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List of people who were executed

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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 edit

Assassination edit

Espionage edit

Military and civil conflicts, insurrections, and coups d'état edit

Ancient Times (pre AD 500) edit

Pre-Modern Era (500-1500) edit

Early Modern Era (1500-1800) edit

19th century edit

1900s edit

1910s edit

1920s edit

1930s edit

1940s edit

1950s edit

1960s edit

1970s edit

1980s edit

Post 1990 edit

Murder edit

Mass murder edit

Serial killers edit

Piracy edit

Political opponents edit

Political purges edit

Executed during the Night of the Long Knives (all in 1934) edit

Executed during the Great Purge edit

Executed members of the 20 July plot edit

Prisoners of war edit

Religious figures edit

See also: Christian martyrs and List of people burned as heretics

Robbery and theft edit

Sexual offences edit

Homosexuality edit

Main article: List of people executed for homosexuality

Sexual assault edit

Rape edit

Paedophiles edit

Other sex offences edit

Smuggling edit

Treason edit

Witchcraft edit

Main article: List of people executed for witchcraft

Other edit

Executed by Tudors edit

Main article: List of people executed by the Tudors

Beheaded edit

Main article: List of people who were beheaded

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Official website commemorating 500 years since Bonfadio's birth Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Tucker, Scott (1997). The Queer Question: Essays on Desire and Democracy. Boston: South End Press. ISBN 978-0-89608-577-0. p. 46.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Meyer, Michael J (2000). Literature and Homosexuality. Rodopi. p. 206. ISBN 90-420-0519-X.
  6. ^ Jacob, Roger "Dominique Phinot", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 1, 2006), (subscription access)

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