List of people who were executed
This list is categorised by the reason for execution and the year of the execution is included. When a person was sentenced to death for two or more different capital crimes they are listed multiple times.
Arson and sabotage
- Robert Benoist (1944)
 - Guy Biéler (1944)
 - Andrée Borrel (1944)
 - Madeleine Damerment (1944)
 - Gratien Fernando (1942)
 - William Grover-Williams (1945)
 - Johannes Lötter (1901)
 - Marinus van der Lubbe (1934)
 - Vuyisile Mini (1964)
 - Eliane Plewman (1944)
 - Richard Quirin (d, 1942)
 - Lilian Rolfe (1945)
 - Diana Rowden (1944)
 - Yvonne Rudelatt (1945)
 - Roméo Sabourin (1944)
 - Biswanath Sardar (1808)
 - Violette Szabo (1945)
 - Hannah Szenes (1944)
 
Assassination
- Mohammad Abdullah (1871) assassination of John Paxton Norman
 - Sher Ali Afridi (1872) assassination of Viceroy Lord Mayo
 - Pakhomy Andreyushkin (1887) conspiracy to assassinate Russian Emperor Alexander III
 - Narayan Apte (1949) assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
 - George Atzerodt (1865) assassination of US President Abraham Lincoln
 - Jean Bastien-Thiry (1963) attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle
 - John Bellingham (1812) assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval
 - Eliyahu Bet-Zuri (1945) assassination of Lord Moyne
 - Mehmet Arif Bey (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Pasha
 - Mehmed Cavid Bey (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Pasha
 - Mehmed Nâzım Bey (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Pasha
 - Ziya Hurşit Bey (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Pasha
 - Dmitry Bogrov (1911) assassination of Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin
 - Lee Bong-chang (1932) attempted assassination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito
 - Yun Bong-gil (1932) assassination of General Yoshinori Shirakawa
 - Charlotte Corday (1793) assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
 - Leon Czolgosz (1901) assassination of US President William McKinley
 - Madan Lal Dhingra (1909) assassination of William Hutt Curzon Wyllie
 - Albert Dovecar (1962) assassination of Police Commissaire Roger Gavoury
 - Reginald Dunne (1922) assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
 - Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj (1982) assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
 - John Felton (1628) assassination of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
 - Vasily Generalov (1887) conspiracy to assassinate Alexander III
 - Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, (1982) conspiracy to assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini
 - Nathuram Godse (1949) assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
 - Paul Gorguloff (1932) assassination of French President Paul Doumer
 - Charles Guiteau (1882) assassination of US President James A. Garfield
 - Abdul Khaliq Hazara (1933) assassination of Afghan King Mohammed Nadir Shah
 - Eliyahu Hakim (1945) assassination of Lord Moyne
 - David Herold (1865) assassination of Abraham Lincoln
 - Khalid al-Islambouli (1982) assassination of Anwar Sadat
 - Ivan Kalyayev (1905) assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
 - Lev Kamenev (1935) assassination of Sergei Kirov
 - Anant Laxman Kanhere (1909) assassination of Collector A. M. T. Jackson
 - Leonid Kannegisser (1918) assassination of Moisei Uritsky
 - Fanny Kaplan (1918) attempted assassination of Vladimir Lenin
 - Mirza Reza Kermani (1896) assassination of Iranian Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
 - Nikolai Kibalchich (1881) assassination of Russian Emperor Alexander II
 - Aleksandr Kvyatkovsky (1880) conspiracy to assassinate Alexander II
 - Kim Jae-gyu (1980) assassination of South Korean President Park Chung Hee
 - Vsevolod Lebedintsev (1908) conspiracy to assassinate Russian Minister of Justice Ivan Shcheglovitov
 - Roderigo Lopez (1595) attempted assassination of Queen Elizabeth I of England
 - Louis Pierre Louvel (1820) assassination of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry
 - Naseeruddin Mauzi (1920) assassination of Robert William Douglas Willoughby
 - Hafız Mehmet (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Pasha
 - Timofey Mikhailov (1881) assassination of Alexander II
 - Rajnarayan Mishra (1944) assassination of Robert William Douglas Willoughby
 - Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1975) assassination of king Faisal of Saudi Arabia
 - Leonid Nikolaev (1934) assassination of Sergei Kirov
 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski (1923) assassination of Polish President Gabriel Narutowicz
 - Felice Orsini (1858) attempted assassination of Emperor of the French Napoleon III
 - Vasili Osipanov (1887) conspiracy to assassinate Alexander III
 - Joseph O'Sullivan (1922) assassination of Sir Henry Wilson
 - Rüştü Pasha (1926) conspiracy to assassinate Mustafa Kemal Pasha
 - Sophia Perovskaya (1881) assassination of Alexander II
 - Peter, son of Töre (1198) assassination of Gertrude of Merania
 - Claude Piegts (1962) assassination of Roger Gavoury
 - Michael Piekarski (1620) attempted assassination of King Sigismund III
 - Otto Planetta (1934) assassination of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss
 - Lewis Powell (1865) conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln and attempted assassination of US Secretary of State William Seward
 - Sayyid Qutb (1966) conspiracy to assassinate Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser
 - François Ravaillac (1610) assassination of King Henry IV of France
 - Nikolai Rysakov (1881) assassination of Alexander II
 - Petr Shevyrev (1887) conspiracy to assassinate Alexander III
 - Beant Singh (1989) assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
 - Kehar Singh (1989) assassination of Indira Gandhi
 - Satwant Singh (1989) assassination of Indira Gandhi
 - Udham Singh (1940) assassination of Michael O'Dwyer
 - Friedrich Staps (1809) attempted assassination of Emperor Napoleon
 - Khalil Tahmasebi (1955) assassination of Iranian Prime Minister Ali Razmara
 - William Thomas (1554) conspiracy to assassinate Queen Mary I of England
 - U Saw (1948) assassination of Aung San
 - Harikishan Talwar (1931) attempted assassination of Sir Geoffrey de Montmorency
 - Nguyen Van Troi (1964) attempted assassination of Robert McNamara and future ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
 - Mary Surratt (1865) assassination of Abraham Lincoln
 - Aleksandr Ulyanov (1887) conspiracy to assassinate Alexander III
 - Auguste Vaillant (1894) attempted assassination of members of the French Chamber of Deputies
 - Huang Yiguang (1940) attempted assassination of Wang Jingwei
 - Giuseppe Zangara (1933) assassination of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak
 - Andrei Zhelyabov (1881) assassination of Alexander II
 
Espionage
- Jack Agazarian (1945)
 - James J. Andrews (1862)
 - Yolande Beekman (1944)
 - Robert Benoist (1944)
 - Guy Biéler (1944)
 - Denise Bloch (1945)
 - Carmelo Borg Pisani (1942)
 - Andrée Borrel (1944)
 - Roger Casement (1916)
 - Madeleine Damerment (1944)
 - Gratien Fernando (1942)
 - Sasha Fillipov (1942)
 - William Grover-Williams (1945)
 - Nathan Hale (1776)
 - Mata Hari (1917)
 - Noor Inyat Khan (1944)
 - Josef Jakobs (1941)
 - Cecily Lefort (1945)
 - Vera Leigh (1944)
 - Carl Hans Lody (1914)
 - John Kenneth Macalister (1944)
 - Karl Heinrich Meier (1940)
 - Gilbert Norman (1944)
 - Sonia Olschanezky (1944)
 - John Pendlebury (1941)
 - Frank Pickersgill (1944)
 - Eliane Plewman (1944)
 - Richard Quirin (d, 1942)
 - Karel Richard Richter (1941)
 - Lilian Rolfe (1945)
 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
 - Diana Rowden (1944)
 - Yvonne Rudelatt (1945)
 - Roméo Sabourin (1944)
 - Heba Selim (1974)
 - Suzanne Spaak (1944)
 - Violette Szabo (1945)
 - Hannah Szenes (1944)
 - Josef Waldberg (1940)
 
Firearm offences
- Chang Bock Eng (1980)
 - Jimmy Chua Chap Seng (1989)
 - Botak Chin (1980)
 - Khor Kok Soon (2006)
 - Lim Chwee Soon (1997)
 - Lim Kok Yew (1984)
 - Lim Thian Lai (2006)
 - Ng Theng Shuang (1995)
 - Ong Yeow Tian (1994)
 - Sha Bakar Dawood (1976)
 - Talib Haji Hamzah (1977)
 - Tan Chor Jin (2009)
 - Tay Cher Kiang (1980)
 - Tay Chin Wah (2001)
 - Teo Cheng Leong (1971)
 
Military and civil conflicts, insurrections, and coups d'état
Ancient Times (pre AD 500)
- Demetrius (330 BC)
 - Panyassis (454 BC)
 - Cleopatra Selene of Syria (69 BC)
 - Longinus of Selinus (498)
 
Pre-Modern Era (500-1500)
- Conradin (1268)
 - Constantine I of Georgia (1412)
 - Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1283)
 - Wen Tianxiang (1283)
 - David of Trebizond (1463)
 - William Wallace (1305)
 
Early Modern Era (1500–1800)
- Marie Antoinette (1793)
 - Madame du Barry (1793)
 - Micaela Bastidas (1781)
 - Frei Caneca (1825)
 - Ștefan Cantacuzino (1716)
 - King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1649)
 - Cuauhtémoc (1525)
 - Daskalogiannis (1771)
 - György Dózsa (1514)
 - Jean-Michel Duroy (1795)
 - Madame Elisabeth (1793)
 - Matija Gubec (1573)
 - Kryštof Harant (1621)
 - Wijard Jelckama (1523)
 - Matthew Keogh (1798)
 - Jan Sladký Kozina (1695)
 - King Louis XVI of France (1793)
 - Jacques Vincent Ogé (1791)
 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1619)
 - Jöran Persson (1568)
 - Maximilien Robespierre (1794)
 - Crown Prince Sado (1762)
 - Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1794)
 - Tiradentes (1792)
 - Dun Mikiel Xerri (1799)
 
19th century
- Abushiri (1889)
 - John Brown (1859)
 - Federico Fernández Cavada (1871)
 - Athanasios Diakos (1821)
 - Tsanko Dyustabanov (1876)
 - Robert Emmet (1803)
 - Charles Hindelang (1839)
 - Andreas Hofer (1810)
 - Agustín de Iturbide (1823)
 - Georgi Izmirliev (1876)
 - Hermann Jellinek (1848)
 - Peer Ali Khan (1857)
 - François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier (1839)
 - Muhammad Ali Madali (1898)
 - Maximilian of Mexico (1867)
 - Miguel Miramón (1867)
 - Francisco Morazán (1842)
 - Joachim Murat (1815)
 - Bhima Nayak (1876)
 - Hassan bin Omari (1895)
 - Gabriel Prosser (1800)
 - Mateo Pumacahua (1815)
 - José Rizal (1896)
 - Thomas Russell (1803)
 - Biswanath Sardar (1808)
 - Ram Baksh Singh (1857)
 - Hong Tianguifu (1864)
 - William Walker (1860)
 - Henry Wirz (1865)
 
1900s
- Peter Handcock (1902)
 - Harry "Breaker" Morant (1902)
 - Gideon Scheepers (1902)
 
1910s
- Mehmed Kemâl Bey (1919)
 - Éamonn Ceannt (1916)
 - Cornelius "Con" Colbert (1916)
 - James Connolly (1916)
 - Thomas Clarke (1916)
 - Edward Daly (1916)
 - Seán Heuston (1916)
 - Eugen Leviné (1919)
 - John MacBride (1916)
 - Seán Mac Diarmada (1916)
 - Thomas MacDonagh (1916)
 - Michael Mallin (1916)
 - Nicholas II and family (1918)
 - Michael O'Hanrahan (1916)
 - Patrick Pearse (1916)
 - William Pearse (1916)
 - Joseph Plunkett (1916)
 - Pavel Poltoratskiy (1918)
 
1920s
- Kevin Barry (1920)
 - Vue Pa Chay (1921)
 - Hasan Hayri (1925)
 - Aleksandr Kolchak (1920)
 - Maurice Moore (1921)
 - Sheikh Said (1925)
 
1930s
- Ibrahim Bek (1931)
 - Tarakeswar Dastidar (1934)
 - Amada García (1938)
 - Umar al-Mukhtar (1931)
 - Seyid Riza (1937)
 - Surya Sen (1934)
 - Lý Tự Trọng (1931)
 
1940s
- Ion Antonescu (1946)
 - Eugen Bolz (1945)
 - Kurt Daluege (1946)
 - Alois Eliáš (1942)
 - Bogdan Filov (1945)
 - Hans Frank (1946)
 - Wilhelm Frick (1946)
 - Amon Göth (1946)
 - Arthur Greiser (1946)
 - Irma Grese (1945)
 - Alfred Jodl (1946)
 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1946)
 - Wilhelm Keitel (1946)
 - Komarudin (1949)
 - Pierre Laval (1945)
 - Draža Mihailović (1946)
 - Arndt Pekurinen (1944)
 - Vidkun Quisling (1945)
 - Joachim von Ribbentrop (1946)
 - Alfred Rosenberg (1946)
 - Fritz Sauckel (1946)
 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1946)
 - Eddie Slovik (1945)
 - Julius Streicher (1946)
 - Ferenc Szálasi (1946)
 - Jozef Tiso (1947)
 - Hideki Tōjō (1948)
 - Tomoyuki Yamashita (1946)
 
1950s
- King Faisal II of Iraq (1958)
 - Dedan Kimathi (1957)
 - Moshe Marzouk (1955)
 - Larbi Ben M'hidi (1957)
 - Imre Nagy (1958)
 - Evagoras Pallikarides (1957)
 
1960s
- Adolf Eichmann (1962)
 - Ernesto Guevara (1967)
 - Évariste Kimba (1966)
 - Patrice Lumumba (1961)
 - Adnan Menderes (1961)
 - Hasan Polatkan (1961)
 - Chris Soumokil (1966)
 - Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (1961)
 
1970s
- Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong (1979)
 - Salim Rubai Ali (1978)
 - Akwasi Afrifa (1979)
 - Fred Akuffo (1979)
 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1979)
 - Long Boret (1975)
 - Francisco Caamaño (1973)
 - Amir Abbas Hoveida (1979)
 - Endelkachew Makonnen (1974)
 - Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1977)
 - Sisowath Sirik Matak (1975)
 - Francisco Macías Nguema (1979)
 
1980s
- Hameed Baloch (1981)
 - Maurice Bishop (1983)
 - Elena Ceaușescu (1989)
 - Nicolae Ceaușescu (1989)
 - Diarra Traoré (1985)
 - Henri Zongo (1989)
 
Since 1990
- Saddam Hussein (2006)
 - Ahmad Ibrahim al-Sayyid al-Naggar (2000)
 - Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim (1995)
 
Murder
- Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik (1996)
 - Shaiful Edham bin Adam (1999)
 - Ariffin Agas (2002)
 - Jack Alderman (2008)
 - Clarence Ray Allen (2006) most recent execution in California
 - Peter Anthony Allen (1964) one of the last two executions in the UK
 - Johan Alfred Ander (1910) last execution in Sweden
 - Sunny Ang (1967)
 - James Arcene (1885)
 - Ahmad Najib Aris (2016)
 - Herbert Rowse Armstrong (1922)
 - Hesham Ashmawy (2020)
 - Hıdır Aslan (1984) last execution in Turkey
 - James Autry (1984)
 - Jean-Charles-Alphonse Avinain (1867)
 - Manny Babbitt (1999)
 - Billy Bailey (1996)
 - Wesley Baker (2005) last execution in Maryland
 - John Battaglia (2018)
 - Jereboam O. Beauchamp (1826)
 - Noah Beauchamp (1842)
 - Grete Beier (1908) last woman publicly executed in the Kingdom of Saxony
 - Derek Bentley (1953) pardoned
 - Rodney Berget (2018)
 - Brandon Bernard (2020)
 - Wilford Berry Jr. (1999) first post-Gregg execution in Ohio
 - Bhabani Prasad Bhattacharya (1935)
 - Manoranjan Bhattacharya (1932)
 - Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya (1933)
 - Kenneth Biros (2009) also rape, robbery, and sexual penetration
 - Jesse Bishop (1979) first post-Gregg execution in Nevada
 - Ramakrishna Biswas (1931)
 - Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé (1851)
 - Gerald Bordelon (2010)
 - Charu Chandra Bose (1909)
 - Khudiram Bose (1908)
 - Alfred Bourgeois (2020)
 - Charles Brooks Jr. (1982) first post-Gregg execution in Texas
 - Cal Coburn Brown (2010) last execution in Washington
 - Claude Buffet (1972)
 - Ted Bundy (1989)
 - Henry John Burnett (1963) last execution in Scotland
 - Edwin Bush (1961)
 - Elizabeth Butchill (1780)
 - Frederick Bywaters (1923)
 - Charles Campbell (1994)
 - Jérôme Carrein (1977)
 - Beatrice Cenci (1599)
 - Brajakishore Chakraborty (1934)
 - Marco Allen Chapman (2008) most recent execution in Kentucky
 - Dhananjoy Chatterjee (2004)
 - Michael David Clagett (2000)
 - Botak Chin (1981)
 - Andrew Chou Hock Guan (1975)
 - David Chou Hock Heng (1975)
 - Pramod Ranjan Choudhury (1926)
 - Styllou Christofi (1954)
 - James Lee Clark (2007)
 - Terry D. Clark (2001) first post-Gregg execution in New Mexico and last execution in New Mexico
 - Robert Glen Coe (2000) first post-Gregg execution in Tennessee
 - Wilbert Coffin (1956)
 - Charles Coleman (1990) first post-Gregg execution in Oklahoma
 - Robert Dale Conklin (2005)
 - Flor Contemplación (1995)
 - James Copeland (1857)
 - Frank J. Coppola (1982) first post-Gregg execution in Virginia
 - James Corbitt (1950)
 - Joseph Corcoran (2024)
 - Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (1910)
 - Ba Cụt (1956)
 - Gary Lee Davis (1997) first post-Gregg execution in Colorado and last execution in Colorado
 - David Thomas Dawson (2006) most recent execution in Montana
 - John Dickman (1910)
 - Hamida Djandoubi (1977) last execution in France
 - Samuel Herbert Dougal (1903)
 - Mrigendra Dutta (1933)
 - Ruth Ellis (1955) last woman executed in the UK
 - Gwynne Owen Evans (1964) one of the last two executions in the UK
 - John Louis Evans (1983) first post-Gregg execution in Alabama
 - Timothy Evans (1950) pardoned
 - Jason Fairbanks (1801)
 - Mona Fandey (2001)
 - Samuel Flippen (2006) most recent execution in North Carolina
 - Edmond Foley (1921)
 - Francis Forsyth (1960)
 - Francisco (1876) last execution in Brazil (former Empire of Brazil)
 - Sidney Harry Fox (1930)
 - Robert Alan Fratta (2023)
 - John Wayne Gacy (1994)
 - Ronnie Lee Gardner (2010)
 - Micheal Anak Garing (2019)
 - Juan Garza (2001)
 - Nirmal Jibon Ghosh (1934)
 - Gary Gilmore (1977) first post-Gregg execution in Utah and in the United States
 - Lewis Eugene Gilbert (2003)
 - Barbara Graham (1955)
 - John Grant (2021)
 - Jimmy Lee Gray (1983) first post-Gregg execution in Mississippi
 - Carey Dale Grayson (2024)
 - Oswald Grey (1962)
 - Biren Datta Gupta (1910)
 - Dinesh Gupta (1931)
 - Orlando Cordia Hall (2020)
 - James Hanratty (1962)
 - Donald Harding (1992) first post-Gregg execution in Arizona
 - Frederick John Harris (1965)
 - Robert Alton Harris (1992) first post-Gregg execution in California
 - Bruno Hauptmann (1936)
 - Haw Tua Tau (1982)
 - Neville Heath (1946)
 - Gary M. Heidnik (1999) most recent execution in Pennsylvania
 - Dustin Higgs (2021) most recent execution by the United States federal government
 - Joe Hill (1915)
 - Paul Jennings Hill (2003)
 - Taberon Honie (2024) most recent execution in Utah
 - Murray Hooper (2022)
 - Mark Hopkinson (1992) first post-Gregg execution in Wyoming and last execution in Wyoming
 - Walter Horsford (1898)
 - Took Leng How (2006)
 - James W. Hutchins (1984) first post-Gregg execution in North Carolina
 - James Inglis (1951)
 - Paul Irniger (1939)
 - Kho Jabing (2016)
 - Mohammed Ali bin Johari (2008)
 - Corey Johnson (2021)
 - Ernest Lee Johnson (2021)
 - Shannon Johnson (2012) last execution in Delaware
 - Louis Jones Jr. (2003)
 - Quintin Jones (2021)
 - Juliana (ca. 1542)
 - Muhammad Kadar (2015)
 - Michalis Karaolis (1956)
 - İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1973)
 - Marvallous Keene (2009)
 - Ned Kelly (1880) and armed robbery
 - William Kemmler (1890)
 - Thomas Kent (1916)
 - Charles Kerins (1944)
 - Karl-Otto Koch (1945)
 - François Claudius Koenigstein (1892)
 - S. Nagarajan Kuppusamy (1999)
 - Pierre François Lacenaire (1836)
 - LaGrand brothers (1999)
 - Lela Pandak Lam (1877)
 - Donnie Cleveland Lance (2020)
 - Jeffrey Landrigan (2010)
 - Terry Langford (1998)
 - Lau Lee Peng (2000)
 - William Emmett LeCroy Jr. (2020)
 - Daniel Lewis Lee (2020)
 - Ledell Lee (2017)
 - Antoine Léger (1824)
 - Leong Siew Chor (2007)
 - Anthony Ler (2002)
 - Teresa Lewis (2010)
 - José Gregorio Liendo (1973)
 - Adrian Lim (1988) notorious child killer in Singapore
 - Lim Chin Chong (1998)
 - Peter Lim Swee Guan (1975)
 - Raymond Lisenba (1942) last execution by hanging in California
 - Clayton Lockett (2014)
 - Howard Long (1939) last execution in New Hampshire
 - Theerasak Longji (2018) most recent execution in Thailand
 - Johannes Lötter (1901)
 - Arthur Lucas (1962) one of the last two executions in Canada
 - Daryl Mack (2006) most recent execution in Nevada
 - Patrick Maher (1921)
 - Solomon Mahlangu (1979)
 - Mahsuri (1819)
 - Kelvin Malone (1999)
 - Mampuru II (1883)
 - Michael Manning (1954) last execution in the Republic of Ireland
 - Leslie Dale Martin (2002)
 - Jason Massey (2001)
 - Robert Lee Massie (2001)
 - Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1952) pardoned
 - Robert McGladdery (1961) last execution in Northern Ireland
 - Dennis McGuire (2014)
 - Duncan McKenzie (1995) first post-Gregg execution in Montana
 - Harold McQueen Jr. (1997) first post-Gregg execution in Kentucky
 - Daisy de Melker (1932)
 - George Mercer (1989) first post-Gregg execution in Missouri
 - Louisa May Merrifield (1953)
 - Anthony Miller (1960) last teenager executed in the UK
 - Vuyisile Mini (1964)
 - Lezmond Mitchell (2020)
 - Anantahari Mitra (1926)
 - Benjamin Moloise (1985)
 - Lisa Marie Montgomery (2021)
 - Thomas Hartley Montgomery (1873) only Irish policeman sentenced to death for murder
 - Carey Dean Moore (2018) most recent execution in Nebraska
 - Harry Charles Moore (1997) most recent execution in Oregon
 - Patrick Moran (1921)
 - William Morva (2017) last execution in Virginia
 - Leon Moser (1995)
 - Norishyam s/o Mohamed Ali (1999)
 - Shukri Mustafa (1978)
 - Mun Se-gwang (1974)
 - Khwan-On Natthaphon (2002)
 - Keith Dwayne Nelson (2020)
 - Hester Rebecca Nepping (1812)
 - Susan Newell (1923) last woman executed in Scotland
 - Solomon Ngobeni (1989) last execution in South Africa
 - Oh Laye Koh (1995)
 - Harold Lamont Otey (1994) first post-Gregg execution in Nebraska
 - Gary Otte (2017)
 - Freddie Eugene Owens (2024)
 - Elijah Page (2007) first post-Gregg execution in South Dakota
 - Anath Bondhu Panja (1933)
 - Zsiga Pankotia (1961)
 - Russell Pascoe (1963)
 - Ronald Phillips (2017)
 - Harry Pierpont (1934)
 - Guenther Podola (1959) last execution in the UK for the murder of a policeman
 - Victor Prévost (1880)
 - Wesley Ira Purkey (2020)
 - Willie James Pye (2024)
 - Christian Ranucci (1976)
 - Kanesan Ratnam (2003)
 - Charles Rhines (2019) most recent execution in South Dakota
 - Paul Ezra Rhoades (2011)
 - Joseph Riaud (1876)
 - James Terry Roach (1986)
 - Alfred Rouse (1931)
 - Ramkrishna Roy (1934)
 - Buck Ruxton (1936)
 - Sacco and Vanzetti (1927)
 - Gopinath Saha (1924)
 - Ahmed Salim (2024)
 - August Sangret (1943)
 - Utuwankande Sura Saradiel (1864) and armed robbery
 - Richard Schuh (1949)
 - Jay D. Scott (2001)
 - Frederick Seddon (1912)
 - Joseph Carl Shaw (1985) first post-Gregg execution in South Carolina
 - Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1760)
 - Baikuntha Shukla (1934)
 - Roshan Singh (1927)
 - Bhagat Singh (1931)
 - Sukhdev (1931)
 - Shivaram Rajguru (1931)
 - Ahmad Isma'il 'Uthman Saleh (2000)
 - Võ Thị Sáu (1952)
 - Boysie Singh (1957)
 - Jaturun Siripongs (1999)
 - James Smith (1962)
 - James Edward Smith (1990)
 - John Eldon Smith (1983) first post-Gregg execution in Georgia
 - Kenneth Eugene Smith (2024) first execution by nitrogen hypoxia
 - Sandra Smith (1989) last woman executed in South Africa
 - John Spenkelink (1979) first post-Gregg execution in Florida
 - John Frederick Stockwell (1934)
 - Robert Austin Sullivan (1983)
 - John Edward Swindler (1990) first post-Gregg execution in Arkansas
 - Tan Chee Wee (2004)
 - Tan Kheng Ann (1965) mastermind of the Pulau Senang prison riots, which led to four murders of prison officers and the subsequent executions of Tan and 17 other rioters
 - Teo Boon Ann (1990)
 - Teo Kim Hong (1996)
 - Steven Ray Thacker (2013)
 - John Thanos (1994) first post-Gregg execution in Maryland
 - Edith Thompson (1923)
 - Thomas Martin Thompson (1998)
 - Norman Thorne (1925)
 - Maksa Tohaiee (1993)
 - Too Yin Sheong (1999)
 - Thomas Traynor (1921)
 - Karla Faye Tucker (1998)
 - Ronald Turpin (1962) one of the last two executions in Canada
 - Robert Van Hook (2018) most recent execution in Ohio
 - William Vandiver (1985)
 - Christopher Vialva (2020)
 - Hans Vollenweider (1940) last execution in Switzerland
 - Charles Walker (1990) first post-Gregg execution in Illinois
 - Berthold Wehmeyer (1949)
 - Keith Wells (1994) first post-Gregg execution in Idaho
 - Thomas Whelan (1921)
 - Jerry White (1995)
 - Alfred Charles Whiteway (1953)
 - Dennis Whitty (1963)
 - Keith Daniel Williams (1996)
 - Marcel Wayne Williams (2017)
 - Robert E. Williams (1997)
 - Robert Wayne Williams (1983) first post-Gregg execution in Louisiana
 - Thomas Williams (1942)
 - Rhoda Willis (1907) last woman executed in Wales
 - Mimi Wong, the first female offender to be executed in Singapore since its independence in 1965 (1973)
 - Joseph Wood (2014)
 - Nathaniel Woods (2020)
 - Ronald Woomer (1990)
 - Eric Wrinkles (2009)
 - Edmund Zagorski (2018)
 - Keith Zettlemoyer (1995) first post-Gregg execution in Pennsylvania
 - William G. Zuern Jr. (2004)
 
Mass murder
- Floyd Allen (1913)
 - Ali Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim (2008)
 - Fritz Angerstein (1925)
 - Annice (1828)
 - Shoko Asahara (2018)
 - Bai Ningyang (2006)
 - Peter Barnes (1940)
 - Michael Barrett (1868) last public execution in the UK
 - Bangla Bhai (2007)
 - Dominick Bodkin (1740)
 - Bernard Bolender (1995)
 - Vernon Booher (1929)
 - Lester Bower (2015)
 - Earl Bramblett (2003)
 - Arthur Brown Jr. (2023)
 - John Brown (1859)
 - Richard Burgess (1866)
 - Abel Clemmons (1806)
 - Robert Raymond Cook (1960)
 - William Cook (1952)
 - Manuel Martínez Coronado (1998)
 - Ditbardh and Josef Cuko (1992)
 - Frederick Bailey Deeming (1892)
 - Marion Butler Dudley (2006)
 - Seiichi Endo (2018)
 - Samuel Ferguson (1865)
 - Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1836)
 - Marvin Francois (1985)
 - James Governor (1901)
 - Jack Gilbert Graham (1957)
 - Joseph-Albert Guay (1951)
 - Joseph Hamilton (1906)
 - Robert Wayne Harris (2012)
 - George Hassell (1928)
 - Olga Hepnarová (1975)
 - Richard Hickock (1965)
 - Kenichi Hirose (2018)
 - Daniel Hittle (2000)
 - Daryl Holton (2007)
 - Dustin Honken (2020)
 - Hsu Tung-chih (1984)
 - Huda bin Abdul Haq (2008)
 - Yoshihiro Inoue (2018)
 - Jin Ruchao (2001)
 - Steven Judy (1981) first post-Gregg execution in Indiana
 - Ajmal Kasab (2012)
 - Marcin Kasprzak (1905)
 - Toivo Koljonen (1943)
 - James Lammers (1952)
 - John D. Lee (1877)
 - Vladimír Lulek (1989)
 - Jeffrey Lundgren (2006)
 - Vassilis Lymberis (1972) last execution in Greece
 - Ma Jiajue (2004)
 - Wiremu Kīngi Maketū (1842)
 - David Dene Martin (1985)
 - Zainuzzaman Mohamad Jasadi (2001)
 - Luis Monge (1967)
 - James McCormick (1940)
 - Timothy McVeigh (2001) first post-Gregg execution by the United States federal government
 - Anatoly Nagiyev (1981)
 - Mohammad Ahman al-Naziri (1997)
 - Jay Wesley Neill (2002)
 - Tomomitsu Niimi (2018)
 - John Filip Nordlund (1900) last execution by axe in Sweden
 - Kazuaki Okazaki (2018)
 - Carl Panzram (1930)
 - Marguerite Pitre (1953)
 - Gilbert Postelle (2022)
 - Saeed al-Qashash (1999)
 - Giannis and Thymios Retzos (1930)
 - Généreux Ruest (1952)
 - Imam Samudra (2008)
 - Shi Yuejun (2008)
 - Andrey Shpagonov (1995)
 - George David Silva (1912)
 - Ronald Gene Simmons (1990)
 - Clay King Smith (2001)
 - Perry Smith (1965)
 - Roger Dale Stafford (1995)
 - Mamoru Takuma (2004)
 - Abraham Thomas (1958)
 - Masami Tsuchiya (2018)
 - Wang Binyu (2005)
 - Wang Xiwen (1981)
 - Coy Wayne Wesbrook (2016)
 - William James Williams (2005)
 - Hastings Arthur Wise (2005)
 - Yan Yanming (2005)
 - Yang Jia (2008)
 - Yang Zanyun (2019)
 - Thomas Young (1959)
 - Andrew Zondo (1986)
 
Serial killers
- Frank Abbandando (1942) contract killer
 - Zaven Almazyan (1973) known as "the Voroshilovgrad Maniac"
 - Diogo Alves (1841) known as "the Aqueduct Murderer"
 - Klaas Annink (1775) known as "Huttenkloas"
 - Stephen Wayne Anderson (2002)
 - Velma Barfield (1984)
 - Donald Beardslee (2005)
 - Martha Beck (1951) known as one of the "Lonely Hearts Killers"
 - Oleksandr Berlizov (1972) known as "the Night Demon"
 - Mohammed Bijeh (2005) known as "the Vampire of the Tehran Desert"
 - Jake Bird (1949) known as "the Tacoma Axe Murderer"
 - Oscar Ray Bolin (2016)
 - William Bonin (1996)
 - Gary Ray Bowles (2019)
 - Judy Buenoano (1998) known as "the Black Widow"
 - Ted Bundy (1989)
 - Frank Carter (1927) known as "the Phantom Sniper"
 - Augustine Chacon (1902) known as "the Hairy One"
 - Oba Chandler (2011)
 - George Chapman (1903)
 - Gao Chengyong (2019) known as "the Gansu Ripper"
 - The Chijon family (1995) a South Korean gang
 - Andrei Chikatilo (1994) known as "the Butcher of Rostov"
 - John Christie (1953)
 - Eric Edgar Cooke (1964) known as "the Night Caller"
 - Thomas Neill Cream (1892) known as "the Lambeth Poisoner"
 - Gordon Cummins (1942) known as "the Blackout Ripper"
 - Sarah Dazley (1843) known as "the Potton Poisoner"
 - Williamina "Minnie" Dean (1895) only woman executed in New Zealand
 - Westley Allan Dodd (1993) first post-Gregg execution in Washington
 - Martin Dumollard (1862) known as "the Monster of Montluel"
 - Theodore Durrant (1898) known as "the Demon in the Belfry"
 - Amelia Dyer (1896) known as "the Ogress of Reading"
 - John Errol Ferguson (2013)
 - Raymond Fernandez (1951) known as one of the "Lonely Hearts Killers"
 - Albert Fish (1936) known as "the Brooklyn Vampire"
 - Joseph Paul Franklin (2013)
 - John Wayne Gacy (1994) known as "the Killer Clown"
 - Gilles Garnier (1573) known as "the Werewolf of Dole"
 - Carlton Gary (2018) known as "the Stocking Strangler"
 - Donald Henry Gaskins (1991) known as "the Redneck Charles Manson"
 - Harvey Glatman (1959) known as "the Glamour Girl Slayer"
 - Sergey Golovkin (1996) known as "the Boa", last execution in Russia
 - Fritz Haarmann (1925) known as "the Butcher of Hanover"
 - John George Haigh (1949) known as "the Acid Bath Murderer"
 - Saeed Hanaei (2002) known as "the Spider Killer"
 - William Henry Hance (1994) known as "the Force of Evil"
 - Robert Dale Henderson (1993)
 - H. H. Holmes (1896)
 - Yuri Ivanov (1989) known as "the Ust-Kamenogorsk Maniac"
 - Thomas Jeffrey (1826) known as "Jeffries the Monster"
 - Hélène Jégado (1852)
 - Jack Harold Jones (2017)
 - John Joubert (1996) known as "the Woodford Slasher"
 - Willi Kimmritz (1950) perpetrator of the "Horror of the Brandenburg Forest" murders
 - Yoshio Kodaira (1949) known as "the Japanese Bluebeard"
 - Andrew Kokoraleis (1999) last execution in Illinois
 - Vasili Komaroff (1923) known as "the Wolf of Moscow"
 - Peter Kürten (1931) known as "the Vampire of Düsseldorf"
 - Henri Désiré Landru (1922) known as "the Bluebeard of Gambais"
 - Eddie Leonski (1942) known as "the Brownout Strangler"
 - Gamal Lineveldt (1941)
 - Robert Joseph "Bobby Joe" Long (2019) known as "the Adman Rapist"
 - John Lynch (1842) known as "the Berrima Axe Murderer"
 - Hiroshi Maeue (2009) known as "the Suicide Website Murderer"
 - Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour (2010)
 - Peter Manuel (1958) known as "the Beast of Birkenshaw"
 - Saad Iskandar Abdel Masih (1953)
 - David Mason (1993)
 - Hanafi Mat Hassan (2008)
 - Vladislav Mazurkievitz (1957) known as "the Gentleman Killer"
 - Daisy de Melker (1932)
 - Igor Mirenkov (1996) perpetrator of the "Svetlogorsk Nightmare" murders
 - Tsutomu Miyazaki (2008) known as "the Otaku Murderer"
 - Stanislav Modzelevski (1969) known as "the Vampire of Galkovek"
 - Catherine Montvoisin (1680) known as "La Voisin"
 - Elifasi Msomi (1956)
 - Seisaku Nakamura (1943) known as "the Hamamatsu Deaf Killer"
 - Earle Nelson (1928) known as "the Dark Strangler"
 - Robert Nixon (1939) known as "Brick Moron"
 - Gordon Stewart Northcott (1930) known as "the Ape Man"
 - Paul Ogorzow (1941) known as "the S-Bahn Murderer"
 - Manuel "Manny" Pardo (2012)
 - Steven Brian Pennell (1992) known as "the Route 40 Killer", first post-Gregg execution in Delaware
 - Marcel Petiot (1946)
 - Thomas W. Piper (1876) known as "the Boston Belfry Murderer"
 - Harry Powers (1932) known as "the Bluebeard of West Virginia"
 - Alfredo Prieto (2015)
 - Marion Albert Pruett (1999) known as "the Mad Dog"
 - Iskandar Rahmat (2025)
 - Gilles de Rais (1440) known as "Bluebeard"
 - Daniel Remeta (1998)
 - Ángel Maturino Reséndiz (2006) known as "the Railroad Killer"
 - Darrell Keith Rich (2000) known as "the Hilltop Rapist"
 - Stephen D. Richards (1879) known as "the Nebraska Fiend", first execution in the State of Nebraska
 - Ion Rîmaru (1971) known as "the Vampire of Bucharest"
 - Eric Robert (2012)
 - Daniel Rolling (2006) known as "the Gainesville Ripper"
 - Michael Bruce Ross (2005) first post-Gregg execution in Connecticut and last execution in Connecticut
 - Edward H. Rulloff (1871) known as "the Educated Killer"
 - Raya and Sakina (1920)
 - Tommy Lynn Sells (2014)
 - Abdullah Shah (2004) known as "Zardad's Dog"
 - Simicoudza Simicourba (1911)
 - Vasily Smirnov (1980) known as "the Gatchina Psychopath"
 - George Joseph Smith (1915) perpetrator of the "Brides in the Bath" murders
 - Arnold Sodeman (1936) known as "the Schoolgirl Strangler"
 - Timothy Wilson Spencer (1994) known as "the Southside Strangler"
 - Charles Starkweather (1959)
 - Vladimir Storozhenko (1982) known as "the Smolensk Strangler"
 - Peter Stumpp (1589) known as "the Werewolf of Bedburg"
 - Nicholas Todd Sutton (2020) most recent execution via electric chair
 - François Tomasini (1914)
 - Jean-Baptiste Troppmann (1870) known as "the Human Tiger"
 - Joseph Vacher (1898) known as "the French Ripper"
 - Sek Kim Wah (1988) Singapore's first serial killer
 - Eugen Weidmann (1939) last public execution in France
 - Thomas Whisenhant (2010)
 - John Allen Williams known as "the Beltway Sniper"
 - Kenneth Williams (2017) most recent execution in Arkansas
 - Stanley Williams (2005)
 - Douglas Franklin Wright (1996) first post-Gregg execution in Oregon
 - Aileen Wuornos (2002)
 - Elias Xitavhudzi (1960) known as "the Pangaman"
 - Yang Xinhai (2004) known as "the Monster Killer"
 
Piracy
- José Joaquim Almeida (1832)
 - Peter Alston (1804)
 - John Auger (1718)
 - Joseph Baker (1800)
 - Joseph Bannister (1687)
 - Eli Boggs (1861)
 - Stede Bonnet (1718)
 - Satyendranath Bosu (1908)
 - Joseph Bradish (1700)
 - Nicolas Brigaut (1686)
 - James Browne (1677)
 - Roberto Cofresí (1825)
 - Jacques Colaert (1600)
 - Richard Coyle (1738)
 - Mary Critchett (1729)
 - Alexander Dalzeel (1715)
 - Robert Deal (1721)
 - Kanailal Dutta (1908)
 - Alv Erlingsson (1290)
 - John Fenn (1723)
 - William Fly (1726)
 - Charles Gibbs (1831)
 - Pedro Gilbert (1835)
 - John Golden (1694)
 - Nathaniel Gordon (1862)
 - John Gow (1725)
 - Thomas Green (1705)
 - Jean Baptiste Guedry (1726)
 - Louis Guittar (1700)
 - Charles Harris (1723)
 - Klein Henszlein (1573)
 - David Herriot (1718)
 - Albert W. Hicks (1860)
 - Hendrick van Hoven (1699)
 - John Rackham (1720)
 - Daniel Johnson (1675)
 - Peter Johnson (1672)
 - Edward Jordan (1809)
 - John Julian (1733)
 - William Kidd (1701)
 - James Kelly (1701)
 - Walter Kennedy (1721)
 - Olivier Levasseur (1730)
 - Narciso López (1851)
 - Peter Love (1610)
 - Matthew Luke (1722)
 - Philip Lyne (1726)
 - Simon Mascarino (1721)
 - Samuel Mason (1803)
 - Gottfried Michaelsen (1402)
 - Christopher Moody (1722)
 - Duncan Mackintosh (1689)
 - Jan Mendoses (1615)
 - Andrea Morisco (1308)
 - Pedro Ñancúpel (1888)
 - John Oxenham (1580)
 - Cabeza de Perro (18??)
 - John Prie (1727)
 - John Quelch (1704)
 - Walter Raleigh (1618)
 - Stenka Razin (1671)
 - Philip Roche (1723)
 - James Skyrme (1722)
 - Gustav Skytte (1663)
 - Benito de Soto (1830)
 - Filippo di Piero Strozzi (1582)
 - Thomas Sutton (1722)
 - Jacques Tavernier (1673)
 - Joseph Thompson (1719)
 - Jean Tristan (1693)
 - Charles Vane (1721)
 - Thomas Vaughan (1696)
 - Rachel Wall (1789) last woman executed in Massachusetts
 - Hennig Wichmann (1402)
 - Magister Wigbold (1401)
 - Nicholas Woodall (c.1718)
 - Wang Zhi (1560)
 - Chen Zuyi (1407)
 
Political opponents
- Friedrich Akel (1941)
 - Marie Bouffa (1945)
 - Jacques Pierre Brissot (1793)
 - André Chénier (1794)
 - Galeazzo Ciano (1944)
 - Vladimír Clementis (1952)
 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1938)
 - Georges Danton (1794)
 - Camille Desmoulins (1794)
 - Olympe de Gouges (1793)
 - İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1926)
 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1572)
 - Jüri Jaakson (1942)
 - William Joyce (1946)
 - Bronislav Kaminski (1944)
 - Michael Kitzelmann (1942)
 - Traicho Kostov (1949)
 - William Laud (1645)
 - Antoine Lavoisier (1794)
 - Antonio Llidó (1974)
 - William Alexander Morgan (1961)
 - Ippolit Myshkin (1885)
 - Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu (1954)
 - Viktor Pepelyayev (1920)
 - Nikola Petkov (1947)
 - Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (1541)
 - László Rajk (1949)
 - Madame Roland (1793)
 - Martemyan Ryutin (1927)
 - Ken Saro-Wiwa (1995)
 - Ivan Shcheglovitov (1918)
 - Hans Scholl (1943)
 - Sophie Scholl (1943)
 - Alexander Schmorell (1943)
 - Mohammad Musa Shafiq (1979)
 - Amir Sjarifuddin (1948)
 - Rudolf Slánský (1952)
 - José Calvo Sotelo (1936)
 - Koçi Xoxe (1949)
 - Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold (1974)
 - Yusuf Salman Yusuf (1949)
 
Political purges
Executed during the Night of the Long Knives (all in 1934)
- Otto Ballerstedt
 - Herbert von Bose
 - Karl Ernst
 - Fritz Gerlich
 - Karl-Günther Heimsoth
 - Edmund Heines
 - Peter von Heydebreck
 - Anton von Hohberg und Buchwald
 - Edgar Jung
 - Gustav Ritter von Kahr
 - Erich Klausener
 - Adalbert Probst
 - Ernst Röhm
 - Kurt von Schleicher
 - Emil Sembach
 - Bernhard Stempfle
 - Gregor Strasser
 
Executed during the Great Purge
- Alexander Abramov-Mirov (1937)
 - Valentine Adler (1942)
 - Maksim Ammosov (1938)
 - Zigmas Angarietis (1940)
 - Ecaterina Arbore (1937)
 - Sanjar Asfendiyarov (1938)
 - Urunboi Ashurov (1938)
 - Kaikhaziz Atabayev (1938)
 - Nedirbay Aytakov (1938)
 - Isaac Babel (1940)
 - Ivan Bakayev (1936)
 - Alexey Bakulin (1939)
 - Mikhail Batorsky (1938)
 - Alexander Beloborodov (1938)
 - Boris Berman (1939)
 - Matvei Berman (1939)
 - Konon Berman-Yurin (1936)
 - Sergei Bessonov (1941)
 - Anastasia Bitsenko (1938)
 - Waclaw Bogucki (1937)
 - Vladimir Bogushevsky (1939)
 - Mikhail Boguslavsky (1937)
 - Oskar Böhme (1938)
 - Georgy Bondar (1939)
 - Volf Bronner (1939)
 - Andrei Bubnov (1938)
 - Gavril Buciușcan (1937)
 - Nikolay Bukharin (1938)
 - Pavel Bulanov (1938)
 - Samson Chanba (1937)
 - Virendranath Chattopadhyaya (1937)
 - Mikhail Chernov (1938)
 - Vlas Chubar (1939)
 - Rose Cohen (1937)
 - Vladimir Ćopić (1939)
 - Nikolay Dobrokhotov (1938)
 - Yakov Drobnis (1937)
 - Ehsanollah Khan Dustdar (1939)
 - Sholom Dvolajckij (1937)
 - Roberts Eidemanis (1937)
 - Robert Eikhe (1940)
 - Efrem Eshba (1939)
 - Boris Feldman (1937)
 - Abdurauf Fitrat (1938)
 - George Fles (1939)
 - Leo Flieg (1939)
 - Lovett Fort-Whiteman (1939)
 - Mikhail Frinovsky (1940)
 - Aleksei Gastev (1939)
 - Grigori Grinko (1938)
 - Abraham Guloyan (1937)
 - Abdurrahim Hojibayev (1933)
 - Akmal Ikramov (1938)
 - Vladimir Ivanov (1938)
 - Abdullah Kadiri (1938)
 - Karl Kahl (1938)
 - Boris Kamkov (1937)
 - Lev Karakhan (1937)
 - Grigory Khakhanyan (1939)
 - Karim Khakimov (1938)
 - Aghasi Khanjian (1936)
 - Fayzulla Khodzhayev (1938)
 - Lazar Kogan (1939)
 - Mikhail Koltsov (1940)
 - August Kork (1937)
 - Boris Kornilov (1938)
 - Aleksandr Kosarev (1939)
 - Stanisław Kosior (1939)
 - Nikolai Krestinsky (1938)
 - Pyotr Kryuchkov (1938)
 - Béla Kun (1938)
 - Sariya Lakoba (1936)
 - Samuil Lehtțir (1937)
 - Lev Levin (1938)
 - Solomon Levit (1938)
 - Ghulam Ambia Khan Lohani (1938)
 - Nusratullo Maksum (1937)
 - Vsevolod Meyerhold (1940)
 - Levon Mirzoyan (1939)
 - Nikolay Matorin (1936)
 - Sergei Mrachkovsky (1936)
 - Anna Mukhamedov (1938)
 - Abani Mukherjee (1937)
 - Nikolay Muralov (1937)
 - Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov (1940)
 - Osip Piatnitsky (1938)
 - Boris Pinson (1936)
 - Fritz Platten (1942)
 - Dmitry Pletnyov (1941)
 - Pavel Postyshev (1939)
 - Boris Pozern (1939)
 - Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1937)
 - Vitaly Primakov (1937)
 - Vitovt Putna (1937)
 - Georgy Pyatakov (1937)
 - Karl Radek (1939)
 - Abdullo Rakhimbayev (1938)
 - Christian Rakovsky (1941)
 - Nikolay Rattel (1939)
 - Mark Rein (1937)
 - Hermann Remmele (1939)
 - Barbora Rezlerová-Švarcová (1941)
 - Arkady Rosengolts (1938)
 - Aleksey Rykov (1938)
 - Timofei Sapronov (1937)
 - Murat Salihov (1938)
 - Rudolf Samoylovich (1939)
 - Filimon Săteanu (1937)
 - Leonid Serebryakov (1937)
 - Dmitry Shakhovskoy (1939)
 - Vasily Sharangovich (1938)
 - Alexander Shliapnikov (1937)
 - Shirinsho Shotemur (1937)
 - Alexander Shotman (1937)
 - Ivar Smilga (1938)
 - Aleksandr Petrovich Smirnov (1938)
 - Ivan Smirnov (1936)
 - Vladimir Smirnov (1937)
 - Pyotr Smorodin (1939)
 - Jan Sten (1937)
 - Boris Stomonyakov (1940)
 - Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev (1940)
 - Avetis Sultan-Zade (1938)
 - Béla Székely (1939)
 - Vagarshak Ter-Vaganyan (1936)
 - Boris Tolpygo (1939)
 - Mikhail Trilisser (1940)
 - Vladimir Tsyganko (1938)
 - Kasym Tynystanov (1938)
 - Ieronim Uborevich (1937)
 - Nikolai Uglanov (1937)
 - Abdukadyr Urazbekov (1938)
 - Zinovy Ushakov (1940)
 - Aleksandr Uspensky (1940)
 - Iosif Vareikis (1938)
 - Nikolai Efimovich Varfolomeev (1939)
 - Mikhail Vasilyev-Yuzhin (1937)
 - Ivan Voronaev 9d. 1937)
 - Alexei Voshchakin (1937)
 - Gaspar Voskanyan (1937)
 - Genrikh Yagoda (1938)
 - Iona Yakir (1937)
 - Varvara Yakovleva (1941)
 - Victor Yartsev (1940)
 - Grigory Yevdokimov (1936)
 - Yu Xiusong (1939)
 - Aleksandr Yegorov (1939)
 - Yefim Yevdokimov (1940)
 - Nikolai Yezhov (1940)
 - Abdulhamid Yunusov (1938)
 - Pyotr Zalutsky (1937)
 - Isaak Zelensky (1938)
 - Berthe Zimmermann (1937)
 - Grigory Zinoviev (1936)
 - Dimitar Zlatarev (1937)
 - Prokopy Zubarev (1938)
 
Executed members of the 20 July plot
- Ludwig Beck (1944)
 - Robert Bernardis (1944)
 - Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff (1945)
 - Hasso von Boehmer (1945)
 - Eugen Bolz (1945)
 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1945)
 - Klaus Bonhoeffer (1945)
 - Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal (1944)
 - Eduard Brücklmeier (1944)
 - Wilhelm Canaris (1945)
 - Walter Cramer (1944)
 - Alfred Delp (1945)
 - Heinrich zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1944)
 - Hans von Dohnanyi (1945)
 - Erich Fellgiebel (1944)
 - Eberhard Finckh (1944)
 - Reinhold Frank (1945)
 - Friedrich Fromm (1945)
 - Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1944)
 - Ludwig Gehre (1945)
 - Elisabeth and Erich Gloeden (1944)
 - Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1945)
 - Fritz Goerdeler (1945)
 - Nikolaus Gross (1945)
 - Karl Ludwig Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (1945)
 - Hans Bernd von Haeften (1944)
 - Werner von Haeften (1944)
 - Albrecht von Hagen (1944)
 - Nikolaus von Halem (1944)
 - Georg Hansen (1944)
 - Ernst von Harnack (1945)
 - Paul von Hase (1944)
 - Ulrich von Hassell (1944)
 - Theodor Haubach (1945)
 - Albrecht Haushofer (1945)
 - Egbert Hayessen (1944)
 - Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff (1944)
 - Otto Herfurth (1944)
 - Erich Hoepner (1944)
 - Caesar von Hofacker (1944)
 - Roland von Hößlin (1944)
 - Friedrich Gustav Jaeger (1944)
 - Hans John (1945)
 - Otto Kiep (1944)
 - Hans Georg Klamroth (1944)
 - Friedrich Klausing (1944)
 - Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin (1945)
 - Hans Koch (1945)
 - Alfred Kranzfelder (1944)
 - Carl Langbehn (1944)
 - Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort (1944)
 - Julius Leber (1945)
 - Ludwig Freiherr von Leonrod (1944)
 - Bernhard Letterhaus (1944)
 - Paul Lejeune-Jung (1944)
 - Franz Leuninger (1945)
 - Wilhelm Leuschner (1944)
 - Hans Otfried von Linstow (1944)
 - Ferdinand von Lüninck (1944)
 - Hermann Maaß (1944)
 - Rudolf von Marogna-Redwitz (1944)
 - Michael von Matuschka (1944)
 - Joachim Meichssner (1944)
 - Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1944)
 - Joseph Müller (1944)
 - Arthur Nebe (1945)
 - Friedrich Olbricht (1944)
 - Hans Oster (1945)
 - Erwin Planck (1945)
 - Kurt von Plettenberg (1945)
 - Johannes Popitz (1945)
 - Friedrich von Rabenau (1945)
 - Adolf Reichwein (1944)
 - Alexis von Roenne (1944)
 - Erwin Rommel (1944)
 - Karl Sack (1945)
 - Joachim Sadrozinski (1944)
 - Anton Saefkow (1944)
 - Rüdiger Schleicher (1945)
 - Ernst Schneppenhorst (1945)
 - Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1944)
 - Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg (1944)
 - Ludwig Schwamb (1945)
 - Günther Smend (1944)
 - Franz Sperr (1945)
 - Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1944)
 - Claus von Stauffenberg (1944)
 - Hellmuth Stieff (1944)
 - Theodor Strünck (1945)
 - Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1944)
 - Fritz Thiele (1944)
 - Busso Thoma (1945)
 - Karl Freiherr von Thüngen (1944)
 - Adam von Trott zu Solz (1944)
 - Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband (1944)
 - Eduard Wagner (1944)
 - Hermann Josef Wehrle (1944)
 - Carl Wentzel (1944)
 - Josef Wirmer (1944)
 - Erwin von Witzleben (1944)
 - Peter Yorck von Wartenburg (1944)
 - Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg (1945)
 
Prisoners of war
- Alexander George Arbuthnot and Robert C. Ambrister (1818) both hanged by Andrew Jackson
 - Marc Bloch (1944)
 - Emilio De Bono (1944)
 - Maximilian Kolbe (1941) volunteered himself in place of another
 - Élise Rivet (1945)
 - Elisabeth de Rothschild (1945)
 
Religious figures
- Rabbi Akiva (c. AD 135) religious dissident
 - Avvakum (1682) religious dissent
 - Saint Joan of Arc (b. 1431) supposed heresy
 - Bartholomew (1st century AD)
 - Qutubuddin Shaheed (1648) Dawoodi Bohra Dai al Mutlaq
 - Giordano Bruno (1600) heresy
 - Thomas Cranmer (1556) heresy
 - Cardinal John Fisher (1535) religious dissent
 - Jan Hus (b. 1415) heresy
 - Jacob Hutter (1536) heresy
 - Saint James the Great (AD 44)
 - Jesus of Nazareth (c. AD 30–36) sedition
 - John Lambert (1538) heresy
 - Hugh Latimer (1555) heresy
 - Sir Thomas More (1535) religious dissent
 - Saint Paul (c. AD 64)
 - Saint Peter (c. AD 64)
 - Philip the Apostle (AD 80)
 - Michael Servetus (1553) heresy
 - Edward Wightman (1612) heresy
 - Lucilio Vanini (1619) apostasy
 
Robbery and theft
- Manoranjan Bhattacharya (1932) armed robbery
 - Ramprasad Bismil (1927), armed robbery
 - Joseph Blake (1724)
 - Spence Broughton (1792)
 - Johannes Bückler (1803)
 - Caryl Chessman (1960)
 - Thomas Cox (1690)
 - Isaac Darkin (1761)
 - Jenny Diver (1741)
 - Claude Duval (1670)
 - Barbara Erni (1785), confidence trickster
 - Richard Ferguson (1800)
 - James Field (1751)
 - James Fitzpatrick (1778)
 - Eppelein von Gailingen (1381)
 - Captain Gallagher (1818)
 - Dimitar Obshti (1873)
 - Neesy O'Haughan (1720)
 - Captain Will Hollyday (1697)
 - Luke Hutton (1598)
 - Alexandru and Paul Ioanid (1959)
 - Constantia Jones (1738)
 - Thomas Edward Ketchum (1901)
 - Ashfaqulla Khan (1927)
 - Rajendra Lahiri (1927)
 - José Gregorio Liendo (1973) armed robbery
 - George Lyon (1815)
 - James MacLaine (1750)
 - Paulus Hector Mair (1579), embezzlement of public funds
 - Étienne Monier (1913)
 - Orxines (c.323 BC)
 - Ishola Oyenusi (1971) multiple counts of armed robbery and carjacking
 - Robert Palin (1861)
 - John Poulter (1754)
 - John Rann (1774)
 - Jakob "Hannikel" Reinhard (1787)
 - Biswanath Sardar (1808)
 - Jack Sheppard (1724)
 - Henry Simms (1747)
 - Robert Snooks (1802)
 - Amy Spain (1865), last female slave executed in the United States
 - William Spiggot (d 1721)
 - Dick Turpin (1739)
 - Jane Voss (1684)
 - Jonathan Wild (1725), corruption
 - Ann Wyley (1777), only black person executed in Michigan
 
Sexual offences
Homosexuality
- Katherina Hetzeldorfer (1477), German cross dressing lesbian executed for heresy against nature after having used a dildo on two female partners.
 - John Atherton (1640), Bishop of Waterford and Lismore[1]
 - Jacopo Bonfadio (1550), Italian humanist and historian[2]
 - Francesco Calcagno (1550), Venician Franciscan friar.[3]
 - Giovanni di Giovanni (1365), 15-year-old Italian boy charged with being "a public and notorious passive sodomite"[4][5]
 - Lisbetha Olsdotter (1679), Swedish cross-dresser and early female soldier (disguised as a man).
 - Dominique Phinot (c.1556), French composer of the Renaissance[6]
 - James Pratt and John Smith (1835), last two executions for sodomy in the UK
 - Tibira do Maranhão (1614), Brazilian Tupinambá executed for sodomy by French colonizers
 - Mervyn Tuchet (1631)
 
Sexual assault
Rape
- Amnon (year unknown) incestual rape
 - John A. Bennett (1961) and attempted murder
 - Robert David Bennett (1932) last execution in Australia for a crime other than murder
 - Rainey Bethea (1936) last public execution in the United States
 - Jacques Chausson (1661) attempted homosexual rape of a young nobleman
 - Caryl Chessman (1960)
 - Richard Cornish (1625) homosexual rape of an endentured servant
 - Carlo Fantom (1643)
 - Thomas Knapton (1833)
 - José Gregorio Liendo (1973)
 - Martinsville Seven (1951) group of seven men convicted of gang rape
 - William McGee (1951)
 - Julius Morgan (1916)
 - Jeremiah Reeves (1958)
 - Mustapha Tabet (1993) police commissioner convicted of the kidnap and sexual assault of over 500 women, last execution in Morocco
 - Mervyn Tuchet (1631)
 
Paedophiles
- Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni (2005)
 - Leo Echegaray (1999)
 - Li Feng (2003)
 - Luo Yanlin (2008)
 - Ronald Wolfe (1964)
 
Other sex offences
- Claudine de Culam (1601) bestiality
 - Thomas Granger (1642) bestiality
 - Atefeh Rajabi (2004) adultery
 
Smuggling
- Rosman Abdullah (2024), drug trafficking
 - Roger Casement (1916) arms trafficking
 - Roslan Bakar and Pausi Jefridin (2024), drug trafficking
 - Kevin Barlow and Brian Chambers (1986), drug trafficking
 - Andrew Chan (2015), drug trafficking
 - Ong Ah Chuan (1981), drug trafficking
 - Low Hong Eng (1981), drug trafficking
 - Johannes van Damme (1994), drug trafficking
 - Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam (2022), drug trafficking
 - Vladislav Faibishenko and Yan Rokotov (1961)
 - Norasharee Gous (2022), drug trafficking
 - Arthur Gray (1748)
 - Derrick Gregory (1989), drug trafficking
 - Tony de la Guardia (1989), drug trafficking
 - Rodrigo Gularte (2015), drug trafficking
 - Thomas Kingsmill (1749)
 - Louis Mandrin (1755)
 - Michael McAuliffe (1993), drug trafficking
 - Marco Archer Moreira (2015), drug trafficking
 - Shanmugam Murugesu (2005), drug trafficking
 - Van Tuong Nguyen, (2005), drug trafficking
 - Abdul Kahar Othman (2022), drug trafficking
 - Akmal Shaikh (2009), drug trafficking
 - Kalwant Singh (2022), drug trafficking
 - Myuran Sukumaran (2015), drug trafficking
 - Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi (2007), drug trafficking
 - Zahra Bahrami (2011), drug trafficking
 - Rozman Jusoh (1996), drug trafficking
 - Cheuk Mei-mei (1994), drug trafficking
 - Elke Tsang Kai-mong (1994), drug trafficking
 - Daniel Chan Chi-pun (1995), drug trafficking
 - Tong Ching-man (1995), drug trafficking
 - Poon Yuen-chung (1995), drug trafficking
 - Angel Mou Pui-peng (1995), drug trafficking
 - Vignes Mourthi (2003), drug trafficking
 - Yen May Woen (2004), drug trafficking
 - Yu Huaying (2025), human trafficking
 - Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff (2023), drug trafficking
 - Saridewi Djamani (2023), drug trafficking
 - Tangaraju Suppiah (2023), drug trafficking
 
Treason
- Antonio Osorio de Acuña (1526)
 - John Amery (1945)
 - George Johnson Armstrong (1941)
 - Humphrey Arundell (1550)
 - Hristo Atanasov (1908)
 - Anthony Babington (1586)
 - John Baird (1820)
 - Thomas Baker (1381)
 - John Ball (1381)
 - John Ballard (1586)
 - Thomas Bates (1606)
 - Jerome Bellamy (1586)
 - Nikos Beloyannis (1952)
 - Lavrenty Beria (1953)
 - Thomas Blount (1400)
 - Jeremiah Brandreth (1817)
 - John Brown (1859)
 - Thomas Bryan (1921)
 - Archibald Cameron of Lochiel (1753)
 - Roger Casement (1916)
 - Thomas Cranmer (1556)
 - Niren Dasgupta (1915)
 - William Davidson (1820)
 - Edward Despard (1803)
 - Everard Digby (1606)
 - Dragutin Dimitrijević (1917)
 - Henry Donn (1586)
 - Patrick Doyle (1921)
 - José María de Torrijos y Uriarte (1831)
 - Guy Fawkes (1606)
 - Gratien Fernando (1942)
 - Cardinal John Fisher (1535)
 - Henri de Fleury de Coulan (1666)
 - Frank Flood (1921)
 - Jopie Fourie (1914)
 - Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (1747)
 - Robert Gage (1586)
 - Joseph Garang (1971)
 - Deniz Gezmiş (1972)
 - John Grant (1606)
 - Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan (1401)
 - Fethi Gürcan (1964)
 - Jack Hall (1716)
 - Andrew Harclay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (1323)
 - Andrew Hardie (1820)
 - Cai Hesen (1931)
 - Milada Horáková (1950)
 - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (1572)
 - John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford (1537)
 - Kanao Inouye (1947)
 - Baillie of Jerviswood (1684)
 - William Joyce (1946)
 - Robert Keyes (1606)
 - Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai (1941)
 - Stanisław Kunicki (1886)
 - William Laud (1645)
 - Christopher Layer (1723)
 - Vasil Levski (1873)
 - Samuel Lount (1838)
 - Johannes Lötter (1901)
 - Marinus van der Lubbe (1934)
 - Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (1971)
 - Peter Matthews (1838)
 - Afanasi Matushenko (1907)
 - Vuyisile Mini (1964)
 - Qazi Mohammad (1947)
 - Sir Thomas More (1535)
 - David Morgan (1746)
 - Mengistu Neway (1961)
 - Michel Ney (1815)
 - John Nisbet (1685)
 - Arnaldo Ochoa (1989)
 - José Olaya (1823)
 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1619)
 - Anzavur Ahmed Pasha (1921)
 - Henry Pedris (1915)
 - Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel (1799)
 - Vishnu Ganesh Pingle (1915)
 - Pir of Pagaro VI (1943)
 - Carmelo Borg Pisani (1942)
 - Louis Riel (1885)
 - Ambrose Rookwood (1606)
 - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1953)
 - Bernard Ryan (1921)
 - Fahmi Said (1941)
 - Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh (1945)
 - Policarpa Salavarrieta (1817)
 - Mahmud Salman (1942)
 - Heba Selim (1974)
 - Kamil Shabib (1944)
 - Pyotr Schmidt (1906)
 - Theodore Schurch (1946)
 - Duncan Scott-Ford (1942)
 - Manoranjan Sengupta (1915)
 - Abu Taher (1976)
 - Arthur Thistlewood (1820)
 - Chidiock Tichborne (1586)
 - Francis Towneley (1746)
 - Thomas Usk (1388)
 - Andrey Vlasov (1946)
 - Perkin Warbeck (1499)
 - Richard Whiting (1539)
 - James Wilson (1820)
 - Robert Wintour (1606)
 - Thomas Wintour (1606)
 - John Wrawe (1382)
 - Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1554)
 - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (A.D. 65)
 - Socrates (B.C. 399)
 
Witchcraft
Other
Executed by Tudors
Beheaded
See also
- Capital punishment
 - Capital punishment in Canada
 - Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China
 - Capital punishment in India
 - Capital punishment in New Zealand
 - Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
 - Capital punishment in the United States
 - Lists of people executed in Texas
 - Lists of people executed in the United States (1900–1972)
 - Lists of people executed in the United States since 1976
 
References
- ^ Norris, David (2009-05-17). "Changing Attitudes". Public Address at the service to mark international day against homophobia in Christ Church Cathedral. David Norris. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
 - ^ Official website commemorating 500 years since Bonfadio's birth Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
 - ^ Tucker, Scott (1997). The Queer Question: Essays on Desire and Democracy. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-577-0. p. 46.
 - ^ Rocke, Michael (1996). Forbidden Friendships, Homosexuality and Male Culture in Renaissance Florence. Oxford University Press. pp. 24, 227, 356, 360. ISBN 0-19-512292-5.
 - ^ Meyer, Michael J (2000). Literature and Homosexuality. Rodopi. p. 206. ISBN 90-420-0519-X.
 - ^ Jacob, Roger "Dominique Phinot", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 1, 2006), (subscription access)