List of inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary






This is a list of notable inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. An inmate register reveals that there were 1576 prisoners in total which were held at Alcatraz during its time as a Federal Penitentiary, between 1934 and 1963, although figures reported have varied and some have stated it to be 1557.
List of notable prisoners
- Anglin Brothers and Frank Morris
 - Harvey Bailey
 - Eddie Bentz
 - Basil "The Owl" Banghart
 - Arthur "Doc" Barker
 - Albert Bates
 - James Boarman
 - Miran Edgar Thompson
 - Frankie Carbo
 - Harvey Carignan
 - John Paul Chase
 - Edward Doll
 - Erich Gimpel
 - Ed Wutke
 - Allen West
 - John Allen Kendrick
 - John Paul Scott
 - Kurt Frederick Ludwig
 - Verrill Rapp
 - Roy "Smiling Bandit" Gardner
 - Bernard "Barney" Coy
 - Joseph "Dutch" Bowers
 - Harold Brest
 - Wilhelm von Brincken
 - James "Whitey" Bulger
 - Al "Scarface" Capone
 - Clarence Carnes
 - Meyer "Mickey" Cohen
 - Theodore "Ted" Cole
 - Joseph Paul "Dutch" Cretzer
 - Volney "Curley" Davis
 - Herbert Allen "Deafy" Farmer
 - Rufus Franklin
 - Floyd Hamilton
 - Ellsworth Raymond "Bumpy" Johnson
 - Alvin Francis "Creepy" Karpavicz
 - Tomoya "Meatball" Kawakita
 - George Kelly Barnes
 - Thomas Robert Limerick
 - James Crittenton Lucas
 - John Knight Giles
 - Rafael Cancel Miranda
 - Rufus McCain
 - Rufe Persful
 - Burton Phillips
 - Ralph Roe
 - Harry Sawyer
 - Sam Shockley
 - Robert Simmons
 - Morton Sobell
 - Robert "Birdman of Alcatraz" Stroud
 - James John "Jim" Quillen[1]
 - James Edward Testerman[2]
 - Henri Young
 - Irving "Waxey Gordon" Wexler
 - Forrest "Woody" Tucker
 - John Elgin Johnson[3]
 - Robert Victor Luke[4]
 
References
- ^ "Inside Alcatraz: My Time on the Rock". 13 August 2019.
 - ^ "James Edward Testerman". 16 March 2025.
 - ^ "John Elgin Johnson". 16 March 2025.
 - ^ "Alcatraz Prisoner #1118AZ, Robert Victor Luke (1926-2017)". 13 August 2019.
 
External links
- Alphabetical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934-63, from Records of the Bureau of Prisons
 - Numerical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934-63, from alcatrazhistory.com
 
