Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

male, 76 years old
Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian... More

Richard Oakes

male, deceased (1972)
Richard Oakes was a Mohawk Native American activist who promoted the fundamental idea that Native peoples have a right to sovereignty, justice,... More

Johnny Wilson

male, 12 years old
Johnny Wilson (born c. 1996) is a competitive swimmer from Hillsborough, California. On October 102005, nine-year-old Johnny broke the world's... More

James A. Johnston

male, deceased (1953)
James A. Johnston (died 1953) was the first warden of Alcatraz prison. He was warden from 1934 to 1948. Ten of the fourteen escape attempts took... More
Adam Fortunate Eagle

Adam Fortunate Eagle

male
Adam Fortunate Eagle (born Adam Nordwall) is a hereditary member of the Ojibway Nation, and was the principal organizer of the 1969 to 1971... More

Floyd Hamilton

male
Floyd Hamilton worked for Bonnie and Clyde before being sent to Alcatraz. As soon as the couple were executed in 1934 he was sent to Alcatraz... More

Henri Young

male, 90 years old
Henry Young (born 1918) was a prisoner at Alcatraz who tried to escape with two other inmates, Arthur Barker and Rufus McCain and is best known for... More

Joseph Bowers

male, deceased (1936)
Joseph "Dutch" Bowers (December 13, 1896-April 27, 1936) was the first man to attempt an escape from Alcatraz prison. On 27 April, 1936, Bowers... More

Thomas R. Limerick

male, deceased (1938)
Thomas R. Limerick (died May 23, 1938) attempted to escape Alcatraz Island on the night of May 23, 1938. The Alcatraz prison guards started to... More
Jamila

Jamila

female, 23 years old (Alcatraz Island, California, United States)
MY NAME IS JAMILA AKA JAZZ, JASMINE, MILA JAY .... SO FOR ALL OF YOU WHO KNOW ME BY ONE OF THESE NAMES ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE THE SAME GIRL. I AM... More