Public Enemy No. 1 Explained

Public Enemy No. 1, or variants, may refer to:

Public enemy, a term to describe dangerous criminals, particularly in the U.S. in the 1930s

People designated Public Enemy No. 1

Al Capone, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by Chicago in 1930
Angelo Meli, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by Detroit in 1930
John Dillinger, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI in 1934
Pretty Boy Floyd, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI after the death of Dillinger
Baby Face Nelson, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI after the death of Floyd
Osama bin Laden, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the U.S. after the September 11 attacks
Alvin Karpis, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the FBI after the death of Nelson
Salvatore "Lucky Luciano" Lucania, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by New York special prosecutor Thomas Dewey in 1936
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, declared "Public Enemy No. 1" by the Chicago Crime Commission in 2013

"Public Enemy Number One", a 1981 documentary film by David Bradbury (film maker)
"Public Enemy #1", a 2002 episode of American Experience
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One, the second part of the 2008 film Mesrine
Public Enemy Number One (film), a 2019 documentary

"Public Enemy Number One", a song and a character from the 1934 Cole Porter musical Anything Goes
"Public Enemy No. 1" (Megadeth song), 2011
Public Enemy #1, a 2007 mixtape by Cam'ron
"Public Enemy #1", a song by Eminem from the 2006 album
"Public Enemy #1", a song by Mötley Crüe from the 1981 album Too Fast for Love
"Public Enemy No. 1", a song by Public Enemy from the 1987 album Yo! Bum Rush the Show
"Public Enemy No. 1", a song by Rory Gallagher from the 1979 album Top Priority
"Staatsfeind Nr. 1", (German, 'Public Enemy No. 1'), a 2005 album and its title track by Bushido

Public Enemy No. 1 (street gang), a criminal gang in California formed in the 1980s