Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite D'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers

female, deceased (1676)
Serial killers before 1900, torturevictim, Poisoners, pint, murderer, litre
Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers was a French poisoner. Madame de Brinvilliers was notorious for her gallantries and...
Wilhelm Canaris

Wilhelm Canaris

male, deceased (1945)
Recipient of the German Cross, Italo-German, From Westphalia, From dortmund, U-boat commander, Nazi concentration camp victim…torturevictim
Wilhelm Franz Canaris (January 1, 1887 - April 9, 1945) was a German admiral and head of the "Abwehr", the German military intelligence service,...
Alfredo Bravo

Alfredo Bravo

male, deceased (2003)
torturevictim, socialist, socialist party, disappeared, conscription, socialism…Victim of the Dirty War
Alfredo Bravo was an Argentine Socialist politician, teacher, leader of the teachers' union CTERA, human rights fighter, and legislator. Bravo was...

Antoine François Desrues

male, deceased (1777)
execution, revolution, Poison, French Revolution, ancien regime, hugo…torturevictim
Antoine François Desrues was a French poisoner. He was born at Chartres, of humble parents. He went to Paris to seek his fortune, and started in b...

Jöran Persson

male, deceased (1568)
torturevictim, executed by decapitation, execution, priest, executed, vyborg
Jöran Persson, alternatively Göran Persson, was King Eric XIV of Sweden's most trusted counsellor and head of the King's network of spies. He was wi...
James Robinson Risner

James Robinson Risner

male, 84 years old
Recipient of US Air Force Cross, American, shot-down aviator, Recipient of the Silver Star medal, American military, Korean War flying ace…torturevictim
James Robinson "Robbie" Risner (b. 1925) was one of the most accomplished fighter pilots in the history of the United States Air Force. He retired...

Jean Nguza Karl-I-Bond

male, deceased (2003)
Leuven alumni before 1968, ambassador to the United States, Dutch language, torturevictim, German, French
Jean Nguza Karl-i-Bond (August 4, 1938-July 27, 2003) was a prominent Zairian politician. Born in Musumba, Shaba province, a member of the Lunda...

John Gerard SJ

male, deceased (1637)
torturevictim, Tudor clergy, priest, Jesuit, English, The autobiography of an Elizabethan
John Gerard, S.J. (1564-1637) was an English Jesuit priest, operating surreptitiously during a period in which the Catholic Church was banned from...
Nicolae Cristea

Nicolae Cristea

male, deceased (1943)
torturevictim, World War II, romanian, French Resistance member, communist, captain
Nicolae Cristea was a Romanian communist, a volunteer in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and in the French Resistance...