Panzram
Criminal
28-Jun-1891 5-Sep-1930 Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Rod Parsley
Religion
13-Jan-1957   Pastor, Christian Right activist
Vincent Pastore
Actor
14-Jul-1946   Big Pussy on The Sopranos
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Sean Penn
Actor
17-Aug-1960   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Joe Pepitone
Baseball
9-Oct-1940   New York Yankees, 1962-69
Lawrence Phillips
Football
12-May-1975   Troubled former pro football player
Wilson Pickett
Singer/Songwriter
18-Mar-1941 19-Jan-2006 In the Midnight Hour
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Papa Pilgrim
Criminal
c. 1941 24-May-2008 Hillbilly Heaven
Bud Post
 
5-Apr-1939 15-Jan-2006 Unhappy lottery millionaire
Ann Prentiss
Actor
27-Nov-1939 12-Jan-2010 Sgt. Candy Kane on Captain Nice
Richard Pryor
Comic
1-Dec-1940 10-Dec-2005 Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy
Kirby Puckett
Baseball
14-Mar-1960 6-Mar-2006 Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer
Puff Daddy
Music Producer
4-Nov-1969   Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
DJ Quik
Rapper
18-Jan-1970   Rap artist
Riki Rachtman
TV Personality
15-Jun-1965   Hosted MTV's Headbanger's Ball
Gordon Ramsay
Chef
8-Nov-1966   Hell's Kitchen
Chopper Read
Criminal
17-Nov-1954   Earless Australian killer, author
Remy Ma
Rapper
30-May-1980   There's Something About Remy
Mel Reynolds
Politician
8-Jan-1952   Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95
Busta Rhymes
Rapper
20-May-1972   Woo-Hah! Got You All In Check
Keith Richards
Guitarist
18-Dec-1943   The Rolling Stones
Slick Rick
Rapper
14-Jan-1965   Eyepatch-sporting rapper on Def Jam
Eric Roberts
Actor
18-Apr-1956   Restraining Order
Kid Rock
Musician
17-Jan-1971   Rocker for Middle America
Michelle Rodriguez
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Girlfight, Resident Evil
Dayton Leroy Rogers
Criminal
30-Sep-1953   Serial killer, on death row in Oregon
Diana Ross
Singer
26-Mar-1944   Dominion over The Supremes
Rick Ross
Rapper
28-Jan-1976   Port of Miami
Dilma Rousseff
Head of State
14-Dec-1947   President of Brazil
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Ja Rule
Rapper
29-Feb-1976   Holla Holla
Lee Ryan
Musician
17-Jun-1983   Member of boy band Blue
Bobby Seale
Activist
22-Oct-1936   Co-Founder of the Black Panther Party
Tupac Shakur
Rapper
16-Jun-1971 13-Sep-1996 All Eyez on Me
Billy Joe Shaver
Country Musician
16-Aug-1939   Old Five and Dimers Like Me
Big Show
Wrestling
8-Feb-1972   WCW and WWE wrestler
Beanie Sigel
Rapper
6-Mar-1974   Rapper, Protege of Jay-Z
O. J. Simpson
Football
9-Jul-1947   Searching tirelessly for the real killers
Billy Sims
Football
18-Sep-1955   Detroit Lions RB
Tony Sirico
Actor
29-Jul-1942   Paulie Walnuts
Sisqo
Singer
9-Nov-1978   Thong Song
Nikki Sixx
Bassist
11-Dec-1958   M�tley Cr�e bassist
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Richard Speck
Criminal
6-Dec-1941 5-Dec-1991 Killed eight student nurses
Willie Sutton
Criminal
30-Jun-1901 2-Nov-1980 Because that's where the money is
Lilyan Tashman
Actor
23-Oct-1899 21-Mar-1934 Puttin' on the Ritz
Sean Taylor
Football
1-Apr-1983 27-Nov-2007 Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007
Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist
18-Jul-1937 20-Feb-2005 Gonzo journalist and author
Joe Thornton
Hockey
2-Jul-1979   San Jose Sharks
Lawrence Tierney
Actor
15-Mar-1919 26-Feb-2002 Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs
Randy Travis
Country Musician
4-May-1959   Country music artist, has 25 top ten hits
Timothy Treadwell
Naturalist
29-Apr-1957 5-Oct-2003 Consumed by bears
Danny Trejo
Actor
16-May-1944   Ex-con turned character actor
Bianca Trump
Pornstar
7-Nov-1972   Rent-a-Butt
Hal Turner
Activist
15-Mar-1962   Internet agitator
Mike Tyson
Boxing
30-Jun-1966   Erratic heavyweight champion
Vince Vaughn
Actor
28-Mar-1970   Swingers
Antonio Villaraigosa
Government
23-Jan-1953   Mayor of Los Angeles
Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor
15-Jul-1944   Airwolf
Vinnie Vincent
Guitarist
5-Aug-1952   Kiss and Invasion guitarist
Mark Wahlberg
Actor
5-Jun-1971   Formerly of the Funky Bunch
Edwin A. Walker
Military
10-Nov-1909 31-Oct-1993 Ultraconservative activist
Coral Eugene Watts
Criminal
7-Nov-1953 21-Sep-2007 Maybe America's most prolific serial killer
Arthur Wellesley
Military
1-May-1769 14-Sep-1852 1st Duke of Wellington
Jack Whittaker
 
c. 1947   Powerball winner, $111,681,349 after taxes
Hank Williams, Jr.
Country Musician
26-May-1949   Monday Night Football theme
Jayson Williams
Basketball
22-Feb-1968   Retired and imprisoned NBA player
Bruce Willis
Actor
19-Mar-1955   Die Hard
Amy Winehouse
Singer
14-Sep-1983 23-Jul-2011 Rehab
Ron Wood
Guitarist
1-Jun-1947   Guitarist for The Rolling Stones
Aileen Wuornos
Criminal
29-Feb-1956 9-Oct-2002 Notorious serial killer
Faron Young
Musician
25-Feb-1932 10-Dec-1996 The Hillbilly Heartthrob
Giuseppe Zangara
Assassin
7-Sep-1900 20-Mar-1933 Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marion A. Zioncheck
Politician
5-Dec-1901 7-Aug-1936 Congressman, committed suicide
Chuck Zito
Actor
1-Mar-1953   Hell's Angel, Bodyguard to the Stars, Oz


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