Name that Famous Plagiarist !

This famous plagiarist laid claims to inventing/fathering the Internet.

This famous plagiarist stole Florence Deeks' manuscript to write his Outline of History. He is most well known for his works of science fiction.

This famous plagiarist was a contender for the US presidency in the late 80's, but his candidacy was torpedoed by the infamous "Dukakis Attack Video".

After aligning his military forces with the US in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, this world leader found himself associated with the plagiarism which was part of the "sexed up" intelligence dossier scandal.

This political leader was discovered to be engaging in the same Internet cut-n-paste plagiarism strategies used by many college and university students today.

Accused of plagiarism as a child, this person was completely exonerated of such accusations and went on to write many books about her unique experiences.

Posthumously, it was discovered that this famous American civil rights leader had plagiarized significant portions of his doctoral dissertation.

This famous plagiarist, an American historian, was found to have lifted information from other works. As a result, she was "dis-invited" from speaking engagements, but money continued to flow in from sales of her books.

Responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks on the US, this arch-terrorist aspired to write Arabic poetry after traditional Bedu fashion. The best he could do was to parrot a Jordanian poet.

This Australian politician was accused of copying a speech from US president Bill Clinton, simply taking American ideas and placing them in an Australian context with some embarassing and highly publicized/politicized results.

Disclaimer: All of the famous plagiarists featured in this webspace remain “alleged plagiarists”, the documented allegations having been made by others in the professional literature and/or the popular media. Further details relating to these allegations will be forthcoming in the book edition of Famous Plagiarists. Although Dr. Lesko is a professor at Saginaw Valley State University, the Famous Plagiarists Research Project represents the individual research of John P. Lesko, plagiarologist, and SVSU accepts no responsibility for the content of these pages. Comments or questions should be directed to