List of criminals by nickname

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This is a list of nicknames of notable criminals.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] #

• ".22 Caliber Killers" — Gary Lewingdon and Thaddus Lewingdon, U.S. serial killers[1]
• ".44 Caliber Killer" — David Berkowitz, U.S. serial killer, better known as the "Son of Sam"[2]
• "2003 West Virginia sniper" — unidentified U.S. serial killer

[edit] A

• "Abbadabba" — Otto Berman, U.S. Mafia accountant
• "Aboudamita" — Anthony Loria, Sr. - French Connection drug smuggler (Lucchese Family) Fourth Amendment defendant (1961)
• "The Acid Killer" or "The Acid-Bath Killer" — John George Haigh, British serial killer
• "Action" — William Jackson, U.S. Mafia loansharking collector
• "Al Capone of Los Angeles" — Jack Dragna, boss of the "Mickey Mouse Mob" Mafia family in California
• "Allie" — Albert Tannenbaum, U.S. hitman
• "Alligator Man" — Joe Ball, serial killer
• "The Alphabet Killer" — Unidentified American serial killer
• "Angel of Death" —
  • Beverley Allitt, English serial killer.
  • Richard Angelo, U.S. serial killer
  • Kristen Gilbert, U.S. serial killer
  • Josef Mengele, ("Todesengel" in German) Nazi German war criminal
  • Jeff Weise, U.S. spree killer
• The Angel Makers of Nagyrév a group of 26 Hungarian serial killers
• "The Ant" — Tony Spilotro, U.S. mafioso
• "Apples" — Hugh MacIntosh, U.S. gangster
• "The Arizona Tigress" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. murderer
• "Arkansas Tom Jones" — Roy Daugherty, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Arsenic Anna" — Anna Marie Hahn, U.S. serial killer^[1]
• "The Atlanta Child Murderer" - Wayne Williams, American serial killer
• "The Atlas Vampire" — unidentified Swedish murderer
• "The Austin Axe Murderer" — unidentified American murderer, more commonly know as The Servant Girl Annihilator
• "Auntie Thally" — Caroline Grills, Australian serial killer
• "Axeman of New Orleans — unidentified U.S. serial killer

[edit] B

• "Baby Face" — Lester Gillis, U.S. bank robber
• "The Babysitter" — unidentified U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as The Oakland County Child Killer
• "The Backpack-murderer" — Ivan Milat, Australian serial killer
• "Bad News", Barry Brown, British, mafioso
• "Bambi" — Lawrencia Bembenek, U.S. murderer
• "The Bandit Queen" - Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit
• "Barbarossa" ("Red Beard") — Khair ad Din, Ottoman pirate
• "The Baseline Killer" or "Baseline Rapist" — Unknown U.S. serial killer [3][4]
• "The Beast Of The Andes" — Daniel Barbosa, Colombian serial killer
• "The Beast of British Columbia" — Clifford Olson (b.1940), Canadian serial killer
• "The Beast of Montmartre" — Thierry Paulin, French serial killer
• "The Beast of Poland" — Andrezej Kunowski, Polish murderer and serial rapist
• "The Beauty Queen Killer" — Christopher Wilder (1945-1984), U.S. serial killer
• "Bender" — Anthony Strollo, U.S. mafioso
• "Beppo" — Josef Mengele, Nazi German war criminal
• "Bible John — unidentified Scottish serial killer
• "Big Bill" — Bill Dwyer, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
• "Big Eared Du" or "Big Ears Du" — Du Yuesheng, Chinese gang leader
• "Big Greenie" — Harry Greenberg, U.S. gangster
• "Big Jim" — James Colosimo, U.S. gangster
• "The Bike Path Rapist" — Altemio Sanchez, U.S. serial killer and serial rapist
• "Bill O" — William O'Dwyer, corrupt Mayor of New York City
• "Billy the Kid" — Henry McCarty, U.S. outlaw
• "The Birdman of Alcatraz" — Robert Franklin Stroud, U.S. murderer
• "The Bittsa Maniac" — Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
• "Bittercreek" — George Newcomb, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Black Bart" — Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate
• "The Black Panther" — Donald Neilson, British serial killer
• "Black Sam" — Samuel Bellamy, British pirate
• "Black Widow" - Griselda Blanco, U.S. cocaine trafficker
• "The Black Widow" — Audrey Marie Hilley, U.S. poisoner
• "Blackbeard" — Edward Teach, English pirate
• "Blackie" — James Licavoli, U.S. mafioso
• "The Blond Angel of Death" (Spanish: "El ángel rubio de la muerte") — Alfredo Astiz, Argentine torturer and "dirty warrior"
• "The Blond Beast" — Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Blonde Butcher" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. murderer
• "The Blonde Tigress" — Eleanor Jarman, U.S. murderer and fugitive
• "The Blood Countess" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
• "The Bloody Benders" – Bender family, U.S. family of serial killers
• "The Bloody Lady of Čachtice" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
• "The Bluebeard of Gambais" (French: "le Barbe-Bleue de Gambais") — Henri Landru, French serial killer
• "The Bluebeard of South Texas" — Joe Ball (1896-1938), U.S. serial killer
• "The Boozing Barber" — Gilbert Paul Jordan, Canadian serial killer
• "The Boston Strangler" — unknown U.S. serial killer
• "Bottles" — Ralph Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "The Brain" —
  • Arnold Rothstein, U.S. gangster, pioneer in National Crime Syndicate
  • Johnny Torrio, U.S. mafioso
• "Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss" — Vannie Higgins, U.S. bootlegger
• "The Brooklyn Strangler" — Vincent Johnson, U.S. serial killer
• "The Brooklyn Vampire" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Brownout Murderer" — Eddie Leonski, Australian serial killer
• "The BTK killer" — Dennis Rader, U.S. serial killer
• "Buck" — Marvin Ivan Barrow (1905-1933), U.S. bank robber
• "Bugs" — George Moran, U.S. gangster
• "Bugsy" — Benjamin Siegel, U.S. gangster
• "The Bull" — Salvatore Gravano, U.S. Mafia underboss and FBI informer
• "Bumpy" — Ellsworth Johnson, U.S. gangster
• "Butch Cassidy" — Robert LeRoy Parker, U.S. outlaw
• "The Butcher of Elmendorf" — Joe Ball (1896-1938), U.S. serial killer
• "The Butcher of Hanover" (German. "Der Schlächter von Hannover") — Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer
• "The Butcher of Lyon" — Klaus Barbie Nazi War Criminal Legend
• "The Butcher of Prague" — Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Butcher of Rostov" — Andrei Chikatilo (1936-1994), Ukrainian serial killer
• "The Butcher of Wollongong" — Mark Valera (van Krevel) (b.1979), Australian murderer

[edit] C

• "Calico Jack" — Jack Rackham, British pirate
• "The Camel" — Murray Humphreys, U.S.-Welsh gangster
• "The Canadian Rob Roy" — Donald Morrison, Canadian folk hero
• "Cargo" — Joe Valachi, U.S. mafioso and informer
• "Carlos" or "Carlos the Jackal" (Spanish: "Carlos el chacal") — Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Venezuelan terrorist
• "Cell Phone Bandit" — Candice Rose Martinez, U.S. bank robber
• "The Chessboard Killer" — Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
• "Chicken Man" — Phil Testa, U.S. mafioso
• "Chin" — Vincent Gigante, U.S. mafioso and hitman
• "Chopper" — Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal and author
• "Cigar" — Carmine Galante, U.S. mafioso
• "Cincinnati Strangler" — Posteal Laskey, U.S. serial killer
• "The Claw" — Paul Hadley, U.S. serial killer
• "Cleveland Torso Murderer" — unidentifed U.S. serial killer
• "Clutching Hand" — Peter Morello, U.S. mafioso
• "Cocaine Queen" - Griselda Blanco, U.S. cocaine trafficker
• "Cockeyed Ben" – Philip Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "Cockeyed Phil" – Philip Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "The Co-ed Butcher" — Edmund Kemper (b.1948), U.S. serial killer
• "Colonial Parkway Killer" — unknown U.S. serial killer
• "The Correggio Soap-maker" (Italian "La saponificatrice di Correggio") — Leonarda Cianciulli, Italian serial killer
• "Countess Dracula" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
• "Crazy Dave" — David Edward Maust, U.S. serial killer
• "Crazy Joe" or "Crazy Joey" — Joe Gallo, U.S. mafioso
• "Creepy" — Alvin Karpis, U.S. Famous Bank Robber From War on Crime, 1933-1936
• "'Crooked Nose' Jack" — Jack McCall, U.S. outlaw
• "Curly" — Hyman Holtz, U.S. gangster
• "The Cyber-Sex Killer" — John Edward Robinson, Sr., U.S. serial killer

[edit] D

• "Dago" — Lawrence Mangano, U.S. mafioso
• "Dandy Jim" — James Walker, Tammany Hall lawyer, later Mayor of New York City
• "Dandy Phil" — Phil Kastel, U.S. gangster
• "The Dapper Don" — John Gotti, U.S. mobster
• "Dasher" — Frank Abbandando, U.S. mobster and hitman
• "Daytona Beach Killer" unidentified U.S. serial killer
• "Il Diavolo" (Italian, "the devil") — Salvatore Cardinella, U.S. Black Hand member
• "The Death Angel" — El Robledo Puch, argentinian serial killer, white hand robber and kidnapper.
• "Denver Spiderman" — Theodore Edward Coneys (1882-1967), U.S. murderer
• "Dinnertime Bandit" — unidentified U.S. burglar
• "Dio" — John Dioguardi, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Doc" —
  • Arthur Barker, U.S. bank robber
  • Joseph Stacher, U.S. Jewish gangster (top lieutenant of Meyer Lansky)
• "The Doctor" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso
• "Doctor Death" — Jack Kevorkian, U.S. right-to-die advocate and assister of suicide; convicted of second-degree murder
• "Don Cheech" — Frank Scalise, U.S. mafioso
• "Don Vito" – Vito Genovese, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Donnie Brasco" – cover identity of Joe Pistone, FBI Special Agent
• "Dopey" — Benny Fein, U.S. gangster
• "Dracula" or "Drac" — Joseph Guglielmo, U.S. mafioso
• "Duchess of Death" — Louise Peete, U.S. serial killer
• "Dusseldorf Vampire" (German, "Der Vampir von Düsseldorf") — Peter Kürten, German serial killer
• "Dynamite Dan" — Dan Clifton, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member

[edit] E

• "The Enforcer" — Frank Nitti, U.S. mobster

[edit] F

• "Fahizah" — Nancy Ling Perry (1947-1974), member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• "Fat Man" — Joseph Magliocco, U.S. mafioso
• "Fat Tony" — Anthony Salerno, U.S. mafioso
• "Fat Vinnie" — Vince Teresa, U.S. mafioso
• "Female Hannibal Lecter" — Katherine Knight (b.1956), Australian murderer
• "Fifi" — Fiore Buccieri, U.S. Mafia hitman
• "The Finchley Baby Farmers" — Amelia Sach and Annie Walters, British serial killers
• "Flail of the Spaniards" (French, "Fléau des Espagnois") — Jean-David Nau, French pirate
• "Flat-Nose" — George Curry, U.S. outlaw
• "Frankie Loc" — Frank Locascio, U.S. mafioso
• "Frankie Shots" — Frank Abbatemarco, U.S. mafioso
• "The Frankford Slasher" — unknown U.S. serial killer
• "The French Ripper" — Joseph Vacher (1869-1898), French serial killer
• "The Freeway Killer" —
  • William Bonin, U.S. serial killer
  • Randy Steven Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "Funzi" — Frank Tieri, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Fury" — Fiore Siano, U.S. mafioso

[edit] G

• "Gabi" — Camilla Hall (1945-1974), member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• "The Gainesville Ripper" — Danny Rolling, U.S. serial killer
• "The General" — Martin Cahill, Irish criminal
• "The Gent" — Jimmy Burke, U.S. thief
• "The Gentle Don" — Angelo Bruno, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Gentleman Jack" — Jack Diamond, U.S. gangsterand bootlegger
• "Gentleman Jimmy" —Jimmy Burke, U.S. thief
• "Gentleman Johnny" — Johnny Ramensky, Scottish burglar
• "The Gentleman Killer" (Polish, "Eleganckim mordercą") — Władysław Mazurkiewicz, Polish serial killer
• "The Gentleman Pirate" — Stede Bonnet, British pirate
• "The Giggling Granny" — Nannie Doss, serial killer
• "Globus" — Odilo Globocnik, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Gray Man" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Greaser" — Joseph Rosenzweig, U.S. labor racketeer
• "Greasy Thumb" — Jake Guzik, U.S. gangster
• "The Green River Killer" — Gary Leon Ridgway, U.S. serial killer
• "The Godfather of Matamoros" — Adolfo Constanzo, Mexican serial killer
• "The Godmother of Cocaine" - Griselda Blanco, U.S. cocaine trafficker
• "Golf Bag" — Sam Hunt, U.S. gangster and hitman
• "The Gorilla Murderer" - Earl Nelson, American serial killer
• "Gurrah" — Jacob Shapiro, U.S. mobster
• "Gyp" — Angelo DeCarlo, U.S. mafioso

[edit] H

• "Hamamatsu Deaf Killer" — Seisaku Nakamura, Japanese serial killer
• "The Hampton Rapist" — unidentified Australian murderer and rapist, more commonly known as Mr. Cruel
• "The Hammer" - Mona Shaw, disgruntled Comcast customer
• "The Hanover Vampire" (German, "Der Vampir von Hannover") — Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer
• "Happy" — Harry Maione, U.S. hitman
• "Der Henker" (German, "The Hangman") - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "Highway 101 Bandit" — unidentified U.S. bank robber
• "The Hillside Strangler" — Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono, U.S. serial killers
• "The Hippopotamus" - Sergei Ryakhovsky, Russian serial killer
• "Hop Toad" — Joseph Giunta, U.S. gangster
• "The Human Cougar of the Southwest" — Wilbur Underhill, U.S. outlaw
• "The Hump" — Murray Humphreys, U.S.-Welsh gangster
• "Hymie" — Earl Weiss, U.S. gangster

[edit] I

• "Iceman" — Richard Kuklinski, U.S. mobster
• "The Illinois Enema Bandit" — Michael_H._Kenyon, U.S. robber and sex offender
• "Immortal" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso
• "The Italian Meyer Lansky" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso

[edit] J

• "Jack the Hat" — Jack McVite, British gangster, associate and victim of the Kray brothers
• "Jack the Ripper" — unknown British serial killer
• "Jack the Stripper" — unknown British serial killer
• "Jake" — Alfred Lingle, corrupt Chicago Tribune reporter and Mafia murder victim
• "Jake the Barber" — John Factor, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
• "Jambe-de-bois" (French, "Wooden-leg") — Francois le Clerc, French pirate
• "Jerry Lang" — Gennaro Langella, U.S. mafioso
• "Jimmy Blue Eyes" — Vincent Alo, U.S. mafioso
• "Jimmy Nap" — Jimmy Napoli, U.S. mafioso
• "Jimmy the Weasel" — Aladena Fratianno, U.S. mafioso and FBI informer
• "Joe Batters" — Anthony Accardo, Chicago Mafia boss
• "Joe the Boss" — Joe Masseria, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Joey A." — Joe Adonis, U.S. mobster
• "Joey Bananas" — Joseph Bonanno, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Joey Flowers" — Joseph Tangorra, U.S. mafioso
• "Johnness" — Dominique You, Haitian pirate
• "Johnny Boy" — John D'Amato, mafioso
• "Johnny the Fox" — Johnny Torrio, Chicago Mafia boss
• "JoJo" — Joseph Corozzo, U.S. Mafia boss
• "The Jolly Black Widow" — Nannie Doss, U.S. serial killer
• "Jolly Jane" — Jane Toppan, U.S. serial killer
• "Junior" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso

[edit] K

• "The Kansas City Vampire" — Marc Sappington, U.S. serial killer
• "The Ken and Barbie Murderers" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer, with Karla Homolka, Canadian serial killer
• "Kid Blast" — Albert Gallo, U.S. mafioso (brother of "Crazy Joey" Gallo)
• "Kid Curry" or "The Kid" — Harvey Logan, U.S. outlaw
• "Kid Dropper" — Nathan Kaplan, U.S. labor racketeer
• "Kid Man" — Andrew Kelly, Scottish Serial Killer
• "Kid Twist" —
  • Abe Reles, U.S. mobster and informer
  • Max Zwerbach, U.S. mobster
• "Killer" —
  • Fred Burke (1893-1940), U.S. armed robber and contract killer
  • Owney Madden, U.S. gangster
• "The Killer Clown" — John Wayne Gacy, U.S. serial killer
• "King of Wall Street" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso
• "The Kissing Bandit" — Edna Murray (d.1966), U.S. outlaw
• "Klondike" — William O'Donnell, U.S. gangster

[edit] L

• "The Lackey" — Jackie Cerone, U.S. mafioso
• "Lady Rotten" — Mary Ann Cotton, UK. serial killer
• "The Laser Man" (Swedish, Lasermannen) — John Ausonius, Swedish racist murderer and attempted serial killer
• "The Last Don" — Joseph Massino, U.S. mafioso
• "Lefty Guns" Benjamin Ruggiero, U.S. mafioso
• "Legs" — Jack Diamond, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
• "Lepke" — Louis Buchalter, U.S. mobster
• "The Leprechaun Bandit" — Richard Earl Kemp U.S. bank robber^[2]
• "The Lesbian Vampire Killer" — Tracey Wigginton, Australian murderer
• "The Lion Cub" — Uday Hussein (1964-2003), Iraqi rapist and serial killer
• "The Lisbon Ripper" — unidentified Portugese serial killer
• "Little Augie" —
  • Anthony Carfano, U.S. mafioso
  • Jacob Orgen, U.S. gangster and labor racketeer
• "Little Bill" — William F. Raidler, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Little Dick" — Richard West, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "The Little Man" — Meyer Lansky, U.S. Jewish gangster
• "Little New York" — Louis Campagna, U.S. Mafia enforcer
• "The Lonely Hearts Killers" — Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, U.S. serial killers
• "Longy" — Abner Zwillman, U.S. Jewish gangster
• "Lord High Executioner" — Albert Anastasia, U.S. mafioso
• "Lucky" — Charles Luciano, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Lupo the Wolf" — Ignazio Saietta, U.S. Black Hand member and hitman
• "The Lust Killer" — Jerry Brudos, U.S. serial killer and necrophiliac

[edit] M

• "Ma" — Ma Barker, U.S. bank robber
• "Ma" — Fredericka Mandelbaum, U.S. fence
• "The Machete Murderer" — Juan Vellejo Corona (b.1934), U.S. serial killer
• "Machine Gun" —
  • Jack McGurn, U.S. mobster
  • George Kelly, U.S. mobster
• "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run" — unidentified U.S. serial killer
• "Mad Dog" —
  • Vincent Coll, U.S. Irish gangster and hitman
  • Joseph Taborsky (d.1960), U.S. spree killer
• "The Mad Mick" — Vincent Coll, U.S. Irish gangster and hitman
• "The Mad Hatter" —
  • Albert Anastasia, U.S. mobster
  • Mad Hatter, unidentified U.S. bank robber
• "La Madrina" (Spanish, "The Godmother") — Sara Aldrete, Mexican serial killer
• "The Main South Woodsman" — unidentified U.S. serial killer.
• "The Maje" Major Coxson, 1970's Underworld Figure
• "Marm" — Fredericka Mandelbaum, U.S. fence
• "Mataviejitas" (Spanish, "Old Lady Killer") — Juana Barraza, Mexican serial killer
• "Matty the Horse" — Matthew Ianniello, U.S. mafioso
• "The Megantic Bandit" (or "The Megantic Outlaw") — Donald Morrison, Canadian folk hero
• "Metal Fang" — Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, Kazakhstani serial killer
• "Mikey Scars" — Michael DiLeonardo, U.S. mafioso and informer
• "The Milwaukee Cannibal" - Jeffery Dahmer, U.S. serial killer
• "Milwaukee Phil" — Felix Alderisio, U.S Mafia boss
• "Mirrorman" — Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist and sex offender
• "Mizmoon" — Patricia Soltysik (1950-1974), Symbionese Liberation Army member
• "The Molalla Forest Killer" — Dayton Leroy Rogers, U.S. serial killer
• "Momo" — Sam Giancana, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Monster" — Sanyika Shakur (b.1963), Former member of the 83 Gangster Crips
• "The Monster of the Andes" — Pedro Lopez, international serial killer
• "The Monster of Florence" — Pietro Pacciani, Italian serial killer
• "The Monster of the Miramichi" — Allan Legere, Canadian serial killer
• "The Moon Maniac" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Moonlight Murderer" — unidentified U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as "The Phantom Killer"
• "The Moors Murderer" - Ian Brady, U.K. serial killer
• "The Moors Murderers" - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, U.K. serial killers
• "The Moors Murderess" — Myra Hindley, U.K. serial killer
• "Mr. Cruel" - Unidentified Australian murderer and rapist
• "Mr. Neil" — Aniello Dellacroce, U.S. Mafia underboss
• "Ms. Crime" — Frederika Mandelbaum, U.S. fence
• "Mucko" — Michael McDermott, U.S. spree killer
• "The Mutilator" — William MacDonald (b.1924), Australian serial killer
• "Mutt & Jeff of Murder" — Albert Anselmi and John Scalise, Mafia hitmen

[edit] N

• "Nails" — Samuel Morton, U.S. hitman
• "The Nedlands Monster" — Eric Edgar Cooke (1931-1964), Australian serial killer
• "Nevada-tan" — Japanese schoolgirl murderer who became an internet phenomenon.
• "News" — Will Carver, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Nicky" — Leroy Barnes, U.S. black narcotics kingpin
• "Nightstalker" — Richard Ramirez, U.S. serial killer
• "The North Shore Granny Killer" — John Wayne Glover, Australian serial killer

[edit] O

• "The Oakland County Child Killer, unidentified U.S. serial killer
• "The Oddfather" — Vincent Gigante, U.S. mafioso
• "Ol" — Oliver Yantis, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "The Old Man" — Vincent Papa, Major Drug Traffic Distribution Luchesse Family
• "The Olive Oil King" — Joe Profaci, U.S. mafioso
• "The Original Night Stalker — unidentified U.S. serial killer, not to be confused with Richard Ramirez, a.k.a. "The Night Stalker"
• "Osceola" — Russell Little, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• "Osi" — Russell Little, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• "The Otaku Murderer" — Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer
• "The Ox" — Charles Reiser, U.S. mobster and safecracker

[edit] P

• "Pangaman" — Elias Xitavhudzi, South African serial killer
• "Papa Johnny" — Johnny Torrio, U.S. mafioso
• "Papillon" (French, "butterfly") — Henri Charrière, French safecracker and fugitive
• "Pee Wee Gaskins" — Donald Henry Gaskins, (1933-1991), U.S. serial killer
• "Pegleg" — Joe Morgan (1929-1993), U.S. gangster
• "Petiso Orejudo" — Cayetano Santos Godino, aregentinian serial killer.
• "The Phantom Killer — unidentified U.S. serial killer
• "El Pirata Cofresi" (Spanish, "The Pirate Cofresi") — Roberto Cofresi, Puerto Rican pirate
• "Pittsburgh Phil" — Harry Strauss, U.S. hitman
• "The Plumber" — Sam DeCavalcante, U.S. mafioso
• "Pogo the Clown" — John Wayne Gacy, U.S. serial killer
• "Polack Joe" — Joe Saltis, U.S. gangster
• "Popa Dop" — Michael Perry (b.1978), U.S drug kingpin
• "Las Poquianchis" — Delfina and Maria de Jesus Gonzales, Mexican serial killers
• "Potatoes" — Willie Daddano, U.S. mafioso
• "Pretty" — Louis Amberg, independent Jewish racketeer
• "Pretty Boy" — Charles Arthur Floyd, U.S. bank robber
• "Prime Minister" — Frank Costello, U.S. mafioso
• "The Prom Mom" — Melissa Drexler, (b.1978), U.S. criminal convicted of manslaughter
• "Purple Aki" — Akinwale Arobieke, British criminal, widely believed to be an urban legend until his arrest.

[edit] Q

• "The Queen of Mean" — Leona Helmsley (1920-2007), U.S. tax evader
• "Quiet Dom" — Dominick Cirillo, U.S. Mafia boss

[edit] R

• "Rabbits" — Edna Murray (d.1966), U.S. outlaw
• "The Railroad Killer" — Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer[5]
• "The Rajah" — John Boysie Singh, Trinidadian pirate
• "Rattlesnake James" — Raymond Lisenba (1895-1942), U.S. murderer
• "The Recipe Card Bandit" — see "Alleged criminals", below
• "Red" —
  • George Barker, U.S. gangster
  • Sam Levine, U.S. hitman
  • J.L. Hunter Rountree (1912-2004), U.S. bank robber
• "Red Buck" — George Waightman, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "The Red Ripper" — Andrei Chikatilo (1936-1994), Russian serial killer
• "Red Spider" — Lucian Staniak, serial killer
• "The Rifleman" — Stephen Flemmi, U.S. mafioso
• "The Riverside Killer" — William Suff, U.S. serial killer
• "The Robin Hood of the West" – Robert LeRoy Parker, U.S. outlaw
• "The Ruhr Hunter" — Joachim Kroll, German serial killer
• "Rusty" — Phillip Rastelli, U.S. mobster

[edit] S

• "The Sacramento Vampire" — Richard Trenton Chase, U.S. serial killer
• "Sakakibara Seito" — Japanese schoolboy murderer
• "Sam" —
  • Salvatore Cardinella, U.S. Black Hand member
  • Sylvestro Carolla, U.S. Mafia boss
• "Sammy the Bull" — Salvatore Gravano, U.S. Mafia underboss and FBI informer
• "Samoots" — Samuzzo Amatuna, Chicago mafioso
• "Sawney" — Alexander Bean, Scottish serial killer and cannibal
• "The Scarborough Rapist" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer
• "Scarface" — Al Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "The Schemer" — Vincent Drucci, U.S. mafioso
• "The Schoolgirl Killer(s)" — Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial killers
• "The Score-Card Killer" — Randy Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "The Scourge" — Antonio Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "Sepp" — Josef Dietrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Serpent" (French: "Le Serpent") — Charles Sobhraj, French serial killer
• "The Servant Girl Annihilator" — unidentified American serial killer
• "Sex Beast" — Melvin Rees (d.1995), U.S. serial killer
• "The Shadow" — Ferdinand Boccia, U.S. mafioso
• "Shadows" — Louis Kravits, U.S. gangster
• "The Shoe Fetish Slayer" — Jerry Brudos, U.S. serial killer and necrophiliac
• "Shotgun" —
  • Frank Rio, U.S. gangster
  • George Ziegler (né Fred Goetz), U.S. gangster
• "Shotgun Man — Unidentified U.S. assassin and mass murderer
• "Slaughter Kid" — George Newcomb , U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Slick Willie" — Willie Sutton, U.S. bank robber
• "The Snake" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso
• "Snorky" — Al Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "Soapy Smith" — Jefferson Randolph Smith, infamous American nineteenth century confidence man.
• "Socks" —
  • mistaken identification of Meyer Lansky, U.S. gangster^[3]
  • Joseph Lanza, U.S. mafioso
• "Son of Sam" — David Berkowitz, U.S. serial killer
• "Sonny Black" — Dominick Napolitano, U.S. mafioso
• "Sonny Red" — Alphonse Indelicato, U.S. mafioso
• "The South-East Ripper" — (French, "L'éventreur du Sud-Est") Joseph Vacher (1869-1898), French serial killer
• "The Southern California Strangler" —
  • Patrick Kearney, U.S. serial killer
  • Randy Steven Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "Spring Heeled Jack", British sexual predator (possibly an urban legend)
• "Squeaky" — Lynette Fromme, U.S. failed assassin and member of the Manson "family"
• "The Stoneman", unindentified Indian serial killer(s).
• "Stupid Marty" — Martin Bryant, Australian spree killer
• "The Sundance Kid" — Harry Longabaugh, U.S. outlaw
• "The Sunset Strip Killers" — Carol M. Bundy and Douglas Clark, U.S. serial killers'
• "Sure Shot" — Stella Dickson (1922-1995), U.S. outlaw
• "Swango The Experimenter" — Michael Swango, U.S. serial killer

[edit] T

• "Tania" — Patty Hearst (b.1954), U.S. bank robber and former member of Symbionese Liberation Army
• "Teets" — Sam Battaglia, U.S. mafioso and narcotics kingpin
• "The Teflon Don" — John Gotti, U.S. mobster
• "The Tehran Desert Vampire" — Mohammed Bijeh, Iranian child-rapist and serial killer
• "Terrible " — Roger Touhy, U.S. bootlegger
• "The Terminator" — Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian serial killer
• "The Texarkana Phantom" — unidentified U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as "The Phantom Killer"
• "Three-Finger Brown" — Tommy Lucchese, U.S. mafioso
• "Tick-Tock" — Albert Tannenbaum, U.S. hitman
• "Tiger Woman" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. murderer
• "Tony Ducks" — Anthony Corallo, U.S. Mafia boss
• "The Torch Murderer" — Henry Colin Campbell, U.S. bigamist and murderer
• "The Torso Killer" — Richard Cottingham, U.S. serial killer
• "The Torture Mother" — Gertrude Baniszewski, U.S. murderer
• "Tough Tony" — Anthony Anastasio, U.S. mafioso (brother of Albert Anastasia)
• "Trigger Mike" — Michael Coppola, U.S. Mafia capo
• "The Trunk Murderess" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. murderer
• "The Truro murderers" — James Miller and Christopher Worrell, Australian serial killers
• "Tulsa Jack" — William Blake, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "Turk" — James Torello, U.S.. mafioso
• "Two Gun" — Louis Alterie, U.S. gangster

[edit] U

• "Unabomber" — Theodore Kaczynski, U.S. serial killer

[edit] V

• "Vacher the Ripper" — Joseph Vacher, French serial killer
• "The Valley Killer" — Richard Ramirez, U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as "The Night Stalker"
• "The Vampire of London" — John George Haigh, U.K. serial killer
• "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" — Peter Kürten, German serial killer
• "The Vampire of Paris" — Nicolas Claux (b.1972), French murderer
• "The Vampire Rapist" — Wayne Boden, Canadian serial killer
• "The Vampire of Sacramento" — Richard Chase, U.S. serial killer
• "The Velvet Tigress" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. murderer
• "Vesago" — Rod Ferrell (b.1980), U.S. murderer

[edit] W

• "The Waiter" — Paul Ricca, U.S. mafioso
• "The Walk-in Killer" — Richard Ramirez, U.S. serial killer, more commonly known as "The Night Stalker"
• "Wearside Jack" — John Humble, British hoaxer
• "The Weasel" — Jimmy Fratianno, U.S. mafioso and FBI informer
• "The Werewolf of Bedburg" — Peter Stumpp (d.1589), German serial killer
• "The Werewolf of Châlons" — Unnamed French serial killer
• "The Werewolf of San Francisco" — William Johnson, U.S. serial killer
• "The Werewolf of Wysteria" — Albert Fish, U.S. serial killer
• "The Wicked Witch of the West" — Leona Helmsley (1920-2007), U.S. tax evader
• "The Wheaton Bandit — unidentified U.S. bank robber
• "Wild Bill" — William Lovett, U.S. Irish gangster
• "Willie the Actor" — Willie Sutton, U.S. bank robber
• "Willie Potatoes" — Willie Daddano, U.S. mafioso
• "The Witch of Corregio" — Leonarda Cianciulli, Italian serial killer
• "The Wolf Man" — Michael Lupo, British serial killer
• "Wolf Woman" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. murderer

[edit] X

[edit] Y

• "Yoarashi Okinu" — Kinu Harada, Japanese female murderer
• "The Yorkshire Ripper" — Peter Sutcliffe, British serial killer

[edit] Z

• "Zagłębie vampire" — Zdzisław Marchwicki, Polish serial killer
• "The Zodiac Killer" — unknown U.S. serial killer

[edit] Alleged criminals

The following people have been accused of or charged with criminal activity by authorities, but not convicted. They are listed here because they have been linked by authorities or the press to the nicknames. However, they are presumed innocent until lawfully convicted.

• "The Recipe Card Bandit" — Kenneth Calver, Canadian arrested for bank robbery[6]

[edit] Sources

• Serial Killer Nicknames

[edit] See also

• Nickname
• List of athletes by nickname
• List of entertainers by nickname
• List of monarchs by nickname
• List of nicknames of historical personages
• List of military figures by nickname

[edit] References