- Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3 1956) is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia. After establishing himself as a household name with the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart". Gibson's direction of "Braveheart" made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director. - George Best
George Best (22 May 1946 - 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish football player best known for his years with Manchester United. He was a winger whose game combined pace, acceleration, balance, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to beat defenders. In 1968, his "annus mirabilis", he won the European Cup with Manchester United, and was named the European Footballer of the Year. When fit, he was an automatic choice for the Northern Ireland team, … - Glynn Birch
Glynn Birch is the president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). Following the tragic death of his 21-month-old son to drunk driving, Glynn Birch joined MADD and was asked to share his story. He has been sharing it ever since. Glynn began serving as a volunteer speaker for the MADD Central Florida Chapter in Orlando. He was elected to the chapter's Board of Directors in 1998, and in 1999, was voted chapter president. - Leonard Little
Leonard Antonio Little (born October 19, 1974 in Asheville, North Carolina) is an American football Defensive End who currently plays for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. He attended the University of Tennessee. After a drunken birthday in 1998, NFL star Leonard Little crashed into and killed another motorist, Susan Gutweiler. When tested, his blood alcohol level measured 0.19 percent. Little received 90 days, four years probation and 1000 hours of community service. - Candy Lightner
Candace Lynne "Candy" Lightner is the organizer and founding president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). On May 3, 1980, Lightner’s 13-year-old daughter, Cari, was killed by a drunken hit-and-run driver as she walked down a suburban street in Fair Oaks, California. "I promised myself on the day of Cari’s death that I would fight to make this needless homicide count for something positive in the years ahead", Candy Lightner later wrote. - Jacqueline Saburido
Jacqueline Saburido (b. December 20, 1978) is a drunk driving accident survivor who has publicized her own disfigurement to show the potential consequences of drunk driving. - Peg Lautenschlager
Peg Lautenschlager (Peggy A. Lautenschlager) (born November 22, 1955) was Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2007. She succeeded fellow Democrat James Doyle when Doyle was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 2002. Lautenschlager is the first woman to have been elected Attorney General in the State of Wisconsin. She was unsuccessful in her September 2006 bid for re-election as the Democratic Party candidate, … - Karolyn Nunnallee
Karolyn Nunnallee was the seventh president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), serving 1998-1999. Ms. Nunnallee's ten-year-old daughter was killed in the Carrollton bus disaster. The school bus in which her child was riding was hit by a drunk driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .24 percent. The resulting fire killed 24 children and three adults. Ms. Nunnallee advocated a maximum legal BAC of 0.0 and asserted that “If you choose to drink, … - Jessie Wallace
Jessie Wallace (born Karen Wallace on September 25, 1971 in Enfield, North London) is a popular British actress and former student of the The Poor School in Kings Cross. Her first television appearance was in the ITV police drama series "The Bill" in 1999. Wallace is best known for playing the role of Kat Slater in BBC One soap opera "EastEnders" between 2000 and 2005. - Lizzie Grubman
Elizabeth S. "Lizzie" Grubman (born January 30, 1971) is a publicist who gained notoriety for committing a felony crime. She is the daughter of multi-millionaire entertainment lawyer, Allen Grubman, and his wife, the late Yvette Grubman. She has one sibling, a younger sister, Jennifer. In July 2001 Grubman drove her SUV into a crowd of people outside a Long Island nightclub, injuring 16 people. - Dee Dee Myers
Dee Dee Myers (born Margaret Jane Myers on 1 September 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) served as White House Press Secretary for the first two years of the Clinton administration, from January 20, 1993 to December 22, 1994. In the first months of the Clinton Administration she was widely seen as something of a pretender, as Clinton advisor George Stephanopoulos actually conducted the daily press briefings instead of Myers. - Alice Walton
Alice Louise Walton (born October 7, 1949) is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton, and sister of S. Robson Walton, John T. Walton (d.2005), and Jim Walton. She has an estimated net worth of about $16.6 billion. She is a graduate of Trinity University San Antonio, and lives in Mineral Wells, Texas on The Rocking W Ranch. Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton's only daughter, Alice chose not to get involved in the operations of the family business. - Emil Steiner
Emil Gregory Steiner (born November 30, 1978) is an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist who currently writes the OFF/beat blog for "The Washington Post". Steiner is a first generation American born at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, in West Philadelphia, on November 30, 1978. Steiner is the first son born to Prof. Peter Steiner and Prof. Wendy Steiner. He grew up in Philadelphia, London and Prague attending Friends Central School, … - Chopper Read
Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read (born November 17, 1954), is an Australian former-criminal, author and celebrity. Convicted of many crimes including armed robbery, firearm offenses, assault and kidnapping, Read spent a mere 13 months outside prison between the ages of 20 and 38, then went on to become a successful author of crime novels, selling in excess of 500,000 copies of his works. More recently, he has also found success as a recording artist. - Vladimir Konstantinov
Vladimir Konstantinov is a former professional hockey player. His career was ended by a car accident in 1997. Vladimir Konstantinov, "Vladdie," was drafted 221st overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, after impressing a Red Wings scout at the World Junior Championships, where a brawl broke out in the Russia/Canada game. - Greg Solano
Greg Solano (born 1963) was elected Sheriff of Santa Fe County, New Mexico in 2002, after leaving the Santa Fe City Police Department as a sergeant. Solano was a former President of the Santa Fe Police Officers Association, the City Police Union. During his presidency, the union became the first certified and recognized City of Santa Fe Union. He lost re-election as president in 1994 after Mayor Debbie Jaramillo appointed a controversial black police chief. - Robert Anastas
Robert Anastas - (b?-d?) Former hockey coach and teacher at Wayland High School. Anastas founded SADD in 1981 at Wayland High School, in Wayland, Massachusetts, United States following the deaths of two students in drunk driving accidents. SADD originally stood for Students against Driving Drunk, but in 1997, it became Students Against Destructive Decisions and expanded its scope beyond promoting alcohol temperance. - Reginald Stephey
Reginald Stephey is a convicted drunk driver who crashed into another vehicle, killed two people, and caused a fire in the other car where Jacqueline Saburido was subjected to 3rd-degree burns to 60% of her body. In 2001 he was convicted of intoxication manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years and a US$20,000 fine. Reginald had been drinking and partying on the night of the September 18 1999. - Andrey Knyazev
Andrey Knyazev is a former Russian diplomat in Canada, who became notorious when, on January 27 2001, he struck and killed a Canadian woman while driving drunk. Invoking diplomatic immunity, he escaped prosecution in Canada. He was later convicted in Russia for the incident and sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment on March 19 2002. The incident led to a crackdown on drunk driving by diplomats in Canada. - Vili Fualaau
Vili Fualaau (born June 26, 1983), is a Samoan-American who became infamous when at the age of 13 he was seduced by his then 33-year-old teacher Mary Kay Letourneau. The two were arrested, and Letourneau was charged with statutory rape. The sexual encounters resulted in two daughters, prison for Letourneau, and a long-standing court order forbidding them from seeing each other. - Ben Westlund
Bernard (Ben) J. Westlund II was born in Long Beach, California on September 3, 1949, and raised in Lake Oswego. He attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, graduating in 1972 with degrees in education and history. He worked as a business analyst in Portland before moving to Central Oregon, where he helped start a successful mining venture and then became a rancher and agribusinessman, selling cattle genetics through his company, High Country Herefords. - Ruth Dyson
Ruth Suzanne Dyson (born 11 August 1957) is a New Zealand politician. She is a member of the Labour Party. Dyson was born in Lower Hutt. Her father served in the New Zealand Army, and so Dyson's family frequently moved around the country. Dyson joined the Labour Party in Westport in 1979, and worked as a campaign organiser for Labour MP Kerry Burke in the 1981 and 1984 elections. - Steve Bellisari
Steve Bellisari (born April 21, 1980) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Voodoo of the Arena Football League. Bellisari is best known as an Ohio State University Buckeye from 1998 to 2001. Bellisari, a special teams player and a defensive back his first year, replaced Joe Germaine as the Ohio State starting quarterback in 1999. He he had a stellar prep career at Boca Raton High, but was injured and could not complete the first game of his senior year, … - Lyse Lemieux
Lyse Lemieux is the Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court who resigned on August 19, 2004 as a result of criminal charges. The Honorable Lyse Lemieux studied law at the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1962. She held a variety of positions in the provincial government, becoming a specialist in expropriation. Lemieux was appointed a justice of the Superior Court of Quebec in 1978 and in 1994 was named an Associate Chief Justice. - Pete Missing
Pete Missing is a New York City anarchist, artist, graffiti writer, poet and musician who relocated to Berlin in 1993. Missing grew up in the Bronx during the 1950's and 60's, as a middle child of five siblings. He’s Italian and, one-third Jewish. His father was a postal worker who delivered to the Empire State Building. He was one of the organizers of the protest against the Tompkins Square Park curfew that led to the 1988 riot. - Anais Granofsky
Anais Granofsky (born May 14, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and director. Granofsky, whose mother is Black and whose father is Jewish, is best known as Lucy Fernandez in the "Degrassi Junior High" and "Degrassi High" series. She also appeared in the series finale movie, "School's Out". Her character is injured in a drunk driving accident and left partially blind and unable to walk without a cane. - Tony Capstick
Tony Capstick (July 27, 1944 - 23 October 2003) was a British comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster. He was born in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England and for over 30 years he was a presenter on BBC Radio Sheffield. Outside Sheffield, he is perhaps better known as one of the policemen in the sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine". - Robert Chisholm
Robert Chisholm is a former politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Chisholm has represented the Halifax Atlantic riding in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1991 to 2003. He succeeded Alexa McDonough as leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1995. - Ira Louvin
Ira Louvin (Ira Lonnie Loudermilk, April 21, 1924 in Section, Alabama - June 20, 1965) is an American country music mandolinist and songwriter. He was a cousin of John D. Loudermilk. Ira and his brother, Charlie Louvin, played together in the close harmony tradition. They were heavily influenced by the Delmore Brothers and Monroe Brothers. Ira played mandolin with Charlie Monroe, guitar player of the Monroe Brothers in the early 1940s. - Nick Ayers
James Nicholas "Nick" Ayers was the campaign manager of Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue's 2006 reelection bid and now serves as the executive director of the Republican Governors Association, a position to which Perdue appointed him. His work in getting Perdue elected twice (as the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction), as well as bringing the Republicans to power in the Georgia House of Representatives in 2004, … - Lawrence Eric Taylor
Lawrence Eric Taylor, often referred to as the "Dean of DUI Attorneys", is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (1966) and UCLA School of Law (1969). Now a nationally prominent attorney specializing in drunk driving defense, Taylor was a public defender and criminal prosecutor in Los Angeles County before entering private practice. He currently heads an 11-attorney law firm in California that limits its practice to drunk driving defense exclusively. - Joan Bennett Kennedy
Virginia Joan Bennett (formerly; Joan Kennedy) was born September 2,1936 in Riverdale, New York. She was the daughter of Henry Wiggin Bennett, Jr. and the former Virginia Joan Stead. She attended Manhattanville College, a Sacred Heart Academy, along with several Kennedy daughters. Through them, she met her future husband, Edward Moore Kennedy. - Terence Cao
Terence Cao (born 6 October 1967) is a Singaporean Chinese actor. Cao is best known for his roles (many times as lead actor) in television dramas on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 and regularly makes the 'Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes' list in the annual Star Awards (seven Top 10 awards in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005). He is also known to be one of MediaCorp's few actors who was fined and suspended of his driving lisence due to drunk driving. - Brendan Coogan
Brendan Coogan (born 1970) is a British television presenter, from Middleton, Greater Manchester, best known for previously presenting "Top Gear" on the BBC. He was fired from the show following a drunk driving conviction. He is the brother of Actor/Comedian Steve Coogan and former Mock Turtles Frontman Martin Coogan. In April 2006, he became a presenter for the Sky One motoring show, Vroom Vroom - Douglas McCullough
J. Douglas McCullough is an American judge, currently an Associate Justice on the North Carolina Court of Appeals. He is a registered Republican. After earning a history degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967 and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina in 1970, McCullough served in the United States Marine Corps. McCullough worked as legislative counsel for New Mexico Senator Harrison Schmitt, … - Paul Fannin
Paul Jones Fannin (January 29 1907 - January 13 2002) was Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1959 to 1965 and subsequently a U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a Republican. He was born in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky, but moved to Phoenix, Arizona, in October 1907. He attended the University of Arizona but graduated from Stanford University, and became a businessman involved in petroleum and equipment distribution in the Southwest and Mexico. - Claude Charron
Claude Charron is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He graduated from the Université de Montréal with a degree in political science. During 1969 and 1970 he taught at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit and the Cégep du Vieux Montréal. In 1970, Claude Charron entered provincial politics. - Belva Gaertner
Belva Gaertner, (1885-1965) was acquitted on a charge of murder in Chicago. On March 11, 1924, Belva Gaertner, a thrice-divorced cabaret singer who used the professional name Belle Brown, shot and killed her lover Walter Law (a married man with one child). Law was found sprawled out dead in the front seat of Belva's car, a bottle of gin and a gun with three shots fired lying beside him: Belva, found at her apartment, with blood-soaked clothes on the floor, … - Sheena Benton
Sheena Benton (born 1982) is a beauty queen who won the title Miss Delaware USA 2005. Benton represented Delaware in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005, but failed to make the cut. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. At the time of her pageant win she was living in Wilmington, Delaware but is originally from Milford. The Delaware state win was her first major pageant experience. - Kérim Chatty
Kérim Sadok Chatty is a Swedish suspected aircraft hijacker. Chatty was born in Botkyrka south of Stockholm, to a Tunisian physiotherapist father and a Swedish mother. He had his first encounter with the police in 1991 when he was convicted of illegal driving. He was later convicted for several crimes such as assault, theft, handling and drunk driving. He was also devoted to martial arts and a Thai boxing, …
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