Which Famous Outlaw From History Are You?

• Robin Hood is a legendary outlaw from English folklore known for stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

• A skilled archer and swordsman.

• Part of the band of “Merry Men”.

• From the Late Middle Ages.

• Juan Bautista Bairoletto (1894 –1941), was an Argentine outlaw born and the son of Italian immigrants. Called the “ultimate romantic bandit” and known as the “Argentine Robin Hood” because of robbing from the rich to give to the poor.

• Escaped justice after killing a lawman over "lover matters" with a prostitute.

• A movie was made about his story.

• Sir William Wallace (died 1305 C.E.) was a Scottish knight and leader during the Wars of Scottish Independence, and was declared an outlaw by the English.

• One of Scotland’s greatest national heroes.

• Led the resistance during the first years of the successful struggle to free Scotland from English rule.

• Butch Cassidy (1866 – 1908) was American outlaw train robber and bank robber, and the leader of a gang known as the "Wild Bunch"
• He partnered with Harry Longabaugh, nicknamed the “Sundance Kid in the early 1900s.

• They escaped to South America to elude police.

• He was charming and well-liked and it’s believed he never killed anyone.

• He and Harry were the basis for the famous movie, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”

• Eugène François Vidocq (1775 – 1857) was a French outlaw, thief, and detective whose life and tales inspired many writers.

• He came from a wealthy family but his youth was turbulent.  He was described as “fearless, rowdy and cunning, very talented, but also very lazy”.

• He worked with entertainers and puppeteers as a young man and was fired once for flirting with his boss’s wife.

• He created a private investigation agency which was actually the prototype of modern detective agencies.

• Spartacus (111 – 71 BCE) was a gladiator who was one of the leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

• He, along with other gladiators, plotted an escape.

• Spartacus was a Thracian. The Thracians were a group of Indo-European tribe.

• Spartacus was captured and trained at a gladiatorial school. He was a heavyweight gladiator and carried a large shield and sword.

• Dick Turpin (1705 – 1739) was an English highwayman outlaw, burglar, horse thief, and killer.

• A highwayman is a robber that steals from travelers.

• After his execution, he was romanticized as a dashing hero in English music and theater.

• He was a member of the Essex gang of thieves.

• Salvatore Giuliano (1922 – 1950) was a Sicilian bandit who became an outlaw after shooting a police officer who tried to arrest him for food smuggling food when most of Sicily's food was provided by the black market.

• He was a high-profile criminal who was also a power-broker in Sicilian politics.

• He was called flamboyant and saw himself as a “romantic, heroic figure”.

• A film and an opera were made about his life.