Throughout history, there have been many women criminals who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great female criminals such as Aileen Wuornos, Griselda Blanco, Ilse Koch, Jodi Arias, Karla Homolka.The women criminals featured in this list are from United States, United Kingdom, Canada & Australia and many more countries.
Karla Homolka04 May 1970, Canadian
Serial Killer
Aileen Wuornos29 February 1956, American
Serial killer
Lynette Fromme22 October 1948, American
woman who attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford.
Griselda Blanco15 February 1943, Colombian
Drug Trafficker
Darlie Routier04 January 1970, American
Murderer
Yolanda Saldívar19 September 1960, American
Murder Convict
Susan Atkins07 May 1948, American
Murderer
Phoolan Devi10 August 1963, Indian
Politician, Brigand
Patricia Krenwinkel03 December 1947, American
Murderer
Assata Shakur16 July 1947, Cuban, American
Murder Convict
Susan Smith26 September 1971, American
Murderer
Mary Ann Cotton31 October 1832, British
Serial Killer
Irma Grese07 October 1923, German
Nazi Guard
Mary Bell26 May 1957, British
Murder Convict
Anne Bonny08 March 1702, Irish, American
18th Century Pirate
Ilse Koch22 September 1906, German
Nazi Concentration Camp Overseer
Magda Goebbels11 November 1901, German
Joseph Goebbels' Wife
Virginia Hill26 August 1916, Austrian, American
Criminal
Ching Shih1775 AD, Chinese
19th Century Pirate
Genene Jones13 July 1950, American
Nurse Who Killed Several Infants
Ma Barker08 October 1873, American
Matriarch of the Barker Family
Mary Read1685 AD, British
Pirate
Leonarda Cianciulli18 April 1894, Italian
Serial Killer
Karla Faye Tucker18 November 1959, American
First woman to be executed in the US since 1984
Belle Gunness11 November 1859, Norwegian, American
Serial Killer
Beverley Allitt04 October 1968, British
Serial Killer
Caril Ann Fugate30 July 1943, American
Murderer
Sara Jane Moore15 February 1930, American
Woman Who Attempted to Assassinate US President
Amelia Dyer1837 AD, British
Serial Killer
Jane Toppan31 March 1854, American
Serial killer
Julianna Farrait , Puerto Rican
Frank Lucas' Wife
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Belle Starr05 February 1848, American
Outlaw
Theresa Knorr12 March 1946, American
Murderess
Zerelda Mimms21 July 1845, American
Jesse James' Wife
Jodi Arias09 July 1980, American
Murderer
Samantha Lewthwaite05 December 1983, British
Suspected Terrorist
Anna Delvey1991 AD, Russian
Fraudster
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova11 March 1730, Russian
Serial Killer
Mirtha Jung , Cuban, American
Ex-wife of George Jung
Alyssa Bustamante28 January 1994, American
Criminal
Olga Hepnarová30 June 1951, Czech
Murderer
Martha Beck06 May 1920, American
Serial Killer
Doris Payne10 October 1930, American
Jewel Thief
Gypsy Rose Blanchard27 July 1991, American
Murderer
Elizabeth Holmes03 February 1984, American
Business Woman
Amy Fisher21 August 1974, American
Actress
Pamela Smart16 August 1967, American
Murderer
Rosemary West29 November 1953, British
Serial killer
Diane Downs07 August 1955, American
Criminal
Andrea Yates02 July 1964, American
Criminal
Valerie Solanas09 April 1936, American
Writer
Ruth Ellis09 October 1926, British, Welsh
Model
Mary Brunner17 December 1943, American
Criminal
Anna Anderson16 December 1896, Polish
Impostor
Felicia Pearson18 May 1980, American
Actress
Anne Perry28 October 1938, British
Writer
Sandra Good20 February 1944, American
Criminal
Sada Abe28 May 1905, Japanese
Geisha, Criminal
Catherine Share10 December 1942, French
Criminal
Vera Renczi1903 AD, Romanian
serial killer
Mary Frith1584 AD, British
Criminal
Lizzie Andrew Borden19 July 1860, American
Criminal