William Kemmler

William Kemmler

male, deceased (1890)
William Kemmler (May 9, 1860 - August 6, 1890) of Buffalo, New York was the first person to be executed via electric chair. He had murdered Tillie...
Helen Prejean

Helen Prejean

female, 70 years old
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ (b. April 21, 1939, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Roman Catholic nun, one of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, who...
Harold P. Brown

Harold P. Brown

male
Harold Pitney Brown was the American inventor of the electric chair. He was hired by Thomas Edison to help develop the chair after he wrote an...

Elmo Patrick Sonnier

male, deceased (1984)
Elmo Patrick Sonnier (February 21, 1951 - April 5, 1984) was a convicted murderer and rapist who was executed by electrocution at Angola (correctly...
Grace Brown

Grace Brown

female, deceased (1906)
Grace M. Brown was an American shirt factory worker whose murder became the basis for the fictional character Roberta Alden in the Theodore Dreiser...
John Rostill

John Rostill

male, deceased (1973)
John Rostill (born John Henry Rostill, 16 June 1942, Kings Norton, Birmingham, England - died 26 November 1973) was a bass guitarist and composer,...
John Barnes Chance

John Barnes Chance

male, deceased (1972)
John Barnes Chance (November 20, 1932-August 16, 1972) was a composer, born in Beaumont, Texas. Chance studied composition with Clifton Williams at...
Ben W. Hooper

Ben W. Hooper

male, deceased (1957)
Ben Walter Hooper (1870-1957) was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1911 to 1915. Hooper, who was of illegitimate birth, spent part of...

Stacy Meyer

female, deceased (2000)
Stacy Grove Meyer (April 12 1979 - July 20 2000) was a member of the Church of Scientology who died from electrocution in an underground electrical...
Cary A. Hardee

Cary A. Hardee

male, deceased (1957)
Cary Augustus Hardee (November 13, 1876 - November 21, 1957) was the twenty-third governor of Florida. Born in Taylor County, Florida, he spent...