The FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list debuted in this year:
1950
1960
1946
1939
1929
1950. The “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list began on March 14, 1950, when J. Edgar Hoover headed the bureau. As of 2002, 445 of the 473 fugitives that have appeared on the list since its inception have been located?145 of them have been found as a direct result of citizen cooperation.