Claim To Fame : Crime Fighters and Lawyers
282 memorials found
William Joseph “Wild Bill” Donovan
1 Jan 1883 – 8 Feb 1959World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, US Diplomat....
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Allen Welsh Dulles
7 Apr 1893 – 29 Jan 1969US Diplomat, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director. He was...
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Wyatt Earp
19 Mar 1848 – 13 Jan 1929American Frontier Law Officer. Born in Monmouth, Illinois, he...
Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
J. Edgar Hoover
1 Jan 1895 – 2 May 1972American Law Figure. He served as director of the United States...
Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Thomas “Tom” Horn, Jr
21 Nov 1861 – 20 Nov 1903Western Lawman, World Champion Steer Wrestler, Convicted...
Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
Bat Masterson
26 Nov 1853 – 25 Oct 1921American Western Frontier Figure, Journalist. Born William...
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Allan Pinkerton
25 Aug 1819 – 1 Jul 1884Civil War Union Detective. Born in the Gorbals area of Glasgow,...
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
D. M. “Bud” Ballew
1877 – 5 May 1922Western Lawman. Born David Monticello Ballew, he was a most...
Lone Grove, Carter County, Oklahoma, USA
Temple Lea Houston
12 Aug 1860 – 15 Aug 1905Frontier Lawyer. At age 13, having lost both parents, he joined a...
Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma, USA
Christian “Chris” Madsen
25 Feb 1851 – 9 Jan 1944Deputy US Marshal and Folk Figure. Little is known of his early...
Yukon, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA
Judge Roy Bean
1825 – 16 Mar 1903Western Law Figure. During the Civil War, he ran a blockade by...
Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
Sam Bean
18 May 1874 – 5 May 1907Saloon Keeper, Folk Figure. Sam Bean was raised in Langtry,...
Del Rio, Val Verde County, Texas, USA
William Matthew “Bill” Tilghman, Jr
4 Jul 1854 – 1 Nov 1924Deputy US Marshall and Folk Figure. As a young man growing up, he...
Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA
Harry Nicholson Morse
22 Feb 1835 – 11 Jan 1912Western Lawman. Born in New York City, he relocated to California...
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Samuel E. Sewall
28 Mar 1652 – 1 Jan 1730Printer, Merchant, Legislator, Judge, Chief Justice. He arrived...
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Virgil Walter Earp
18 Jul 1843 – 19 Oct 1905Western Lawman. Born in Hartford Kentucky, he was brother to...
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
Buford Hayse Pusser
12 Dec 1937 – 21 Aug 1974Folk Figure. He was the Sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee, and...
Adamsville, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Isaac Charles Parker
15 Oct 1838 – 17 Nov 1896Jurist, American Folk Figure. Born in a log cabin outside of...
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
Frank Hamer
17 Mar 1884 – 10 Jul 1955Western Lawman. Born in Fairview, Texas, he was working as a...
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Clyde Anderson Tolson
22 May 1900 – 14 Apr 1975Deputy Director Federal Bureau of Investigation. He carried out...
Washington, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
