[Verginius Rufus]

I think they could add Cortez to the list...at least according to my long-ago Spanish professor who called him el sifilitico.

[PzLdr]

Throw in Al Capone. There were rumors Hitler had it to, based mostly on his appointment of Theodor Morell as his personal doctor. [Morell was a quack who shot Hitler up with all sorts of crap, but his practice had been syphilis before the appointment.]