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Frank Herbert
American writer (1920–1986)
J. Edgar Hoover
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
Thomas E. Dewey
American politician (1902–1971)
Allan Pinkerton
Scottish-American civil war detective and spy
Eliot Ness
American Prohibition agent (1903-1957)
Ronald Knox
English priest and theologian (1888–1957)
Estes Kefauver
American politician (1903–1963)
Cesare Mori
Italian prefect and politician (1871-1942)
Fredric Wertham
German-American psychiatrist (1895-1981)
Curtis Sliwa
Curtis Anthony Sliwa is an American politician, activist and radio talk show host. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime-prevention organization headquartered in New York City. Sliwa was twice the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Mayor of New York, being defeated in 2021 by Democratic nominee Eric Adams and in 2025 by Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani.
Douglas Wilder
American politician
Melvin Purvis
FBI Agent (1903–1960)
John Malcolm Patterson
44th Governor of Alabama (1921–2021)
Ruža Tomašić
Croatian politician
Joseph Petrosino
Italian-American police officer
Susan Hall
Conservative member of the London Assembly
John Walsh
American television host, crime victims activist and crime investigator
Eunice Carter
American lawyer
Joseph B. Keenan
American politician (1888-1954)
Charlie Siringo
American law enforcement officer (1855–1928)
Warren H. Carroll
American historian, Roman Catholic journalist and founding college president (1932-2011)
Florence Eshalomi
British politician (born 1980)
Thomas De Witt Talmage
American Presbyterian preacher, clergyman and reformer during the mid-to late 19th century.