John Hamilton

male, deceased (1571)
natural son, Illegitimacy, executed by hanging, James VI of Scotland, King James VI, Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland…execution
John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician, was a natural son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran. At a very early age he became a monk and...

William Taylor

male, deceased (1423)
executed under the Lancastrians, execution, Roman Catholic priest, excommunication, Lollards, English
William Taylor was a mediæval theologian and priest, executed as a Lollard. Nothing is known of Taylor's career before he named as Principal of St E...
Frances Newton

Frances Newton

female, deceased (2005)
convicted of murder, executions by the United States, executed by lethal injection, murderer, murderer of children, life insurance…execution
Frances Elaine Newton was an African-American woman who was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas for the April 7, 1987 murder of her...
Gilles de Rais

Gilles de Rais

male, deceased (1440)
serial killer, murderer of children, execution, infanticide, Crimes involving Satanism or the occult, Serial killers before 1900
Gilles de Rais (also spelled Retz was a French noble, soldier, and one time brother-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He was later accused and ultimately...
Jan Hus

Jan Hus

male, deceased (1415)
pope, Staroměstské náměstí, Czech language, John Paul II, Christian heresy, Charles University alumni…execution
Jan Hus (alternative spellings John Hus, Jan Huss, John Huss) (c. 1370 Husinec (Prachatice District), Bohemia - July 6, 1415 Konstanz, Germany) was...
Breaker Morant

Breaker Morant

male, deceased (1902)
British military personnel of the Boer War, executed by firing squad, British Army soldier, British Army, feature film, Afrikaner…execution
Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant was an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, and soldier whose renowned skill with horses earned him the nickname...
Richard Ramirez

Richard Ramirez

male, 49 years old
san quentin state prison, The Nightstalker, Ricardo "Richard" Muñoz Ramirez, prisoner sentenced to death, Satanist, Crimes involving Satanism or the occult…execution
Ricardo "Richard" Muñoz Ramirez aka The Nightstalker (born February 29, 1960 in El Paso, Texas) is a convicted serial killer awaiting execution on C...

John Ball

male, deceased (1381)
Rebel, executed under the Plantagenets, Lollards, English, execution, priest
John Ball (d. 15 July 1381) was an English Lollard priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
Imre Nagy

Imre Nagy

male, deceased (1958)
execution, hungarian, executed, comintern, Prime Minister of Hungary, politician
Imre Nagy was a Hungarian politician, appointed Prime Minister of Hungary on two occasions. Nagy's second term ended when his non-Soviet-backed...
Fred A. Leuchter

Fred A. Leuchter

male, 66 years old
lethal injection, Frederick A. (Fred) Leuchter, Jr, Leuchter report, gas chamber, Holocaust denier, testimony…execution
Frederick A. (Fred) Leuchter, Jr. is an American execution technician who rose to controversy for his testimony in defense of Holocaust denier...