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- Doris Payne. As one of the most notorious jewel thieves in the world, Doris Payne is something of a cult figure; her six decades of criminal activity were immortalized in a 2013 documentary (in which she starred), including the story of her most notorious heist - a $500,000 10-carat diamond ring in Monte Carlo in the 1970s.
- Derek "Bertie" Smalls. If you know about the widespread armed robberies in Great Britain in the 60s and 70s then you will also recognize the name Derek "Bertie" Smalls.
- Carl Gugasian. An Ivy League-educated army officer with a PhD in statistics and probability, Carl Gugasian probably never intended to become a career criminal; after planning a series of mock robberies in his spare time, though, the Pennsylvania native - a convicted juvenile offender - began to develop a notorious reputation as the "Friday Night Bank Robber".
- Frank Abagnale Jr. Immortalized by Steven Spielberg and Leonardo Di Caprio in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale Jr is one of the most celebrated con men in the world.
The Antwerp diamond heist, dubbed the "heist of the century", was the largest ever diamond heist and one of the largest robberies in history. Thieves stole loose diamonds, gold, silver and other types of jewelry valued at more than $100 million.
- The Forty Elephants Gang. The Forty Elephants Gang, or the Forty Thieves, was a British gang of ladies that formed in the 18th century. They worked alongside a famous men’s gang, the Elephant and Castle Gang.
- The Dinner Set Gang. The Dinner Set Gang, also known as the Fat Cat Burglars, was a gang of thieves who operated and became famous in the late 1960s and 1970s.
- Stephen Blumberg. Stephen Blumberg is a bibliomane who, in 1990, was arrested for stealing books from universities and museums. All the books he stole were worth a combined $5.3 million.
- Dick Turpin. Dick Turpin was an English highwayman who is best known for riding from London to York on his horse, Black Bess, in less than 24 hours. Although that famous ride was most likely made by a different highwayman, Turpin still managed to secure himself a place in history.
- Bank of England Treasury, London, England. On May 2, 1990, while carrying out a delivery, John Goddard was robbed at knife point and murdered. The robbery consisted of the theft of 301 treasury bills and certificates of deposit.
- Boston Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. Thieves disguised as cops found their way into the Boston Museum on March 18th, 1990 and made off with 13 pieces of artwork that together valued $500 million.
- Dar es Salaam Bank, Baghdad, Iraq. The heist of the Dar es Salaam in Baghdad, Iraq seems to be a mystery even to the the authorities, who can not agree on just how many were involved but it is certain that it was executed by two of the guards that worked at the bank.
- British Bank of the Middle East, Beirut, Lebanon. The robbery of the British Bank of the Middle East was executed by the PLO, a terrorist group that was hell bent on carving out a homeland for the Palestinian people, lead by Yasser Arafat on January 20, 1976 and was assisted by Corsican locksmiths.
- Albert Spaggiari. The man behind the Société Générale bank robbery, Albert Spaggiari committed his first crime while serving as a paratrooper in the First Indochina War.
- John Dillinger. American bank robber John Dillinger was one of the most talked about thieves during the Great Depression. The notorious crime figure has entered pop culture with dozens of books, movies, and TV shows based on his exploits.
- Frank Abagnale Jr. Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg’s hit movie Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale Jr. is a conman who evaded authorities for several years during the 70s.
- Bill Mason. In 2004, Bill Mason came to the attention of the wider world when he published his autobiography Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief. In the book, Mason highlights his most famous heists, including robbing a slew of celebrities and high-profile people including Armand Hammer, Bob Hope, and Truman Capote.
Lawton later claimed that he was the biggest jewel thief of the 1980s and 90s operating within the United States of America. Imprisonment. Lawton was offered a three-year sentence in exchange for disclosing his accomplices but did not take the deal.
Jul 27, 2011 · Carl Gugasian. This particular criminal was successful in baffling police during a bank robbing career that spanned thirty years, and netted him over $2million. The reason he isn’t higher in the list is because of his eventual arrest.
