Donald Trump joins long infamous list of famous mugshots of all time
Donald Trump’s mugshot becomes one of the most famous mugshots – topping pics of Hugh Grant, Lindsay Lohan, OJ Simpson and the world’s most notorious criminals
- Former president Donald Trump had his mugshot taken by authorities at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday
- He proudly shared the snap in his first post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, since January 2021
- Trump joins singer Frank Sinatra, rock ‘n roll icon Elvis Presley and actor Hugh Grant on a list of world-famous mugshots
Donald Trump made history as the first former president to pose for a mugshot – and he joins a long list of famous pics, but his might top them all.
The 77-year-old was fingerprinted and booked by authorities at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday.
It is the fourth time he has been arrested this year following his arrests in New York City, Miami and Washington, DC. But this is the first time he had his booking photo taken and it was shared on social media where it has gone viral.
The photo is already appearing on merchandise and being used by some as a rallying cry for Trump’s campaign. It is likely to go down in history as one of the most famous pictures, not just mugshots, of all time.
Trump now joins singer Frank Sinatra, rock and roll icon Elvis Presley and actor Hugh Grant on a list of world-famous mugshots.
Donald Trump made history as the first former president to pose for a mugshot but he joins a long list of the most famous mugshots of all time
Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra is given a mugshot at the age of just 23 after he was arrested for the archaic charge of ‘seduction’ in 1938
Frank Sinatra, 1938
This image shows the moment that police snapped legendary crooner Frank Sinatra when he was arrested for ‘seduction’ in 1938.
This seemingly archaic charge was generally applied when a man convinced an unmarried woman of good repute to engage in an inappropriate encounter with him.
It could also include a promise of marriage that would never appear, which in the 1930s could ruin a woman’s reputation.
Sinatra, who was only 23 at the time but with twinkling blue eyes, found himself in just that situation.
The charge was eventually dropped when it was discovered that the supposedly single woman was, in fact, married.
Later that year, armed with this new information, the original charge was revised slightly, and Sinatra was again arrested, this time for Adultery.
A bond was set for Sinatra, which he promptly paid, and he was released. The Adultery charge was later dropped and in total, he spent only a few hours in jail as a result of the situation.
Hugh Grant, 1995
In 1995, Hugh Grant was famously arrested near Sunset Boulevard after paying around $60 for Divine to perform oral sex on him in his car
In 1995, Hugh Grant was famously arrested near Sunset Boulevard after paying around $60 for Divine to perform oral sex on him in his car.
The star was dating model Liz Hurley at the time, and said the act was performed in his car after he didn’t have enough money to take Divine – real name Estella Marie Thompson – to a hotel.
In a statement at the time Hugh said: ‘Last night I did something completely insane. I have hurt people I love and embarrassed people I work with. For both things I am more sorry than I can ever possibly say.’
The mugshot was quickly the fodder of tabloids and even led talk show host Jay Leno to ask Grant, ‘What the hell were you thinking?’
Hugh was sentenced to a fine of $1,000 and ordered to attend an education program about Aids.
Lindsay Lohan, 2010
Lindsay Lohan was booked into Lynwood Detention Facility on July 20, 2010 after violating her probation from a 2007 DUI and cocaine possession conviction she served 13 days of a 90 day sentence
Actress Lindsay Lohan has had a troubled past and suffered years of substance abuse resulting in drink driving arrests.
She has posed for multiple mugshots but her most famous one was taken in July 2010 and it went viral.
The actress began serving a 90-day sentence at Lynwood jail in California for violating her probation in her 2007 DUI case.
She was later released for good behaviour after serving just 13 days.
Lohan had been in and out of rehab and faced a string of drinking and drug convictions since 2007.
Elvis Presley, 1970
Rock ‘n roll icon Elvis Presley was at a Denver, Colorado police station to accept an honorary police badge in 1970 when he was offered the chance to have his own mugshot
This mugshot of Elvis Presley may at first look like a disappointing fall from grace for The King – but all is not as it seems.
Still wearing his iconic sunglasses and huge pompadour hairdo, Elvis appears to goof around in what is a staged photo.
The rock ‘n roll icon was in the Denver, Colorado police station to accept an honorary police badge in 1970 when he was offered the chance to have his own mugshot.
As a born entertainer, Elvis was only too happy to agree. He also took another photo with the daughters of the Denver Police Chief.
He had flown in from his Graceland home in Memphis, Tennessee, specifically for the honor, and had had an incredible interaction with fellow passengers on the plane ride over.
One passenger, writing in the Little Rock Ski Club newsletter stated: ‘Perhaps the most exciting early trip was to Vail in 70. We flew on a direct Braniff flight from Little Rock to Denver.
‘The flight originated in Memphis and on board waiting for us was none other than the King himself – Elvis! The first thing he did was to get on the intercom and sing Love Me Tender to the passengers.
‘Then he made a trip through the cabin making a brief stop, talking to everyone, most of whom were ski club members. It was truly memorable and I have always admired him for his down to earth way of treating us on that day’.
OJ Simpson, 1994
O.J. Simpson’s mugshot after his murder arrest in 1994
Former NFL great OJ Simpson was freed from parole last year after being granted an early discharge from parole by the Nevada Parole Board after serving prison time for armed robbery.
The acquitted murder suspect had been on parole since October 1, 2017, after serving nine years in prison for an armed robbery in Las Vegas in which he claimed he was trying to retrieve memorabilia taken from him after his infamous trial for the killings of wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman.
His parole term was set to end on February 9, 2022 but the Nevada Parole Board granted him an early discharge on November 30, a decision that was ratified on December 6.
Simpson was convicted by a Clark County jury in October 2008 and served nine years in prison for leading five men, including two with guns, in a September 2007 confrontation with two sports collectibles dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel.
Simpson insisted he only wanted to retrieve personal mementoes and items stolen from him following his acquittal in Los Angeles in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
The two were found stabbed to death outside of her Los Angeles condominium on June 13, 1994, with bloodstains matching Simpson’s blood type found at the scene.
He had become the main suspect in the double-murders by the morning of June 17 of that year, when he led the Los Angeles Police Department in a low-speed car chase in his white Ford Bronco.
Simpson was eventually acquitted of the murders in a trial that captivated the nation and propelled the legal careers of Robert Kardashian, Robert Shapiro and Johnny Cochran.
Michael Jackson, 2003
Pop star Michael Jackson had his mugshot taken by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department in November 2003. He was accused of sexually assaulting Gavin Arvizo, 13
Pop star Michael Jackson had his mugshot taken by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department in November 2003.
The singer was accused of sexually assaulting Gavin Arvizo, a 13-year-old cancer survivor.
He was charged with two felony counts of providing an intoxicant to a minor under the age of 14 when Gavin came forward claiming that he had been sexually assaulted by Jackson.
But Jackson was ultimately acquitted in 2005.
The claims made by Gavin were similar to the ones made a decade earlier when another 13-year-old boy, Jordan Chandler, came forward to say he had been molested by Jackson.
No charges were ever filed against the singer after police discovered Chandler’s father may have been attempting to extort Jackson and the young boy’s mother claimed Jackson never touched her son.
Tiger Woods, 2017
Tiger Woods was booked and photographed in a Florida county jail in May 2017 and his mugshot went viral
Tiger Woods was booked and photographed in a Florida county jail in May 2017 and his mugshot went viral.
The golfer was arrested at 3am and spent four hours in custody. He was charged with driving under the influence.
Woods eventually pleaded guilty to one count of reckless driving and was given probation.
He said an ‘unexpected reaction’ to prescription medicine – not alcohol – was the reason for his arrest. He said he understood the severity of the incident and took full responsibility.
‘I want the public to know that alcohol was not involved,’ he said in 2017. ‘What happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. I didn’t realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly.’
Tiger Woods was booked and photographed in a Florida county jail in May 2017 and his mugshot went viral.
Woods eventually pleaded guilty to one count of reckless driving and was given probation.
Paris Hilton, 2007
Paris Hilton had her mugshot taken in June 2007 after she was pulled over twice and found to be driving without a valid license
Paris Hilton had her mugshot taken in June 2007 after she was pulled over twice and found to be driving without a valid license.
Her $190,000 Bentley Continental GTC was impounded and prosecutors vowed to have her probation revoked.
The heiress was first arrested and charged in 2006 for driving under the influence and ended up having her license suspended.
In May 2007, she was sentenced to 45 days in jail and ordered to turn herself in by June 5.
She was separated from the general prison population and served half her sentence due to good behavior and overcrowding in jail.
Jane Fonda, 1970
Striking a pose of rebellion, actress Jane Fonda is pictured in custody after being arrested for trumped-up drug charges in Cleveland, Ohio in 1970
Striking a pose of rebellion, actress Jane Fonda is pictured in custody after being arrested for trumped-up drug charges in Cleveland.
It was reported that the then 32-year-old had just finished working on Klute – hence her distinctive haircut – when she was arrested at an airport in Cleveland on November 3, 1970.
The customs officers wrongly accused Fonda of drug smuggling after finding vitamins labelled b, l and d (breakfast, lunch and dinner) in her bag.
Known for her prominent anti-Vietnam war activism, her arrest over something so innocent as vitamins was a sign of the paranoia of the time.
At the time, the actress was on her way back from speaking at an anti-Vietnam war fundraiser in Canada.
Later, an officer told her that orders for her arrest came straight from the Nixon White House. Displeased by her anti-Vietnam War activism, the FBI and CIA had been surveilling her for months.
Writing about her false arrest on her blog earlier this year, she said: ‘They confiscated (my vitamins) as well as my address book (which was photocopied) and arrested me for drug smuggling.
‘I told them what they were but they said they were getting orders from the White House – that would be the Nixon White House.
‘I think they hoped this “scandal” would cause the college speeches to be cancelled and ruin my respectability. I was handcuffed and put in the Cleveland Jail, which is when the mugshot was taken.
‘I was released on bond and months later, after every pill had been tested in a lab (with taxpayers money!) the charges were dismissed and there were a few paragraphs hidden in the back of papers that they were vitamins, not drugs.’
Pablo Escobar, 1977
Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar gives an eerie smile in this mugshot from 1977 after police allegedly found 40lbs of cocaine concealed in a spare tire
For a renowned drug trafficker and crime boss responsible for hundreds of murders, being behind bars would not be a happy ordeal.
But in this iconic mugshot from 1977, Pablo Escobar is seen smiling for his arresting officers at a regional Colombian National Police station in Medellín.
The circumstances of the picture, believed to be Escobar’s only ever mugshot, are unclear but it is assumed his display of happiness comes from knowing he wouldn’t be in prison for long.
It has been reported that Escobar and several of his men were arrested after police allegedly found 40lbs of cocaine concealed in a spare tire.
But when it came to handling the case, it was pushed between several different judges but none of them would touch it for fear of reprisals. Eventually, it was dropped and Escobar walked out.
With dozens of guards and officers receiving payments from his cartel to turn a blind eye or other nefarious activities, Colombian government struggled to ever pin down the drug lord.
Escobar, who was eventually shot and killed in December 1993, was at one stage responsible for supplying 80 percent of the world’s cocaine and had ambitions of running his home country.
In 1991, he struck a deal with Colombia’s then-president Cesar Gaviria to prevent him from being extradited to the US.
David Bowie, 1976
David Bowie, dressed much like his Thin White Duke character, gives a faint smile while receiving a booking for marijuana possession in Rochester, New York during his 1976 Station To Station tour
Rockstar David Bowie’s Station To Station tour had a very memorable moment when he was pictured looking every inch the icon while receiving a booking for marijuana possession.
Bowie had played a Saturday night show on March 20, 1976, at the Community War Memorial Arena in Rochester, New York, before returning to his hotel.
Later that night, Bowie and a few friends – including one James Osterberg Jr. (Iggy Pop) – were arrested in his three-room suite on marijuana charges.
A police report at the time said they confiscated ‘about half a pound of marijuana’ from the group.
His mugshot from the Rochester Police Department shows the Ziggy Stardust singer wearing a three-piece pinstripe suit and unbuttoned white shirt with his hair slicked by like his Thin White Duke character.
But with a show in Springfield, Massachusetts, later that day, Bowie, then 28, paid the group’s bonds to make it back on the road in time for the gig.
He returned a few days later to plead innocent in Rochester City Court
In a short interview afterward, Bowie complimented the city’s police officers: ‘They were very courteous and very gentle,’ Bowie said. ‘They’ve been just super.’
After completing shows at Madison Square Garden, Bowie returned to Europe at the end of March 1976.
In May 1976, the charges were effectively dismissed after a grand jury declined to indict the legendary artist. He never returned to Rochester.
Al Capone, 1931
In 1931, Al Capone was tried on a contempt of court charge in Chicago and was later sentenced to six months in jail in Cook County jail
In 1931, Al Capone was tried on a contempt of court charge in Chicago and was later sentenced to six months in jail in Cook County jail.
But he remained free while on appeal of the contempt conviction.
Meanwhile, the US Treasury had been developing evidence on tax evasion charges, which Al Capone pleded guilty to while boasting of being offered a two-and-a-half year sentence.
However the judge in the case instead sentenced him to 11 years, of which he served seven, including some time at Alcatraz.
Prison conditions meant his health seriously deteriorated, and upon release he moved to Palm Island, Florida, until his death due to a stroke and pneumonia in 1947.
Bill Cosby, 2018
Bill Cosby posed for a mugshot as he was booked into the Montgomery County Correctional Facility outside Philadelphia in September 2018 after being sentenced to three to 10 years
Bill Cosby posed for a mugshot as he was booked into the Montgomery County Correctional Facility outside Philadelphia in September 2018 after being sentenced to three to 10 years.
The comic, who was once known as America’s Dad, was handed the sentence for drugging and molesting a woman at his home in 2004.
The mugshot showed a forlorn-looking Cosby staring vacantly away from the camera, his top button unfastened, with brace suspenders still strapped over his shoulders.
Cosby walked free after three years in prison when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the convictions.
He has been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by over 60 women over the years but he has denied all allegations.
Steve McQueen, 1972
Steve McQueen is pictured giving a cheeky peace-sign hand gesture during his mugshot in Anchorage, Alaska for drunk driving in 1972
Film legend Steve McQueen is pictured giving a peace-sign gesture during his mugshot in Alaska.
Known for his high-speed driving performances in Bullitt and LeMans, McQueen was busted in Anchorage for drunk driving in 1972.
According to witnesses, the movie star raced through town in a rented Oldsmobile Toronado. When Police finally managed to pull him over and perform a sobriety test, he failed by somersaulting down the white line, on which he was ordered to walk.
Posing for his mugshot McQueen, wearing a while polka-dot shirt, smiled and raised two fingers for the camera.
The Anchorage Daily News wrote at the time of the photo: ‘Historical photographs tell many of the stories. They start the minute you walk in the door with the mug shot and arrest record of actor Steve McQueen, who got busted for doing “brodies” in an Oldsmobile Toronado in downtown Anchorage in 1972.
‘McQueen, with a ding on his nose, is looking mighty ragged after his night on the town here, a raggedness exceeded only by his seismographic signature.’
McQueen posted bail and left town, but not before signing autographs while still in handcuffs.
He was later convicted in absentia for reckless driving.
Jimi Hendrix, 1969
Jimi Hendrix is here pictured in glorious technicolour following his arrest at Toronto International Airport for drugs offences in 1969. The guitar hero was acquitted after a three-day trial
Jimi Hendrix is pictured in glorious technicolor following his arrest at Toronto International Airport for drugs offenses, the guitar hero was acquitted after a three-day trial.
Near the end of his US and Canada tour, the guitarist was scheduled to give an evening performance at Maple Leaf Gardens on Saturday, May 3, 1969. That morning, the band members flew into Toronto.
But mere moments after Hendrix stepped off the plane, a bottle containing three packets of heroin and a tube with hashish residue was found in his flight bag.
Police detained Hendrix for four hours while a police lab confirmed the suspicious substances were illegal drugs before he was then charged.
His photograph shows a solitary Hendrix staring down the lens and wearing his classic unbuttoned purple shirt and gold necklace.
Hendrix was arrested, charged, photographed and released on $10,000 bail and then given a police escort to Maple Leaf Gardens, where 10,000 fans were waiting for the 8pm concert to begin.
Shortly before Christmas, Hendrix declared Canada had given him ‘the best Christmas present’ when a Toronto jury acquitted him of drug possession charges.
Sadly for local Hendrix fans, it would be his last visit to this country and indeed, his last Christmas. The Purple Haze songwriter died 10 months later in London.
Mick Jagger, 1967
Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger grimaces in a mugshot after being arrested in the infamous Redlands drug bust in 1967
The Rolling Stones frontman had a few brushes with the law earlier on his career, and the Redlands drug bust in 1967 is by far the most infamous.
Following a tip-off from the News of the World paper on Sunday February 12, a detective led a squad of 18 officers on a raid of guitarist Keith Richards’ West Sussex home.
Reports at the time say police arrived to find Jagger, Richards and singer Marianne Faithful apparently coming down from an all-day acid trip.
In his biography, Life, Richards remembers: ‘There’s a knock on the door, I look out the window, and there’s this whole lot of dwarves outside … I’d never been busted before, and I’m still on acid’
There were few signs of any illegal activity at the property, with press reports later focusing a famous incident involving a Mars Bar.
Jagger was accused of possessing four amphetamine tablets and sentenced to a £200 fine and to three months’ imprisonment.
In a photo believed to have been taken at Brixton prison, where he was being kept, Jagger gave an expressionless face while dressed in a grey suit and black tie.
However, on appeal, the court gave Jagger a conditional discharge.
Cher, 1959
Cher was only 13 or 14 years old when she was arrested for allegedly driving off in her friend’s car to the drive-in theater in Los Angeles, California
Not all stars were adults when they found themselves in trouble with the law, as was the case with Cher.
The Believe singer was only 13 or 14 years old when she was arrested – after she took a friend’s car to the drive-in theater in Los Angeles.
It is reported the friend had asked her to watch their vehicle while he ran inside to do something, but Cher got tired of moving the car out of the way and waiting.
The police tracked her down and arrested her, leading to this incredible youthful mugshot by the now 75-year-old.
While the singer claims she does not remember getting arrested as a teen, her mother, Georgia Holt, was happy to share the story – and the mugshot – during an episode of The Tonight Show in 2013.
According to Holt, Cher had got bored of looking after the car for her friend and so went for a spin then ended up at the local theater.
‘And then the police came,’ added Cher.
Holt continued: ‘And they called me at 3.30 in the morning and said we have your daughter down here at the police station.’
Cher is believed to be mortified by the picture.
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