Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was a famous con artist, saloon and gambling house proprietor, gangster and crime boss of the nineteenth century old west. His most famous scam, the prize package soap sell racket

James Arthur Hogue (born October 22, 1959) is a US impostor who most famously entered Princeton University by posingas a self-taught orphan.

Not to be confused with Matt the Knife the WFTDA referee from Rainy City Roller Girls. "Matt the Knife" (also called MTK) was born in Massachusetts and grew up in Boston, but now resides in Rhode Island. He is a magician and mentalist as well as the brea

Steven Kunes (born 1956) is an American screenwriter, author, playwright, con man, forger and plagiarist. Kunes is a convicted felon.