Con artist information biography

This is a list of notable individuals who exploited confidence tricks.

Con artist information biography

Born or active in the 17th century

Born or active in the 18th century

Born or active in the 19th century

• William Rockefeller Sr. (–): an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con-artist.^[4] Two of his sons were Standard Oil co-founders John Davison Rockefeller Sr.

  and William Avery Rockefeller Jr.

• George Appo (–): American fraudster, operated in New York and was involved in green goods scams. Wrote an autobiography and also had a biography written about him which discusses prison conditions and various other socio-economic conditions in the later 19th century.
• Lou Blonger (–): American pickpocket and fraudster, organized a massive ring of con men in Denver in the early s.^[5]
• C.

  L. Blood (–): American patent medicine huckster, fraudster, and blackmailer.^[6]

• Amy Bock (–): Tasmanian-born New Zealand con artist who committed num