List of famous bank robbers and robberies
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This is a list of famous bank robberies, bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies.
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[edit] Australia
- Ned Kelly
- Brenden Abbott -≠ The Postcard Bandit
[edit] Brazil
- Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza - 2005, One of the largest robberies in history
[edit] Canada
[edit] France
[edit] Georgia
[edit] Germany
[edit] Hungary
- Attila Ambrus - The "Whiskey Robber," he was a Szekely from Romania.
[edit] Iraq
- Central Bank of Iraq -- Nearly US$1 billion is stolen on March 18, 2003, just hours after the United States began bombing Baghdad. This is considered the largest bank heist in history. (Source CNN [1] )
[edit] Israel
[edit] Italy
- Valerio Viccei (convicted of Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery)
[edit] Kenya
- Wanugu (Involved in a spate of robberies in Nairobi, Killed by police)
[edit] Norway
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] Romania
[edit] South Africa
- Andre Stander
- Marcus Carter (born UK, 1988)
[edit] Serbia
[edit] Spain
[edit] Sweden
- The Norrmalmstorg Robbery
- John Ausonius - The Laser Man killer.
[edit] United Kingdom
- Ronnie Biggs
- The Great Train Robbery of 1963
- Brinks Mat robbery, 1983, Heathrow Airport, England, £26 million gold bullion
- Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery, 1987 - £40m, US$68m, one of the largest robberies in history.
- Northern Bank robbery, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland, £26 million
- Securitas depot robbery, 2006, Kent, South East England, £53,116,760
[edit] United States
[edit] Robbers
- Ma Barker
- Naomi Betts
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Butch Cassidy
- Harry Longabaugh "The Sundance Kid"
- Emmett Dalton and the Dalton Gang, 1890s
- William Daddano Sr.
- John Dillinger
- Johnny Dobbs
- Bill Doolin, 1890s
- Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd
- The James Brothers, Frank and Jesse
- Patty Hearst
- J.L. Hunter
- James-Younger gang, 1866-1881
- Alvin Karpis
- Tom Ketchum
- McCanles gang, 1861
- Midwest Bank Robbers, 1990s
- Emil Matasareanu, 1997
- Bugs Moran
- George "Baby Face" Nelson
- Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe
- Romper Room Gang
- Symbionese Liberation Army, James Kilgore
- Mutulu Shakur
- Luke Elliott Sommer
- Henry Starr
- Willie "The Actor" Sutton
- Wilbur Underhill
- Bobby "One-Eye" Wilcoxson
- John Wojtowicz
- Rufus Perciful "Mad Dog of the Ozarks"
- kamran hussain 2007
[edit] Robberies
- Great Brinks Robbery, 1950, $1.2m cash, $1.5m other
- Lufthansa heist, 1978
- North Hollywood shootout, 1997
- Dunbar Armored robbery, 1997, $18.9m cash
- Bank of America Robbery, 1998, $1.6 million cash