An alleged semi-folklorish American criminal, gang leader and river pirate known under the pseudonym Sadie the Goat. In 1869, Sadie the Goat joined the Charlton Street Gang. Her real name was Sadie Farrell, she became known as Sadie the Goat because of her favored form of fighting: headbutting men in the stomach and having a male compatriot knock the victim out cold so they could steal his money and valuables without difficulty.

The pseudonym of an American criminal and early member of the Dead Rabbits. She was a well-known personality in Manhattan's Five Points district and a noted fighter, her teeth reportedly filed into points and her fingers adorned with long, claw-like brass fingernails.

At 6 feet tall and always carrying both a pistol and large club strapped onto her wrist, Gallus Mag served as the bouncer for a popular saloon with gangsters, the Hole-in-the-Wall. Her real name was Margaret Perry, and she ran the bar with her husband, a fellow thief named Jack Perry.

After a highly publicized six-week jury trial, Stewart was found guilty in March 2004 of felony charges of conspiracy, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and making false statements to federal investigators.

American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union.

In 1872 convicted murder and politician William Sharkey escaped from the tombs

A Sri Lankan-American former hedge fund manager and founder of the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm. He was convicted on 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy making it the biggest insider trading trial in Wall Street's history is hedge fund founder

An American former market maker, investment advisor, financier, and convicted fraudster. He was the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, the confessed operator of the largest Ponzi scheme in world history, and the largest financial fraud in U.S. history. Prosecutors estimated the fraud to be worth $64.8 billion based on the amounts in the accounts of Madoff's 4,800 clients as of November 30, 2008.

An American politician, model and television actress who became famous in 1945 as the first Miss America who was also Jewish.