Individuals who were sentenced to capital punishment by a presiding authority, but for whatever reason the execution never took place.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Criminal |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Black Panther, sentenced to death |
| Randall Adams |
Victim |
17-Dec-1948 |
30-Oct-2010 |
Innocent man in The Thin Blue Line |
| Mehmet Ali Agca |
Assassin |
9-Jan-1958 |
|
In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
| Mikhail Bakunin |
Anarchist |
30-May-1814 |
1-Jul-1876 |
Pioneer of the Anarchist movement |
| Celal Bayar |
Head of State |
16-May-1883 |
22-Aug-1986 |
President of Turkey, 1950-60 |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Caravaggio |
Painter |
28-Sep-1573 |
18-Jul-1610 |
Temperamental painter |
| Harvey Carignan |
Criminal |
18-May-1927 |
|
The Want-Ad Killer |
| Kim Dae-Jung |
Head of State |
3-Dec-1925 |
18-Aug-2009 |
South Korean President, 1998-2003 |
| Dante |
Poet |
1265 |
14-Sep-1321 |
La Divina Commedia |
| Charles de Gaulle |
Head of State |
22-Nov-1890 |
9-Nov-1970 |
President of France, 1958-69 |
| Marquis de Sade |
Author |
2-Jun-1740 |
2-Dec-1814 |
120 Days of Sodom |
| John Demjanjuk |
Criminal |
3-Apr-1920 |
17-Mar-2012 |
Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Novelist |
30-Oct-1821 |
28-Jan-1881 |
Crime and Punishment |
| José Napoleón Duarte |
Head of State |
23-Nov-1925 |
23-Feb-1990 |
President of El Salvador, 1984-89 |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Military |
4-Jul-1807 |
2-Jun-1882 |
Privateer, Italian hero |
| Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
| Chun Doo Hwan |
Head of State |
18-Jan-1931 |
|
President of South Korea, 1980-88 |
| Ryszard Kaczorowski |
Head of State |
26-Nov-1919 |
10-Apr-2010 |
President-in-exile of Poland, 1989-90 |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Patricia Krenwinkel |
Criminal |
3-Dec-1947 |
|
Charles Manson Family |
| Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Nelson Mandela |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1918 |
5-Dec-2013 |
President of South Africa, 1994-99 |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Ferdinand Marcos |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1917 |
28-Sep-1989 |
Disgraced Philippine dictator |
| Gaius Marius |
Military |
155 BC |
13-Jan-86 BC |
Roman General and consul |
| Giuseppe Mazzini |
Activist |
22-Jun-1805 |
10-Mar-1872 |
Italian patriot, agitator |
| Enver Pasha |
Government |
22-Nov-1881 |
4-Aug-1922 |
Young Turk leader, persecuted ethnic minorities |
| Philippe Pétain |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1856 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Leader of Vichy France |
| Casimir Pulaski |
Military |
7-Mar-1745 |
11-Oct-1779 |
Polish General in the American Revolution |
| Sir Walter Raleigh |
Explorer |
c. 1552 |
29-Oct-1618 |
Favorite of Queen Elizabeth I |
| Richard Ramirez |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1960 |
7-Jun-2013 |
Serial killer, The Night Stalker |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Military |
21-Feb-1794 |
21-Jun-1876 |
Hero of Tampico |
| Sirhan Sirhan |
Assassin |
19-Mar-1944 |
|
Assassin of Robert F. Kennedy |
| Richard Speck |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1941 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Killed eight student nurses |
| Napper Tandy |
Politician |
1740 |
24-Aug-1803 |
Irish politician and revolutionary |
| Tex Watson |
Criminal |
2-Dec-1945 |
|
Honor student turned to Manson Family |
