- Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 - 30 April 1945) was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (The Nazi party). He was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and became FAhrer (leader) [2] in 1934, remaining in power until his suicide in 1945.
- Vince Foster
Vincent Walker Foster, Jr. was a deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton, and also a law partner and personal acquaintance of Hillary Clinton. He was found dead in Fort Marcy Park off the George Washington Parkway in Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. His death was ruled a suicide by investigations conducted by the United States Park Police, the United States Congress, and Independent Counsels Robert B. Fiske and Kenneth Starr..
- Budd Dwyer
Robert "Budd" Dwyer (November 21, 1939 - January 22, 1987) was a former Pennsylvania politician who, on the morning of January 22, 1987, committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth with a revolver during a televised press conference.
- Vincent van Gogh
Vincent Willem van Gogh (sometimes erroneously pronounced [ˈvɪnsənt væn ˈɡɒf] in British English and [ˈvɪnsənt væn ˈɡoʊ] in US English; the correct Dutch pronunciation is) (30 March 1853 - 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. His paintings and drawings include some of the world's best known, most popular and most expensive pieces. Van Gogh spent his early life working for a firm of art dealers.
- Gary Webb
Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 - December 10, 2004) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist, best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" investigative report series, written for the "San Jose Mercury News". In the three-part series (later published as a book), Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had allegedly distributed crack cocaine into Los Angeles and funneled profits to the Contras.
- Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Nicknamed "Papa", he was part of the 1920s expatriate community in Paris known as "the Lost Generation", as described in his memoir "A Moveable Feast." He led a turbulent social life, was married four times, and allegedly had various romantic relationships during his lifetime.
- Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22 1906 - June 11 1936) was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.
- Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting in which the reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figure of the story itself.
- Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and "Mad". Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature.
- George Reeves
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 - June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program "Adventures of Superman" and his controversial death at the age of 45.
- Jeff Weise
Jeffrey James Weise (August 8, 1988 - March 21, 2005) was a high school student of Red Lake, Minnesota responsible for the shooting deaths of his grandfather and his grandfather's girlfriend and the Red Lake High School massacre, a school shooting in which he killed nine people and injured more than a dozen others before committing suicide. He left many postings across the Internet on websites such as nazi.org, …
- Dead Yngve Ohlin
Per Yngve Ohlin (January 16 1969 - April 8 1991), better known by his stage name Dead, was a Swedish vocalist best known for his work with Norwegian black metal group Mayhem. He also acted as a lead singer of the Swedish black metal band Morbid on one demo tape entitled "December Moon".
- Kermit Roosevelt
Kermit Roosevelt I was a son of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (also known as TR). Born into TR's remarkable family, Kermit was an explorer on two continents with his father, graduate of Harvard University, a courageous soldier serving in two world wars, a successful businessman, and a gifted writer. Despite his many talents and interesting life, he fought a life-long battle with depression and alcoholism.
- Doug Hopkins
Douglas "Doug" Hopkins was an American musician and songwriter from Tempe, Arizona. He co-founded the Gin Blossoms, a popular modern rock band of the early 1990s, in 1987 with his longtime friend, Bill Leen. He was the band's lead guitarist and principal songwriter. Hopkins' songwriting credits included the hits "Hey Jealousy," "Found Out About You," "Hold Me Down," and "Lost Horizons." His penchant for somber lyrics, …
- Andreas Baader
Andreas Bernd Baader was one of the first leaders of the German organization Red Army Faction, also commonly known as "the Baader-Meinhof group". Born in Munich, Baader was a high school dropout and criminal before his RAF involvement. He was one of the few members of the RAF movement who did not attend a university.
- Brian Keith
Brian Keith was an American stage, film and television actor.
- Paul Williams
Paul Williams was an American second tenor/baritone singer. Williams is noted for being one of the founding members and original lead singer of the popular Motown group The Temptations. Along with David Ruffin, Otis Williams (no relation), and fellow Alabamians Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin, Williams was a member of The Temptations during their most successful years in the 1960s, later dubbed the "Classic 5" period.
- Gig Young
Gig Young (November 4, 1913 - October 19, 1978) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor.
- Iris Chang
Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 - November 9, 2004) was an American historian and journalist. She was best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, "The Rape of Nanking". She committed suicide on November 9, 2004, after a depressive episode resulting from a nervous breakdown.
- John O'Brien
John O'Brien was an American author. His first novel "Leaving Las Vegas" was published in 1990 by Watermark Press and made into a film of the same name in 1995.
- Arthur Shrewsbury
Arthur Shrewsbury was an English cricketer who was widely rated as competing with WG Grace for the accolade of being the best batsman of the 1880s; Grace himself, when asked who he would most like in his side, replied simply, "Give me Arthur". Born in New Lenton, Nottinghamshire, he played his cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and played 23 Test matches for England, captaining them in 7 games, …
- Meriwether Lewis
Meriwether Lewis (August 18, 1774 - October 11, 1809) was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Corps of Discovery, whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
- William F. Knowland
William Fife Knowland (June 26, 1908 - February 23, 1974) was a United States politician, newspaperman, and Republican Party leader. He served as the United States Senate Majority Leader (1953-1955), as United States Senate Minority Leader (1955-1959), and succeeded his father, Joseph R. Knowland, as the editor and publisher of the "Oakland Tribune".
- Getúlio Vargas
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas was the president of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to his suicide in 1954.
- Richard Quine
Richard Quine was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director. Quine was born in Detroit, Michigan. He began his acting career at age eleven on Broadway, and appeared in his first film in 1934; John Ford's "The World Moves On". During the war he served in the United States Coast Guard, marrying the actress Susan Peters in November of 1943. After WW II he tried directing, first as co-producer and co-director on "Leather Gloves" (1948), …
- Dave Garroway
David Cunningham Garroway was the founding host of NBC's "Today" from 1952 to 1961, whose easygoing, relaxed and relaxing style belied a battle with depression that may have contributed to the end of his days as a television bigtimer and, in due course, his life. Born in Schenectady, New York, Garroway began his broadcasting career modestly, starting as an NBC page and then graduating NBC's school for announcers 23rd in a class of 24. Even so, …
- Pete Duel
Pete Duel was an American actor, best known for his role in the television series, "Alias Smith and Jones".
- Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897–1 May 1945) was a German politician and Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers. Goebbels was known for his zealous, energetic oratory and virulent anti-Semitism. Goebbels earned a Ph.D. from Heidelberg University in 1921, …
- Andrew Cunanan
Andrew Phillip Cunanan (August 31, 1969 - July 23, 1997) was an American serial killer of Italian and Filipino descent who murdered five people, including Gianni Versace, in a cross-country journey during a three-month period in 1997, ending with Cunanan's suicide, at the age of 27. In the middle of that spree, on June 12, 1997 he became the 449th fugitive to be listed by the FBI on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
- Jeremy Michael Boorda
Jeremy Michael Boorda was an admiral of the United States Navy and the 25th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Boorda is celebrated for being the first (and so far, only) CNO to have risen to the position from the enlisted ranks.
- Del Shannon
Del Shannon (born Charles Weedon Westover in Coopersville, Michigan) was an American rock and roller who launched into fame with the No. 1 hit "Runaway" (1961). The song introduced the musitron, an early form of the synthesizer played by "Runaway" co-writer and keyboardist Max Crook.
- Larry Williams
Larry Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known for writing and recording some Rock 'n' Roll standards from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie" and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (see also: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll). Several of his songs achieved later success as cover versions by The Beatles ("Bad Boy", "Slow Down", …
- Laurie Dann
Laurie Dann (née Wasserman was an American murderer. She shot and killed a boy and injured five other children in a school in Winnetka, Illinois, then took a family hostage and shot a man before killing herself.
- Clifford Roberts
Clifford Roberts was an American golf administrator. Born in Morning Sun, Iowa, he served as Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club from 1931 through 1976 and was named "Chairman in Memoriam" after his death. He also served as Chairman of the Masters Tournament from 1934 through 1976. An astute investment banker, Roberts made his mark on Wall Street as a partner with Reynolds & Company. He was the co-founder with Bobby Jones of Augusta National Golf Club.
- Sándor Márai
Sándor Márai (April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian writer and journalist.
- Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize was a French actor who achieved worldwide recognition for his role as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, in the television series "Fantasy Island" (1978 - 1984). He was also well known for playing the evil henchman Nick Nack in the James Bond film "The Man with the Golden Gun".
- Ricky Berry
Ricky Alan Berry was an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings. Born in Lansing, Michigan, the 6'8" small forward out of San Jose State and Oregon State University was selected 18th overall in the 1988 NBA Draft by the Kings and had a solid rookie season, averaging 11.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists while shooting 40.6% from three-point range. In the 1989 offseason, and just weeks before his 25th birthday, …
- John Spence
John Spence (3 February 1969-21 December 1987) was a founding member of the band No Doubt, along with Eric Stefani and Gwen Stefani. Spence, who came up with the band's name based on a catch phrase that he had always used, shared lead vocals with Gwen. In December 1987, at the age of 18, he committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun at a parking lot located in Anaheim, California, early in No Doubt's existence, and therefore never appeared on any of the band's albums.
- Danny Gatton
Danny Gatton was a talented and enigmatic American guitarist who committed suicide at his Maryland home in 1994 while still relatively unknown to the public. A biography, "Unfinished Business: The Life and Times of Danny Gatton" by Ralph Heibutzki, was published in 2003. It has a voluminous discography.
- James E. McDonald
James E. McDonald (May 7, 1920 to June 13, 1971) was an American physicist. He is probably best known for his research regarding UFOs. McDonald was senior physicist at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics and professor in the Department of Meteorology, University of Arizona, Tucson. McDonald campaigned vigorously in support of expanding UFO studies during the mid and late 1960s, arguing that UFOs represented an intriguing, …