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Spiro Agnew
Governor, U.S. Vice President / 1918 - 1996
Spiro Agnew was twice elected U.S. vice president under Richard Nixon, but resigned from his second term after being charged with bribery, conspiracy and tax fraud.
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(1918-1996)
Governor, U.S. Vice President
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Giorgio Armani
Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer / 1934 -
Italian executive Giorgio Armani is an iconic clothing designer best known in America for his popular men's suits.
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(1934-)
Entrepreneur, Fashion Designer
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Silvio Berlusconi
Entrepreneur, Prime Minister / 1936 -
Silvio Berlusconi is best known as a controversial Italian politician who was elected as Prime Minister three times.
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(1936-)
Entrepreneur, Prime Minister
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Rod Blagojevich
U.S. Governor / 1956 -
Rod Blagojevich is an Illinois-based politician whose career has been marred by as many scandals as it has been highlighted by successes.
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(1956-)
U.S. Governor
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Ivan Boesky
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal / 1937 -
Ivan Boesky amassed a fortune of over $200 million in the 1980s before an insider trading scandal landed him with a $100 million fine and prison time.
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(1937-)
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal
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Barbara Boxer
U.S. Representative / 1940 -
Democrat Barbara Boxer served ten years in the House of Representatives before being elected Senator for the state of California.
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(1940-)
U.S. Representative
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Al Capone
Organized Crime Boss / 1899 - 1947
A child from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone (a.k.a. 'Scarface') rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era.
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(1899-1947)
Organized Crime Boss
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Jimmy Carter
U.S. President / 1924 -
Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States (1977-81) and later was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
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(1924-)
U.S. President
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Leonard Cohen
Songwriter, Singer, Poet / 1934 -
Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen is known for his poetic lyrics and baritone voice. He's received acclaim for such songs as "Hallelujah" and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye."
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(1934-)
Songwriter, Singer, Poet
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Mark Cuban
Entrepreneur / 1958 -
Famous in the NBA for his zealous management of the Dallas Mavericks, entrepreneur Mark Cuban has also owned multiple Internet startups and a theater chain.
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(1958-)
Entrepreneur
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Tom Daschle
U.S. Representative / 1947 -
Tom Daschle is a former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader.
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(1947-)
U.S. Representative
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Tom DeLay
U.S. Representative / 1947 -
Tom Delay was Republican majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives who was convicted of money laundering charges in 2010.
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(1947-)
U.S. Representative
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Michael Dell
Entrepreneur / 1965 -
Michael Dell helped launch the personal computer revolution in the 1980s with the creation of the Dell Computer Corporation, now known as Dell Inc.
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(1965-)
Entrepreneur
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Chris Dodd
Lawyer, U.S. Representative / 1944 -
Chris Dodd is an American Democratic politician, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–81) and of the U.S. Senate (1981– ).
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(1944-)
Lawyer, U.S. Representative
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Patricia Dunn
Business Leader / 1953 - 2011
Patricia Dunn served as a director and non-executive chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard before resigning in 2006, after receiving a criminal indictment stemming from a spying scandal.
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(1953-2011)
Business Leader
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Bernard Ebbers
White Collar Criminal / 1941 -
Bernard Ebbers is best known for his quick ascension to wealth and subsequent collapse with WorldCom telecommunications company.
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(1941-)
White Collar Criminal
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Joseph Estrada
Film Actor, Producer, World Leader / 1937 -
Filipino actor and politician Joseph Estrada served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001.
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(1937-)
Film Actor, Producer, World Leader
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Andrew Fastow
White Collar Criminal / 1961 -
Andrew Fastow was the chief financial officer for Enron. He informed on his criminal co-conspirators and was sentenced to six years in prison.
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(1961-)
White Collar Criminal
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Father Divine
Civil Rights Activist, Entrepreneur, Religious Leader / 1880 - 1965
Father Divine was a prominent African-American religious leader of the 1930s who founded the Peace Mission, an important precursor of the Civil Rights Movement.
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(1880-1965)
Civil Rights Activist, Entrepreneur, Religious Leader
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Abe Fortas
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice / 1910 - 1982
Nominated to replace Earl Warren as chief justice in 1968, Abe Fortas became the first nominee for that post since 1795 to fail to win Senate approval.
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(1910-1982)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
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Jay Gould
Entrepreneur / 1836 - 1892
Jay Gould was a prominent American railroad builder and financier. He illegally issued new stock for Erie Railroads in the "Erie War" with Vanderbilt.
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(1836-1892)
Entrepreneur
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Janet Hubert
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1956 -
Janet Hubert is a stage, TV and film actress known for her role as Vivian Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
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(1956-)
Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Don Johnson
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1949 -
Don Johnson is an actor who rose quickly to fame as undercover police office Sonny Crockett on the hit TV series Miami Vice.
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(1949-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Don King
Entrepreneur / 1931 -
Don King is an eccentric boxing promoter known for his wild hair and the titanic bouts he arranges.
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(1931-)
Entrepreneur
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Dennis Kozlowski
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal / 1946 -
Dennis Kozlowski was the CEO of Tyco before he was convicted of various corporate crimes and sentenced to prison in 2005.
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(1946-)
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal
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Nicholas Leeson
White Collar Criminal, Writer / 1967 -
Nicholas Leeson is best known for trading the Barings out of existence by hiding losses for years.
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(1967-)
White Collar Criminal, Writer
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Winnie Mandela
Activist, Government Official / 1936 -
Winnie Mandela was the controversial wife of Nelson Mandela who spent her life in varying governmental roles.
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(1936-)
Activist, Government Official
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Bernard Madoff
Entrepreneur, White Collar Criminal / 1938 -
Bernard Madoff was a stockbrocker who ran his multibillion-dollar firm as a grand scale Ponzi scheme. He is currently serving a 150-year prison sentence.
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(1938-)
Entrepreneur, White Collar Criminal
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Peter Mandelson
Political Leader
Peter Mandelson, also known as Lord Mandelson, is a British politician and was a leading adviser to British Prime Minister Toni Blair.
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Political Leader
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Ferdinand Marcos
Lawyer, Dictator / 1917 - 1989
Known for running a corrupt, undemocratic regime, Ferdinand Marcos was the president of the Philippines from 1966 to 1986.
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(1917-1989)
Lawyer, Dictator
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Aimée Semple McPherson
Evangelist / 1890 - 1944
Aimee Semple McPherson was a controversial Pentecostal evangelist whose International Church of the Foursquare Gospel had tens of thousands of followers.
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(1890-1944)
Evangelist
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Tammy Faye Messner
Evangelist, Reality Television Star / 1942 - 2007
Tammy Faye Messner was the wife of disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, with whom she hosted The 700 Club and the Praise the Lord Club. The couple split in 1992, after Jim Bakker's affair with a church secretary surfaced.
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(1942-2007)
Evangelist, Reality Television Star
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Michael Milken
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal / 1946 -
Michael N Milken is known as the "junk bond king." He was indicted for racketeering and securities fraud and served two years in prison.
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(1946-)
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal
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Roh Moo-hyun
Lawyer, World Leader / 1946 - 2009
Roh Moo-hyun was a lawyer and human rights activist who was the president of South Korea from 2003-'08.
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(1946-2009)
Lawyer, World Leader
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Sun Myung Moon
Business Leader, Religious Leader / 1920 - 2012
Sun Myung Moon was founder and leader of the Unification Church, a religious movement whose followers were labeled "Moonies."
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(1920-2012)
Business Leader, Religious Leader
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Lee Myung-bak
Business Leader, World Leader / 1941 -
Lee Myung-bak is a South Korean business executive and politician who became president of South Korea in 2008.
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(1941-)
Business Leader, World Leader
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Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister / 1945 -
Ehud Olmert became prime minister of Israel after Ariel Sharon's massive stroke in 2006. He was forced to resign under charges of corruption in 2009.
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(1945-)
Prime Minister
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Charles Ponzi
White Collar Criminal / 1882 - 1949
Charles Ponzi was best known for the financial crimes he committed when he conned investors into giving him millions of dollars, and paid them returns with other investors' money.
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(1882-1949)
White Collar Criminal
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Yitzhak Rabin
Prime Minister / 1922 - 1995
Yitzhak Rabin was Israeli statesman who, as prime minister of Israel, led his country toward peace with its Palestinian and Arab neighbors.
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(1922-1995)
Prime Minister
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Raj Rajaratnam
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal / 1957 -
Sri Lankan billionaire Raj Rajaratnam was arrested for insider trading in 2009 as part of the largest ever SEC case against a hedge fund.
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(1957-)
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal
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Ja Rule
Film Actor, Rapper / 1976 -
Ja Rule is one of the biggest rappers from the early 2000s, known for hits like "Between Me and You," "Always on Time" and "Put It on Me."
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(1976-)
Film Actor, Rapper
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Al Sharpton
Civil Rights Activist, Political Leader, Pastor / 1954 -
Al Sharpton is an outspoken and sometimes controversial political activist in the fight against racial prejudice and injustice.
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(1954-)
Civil Rights Activist, Political Leader, Pastor
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Jeffrey Skilling
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal / 1953 -
Jeffrey Skilling was the CEO of the energy company Enron who was found guilty of multiple counts of fraud and insider trading.
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(1953-)
Business Leader, White Collar Criminal
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Anna Nicole Smith
Pin-up, Reality Television Star / 1967 - 2007
Anna Nicole Smith gained early fame as a model for Guess and Playboy magazine, and later became known for her marriage to 89-year-old oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II.
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(1967-2007)
Pin-up, Reality Television Star
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Wesley Snipes
Film Actor / 1962 -
Wesley Snipes is an actor known for his action roles in such films as Blade and Passenger 57 and for his trouble with the law over unpaid taxes.
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(1962-)
Film Actor
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George Steinbrenner
Business Leader / 1930 - 2010
Owner of the New York Yankees from 1972 until his death, George Steinbrenner was one of the most
notorious team owners in baseball history.
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(1930-2010)
Business Leader
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Julius Streicher
Political Leader, Editor / 1885 - 1946
Julius Streicher was a Nazi demagogue and politician who gained infamy as one of the most virulent advocates of the persecution of Jews during the 1930s.
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(1885-1946)
Political Leader, Editor
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Mark Swartz
Business Leader, Criminal
Mark Swartz is best known for the 2002 Tyco corporate fraud scandal that lead to jail time.
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Business Leader, Criminal
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Toni Braxton
Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer / 1967 -
Toni Braxton is an R&B singer-songwriter and actress best known for the hits "Un-Break My Heart," "You Mean the World to Me" and "Breathe Again."
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(1967-)
Theater Actress, Television Actress, Singer
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Michael Vick
Football Player / 1980 -
Star Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick's promising career has been tainted by illegal activities including involvement in an illegal dog-fighting ring.
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(1980-)
Football Player
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John Vorster
World Leader, Prime Minister / 1915 - 1983
Politician John Vorster served as prime minister and president of South Africa. He was forced to resign from the presidency because of a political scandal.
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(1915-1983)
World Leader, Prime Minister
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Albert Walker
White Collar Criminal, Murderer / 1946 -
Canadian financial consultant Albert Walker embezzled millions of dollars and murdered a business associate to cover up his crimes.
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(1946-)
White Collar Criminal, Murderer
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Jimmy Walker
Mayor / 1881 - 1946
Flamboyant mayor of New York City, Jimmy Walker was a frequenter of Broadway theater and upper-class speakeasies. His administration was marred by corruption.
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(1881-1946)
Mayor
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Harold Washington
Mayor, U.S. Representative / 1922 - 1987
Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of Chicago in 1983.
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(1922-1987)
Mayor, U.S. Representative