Pisces Criminals

Rank the Most Wicked Pisces Criminals

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 1 
John Wayne Gacy
(Serial Killer & Sex Offender)
John Wayne Gacy
275
Birthdate: March 17, 1942
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: May 10, 1994

John Wayne Gacy was a sex offender and a serial killer. He assaulted, raped and murdered at least 33 boys and young men in 1960s and 1970s. He tortured and killed all his victims inside his ranch house near Norridge, a village in Norwood Park. He was given death sentence in March 1980 and was executed in May 1994.

 2 
Richard Ramirez
(Serial Killer)
Richard Ramirez
306
Birthdate: February 29, 1960
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, United States
Died: June 7, 2013

American serial killer, rapist, and burglar, Richard Ramirez terrorised the people of California, primarily Los Angeles, between 1984 and 1985 before being eventually captured by the police. The brutal criminal, also known as Night Stalker, was finally found guilty of 43 charges, including 13 murders and was sentenced to death. While on a death row, he died of cancer. 

 3 
Osama Bin Laden
(Terrorist)
Osama Bin Laden
168
Birthdate: March 10, 1957
Died: May 2, 2011
Osama Bin Laden, former leader of the international terrorist organization Al Qaeda, had orchestrated the September 11 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center, among others. The attacks led to the U.S.’s War on Terror, and Laden was eventually tracked down and killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in 2011.
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 4 
Josef Mengele
(German Physician Known for His Atrocities at the Auschwitz II Concentration Camp)
Josef Mengele
106
Birthdate: March 16, 1911
Birthplace: Bavaria, Germany
Died: February 7, 1979

Known as Angel of Death, Dr. Josef Mengele was the chief doctor of Auschwitz concentration camp and was responsible for killing thousands of Jews as well as torturing the prisoners mercilessly and conducting inhuman experiments on them. These included injecting them with chemicals and stitching twin children together. Despite his horrible crimes, the infamous Nazi doctor could never be captured.

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 5 
Aileen Wuornos
(American Serial Killer)
Aileen Wuornos
196
Birthdate: February 29, 1956
Birthplace: Rochester, Michigan, United States
Died: October 9, 2002

Sexually and physically assaulted by her own grandfather during her childhood and teenage years, Aileen Wuornos took to prostitution to support herself. From becoming pregnant at age 14 to engaging in sexual activities in exchange for drugs, Aileen's early life played a major role in turning her into a serial killer. Her story eventually became quite famous in popular culture.

 6 
Dennis Rader (BTK Killer)
163
Birthdate: March 9, 1945
Birthplace: Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
Dennis Rader, better known as BTK, an abbreviated form of “blind, torture, kill,” is an American serial killer. He murdered 10 people and then sent letters to the police and the media, explaining his crimes. Following a 10-year hiatus, he began sending letters again, leading to his arrest and conviction.
 7 
Bugsy Siegel
(American Mobster Who was a Driving Force Behind the Development of the Las Vegas Strip)
Bugsy Siegel
19
Birthdate: February 28, 1906
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: June 20, 1947

Notorious mobster Bugsy Siegel held significant influence within the Italian-American Mafia and was regarded as a “celebrity gangster.” Good-looking and charismatic, he was an enigmatic figure. He played a key role in the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Noted for his prowess with guns, he met a grisly end when he was shot dead in 1947.

 8 
Adolf Eichmann
(German Military Official and One of the Major Organisers of the Holocaust)
Adolf Eichmann
88
Birthdate: March 19, 1906
Birthplace: Solingen, Germany
Died: June 1, 1962
Adolf Eichmann was a Nazi lieutenant colonel and one of the chief organizers of the Holocaust, that involved mass deportation and murder of Jews. In 1962, Eichmann was captured by the Mossad in Argentina and was then taken to Israel. He was eventually tried and hanged for crimes against humanity.
 9 
Anne Bonny
(Irish Pirate Operating in the Caribbean and One of the Few Female Pirates in Recorded History)
Anne Bonny
15
Birthdate: March 8, 1697
Birthplace: Cork, Ireland
Died: March 31, 1721

Irish pirate Anne Bonny is considered one of the most famous female pirates of all time. She operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century. As a teenager, she became the partner and lover of the notorious English pirate captain Calico Jack Rackham. She was captured in 1720 when she was pregnant. Her fate remains unknown. 

 10 
James Earl Ray
(Assassin)
James Earl Ray
42
Birthdate: March 10, 1928
Birthplace: Alton, Illinois, United States
Died: April 23, 1998

James Earl Ray was charged with assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis on April 4, 1968 and was convicted and sentenced to 99 years in prison in 1969. He served 29 years of his sentence before he died at the age of 70 from problems related to kidney disease and liver failure caused by hepatitis C.

 11 
Sammy Gravano
(American Mobster Best Known as the Underboss of the 'Gambino Crime Family')
Sammy Gravano
26
Birthdate: March 12, 1945
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Sammy Gravano, also known as “Sammy the Bull,” was initially part of the Colombo crime family and later the underboss of the Gambino crime family. He became a government witness against John Gotti, the Gambino family boss. He was also involved in the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano.
 12 
Albert Anastasia
(One of the Founders of the Modern American Mafia and Co-founder of 'Murder, Inc' Crime Group)
Albert Anastasia
14
Birthdate: February 26, 1902
Birthplace: Parghelia, Italy
Died: October 25, 1957
Italian-American mobster Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, or Anastasio, co-founded the American Mafia and later co-established Murder, Inc. Nicknamed The One-Man Army, he later became the boss of the Gambino crime family and also began controlling the New York waterfront. He was killed on the orders of Carlo Gambino and Vito Genovese.
 13 
Charles Ponzi
(Con Artist)
Charles Ponzi
10
Birthdate: March 3, 1882
Birthplace: Lugo, Italy
Died: January 18, 1949

Charles Ponzi was an Italian con artist and swindler who operated in Canada and the USA. He is best remembered for his money-making scheme in which he paid his earlier investors using the money given to him by later investors. Although this type of swindling investment scheme existed before Ponzi's time, it came to be known as a Ponzi scheme.

 14 
Delphine LaLaurie
(New Orleans Socialite and Serial Killer Who Tortured and Murdered Slaves in Her Household)
Delphine LaLaurie
54
Birthdate: March 19, 1780
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: December 7, 1849
Delphine LaLaurie, also known as Marie Delphine Macarty or Madame Blanque, was a socialite from New Orleans who tortured and killed countless slaves in her Royal Street mansion. Her crimes were discovered after a fire at her mansion. An outraged mob subsequently destroyed the house, while she left New Orleans.
 15 
Carmine Galante
(Gangster)
Carmine Galante
7
Birthdate: February 21, 1910
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: July 12, 1979
 16 
Vito Rizzuto
(Italian-Canadian Crime Boss)
Vito Rizzuto
11
Birthdate: February 21, 1946
Birthplace: Cattolica Eraclea, Italy
Died: December 23, 2013
 17 
Nicodemo Scarfo
(Gangster)
Nicodemo Scarfo
11
Birthdate: March 8, 1929
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: January 13, 2017
 18 
Haji Mastan
(Gangster, Smuggler)
Haji Mastan
33
Birthdate: March 1, 1926
Birthplace: Panaikulam, Ramanathapuram District (Madras Presidency now Tamil Nadu), British India
Died: May 9, 1994
Mastan Mirza, or Haji Mastan, was an Indian mafia boss. He ruled the Mumbai crime sector for more than 2 decades, along with Karim Lala. He invested in the smuggling syndicate of Mumbai and also financed films and real-estate projects. He was known for his love for the color white.
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 19 
Aniello Dellacroce
(Underboss of the Gambino crime family)
Aniello Dellacroce
3
Birthdate: March 15, 1914
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: December 2, 1985
 20 
Joey Merlino
(Crime boss)
Joey Merlino
4
Birthdate: March 16, 1962
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Dorothea Binz
(Officer)
Dorothea Binz
7
Birthdate: March 16, 1920
Birthplace: Templin, Germany
Died: May 2, 1947
 22 
Buck Barrow
(Gangster)
Buck Barrow
6
Birthdate: March 14, 1903
Birthplace: Marion County, Texas
Died: July 29, 1933
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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 23 
Nirav Modi
(Diamond business bank fraud, wanted by Interpol)
Nirav Modi
2
Birthdate: February 27, 1971
Birthplace: Palanpur, Gujarat, India
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 24 
Félicien Kabuga
(Commited genocide in Rwanda)
Félicien Kabuga
2
Birthdate: March 1, 1933
Birthplace: Byumba, Rwanda
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 25 
Talwinder Singh Parmar
(Indian-born Canadian Sikh Militant)
Talwinder Singh Parmar
3
Birthdate: February 26, 1944
Birthplace: Panchhat, Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Died: October 15, 1992
 26 
Theresa Knorr
(Murderess)
Theresa Knorr
11
Birthdate: March 12, 1946
Birthplace: Sacramento, California
 27 
John Wojtowicz
(Bank robber, Soldier)
John Wojtowicz
9
Birthdate: March 9, 1945
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Died: January 2, 2006
 28 
Charles Cullen
(American Serial Killer and Former Nurse)
Charles Cullen
40
Birthdate: February 22, 1960
Birthplace: West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Charles Cullen is an American serial killer and former nurse. He was convicted of murdering hundreds of patients during his 16-year career as a nurse in several New Jersey medical centers. Charles Cullen confessed to killing as many as 40 of his victims; 29 of which were confirmed. His life and career have inspired several films, including The Good Nurse.

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 29 
Joe Exotic
(Former Operator of G.W. Zoo)
Joe Exotic
59
Birthdate: March 5, 1963
Birthplace: Garden City, Kansas, United States
 30 
Reinhard Heydrich
(Nazi Official)
Reinhard Heydrich
45
Birthdate: March 7, 1904
Birthplace: Halle
Died: June 4, 1942

Reinhard Heydrich was a Nazi police officer and a high-ranking SS. Heydrich is widely regarded as one of the main architects of the Holocaust, a World War II genocide that killed some six million Jews. Described by Adolf Hitler as the man with the iron heart, Heydrich is regarded as the darkest figure of the Nazi era by many historians.

 31 
Ludolf von Alvensleben
(SS functionary and Police Leader)
Ludolf von Alvensleben
3
Birthdate: March 17, 1901
Birthplace: Halle, Germany
Died: April 1, 1970
 32 
Jack Sheppard
(English Thief and Prison Escapee)
Jack Sheppard
0
Birthdate: March 4, 1702
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: November 16, 1724
 33 
Samuel Bellamy
(Pirate)
Samuel Bellamy
5
Birthdate: February 23, 1689
Birthplace: Plymouth, England
Died: April 26, 1717
 34 
Alieu Kosiah
(Military commander, Criminal)
Alieu Kosiah
1
Birthdate: March 3, 1975
Birthplace: Ganta, Nimba County, Liberia
 35 
Mikhail Popkov
(Serial killer)
Mikhail Popkov
21
Birthdate: March 7, 1964
Birthplace: Angarsk, Russia
 36 
Harvey Weinstein
(Former Film Producer & Convicted Sex Offender)
Harvey Weinstein
71
Birthdate: March 19, 1952
Birthplace: Flushing, New York, United States

The co-founder of Miramax Films Corporation and The Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein produced a number of popular and critically acclaimed movie like The King's Speech and Silver Linings Playbook. In 2017, the powerful Hollywood mogul was accused of sexual harassment by numerous women following which he was fired from his company and in 2020 sentenced to 23 years in prison.

 37 
Nicholas Civella
(Gangster)
Nicholas Civella
3
Birthdate: March 19, 1912
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died: March 12, 1983
 38 
Wanda Klaff
(Camp guards)
Wanda Klaff
4
Birthdate: March 6, 1922
Birthplace: Danzig, Free City of Danzig
Died: July 4, 1946
 39 
Choi Jong-hoon
(Musician)
Choi Jong-hoon
2
Birthdate: March 7, 1990
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 40 
Stephen Port
(British Serial Killer and Serial Rapist)
Stephen Port
0
Birthdate: February 22, 1975
Birthplace: Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
 41 
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
(Politician)
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury
2
Birthdate: March 13, 1949
Birthplace: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Died: November 22, 2015

Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician who served under Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as the adviser of parliamentary affairs from 2001 to 2006. In 2013, he was convicted of war crime charges and sentenced to death for his actions during the Bangladesh War of Independence. Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was executed by hanging in 2015. 

 42 
Dimitrios Ioannidis
(Military officer)
Dimitrios Ioannidis
1
Birthdate: March 13, 1923
Birthplace: Athens, Greece
Died: August 16, 2010
 43 
Zhang Zuolin
(Chinese Bandit, Soldier and Warlord of Manchuria (1922 - 1928))
Zhang Zuolin
6
Birthdate: March 19, 1875
Birthplace: Haicheng, Anshan, China
Died: June 4, 1928

Chinese bandit and warlord Zhang Zuolin initially ruled over Manchuria and then became the military dictator of the Republic of China. Later, the Nationalist Party’s march into China forced him to move his troops out of Beijing. He died when his train became the target of a bomb blast.

 44 
Hermann Pister
(German officer)
Hermann Pister
3
Birthdate: February 21, 1885
Birthplace: Lübeck, Germany
Died: September 28, 1948
 45 
Idoia López Riaño
(Former ETA Hitwoman)
Idoia López Riaño
4
Birthdate: March 18, 1964
Birthplace: Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
 46 
Carlo Gesualdo
(Composer)
Carlo Gesualdo
2
Birthdate: March 8, 1566
Birthplace: Venosa, Italy
Died: September 8, 1613
 47 
Sirhan Sirhan
(Palestinian Convicted Murderer Who Assassinated U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy)
Sirhan Sirhan
40
Birthdate: March 19, 1944
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Israel
Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian militant who assassinated U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy, by shooting him at the Los Angeles-based Ambassador Hotel, on June 5, 1968. Sirhan was convicted of murder. He is currently serving a life sentence at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.
 48 
Joshua Duggar
(American Convicted Sex Offender, Former Reality Television Personality)
Joshua Duggar
11
Birthdate: March 3, 1988
Birthplace: Tontitown, Arkansas, United States
 49 
Gennaro Angiulo
(American Mobster and Crime Boss)
Gennaro Angiulo
3
Birthdate: March 20, 1919
Birthplace: North End, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: August 29, 2009
 50 
Ottis Toole
(Serial Killer)
Ottis Toole
41
Birthdate: March 5, 1947
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Died: September 15, 1996
Ottis Toole was the murder companion of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and was convicted of six murders. One of his victims was 6-year-old Adam Walsh who was kidnapped and decapitated. Adam’s murder inspired a TV movie, too. Toole’s death sentences were later commuted and he died of cirrhosis.