List of criminals by nickname

 

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

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• ".22 Caliber Killer" — Joseph Christopher, U.S. serial killer
• ".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]

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
• "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) Nazi German war criminal
  • Jeff Weise, U.S. spree killer
• "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[3]
• "Atlanta Child Murderer, The" - Wayne Williams, American serial killer
• "Auntie Thally" — Caroline Grills, Australian serial killer

B

• "Baby Face" — George Nelson, U.S. bank robber
• "The Backpack-murderer" — Ivan Milat, Australian serial killer
• "Bad News", Barry Brown, British, mafioso
• "Bambi" — Lawrencia Bembenek, U.S. murderer
• "Bandit Queen, The" - Phoolan Devi, Indian bandit
• "Barbarossa" ("Red Beard") — Khair ad Din, Ottoman pirate
• "The Baseline Killer" or "Baseline Rapist" — Unknown U.S. serial killer [4][5]
• "The Beast" — Frankie Falanga, U.S. mafioso
• "The Beast Of The Andes" — Daniel Barbosa, Colombian serial killer
• "The Beast of Bastille" — Guy Georges, French rapist and serial killer
• "The Beast of Montmartre" — Thierry Paulin, French serial killer
• "Bebe" — Charles Rebozo, U.S. gangster
• "Bender" — Anthony Strollo, U.S. mafioso
• "Beppo" — Josef Mengele, Nazi 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
• "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
• "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. 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
• "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
• "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 Murderer" — Eddie Leonski, Australian serial killer
• "The BTK killer" — Dennis Rader, U.S. serial killer
• "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 Hanover" (German. "Der Schlächter von Hannover") — Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer
• "The Butcher of Prague" — Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Butcher of Rostov" — Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian serial killer

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 terrorist
• "The Cavalier" –
  • Giusepe Nerone, U.S. mafioso
  • Antonio Spano, U.S. mafioso
• "Cell Phone Bandit" — Candice Rose Martinez, U.S. bank robber
• "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
• "The Claw" — Paul Hadley, 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 Nick" – Nicholas Ratteni, U.S. mafioso
• "Cockeyed Phil" – Philip Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "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
• "Curly" — Hyman Holtz, U.S. gangster
• "The Cyber-Sex 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.
• "Dimples" — Moe Wolensky, U.S. gangster
• "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
• "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 Dick" — Dan Clifton, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member

E

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

F

• "Fat Man" — Joseph Magliocco, U.S. mafioso
• "Fat Tony" — Anthony Salerno, U.S. mafioso
• "Fat Vinnie" — Vince Teresa, U.S. mafioso
• "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 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

• "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, 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

H

• "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
• "The Hawk" — Ernest Rupulo, U.S. mafioso
• "Der Henker" (German, "The Hangman") - Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "High Priestess of Blood" — Magdalena Solis, Mexican serial killer
• "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, sex offender
• "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
• "Immortal" — Carmine Persico, U.S. mafioso
• "The Italian Meyer Lansky" — Carmine Lombardozzi, U.S. mafioso
• "The Illinois Enema Bandit" — Michael_H._Kenyon, U.S.

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") — François 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 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 Twist" —
  • Abe Reles, U.S. mobster and informer
  • Max Zwerbach, U.S. mobster
• "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
• "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 murderer 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
• "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 Dick" — 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
• "Machine Gun" —
  • Jack McGurn, U.S. mobster
  • George Kelly, U.S. mobster
• "Mad Dog" — Vincent Coll, U.S. Irish gangster and hitman
• "The Mad Mick" — Vincent Coll, U.S. Irish gangster and hitman
• "The Mad Hatter" — Albert Anastasia, U.S. mobster
• "The Mad Slasher" — Christian Magee, Canadian serial rapist/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 sex offender
• "The Molalla Forest Killer" — Dayton Leroy Rogers, U.S. serial killer
• "Momo" — Sam Giancana, U.S. Mafia boss
• "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 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
• "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
• "Mutt & Jeff of Murder" — Albert Anselmi and John Scalise, Mafia hitmen

N

• "Nails" — Samuel Morton, U.S. hitman
• "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

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 Drug Traffic Distribution Luchesse Family
• "The Olive Oil King" — Joe Profaci, U.S. mafioso
• "The Otaku Murderer" — 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 Pedophile Vampire" — Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Brazilian serial killer
• "Pegleg" — Richard Lonergan, 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
• "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

• "Queen Poisoner" — Lydia Sherman, serial killer
• "Quiet Dom" — Dominick Cirillo, U.S. Mafia boss

R

• "The Railroad Killer" — Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer[7]
• "The Rajah" — John Boysie Singh, Trinidadian pirate
• "The Recipe Card Bandit" — see "Alleged criminals", below
• "Red" —
  • George Barker, U.S. gangster
  • Sam Levine, U.S. hitman
• "Red Buck" — George Waightman, U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch member
• "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 drug 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 Rapist" — Paul Bernardo, Canadian rapist and serial killer
• "Scarface" — Al Capone, U.S. mafioso
• "The Schemer" — Vincent Drucci, U.S. mafioso
• "The Schizophrenic Vampire" — James Riva, U.S. murderer
• "The Score-Card Killer" — Randy Kraft, U.S. serial killer
• "The Scourge" — Antonio Lombardo, U.S. mafioso
• "La Senora" - Mery Valencia, cocaine traficker
• "Sepp" — Josef Dietrich, Nazi German war criminal
• "The Serpent" (French: "Le Serpent") — Charles Sobhraj, French 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
• "The Shopping Cart Killer" — Arohn Kee, U.S. serial killer
• "Shotgun" — George Ziegler (né Fred Goetz), U.S. gangster
• "Slaughter Kid" — George Newcomb , U.S. outlaw and Wild Bunch mem