List of prison deaths

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This is a list of notable people who have died in prison , whether in prison or in hospital while still serving a prison sentence. This list does not include inmates who were executed as punishment for their crimes.

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Pre-11th century

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Rim-Sîn I After 1764 BC Larsa UnknownRuler of Larsa
Vercingetorix during 46 BC Gaul (detained by the Roman Republic) Strangulation Gaulish leader defeated by Julius Caesar
Gaius Asinius Gallus 33Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire StarvationRoman senator
Alexander of Jerusalem 251Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg  Roman Empire Unknown Martyr and saint
Mani 274-03-02 or 277-02-26Derafsh Kaviani flag of the late Sassanid Empire.svg  Sasanian Empire UnknownProphet and founder of Manichaeism Manichaeans later depicted his death as a crucifixion in analogy to the crucifixion of Jesus.
Al-Abbas ibn al-Walid 750 Umayyad Caliphate Unknown diseasePrince and general
Abu Hanifa 767-08-15 Abbasid Caliphate UnknownFounder of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudenceHis tomb was destroyed by Shah Ismail of the Safavid Empire in 1508, but rebuilt by the Ottomans in 1533.
Itakh 849 Abbasid Caliphate ThirstCommander in the Turkic army of the Abbasid Caliphate
Tughj ibn Juff 906 Abbasid Caliphate Unknown Turkic military officer
Muhammad ibn Yaqut 935 Abbasid Caliphate UnknownOfficial of the Abbasid Caliphate

11th to 16th century

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Abd al-Rahim ibn Ilyas 1021 Fatimid Caliphate Suicide Heir-apparent of the caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah According to the official account, he committed suicide by thrusting a fruit knife into his belly, but coeval rumours insisted that he was assassinated.
Ibn Barrajan 1141 Almoravid dynasty Unknown Arab Sufi figure of Al-Andalus
Joscelin II, Count of Edessa 1159Banner of arms of the House of Courtenay.png  County of Edessa (detained by the Zengid State)UnknownLast ruling count of Edessa
Daoud ibn al-Adid 1207/08Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg  Ayyubid dynasty Unknown25th imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism
Peter II of Courtenay 1219Bandera del Imperio Latino.svg  Latin Empire Unknown Latin Emperor
Sulayman ibn Daoud 1248Flag of Ayyubid Dynasty.svg  Ayyubid dynasty Unknown26th and last imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola 1291Flag of England.svg  England (detained by Sinal d'Aragon.svg  Aragon)UnknownSon of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Sayf al-Din Salar October 1310Mameluke Flag.svg  Mamluk Sultanate StarvationViceroy of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad
Margaret of Villehardouin February/March 1315 Barony of Akova UnknownBaroness of two thirds of Akova
Ibn Taymiyya 1328-09-26Mameluke Flag.svg  Mamluk Sultanate Unknown illness Sunni Muslim ʿālim, muhaddith, judge, proto-Salafist theologian, ascetic, and iconoclastic theologian
Kęstutis August 1382Royal banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.svg  Grand Duchy of Lithuania Unknown, presumably strangled Grand Duke of Lithuania, father of Vytautas, uncle of Jogaila Jogaila claimed that his death was suicide by hanging. Most coeval sources conjecture that Kęstutis was strangled on Jogaila's orders.
Nicolò Guarco c. 1385Flag of Genoa.svg  Republic of Genoa Unknown7th doge of the Republic of Genoa
Dionysius, Metropolitan of Kiev 1385-10-15 Principality of Moscow Unknown Russian Orthodox metropolitan
Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester 1397-09-08/09Flag of England.svg  England MurderYoungest child of King Edward III of England
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester 1452-07-07Flag of England.svg  England UnknownEnglish noblewoman, second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester Sentenced to life imprisonment for treasonable necromancy. Her imprisonment and forced divorce was likely politically motivated. [1]
Pak Paengnyeon 1456-06-07 Joseon TortureScholar-official, one of the six martyred ministers, uncle of Queen Janggyeong All the males in his family were executed and females were enslaved.
Henry VI of England 1471-05-21Flag of England.svg  England Probably murderLast King of England of the House of Plantagenet and disputed King of France
Dmitry Ivanovich 1509-02-14 Principality of Moscow Unknown Grand Prince of Moscow (co-ruler), grandson of Ivan III
Yury Ivanovich 1536-08-03 Principality of Moscow StarvationSon of Ivan III
Andrey of Staritsa 1537-12-11 Principality of Moscow UnknownYoungest son of Ivan III
Girolamo Zane 1572-10-13Flag of the Serene Republic of Venice.svg  Republic of Venice Unknown Capitano Generale da Mar of the Venetian fleet
Eric XIV of Sweden 1577-02-26Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Arsenic poisoning King of Sweden, brother of John III of Sweden
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell 1578-04-14Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland (detained by Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark)Unknown King consort of Scotland in 1567
Ferenc Dávid 1579-11-15 Principality of Transylvania Unknown Protestant preacher and theologian, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel 1595-10-19Flag of England.svg  England Dysentery Imprisoned in the Tower of London as a Roman Catholic recusant by Elizabeth I of England. Acclaimed a martyr almost immediately and canonised in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.

17th century

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Li Zhi 1602 China Suicide by cutting his throatPhilosopher, historian, writer
Simon I of Kartli 1611 Kingdom of Kartli (detained by the Ottoman Empire)Unknown King of Kartli
Vasili IV of Russia 1612-09-12Flag of Oryol ship (variant).svg  Russia (detained by Choragiew krolewska krola Zygmunta III Wazy.svg  Poland-Lithuania)Unknown Tsar of Russia
Husayn Pasha 1663 Ottoman Empire MurderGovernor of Gaza Sanjak
Marcy Clay 1665Flag of England.svg  England Suicide by poisoningEnglish thief and highwayrobber Sentenced to death by hanging
Hardress Waller 1666-07-30Flag of England.svg  England Unknown Member of Parliament, regicide of King Charles I of England
Gilbert Millington 1666Flag of England.svg  England Unknown Barrister, regicide of King Charles I of England
Henry Smith 1668Flag of England.svg  England Unknown Member of Parliament, regicide of King Charles I of England
James Temple 1680-02-17Flag of England.svg  England UnknownSoldier, regicide of King Charles I of England
Sarah Osborne 1692-05-10Civil ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg  Massachusetts Bay UnknownOne of the first women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials

18th century

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Bartholomew Sharp 1702-10-29Flag of England.svg  England (detained by the Flag of Denmark.svg  Danish West Indies)Unknown Buccaneer and privateer
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia 1718-06-26Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Unknown Tsarevich Died two days after the senate had condemned him to death.
Mary Read 1721-04-08Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (detained by the Colony of Jamaica)Fever Pirate Originally sentenced to hang, she claimed to be pregnant and received a temporary stay of execution.
Aaron Margalita c. 1725 Poland (detained by Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark)Unknown Rabbi who later converted to Calvinism and Lutheranism
Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn the Elder 1737-04-14Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Natural causes Aristocrat of the Golitsyn family, attempted to turn Russia into a constitutional monarchy
Robert Blackbourn 1748Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain Unknown Jacobite conspiratorArrested for his involvement in an assassination plot of 1696
Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin 1758-08-17Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire UnknownCommander during the Seven Years' War
Tarakanova 1775-12-15Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Pretender to the Russian throne
Lord George Gordon 1793-11-01Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain Typhoid fever British politician
Louis XVII 1795-06-08Flag of France.svg  France Scrofula Dauphin of France
Franz Gotthardi 1795Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg  Holy Roman Empire Unknown Hungarian-born businessman and senior police officer
Wolfe Tone 1798-11-19Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland (detained by Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg  Great Britain)SuicideLeader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion against Great BritainSentenced to death by hanging; committed suicide because he wanted to die by firing squad (a soldier's death, rather than a criminal's) instead.

19th century

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova 1801-12-09Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Natural causesNoblewoman from the Saltykov family, serial killer
Toussaint Louverture 1804-04-07Flag of Haiti (1803-1804).svg  Haiti (detained by Flag of France (1794-1815).svg  France)Natural causesLeader of the Haitian Revolution who was imprisoned for launching a rebellion against France
Pedro Carujo 1836-01-31Flag of Venezuela (1836-1859).svg  Venezuela Battle woundsMilitary officer, one of the leaders in the Revolution of the Reforms
Solomon Dodashvili 1836-08-20Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Georgian philosopher, journalist, historian, grammarian, belletrist and enlightener
Anthony Van Egmond 1838-01-05Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Upper Canada Pneumonia, malnutrition and exposureDutch war veteran and an early settler in the Huron Tract
Osceola 1838-01-30 Seminole (detained by the Flag of the United States (1837-1845).svg  United States) Peritonsillar abscess caused by tonsillitis Leader of the Seminole
Wilhelm Küchelbecker 1846-08-23Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Romantic poet, Decembrist revolutionary
Mullá ʻAlíy-i-Bastámí 1846Flag of Persia (1910-1925).svg  Qajar Iran (detained by the Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire)Unknown2nd Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement
Rrapo Hekali December 1847Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Unknown Albanian revolutionary
Ion Negulici 1851-04-05Flag of Wallachia.svg  Wallachia Tuberculosis Painter, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Chui A-poo 1851Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  British Hong Kong Suicide by hanging Pirate One of the two most notorious South China Sea pirates of the era
Dimitar Miladinov January 1862Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Typhus Bulgarian poet, folklorist, and activist
Konstantin Miladinov January 1962Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Typhus Bulgarian poet, folklorist, and activist
James Henry Gooding 1864-07-19Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg  United States (detained by the Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States)UnknownCorporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Lorenzo Denning 1865-02-08Flag of the United States (1863-1865).svg  United States (detained by the Flag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States)UnknownSoldier, awarded with the Medal of Honor
Walerian Łukasiński 1868-01-27Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Natural causes Polish officer and political activist, symbol of the Polish struggle for independence
Stanislav Dospevski 1878-01-06Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Unknown Bulgarian painter, nephew of Zahari Zograf
Sándor Rózsa 1878-11-22Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Austria-Hungary Tuberculosis Outlaw, best-known Hungarian highwayman
Grigory Goldenberg July 1880Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire SuicideRevolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya
Hesya Helfman 1882-02-01Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Peritonitis Belarusian-Jewish revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya
Nikolai Kletochnikov 1883-07-13Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Hunger strike Revolutionary, joined the police to act as a source of inside information
Alexander Dmitrievich Mikhailov 1884-03-30Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire UnknownRevolutionary, one of the founders of Zemlya i Volya and Narodnaya Volya
Alexander Dolgushin 1885-06-30Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Populist
Maria Kutitonskaya 1887-05-04Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary, attempted to assassinate the military governor Luka Illyashevich
Aizik Aronchik 1888-04-02Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire UnknownRussian revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II
Maria Kalyuzhnaya 1889-11-07Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Nadia Smyrnytska 1889-11-07Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Nadezhda Sigida 1889-11-08Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoningRevolutionary
Maria Kovalevska 1889-11-19Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Mariia Vetrova 1897-02-24Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Self-immolation Ukrainian teacher and revolutionary
Dervish Cara Late 19th centuryFlag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Unknown Albanian revolutionary leader

1900-1939

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Nikola Aslanov 1905-09-24Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Unknown Bulgarian revolutionary, worker of the IMARO
Marko Boshnakov 1908-02-15Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Unknown Bulgarian anarchist, member of the Gemidziite
Milan Arsov 1908-06-08Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Unknown Bulgarian anarchist, member of the Gemidziite
Muhammad al-Kattani 1909-05-04Flag of Morocco (1666-1915).svg  Morocco Died after being mutilated and beaten Sufi faqih
Igor Sazonov 1910-12-10Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning or self-immolation Revolutionary, member of the SR Combat Organization
Hristo Batandzhiev 1913-07-18Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Murder Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary, one of the founders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization
Dmytro Yaremko 1916-10-03Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Unknown Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv and titular bishop of Ostroh
Nikolay Radkevich Autumn 1916Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire Killed by fellow inmatesSerial killer
Gavrilo Princip 1918-04-28Flag of Austria-Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Austria-Hungary Malnutrition and skeletal tuberculosisSerbian assassinAssassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, beginning World War I
Pavel Spiridonovich Medvedev 1919-03-12Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Typhus Bolshevik revolutionary, participant in the execution of the Romanov family
Jussi Kujala 1919-07-01Flag of Finland.svg  Finland SuicideJournalist and former member of the Parliament of Finland
Gaki Sherocho 1919 Kingdom of Kaffa (detained by Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia)UnknownLast King of Kaffa
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Razvozov 1920-06-14Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Infection after an appendectomy Rear admiral, first commander of the Soviet Baltic Fleet
Ivan Kalmykov September 1920Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (detained by Flag of China (1912-1928).svg  China)Shot during an escape attempt Ataman of the Ussuri Cossacks
Michael Fitzgerald 1920-10-17Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Officer Commanding of the Irish Republican Army
Terence MacSwiney 1920-10-25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Irish playwright, author and politician, Lord Mayor of Cork
Joe Murphy 1920-10-25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Officer in the Irish Republican Army
Joseph Whitty 1923-08-02Flag of Ireland.svg  Irish Free State Hunger strike Volunteer in the Irish Republican Army
Denny Barry 1923-08-02Flag of Ireland.svg  Irish Free State Hunger strike Irish Republican
Yrjö Mäkelin 1923-09-18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland SuicideSocialist, journalist and former member of parliament
Andy O'Sullivan 1923-11-22Flag of Ireland.svg  Irish Free State Hunger strike Intelligence Officer and regional leader in the Irish Republican Army
Krishna Lal Adhikari 1923-12-09Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Tuberculosis Author of the now lost work Makaiko Kheti
Leung Ying 1928-10-22Flag of the Republic of China.svg  China (detained by the Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States)Suicide by hangingMass murdererThe worst case of mass murder in California history at the time
Dagmar Overbye 1929-05-06Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark UnknownSerial killer
Uļi Kīnkamäg 1932-06-01Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Unknown Livonian nationalist, "King of Livs"
Ajvaagiin Danzan 1932Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia UnknownChairman of the MPRP
Richard Loeb 1936-01-28Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States Murdered by fellow inmate [2] American murderer
Zmicier Zhylunovich 1937-04-11Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Suicide Belarusian Poet, journalist and political leaderArrested during the Great Purge as an "enemy of the Belarusian people"
Antonio Gramsci 1937-04-27Flag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy combination of arteriosclerosis, pulmonary tuberculosis, high blood pressure, angina, gout and acute gastric disorders Marxist philosopher, linguist, journalist, writer, and politicianArrested by the OVRA

1940s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Albert Richter 1940-01-02Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany Unknown Cyclist and World amateur sprint championHis death was successively ruled as a skii accident, being beaten by rival smugglers, suicide by hanging, suicide by shooting and having fallen at the Eastern Front. Richter was presumably killed by the Gestapo.
Tony D'Arcy 1940-04-16Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Hunger strike Senior leader in the Irish Republican Army
Jack McNeela 1940-04-19Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Hunger strike Officer Commanding of all IRA forces in England
Daniil Kharms 1942-02-02Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Starvation Avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatistArrested as a member of "a group of anti-Soviet children's writers". He was later exonerated in 1960.
Heinz Hitler 1942-02-21Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany (detained by the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union)UnknownHalf-nephew of Adolf Hitler and half-brother of William Stuart-Houston Died at the age of 21 in the Butyrka prison in Moscow.
Miguel Hernández 1942-03-28Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Tuberculosis Poet and playwright
Ernst Heilborn 1942-05-16Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany UnknownWriter, critic and journalist
Jan Ankerman 1942-12-27Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Field hockey player, won the Silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Nikolai Vavilov 1943-01-26Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Malnutrition Russian botanist and geneticist who was imprisoned for his attempts to oppose pseudoscience
Yakov Dzhugashvili 1943-04-14Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (detained by Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany)UnknownEldest son of Joseph Stalin Died at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Stalin refused a prisoner exchange between him and Heinz Hitler.
Ru van der Haar 1943-05-15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Field hockey player, won the Bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Henri Baaij 1943-05-31Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Footballer
Hans Fokker 1943-07-02Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan) Tropical disease Sailor, participant in the 1928 Summer Olympics
Albert Love 1943-11-08Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Welsh boxer, competed for England in the 1930 British Empire Games
Kasturba Gandhi 1944-02-22British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India Natural causesIndian political activist and the wife of Mahatma Gandhi Imprisoned in a detention camp in Pune for protesting and participating in the Quit India Movement.
Ralph Shields 1944-11-21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan) Malnutrition, beriberi Footballer
Johannes van der Vegte 1945-03-15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Rower, participant in the 1920 Summer Olympics
Viktors Eglītis 1945-04-20Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union UnknownLeading figure in the Latvian decadent movement and an introducer of modernist poeticsAccused of being a fascist collaborator during the Soviet era. [3]
August Kop 1945-04-30Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Field hockey player, won the Silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Frederik Lamp 1945-05-27Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan)Unknown Sprinter, participant in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Emil Hácha 1945-06-27Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Unknown3rd President of Czechoslovakia, later of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
Robert A. Jaffray 1945-07-29Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (detained by Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan) Malnutrition, illness Evangelical Missionary in China and Indonesia
Robert Ley 1945-10-25Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg  Germany (detained by the Four Freedoms Flag or United Nations Honour Flag ca 1943-1948.svg Allied Powers)Suicide by hanging Nazi war criminal
Seán McCaughey 1946-05-11Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Hunger strike Officer Commanding of the IRA Northern Command
Hermann Göring 1946-10-15Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg  Germany (detained by the Four Freedoms Flag or United Nations Honour Flag ca 1943-1948.svg Allied Powers)Suicide by poison Nazi war criminal
Ioannis Rallis 1946-10-26Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Natural causes Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation
Walter Nicolai 1947-05-04Flag of Germany (1946-1949).svg  Germany (detained by the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union)Heart attackHead of Abteilung III b in World War I
Frits Clausen 1947-12-05Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Heart attackLeader of the DNSAP
Raoul Wallenberg 1947 or laterFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (believed to have been detained by the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union)Unknown (debated)Diplomat, rescued Jews during the Holocaust Extrajudicial punishment in Soviet Lefortovo prison
Georgios Tsolakoglou 1948-05-22Flag of Greece (1822-1978).svg  Greece Leukemia Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation

1950s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Grigory Gukovsky 1950-04-02Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Heart attackLiterary historian, rediscovered 18th-century Russian literature
Peter Novopashenny October 1950Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union UnknownMarine Officer, cryptanalyst
Rafael Simón Urbina 1950-11-13Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela MurderRebel
Patrick James Byrne 1950-11-25Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pneumonia Catholic missionary and bishop
Werner Haase 1950-11-30Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (detained by the Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union) Tuberculosis SS member and one of Adolf Hitler's personal physiciansLikely died in Butyrka prison
Terry Waters 1951-04-22Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (detained by Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea)UnknownSoldier, awarded with the George Cross Captured at the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War
Muhammad Zarqtuni 1954-06-18Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Suicide by poisoningMoroccan nationalist
Jaroslav Krejčí 1956-05-18Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Unknown Prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Dominik Trčka 1959-03-23Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Pneumonia Redemptorist priestRegarded as a martyr of the Catholic Church. He was later beatified in 2001.
Karl Jäger 1959-06-22Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by hanging Nazi war criminal
Ion Gigurtu 1959-11-24Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Unknown illness Romanian politician, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of RomaniaRehabilitated by the Romanian Supreme Court in 1999.

1960s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Nepomuceno Matallana 1960-01-24Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Bronchitis with heart failure Murderer and suspected serial killer
Pavel Peter Gojdič 1960-07-17Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Terminal cancer Eparch of the Slovak Greek Catholic Eparchy of Prešov Imprisoned by the StB because the Communist government outlawed the Greek Catholic Church. He was later beatified in 2001 and recognised as Righteous Among the Nations in 2007.
Ajax Delgado 1960-09-05Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Murder Coffee grower, political activist
Robert Stroud 1963-11-21Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesThe Birdman of Alcatraz
Fabricio Ojeda 1966-06-21Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).svg  Venezuela Suicide by hangingGuerrilla leader, politician and journalist
Jack Ruby 1967-01-03Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pulmonary embolism American nightclub ownerMurdered Lee Harvey Oswald.
Ilse Koch 1967-09-01Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by hangingWife of the Commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp
Bonifacio Ondó Edú 1969-03-05Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Official version: suicideFormer Prime Minister of Spanish Guinea According to one account, Ondó Edú was tortured in Black Beach prison for ten days by Mariano Mdemendongo, a member of the national guard, before finally being executed.
Don Drummond 1969-05-06Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Official version: natural causes Ska trombonist, composerConvicted of murdering his lover Anita Mahfood, the official cause of death is disputed [4]
Liu Shaoqi 1969-11-12Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Pneumonia / unknown illnessFormer Chairman of the People's Republic of China Died of mistreatment as a result of political persecution during the Cultural Revolution

1970s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of DeathKnown forComments
Josef Bachmann 1970-02-24Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany SuicideAttempt to assassinate APO student leader Rudi Dutschke
Mahmud al-Muntasir 1970-09-28Flag of Libya (1969-1972).svg  Libya Unknown1st Prime Minister of Libya
Leopold Takawira 1970Flag of Southern Rhodesia (1924-1964).svg  Southern Rhodesia Neglect of his diabetes by the prison authoritiesVice-president of the Zimbabwe African National Union
George Jackson 1971-08-21Flag of the United States.svg  United States Shot to death during an escape attemptCo-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family and one of the Soledad Brothers
Mack Ray Edwards 1971-10-30Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hangingChild molester and serial killer
Pedro Luis Boitel 1972-05-25Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Hunger strike Poet and dissident
Yuri Galanskov 1972-11-04Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Death from an operation by a former doctor (another inmate) without surgical qualificationsRussian poet, historian, and human rights activist, imprisoned for his writings
Yoro Diakité 1973-06-13Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Unknown Prime Minister of Mali, Head of the Provisional Government, first Vice President of Mali
Albert DeSalvo 1973-11-25Flag of the United States.svg  United States MurderThe Boston Strangler
Michael Gaughan 1974-06-03Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (detained by the Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom) Hunger strike Member of the Official Irish Republican Army
Holger Meins 1974-11-09Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Hunger strike Member of the Red Army Faction
Siegfried Hausner 1975-05-05Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Severe burns untreated in custodyMember of the Red Army Faction
Katharina Hammerschmidt 1975-06-29Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Untreated cancerMember of the Red Army Faction
Vladimir Herzog 1975-10-25Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Suicide by hangingJournalist, university professor and playwrightAccording to opposition, he was murdered by the DOI-CODI officers
Frank Stagg 1976-02-12Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland (detained by the Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom) Hunger strike Volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Ulrike Meinhof 1976-05-09Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by hangingFounding member of the Red Army Faction
Alioune Dramé 1977-03-01Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea UnknownEconomist and politician, ambassador to Ivory Coast
Steve Biko 1977-10-18Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Bludgeoned to death by South African police [5] South African anti-Apartheid activistForty-sixth political detainee to die during interrogation since the government introduced laws permitting imprisonment without trial in 1963.
Andreas Baader 1977-10-18Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by shootingLeader of the Red Army Faction
Gudrun Ensslin 1977-10-18Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by hangingFounding member of the Red Army Faction
Jan-Carl Raspe 1977-10-18Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by shootingMember of the Red Army Faction
Ingrid Schubert 1977-11-12Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Suicide by hangingMember of the Red Army Faction
Haregot Abbai 1979Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Ethiopia MurderBusinessman, politician

1980s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Pat Hare 1980-09-26Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lung cancerAmerican electric blues guitarist and singer
Richard Chase 1980-12-26Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideSerial killer, cannibal and necrophile; also known as "The Vampire of Sacramento"
James Mitose 1981-03-26Flag of the United States.svg  United States Diabetes Martial artist, brought the art of Kenpo to the United States
Sigurd Debus 1981-04-16Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Hunger strike Alleged member of the Red Army Faction
Bobby Sands 1981-05-05Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Irish republican, member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Francis Hughes 1981-05-12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Raymond McCreesh 1981-05-21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Patsy O'Hara 1981-05-21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Member of the Irish National Liberation Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Joe McDonnell 1981-07-08Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Martin Hurson 1981-07-13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Kevin Lynch 1981-08-01Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Member of the Irish National Liberation Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Kieran Doherty 1981-08-02Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Thomas McElwee 1981-08-08Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Ervil LeBaron 1981-08-15Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesAmerican Mormon fundamentalist
Michael Devine 1981-08-20Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Hunger strike Volunteer in the Irish National Liberation Army Died along with 9 other Republicans on hunger strike. See 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
Umar Muhayshi c. January 1984Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya Torture Army officer and member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
Odysseas Angelis 1987-03-22Flag of Greece.svg  Greece SuicideMilitary officer, Chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces, Vice President of Greece
Tsai Chen-chou 1987-05-14Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Liver diseasePolitician and businessman
Rudolf Hess 1987-08-14Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (held by the Four-Power Authorities)Suicide Nazi war criminalWas the sole inmate in Spandau Prison from 1966 until his death. The prison was demolished afterwards.
Roy Buchanan 1988-08-01Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hangingAmerican guitaristHis death is still the subject of fierce debate.
Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar 1989Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Severe hemorrhage caused by torturePolitical activist

1990s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Michael Tan Teow 1990-05-08Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Suicide by pill overdoseConvicted murderer and former actorDied in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1985 of murdering a landlady and her two children, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Lim Beng Hai, also on death row, was put to death five months later on 5 October 1990
Graham Young 1990-08-01Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Heart attackPoisonerDied in Parkhurst prison. Heart attack is the official cause of death, but there has been speculation that other prisoners may have been responsible.[ citation needed ]
Klaus Barbie 1991-09-25Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (detained by Flag of France.svg  France)Leukemia Nazi war criminal
Richard Speck 1991-12-05Flag of the United States.svg  United States Heart attackAmerican mass murderer
Orton Chirwa 1992-10-20Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi UnknownLawyer and political leader
Robert Biehler 1993-01-10Flag of the United States.svg  United States CancerSerial killer
Kurt-Werner Wichmann 1993-04-25Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Suicide by hangingSerial killerHe hanged himself only 10 days after his arrest. The Netflix miniseries Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier concentrates on his case.
Walter Breen 1993-04-27Flag of the United States.svg  United States CancerAmerican child molester
Garry David 1993-07-11Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Died from wounds caused by self-mutilationRobbery and attempted murder
Liow Han Heng 1993-08-10Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Heart attackConvicted murderer and former goldsmith shop workerDied in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1992 of kidnapping and murdering his former employer, and sentenced to hang. His accomplice Ibrahim Masod, also on death row, was put to death 11 months later on 29 July 1994
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan 1993-11-08Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States)Liver cancer Mexican Mafia leader
Jack Unterweger 1994-06-29Flag of Austria.svg  Austria SuicideSerial killer with estimated 12-15 victims [6] [7] [8]
Daniel Camargo Barbosa 1994-11-13Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (detained by Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador)Stabbed to death by Geovanny Noguera, a nephew of one of his victims [9] Serial killer and rapist
Jeffrey Dahmer 1994-11-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States Beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver [10] American serial killer and cannibal
Jesse Anderson 1994-11-30Flag of the United States.svg  United States Beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver [10] American murderer
Fred West 1995-01-01Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Suicide by hanging [11] Multiple murders; was on remand awaiting trial
Sadibou Hydara 1995-06-06Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia MurderMilitary and political leader
Kenneth Michael Trentadue 1995-08-21Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hangingArrested during the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing Trentadue's family maintains that he was murdered by members of the FBI
Ronald Kray 1995-09-07Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Heart attackBritish gangster and murderer, twin brother of Reginald Kray
Robert Wayne Danielson 1995-09-07Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hangingSerial killer
Gerard John Schaefer 1995-12-03Flag of the United States.svg  United States Stabbed to deathAmerican murderer
Alfons Noviks 1996-03-12Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia UnknownPoliticianCharged with a life sentence for signing orders for the Soviet deportations from Latvia
Ottis Toole 1996-09-15Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cirrhosis Serial killer
James Earl Ray 1998-04-23Flag of the United States.svg  United States Hepatitis C Convicted for assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Moshood Abiola 1998-07-07Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Heart attackHonorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire His death is disputed, with some believing he was poisoned or beaten to death.
Kaya 1999-02-21Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius UnknownMusician, creator of Seggae Arrested for smoking marijuana during one of his concerts
Aleksandr Komin 1999-06-15Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Suicide by cutting Enslaver, serial killerKept six people as prisoners in a 9-meter-deep bunker under his garage and killed four of them.
Saeed Emami 1999-06-19Flag of Iran.svg  Iran SuicideDeputy minister of intelligence under Ali Fallahian His death was officially ruled as a suicide, although this is desputed by Iranian dissidents who believe he was murdered in order to prevent him leaking sensitive information. [12]
Georgios Papadopoulos 1999-06-27Flag of Greece.svg  Greece ALS, bladder cancer Military dictator of the Greek junta

2000s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Oleg Kuznetsov 2000-08-04Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Heart failureSerial killer, rapist Killed 10 girls and women between 1991 and 1992.
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev 2000Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Torture or heart attackParliamentary speaker of Chechenia Disappeared in 2000, his death was reported as a prison death by Chechenpress and AFP; the FSB denied that
Byron De La Beckwith 2001-01-21Flag of the United States.svg  United States Heart attack [13] American white supremacist Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi who assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963.
Henry Lee Lucas 2001-03-12Flag of the United States.svg  United States Heart failure"The Confession Killer"
Shankar Suppiahmaniam 2001-08-10Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Murdered by his fellow cellmate Kanesan Ratnam, who was later sentenced to death for murdering himCharged with raping and abducting two young girls, and also his murderScheduled to stand trial on 13 August 2001, but died three days before the trial was to begin
Thomas Schleicher 2001-11-02Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Suicide Judoka and participant of the 1996 Summer Olympics Convicted for drug trafficking
Evison Matafale 2001-11-27Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Pneumonia Reggae musician
Iván Urdinola Grajales 2002-02-02Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Heart attackleader of the Norte del Valle Cartel, "El enano"
John Gotti 2002-06-10Flag of the United States.svg  United States Throat cancer American mafia boss
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev 2002-08-18Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Official version: inner bleedings caused by leukemia National security minister of Chechnya His relatives claimed he was tortured to death. [14]
Myra Hindley 2002-11-15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Died in hospital after heart attack in prisonBritish serial killer
Habibullah 2002-12-04Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg  Afghanistan (detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States)Pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injury to the legs [15] Mullah, brother of a Taliban leaderHis death was initially attributed to "natural causes" by the military. The autopsy later classified Habibullah's death as homicide. [16]
Dilawar 2002-12-10Flag of Afghanistan (2002-2004).svg  Afghanistan (detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States)"Blunt-force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease" caused from torture Farmer and taxi driverThe documentary film Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) focuses on his death.
Salman Raduyev 2002-12-14Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Official version: "Serious and protracted diseases" Chechen military commander, responsible for the Kizlyar hostage taking raid His family and others claim that he was murdered by the authorities in prison.
Fesshaye Yohannes 2002-2007Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea UnknownJournalist
John Geoghan 2003-08-23Flag of the United States.svg  United States Murdered by fellow inmate Joseph Druce Catholic priest and child molester
Hassan Evan Naseem 2003-09-19Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives Beaten to death by the NSS personnel during a riotHis death lead to the 2003 Maldives civil unrest
Md. Yakub Ali 2003-10-17Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Unknown [17] Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist
Jahangir Hossain Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Unknown [17] Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist
Manadel al-Jamadi 2003-11-04Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States)Died from torture during a CIA interrogation Suspect in a bomb attack, also known as "The Iceman", "Mr. Frosty" and "Bernie"His death was a trigger of the 2003-2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal
Abed Hamed Mowhoush 2003-11-26Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq (detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States)Died from torture during a CIA interrogation Air vice-marshal of the Iraqi Air Force His death was initially attributed to "natural causes" by the CIA. After the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal erupted, the Pentagon acknowledged that the cause of death was "asphyxia due to smothering and chest compression", and that his body showed "evidence of blunt force trauma to the chest and legs". [18]
Harold Shipman 2004-01-13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Suicide by hangingBritish doctor who killed many of his patients
Abu Abbas 2004-03-08Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine (detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States in Flag of Iraq (2004-2008).svg  Iraq)Natural causesTerrorist
Clayton Fountain 2004-07-12Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesMember of the Aryan Brotherhood
Victor Kaliadin 2004-09-16Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Heart attack CEO of the company Elers Electron
John Wayne Glover 2005-09-09Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Suicide by hanging [19] Sydney Granny Murderer
Vincent Gigante 2005-12-19Flag of the United States.svg  United States Oxygen deprivation American Mafia bossBoss of Genovese crime family
Stuart Alexander 2005-12-25Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pulmonary embolism Businessman and murdererAlso known as "The Sausage King" because he was recognized and renowned for making linguiça sausage.
Slobodan Milošević 2006-03-11Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro Heart attackSerbian and Yugoslav president
Andrew Martinez 2006-05-18Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideNude activist
Samuel Bowers 2006-05-18Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cardiopulmonary arrest American white supremacistCo-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted of bombing death of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer.
Ogulsapar Muradova August/September 2006Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Official version: Natural causesHuman rights activist, journalistThe official cause of death is disputed by her children. [20]
Ron Porambo 2006-10-22Flag of the United States.svg  United States Choking on an orangeJournalist who covered the 1967 Newark riots Charged with 30 years for felony murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, two counts of armed robbery, burglary, and possession of a firearm for an unlawful purpose.
Samuel Hinga Norman 2007-02-22Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Natural causesFounder and leader of the Civil Defence Forces
Charles Harrelson 2007-03-15Flag of the United States.svg  United States Heart attack Hitman, convicted of murdering U.S. Federal judge John H. Wood Jr. Father of actor Woody Harrelson.
David Lane 2007-03-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States Epilepsy American white nationalist
Sergei Ryakhovsky 2007-11-12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Tuberculosis Serial killer
John Straffen 2007-11-19Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Natural causesBritish serial killerLongest-serving prisoner in British legal history, was in prison for 55 years until his death
Ryan Gracie 2007-12-15Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Died as a result of brain injuryBrazilian mixed martial artist
Germano Nati 2008-03-17Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea Bladder and kidney infections [21] Politician of the EPLF
Vlado Taneski 2008-06-23Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia Suicide by drowning in a plastic bucket of waterSerial killer
Dinko Šakić 2008-07-20Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Heart problemsCommander of the Jasenovac concentration camp
Johnny "J" 2008-10-03Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico / Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide Songwriter, music producer and rapper Charged with driving while intoxicated
Arthur Shawcross 2008-11-10Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cardiac arrest Serial killer
Son Jong-nam 2008-12-07Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Unknown (probably torture) North Korean defector and Christian missionary
Antonie Dixon 2009-02-04Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand SuicideNew Zealand thief and murderer
Omid Reza Mir Sayafi 2009-03-18Flag of Iran.svg  Iran UnknownBlogger and journalistArrested for allegedly insulting religious leaders and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Maxim Bazylev 2009-03-27Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Suicide by cutting the veins on his forearms and neck Russian nationalist, last leader of the NSO
Toi Aukuso Cain 2009-04-18Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Liver cancer PoliticianArrested for the murder of Luagalau Leva'ula Kamu
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi 2009-05-10Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya TortureLeader of the Khalden training camp His death was officially ruled as suicide by hanging.
Fathi Eljahmi 2009-05-21Flag of Libya (1977-2011).svg  Libya UnknownPolitic dissident
Susan Atkins 2009-09-24Flag of the United States.svg  United States Brain tumor Member of the Manson family
John Evander Couey 2009-09-30Flag of the United States.svg  United States CancerSex offender convicted of murdering Jessica Lunsford
Sergei Magnitsky 2009-11-16Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Closed cerebral cranial injuryRussian tax accountant who specialized in anti-corruption activitiesMagnitsky alleged there had been large-scale theft from the Russian state, sanctioned and carried out by Russian officials. He was arrested and eventually died in prison. The documentary The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes concentrates on his case.

2010s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Orlando Zapata 2010-02-23Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Hunger strike Political activist
Germain Cyrille Ngota Ngota 2010-04-22Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon HIV Editor for the Cameroun Express Charged with falsifying a government document, the first journalist to die in the line of duty in Cameroon since 1992
Sipho Jele 2010-05-04Flag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland Suicide by hangingMember of the banned party People's United Democratic Movement
Wallace Souza 2010-07-27Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Heart attack due to Budd–Chiari syndrome Television presenter and politician
Philip Markoff 2010-08-15Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideAmerican murdererKnown as the "Craigslist killer"
Dimitrios Ioannidis 2010-08-16Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Respiratory problemsMilitary dictator of the Greek junta
Terry Peder Rasmussen 2010-12-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia Serial killer with six known victims. [22] on December 28, 2010. [23] [24]
Edwin Valero 2010-04-19Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela SuicideProfessional boxer
Carl Williams 2010-04-19Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Bludgeoned to deathAustralian crime bossMurdered by fellow inmate while serving sentence
Fawza Falih 2010Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Official version: Choking on her food Condemned to death for practicing witchcraft
Akrom Yoʻldoshev 2010/11Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Tuberculosis Founder of Akromiya
Colin Hatch February 2011Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Suspected homicide Notorious murderer and child molester
Dorothea Puente 2011-03-27Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesSerial killer
Lee Bradley Brown 2011-04-12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (detained by the Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates)UnknownTourist, his cause of death is still disputed
Edarem 2012-01-08Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lung cancerAmerican Internet personality
Colin Ireland 2012-02-21Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Died as a result of hip injury. [25] British serial killer of gay men
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó 2012-12-06Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Cardiac arrest Former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Richard Ramirez 2013-06-07Flag of the United States.svg  United States CancerAmerican serial killer
Tjostolv Moland 2013-08-18Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (detained by the Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo)SuicideSentenced to death for murder, and espionage for NorwayDied in Congolese custody [26]
Anatoly Onoprienko 2013-08-27Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Heart attackSerial killer and mass murderer
Ariel Castro 2013-09-03Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideKidnapped and raped three American women for over a decade.
Heinrich Boere 2013-12-01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Natural causesNazi war criminal
John Anthony Walker 2014-08-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States Unknown United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985
Anushervon Rakhmanov 2015-04-02Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Suicide by hangingSuspected serial killer
Sandra Bland 2015-07-13Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide (allegedly)American motoristArrested for traffic violation on July 10 by State Trooper Brian Encinia. Encinia was indicted for perjury for making false statements about the circumstances of Bland's arrest. Waller County jail failed to follow required policies and procedures.
Manuel Contreras 2015-08-07Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Unspecified kidney problems [27] Army officer, former head of the National Intelligence Directorate He was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison at the time of his death. [28]
Marcelo Moren Brito 2015-09-11Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Multiple organ failure [29] Retired Army colonel and former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional He was sentenced to more than 300 years in prison. [29]
Sarah Reed 2016-01-11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Suicide/accidental deathOn remand awaiting possible trial pending psychiatric reportsCharged with GBH with intent
Lawrence Phillips 2016-01-13Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideAmerican football playerPhillips was facing the death penalty in the alleged murder of his former cellmate in April 2015.
Jacques Bihozagara 2016-03-30Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (detained by Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi)Unknown (probably assassination)Rwandan ambassador to France and Belgium Arrested on suspicion of espionage, died only minutes after arriving at the prison infirmary. [30] [31]
Vladimir Dolgopolov 2016-06-12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Stroke Soccer player, won a Master of Sports of the USSR awardWas found guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in January 2016 [32] [33]
Lou Pearlman 2016-08-19Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cardiac arrest Manager of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC
Gennadiy Tsypkalov 2016-09-24Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Unknown (official version: Suicide)politician of the Luhansk People's Republic
Omar Abdel-Rahman 2017-02-18Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

(detained by the Flag of the United States.svg  United States)

Coronary arterial diseaseTerrorist
Donald Harvey 2017-03-30Flag of the United States.svg  United States Killed by fellow inmateSerial killer
Aaron Hernandez 2017-04-19Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideFormer tight-end for NFL team New England Patriots, later convicted of murdering Odin Lloyd Found not guilty of the 2012 double homicide of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado just 5 days before he was found dead.
Yip Kai Foon 2017-04-19Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Lung cancer [34] Hong Kong armed robber with AK-47
Ian Brady 2017-05-15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Cancer British serial killer
Manuel Noriega 2017-05-29Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Issues after a brain hemorrhage Military dictator of Panama 1983-1989
Liu Xiaobo 2017-07-13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Liver cancer Prisoner of conscience Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2010)
Carlos Andrés García 2017-09-17Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela DebatedPolitician, councilman at the time of dearthGarcía suffered a stroke in detention. Security officials reportedly refused to give medical attention to García, ignored the orders to transfer him to a health center and did not give him medicines sent by his relatives. [35] [36] [37] He was transferred to a hospital days afterwards. [38]
Charles Manson 2017-11-19Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesLeader of the Manson Family
Nelson Martínez 2017-12-12Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Health complications [39] Minister of Petroleum and President of Petróleos de Venezuela
Ernst-Dieter Beck 2018-04-29Flag of Germany.svg  Germany UnknownSerial killerHe was the first person accused of murder in German legal history, on whom a chromosome test was applied. [40]
Dennis Nilsen 2018-05-12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Pulmonary embolism British serial killer
Brian Lawler 2018-07-29Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hanging [41] Professional wrestler
Fernando Albán 2018-10-08Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Body fell from a tenth-floor of the headquarters of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN). [42] Unofficially, Albán died before his fall and the autopsy revealed that water was found in his lungs. [43] [44] Politician, councilman at the time of dearthInitially ruled officially as a suicide, a version heavily disputed, authorities later admitted that Albán was killed during his detention. [45]
Whitey Bulger 2018-10-30Flag of the United States.svg  United States Killed by prison inmatesAmerican mobster
Andrew Urdiales 2018-11-02Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hangingSerial killer
Serhiy Tkach 2018-11-04Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Heart failureSerial killer
Carmine Persico 2019-03-07Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesBoss of the Colombo crime family
Mohamed Morsi 2019-06-17Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Egyptian state television announced on 17 June 2019 that Mohamed Morsi had collapsed during a court hearing on espionage charges at Cairo's Tora prison complex, and later died suddenly, reportedly of a heart attack. [46] [47] [48] [49] Former President of Egypt
Rafael Acosta Arévalo 2019-06-29Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Widespread polytrauma, torture [50] [51] [52] Military officer with the rank of corvette captain Died shortly after attending to a court hearing, arriving in a wheelchair and with serious indications of torture. [53]
Dawid Kostecki 2019-08-02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Suicide by hanging Light heavyweight boxer Convicted for drug trafficking, car theft, running a prostitution escort ring, and income tax evasion.
Jeffrey Epstein 2019-08-10Flag of the United States.svg  United States SuicideAmerican financier and convicted sex offender
Richard Huckle 2019-10-13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Stabbed to deathBritish serial sex offender and paedophile
Anthony McKnight 2019-10-17Flag of the United States.svg  United States Unknown [54] Serial killer and rapist
Ivan Milat 2019-10-27Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Natural causesSerial killer
Lawrence Bittaker 2019-12-13Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesSerial killer and rapist, one of the "Tool Box Killers"
Phillip Carl Jablonski 2019-12-27Flag of the United States.svg  United States Unknown [55] Serial killer

2020s

NameDate of deathNationalityCause of deathKnown forComments
Roy Norris 2020-02-24Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesSerial killer and rapist, one of the "Tool Box Killers"
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. 2020-03-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States UnknownSerial killer, better known as the "Grim Sleeper"
Shady Habash 2020-05-01Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Alcohol poisoning FilmmakerWas imprisoned without trial for making a music video for the exiled Egyptian rock musician Ramy Essam, that mocked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. [56]
Carlos Ernesto Escobar Mejía 2020-05-06Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (detained by Flag of the United States.svg  United States) COVID-19 The first immigrant to die from COVID-19 in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
David Owen Brooks 2020-05-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Murderer
Eddie Mosley 2020-05-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Serial killer and rapist
Mário Calixto Filho 2020-06-17Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil COVID-19 Politician, journalist and businessmanConvicted of government procurement fraud [57]
Manuel Machado Alvarez 2020-07-03Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (detained by Flag of the United States.svg  United States) COVID-19 Murderer
Scott Erskine 2020-07-03Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Serial killer and rapist
Mahendra Yadav 2020-07-05Flag of India.svg  India COVID-19 Politician
Andrey Yezhov 2020-07-06Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Suicide by hangingSerial killer and rapist
Chua Ser Lien 2020-07-08Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore SuicideFormer cleaning company director and convicted kidnapperSentenced to life imprisonment and three strokes of the cane in 2004. Suffered from bipolar disorder, which worsened during his final years before he died. Found eligible for parole in 2023
Nelson Meurer 2020-07-12Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil COVID-19 Politician, mayor of Francisco Beltrão Convicted on corruption and money laundering charges
Moussa Benhamadi 2020-07-17Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria COVID-19 Politician and researcher
David Romero Ellner 2020-07-18Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras COVID-19 Journalist and lawyer, Liberal party congressman and former mayor of TegucigalpaWas arrested during the 2019–2021 Algerian protests [58]
Jaybee Sebastian 2020-07-18Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines COVID-19 Kidnapper and carjacker
Jorge Villavicencio 2020-07-20Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala COVID-19 Former Guatemalan Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance Was arrested over corruption accusations. [59]
Azimzhan Askarov 2020-07-25Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan Pneumonia Human rights activist, investigator of police brutality Arrested and prosecuted on charges of creating mass disturbances, incitement of ethnic hatred, and complicity in murder.
Essam el-Erian 2020-08-13Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt COVID-19 Vice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party Arrested during the 2011 Egyptian revolution
Édouard Karemera 2020-08-31Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (detained by Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal) COVID-19 Politician convicted of genocide
Maxim Martsinkevich 2020-09-16Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Official version: Suicide Neo-Nazi activist and vlogger
Horst David 2020-11-08Flag of Germany.svg  Germany UnknownSerial killerThe investigation of his murder of the prostitute Fatima Grossart is considered a milestone in German criminal history because it was the first time that a crime that had occurred almost 20 years ago could be solved with the help of the automated fingerprint identification system.
Peter Sutcliffe 2020-11-13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom COVID-19 Serial killer
Anthony Hardy 2020-11-25Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom COVID-19 Serial killer, the "Camden Ripper"
Anthony Casso 2020-12-15Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Underboss of the Lucchese crime family
Donato Bilancia 2020-12-17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy COVID-19 Serial killer
Romell Broom 2020-12-28Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Murder of Tryna Middleton. [60]
Sofia Zhukova 2020-12-29Flag of Russia.svg  Russia COVID-19 Serial killerBeing 80 years old at the time of her last murder, she was the oldest serial killer in the history of Russia and the Soviet Union.
Salvador Franco 2021-01-03Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Tuberculosis and malnourishment. [61] Pemon political prisonerFranco had COVID-19 and that for months suffered from gastrointestinal diseases related to the insalubrity of his penitentiary center, losing a large amount of weight in detention. There was a court order for his transfer to a health center, but it was ultimately ignored. [62] [63]
Phil Spector 2021-01-16Flag of the United States.svg  United States Complications from COVID-19 American music producerWas convicted of the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson and was serving a 19 years to life prison sentence at the time of his death.
Nathaniel Burkett 2021-01-19Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Serial killer
Daniela Figueredo 2021-03-13Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela GunshotYoung detaineeShot in the face by a police officer and killed at the age of nineteen. [64] [65] Human rights activists declared that the incident occurred when the officer tried to sexually abuse her. [66]
Antonio Sanchez 2021-03-27Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines UnknownPolitician, mayor of Calauan
Bernie Madoff 2021-04-14Flag of the United States.svg  United States Chronic kidney disease [67] [68] [69] [70] Fraudster
Vitold Ashurak 2021-05-21Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Official version: Cardiac arrest Political and ecological activistSentenced to five years for his role in the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests, died four months after his imprisonment, the official cause of death is disputed
John McAfee 2021-06-23Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom “Everything points to death by suicide,” [71] according to the Guardian, except a previous statement: 'If I suicide myself, I didn't.' [72] Founded the software company McAfee Associates in 1987.
Nyan Win 2021-07-20Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar COVID-19 Member-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw and Aung San Suu Kyi's personal attorney
Yevgen Sotnikov 2021-08-06Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine MurderJudokaImprisoned for killing an 18-year old. [73]
Robert Martin Gumbura 2021-08-07Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe COVID-19 PastorWas convicted with four counts of rape and possession of illegal pornographic material and sentenced to 40 years in prison. [74] [75]
Hugo Salas Wenzel 2021-08-11Flag of Chile.svg  Chile UnknownGeneral of the Chilean Army Was sentenced to life for human rights violations in the 1980s. [76]
Hissène Habré 2021-08-24Flag of Chad.svg  Chad COVID-19 5th president and dictator of Chad
Abimael Guzmán 2021-09-11Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Suicide by starvation [77] Maoist guerrilla leader and terrorist
Raúl Baduel 2021-10-12Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Official version: cardiorespiratory arrest caused by COVID-19 Venezuelan general and former defense minister The official cause of death is disputed by his family
Gilbert Dragon 2021-11-17Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti COVID-19 Police chief and commander in the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti
Hamdi Hassan 2021-11-25Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Unknown [78] Member of the House of Representatives of Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood
Robert Durst 2022-01-10Flag of the United States.svg  United States COVID-19 Murderer
Stephen Kovacs 2022-01-12Flag of the United States.svg  United States Suicide by hanging Saber fencer and fencing coachCharged with multiple counts of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and false swearing.
Hugo Torres Jiménez 2022-02-11Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Natural causes Sandinista guerrilla, brigadier general in the Nicaraguan Armed Forces
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga 2022-03-21Flag of Mali.svg  Mali UnknownFormer Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Mali
Dmitry Kolker 2022-07-02Flag of Russia.svg  Russia UnknownPhysicist, head of the Laboratory of Quantum Optical Technologies of Novosibirsk State University Arrested on suspicion of state treason in June 2022. [79]
Ales Pushkin 2023-07-11Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus UnknownArtist and painter, awarded with the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal
Gennady Lopyrev 2023-08-16Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Official version: Leukemia Former lieutenant-general in the FSO and overseer of various construction projects, including Putin's palace at Gelendzhik Imprisoned in the IK-3 prison in 2017 for taking bribes, the official cause of death is disputed [80]
Ted Kaczynski 2023-10-06Flag of the United States.svg  United States Apparent suicideMathematician and domestic terroristSentenced to 8 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Anthony Sully 2023-09-08Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesSerial killer and police officer
Doug Clark 2023-10-11Flag of the United States.svg  United States Natural causesSerial killer
Alejandro Muyshondt 2024-02-07Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Official version: Pulmonary edema PoliticianThe official version is disputed and his family believes that he died from torture. [81]
Alexei Navalny 2024-02-16Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Official version: Blood clot detachment Russian opposition politician Death of Alexei Navalny
Ihar Lednik 2024-02-20Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Issues after an operation of the gastrointestinal tract Belarusian opposition activistSentenced to three years for the "defamation" of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, [82] in prison he was routinely abused by the jailers [83]

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