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<html> <head> <title>Bribery</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Bribery CRIME Presence on this list implies merely that, to the best of our knowledge, charges were filed against the people in question, or in some cases, a civil suit. It is not meant to imply guilt, and in fact many of the individuals listed may have been found innocent of said charges or claims. Some details of the charge in question can often be found inside the specific profiles linked. <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/919/000094637/">Scipio Africanus</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>236 BC</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>183 BC</tt></td> <td>Defeated Hannibal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/923/000137512/">Bill J. Allen</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Founder, VECO Corporation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/701/000084449/">Francis Bacon</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1561</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1626</tt></td> <td>Novum Organum</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/751/000164259/">Nicky Barnes</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Heroin kingpin, Mr. Untouchable</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/703/000121340/">William W. Barron</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-2002</tt></td> <td>Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/417/000024345/">Silvio Berlusconi</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Former Prime Minister of Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/062/000094777/">Henry Bessemer</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1813</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1898</tt></td> <td>Bessemer process to manufacture steel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000129488/">Mario Biaggi</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 1969-88</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000130847/">Theodore Bilbo</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1947</tt></td> <td>Archangel of white supremacy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000161142/">Daniel Brewster</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-2007</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000218427/">Joseph R. Burton</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1852</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1923</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/035/000129645/">Albert G. Bustamante</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Texas, 1985-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/327/000058153/">Bill Campbell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Atlanta, 1994-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000203673/">Willy Claes</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Belgian minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/359/000059182/">John Connally</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1993</tt></td> <td>Governor of Texas, 1963-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000113585/">Bettino Craxi</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-2000</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/093/000208466/">James M. Curley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Nov-1958</tt></td> <td>Four-time Mayor of Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/160/000167656/">Frank E. Curran</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1992</tt></td> <td>Mayor of San Diego, 1963-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/561/000168057/">Oliver E. Diaz, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Judge</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1959</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/477/000122111/">Edward D. DiPrete</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Rhode Island, 1985-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/936/000163447/">John L. Duvall</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1874</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1962</tt></td> <td>Indianapolis mayor, took Klan bribes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/204/000102895/">R. Budd Dwyer</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1987</tt></td> <td>Suicided in front of TV cameras</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/116/000102807/">Mike Espy</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/920/000031827/">Joseph Ejercito Estrada</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Deposed president of the Philippines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/250/000129860/">Albert Fall</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1861</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1944</tt></td> <td>US Interior Secy., Teapot Dome Scandal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/461/000365363/">Daniel J. Flood</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1994</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1945-80</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/736/000169229/">William Fox</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1952</tt></td> <td>Founder of 20th Century Fox</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/932/000113593/">Alan Freed</a></td> <td><center>Disc Jockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1965</tt></td> <td>Legendary rock-and-roll DJ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000167772/">Foster Furcolo</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1995</tt></td> <td>Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000111794/">Alan García</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-May-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of Peru</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/956/000173437/">Kenneth A. Gibson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Newark, 1970-86</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000027482/">Vincent Gigante</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Mar-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-2005</tt></td> <td>Mafia boss, headed the Genovese family</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/125/000162636/">Ron Gonzales</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of San Jose, 1998-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000210231/">Edward J. Gurney</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1996</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Florida, 1969-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000119827/">David Hall</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/069/000038952/">Alcee Hastings</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Florida 23rd</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000032016/">Jimmy Hoffa</a></td> <td><center>Labor Leader</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1975</tt></td> <td>International Brotherhood of Teamsters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000206022/">Edward L. Jackson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1954</tt></td> <td>Governor of Indiana, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/401/000039284/">William Jefferson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from Louisiana, 1991-2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000059433/">John W. Jenrette, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman snagged in ABSCAM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000101896/">Richard Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-2005</tt></td> <td>Congressman snagged in ABSCAM sting</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/683/000119326/">Otto Kerner</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1976</tt></td> <td>Governor of Illinois, 1961-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000162668/">Kwame Kilpatrick</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jun-1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Detroit, 2002-08</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/807/000113468/">William Langer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1886</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1959</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from North Dakota</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/563/000179026/">Raymond F. Lederer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-2008</tt></td> <td>Congressman snagged in ABSCAM</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000129866/">Buz Lukens</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-2010</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000362502/">John H. Mitchell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1835</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1905</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Oregon, 1873-1905</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/623/000087362/">Sir Thomas More</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1477</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1535</tt></td> <td>Utopia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000159629/">Philip Musica</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1938</tt></td> <td>Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000022915/">Bess Myerson</a></td> <td><center>Model</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>First Jewish Miss America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000102656/">Ray Nagin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of New Orleans, 2002-10</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/058/000114713/">Ehud Olmert</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/516/000024444/">Puff Daddy</a></td> <td><center>Music Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Can't Nobody Hold Me Down</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/259/000085004/">Narasimha Rao</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-2004</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of India, 1991-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000140415/">Tony Rezko</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chicago chain restaurateur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/435/000162946/">Kevin A. Ring</a></td> <td><center>Attorney</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1970</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Team Abramoff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/361/000044229/">John Rowland</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Connecticut, 1995-2004</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000055434/">Carmine De Sapio</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jul-2004</tt></td> <td>The Last Boss of Tammany Hall</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000098575/">Richard Scrushy</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Aug-1952</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Imprisoned CEO of HealthSouth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000118011/">Don Siegelman</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Alabama, 1999-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/808/000173289/">Harry Sinclair</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td>Founder of Sinclair Oil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/858/000137447/">Robert Smalls</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1839</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1915</tt></td> <td>Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/216/000174691/">A. Jack Stanley</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root, 1998-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/839/000122473/">John B. Swainson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-May-1994</tt></td> <td>Governor of Michigan, 1961-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/208/000024136/">James Traficant</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Disgraced former Ohio Congressman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000364844/">Burton K. Wheeler</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1975</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Montana, 1923-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/902/000116554/">Brent Wilkes</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>May-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Defense contractor, bribed Duke Cunningham</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/540/000050390/">James Wilkinson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1757</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1825</tt></td> <td>Duplicitous soldier and adventurer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/201/000130808/">Philip D. 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