List of criminals by nickname

This is a list of nicknames of notable criminals.

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  • ".22 Caliber Killer" — Joseph Christopher, U.S. serial killer
  • ".22 Caliber Killers" — Gary Lewingdon and Thaddus Lewingdon, U.S. serial killers1
  • ".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

A

  • "Abbadabba" — Otto Berman, U.S. Mafia accountant
  • "Aboudamita" — Anthony Loria, Sr. - French Connection [...] 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
  • "American Bluebeard" — Helmuth Schmidt, U.S. 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) [...] German war criminal
    • Jeff Weise, U.S. spree killer
  • The Angel Makers of Nagyrév a group of 26 Hungerian serial killers
  • "The Ant" — Tony Spilotro, U.S. mafioso
  • "Apples" — Hugh MacIntosh, U.S. gangster
  • "The Arizona Tigress" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. [...]
  • "Arkansas Tom Jones" — Roy Daugherty, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
  • "Arsenic Anna" — Anna Marie Hahn, U.S. serial killer3
  • "The Atlanta Child [...]" - Wayne Williams, American serial killer
  • "The Atlas Vampire" — unidentified Swedish [...]
  • "Auntie Thally" — Caroline Grills, Australian serial killer
  • "Axeman of New Orleans — unidentified U.S. serial killer

B

  • "Baby Face" — George Nelson, U.S. bank robber
  • "The Backpack-[...]" — Ivan Milat, Australian serial killer
  • "Bad News", Barry Brown, British, mafioso
  • "Bambi" — Lawrencia Bembenek, U.S. [...]
  • "Bandit Queen, The" - Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit
  • "Barbarossa" ("Red Beard") — Khair ad Din, Ottoman pirate
  • "The Baseline Killer" or "Baseline [...]" — Unknown U.S. serial killer 45
  • "The Beast" — Frankie Falanga, U.S. mafioso
  • "The Beast Of The Andes" — Daniel Barbosa, Colombian serial killer
  • "The Beast of Bastille" — Guy Georges, French [...] and serial killer
  • "The Beast of the Black Forest" — Heinrich Pommerenke, German 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 [...] and serial [...]
  • "The Beauty Queen Killer" — Christopher Wilder (1945-1984), U.S. serial killer
  • "Bender" — Anthony Strollo, U.S. mafioso
  • "Beppo" — Josef Mengele, [...] German war criminal
  • "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 [...]" — Altemio Sanchez, U.S. serial killer and serial [...]
  • "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. [...]
  • "The Bittsa Maniac" — Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
  • "Bittercreek" — George Newcomb, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
  • "Black Angel" — Timea Faludi, Hungarian serial killer
  • "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. [...] 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, [...] German war criminal
  • "The Blonde Butcher" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. [...]
  • "The Blonde Tigress" — Eleanor Jarman, U.S. [...] and fugitive
  • "The Blood Countess" — Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer
  • "Bloody Angelo" – Angelo Genna, U.S. mafioso
  • "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
  • "Bo" — Joseph Remiro member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • "Bootsy" (sometimes "Butesy" or "Butsy") — Frank Morelli, U.S. mafioso
  • "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 [...]" — Eddie Leonski, Australian serial killer
  • "The BTK killer" — Dennis Rader, U.S. serial killer
  • "Buck" — Marvin Ivan Barrow (1905-1933), U.S. bank robber
  • "Bug" — Charlie Workman, U.S. gangster
  • "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
  • "Buster" — Leo V. Brothers, 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 Prague" — Reinhard Heydrich, [...] German war criminal
  • "The Butcher of Rostov" — Andrei Chikatilo (1936-1994), Ukrainian serial killer
  • "The Butcher of South Beach" — Reinaldo Silvestre, con artist
  • "The Butcher of Wollongong" — Mark Valera (van Krevel) (b.1979), Australian [...]

C

  • "Cable" — Chris Spaulding , U.S. Hitman
  • "Calico Jack" — Jack Rackham, British pirate
  • "The Camel" — Murray Humphreys, U.S.-Welsh gangster
  • "The Camouflage Bandit" — Danny William Miller, a Canadian bank robber 6
  • "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 [...]
  • "The Cavalier" –
    • Giusepe Nerone, U.S. mafioso
    • Antonio Spano, U.S. mafioso
  • "Cell Phone Bandit" — Candice Rose Martinez, U.S. bank robber
  • "The Chessboard Killer" — Alexander Pichushkin, Russian serial killer
  • "Chicken Head" — Vito Gurino, U.S. mafioso
  • "Chicken Man" — Phil Testa, U.S. mafioso
  • "Chin" — Vincent Gigante, U.S. mafioso and hitman
  • "Chopper" — Mark Brandon Read, Australian criminal and author
  • "Chuckie" — Charles Inglese, U.S. mafioso
  • "Cigar" — Carmine Galante, U.S. mafioso
  • "Cincinnati Strangler" — unknown U.S. serial killer
  • "The Claw" — Paul Hadley, U.S. serial killer
  • "Cleveland Torso [...]" — unidentifed U.S. serial killer
  • "Clutching Hand" — Peter Morello, U.S. mafioso
  • "[...] Queen" - Griselda Blanco, U.S. [...] trafficker
  • "Cockeyed Ben" – Philip Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
  • "Cockeyed Nick" – Nicholas Ratteni, 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
  • "Crazy Patsy" — Pat Steffanelli, U.S. mafioso
  • "Creepy" — Alvin Karpis, U.S. thief
  • "'Crooked Nose' Jack" — Jack McCall, U.S. outlaw
  • "Cujo" — William (Willie) Wolfe, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • "Curly" — Hyman Holtz, U.S. gangster
  • "The Cyber-[...] Killer" — John Edward Robinson, Sr., U.S. serial killer

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
  • "The Dark Strangler" - Earl Nelson, American serial killer
  • "Dasher" — Frank Abbandando, U.S. mobster and hitman
  • "DeadPool" — William Spaulding, U.S. Crack Kingpin
  • "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. [...]
  • "Dimples" — Moe Wolensky, U.S. gangster
  • "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 [...]; convicted of second-degree [...]
  • "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
  • "Donnybrook Serial Killer, The" - Christopher Mhlengwa Zikode, South African serial killer
  • "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

E

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

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 [...]
  • "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
  • "The Folsom Wolf" — Greg Marlow, U.S. serial killer
  • "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" —
    • Alphonse Mosca, U.S. mafioso, Castellano bagman
    • Frank Tieri, U.S. Mafia boss
  • "Fur" — James Sammons, U.S. gangster
  • "Fury" — Fiore Siano, U.S. mafioso

G

  • "Gabi" — Camilla Hall (1945-1974), member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • "The Gainesville Ripper" — Danny Rolling, U.S. serial killer
  • "Gambit" — Preston Clayborn, U.S. Mafioso
  • "The Gap" – Dominick Petrelli, U.S. mafioso
  • "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, [...] 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 [...]" - Griselda Blanco, U.S. [...] trafficker
  • "Golf Bag" — Sam Hunt, U.S. gangster and hitman
  • "The Gorilla [...]" - Earl Nelson, American serial killer
  • "Gurrah" — Jacob Shapiro, U.S. mobster
  • "Gyp" — Angelo DeCarlo, U.S. mafioso

H

  • "Hamamatsu Deaf Killer" — Seisaku Nakamura, Japanese serial killer
  • "The Handcuffman" — Robert Lee Bennett Jr., U.S. serial killer
  • "Handsome Jack" — Theodore Klutas, leader of Chicago gang The College Kidnappers
  • "The Hanover Vampire" (German, "Der Vampir von Hannover") — Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer
  • "Happy" — Harry Maione, U.S. hitman
  • "HawkEye"— Brandon Spaulding, U.S. Serial Killer
  • "The Hawk" — Ernest Rupulo, U.S. mafioso
  • "Der Henker" (German, "The Hangman") - Reinhard Heydrich, [...] German war criminal
  • "High Priestess of Blood" — Magdalena Solis, Mexican serial killer
  • "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
  • "Hotseattle" — Patrick Naughton, [...] offender
  • "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

I

  • "Ice Pick Willie" — Israel Alderman, U.S. mobster
  • "Iceman" — Richard Kuklinski, U.S. mobster
  • "The Illinois Enema Bandit" — Michael_H._Kenyon, U.S. robber and [...] offender
  • "Immortal" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso
  • "The Italian Meyer Lansky" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso

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 [...] victim
  • "Jake the Barber" — John Factor, U.S. gangster and bootlegger
  • "Jambe-de-bois" (French, "Wooden-leg") — Francois le Clerc, French pirate
  • "Jerry" — Gennaro Angiulo, U.S. mafioso
  • "Jerry Lang" — Gennaro Langella, U.S. mafioso
  • "Jiggs" — Nicholas Forlano, U.S. mafioso and "shylock's shylock"
  • "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 Beck" — Joe DiPalermo, U.S. mafioso
  • "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

K

  • "The Kansas City Vampire" — Marc Sappington, U.S. serial killer
  • "The Ken and Barbie Murderers" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian [...] 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 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
  • "Killer from the Shadows" (French. "Tueur de l'ombre") — Marcel Barbeault, French 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

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 [...] and attempted serial killer
  • "Last Call Killer" — Richard W. Rogers, U.S. 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
  • "The Lion Cub" — Uday Hussein (1964-2003), Iraqi [...] and serial killer
  • "Lips" — Leo Moceri, U.S. mafioso
  • "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 [...]" — Richard West, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
  • "Little Farvel" — Philip Kovalick, U.S. gangster
  • "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

M

  • "Ma" — Ma Barker, U.S. bank robber
  • "Ma" — Fredericka Mandelbaum, U.S. fence
  • "The Machete [...]" — 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
  • "The Mad Slasher" — Christian Magee, Canadian serial [...]/killer
  • "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 [...] 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 Moors [...]" - 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
  • "Mops" — Tony Volpe, U.S. mafioso
  • "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 [...]" — Albert Anselmi and John Scalise, Mafia hitmen

N

  • "Nails" — Samuel Morton, U.S. hitman
  • "The Nedlands Monster" — Eric Edgar Cooke (1931-1964), Australian serial killer
  • "Nevada-tan" — Japanese schoolgirl [...] 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

O

  • "Oczko" — Marek Krużel, Polish gangster
  • "The Oddfather" — Vincent Gigante, U.S. mafioso
  • "Ol" — Oliver Yantis, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
  • "The Old Man" — Vincent Papa, Major [...] Traffic Distribution Luchesse Family
  • "The Olive Oil King" — Joe Profaci, U.S. mafioso
  • "Osceola" — Russell Little, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • "Osi" — Russell Little, member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
  • "The Otaku [...]" — Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer
  • "The Ox" — Charles Reiser, U.S. mobster and safecracker

P

  • "Paddy Mac" — Pasquale Maccriole, U.S. mafioso
  • "Pangaman" — Elias Xitavhudzi, South African serial killer
  • "Papa Johnny" — Johnny Torrio, U.S. mafioso
  • "Papillon" (French, "butterfly") — Henri Charrière, French safecracker and fugitive
  • "The Park Maniac" (Portuguese, "Maniaco do parque") — Francisco de Assis Pereira, Brazilian serial killer
  • "The [...] Vampire" — Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Brazilian serial killer
  • "Pee Wee Gaskins" — Donald Henry Gaskins, (1933-1991), U.S. serial killer
  • "Pegleg" —
    • Richard Lonergan, U.S. gangster
    • Joe Morgan (1929-1993), U.S. gangster
  • "Petiso Orejudo" — Cayetano Santos Godino, aregentinian serial killer.
  • "Peppy" — Joseph Genero, U.S. mafioso
  • "The Phantom Sniper" — Sipho Agmatir Thwala
  • "The Pied Piper of Tucson" — Charles Howard Schmid, Jr., 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. gangste
  • "Popa Dop" — Michael Perry (b.1978), U.S [...] 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
  • "Purple Aki" — Akinwale Arobieke, British criminal, widely believed to be an urban legend until his arrest.

Q

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

R

  • "Rabbits" — Edna Murray (d.1966), U.S. outlaw
  • "The Railroad Killer" — Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer7
  • "The Rajah" — John Boysie Singh, Trinidadian pirate
  • "Rattlesnake James" — Raymond Lisenba (1895-1942), U.S. [...]
  • "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
  • "Rhondy" — Lou Rothkopf, U.S. gangster
  • "Richie the Boot" — Ruggiero Boiardo, U.S. Mafia boss
  • "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
  • "Ruby" — Charles Stein, U.S. loan shark
  • "The Ruhr Hunter" — Joachim Kroll, German serial killer
  • "Rusty" — Phillip Rastelli, U.S. mobster

S

  • "Saca" — Salvatore Catalano, Sicilian [...] smuggler
  • "The Sacremento Vampire" — Richard Trenton Chase, U.S. serial killer
  • "Sally the Sheik" — Salvatore Mussachia, U.S. mafioso
  • "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 [...]" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian [...] and serial killer
  • "Scarface" — Al Capone, U.S. mafioso
  • "The Schemer" — Vincent Drucci, U.S. mafioso
  • "The Schizophrenic Vampire" — James Riva, U.S. [...]
  • "The Score-Card Killer" — Randy Kraft, U.S. serial killer
  • "The Scourge" — Antonio Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
  • "La Senora" - Mery Valencia, [...] traficker
  • "Sepp" — Josef Dietrich, [...] German war criminal
  • "The Serpent" (French: "Le Serpent") — Charles Sobhraj, French serial killer
  • "[...] Beast" — Melvin Rees (d.1995), U.S. serial killer
  • "The Shadow" — Ferdinand Boccia, U.S. mafioso
  • "Shadows" — Louis Kravits, U.S. gangster
  • "The Shoe [...] Slayer" — Jerry Brudos, U.S. serial killer and necrophiliac
  • "The Shopping Cart Killer" — Arohn Kee, U.S. serial killer
  • "Shotgun" —
    • Frank Rio, U.S. gangster
    • George Ziegler (né Fred Goetz), U.S. gangster
  • "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
    • 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
  • "Spike" — Edward O'Donnell, U.S. gangster
  • "Spring Heeled Jack", British [...] predator (possibly an urban legend)
  • "Squeaky" — Lynette Fromme, U.S. failed assassin and member of the Manson "family"
  • "The Sphynx" — Betty Butler, U.S. [...]8
  • "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

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-[...] and serial killer
  • "Terrible " — Roger Touhy, U.S. bootlegger
  • "The Terror of Paris" — Joseph Philipe, French serial killer
  • "The Terminator" — Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian serial killer
  • "Three-Finger Brown" — Tommy Lucchese, U.S. mafioso
  • "Tick-Tock" — Albert Tannenbaum, U.S. hitman
  • "Tiger Woman" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. [...]
  • "Tony Ducks" — Anthony Corallo, U.S. Mafia boss
  • "Tony the Gentleman" – Anthony Genna, U.S. mafioso
  • "The Torch [...]" — Henry Colin Campbell, U.S. bigamist and [...]
  • "The Torso Killer" — Richard Cottingham, U.S. serial killer
  • "The Torture Mother" — Gertrude Baniszewski, U.S. [...]
  • "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. [...]
  • "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

U

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

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 [...]
  • "The Vampire [...]" — Wayne Boden, Canadian serial killer
  • "The Vampire of Sacramento" — Richard Chase, U.S. serial killer
  • "The Velvet Tigress" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. [...]
  • "Vesago" — Rod Ferrell (b.1980), U.S. [...]

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"
  • "The Want-ad Killer" — Harvey Carignan, serial killer
  • "Wearside Jack" — John Humble, British hoaxer
  • "The Weasel" — Jimmy Fratianno, U.S. mafioso and FBI informer
  • "Weasel Thomas" — Joseph Thomas, highwayman and [...].
  • "The Weepy-voiced Killer" — Paul Michael Stephani, U.S. serial killer
  • "The Werewolf" — Francis Leroy, French serial killer
  • "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
  • "The Wolf of Moscow" — Vasili Komaroff, Russian serial killer
  • "Wolf Woman" — Winnie Ruth Judd, U.S. [...]

Y

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

Z

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

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 robbery9
  • "Vampire Witch" — Diana Semenuha, alleged Ukrainian child abuser

Sources

See also

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

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