American criminals American criminals Daniel Ramos (born c. 1973) who went by the moniker "Chaka" was one of the most prolific graffiti vandals of the late 20th century. Authorities in Los Angeles County, California and surrounding areas throughout the West Coast ascribed to him between ten and fifty thousand incidents of him "tagging" the word "CHAKA" on various vertical surface of private and state property, using equipment ranging from permanent markers to spray paint and incurring up to half a million dollars in monetary damage. Caught, tried, and convicted in 1991 on these charges, urban legend holds that Ramos tagged the interior of a civic-center elevator as he left a courtroom, only to be arrested and charged yet again. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daniel Ramos"
Darryl Eugene Strawberry (born March 12, 1962) is a former baseball player who is well known both for his play in the baseball field and for his controversial behavior outside of it. His batting stance employed a distinctive high leg kick. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darryl Strawberry"
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former Louisiana State Representative and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in the United States. He has run for the Louisiana State Senate, Governor of Louisiana and twice for President of the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Duke"
David Lane was a former neo-Nazi leader, KKK member, and one of the founding members of The Order, a white supremacist group that was active in the United States during the 1980s. Lane is the originator of the 14 words, a phrase stating, "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." ...more on Wikipedia about "David Lane"
A 25-year old electrician from Williamsport, Pennsylvania David A. Mahonski was under FBI surveillance for making threats against Ronald Reagan in 1984. ...more on Wikipedia about "David Mahonski"
Leo Dennis Kozlowski (born November 16, 1946 in Newark, New Jersey) is a former CEO of Tyco International, convicted of misappropriating more than $400 million of the company's funds. He was sentenced to at least 8 and a third years in prison. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dennis Kozlowski"
Dennis Levine (born 1953) was a prominent player in the Wall Street insider trading scandals of the mid- 1980s. As a managing director at Drexel Burnham Lambert, he was charged with insider trading by then New York City Attorney General Rudy Giuliani, eventually leading investigators to the arrest of Ivan Boesky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dennis Levine"
Dennis Dale McLain (born March 29, 1944), commonly known as Denny McLain, was an American professional baseball player. He is noted for being as of 2005 the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denny McLain"
Donald H. Segretti (born September 17, 1941) was a political operative for the Committee to Re-elect the President ( Nixon) during the 1970s. Segretti ran a campaign of dirty tricks (which he dubbed ' ratfucking') against the Democrats. His actions were part of the larger Watergate Scandal. ...more on Wikipedia about "Donald Segretti"
Donn Pearce (b. 1928) is best known as the ex-convict who wrote Cool Hand Luke, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. ...more on Wikipedia about "Donn Pearce"
Drexel Burnham Lambert was one of the most profitable Wall Street investment banking firms during the late 1970s and most of the 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drexel Burnham Lambert"
Duane Ramsdell "Dewey" Clarridge, a CIA operative and director for more than 30 years, became famous in the mid-1980s for his role in the Contra end of the Iran-Contra Affair. ...more on Wikipedia about "Duane 'Dewey' Clarridge"
Dutch Schultz ( August 6, 1902– October 24, 1935) was a New York City-area gangster of the 1920s and '30s. Born Arthur Flegenheimer into a German Jewish family in the Bronx, he made his fortune in bootlegging illegal alcohol and the numbers racket in Harlem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dutch Schultz"
Dwight L. Chapin (born December 2, 1940) was Deputy Assistant to the President Richard M. Nixon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dwight Chapin" Stay cool with shortopedia. shortopedia
Dwight Eugene Gooden (born November 16, 1964 in Tampa, Florida), a.k.a. Doc Gooden or Dr. K, an American baseball player, was one of the most feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dwight Gooden"
Everette Howard Hunt (born October 9, 1918 in East Hamburg, New York, United States) worked for the White House under President Richard Nixon, figured in the Watergate Scandal, and was convicted of burglary, conspiracy, and wiretapping, eventually serving 33 months in prison. ...more on Wikipedia about "E. Howard Hunt"
Eddie Nash, born 1929 as Adel Gharib Nasrallah in Palestine, was a nightclub and restaurant owner in Los Angeles and is a convicted gangster and drug dealer; he is best known for his involvement in the quadruple Wonderland Murders. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eddie Nash"
Edwin Washington Edwards also known as Slick Eddy (born 7 August, 1927) is a United States Democratic politician who served as governor of Louisiana for four terms ( 1972 - 1980, 1984 - 1988 and 1992 - 1996), more terms than any other Louisiana governor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edwin Edwards"
Egil "Bud" Krogh, Jr. (born 1939) was an official in the Nixon administration who went to prison for his role in the what would be known as the Watergate scandals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Egil Krogh"
Elecia Battle (born December 15, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) née Elecia Dickson, made national headlines in January 2004 when she claimed that she had lost the winning ticket in the Mega Millions lottery drawing of December 30, 2003 that was worth 162 million dollars. She then filed a lawsuit against the woman who had come forward with the ticket, Rebecca Jemison. Later, when confronted with contradictory evidence, she admitted that she had lied. She was charged with filing a false police report the following day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elecia Battle"
Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948), a lawyer, is a member of the administration of President George W. Bush. During Bush's first term in office, he was appointed the post of Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs. At the start of the president's second term (February, 2005), Abrams was promoted to be his deputy national security adviser, responsible for advancing Bush's strategy of advancing democracy abroad. A leading neoconservative, Abrams' appointment by the White House on December 2 2002 was considered highly controversial due to his involvement in the Iran-Contra Affair, over which he subsequently pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of unlawfully withholding information from Congress. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elliott Abrams"
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Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg ( September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg ( May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American Communists who were thrust into the world spotlight when they were tried, convicted, and executed for spying for the Soviet Union. The accuracy of these charges remains controversial, though decades later, Soviet communications decrypted by the VENONA project became publicly available, which indicate that Julius Rosenberg was actively involved in espionage, although they provided no evidence that he performed the specific acts of espionage for which he was convicted or that Ethel Rosenberg was involved. Specifically, the couple was charged with conspiracy to commit espionage and were accused of passing nuclear weapons secrets to Russian agents. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ethel and Julius Rosenberg"
Eugenio Martinez was one of the five men who broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., and wiretapped it. They returned the next night and were arrested by District of Columbia police. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eugenio Martínez"
Francisco Martin Duran (born September 8, 1968 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is best known for his actions of 29 October 1994 when he fired 29 rounds from a rifle at the White House. He was later convicted of attempting to assassinate President Bill Clinton and sentenced to 40 years in prison. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francisco Martin Duran"
Frank William Abagnale, Jr. (born March 3, 1948) was an impostor for five years in the 1960s. The movie Catch Me If You Can is loosely based on his exploits as described in his book Catch Me If You Can (ISBN 0767905385). Currently he runs Abagnale and Associates, a financial fraud consultancy company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Abagnale"
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