List of people who were executed

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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.

Contents

Arson and sabotage

Assassination

Espionage

Firearm offences

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

Ancient Times (pre AD 500)

Pre-Modern Era (500-1500)

Early Modern Era (1500–1800)

19th century

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

Post 1990

Murder

Mass murder

Serial killers

Piracy

Political opponents

Political purges

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

Executed during the Great Purge

Executed members of the 20 July plot

Prisoners of war

Religious figures

Robbery and theft

Sexual offences

Homosexuality

Sexual assault

Rape

Paedophiles

Other sex offences

Smuggling

Treason

Witchcraft

Other

Executed by Tudors

Beheaded

See also

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