This is a list of people who were executed:

Murder

• Stephen Wayne Anderson (d. 2002)
• Peter Anthony Allen (d. 1964)
• Manuel Babbitt (d. 1999)
• Billy Bailey (d. 1996)
• Jereboam O. Beauchamp (d. 1826)
• Noah Beauchamp (d. 1842)
• Derek Bentley (d. 1996)
• William Bonin (d. 1996)
• Ted Bundy (d. 1989)
• Frederick Bywaters (d. 1923)
• Charles Campbell (d. 1994)
• Beatrice Cenci (d. 1599)
• Dhananjoy Chatterjee (d. 2004)
• Andrei Chikatilo (d. 1994)
• John Christie (d. 1953)
• Wilbert Coffin (d. 1956)
• Flor Contemplación (d. 1995)
• Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (d. 1910)
• Ruth Ellis (d. 1955)
• Gwynne Owen Evans (d. 1964)
• John Louis Evans (d. 1983)
• Timothy Evans (d. 1989) pardoned
• Jason Fairbanks (d. 1801)
• John Wayne Gacy (d. 1994)
• Juan Garza (d. 2001)
• John George Haigh (d. 1949)
• Gary Gilmore (d. 1977)
• Barbara Graham (d. 1955)
• Jack Gilbert Graham (d. 1957)
• James Hanratty (d. 1962)
• Robert Alton Harris (d. 1992)
• Bruno Hauptmann (d. 1936)
• Joe Hill (d. 1915)
• Paul Jennings Hill (d. 2003)
• Ned Kelly (d. 1880) and bank robbery
• William Kemmler (d. 1890)
• LaGrand brothers (d. 2001) and armed robbery
• Raymond Lisenba (d. 1942) last person hanged in California
• Harry Pierpont (d. 1934)
• Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (d. 1760)
• Charles Starkweather (d. 1959)
• Mamoru Takuma (d. 2004[1])
• Edith Thompson (d. 1923)
• Jerry White (d. 1995)
• Stanley Williams (d. 2005)
• Aileen Wuornos (d. 2002)

Peter Anthony Allen was 21 years old when on 13 August 1964 he became one of the two last people in Britain to be executed, when he was hanged for the murder the previous 7 April of John Alan West. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jereboam Orville Beauchamp (1803 - July 7, 1826) was an American lawyer and convicted murderer, who was one of the central figures in The Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy. ... Noah Beauchamp (February 24, 1785 - December 30, 1842) was a blacksmith and an Indiana pioneer. ... Derek Bentley (30 June 1933 - 28 January 1953) was hanged at the age of 19 for a murder committed by a friend, creating a cause célèbre and leading to a 45-year long successful campaign to win him a posthumous pardon. ... William Bonin (January 8, 1947 – February 23, 1996) was an American serial killer, also known as the Freeway Killer, a nickname he shares with two other serial killers. ... Theodore Robert Ted Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered numerous young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. ... Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters Edith Jessie Thompson (December 25, 1893 – January 9, 1923) and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (1901 – January 9, 1923) were a British couple who were executed for the murder of Thompson’s husband Percy. ... Charles Rodman Campbell was a convicted murderer who was executed in 1994. ... The portrait associated with Beatrice Cenci attributed to Guido Reni that Shelley saw in Palazzo Colonna in 1818, sparking his interest Beatrice Cenci (February 6, 1577–August 22, 1599) was an Italian noblewoman. ... Dhananjoy Chatterjee (August 14, 1965 in Kuludihi, West Bengal, India - August 14, 2004 at Alipore Central Jail in Calcutta, India) was executed by hanging for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Hetal Parekh on March 5, 1990 at her apartment residence in Bhowanipur, where he was a security... Police mugshot of Andrei Chikatilo. ... 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, Notting Hill Gate, London was the site of one of Britains most notorious serial killers, and a miscarriage of justice which contributed towards the abolition of the death penalty in Britain. ... Wilbert Coffin (d. ... Flor R. Contemplación (January 1953 - March 17, 1995) was a Filipino domestic worker who was executed in Singapore for murder. ... Taken pre-1910. ... Ruth Ellis (October 9, 1926 – July 13, 1955 a British murderess and the last woman to be executed in that country. ... Gwynne Owen Evans (real name John Robson Walby) was 24 years old when on 13 August 1964 he became one of the last two people in Britain to be executed, when he was hanged for the murder the previous 7 April of John Alan West. ... John Louis Evans III was the first inmate to be executed by the State of Alabama after the United States reinstituted the death penalty in 1976. ... Timothy John Evans (November 20, 1924 - March 9, 1950) was a young man, definitely mentally retarded, who was hanged in the United Kingdom in 1950 for the murder of his infant daughter. ... Jason Fairbanks (September 25, 1780 - September 10, 1801) was an early American murderer. ... John Wayne Gacys 1968 mugshot after being arrested on charges of sodomy John Wayne Gacy, Jr. ... Juan Garza (c1957 - June 19, 2001) was an American murderer and drug trafficker who was executed for a federal crime. ... John George Haigh was a serial killer in England in the 1940s. ... Gary Mark Gilmore (December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American career criminal who gained international notoriety as the first person legally executed in the United States after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 after Gregg v. ... Barbara Graham (1923-1955) was an American criminal and murderess who was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin in 1955 along with two accomplices. ... John Jack Gilbert Graham (January 23, 1932 - January 11, 1957) was a mass murderer who killed 44 people by planting a dynamite bomb in his mothers suitcase that was subsequently loaded aboard United Airlines Flight 629. ... James Hanratty (October 4, 1936 – April 4, 1962) was the last person in Britain to be hanged for murder (and one of the last 3 to be executed for murder) after being convicted of carrying out the notorious 1961 A6 murder. Hanratty was a professional car thief, convicted of the... Robert Alton Harris (January 15, 1953–April 21, 1992) was a USA career criminal and murderer who was executed in San Quentins gas chamber in 1992. ... Bruno Hauptmann Bruno Richard Hauptmann (November 26, 1899 – April 3, 1936) was a German carpenter and former criminal, sentenced to death and executed for the abduction and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ... Joe Hill Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund, and also known as Joseph Hillström (October 7, 1879 – November 19, 1915) was a Swedish-American labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World, better known as the Wobblies. ... Rev. ... Ned Kelly the day before his execution Edward Ned Kelly (c. ... William Kemmler (1860/1861 – August 6, 1890) of Buffalo, New York was the first person to be executed via electric chair. ... The LaGrand case was a contentious case in the International Court of Justice, Germany vs. ... Rattlesnake James, aka Raymond Lisenba (1895 – May 9, 1942), was the last man to be executed by hanging in California. ... Harry Pierpont (October 13, 1903 - October 17, 1934) was most noted for being a member of the Dillinger Gang. ... Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (August 18, 1720 - May 5, 1760) was the last aristocrat hanged in England. ... Photo of Charles Starkweather taken by the Nebraska department of corrections, 1958 Charles Starkweather (November 24, 1938 – June 25, 1959) was a spree killer who murdered 11 victims in Nebraska and Wyoming, USA during a road trip with his underage girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate and became a national fascination, eventually... The Osaka School Massacre took place on June 8, 2001, at Ikeda Elementary School, an elite primary school affiliated with Osaka Kyoiku University in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ... Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters Edith Jessie Thompson (December 25, 1893 – January 9, 1923) and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (1901 – January 9, 1923) were a British couple who were executed for the murder of Thompson’s husband Percy. ... Jerry White (February 12, 1948 – December 4, 1995) was executed by electric chair in the state of Florida in 1995 for the murder of James Melson. ... Stanley Tookie Williams III (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005), was an early leader of the Crips, a notorious American street gang which had its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1969. ... Aileen Carol Wuornos (February 29, 1956 – October 9, 2002) was an American serial killer who was sentenced to death by the state of Florida in 1992 for five counts of murder. ...

Assassination

• George Atzerodt (d. 1865) conspiracy
• Charlotte Corday (d. 1793)
• Guy Fawkes (d. 1606) conspiracy
• Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, (Iran, September 15, 1982) conspiracy
• David Herold (d. 1865) conspiracy
• Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (d. 1944) attempted assassination
• Lewis Payne (d. 1865) conspiracy
• Claus von Stauffenberg (d. 1944) attempted assassination
• Adam von Trott zu Solz (d. 1944)
• U Saw (d. 1948)
• Mary Surratt (d. 1865) conspiracy
• Giuseppe Zangara (d. 1933)

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Political figures

Deposed leaders and families

• Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong (d. 1979)
• Akwasi Afrifa (d. 1979)
• Friedrich Akel (d. 1941)
• Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold (d. 1974)
• Marie Antoinette (d. 1793) ruling class
• Ion Antonescu (d. 1946)
• Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (d. 1970)
• Joseph Bamina (d. 1965)
• Madame du Barry (d. 1793) ruling class
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (d. 1979)
• Maurice Bishop (d. 1983)
• Eugen Bolz (d. 1945)
• Elena Ceauşescu (d. 1989) ruling class
• Nicolae Ceauşescu (d. 1989)
• King Charles I of England (d. 1649)
• Samuel K. Doe (d. 1990)
• Alois Eliáš (d. 1942)
• Madame Elisabeth (d. 1793) ruling class
• Endelkachew Makonnen (d. 1974)
• Bogdan Filov (d. 1945)
• Lady Jane Grey (d. 1554) and heresy
• Ninian Home (d. 1795)
• Amir Abbas Hoveida (Iran, April 7, 1979)
• Agustín de Iturbide (d. 1823)
• Jüri Jaakson (d. 1942)
• Patrick Keppenne (d.2005)
• Évariste Kimba (d. 1966)
• Long Boret (d. 1975)
• King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
• Patrice Lumumba (d. 1961)
• Francisco Macías Nguema (d. 1979)
• Alphonse Massamba-Débat (d. 1977)
• Maximilian of Mexico (d. 1867)
• Miguel Miramón (d. 1867)
• Francisco Morazán (d. 1842)
• Joachim Murat (d. 1815)
• Benito Mussolini (d. 1945)
• Imre Nagy (d. 1958)
• Mohammad Najibullah (d. 1996)
• Nicholas II and family (d. 1918)
• Jöran Persson (d. 1568)
• Vidkun Quisling (d. 1945)
• Nuri as-Said (d. 1958)
• Mohammad Musa Shafiq (d. 1979)
• Sisowath Sirik Matak (d. 1975)
• Aleksandur Stamboliyski (d. 1923)
• Ferenc Szálasi (d. 1946)
• Jozef Tiso (d. 1947)
• Diarra Traoré (d. 1985)
• Gualberto Villarroel (d. 1946)
• William Walker (d. 1860)
• William Wallace (d. 1305)
• Wen Tianxiang (d. 1283)

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Urdu: ذوالفقار علی بھٹو) (January 5, 1928 – April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician, active in the early years of the Pakistani Government. ... Maurice Bishop inspecting a military detachment Maurice Rupert Bishop (May 29, 1944 – October 19, 1983) was a Grenadan politician. ... Eugen Bolz Eugen Anton Bolz (born 15 December 1881 in Rottenburg am Neckar; died 23 January 1945 in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a German politician and a member of the resistance to the Nazi régime. ... Elena CeauÅŸescu. ... Nicolae CeauÅŸescu (IPA ) (January 26, 1918 - December 25, 1989) was the leader of Communist Romania from 1965 until shortly before his execution. ... Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. ... Samuel Kanyon Doe (May 6, 1950/1951–September 9, 1990) was the president of the West African country of Liberia from 1980 to 1990. ... Alois Eliáš (September 29, 1890 – June 19, 1942) was Czechoslovakian general and politician. ... Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène of France (May 3, 1764 - May 10, 1794), commonly called Madame Élisabeth, was the daughter of Louis, dauphin de France and Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, and the younger sister of King Louis XVI. The princess was born at Versailles in 1764. ... Endelkachew Makonnen (1927 - November 24, 1974) was an Ethiopian politician. ... Bogdan Filov (1883 - 1945) was a powerful politician in Bulgaria during Germany and became a university professor and historian in Bulgaria. ... Lady Jane Grey (October 12, 1537 – February 12, 1554), a great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England, was proclaimed Queen regnant of the Kingdom of England for nine days in 1553. ... Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda Hoveyda appearing on a book cover. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) led Italy from 1922 to 1943. ... Imre Nagy (born in Kaposvár, Hungary June 7, 1896, executed June 16, 1958) was Prime Minister of Hungary on two occasions. ... Dr. Mohammad Najibullah (1947–September 27, 1996) was the fourth and last President of Afghanistan during the period of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. ... Nicholas II of Russia (18 May 1868 - 17 July 1918) (in Russian Николай II (Nikolai II)) was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland. ... Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson (c. ... Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (July 18, 1887–October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian fascist politician and officer. ... Emir Faisals party at Versailles, during the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. ... Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak (January 22, 1914 — April 21, 1975) was a prince of Cambodia. ... 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Political opponents

• Amir Sjarifuddin (d. 1948)
• Nikos Beloyannis (d. 1952)
• Lavrenty Beria (d. 1953)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (d. 1945)
• Jacques Pierre Brissot (d. 1793)
• Nikolay Bukharin (d. 1938)
• Francisco Caamaño (d. 1973)
• Wilhelm Canaris (d. 1945)
• Vladimír Clementis (d. 1952)
• Galeazzo Ciano (d. 1944)
• Georges Danton (d. 1794)
• Camille Desmoulins (d. 1794)
• Joseph Garang (d. 1971)
• Andreas Hofer (d. 1810)
• Milada Horáková (d. 1950)
• Lev Kamenev (d. 1935)
• Traicho Kostov (d. 1949)
• William Laud (d. 1645) and treason
• Pierre Laval (d. 1945)
• Olympe de Gouge (d. 1793)
• Antoine Lavoisier (d. 1794)
• Jean-Baptiste Boukary Lingani (d. 1989)
• Abdul Khaliq Mahjub (d. 1971)
• Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
• Qazi Mohammad (d. 1947)
• Maurice Mpolo (d. 1961)
• Umar al-Mukhtar (d. 1931)
• Joseph Okito (d. 1961)
• Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (d. 1619)
• Hans Oster (d. 1945)
• Lucretiu Patrascanu (d. 1954)
• Patrick Henry Pearse (d. 1916)
• Nikola Petkov (d. 1947)
• László Rajk (d. 1949)
• Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (d. 1541)
• Maximilien Robespierre (d. 1793)
• Aleksey Rykov (d. 1930)
• Karl Sack (d. 1945)
• Louis de Saint-Just (d. 1794)
• Ken Saro-Wiwa (d. 1995)
• Sophie Scholl (d. 1943)
• Bhagat Singh (d. 1931)
• Rudolf Slánský (d. 1952)
• Chris Soumokil (d. 1966)
• Abu Taher (d. 1976)
• Koçi Xoxe (d. 1949)
• Gregory Zinoviev (d. 1936)
• Henri Zongo (d. 1989)

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Wilhelm Canaris Wilhelm Franz Canaris (January 1, 1887 in Aplerbeck near Dortmund – April 9, 1945 at Flossenbürg concentration camp) was head of the German military intelligence service, the Abwehr, for much of World War II. He was born in Aplerbeck, in Westphalia. ... Galeazzo Ciano Galeazzo Ciano, Count of Cortellazzo (March 18, 1903 – January 11, 1944), was Benito Mussolinis Foreign Minister and son-in-law. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lucie Simplice Camille Benoist Desmoulins (March 2, 1760 - April 5, 1794) was a French journalist and politician who played an important part in the French Revolution. ... Andreas Hofer on an Austrian stamp Andreas Hofer (November 22, 1767 - February 20, 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and patriot. ... Milada Horáková (December 25, 1901 - June 27, 1950) was a Czechoslovak politician executed by Communists for alleged conspiracy and treason. ... Lev Borisovich Kamenev Lev Borisovich Kamenev (Russian: Лев Борисович Каменев, born Rosenfeld, Розенфельд) (July 18 [O.S. July 6] 1883 – August 25, 1936) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and a prominent Soviet politician. ... William Laud (October 7, 1573 – January 10, 1645) was Archbishop of Canterbury and a fervent supporter of Charles I of England whom he encouraged to believe in the Divine Right of Kings. ... Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France Pierre Laval (June 28, 1883 – October 15, 1945) was a French politician and thrice Prime Minister of France, the final time being under the Vichy government. ... Olympe De Gouge (April 27, 1759 - November 3, 1793) In 1791 wrote one of the first feminist works boldly titled “Declaration of the Rights of Women” (Gay Levy, Branson Applewhite and Durham Johnson 1980, p. ... Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier (August 26, 1743 – May 8, 1794) was a French nobleman prominent in the histories of chemistry, finance, biology, and economics. ... 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Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, (November 4, 1900, Bacău–April 17, 1954) was a leading member of the Communist Party of Romania, a lawyer, sociologist and economist. ... Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (known as Pádraic Pearse or, in the Irish language, as Pádraic Anraí Mac Piarais) (November 10, 1879 - May 3, 1916) was a teacher, poet, writer and political activist who led the Irish Easter Rising in 1916. ... László Rajk (1909-1949) was an opposant to the communist rule in Hungary. ... Margaret Pole (1473 - 1541), Countess of Salisbury, was the daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Isabella Neville . ... Anonymous Portrait of Maximilien Robespierre c. ... Alexei Rykov Alexei Ivanovich Rykov (February 25 (February 13, Old Style), 1881 - March 15, 1938) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. ... 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Religious figures

• Avvakum (d. 1682) religious dissent
• Saint Joan of Arc (b. 1431) heresy
• Giordano Bruno (d. 1600) heresy
• Thomas Cranmer (d. 1556) treason, heresy
• Jan Hus (b. 1415) heresy
• Jacob Hutter (d. 1536) heresy
• Jesus of Nazareth (d. 30, 33, or 36) sedition
• John Lambert (b. 1538) heresy
• Hugh Latimer (b. 1555) heresy
• Sir Thomas More (d. 1535) treason, religious dissent
• Michael Servetus (d. 1553) heresy
• Edward Wightman (d 1612) heresy
• Lucilio Vanini (d. 1619) apostasy

Old Believer icon depicting Avvakum surrounded by other saints. ... Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne dArc) (January 6, 1412 - May 30, 1431), known as the Maid of Orléans (French: la pucelle dOrléans), is a national heroine of France and saint of the Catholic Church. ... Giordano Bruno. ... An oil painting of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (1545) - National Portrait Gallery, London Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and compiling the first two Books... Jan Hus/John Huss, (circa 1369 - 1415) was a Czech (now the Czech Republic) religious thinker and reformer. ... Jacob Hutter (b. ... This article concerns critical reconstructions of the Historical Jesus. ... John Lambert was a protestant martyr burnt to death on November 22 at Smithfield, London. ... Hugh Latimer (d. ... For the Elizabethan play, see Sir Thomas More (play). ... Michael Servetus. ... Edward Wightman (December 20, 1566 - April 11, 1612), a Baptist, was the last person to be executed for heresy in England by burning at the stake. ... Lucilio Vanini, or, as he styled himself in his works, Giulio Cesare (1585 - February 9, 1619), was an Italian free-thinker, born at Taurisano, near Naples, in 1585. ...

Espionage

• Jack Agazarian (d. 1945)
• James J. Andrews (d. 1862)
• Yolande Beekman (d. 1944)
• Robert Benoist (d. 1944) and sabotage
• Denise Bloch (d. 1945)
• Guy Biéler (d. 1944) and sabotage
• Andrée Borrel (d. 1944) and sabotage
• Madeleine Damerment (d. 1944) and sabotage
• William Grover-Williams (d. 1945) and sabotage
• Nathan Hale (d. 1776)
• Mata Hari (d. 1917)
• Noor Inyat Khan (d. 1944)
• Cecily Lefort (d. 1945)
• Vera Leigh (d. 1944)
• John Kenneth Macalister (d. 1944)
• Gilbert Norman (d. 1944)
• Sonia Olschanezky (d. 1944)
• Frank Pickersgill (d. 1944)
• Eliane Plewman (d. 1944) and sabotage
• Lilian Rolfe (d. 1945) and sabotage
• Ethel and Julius Rosenberg (d. 1953)
• Diana Rowden (d. 1944) and sabotage
• Yvonne Rudelatt (d. 1945) and sabotage
• Roméo Sabourin (d. 1944) and sabotage
• Suzanne Spaak (d. 1944)
• Violette Szabo (d. 1945) and sabotage
• Hannah Szenes (d. 1944) and sabotage

Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian (1916 - March 29, 1945) was a British espionage agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) inside France. ... James J. Andrews (about 1829 – June 7, 1862) was an American Civil War espionage agent who led a daring raid on the Western and Atlantic Railroad that became famous as the Great Locomotive Chase. ... Yolande Beekman (1911 - September 11, 1944) is a heroine of World War II. Born as Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer to an educated family in Paris, Beekman moved as a child to London and grew up fluent in the English, German, and French languages. ... Robert Marcel Charles Benoist, (March 20, 1895 - September 9, 1944) was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... Denise Madeleine Bloch, born in 1915 in France - died February 5, 1945 in Ravensbrück, Germany, was a heroine of World War II. From a Jewish family, by the middle of 1942 in occupied France they were being rounded up by the Gestapo. ... Gustave Daniel Alfred Biéler, born in 1904 in Lutry, Vaud, Switzerland - died September 6, 1944 in Bavaria, was a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II. Gustave Biéler At the age of twenty, Gustave Biéler emigrated to Canada where he settled in the city of Montreal... Andrée Raymonde Borrel, born in France on November 18, 1919 - died July 6, 1944 at Natzwiller, Bas-Rhin, France. ... Madeleine Zoe Damerment (November 11, 1917 - September 11, 1944) is a heroine of World War II. Madeleine Damerment was born in the city Lille in the Nord département of France. ... Charles Frederick William Grover-Williams (16 January 1903 – 18 March 1945), was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero. ... Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. ... Mata Hari, exotic dancer and convicted spy, made her name synonymous with femme fatale during World War I. For the Indonesian supermarket/department store chain, see Matahari. ... Noor Inyat Khan (January 1, 1914 - September 11, 1944) was born of an Indian father (Inayat Khan) and an American mother (Ora Ray Baker, who was a relative of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science). ... Cecily Margot Lefort (April 30, 1900 – May 1, 1945) was a heroine of World War II. Born in London, England of Scottish ancestry, Lefort lived on the coast of Brittany in France from the age of 24 with her French husband, Dr. Alex Lefort. ... Vera Leigh was born Vera Glass on March 17, 1903 in Leeds, England. ... John Kenneth Macalister (July 19, 1914, Guelph, Ontario, Canada - September 14, 1944, Buchenwald) was a Canadian hero of World War II. John Macalister graduated from the University of Toronto, then as a Rhodes Scholar studied at Oxford University. ... Gilbert Maurice Norman was born 1914 in Saint-Cloud, Île-de-France to an English father and a French mother and was educated in France and England. ... Sonya Olschanezky was born in Chemnitz, on 25th December, 1923. ... Frank Herbert Dedrick Pickersgill (May 28, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - September 14, 1944, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany) is a Canadian hero of World War II. Captain Pickersgill joined the Canadian Intelligence Corps then, because he was fluent in the French language, he was recruited into the Special Operations Executive. ... Eliane Plewman (1917-1944) was a French SOE agent and member of French resistance. ... Lilian Vera Rolfe, born April 26, 1914 in Paris, France - died February 5, 1945 at Ravensbrück, Germany was a heroine of World War II. A twin to sister Helen Fedora Rolfe, she was the daughter of George Rolfe, an British chartered accountant working in Paris. ... The Rosenbergs Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American citizens and CPUSA members who were thrust into the world spotlight when they were tried, convicted, and executed for spying for the Soviet Union. ... Diana Hope Rowden (January 31, 1915 - July 6, 1944) was an SOE member who was killed in a Nazi concentration camp. ... Roméo Sabourin (January 1, 1923, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - September 14, 1944, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany) is a Canadian hero of World War II. Lieutenant Sabourin joined the Canadian Army, serving in the Canadian Intelligence Corps. ... Suzanne Spaak (c. ... Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, G.C., M.B.E., CdG (June 26, 1921 – February 5?, 1945) was a World War II secret agent. ... Hannah Szenes Hannah Szenes (or Chana Senesh) (July 17, 1921 — November 7, 1944) was a Hungarian Jew, one of 17 Jews living in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, who were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in...

War crimes and crimes against humanity

• Kurt Daluege (d. 1946)
• Adolf Eichmann (d. 1962)
• Hans Frank (d. 1946)
• Wilhelm Frick (d. 1946)
• Arthur Greiser (d. 1946)
• Alfred Jodl (d. 1946)
• Ernst Kaltenbrunner (d. 1946)
• Wilhelm Keitel (d. 1946)
• Nguyen Van Lem a/k/a "Bay Lop" (d. 1968)
• Draža Mihailović (d. 1946)
• Vidkun Quisling (d. 1945)
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (d. 1946)
• Alfred Rosenberg (d. 1946)
• Fritz Sauckel (d. 1946)
• Arthur Seyss-Inquart (d. 1946)
• Julius Streicher (d. 1946)
• Hideki Tojo (d. 1948)
• Henry Wirz (d. 1865)

Kurt Daluege Kurt Daluege (September 15, 1897 - October 24, 1946) was a Nazi officer who served in the SS from the early 1920s until 1945. ... Adolf Eichmann, Germany 1940. ... Hans Frank (May 23, 1900 – October 16, 1946) was a lawyer for the Nazi party during the 1920s and a senior official in Nazi Germany. ... Wilhelm Frick (March 12, 1877 â€“ October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official. ... Arthur Greiser (born January 22, 1897, in Schroda, Province of Posen, West Prussia (Środa, Poland); executed July 14, 1946, at Poznan, Poland) was a Nazi German politician . ... Generaloberst Alfred Jodl Alfred Jodl (May 10, 1890 - October 16, 1946) was a Wehrmacht leader. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (October 4, 1903 – October 16, 1946) was a senior Nazi official during World War II. // Early life Born in Ried im Innkreis, Austria, he was the son of a lawyer. ... Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (September 22, 1882 – October 16, 1946) was a German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) and a senior military leader during World War II. // Early life and career The son of Carl Keitel, a middle-class landowner, he was born in Helmscherode, Brunswick, Germany. ... Gen. ... Dragoljub Drazha Mihailovich (Драгољуб Дража Михаиловић, also ÄŒiča, Draža Mihailović), (April 26, 1893–July 17, 1946) was a Serbian general who led the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland, also referred to as Chetniks during World War II. Mihailović was tried and executed for war crimes by Yugoslav Government for collaboration... Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (July 18, 1887–October 24, 1945) was a Norwegian fascist politician and officer. ... Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893–October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... Alfred Rosenberg Alfred Rosenberg (January 12, 1893, Reval (Tallinn) Estonia, then part of the Russian Empire–October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later held several important posts in the Nazi government. ... Fritz Sauckel Fritz Sauckel (Ernst Friedrich Christoph Sauckel, October 27, 1894 - October 16, 1946) was a senior government official in Nazi Germany. ... Arthur Seyss-Inquart (born Arthur Zajtich, officially (German) Arthur Seyß-Inquart) (July 22, 1892 – October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official in Austria and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands. ... Julius Streicher at the Nuremberg Trials Julius Streicher (February 12, 1885 – October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi prior to and during World War II. He was the publisher of the Nazi Der Stürmer newspaper, which was to become a part of the Nazi propaganda machine. ... Hideki Tojo Hideki Tojo (KyÅ«jitai: 東條 英機; Shinjitai: 東条 英機; (help· info)) (December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, a nationalist thinker, and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan; he served as prime minister during much of World War II, from October 18, 1941 to July... The execution of Henry Wirz before the US Capitol as the trap door is sprung Captain Henry Wirz (November 1822 – November 10, 1865) was the only Confederate soldier executed in the aftermath of the American Civil War for war crimes. ...

Prisoners of war

• Emilio De Bono (d. 1944)
• Davy Crockett (d. 1836)
• Maximilian Kolbe (d. 1941) volunteered himself in place of another
• Élise Rivet (d. 1945)
• Elisabeth de Rothschild (d. 1945)
• Nicolaus Rossini (d. 1943)

Emilio De Bono Emilio De Bono (March 19, 1866–January 11, 1944) was an Italian General who fought in World War I and helped organize the Fascist Party. ... This article is about the Davy Crockett known for the Alamo. ... Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941), born as Rajmund Kolbe, was a Polish Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a family father in the Nazi Auschwitz concentration camp. ... Élise Rivet born January 19, 1890, in Draria, Algeria – died March 30, 1945, Ravensbrück, Germany, was a Roman Catholic nun and war heroine. ... Elisabeth de Rothschild (March 9, 1902, Paris, France - March 23, 1945, Ravensbrück, Germany) was a member by marriage of the wine-making branch of the Rothschild family. ... Nicolaus Rossini (18 January 1898 - August 1943) was a famous Polish painter killed by Nazis during World War II. Since his youth age his paintings were exhibited in many different galleries all around Poland. ...

Treason

• Anthony Babington (d. 1586) treason
• Baillie of Jerviswood (d. 1684) treason
• John Brown (d. 1859) treason, murder, conspiracy
• Roger Casement, (d. 1916) treason, sabotage, espionage
• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (d. 1572) treason, political opponent
• William Joyce (d. 1946) treason, political broadcasts
• Michel Ney (d. 1815)
• Arnaldo Ochoa (d. 1989) treason
• Walter Raleigh (d. 1618) treason
• Chidiock Tichborne (d. 1586) treason
• Andrey Vlasov (d. 1946) treason
• Perkin Warbeck (d. 1499) treason
• Genrikh Yagoda (d. 1938) treason
• Dragutin Dimitrijević (d. 1917) treason

Anthony Babingtons coat of arms Anthony Babington (October 24, 1561–September 20, 1586) was convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England, conspiring with the imprisoned Mary I of Scotland. ... Robert Baillie (d. ... John Browns Oath Engraving from daguerreotype by Augustus Washington, ca. ... Roger Casement, commemorated on a 1966 Irish stamp Roger David Casement (1 September 1864 – 3 August 1916) was an Irish patriot, a poet, Irish revolutionary and nationalist by inclination. ... Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (March 10, 1536 — 1572) and 1st Earl of Southampton, was entrusted by Queen Elizabeth I of England with public office despite his family history and his prior support for the Catholic cause, although he claimed to be a... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lord Haw-Haw. ... Michel Ney, Marshal of France Michel Ney (January 10, 1769 – December 7, 1815) called Le Rougeaud (the ruddy) and le Brave des Braves (the bravest of the brave) was a marshal of the French army who fought in the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. ... Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez (1930 – July 12, 1989) was a prominent Cuban general who was executed after being found guilty of treason by a Cuban Court. ... Walter Raleigh, by Nicholas Hilliard, c. ... Chidiock Tichborne (1558–September 20, 1586) is remembered as an English conspirator and poet. ... General Andrey Vlasov General Andrey Andreyevich Vlasov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Власов; alternative transliterations of his names appear as Andrei Andreievich and as Vlassov or (in German) Wlassow) (September 14 (September 1 O.S.), 1900, Lomakino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast - August 2, 1946, Moscow) was a Soviet Army General who later worked for the Germans... Perkin Warbeck (c. ... Genrikh Yagoda Genrikh Grigorevich Yagoda (Генрих Григорьевич Ягода in Russian, born Enon Gershonovish Yagoda) (1891, Nizhny Novgorod - March 15, 1938, Moscow) was the head of the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, from 1934 to 1936. ... Dragutin Dimitrijević Apis Serbian Cyrillic Драгутин Димитријевић Апис (August 17, 1876 - June 27, 1917), was a Serbian nationalist leader. ...

Other

• Abiye Abebe (d. 1974)
• Fred Akuffo (d. 1979)
• Mahmoud Asgari (d. 2005) sodomy
• Kevin Barlow (d. 1986) drug trafficking
• Anne Boleyn (d. 1536) adultery
• Robert Erskine (d. 1780)
• Brian Chambers (d. 1986) drug trafficking
• André Chénier (d. 1794), conspiracy, political writings
• Caryl Chessman (d. 1960) rape
• Olympe de Gouges (d. 1793) political writings
• Che Guevara (d. 1967) revolutionary
• Catherine Howard (d. 1542) adultery
• Zhila Izadi
• Aleksandr Kolchak (d. 1920)
• Marinus van der Lubbe (d. 1934) arson
• Kevin Malone
• Ayaz Marhoni (d. 2005) sodomy
• David Edward Mason
• Robert Lee Massie
• Timothy McVeigh (d. 2001) murder, terrorism
• Arthur Muntz (d. 1861) desertion
• Jacques Vincent Ogé (d. 1791) insurgency in Haiti
• Arndt Pekurinen (d. 1944) pacifism
• Viktor Pepelyayev (d. 1920)
• Atefeh Rajabi (Iran, September 17, 2004) sex with an older man
• Darrell Keith Rich
• Nicholas Ridley (b. 1555) heresy, political opponent
• Louis Riel (d. 1885) revolutionary
• Madame Roland (d. 1793) revolutionary
• Salem Ali Rubayyi (d. 1978)
• Sacco and Vanzetti (d. 1927), murder, revolutionaries
• Jaturun Siripongs
• Eddie Slovik (d. 1945) desertion
• Tiradentes (d. 1792) revolutionary
• Dick Turpin (d. 1739) robbery
• Van Tuong Nguyen, (d. 2005), drug trafficking

Groups: Lt. ... Iranian youths Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni on the scaffold. ... The Barlow and Chambers execution refers to the hanging of two Australian citizens, Kevin John Barlow and Brian Geoffrey Chambers, in Malaysias Pudu Prison in 1986 for the drug trafficking of 141. ... A portrait of Anne painted some years after her death. ... Colonel Robert Erskine (1735-1780) was the Geographer and Surveyor-General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. ... The Barlow and Chambers execution refers to the hanging of two Australian citizens, Kevin John Barlow and Brian Geoffrey Chambers, in Malaysias Pudu Prison in 1986 for the drug trafficking of 141. ... André Chénier André Marie Chénier (October 30, 1762 – July 25, 1794) was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution. ... Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 St. ... Olympe de Gouges (May 7, 1748 - November 3, 1793) (born Marie Gouze) was a playwright and journalist whose feminist writings reached a large audience. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 â€“ October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born physician, Marxist revolutionary, politician, and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... Miniature portrait of Catherine Howard by Hans Holbein the Younger Catherine Howard (1520/1525? - February 13, 1542) was the fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England 1540-1542, sometimes known as the rose without a thorn. ... Admiral Kolchak Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (Александр Васильевич Колчак in Russian) (November 4 (November 16 NS), 1874 – February 7, 1920) was a Russian naval commander and later head of part of the anti-Bolshevik White forces during the Russian Civil War. ... Mugshot of van der Lubbe Marinus van der Lubbe (January 13, 1909 – January 10, 1934) was a Dutch council communist accused of and executed for setting fire to the German Reichstag building on February 27, 1933, an event known as the Reichstag fire. ... Iranian youths Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni on the scaffold. ... Timothy McVeigh after his arrest in 1995 Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001), considered by the FBI an American domestic terrorist, was executed for his part in the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. ... Arthur Muntz (January 1839-July 21, 1861) was a confederate Soldier in the American Civil War who deserted from the war before being hunted down and shot by fellow confederate soldiers. ... Vincent Ogé, (c. ... Arndt Pekurinen (born August 29, 1905 in Helsinki, Finland; died November 5, 1941 in Suomussalmi, Finland) was a Finnish pacifist and conscientious objector. ... Atefeh Rajabi (1988 to August 15, 2004) was a 16 year old girl who was executed in Iran for allegedely having sex with an older man and for removing her hijab while arguing with her judge in court. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nicholas Ridley (died October 16, 1555) was an English clergyman. ... Louis Riel Louis David Riel (October 22, 1844 – November 16, 1885), was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. ... Mme Roland in a portrait by Adelaide Labille-Guiard, 1787 Viscountess Jeanne Marie Roland de la Platiere, born Manon Jeanne Philipon (March 17, 1754 – November 8, 1793), became the wife of Jean Marie Roland de la Platiere and is better known simply as Madame Roland. ... Salim Ali Rubayyi (1935-1978) was the head of state of South Yemen from 1969 to his death in 1978. ... Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left) and Nicola Sacco (right) Nicola Sacco (April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were two Italian anarchists, who were arrested, tried, and electrocuted in the American state of Massachusetts, on charges of murder of Frederick Parmenter, a shoe factory... Jaturun Jay Siripongs was convicted of robbery, burglary and murders of a manager and clerk at the market were he occassionally worked. ... Private Eddie Slovik Edward Donald Slovik (February 18, 1920 – January 31, 1945), was a private in the United States Army during World War II, and the first United States soldier to be executed for desertion since the American Civil War. ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | 1746 births | 1792 deaths | People stubs ... A 19th century illustration of Dick Turpin Richard (Dick) Turpin (born September 21, 1705 – executed April 7, 1739) is a legendary English bandit and the most famous historical highwayman. ... Van Tuong Nguyens mugshot Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyá»…n Tường Vân, baptised Caleb[1]) (17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005) was a Vietnamese Australian(born in Thailand) from Melbourne, Victoria, convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. ...

• On March 5, 1940, Stalin himself and other Soviet leaders signed the order to execute 25,700 Polish intelligentsia including 14,700 Polish prisoners of war.

• Concentration camps for Jews and other, "undesirables," also existed in Germany itself. Part of the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of the Jews of Europe and North Africa along with other groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and collaborators.

March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... A concentration camp is a large detention centre created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ...

See also

• Capital punishment
• Capital punishment in Canada
• Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China
• Capital punishment in India
• Capital punishment in New Zealand
• Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
• Capital punishment in the United States
• Lists of people
• List of people executed by the Tudors

// Capital Punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the State as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offenses. ... The only method used in Canada for capital punishment was hanging. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capital punishment is legal in India although rarely used. ... Capital punishment in New Zealand was abolished in 1989, and was last used in 1957. ... Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, now entirely abolished in all circumstances, has a long history, dating from before the modern United Kingdom actually existed. ... Capital punishment in the United States is officially sanctioned by 38 of the 50 states, as well as by the federal government. ... These are lists of people mentioned in articles. ... This is a list of people executed by the Tudors, it contains those executed by the state during the reign of the Tudors. ...

External link

• USA Executions and Victims since 1977