John Herbert Dillinger (/ˈdɪlɪndʒər/; June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He commanded the Dillinger...
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American bank robber who became a criminal partner of John Dillinger, when he helped Dillinger escape from prison, in Crown Point, Indiana. Later, the...
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The Dillinger Gang was a group of American Depression-era bank robbers led by John Dillinger. The gang gained notoriety for a successful string of bank...
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relationship with the bank robber John Dillinger in the early 1930s. Frechette is known to have been involved with Dillinger for about six months, until her...
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of John Dillinger. He is best known for his lingering death and secret burial after being mortally wounded during a robbery. Little is known of John Hamilton's...
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The Dillinger Escape Plan is an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by guitarist Ben Weinman, bassist Adam...
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Homer Van Meter (section Meeting John Dillinger)
in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson. Van Meter was born to Cary B. Van Meter (1871–1918)...
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Dillinger is a 1973 American biographical gangster film, dramatizing the life and criminal exploits of notorious bank robber John Dillinger. It is written...
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Lillian Holley (section John Dillinger escape)
She was famous for being the sheriff of Lake County, Indiana that John Dillinger escaped from in 1934. Lillian Holley took over as Lake County Sheriff...
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Public Enemies (2009 film) (category Films about John Dillinger)
the notorious bank robber John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) as he is pursued by FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale), Dillinger's relationship with Billie...
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prison escapee. He is best known as the "good natured" member of the John Dillinger gang and participated in armed holdups with them in a three-month crime...
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Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. The film was directed by Max Nosseck. Dillinger was the first major film to star...
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Look up Dillinger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. John Dillinger (1903–1934) was an American gangster. Dillinger may also refer to: Dillinger (1945...
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Charles Makley (section Meeting John Dillinger)
in the early 20th century, most notably as a criminal associate of John Dillinger. Makley (Pronounced Make-lee) was born in St. Marys, Ohio, to Edward...
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Johnny Depp (redirect from John Depp)
Award.[citation needed] In 2009, Depp portrayed real-life gangster John Dillinger in Michael Mann's 1930s crime film Public Enemies. It was commercially...
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convicted murderer and bank robber. He was a friend and mentor to John Dillinger. Described as handsome and soft-spoken, Pierpont was a bright, natural-born...
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during the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a longtime member of the Dillinger gang. An ex-boxer, who once had his jaw broken in the ring, giving him...
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Dillinger and Capone is a 1995 American action film directed by Jon Purdy and starring Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Michael Oliver, Catherine Hicks...
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Ana Cumpănaș (category John Dillinger)
assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation in tracking down gangster John Dillinger. Cumpănaș was a native of Comloșu Mare, a village in the Banat region...
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Charles B. Winstead (category John Dillinger)
(along with Clarence Hurt and Herman "Ed" Hollis) who shot and killed John Dillinger on July 22, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. Charlie Winstead was born in...
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Herman Hollis (category John Dillinger)
three FBI special agents who shot John Dillinger near the Biograph Theater earlier that year, resulting in Dillinger's death. One controversial account...
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Louis Piquett (section Defense of Dillinger)
1884 – December 12, 1951) was an American lawyer notable for defending John Dillinger. He was also a prosecutor for the city of Chicago. He is depicted by...
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Melvin Purvis (category John Dillinger)
February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. All of this would later overshadow his...
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Lawrence Tierney (section Dillinger and stardom)
Tierney's breakthrough role was starring as 1930s bank robber John Dillinger in 1945's Dillinger, made for the King Brothers and Monogram Pictures, which borrowed...
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Pearl Elliott (section Association with John Dillinger)
Prohibition era gangster Harry Pierpont and later of the bank robber John Dillinger. Along with the gun moll Mary Kinder, she was one of two women listed...
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(including himself as Pogo or Patches), Christ, skulls, his own home, and John Dillinger. Gacy's paintings have been displayed at exhibitions and sold at auction...
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double of John Dillinger. The book was published in 1983 by December Press, and involved an expansion and update of Nash's earlier book Dillinger: Dead or...
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Samuel P. Cowley (category John Dillinger)
the "Flying Squad") to Chicago specifically to aid the FBI pursuit of John Dillinger. The Chicago Agents initially resented Cowley as a desk jockey who was...
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the FBI and he was the only one to be taken alive. The other three, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Baby Face Nelson, were all killed before being...
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Gang and most notably Baby Face Nelson who later brought him into the John Dillinger gang. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover once referred to Chase as "a rat...
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