From run-ins with police to chaotic nights gone wrong, these 24 mugshots reveal a side of people we rarely see: unglamorous, caught-in-the-act moments that made history or pop culture unforgettable.
Charles Manson
Arrested for his role in the shocking murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others in Los Angeles, 1969. Manson spent the rest of his life in prison.
Rosa Parks
Arrested in 1956 for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
Kurt Cobain
Arrested in 1986 for trespassing onto the roof of an abandoned warehouse while intoxicated in Aberdeen, Washington.
Sid Vicious
The Sex Pistols bassist was arrested in 1978 in connection with the murder of Nancy Spungen, though he died before the trial.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Arrested in 1956 during the Montgomery bus boycott for fighting segregation in public transportation.
Jim Morrison
Before The Doors made him famous, Morrison was arrested for stealing a cop’s helmet and causing a scene in Tallahassee, Florida in 1963.
Pablo Escobar
The infamous Colombian drug lord was arrested in 1977 in connection with drug crimes, though he would continue to operate his empire.
Jimi Hendrix
Arrested for narcotics possession at Toronto International Airport in 1969, a shocking mugshot of the guitar legend.
John Dillinger
The Depression-era gangster posed for this mugshot in 1934 before dying in a notorious Chicago shootout.
Jane Fonda
In 1970, Fonda was arrested for alleged dr*g smuggling at an airport in Ohio, though she was only carrying vitamins.
Steve McQueen
The King of Cool got pulled over in Alaska in 1972 for drunk driving and speeding. Even stars can’t escape traffic cops.
Larry King
Arrested in Miami in 1971 for grand larceny after allegedly stealing $5,000 from a business partner.
John Gotti
The mafia boss posed for this mugshot in New York in 1990 after multiple criminal charges, including murder and tax evasion.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, 1963.
Vladimir Lenin
Before leading a revolution, Lenin was arrested in St. Petersburg in 1895 for his Marxist activities.
Ted Bundy
Infamous serial killer arrested in Florida in 1980 for a series of brutal murders throughout the 1970s.
Charles “Lucky” Luciano
Father of the American mafia, arrested in New York in 1931 for assault, cementing his criminal notoriety.
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
The notorious gangster posed in New York in 1928 during a string of criminal exploits that would make him infamous.
John Wayne Gacy
The serial killer of at least 33 people was arrested in 1978 in Norwood Park, Illinois. His mugshot chills to this day.
Al Capone
The legendary gangster was arrested in Miami in 1930 as authorities tried to keep him out of the city.
David Berkowitz (Son of Sam)
Arrested in 1977 in Yonkers for a series of chilling serial killings. He remains imprisoned to this day.
Benito Mussolini
Arrested in 1903 at age 20 in Switzerland on suspicion of anarchist activities before rising to power in Italy.
Malcolm X
Arrested in Boston at 18 for larceny in 1944, decades before becoming a civil rights icon.
Tupac Shakur
Convicted of assault in 1993, Tupac posed for this mugshot in 1995, a stark reminder of his turbulent life.
