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Tintype photograph of Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

United States · 1859–1881

Outlaw & gunfighter

Photograph of Jesse James

Jesse James

United States · 1847–1882

Outlaw & gang leader

Historical engraving of the pirate Blackbeard

Blackbeard

United Kingdom · c. 1680–1718

Pirate

Photograph of Al Capone from 1930

Al Capone

United States · 1899–1947

Gangster

Photograph of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow

Bonnie and Clyde

United States · 1932–1934 (active period)

Outlaw couple

Photograph of Ned Kelly from 1880

Ned Kelly

Australia · 1854–1880

Bushranger

Portrait of Vlad the Impaler

Vlad the Impaler

Romania · c. 1431–1476/77

Voivode of Wallachia

Portrait of King Leopold II of Belgium

Leopold II of Belgium

Belgium · 1835–1909

King of the Belgians

Portrait of Slobodan Milošević

Slobodan Milošević

Serbia · 1941–2006

President of Serbia and Yugoslavia

Photograph of Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad

Syria · born 1965

Former President of Syria