This is a list of famous people who have died in prison. Not those who were executed as punishment of their crimes.

• Abu Abbas, (natural causes), 2004 - Militant
• Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Ulrike Meinhof, Holger Meins, and Jan Raspe, all members of the Red Army Faction; dates of death 1974 to 1977
• Steve Biko, 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist, died in transport between prisons
• Walter Breen, 1993 - American child molester
• Jeffrey Dahmer, (homicide), 1994 - American serial killer; beaten to death by a fellow inmate.
• Byron De La Beckwith, (heart attack), 2001 - American assassin
• Anthony Van Egmond, 1838 - Dutch war veteran and an early settler in the Huron Tract.
• John Gotti, (throat cancer), 2002 - American mafia boss.
• John Geoghan, (homicide), 2003 - Catholic priest and child molester
• Rudolf Hess, (suicide), 1987 - Nazi.
• Myra Hindley, (lung cancer), 2002 - British serial killer.
• Ronald Kray, 1994 - British gangster, twin brother of Reginald Kray
• Richard Loeb, American murderer
• Lee Harvey Oswald, charged with the murder of John F. Kennedy; killed by Jack Ruby.
• Bobby Sands, (hunger strike), 1981 - Irish republican.
• Harold Shipman, (suicide), 2004 - British doctor, who killed many of his patients.
• Fred West, (suicide), 1995 - Killed himself whilst awaiting trial for murder.

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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer who killed 17 men between 1978 and 1991 (with the majority of the murders occurring in 1991). ... Homicide is the killing of another human being by one or more others. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Byron De La Beckwith Byron De La Beckwith (1921-January 21, 2001) was an American white supremacist and the assassin of civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963 in Jackson, Mississippi. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jack Ruby murdered the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a very public manner. ... Anthony Jacob William Gysbert van Egmond (10 March 1778-5 January 1838) was a Dutch Napoleonic War veteran who was one of the early settlers in the Huron Tract. ... 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A tragic act of war - the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan during World War II War is a state of widespread conflict between states, organisations, or relatively large groups of people, which is characterised by the use of violent, physical force between combatants or upon civilians. ... A veteran refers to a person who is experienced in a particular area, particularly referring to people in the armed forces. ... John Gotti John Gotti (October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) (also known as The Dapper Don and The Teflon Don) was the boss of the Gambino crime family, New Yorks largest mafia family, and one of the most feared. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Mafia The Mafia, also referred to as La Cosa Nostra (Italian, variously translated as This Thing Of Ours or Our Thing), is the collective name of various secret organizations in Italy, Sicily, Corsica and the United States. ... Father John J. Geoghan (about 1935 - August 23, 2003) was a key figure in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandals that rocked the Boston Archdiocese in the 1990s and 2000s, and eventually led to the resignation of Bernard Cardinal Law on December 13, 2002. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rudolf Hess Rudolf Hess should not be confused with another prominent Nazi, Rudolf Höß (also spelled Höss or Hoess. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Moors murderer Myra Hindley Myra Hindley (July 23, 1942–November 15, 2002), known as the Moors Murderess, was born in Crumpsall in the English city of Manchester. ... The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ronald Kray (1933 - 1995) and Reginald Kray (1933 - 2000) were twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in London in the 1960s. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Gangsters are members of a professional crime organization, such as a gang or a mafia group. ... Fraternal twin boys in the tub The term twin most notably refers to two individuals (or one of two individuals) who have shared the same uterus (womb) and are usually, but not necessarily, born on the same day. ... Ronald Kray (1933 - 1995) and Reginald Kray (1933 - 2000) were twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders in London in the 1960s. ... Nathan Leopold (left) and Richard Loeb (center) under arrest Nathan Leopold, Jr. ... Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, according to the conclusions of two government investigations into the assassination. ... Order: 35th President Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson Term of office: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Date of birth: May 29, 1917 Place of birth: Brookline, Massachusetts Date of death: November 22, 1963 Place of death: Dallas, Texas First... Jack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald Jacob Leon Rubenstein, who later changed his name and was known as Jack Leon Ruby (March 25?, 1911 - January 3, 1967), a Dallas nightclub owner, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was arrested for the assassination... Robert George Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands (March 9, 1954–May 5, 1981) was an Irish republican who died on hunger strike in Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland. ... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr. Harold Shipman Harold Frederick (Fred) Shipman (January 14, 1946 – January 13, 2004) was a British general practitioner who was convicted of murdering 15 medical patients and is believed to have killed hundreds more, making him the most prolific serial killer in British history. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of wilfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Frederick Walter Stephen West (September 29, 1941 - January 1, 1995) was an English serial killer who, together with his wife Rosemary West, was responsible for the murder of at least twelve young women, many at the couples home in Gloucester, England. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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