Bernard Madoff’s ponzi scheme victims are due another $504 million in government-seized assets; in all, about 21,000 victims will have received more than $1.2 billion. Madoff is currently serving 150 years in prison for devising one of Wall Street’s largest frauds.

• (1938–)

Erik Menendez and brother Lyle were found guilty of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. They were both sentenced to life in prison in 1996.

• Murderer
  (1970–)

Erik and Lyle Menendez have been reunited in a Southern California prison. The brothers -- who are serving life sentences without parole for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989 -- moved into the same housing unit and will participate in rehabilitation programs.

• Murderer
  (1968–)

Matt Smith (‘The Crown’) will be playing (the recently deceased) Charles Manson in the upcoming movie ‘Charlie Says.’ The feature film by ‘American Psycho’ director Mary Harron depicts the Manson murders and is set to begin filming in LA this spring.

• Murderer
  (1934–2017)

Serial killer Gary Leon Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, murdered at least 49 women in Washington state before he was caught in 2001.

• Murderer
  (1949–)

Notorious sex offender and serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 men between from 1978 to 1991. He was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms, and then murdered by a fellow prison inmate in 1994.

• Murderer
  (1960–1994)

Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

• Writer, President (non-U.S.), Civil Rights Activist
  (1918–2013)

John Gotti, also known as 'The Teflon Don,' was an organized crime leader who became head of the Gambino family.

• Organized Crime
  (1940–2002)

Bobby Beausoleil, a part of Charles Manson's circle, is serving a life sentence in a California prison for the July 1969 murder of Manson associate Gary Hinman.

• Murderer
  (1947–)

Susan Atkins was a member of Charles Manson's "Family" and was convicted of the group's infamous 1969 murder of Sharon Tate, which was orchestrated by Manson.

• Murderer
  (1948–2009)

Steve "Clem" Grogan, a member of Charles Manson's "Family," served 15 years in prison for the murder of ranch hand Donald "Shorty" Shea, in a plot led by Manson.

• Murderer
  (1952–)

Patricia Krenwinkel was a member of Charles Manson's "Family," and was convicted of the family's infamous 1969 murders of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, which were orchestrated by Manson.

• Murderer
  (1947–)

Tex Watson was a member of Charles Manson's "Family," and was Manson's right-hand man. He was convicted of the family's infamous 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, which were orchestrated by Manson.

• Murderer
  (1945–)

Mark David Chapman is best known for murdering John Lennon outside of the musician's New York City apartment building in 1980.

• (1955–)

Larry Hoover, also known as "King Larry," is the notorious former leader of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, a Chicago street gang that spread nationwide.

• Murderer, Thief, Organized Crime, Drug Dealer
  (1950–)

Myra Hindley was a serial killer of small children, murders she committed in partnership with boyfriend Ian Brady.

• Murderer
  (1942–2002)

Serial killer Joel Rifkin killed 17 women in the 1990s before the police tried to pull him over for a missing license plate (and discovered his latest victim).

• Murderer
  (1959–)

Nightclub owner Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald before Oswald could stand trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

• (1911–1967)

In 1974, Ronald DeFeo killed his entire family, including his parents, brothers and sisters, while they were sleeping in their beds.

• Murderer
  (1951–)

Drug kingpin Guy Fisher was a member of Nicky Barnes' heroin enterprise, The Council, and helped renovate the Apollo Theater.

• Organized Crime, Drug Dealer
  (1947–)

George Kelly was convicted of killing the manager of Liverpool's Cameo Cinema in 1949 and subsequently hanged, only to be cleared of the charges in 2003.

• Criminal
  (1923–1950)

Ariel Castro received a prison sentence of life plus an additional 1,000 years for kidnapping, torturing and imprisoning three young women in Cleveland, Ohio.

• Criminal
  (1960–2013)

At the height of his career, boxer Rubin Carter was twice wrongly convicted of a triple murder and was imprisoned for nearly two decades. His convictions were overturned in 1985 by a Federal judge and he dedicated the rest of his life to advocating for the wrongly convicted. His story inspired the 1975 Bob Dylan song 'Hurricane' and the 1999 film 'The Hurricane,' starring Denzel Washington.

• Boxer
  (1937–2014)