Line #36 UsefulNotes/Criminals


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15	This is an alphabetical list of all articles on this site about real-life criminals: murderers, rapists, thieves, smugglers, gangsters, bandits, pirates, terrorists, etc. In some cases, the historical villain's reputation may even have had an [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade upgrade]] (or [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade downgrade]], if not an outright [[HistoricalHeroUpgrade whitewashing]]), but nevertheless we list them all here.
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17	TV Tropes also wants to make clear that it in no way do we wish to glorify these people's crimes. Their presence on this site usually have to do with their dominant appearances in popular culture and/or legendary reputation. Most of the articles about the criminals listed below are here to separate myth from reality, and to indicate in which media they have become a staple of popular culture.
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19	'''NOTE:''' This page is ''only'' meant to list notable real-life criminals with articles on this wiki in the '''UsefulNotes''' namespace (so absolutely ''excluding'' any {{Creators}}, {{Music}}ians, or [[ProfessionalWrestling Wrestlers]], regardless of whatever laws they have broken), who are all most remembered in the public consciousness for the high-profile crimes they have committed.
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21	!!Notable real-life criminals (with articles on this wiki) include:
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23	* UsefulNotes/ElizabethBathory: 17th century Hungarian noblewoman and SerialKiller, who murdered young women and supposedly bathed in their blood. One of the inspirations for ''{{Literature/Dracula}}''.
24	* UsefulNotes/BillyTheKid: 19th century American outlaw of TheWildWest.
25	* UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden: Saudi terrorist warlord, founding leader of the Sunni Islamic jihadist organization Al-Qaeda.
26	* UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}}: Infamous 18th century English pirate.
27	* UsefulNotes/AnneBonny: 18th century Irish female pirate.
28	* UsefulNotes/JohnWilkesBooth: Actor turned assassin who, in 1865, killed sitting U.S. President UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln.
29	* UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden: 19th century American woman who was tried and acquitted in the axe murders of her parents.
30	* UsefulNotes/TedBundy: An infamous rapist and sadistic SerialKiller.
31	* UsefulNotes/AlCapone: Early 20th century American mobster; boss of the Chicago Outfit, UsefulNotes/{{the Mafia}}'s Windy City branch.
32	* UsefulNotes/CharlotteCorday: 18th century French woman who assassinated Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat.
33	* UsefulNotes/GillesDeRais: 15th century French knight, lord, and ally of UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc. Suspected and convicted of numerous crimes including occultism, pedophilia, and serial murder, for which he was hanged in 1440.
34	* UsefulNotes/JohnDillinger: Early 20th century American gangster.
35	* UsefulNotes/GuyFawkes: 17th century English Catholic rebel who tried (and failed) to blow up the English Parliament and assassinate UsefulNotes/JamesVIAndI. The British still celebrate the day that the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 was uncovered as Bonfire Night. He also inspired V in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
36	* UsefulNotes/EdGein: Infamous American murderer and grave robber.
37	* UsefulNotes/HermannGoring: High ranking official of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. Convicted of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in 1946.
38	* UsefulNotes/WilliHerold: Young German soldier who impersonated a Luftwaffe Captain with the help of a uniform he found and ordered an infamous massacre in the Aschendorfermoor prison camp in April 1945.
39	* UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein: The former President of Iraq, who led a brutal dictatorship with massacres that killed thousands of people in his own country. After his overthrow, the new US-backed government convicted him of crimes against humanity, and had him executed by hanging.
40	* UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper: 19th century British SerialKiller, who murdered and mutilated several prostitutes in London. [[KarmaHoudini He was never caught]], [[TheSpook and his true identity is still unknown]].
41	* UsefulNotes/JesseJames: 19th century American outlaw of TheWildWest.
42	* UsefulNotes/JimJones: 20th century American cult leader who ordered his own followers to drink a cyanide cocktail, thus killing off about 800 people in a mass murder-suicide in their community of Jonestown, Guyana.
43	* UsefulNotes/NedKelly: 19th century Australian outlaw.
44	* {{UsefulNotes/Lampiao}}: Early 20th century Brazilian outlaw.
45	* UsefulNotes/CharlesManson: Infamous American cult leader who drove his followers to murdering people, including the actress Creator/SharonTate.
46	* UsefulNotes/ZodiacKiller: Unidentified American serial killer active in the late 1960s.
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