John Adams

John Adams

male, deceased (1586)
executed under the Tudors, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, Tudor clergy, Tyburn, London, Rye, East Sussex, executed by hanging, drawing and quartering…execution
John Adams was a Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Winterbourne St Martin in Dorset at an unknown date (c. 1543?) and became a Protestant...
Execution Of Saddam Hussein

Execution Of Saddam Hussein

male
iraqi, Camp Cropper, Iraqi Special Tribunal, Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal, Capital punishment in Iraq, death by person…execution
Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging after being convicted of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal...
Thomas More

Thomas More

male, deceased (1535)
Roman Catholic, executed under the Tudors, from the City of London, English Renaissance humanist, Old Waynflete, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era…Execution at the Tower of London, execution
Thomas More Thomas More Thomas More had an education suited to a son of a gentleman, and seemed destined for the legal career mapped out by his...
Joan Of Arc

Joan Of Arc

female, deceased (1431)
hero, Roman Catholic, Christian heresy, beatified, canonization, executed under the Lancastrians…execution by burning, execution
Joan of Arc, or Jeanne d'Arc in French, (1412 - May 30, 1431) is a 15th century national heroine of France. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized...
Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn

female, deceased (1536)
1st Marchioness of Pembroke, Daughters of earl, The Tudors, wife, Incest, ca.…Execution at the Tower of London, execution
Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort of England, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (ca. 1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was the second wife of King Henry VIII and the mo...
Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh

male, deceased (1618)
poet, explorer, execution, "The Lost Colony", Roanoke Colony, governor of jersey
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552 or 1554 – 29 October, 1618), was a famed English writer, poet, courtier and explorer. He was responsible for es...
Guy Fawkes

Guy Fawkes

male, deceased (1606)
Roman Catholic, English, gunpowder plot, Parliament of England, assassinate, criminal…execution
Guy Fawkes (13 April 1570 - 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, was a member of a group of English Roman Catholics who attempted to carry...
Helen Prejean

Helen Prejean

female, 70 years old
Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, louisiana state penitentiary, death penalty, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, electrocution, Anti-death penalty activist…execution
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...
Ken Saro-Wiwa

Ken Saro-Wiwa

male, deceased (1995)
assassinated, execution, nonviolence, activist, Recipient of the Right Livelihood Award, executed
Kenule "Ken" Beeson Saro-Wiwa (October 10, 1941 - November 10, 1995) was a Nigerian author, television producer, and environmentalist. He was the...
Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey

female, deceased (1554)
Women of the Tudor period, executed under the Tudors, Pretenders to the throne of the kingdom of France, Princess Mary, Jane of England, Queen regnant…execution, Execution at the Tower of London
Lady Jane Grey, formally Jane of England, a grand-niece of Henry VIII of England, reigned as uncrowned Queen regnant of the Kingdom of England for...