List of controversial people

This is a list of people who have, for one reason or the other, been deemed as controversial by a group of people, including newspaper writers, historians, officials, and the public in general. In some cases, the group that classified the person as controversial will also be identified. Please feel free to add anyone who is not in the list and who has been deemed as controversial.

Table of contents 1 Athletes 2 Entertainers 3 Medicine 4 Others 5 Politics 6 Religious 7 Writers

Athletes

• Muhammad Ali
• Charles Barkley
• Riddick Bowe
• Hector Camacho
• Andrew Golota
• Naseem Hamed
• Evander Holyfield
• Don King
• Magic Johnson -- rumors of sex parties and AIDS conspiracies roamed around the early 1990s
• Carlos Monzon
• Jorge Paez
• Dennis Rodman[?]
• Pete Rose
• Max Schmeling -- some American people associated him with the Nazi party.
• Johnny Tapia
• Mike Tyson

Entertainers

• Bjork
• Raul De Molina[?] (television paparazzo)
• Leo Fernandez[?] (television paparazzo)
• Michael Jackson
• Courtney Love
• Madonna
• Marilyn Manson
• George Michael
• RuPaul
• Jerry Springer
• Howard Stern
• Gloria Trevi
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Yuri

Medicine

Others

• User:Antonio el terrible Martin, by his church officials, controversy surrounding the firing of teenagers from his church in 1999
• Tito Kayak, Vieques anti-military leader

Politics

• Bill Clinton
• Adolf Hitler
• Saddam Hussein
• John F. Kennedy

Religious

(NB almost anyone who makes absolutist religious claims is liable to be deemed as controversial. In particular, Jesus is seen by many of his followers and opponents alike as possibly the most controversial person in history. The following is just a small selection.)

• Jim Bakker
• Benny Hinn
• Jesus Christ
• Jimmy Swaggart

Writers

• Salman Rushdie, author whose book was banned in Iran