List of people who died by hanging

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Serbs being executed in Austria-Hungary in World War I

This is a list of people who died as a result of hanging , including suicides and judicial, extrajudicial, or summary executions. These deaths are notable due to history or due to media exposure.

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Suicide by hanging

Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher; while on vacation with family in Duino Boltzmann2.jpg
Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher; while on vacation with family in Duino
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator; in his hotel room Alberto Santos-Dumont portrait.jpg
Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian aviator; in his hotel room
Robert Ley, German Nazi Reichsorganisationsleiter; in prison cell Robert Ley.jpg
Robert Ley, German Nazi Reichsorganisationsleiter; in prison cell
Gustav Simon, German Nazi NSKK-Obergruppenfuhrer; in prison cell G-simon-gauleiter.jpg
Gustav Simon, German Nazi NSKK-Obergruppenführer; in prison cell
Ilse Koch, German Nazi overseer at Buchenwald concentration camp and Majdanek concentration camp; in prison cell Ilse Koch.png
Ilse Koch, German Nazi overseer at Buchenwald concentration camp and Majdanek concentration camp; in prison cell
Rudolf Hess, German Nazi Deputy Fuhrer to Hitler; in prison Bundesarchiv Bild 146II-849, Rudolf Hess.jpg
Rudolf Hess, German Nazi Deputy Führer to Hitler; in prison
Robin Williams, American actor and comedian; in his home Robin Williams Aviano.jpg
Robin Williams, American actor and comedian; in his home
Daryl Easton, American magician; in his dressing room at Hollywood's Magic Castle Daryl IBM Reno.jpg
Daryl Easton, American magician; in his dressing room at Hollywood's Magic Castle
Anthony Bourdain, American chef; in his hotel room Anthony Bourdain Peabody 2014b.jpg
Anthony Bourdain, American chef; in his hotel room
Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender; in prison cell Epstein Final Mugshot.png
Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender; in prison cell
Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor; in his home Sushant sr Manish M B'day bash.jpg
Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor; in his home
John McAfee, American businessman; in prison cell John McAfee by Gage Skidmore.jpg
John McAfee, American businessman; in prison cell

Capital punishment by hanging

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Execution of Lincoln assassination conspirators Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt
Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq and war criminal Saddamcapture.jpg
Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq and war criminal
Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi major organizer of the Holocaust and war criminal Adolf Eichmann, 1942.jpg
Adolf Eichmann, German Nazi major organizer of the Holocaust and war criminal
Wilhelm Keitel, German Nazi head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and war criminal Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H30220, Wilhelm Keitel.jpg
Wilhelm Keitel, German Nazi head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and war criminal
Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister and war criminal Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H04810, Joachim von Ribbentrop.jpg
Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister and war criminal
Alfred Jodl, German Nazi Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and war criminal Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1971-033-01, Alfred Jodl.jpg
Alfred Jodl, German Nazi Chief of the Operations Staff of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and war criminal
Irma Grese, German Nazi concentration camp guard and war criminal Irma Grese.jpg
Irma Grese, German Nazi concentration camp guard and war criminal
Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan and war criminal Hideki Tojo 2 (cropped).jpg
Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan and war criminal

Accidental hanging

Newspaper photo taken shortly after the arrest of Sada Abe (center) in Tokyo in 1936 Sada Abe.jpg
Newspaper photo taken shortly after the arrest of Sada Abe (center) in Tokyo in 1936

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caning in Singapore</span> Corporal punishment

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Capital punishment in Singapore</span> Death penalty as a legal punishment in Singapore

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Tay Yong Kwang is a Singaporean judge of the Supreme Court. He was first appointed Judicial Commissioner in 1997, appointed Judge in 2003, and appointed Judge of Appeal in 2016. He was noted for being the presiding judge in several notable cases that shocked the nation and made headlines in Singapore.

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Choo Han Teck is a Singaporean judge of the Supreme Court. He was formerly a lawyer before his appointment to the court as a judge. It was revealed in 2021 that Choo was one of the defence lawyers representing Adrian Lim, the infamous Toa Payoh child killer who was executed in 1988 for charges of murdering a girl and boy as ritual sacrifices. In 1994, Choo also defended Phua Soy Boon, a jobless Singaporean who was hanged in 1995 for killing a moneylender.

Joseph Grimberg, SC was a Singaporean prominent lawyer and former Supreme Court judge.

Chan Seng Onn is a Singaporean judge. Formerly a prosecutor, Chan has served as a High Court judge since 2 July 2007.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Datchinamurthy Kataiah</span> Malaysian drug convict on death row in Singapore

Datchinamurthy a/l Kataiah is a Malaysian man who was sentenced to death in Singapore for drug trafficking. Datchinamurthy was convicted of trafficking nearly 45g of heroin across the Woodlands Checkpoint from Malaysia to Singapore in January 2011. Having been convicted of the crime and also not certified as a courier, Datchinamurthy was sentenced to death in 2015. He had a co-accused, Christeen d/o Jayamany, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for the same offence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalwant Singh (drug trafficker)</span> Malaysian drug trafficker executed in Singapore in 2022

Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh was a Malaysian drug trafficker who was found guilty of having 60.15g of diamorphine (heroin) in his possession and trafficking 120.90g of the same substance. Kalwant along with another man named Mohamad Yazid Md Yusof were arrested on 23 October 2013, and the alleged mastermind Norasharee Gous was captured two years later in July 2015, and all three of them were charged with drug trafficking. It was alleged that Norasharee had told Yazid to help import the diamorphine after meeting up with Kalwant, who was to carry the drugs in Singapore to pass on to Yazid for the purpose of trafficking. Kalwant, however, denied that he had knowledge of the drugs and alleged that he was given death threats that forced him to help do the job without knowing it was drugs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Life imprisonment in Singapore</span> Legal punishment in Singapore

Life imprisonment is a legal penalty in Singapore. This sentence is applicable for more than forty offences under Singapore law, such as culpable homicide not amounting to murder, attempted murder, kidnapping by ransom, criminal breach of trust by a public servant, voluntarily causing grievous hurt with dangerous weapons, and trafficking of firearms, in addition to caning or a fine for certain offences that warrant life imprisonment.

Saridewi binte Djamani was a Singaporean who was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking 1 kg of drug containing 30.72g of heroin. Saridewi, who committed the offence on 17 June 2016, was arrested on the same day together with the drug courier at her HDB block in Anchorvale Road, Sengkang. Saridewi, who had a long history of drug abuse, did not deny that she sold the drugs but she stated that a majority of the heroin was meant for her own consumption while less than half of the heroin was for sale, and she only stocked up the drug supply for the fasting month Ramadan.

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