Historical criminals, thieves and vagabonds

Famous historical criminals are those individuals whose criminal behaviors became widely known to the general public for their unscrupulous acts.
Aim of this project is to list people worldwide who have been convicted of serious crimes, or are notable for their criminal activities in the past. This is a worldwide project

Australia

• Ivan Milat (1944-2019)

Belgium

• Ludovicus BAEKELANDT (1774-1803)

Belize

• Elijio Briceño (1938-2016)

Cambodia

• Pol Pot (1925-1998)

Colombia

• Pablo Escobar (1949-1993)

Congo

• Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997)

Ethiopia

• Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937 - )

France

• Philippe Pétain (1856-1951)
• François Villon (1431-1463)

Germany

• Klaus BARBIE (1913-1991)
• Karl DENKE (1870-1924)
• Fritz HAARMANN (1879-1925)
• Heinrich HIMMLER (1900-1944)
• Anton VON ARCO AUF VALLEY (1897-1945)

Haiti

• François Duvalier (1907-1971)

Hungary

• Elizabeth Báthory (1560-1614)

Iraq

• Saddam Hussein (1937-2006)

Japan

• Hideki Tōjō (1884-1948)
• Otoya Yamaguchi (1943-1960)

Libya

• Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011)

Mexico

• Griselda Blanco (1943-2012)
• Joaquín Guzmán (1957 - )
• Arturo DURAZO MORENO (1934-2000)

Netherlands

• Simon Fred ADRIAANSE (1927-1996)
• Henri VAN AALEN (1860-1885)
• Hendrikje DOELEN (1784-1847)
• Klaas ANNINK (1710-1775)
• Maria SWANENBURG (1839-1915)
• Hendrik JUT (1851-1878)

Peru

• Alberto Fujimori (1938 - )

Philippines

Please refer to Criminals, Outlaws and Bandits of the Philippines

Romania

• Ion Antonescu (1882-1946)
• Maria Antonescu (1892-1964)
• Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918-1989)

Russia

• Andrej TSJIKATILO (1936-1994)

Saudi Arabia

• Osama bin Laden (1957-2011)

Spain

• Ramón Mercader (1914-1978)

Switzerland

• Carmen MORY (1906-1947)

Sudan

• Omar al-Bashir (1944 - )

United Kingdom

• Ronnie BIGGS (1929-2013)
• Jack the RIPPER
• Dick TURPIN (1700's)
• Sir Henry MORGAN (17th century)
• John MC VICAR
• Lenny MC LEAN
• Edward TEACH
• Harold SHIPMAN
• Myra HINDLEY
• John Reginald Halliday CHRISTIE
• Richard John Bingham
• Peter William Sutcliffe
• Graham Young (1947-1990)

United States of America

• Joseph ADONIS (1902 - 1972)
• Arizona CLARK
• Whitey BULGER (1929-2018)
• Al CAPONE (1899 - 1947)
• Andrew CUNANAN (1969-1997)
• Tom HORN (1861-1903)
• Andrew KEHOE (1872-1927)
• Albert ANASTASIA (1903 - 1957)
• Arizona Donnie Clark "Kate" BARKER (1872 - 1935)
• Clyde Chestnut BARROW (1909 - 1934)
• Bonnie Elizabeth PARKER (1910-1934)
• Joseph BONNANO (1905 - 2002)
• Theodore Robert BUNDY (1946 - 1988)
• Alphonse CAPONE (1900 - 1944)
• Caryl CHESSMAN (1921 - 1960)
• Jeffrey DAHMER (1960 - 1997 )
• Albert Henry DESALVO (1933 - 1973)
• John Herbert DILLINGER (1903 - 1934)
• Henry LUCAS (1936-2001)
• John Wayne GACY, JR. (1942 - 1994)
• Gary GILMORE (1940 - 1977)
• Jack RUBY (1911-1967)
• Lester GILLIS (1908-1934)
• John GOTTI (1940 - 2002)
• Charles H. KEATING, JR. (1923 - )
• Charles LUCIANO (1897 - 1962)
• Charles MANSON (1934 - )
• Terry NICHOLS (1955 - )
• Lee Harvey OSWALD (1939 - 1963)
• James Earl RAY (1928 - 1998)
• Benjamin SIEGEL (1906 - 1947)
• Charles STARKWEATHER (1940 - 1959)
• Joseph M. VALACHI (1904 - 1971)
• Jesse JAMES (1847-1882)
• Jim JONES (1931-1978)
• John Wilkes BOOTH (1838-1865)
• Robert Newton FORD (1862-1892)
• Hawley Harvey CRIPPEN