| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Omar Abdel-Rahman |
Criminal |
3-May-1938 |
|
The Blind Sheikh |
| St. Agatha |
Religion |
? |
5-Feb-251 AD |
Patron saint of Catania |
| Atahualpa |
Royalty |
c. 1502 |
29-Aug-1533 |
Incan king ransomed, killed by Pizarro |
| Anthony Babington |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1561 |
20-Sep-1586 |
Plotted to overthrow Elizabeth I |
| Michelle Bachelet |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1951 |
|
President of Chile |
| Bahá'u'lláh |
Religion |
12-Nov-1817 |
29-May-1892 |
Founder of Baha'i |
| Mikhail Bakunin |
Anarchist |
30-May-1814 |
1-Jul-1876 |
Pioneer of the Anarchist movement |
| Menachem Begin |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1913 |
9-Mar-1992 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82 |
| Steve Biko |
Activist |
18-Dec-1946 |
12-Sep-1977 |
Father of Black Consciousness |
| Boethius |
Philosopher |
c. 470 AD |
524 AD |
Consolation of Philosophy |
| Charles G. Boyd |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Air Force |
| Pappy Boyington |
Military |
4-Dec-1912 |
11-Jan-1988 |
World War II flying ace |
| François Bozizé |
Government |
14-Oct-1946 |
|
President, Central African Republic 2003-13 |
| Giordano Bruno |
Scientist |
1548 |
17-Feb-1600 |
Heretic cosmologist |
| Lloyd Bucher |
Military |
1-Sep-1927 |
28-Jan-2004 |
Commander of USS Pueblo |
| Edmund Campion |
Religion |
24-Jan-1540 |
1-Dec-1581 |
Jesuit martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| Beatrice Cenci |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1577 |
11-Sep-1599 |
Italian beauty, murdered her father |
| Paulo Coelho |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
The Alchemist |
| Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
| Cuauhtemoc |
Head of State |
1495 |
28-Feb-1525 |
Last Aztec Emperor |
| Robert-François Damiens |
Assassin |
9-Jan-1715 |
28-Mar-1757 |
Attacked Louis XV of France |
| Bud Day |
Activist |
24-Feb-1925 |
27-Jul-2013 |
Former POW |
| Jacques DeMolay |
Military |
c. 1244 |
18-Mar-1314 |
Last Grand Master of the Knights Templar |
| Jeremiah Denton |
Military |
15-Jul-1924 |
28-Mar-2014 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1981-87 |
| José Napoleón Duarte |
Head of State |
23-Nov-1925 |
23-Feb-1990 |
President of El Salvador, 1984-89 |
| Adolfo Pérez Esquivel |
Activist |
26-Nov-1931 |
|
Nobel Peace Prize recipient |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| Guy Fawkes |
Criminal |
13-Apr-1570 |
31-Jan-1606 |
Tried to blow up British Parliament |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Eccentric chess grandmaster |
| Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani |
Terrorist |
14-Apr-1974 |
|
Charged with bombing US Embassies |
| Arvid Harnack |
Spy |
24-May-1901 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Hanged by the Nazis for espionage |
| Mildred Fish Harnack |
Spy |
16-Sep-1902 |
16-Feb-1943 |
Guillotined by the Gestapo |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| David Hicks |
Military |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Australia's answer to John Walker Lindh |
| Hypatia of Alexandria |
Curator |
c. 370 AD |
Mar-415 AD |
Librarian of Alexandria |
| Hypereides |
Attorney |
c. 390 BC |
9-Oct-322 BC |
Athenian logographer |
| Robert Jenkins |
Business |
fl. 1731-45 |
fl. 1731-45 |
War of Jenkins' Ear |
| Jesus Christ |
Religion |
c. 4 BC |
7-Apr-30 AD |
Carpenter, evangelist |
| St. John of Nepomuk |
Religion |
c. 1345 |
20-Mar-1393 |
Patron saint of Bohemia |
| Sam Johnson |
Politician |
11-Oct-1930 |
|
Congressman, Texas 3rd |
| Noor Inayat Khan |
Spy |
1-Jan-1914 |
13-Sep-1944 |
British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis |
| Thomas Kyd |
Playwright |
1558 |
Aug-1594 |
The Spanish Tragedy |
| Daulton Lee |
Spy |
1952 |
|
The Snowman |
| John Walker Lindh |
Criminal |
9-Feb-1981 |
|
The American Taliban |
| Danny Lockin |
Actor |
13-Jul-1943 |
21-Aug-1977 |
Stage actor, murdered in 1977 |
| Abner Louima |
Victim |
24-Nov-1966 |
|
New York's Rodney King |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
| Niccolò Machiavelli |
Author |
3-May-1469 |
22-Jun-1527 |
The Prince |
| Simon Mann |
Military |
26-Jun-1952 |
|
Executive Outcomes |
| John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| Khalid Shaikh Mohammed |
Terrorist |
1-Mar-1964 |
|
Al Qaeda's #3 man |
| Sun Myung Moon |
Religion |
6-Jan-1920 |
3-Sep-2012 |
Head Moonie |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| Mohammad Najibullah |
Head of State |
1947 |
28-Sep-1996 |
President of Afghanistan, 1987-92 |
| James Nayler |
Religion |
1618 |
1660 |
The Quaker Jesus |
| Haing S. Ngor |
Victim |
22-Mar-1940 |
25-Feb-1996 |
The Killing Fields |
| Jose Padilla |
Terrorist |
18-Oct-1970 |
|
Convicted of conspiracy |
| Pete Peterson |
Diplomat |
26-Jun-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Vietnam, 1997-2001 |
| Jerzy Popieluszko |
Activist |
23-Sep-1947 |
19-Oct-1984 |
Priest murdered by Polish government |
| Sayyid Qutb |
Philosopher |
9-Oct-1906 |
29-Aug-1966 |
Muslim Brotherhood philosopher |
| Dilma Rousseff |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1947 |
|
President of Brazil |
| Bobby Sands |
Activist |
9-Mar-1954 |
5-May-1981 |
Irish hunger striker |
| Girolamo Savonarola |
Religion |
21-Sep-1452 |
23-May-1498 |
Italian monk and martyr |
| Hussain al-Shahristani |
Government |
1942 |
|
Iraqi Minister of Oil |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Robert Southwell |
Religion |
c. 1561 |
21-Feb-1595 |
Catholic martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Orson Swindle |
Government |
8-Mar-1937 |
|
Federal Trade Commissioner, 1997-2005 |
| Violette Szabo |
Spy |
26-Jun-1921 |
5-Feb-1945 |
British secret agent, fought with French Resistance |
| Morgan Tsvangirai |
Government |
10-Mar-1952 |
|
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe |
| Vitellius |
Royalty |
24-Sep-15 AD |
20-Dec-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 69 AD |
| Vlad the Impaler |
Royalty |
Dec-1431 |
Dec-1476 |
Dracula, rather fancied impaling folk |
| William Wallace |
Military |
1272 |
23-Aug-1305 |
Basis of fictional biopic Braveheart |
| Leyla Zana |
Politician |
3-May-1961 |
|
Imprisoned for speaking Kurdish |
| Asif Ali Zardari |
Head of State |
22-Jul-1955 |
|
President of Pakistan |