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Armed Robbery
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 |
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| Black Bart |
Criminal |
c. 1829 |
? |
Old West bandit and poet |
| Chuck Berry |
Singer |
18-Oct-1926 |
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My Ding-A-Ling |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
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UK Great Train Robber |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
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Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| William Lee Brent |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1930 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Black Panther hijacker |
| Todd Bridges |
Actor |
27-May-1965 |
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Diff'rent Strokes |
| James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Godfather of Soul |
| Edward Bunker |
Author |
31-Dec-1933 |
19-Jul-2005 |
Animal Factory |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Dog Chapman |
TV Personality |
1-Feb-1953 |
|
Dog, the Bounty Hunter |
| Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
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Murderer of Polly Klaas |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Pretty Boy Floyd |
Criminal |
3-Feb-1904 |
22-Oct-1934 |
Bank robber |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by Utah firing squad |
| Donald Goines |
Author |
15-Dec-1936 |
21-Oct-1974 |
Whoreson |
| Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
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Okie From Muskogee |
| Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| Willie Horton |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1951 |
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Prison furlough poster child |
| George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Robert Mathews |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1953 |
8-Dec-1984 |
White supremacist died in shootout with FBI |
| Ernesto Miranda |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1941 |
31-Jan-1976 |
Miranda v. Arizona |
| Charles Ng |
Criminal |
24-Dec-1960 |
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On death row in California |
| Terry Nichols |
Terrorist |
1-Apr-1955 |
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Timothy McVeigh's partner in crime |
| Clifford Olson |
Criminal |
1-Jan-1940 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Killed 11 youths in British Columbia |
| Petey Pablo |
Rapper |
22-Jul-1973 |
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Dirty South rapper, Raise Up |
| Jose Padilla |
Terrorist |
18-Oct-1970 |
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Convicted of conspiracy |
| Dana Plato |
Actor |
7-Nov-1964 |
9-May-1999 |
Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Chopper Read |
Criminal |
17-Nov-1954 |
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Earless Australian killer, author |
| Sonny Rollins |
Jazz Musician |
7-Sep-1930 |
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Tenor sax master |
| Nicola Sacco |
Anarchist |
22-Apr-1891 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| O. J. Simpson |
Football |
9-Jul-1947 |
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Searching tirelessly for the real killers |
| Tony Sirico |
Actor |
29-Jul-1942 |
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Paulie Walnuts |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |
| Flavio Sosa |
Politician |
1953 |
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Jailed APPO councilman |
| Lionel Tate |
Criminal |
30-Jan-1987 |
|
Florida's wrestling death teen |
| Danny Trejo |
Actor |
16-May-1944 |
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Ex-con turned character actor |
| Bianca Trump |
Pornstar |
7-Nov-1972 |
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Rent-a-Butt |
| Dick Turpin |
Criminal |
1706 |
7-Apr-1739 |
English highwayman |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
Anarchist |
11-Jun-1888 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Varg Vikernes |
Musician |
11-Feb-1973 |
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Norwegian black metallurgist |
| Pancho Villa |
Military |
5-Jun-1878 |
20-Jul-1923 |
Revolutionary, invaded United States |
| John Wojtowicz |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
2-Jan-2006 |
Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon |
| Aileen Wuornos |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1956 |
9-Oct-2002 |
Notorious serial killer |
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