Last Updated on September 17, 2025 by Matt Staff
There’s a reason celebrity mugshots linger in pop-culture memory: they flatten fame into something startlingly ordinary. No red carpet, no soft lighting, a number board, and a face mid-story. These images are part cautionary tale, part cultural time capsule, revealing hairstyles, fashion, and the headlines that once owned the news cycle.
This roundup revisits 20 celebrity mugshots that will go down in history not to glorify mistakes, but to see how fame meets consequence.
1. Frank Sinatra
2. Bill Gates
3. David Bowie
4. Keanu Reeves
5. Robert Downey Jr.
6. Al Pacino
7. Mick Jagger
8. Snoop Dog
9. Jane Fonda
10. Suzanne Somers
11. Elvis Presley
12. Janis Joplin
13. Billy Holliday
14. Nicole Richie
15. Lindsay Lohan
16. Jimi Hendrix
17. Axl Rose
18. Cher
19. Zsa Zsa Gabor
20. Woody Harrelson
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