Forgers

Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American-French security consultant, author, and convicted felon whose documented crimes consist primarily of check fraud and petty theft targeting individuals and small businesses. Beginning in the late 1970s, Abagnale claimed a far more dramatic criminal past involving long-term impersonations of a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia hospital physician, and a Louisiana assistant attorney general, among other roles. These claims formed the basis of his 1980 autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, co-written with Stan Redding. The book inspired the film of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002, in which Abagnale was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

English poet and forger (1752-1770)

American criminal, convicted for the murder of civil rights activist and Nobel peace prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968

American actress (1964–1999)

French monk, historian, musical composer and successful literary forger

Welsh antiquarian and poet (1747–1826)

Pseudo-Isidore is the conventional name for the unknown Carolingian-era author (or authors) behind an extensive corpus of influential forgeries. Pseudo-Isidore's main object was to provide accused bishops with an array of legal protections amounting to de facto immunity from trial and conviction; to secure episcopal autonomy within the diocese; and to defend the integrity of church property. The forgeries accomplished this goal, in part, by aiming to expand the legal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome.

German politician (1887-1982)

Dutch-British archaeologist (1925–2012)

Novelist, screenwriter, actor (1933-2005)

Italian friar, scholar, historian and forger (1437–1502)

British archaeological forger (1864-1916)

Spanish anarchist and forger (1931–2020)

Hungarian painter & art forger (1906-1976)

German journalist

Israeli politician (1941–2022)

United States air force officer (1918-1978)

American author and convicted fraudster (1930-2017)

French resistance member and forger (1925–2023)

ruler of Moldavia (1511–1563)

French forger (1816–1881)

English forger of Shakespearean documents and plays (1775 or 1777-1835)

Quaker, sinologist (1873–1944)

American serial killer (1929-2011)

metropolitan bishop

American counterfeiter, forger and convicted murderer

Honduran murderer

Greek paleographer (1820–1890)

Natwarlal (born Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava; 1912 — 25 July 2009) was an Indian fraudster known for his high-profile crimes and prison escapes, including having supposedly "sold" the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, and the Parliament House of India on multiple occasions. If valued today, these properties would be worth approximately ₹129 billion ($1.4 billion) in total.

Florentine knight

Scottish serial killer (1946–2022)

English Anglican clergyman and forger (1729-1777)

French writer (1786-1864)

Bishop of Passau, 10th Century

English Shakespearian critic

American murderer and child molester

artist

moldavian statesman, translator and poet

British literary forger (1723–1765)

Spanish historian (1538–1611)

German piano maker

French forger

American serial killer

American slave trader, forger and convicted criminal

Moldavian chronicler

Italian priest, antiquarian and forger, known as a skilled author of various sophisticated historical forgeries

American fraudster

American politician (1946-2011)