People

Everyone the files name, one entry each, with every spelling the transcripts produced folded into the person it means.

Roles, notes and the merging of name variants into one person are machine-generated and can be wrong, and some people appear in the files only under redacted names.

5,165 people named, plus the hijacker. 1,518 mentions of people whose names are withheld or unrecorded.

The hijackerD.B. CooperThe unidentified hijacker (UNSUB). Alias 'Dan Cooper' from the ticket; 'D.B.' from press error.9,838 mentions · 7,577 documents · 144 spellings

Everyone else · 1,660 with 3 or more mentions

  1. Ben Franklin Stephens SrSuspect52 mentions49 documents
  2. John DoeSuspectPlaceholder name for the unidentified hijacker, a/k/a Dan Cooper, in Oregon indictment52 mentions42 documents
  3. Robert Ned BishopSuspect52 mentions29 documents
  4. Ben LeibsonSuspectSuspect investigated in Las Vegas; photo shown to witnesses and eliminated51 mentions42 documents
  5. Florence SchaffnerFlight crew50 mentions36 documents
  6. Harry W. CelkSuspect50 mentions36 documents
  7. Donald Sterling Jr.JournalistOregon Journal editor behind the paper's Cooper ransom bill number hunt49 mentions49 documents
  8. Henry Grady EppersonSuspect49 mentions42 documents
  9. Henry ShutzFBI agent49 mentions43 documents
  10. William Francis DeemsSuspect49 mentions38 documents
  11. Daniel Louis CooperSuspectSuspect surfaced in checks of persons named Cooper with pilot ratings48 mentions35 documents
  12. Donald Louis CooperSuspectNORJAK suspect; photo shown to witness at Eugene, Oregon; name resembled hijacker's alias48 mentions43 documents
  13. Edward A. RomanoffFBI agent48 mentions48 documents
  14. Harold E. Campbell JrFBI agent48 mentions48 documents
  15. Owen Murray ReynoldsSuspect48 mentions25 documents
  16. Robert BallSuspectNORJAK suspect; DMV checks and photos shown to witnesses47 mentions42 documents
  17. Robert Francis HetchlerSuspectMilwaukee-area suspect; Racine police records checked, photo shown to witness47 mentions45 documents
  18. Garth Hudson DunningSuspect46 mentions38 documents
  19. Howard James HubbellSuspectBank robbery subject named as Cooper in a Dallas deathbed claim46 mentions37 documents
  20. NorjackOtherNot a person; FBI case code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking46 mentions45 documents
  21. Robin HoodOther46 mentions44 documents
  22. Charles Andrew TullerSuspect45 mentions21 documents
  23. Marvin John CooperSuspect45 mentions40 documents
  24. William Francis Johnston Sr.Suspect45 mentions43 documents
  25. William J. RataczakFlight crew45 mentions38 documents
  26. Fred Angelo CatalanoSuspectTWA purser interviewed and carried in NORJAK suspect index; photos shown to stewardess44 mentions34 documents
  27. Leif E. HansenSuspectSuspect whose photograph was displayed to witnesses in November 197244 mentions40 documents
  28. Mike WallaceJournalist44 mentions28 documents
  29. Raymond Torrey HealdSuspect44 mentions21 documents
  30. Richard M. NixonOfficial44 mentions39 documents
  31. Robert Lee HortonSuspect44 mentions40 documents
  32. Billy Jewel SparksSuspect42 mentions22 documents
  33. Eugene A. CottonLaw enforcement42 mentions38 documents
  34. Michael James SchweikertSuspect42 mentions39 documents
  35. AjwUnknown roleInitials appearing on teletypes, likely a drafting agent or clerk41 mentions41 documents
  36. Arthur B. DerhamSuspect41 mentions26 documents
  37. Darryl Bruce CooperSuspect41 mentions41 documents
  38. Stuart Stoffer FisherSuspect41 mentions35 documents
  39. Donald Elmore TurnerSuspect40 mentions29 documents
  40. John Dean CooperSuspectName-match suspect checked via NPRC, Wyoming license; Denver/St. Louis leads40 mentions29 documents
  41. L. Patrick Gray IIIFBI agent40 mentions39 documents
  42. Paul L. MackFBI agentSAC of FBI Seattle office; handled NORJAK correspondence and press matters40 mentions37 documents
  43. Vincent E. RuehlFBI agent40 mentions40 documents
  44. Charles W. BatesFBI agentFBI Assistant Director; briefed on NORJAK leads and 1976 San Francisco conference39 mentions34 documents
  45. Joseph R. StaggsSuspectSuspect whose photo was shown to a witness with negative identification39 mentions35 documents
  46. Robert Harry BolesSuspectNORJAK suspect investigated via Minneapolis and Miami; photo shown to witness39 mentions35 documents
  47. Thomas J. DuganFBI agent39 mentions39 documents
  48. Dick LyallJournalistName recurring on Seattle-area press clippings about the Cooper case38 mentions38 documents
  49. Douglas Gibson BurnsSuspect38 mentions27 documents
  50. Henry McLeodJournalistSeattle Times newsman whose Cooper stories were clipped by the FBI38 mentions38 documents
  51. Neal Rodney SundbergSuspect38 mentions24 documents
  52. Richard Douglas ShinnSuspect38 mentions32 documents
  53. Eugene CooperSuspectName-match NORJAK suspect pursued by Portland and Oklahoma City37 mentions24 documents
  54. H. E. Hinderliter Jr.FBI agent37 mentions37 documents
  55. Max PalevskyOther37 mentions24 documents
  56. Philip T. BasherFBI agentSAC Seattle; signed form letters and reply declining to discuss investigation36 mentions34 documents
  57. Raymond Sidney RussellSuspect36 mentions19 documents
  58. Richard T. TosawLawyer36 mentions22 documents
  59. Anthony Daniel GregoireSuspect35 mentions34 documents
  60. Charles R. St. JohnFBI agent35 mentions35 documents
  61. James Henry ZimmermanSuspectSuspect whose photograph was included in spreads shown to Eugene, Oregon witness35 mentions34 documents
  62. Nick LeuisSuspect35 mentions21 documents
  63. Richard M. WordenSuspect35 mentions19 documents
  64. Arvidis Julius KipertsSuspect34 mentions27 documents
  65. Dan CooperSuspect'HJ' abbreviation for the hijacker in Flight 305 chronological communications logs34 mentions25 documents
  66. Earl Felton WilliamsSuspect33 mentions24 documents
  67. Ralph Leonard GriffinSuspect33 mentions18 documents
  68. Bennie Franklin WilsonSuspect32 mentions19 documents
  69. Clair F. YoungSuspect32 mentions24 documents
  70. James Leroy SenderSuspect32 mentions25 documents
  71. Leonard PalmerWitness or source32 mentions29 documents
  72. Robert Day CooperSuspectNORJAK suspect (Sub 267) with FBI rap sheet and credit/criminal checks32 mentions18 documents
  73. Ted E. MayfieldSuspect32 mentions20 documents
  74. Harry Indland HaganSuspect31 mentions16 documents
  75. Jerry Arthur CooperSuspectSkydiver suspect; interviewed by Alexandria, featured in press as Cooper lookalike31 mentions18 documents
  76. Robert Wesley JonesSuspect31 mentions26 documents
  77. Walter L. Hampton SrSuspect31 mentions21 documents
  78. Benjamin R. KaneSuspect30 mentions24 documents
  79. Bill WilliamsOther30 mentions30 documents
  80. Elgin E. OlroggFBI agentSeattle SA; canvassed flying schools, airports, sky diving clubs, McChord AFB30 mentions23 documents
  81. Floyd J. SniderSuspect30 mentions29 documents
  82. J. Herbert BurkeOfficial30 mentions27 documents
  83. John D. BootonSuspect30 mentions23 documents
  84. John OrlockOtherPlaywright of 'The D.B. Cooper Project', Cricket Theater, Minneapolis30 mentions14 documents
  85. Russell P. CalameFBI agent30 mentions23 documents
  86. Thomas J. WilliamsFBI agent30 mentions29 documents
  87. Francis E. EntlerFBI agent29 mentions29 documents
  88. Jack G. CollinsUnknown roleMixed-name cluster in Duane Weber investigation documents29 mentions23 documents
  89. Leverett RichardsJournalist29 mentions24 documents
  90. O. Dee SchneiderSuspect29 mentions20 documents
  91. Rex A. AlexanderSuspect29 mentions25 documents
  92. Tave CoffeltRelative29 mentions21 documents
  93. Arthur G. BargerFBI agent28 mentions28 documents
  94. Gary B. GallaherSuspectAppears in photo displays shown to Renton and Seattle witnesses28 mentions27 documents
  95. John Coop TitanUnknown roleName in Portland file on suspect Merlin Eugene Cooper; possibly alias or OCR artifact28 mentions18 documents
  96. Lyle C. FranklinSuspect28 mentions15 documents
  97. Robert Todd Lincoln BeckwithAssociate28 mentions22 documents
  98. Alan John HollandWitness or source27 mentions19 documents
  99. Allen Fairfax CooperSuspectNORJAK suspect; leads and photo comparisons in Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Chicago27 mentions18 documents
  100. Delbert Earl DowningSuspectSuspect whose photo was displayed to witness at Eugene, Oregon27 mentions26 documents

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