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List of people who were beheaded
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The following is a list of notable people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with
date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended.
These individuals may have lost their heads either accidentally or intentionally (as a form of execution or
posthumously).
Austria
• Joseph Haydn (1809) – Celebrated
composer posthumously beheaded; see
Haydn's head
Africa
• Tom Pryce (1977) - racing driver
partially decapitated by chin strap
Canada
• Tim McLean (2008) – murdered and
decapitated on Greyhound bus
The severed head of Fribjon Bjornson, 28,
was found in a vacant house on the
Nak'azdli reserve near Fort St. James on
Feb. 3, three weeks after he was last seen
about 60 kilometres away at a 7-Eleven in
Vanderhoof, B.C.
Severed head of Robert John Roth, 54,
found in Edmonton alley October 24, 2012.
Sandy Bay first nations woman Roberta
McIvor, 30, found decapitated alongside dirt
road July 30, 2011.
Salome and the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, by Titian
China
• Guan Yu (219) – Executed during civil
war by Sun Quan
• Guan Ping (219) – son of Guan Yu –
executed during civil war by Sun Quan
• Wen Tianxiang (1283) – scholar and
general
• Tan Sitong (1898) – Executed with 5
others by Empress Dowager Cixi
The Beheading of Saint Paul. Painting by Enrique Simonet in 1887
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Chile
• María José Reyes and Juan Duarte (2012) – Beheaded by a seller of antiquities in Lolol
Denmark
• Anne Palles (1693) – Executed in Copenhagen for witchcraft
• Johann Friedrich Struensee (1772) – Executed in Copenhagen for lèse-majesté
• Enevold Brandt (1772) – Executed in Copenhagen for lèse-majesté
England
• Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (1076) – Executed at Winchester by
order of William I for taking part in the Revolt of the Earls
• Sir William Wallace (1305) – famous Scottish resistance fighter,
hanged, drawn and quartered by order of Edward I
• Piers Gaveston (1312) – Executed near Warwick by Thomas, 2nd
Earl of Lancaster in the Baron's Revolt
• Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster – Lord High Steward (1322) –
Executed at Pontefract by Edward II of England
• Edmund FitzAlan, 9th Earl of Arundel (1326) – Executed at
Hereford by Queen Isabella, Regent for Edward III
• Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent – Lord Wardens of the
Cinque Ports (1330) – Executed at Winchester by Queen Isabella,
Regent for Edward III
• Sir Robert Hales – Lord High Treasurer (1381) – Executed at
Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
The heads of famous English traitors were
customarily spiked on London Bridge
• Simon of Sudbury – Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London (1381) – Executed at
Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• Richard Lyons – London Merchant and Financier (1381) – Beheaded in London by rebels during the Peasants'
Revolt
• Sir John Cavendish – Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1381) –
Executed in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• Wat Tyler (1381) – Beheaded in London by order of the Lord Mayor of London during the Peasants' Revolt
• Sir Simon de Burley, KG (1388) – Executed on Tower Hill by the Merciless Parliament for supporting Richard II
of England
• John de Beauchamp (1388) – Executed on Tower Hill by the Merciless Parliament for supporting Richard II of
England
• Sir John Berners (1388) – Executed on Tower Hill by the Merciless Parliament for supporting Richard II of
England
• Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel, KG (1397) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Richard II of England
• William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, Sir John Bussy and Sir Henry Green (1399) Executed in Bristol Castle
by the Duke of Hereford (soon to be Henry IV of England)
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• Ralph de Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley (1400) – Executed at
Cirencester during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
• Thomas le Despenser, 4th Baron le Despencer (1400) – Executed at
Bristol by order of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
• John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, KG – Lord Great Chamberlain
and Justice of Chester (1400) – Executed at Pleshey Castle, Essex
by order of Joan Fitzalan, Countess of Hereford, with the approval
of her son-in-law Henry IV, for the Epiphany Rising
• John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, KG (1400) – Executed at
Cirencester during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
• Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, KG – Earl Marshal (1400) –
Executed at Cirencester during reign of Henry IV for the Epiphany
Rising
• Sir Benard Brocas (1400) – Beheaded at Tyburn during reign of
Henry IV for the Epiphany Rising
• Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester (1403) – Executed by order of
Henry IV (Hanged, drawn and quartered)
• Sir Richard Vernon (1403) – Executed by order of Henry IV (Hung,
drawn and quartered)
• Sir Richard Venables (1403) – Executed by order of Henry IV
(Hung, drawn and quartered)
Piers Gaveston at the feet of the Earl of Warwick,
1312
The execution of Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of
Somerset at Tewkesbury, 1471
• Thomas de Mowbray, 4th Earl of Norfolk – Earl Marshal (1405) – Executed at York by order of Henry IV for
treason
• Richard le Scrope Archbishop of York (1405) – Executed at York by order of Henry IV for treason
• Sir William de Plumpton (1405) – Executed by order of Henry IV for treason
• Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1415) – Executed at Southampton by order of Henry V of
England for his involvement in the Southampton Plot
• Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, KG (1415) – Executed at Southampton by order of Henry V of
England for his involvement in the Southampton Plot
• William de la Pole (1450) – Beheaded at sea, possibly by order of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
• James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele (1450) – Beheaded in London by rebels led by Jack Cade
• James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley (1459) – Executed after Battle of Blore Heath for being a Lancastrian
• Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, KG, PC – Lord Chancellor (1460) – Executed after the Battle of
Wakefield for being a Yorkist
• Edmund, Earl of Rutland (1460) – Executed by order of Lord Clifford for being a Yorkist (stabbed to death
during the Battle of Wakefield and later decapitated)
• Thomas Thorpe, speaker (1461) – Beheaded by a London mob
• Thomas Courtenay, 14th Earl of Devon (1461) – Executed after the Battle of Towton for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Owen Tudor (1461) – Executed after the Battle of Towton for being a Lancastrian
• James Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond – 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1461) – Executed after the Battle of Towton for being a
Lancastrian
• Sir Thomas Kyriell (1461) – Executed by order of Margaret of Anjou after the Second Battle of St Albans for
being a Yorkist
• William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville (1461) – Executed by order of Margaret of Anjou after the Second Battle of
St Albans for being a Yorkist
• John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (1462) – Executed by order of John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
• Lord Aubrey de Vere (1462) – Son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (1462) – Executed at Tower Hill by
order of John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester
• Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1464) – Beheaded after the Battle of Hexham for being a Lancastrian
• Robert Hungerford, 3rd Baron Hungerford (1464) – Beheaded at Newcastle after the Battle of Hexham for being
a Lancastrian
• Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros (1464) – Beheaded at Newcastle after the Battle of Hexham for being a
Lancastrian
• Sir Philip Wentworth (1464) – Beheaded at Middleham after the Battle of Hexham for being a Lancastrian
• Sir William Tailboys (1464) – Executed after Battle of Hexham for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Humphrey Neville (1469) – Executed at York by order of Edward IV for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Charles Neville (1469) – Brother of above – Executed at York by order of Edward IV for being a Lancastrian
• Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers – Lord High Treasurer and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1469) –
Executed by order of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick for being a Yorkist
• Sir John Woodville (1469) – Son of above – Executed by order of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick for
being a Yorkist
• Sir Henry Courtenay (1469) – Executed for treason at Salisbury for being a Lancastrian, brother of Sir Hugh
Courtenay and the 14th and 15th Earls of Devon who were all executed for being Lancastrians
• William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1468 creation) (1469) – Executed after Battle of Edgecote Moor for
being a Yorkist
• Sir Richard Herbert (1469) – Executed after Battle of Edgecote Moor for being a Yorkist, also illegitimate son of
the above
• Humphrey Stafford, 1st Earl of Devon (1469) – Captured and executed in Bridgewater for being a Yorkist
• Richard Welles, 7th Baron Welles (1470) – Executed on battlefield of Losecote by order of Edward IV for being
a Lancastrian
• Sir Thomas Dymoke (1470) – Executed on battlefield of Losecote by order of Edward IV for being a Lancastrian
• Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1470) – Son of Richard Welles Executed after Battle of
Losecoat by order of Edward IV for being a Lancastrian
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• John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester – Lord High Treasurer (1470) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VI
for being a Yorkist
• Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a
Lancastrian
• John Courtenay, 15th Earl of Devon (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Hugh Courtenay (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Gervase Clifton (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a Lancastrian
• John Delves (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a Lancastrian[1] (The eldest son of Sir
John Delves, who was killed in the battle.)
• Sir Thomas Tresham – MP for Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire, High Sheriff of
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, High Sheriff of Sussex, High Sheriff of Surrey, Comptroller of the
Household, Speaker of the House of Commons (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of Tewkesbury for being a
Lancastrian
• Sir John Langstrother – Grand Prior of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1471) – Beheaded after the Battle of
Tewkesbury for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Thomas Neville, the Bastard of Fauconberg (1471) – Executed at Middleham Castle or Southampton by order
of Edward IV for being a Lancastrian
• Sir Thomas Vaughan (1483) – Executed by order of Richard III even though he was a Yorkist
• William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings (1483) – Executed near Tower Chapel by order of Richard III for being a
Lancastrian
• Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham – Lord High Constable (1483) – Beheaded at Shrewsbury by order of
Richard III for being too close to the crown and also for being a Lancastrian
• Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers – Chief Butler of England (1483) – Executed at Pontefract castle by order of
Richard III for being a Lancastrian and uncle of the below
• Sir Richard Grey (1483) – Executed at Pontefract Castle by order of Richard III for being a Lancastrian and
nephew of the above
• Sir Thomas St Leger (1483) – Beheaded at Exeter for rebellion against his brother-in-law Richard III
• William Catesby (1485) – Beheaded at Leicester by order of Henry VII of England after the Battle of Bosworth
for being a Yorkist
• Sir William Stanley (1495) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VII of England for supporting the
pretender Perkin Warbeck
• James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (1497) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VII of England for opposing
taxation
• Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick – Heir to the English Throne from 9 April 1484 – March 1485 (1499)
– Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VII of England
• Sir James Tyrrell (1502) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VII of England for treason
• Sir John Wyndham (1502) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VII of England for treason
• Sir Edmund Dudley – Speaker of the House of Commons (1510) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry
VIII of England for extortion
• Sir Richard Empson – Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1510) –
Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for extortion
• Sir Andrew Barton – High Admiral of Scotland (1511) – executed on capture as a pirate, according to ballads.
• Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk (1513) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England as
Yorkist claimant to throne
• Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, KG – Lord High Steward and Lord High Constable (1521) –
Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England as claimant to throne
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• Sir Rhys ap Gruffydd (1531) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for conspiracy with
Scotland
• Saint John Fisher – Catholic Bishop of Rochester (1535) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of
England for refusing to take Oath of Supremacy
• Saint Sir Thomas More – Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Speaker of the House of
Commons (1535) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for refusing to take Oath of
Supremacy
• Anne Boleyn – Queen of England and Henry's Wife (1536) – Executed by sword at the Tower of London by
order of Henry VIII of England for High Treason
• George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (1536) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for High
Treason
• Sir Henry Norris – Groom of the Stool (1536) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for
High Treason
• Sir William Brereton, KB – Groom of the Privy Chamber (1536) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry
VIII of England for High Treason
• Sir Francis Weston – Gentleman of the Privy Chamber (1536) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII
of England for High Treason
• Mark Smeaton (1536) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for High Treason
• Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy de Darcy, KG (1537) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of
England for being in the Pilgrimage of Grace
• John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford – Chief Butler of England (1537) – Executed at Lincoln by order of
Henry VIII of England for being in the Pilgrimage of Grace
• Sir Francis Bigod (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being the leader of Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir John Constable (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in the Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir William Constable (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir John Bigod (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir Thomas Percy (1537) – Executed at Tyburn by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir Henry Percy,[2] (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir Stephan Hamilton (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir Nicholas Tempast (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir William Lumley (1537) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's Rebellion
• Sir Edward Neville (1538) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Bigod's
Rebellion
• Henry Pole, 11th Baron Montacute (1539) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for being
in Exeter Conspiracy
• Henry Courtenay, 1st Marquess of Exeter, KG, PC, Lord Warden of the Stannaries (1539) – Executed at Tower
Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for being in Exeter Conspiracy
• Sir Nicholas Carew, KG, PC – Master of the Horse (1539) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of
England for being in Exeter Conspiracy
• Sir Thomas Dingley (1539) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for being implicated in
the Pilgrimage of Grace
• Blessed Sir Adrian Fortescue (1539) – Executed by order of Henry VIII of England for Catholicism
• Richard Whiting, Abbot of Glastonbury (1539) – Executed on Glastonbury Tor by order of Thomas Cromwell
(hung, drawn and quartered)
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• Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, KG, PC – Secretary of State,
Master of the Rolls, Lord Privy Seal, Governor of the Isle of Wight,
Justice in Eyre, Lord Great Chamberlain (1540) – Executed at
Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for treason
• Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury (1540) –
Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for high
treason and buggery
• Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane – Lord Deputy of Ireland (1541)
– Executed at Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII of England for
High Treason after allowing the escape of his nephew Gerald
FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
• Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (1541) – Executed at
Tower Green by order of Henry VIII of England for high treason
• Catherine Howard – Queen of England and Henry's Wife (1542) –
Executed at Tower Green by order of Henry VIII of England for
High Treason
• Sir Thomas Culpepper (1541) – Executed at Tyburn by order of
Henry VIII for high treason (adultery with the queen)
• Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford – Wife of executed George
Boleyn, Viscount Rochford and sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn
(1542) – Executed at Tower Green by order of Henry VIII of
England for High Treason
• Sir John Neville of Chevet (1546) – Executed by order of Henry
VIII of England
• Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG – Earl Marshal (1547) –
Executed at Tower Hill during the reign of Henry VIII of England
for treason
• Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley – Master-General
of the Ordnance, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord High
Admiral, also was the husband of Henry VIII sixth wife and widow
Catherine Parr and the brother of Henry's third wife Jane Seymour
(1549) – Beheaded for treason at Tower Hill during the reign of
Edward VI of England
Raleigh just before being beheaded – an
illustration from c. 1860
• Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, KG, PC, Earl Marshal,
Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Admiral, Lord Protector of
England in the period between the death of Henry VIII in 1547 and
his own indictment in 1549 (1552) – Executed at Tower Hill during
the reign of Edward VI of England for plotting murder of John
Dudley
This contemporary German print depicts Charles
I's decapitation in 1649.
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• Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne – Gentleman of the
Privy Chamber (1552) – Beheaded at Tower Hill during
the reign of Edward VI of England for treason
• Sir Michael Stanhope – Chief Gentleman of the Privy
Chamber (1552) – Beheaded at Tower Hill during the
reign of Edward VI of England for treason
• John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, KG –
Vice-Admiral, Lord Admiral, Governor of Boulogne,
President of the Council in the Marches, Lord Great
Chamberlain, Grand Master of the Royal Household,
Earl Marshal of England, Lord President of the Council,
Warden General of the Scottish Marches (1553) –
Executed at Tower Hill by order of Mary I for
supporting Lady Jane Grey
• Sir John Gates KB (1553) – Executed at Tower Hill by
order of Mary I for supporting Lady Jane Grey
• Sir Thomas Palmer (1553) – Executed at Tower Hill by
• Lady Jane Grey – Queen of England 10–19 July 1553
and Heir to the English and Irish Thrones 21 June – 10
July 1553 (1554) – Executed at Tower Green by Mary I
as claimant to throne
• Lord Guilford Dudley – Son of John Dudley, 1st Duke
of Northumberland and Royal Consort of England
10–19 July 1553 (1554) – Executed at Tower Hill by
Execution of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth by Jack Ketch
on Tower Hill, 15 July 1685 (O.S), in a popular print.
• Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG – Father of the above, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire, Justice in Eyre
(1554) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Mary I for rebellion
• Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1554) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Mary I for rebellion
• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, KG – Earl Marshal (1573) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Elizabeth
I of England for Ridolfi plot
• Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland (1572) – Executed at York during the reign of Elizabeth I of England
for taking part in the Rising of the North
• Sir Thomas Doughty (1578) – Executed by order of Sir Francis Drake
• Edward Arden (1583) – Executed at Tyburn during the reign of Elizabeth I of England for high treason (hanged,
drawn and quartered)
• Sir Francis Throckmorton (1584) – Executed during the reign of Elizabeth I of England
• Mary, Queen of Scots – Queen of Scots and Queen consort of France (1587) – Executed during the reign of
Elizabeth I of England
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG – Master of the Horse, Earl Marshal, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Custos
Rotulorum of Pembrokeshire, Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire, Master-General of the Ordnance (1601) –
Executed at Tower Hill during the reign of Elizabeth I of England for High Treason
• Sir Christopher Blount (1601) – Executed at Tower Hill during the reign of Elizabeth I of England for High
Treason
• Sir Charles Danvers (1601) – Executed at Tower Hill during the reign of Elizabeth I of England for High Treason
• Sir Walter Raleigh – Lord Warden of the Stannaries, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Vice-Admiral of Devon,
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Governor of Jersey (1618) – Executed in the Old Palace Yard, Westminster
by orders of James VI
• Mervyn Touchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven – Executed at Tower Hill for aiding buggery (1631)
• Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, KG – Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Lord
Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Lord Deputy of Ireland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1641) – Executed at Tower Hill on
orders of Parliament
• Archbishop William Laud – Archbishop of Canterbury (1645) – Executed at Tower Hill on orders of Parliament
• Sir John Hotham the Younger (2 January 1645) – Executed at Tower Hill on orders of Parliament for betraying
the parliamentarians to the Royalists
• Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet the Elder, of Scarborough (died 3 January 1645) – Father of above – Executed for
betraying the parliamentarians to the Royalists
• Charles I of England and Scotland (1649) – Executed in Whitehall, London by order of Cromwell's Parliament
• James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, KG – Master of the Horse, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (1649) –
Executed by order of Cromwell's Parliament for being a Royalist
• Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (1649) – Executed by order of Cromwell's Parliament for being a
Royalist
• Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, KG – Master of the Horse, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Lord
Lieutenant of Berkshire, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex, Justice in Eyre (1649) – Executed in London by order of
Cromwell's Parliament for being a Royalist
• Sir Henry Hyde (1650) – Beheaded in London by order of Cromwell's Parliament for being a Royalist
• Eusebius Andrews (1650) - Beheaded on Tower Hill for treason as a Royalist.
• James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, KG – Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, Lancashire, Vice-Admiral of Cheshire
(1651) – Executed at Bolton by order of Cromwell's Parliament for being a Royalist
• Sir John Penruddock (1619–1655) – Executed at Exeter by order of Cromwell's Parliament for being a Royalist
• Sir Henry Slingsby, 1st Baronet (1658) – Beheaded on Tower Hill, London by order of Cromwell's Parliament for
being a Royalist
• Reverend Dr. John Huett (1658) – Beheaded on Tower Hill, London by order of Cromwell's Parliament for being
a Royalist
• Gregory Clement (1660) (MP) - Hanged, drawn and quartered at Charing Cross by Charles II as a regicide
• Oliver Cromwell (1661) – Posthumously beheaded by order of Charles II
• Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1662) – Executed at Tower Hill by order of Charles II for the death of his father
Charles I
• John Twyn (1663) – Hanged, drawn, quartered and beheaded (and head displayed on a Ludgate spike) for
publishing an anonymous pamphlet justifying the right of rebellion against the king
• William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford (1680) – Executed at Tower Hill for treason
• William Russell, Lord Russell – Member of Parliament for Tavistock and Tavistock (1683) – Executed for being
involved with the Rye House Plot
• Algernon Sidney (1683) – Executed at Tower Hill for being involved with the Rye House Plot
• Sir Thomas Armstrong – Member of Parliament for Stafford (1684) – Executed by order of Judge Jeffreys for
supporting Monmouth
• James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1685) – Executed at Tower Hill in reign of James II after the Battle of
Sedgemoor for treason
• Lady Alice Lisle (1685) – Executed at Winchester by Judge Jeffreys during the Bloody Assizes for harbouring
Monmouth rebels
• Sir John Fenwick (1697) – Jacobite Rebel executed at Tower Hill in reign of William III for treason
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European New World colonies
For beheadings after the respective dates of independence, see the respective country headings.
• British North America
Wingina (1586) – Roanoke Indian chief executed by first
English settlers in the New World[3]
Metacomet (1676) – New England Indian chief "King Philip"
executed for resisting white settlement
Blackbeard (1718) – Famous pirate beheaded after capture at
Ocracoke Island
• Panama
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1519) – Spanish conquistador who
discovered the Pacific Ocean. Executed by rivals Francisco
Pizarro and Pedro Arias de Avila
Blackbeard's severed head hanging from
Maynard's bowsprit
• Haiti
Dutty Boukman (1791) – Executed by the French for promoting
a slave rebellion
• Brazil
Joaquim José da Silva Xavier (Tiradentes) (1792) – the body
was quartered after his hanging for revolutionary activity
• Mexico
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and Ignacio Allende (1811) –
Mexican insurgents were beheaded after their execution by firing
squad
• Bolivia
Manuel Ascencio Padilla (1816) – Executed for insurrection
after the Battle of La Laguna
• Peru
Diego de Almagro (1538) – Executed in Cuzco by his rival
Francisco Pizarro
Execution of Diego de Almagro
Gonzalo Pizarro (1548) – Executed in Peru by Pedro de la Gasca for rebellion
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Finland
• Tahvo Putkonen (1825) – beheaded for murder. This was the last beheading in Finland.[citation needed]
France
Ancien Regime
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•
•
•
Olivier III de Clisson (1343) – executed by Philip VI of France for treason
Jean de Montaigu (1409) – executed in Paris by Charles VI of France
Gabriel de Lorges, Comte de Montgomery (1574) – executed by Catherine de Medici for treason
Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais (1626) – executed in Nantes for conspiracy against Cardinal
Richelieu
• Jean-François de la Barre (1766) – beheaded and burnt in Abbeville for blasphemy
French Revolution
Note: some estimates place the number of persons executed by the guillotine, particularly during the Reign of Terror,
at 40,000.
• Arnaud II de La Porte (23 August
1792) Second political victim of the
guillotine
• Jacques Cazotte (1792) –
Guillotined for treason
• Louis XVI of France (1793)
• Marie Antoinette (1793)
• Madame du Barry (1793)
• Charlotte Corday (1793) –
Executed for the murder of
Jean-Paul Marat
• Olympe de Gouges (1793) –
Guillotined for sedition
• Jean Sylvain Bailly (1793)
The execution of Robespierre
• Madame Roland (1793) –
Guillotined for Girondist
• Antoine Lavoisier (1794) – the "Father of Modern Chemistry"; Guillotined for treason
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Georges Danton (1794)
Jacques Hébert (1794) – Guillotined for sedition
Marie Marguerite Françoise Hébert (1794)
Camille Desmoulins (1794) – Guillotined for plotting against Robespierre
Marie Jean Hérault de Séchelles (1794) – Guillotined for plotting against Robespierre
François Joseph Westermann (1794) – Guillotined for plotting against Robespierre
Pierre Philippeaux (1794) – Guillotined for plotting against Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre (1794) – Guillotined by order of the Committee of General Security
Georges Couthon (1794) – Guillotined by order of the Committee of General Security
• Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1794) – Guillotined by order of the Committee of General Security
• Alexandre de Beauharnais (1794) – Husband of Josephine (who remarried Napoleon). Guillotined
• Françoise-Thérèse de Choiseul-Stainville, Princesse Joseph de Monaco (1794) – Guillotined
• André Chénier (1794) – Poet, guillotined on trumped-up charges
• Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1795) – Guillotined for abuse of his post as Public Prosecutor
Restoration
• Four Sergeants of La Rochelle (1822) – executed for treason against Louis XVIII of France
• Giuseppe Marco Fieschi (1836) – executed by guillotine for attempting to assassinate King Louis-Philippe
French Republic
• François Claudius Koenigstein, known as Ravachol (1892) – Guillotined for murder and anarchy
• Sante Geronimo Caserio (1894) – executed for assassination of president Marie François Sadi Carnot
• Téophile Deroo, the "Pollet Band" (1909) – guillotined in Béthune (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), by Anatole Deibler, for
a series of murders
• Canut Vromant, the "Pollet Band" (1909) – guillotined in Béthune (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), by Anatole Deibler, for
a series of murders
• Auguste Pollet, the "Pollet Band" (1909) – guillotined in Béthune (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), by Anatole Deibler, for a
series of murders
• Abel Pollet, the "Pollet Band" (1909) – guillotined in Béthune (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), by Anatole Deibler, for a
series of murders
• Henri Landru (1922) – executed for serial murder
• Paul Gorguloff (1932) – executed in Paris for assassination of President Paul Doumer
• Eugen Weidmann (1939) – Executed for murder. Last public execution by guillotine in France
• Some spectators of the 1955 Le Mans disaster
• Jacques Fesch (1957) – executed in Paris for killing a policeman
• Christian Ranucci (1976) – guillotined in Marseille for murder
• Jérôme Carrein (1977) – guillotined in Douai for murder
• Hamida Djandoubi (1977) – guillotined in Marseille for murder – last guillotine execution
Georgia
• Demetre II (1289) – Executed by the Mongol Arghun Khan for rebellion
Germany
Pre-20th century
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• Klaus Störtebeker (1400) - Beheaded for
being a pirate in Hamburg
• Thomas Müntzer (1525) – Beheaded
after the Battle of Frankenhausen during
German Peasants' War
• Ludwig Haetzer (1529) – Executed in
Konstanz for Protestant radicalism (but
technically for adultery)
• Schinderhannes (1803) - Guillotined in
Mainz for armed robbery and other
crimes
• Max Hödel (1878) – Executed for
attempting to assassinate Emperor
Wilhelm I
Execution of Pirates in Hamburg, 1573
Weimar Republic
• Fritz Haarmann (1925) – The Butcher (or Vampire) of Hanover – Guillotined in Hanover for murder
• Peter Kürten (1931) – The Vampire of Düsseldorf – Guillotined in Cologne for murder
Nazi Germany
• Bruno Tesch (1933) – Executed in Altona with three others after
"Altona Bloody Sunday"
• Marinus van der Lubbe (1934) – Guillotined in Leipzig for starting
the Reichstag fire
• Benita von Falkenhayn and Renate von Natzmer (1935) – Executed
by axe in Berlin for espionage
• Edgar Josef André (1936) - Beheaded in Hamburg for treasonous
involvement in the Reichstag Fire
• Helmut Hirsch (1937) – Executed in Berlin for treason
• Lilo Herrmann (1938) – Guillotined in Berlin for treason
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Maurice Bavaud (1941) – Guillotined in Berlin for attempting to assassinate Hitler
Helmuth Hübener (1942) – Guillotined in Berlin for treason
Ilse Stöbe (1942) – Guillotined in Berlin for treason via Red Orchestra
Franz Jägerstätter (1943) – Guillotined in Berlin as a conscientious objector
Maria Restituta (1943) – Guillotined for treason
Cato Bontjes van Beek (1943) – Guillotined in Berlin for conspiracy to commit treason
Julius Fucík (1943) – Guillotined in Berlin for anti-Nazi resistance
Mildred Harnack (1943) – American born. Guillotined in Berlin for anti-Nazi activity via Red Orchestra
Sophie Scholl (1943) – Guillotined for treason via White Rose resistance group
Hans Scholl (1943) – brother of above – Guillotined for treason via White Rose resistance group
Christoph Probst (1943) – Guillotined for treason via White Rose resistance group
• Willi Graf (1943) – Guillotined for treason via White Rose resistance group
• Alex Schmorell (1943) – Guillotined for treason via White Rose resistance group
• Kurt Huber (1943) – Guillotined for treason via White Rose resistance group
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Otto and Elise Hampel (1943) – Guillotined in Berlin for treason
Musa Cälil (1944) – Guillotined in Berlin for anti-Nazi activities
Werner Seelenbinder (1944) – beheaded with an axe, for being a communist
Friedrich Lorenz (1944) - beheaded by Nazi party at Halle an der Saale
Current Germany
• Herbert Muller (1981) - decapitated in racing car crash
Great Britain
See also the sections on England, Scotland and Wales for
beheadings before the Union of 1707.
• William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (1716) – executed at
Tower Hill as a Jacobite Rebel
• James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1716) – executed at
Tower Hill as a Jacobite Rebel
• Arthur Elphinstone, 6th Lord Balmerinoch (1746) – beheaded at
Tower Hill as a Jacobite supporter of Prince Charles Edward Stuart,
he was taken prisoner at Culloden
• William Boyd, 4th Earl of Kilmarnock (1746) – beheaded at Tower
Hill as a Jacobite supporter of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, he was
taken prisoner at Culloden
• Charles Radclyffe, titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater (1746) –
executed at Tower Hill as a Jacobite Rebel
Jeremiah Brandreth's head, 1817
• Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat (1747) – executed at Tower Hill as a prominent veteran Jacobite supporter of
Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Though too old to participate in the 1745 Rising, he was chosen by the British
Crown for execution in lieu of his youthful son, who had actually led Clan Fraser for the Jacobite cause
• Jeremiah Brandreth (1817) – hanged and beheaded in Derby for treason; last British decapitation by axe
• Hon. Henry William John, later 4th Earl of Strafford (1899) – decapitated by a train
• Jolanta Bledaite (2008)– Lithuanian immigrant, tortured and killed in Scotland[4]
• Gerald Mellin (2008) – see List of unusual deaths
• David Phyall (2008) – see List of unusual deaths
Hungary
• László Hunyadi (1457) – Executed by Ladislaus V for plotting against him
India
• Guru Tegh Bahadur (1675) – Ninth guru of Sikhs executed in Delhi by order of Mogul emperor Aurangzeb
• Raja Dahir (712) – executed on command of Muhammad bin Qasim after Dahir's kingdom of Sindh was defeated.
Iraq
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Shosei Koda (2004) – Japanese citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
Kim Sun-il (2004) – South Korean citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
Kenneth Bigley (2004) – UK citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
Nick Berg (2004) – US citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
Eugene Armstrong (2004) – US citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
Jack Hensley (2004) – US citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. (2004) – US citizen beheaded by Islamic terrorists
• Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (2007) – Saddam Hussein's half brother decapitated during hanging for crimes against
humanity
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Ireland
• Cornelius Grogan (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
• John Henry Colclough (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
• Bagenal Beauchamp Harvey (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of
1798
• John Kelly (1798) - Hanged and beheaded in Wexford for taking part in the Irish rebellion of 1798
Italy
Ancient Rome
• Lucius Appuleius Saturninus (100 BC) – radical
tribune; Gaius Rabirius toyed with his severed head
at a dinner party
• Marcus Antonius Orator (87 BC) – grandfather of
Marc Antony
• Marcus Marius Gratidianus (82 BC), praetor whose
head was paraded through Rome after execution
• Gaius Marcius Censorinus (general) (82 BC),
beheaded by Sulla, his head was sent to Preneste to
lower Gaius Marius the Younger's troop's morale
• Marcus Licinius Crassus (53 BC) – general,
politician and richest man then in the world –
beheaded posthumously after his defeat in Parthia
• Publius Licinius Crassus (53 BC) – son of Marcus
Licinius Crassus – beheaded posthumously in
Parthia
• Pompey the Great (48 BC) – general, politician and
member of the First Triumvirate – assassinated and
beheaded posthumously in Egypt
The Execution of Marino Faliero, Eugène Delacroix, 1827.
• Gnaeus Pompeius (45 BC) – Pompey's son –
executed for treason by Julius Caesar
• Titus Labienus (45 BC) – general, politician and one of Julius Caesar's foremost subordinates – Killed and
beheaded posthumously at the Battle of Munda
• Gaius Trebonius (43 BC) – politician and general, tortured and beheaded by Publius Cornelius Dolabella; his
head was kicked around like a football by Dolabella's soldiers
• Cicero (43 BC) – politician, lawyer and Rome's greatest orator – executed by order of Marc Anthony
• Marcus Antonius Antyllus (30 BC) – son of Marc Antony – executed by Octavian
• Galba (69) – assassinated Roman emperor
• Pope Stephen I (257) – Christian Martyr executed by Emperor Valerian
• Pope Sixtus II (258) – Christian Martyr executed by Emperor Valerian
• Stilicho (408) – executed in coup d'état after Gothic invasion
• Anthemius (472) – Emperor – Assassinated by Ricimer
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Medieval Italy
• Giordano d'Anglano (1267) - beheaded in Brolo, Sicily by Charles of Anjou after the Battle of Tagliacozzo
• Conradin, King of Sicily (29 October 1268) – executed in Naples by Charles of Anjou
• Frederick I of Baden, Margrave of Baden (29 October 1268) – executed in Naples by Charles of Anjou
Later Italy
• Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice (1355) – executed for a failed coup
d'état
• Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio (1435) – beheaded in Bologna as a rebel
• Gian Paolo Baglioni (1520) – beheaded in Rome for attempted
assassination
• Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano (1561) – beheaded by order of
Pope Pius IV
• Pietro Carnesecchi (1567) – beheaded by the inquisition for heresy
• Beatrice Cenci and Lucrezia Peroni (1599) – beheaded by sword in
Rome for murder of Francesco Cenci
• Ferrante Pallavicino (1644) – beheaded at Avignon for blasphemy
by order of Pope Urban VIII
• Felice Orsini (1858) – executed by Napoléon III for attempting to
assassinate him
Giovanni Battista Bugatti, executioner of the
Papal States between 1796 and 1865, carried out
516 executions
Japan
Home islands
• Ishida Mitsunari, daimyo and general (1600) – beheaded in Kyoto
after the Battle of Sekigahara
• Ankokuji Ekei, Buddhist monk and ally of Mitsunari (1600) –
beheaded in Kyoto after the Battle of Sekigahara
• Konishi Yukinaga (1600) – ally of Mitsunari – beheaded in Kyoto
after the Battle of Sekigahara
• Asano Naganori, lord of the Forty-seven Ronin (1701) – ordered to
commit seppuku (hari kiri) followed by beheading
• Kondo Isami, commander of the Shinsengumi (1868) – executed at Itabashi
Head of Kim Okgyun, 1894
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Japanese occupied territories (20th century)
• Leonard Siffleet (1943) – Australian soldier executed in Papua New Guinea
by Japanese captors
• Stanley James Woodbridge, British RAF crewman (1945) – captured and
beheaded by Japanese forces in Burma
Korea
• Columba Kim (1839) – beheaded for being Christian
• Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert (1839) – beheaded in Saenamteo for being
Christian
• Kim Okgyun, Korean activist (1894) – assassinated and beheaded at sea by
Hong Jong-u due to leading Gapsin Revolution
Sergeant Siffleet's execution at
Aitape, 1943
Netherlands/Belgium
• Wijerd Jelckama (1523) – Executed in Leeuwarden for the Frisian
rebellion
• Jan van Casembroot (1568) - Beheaded by the Governor, the Duke
of Alba, at Vilvoorde for treason.
• Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1568) - Beheaded in Brussels for
treason.
• Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn (1568) - Beheaded in
Brussels for treason
• Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1619) – Executed in the Hague for
Hollandic separatism by Prince Maurice
• Chris Bristow (1960) - Decapitated in racing car crash
Ottoman Empire
• Thousands of Christian crusaders (1396) – Executed by Ottoman
Sultan Bayezid I after the Battle of Nicopolis in retaliation of the
executions of thousands of Muslim soldiers fighting to conquer
Christian lands
• Ali Pasha (1822) – Shot and beheaded by order of Sultan Mahmud II
Beheading of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
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Pakistan
• Northwest India before 1947
Raja Dahir (712) – executed on command of Muhammad bin Qasim after Dahir's empire was defeated.
• Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Daniel Pearl (2002) – American journalist killed by terrorists
Palestine
• Bernard de Tremelay (1153) Grand Master of the Knights Templar killed and beheaded at the Battle of Ascalon by Egyptians.
• Raynald of Châtillon (1187) - executed by Saladin after the Battle
of Hattin
• Gerard de Ridefort (1189) Grand Master of the Knights Templar executed by Saladin at the Battle of Acre
• 2700 Muslim prisoners (1191) – beheaded on orders of Richard I of
England after the Battle of Acre.In retaliation,Saladin ordered the
executions of thousands of Christians soldiers fighting to conquer
Muslim lands.
Death of Raynald of Châtillon
Poland
• Kazimierz Lyszczynski (1689) – executed in Warsaw for heresy
Russia
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Mary Hamilton (lady in waiting) (1719) – Executed for infanticide and slandering Catherine I of Russia
Yemelyan Pugachev (1775) – Executed in Moscow for insurrection by Catherine II of Russia
Yevgeny Rodionov (1996) – Beheaded by Chechen terrorists
Saudi Arabia
• Prince Faisal bin Musa'id (1975) – for the assassination of his uncle, the king
• Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. (2004) – American engineer killed by terrorists
• Rizana Nafeek (2013) - Sri Lankan woman for homicide
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Scotland
For Scottish beheadings after 1707, see the Great Britain section above
• Donnchadh, Earl of Lennox (1425) – Executed by orders of James I
of Scotland
• Lord Walter Stewart and Lord Alexander Sewart (1425) – Executed
by orders of James I of Scotland
• Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany (1425) – Executed by order of
James I of Scotland
• Walter Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl (1437) – Executed for his part in
the murder of James I of Scotland
• William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas (1440) – Executed on
trumped-up charges in front of James II of Scotland
• Lord David Douglas (1440) – Executed on trumped-up charges in
front of James II of Scotland
• Hugh Douglas, Earl of Ormonde (1455) – Executed on the orders of
James III of Scotland
• John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (1463) – Executed on the orders of
James III of Scotland
• Sir James Hamilton of Finnart – Master of Work to the Crown of
Scotland (1540) – Executed by order of James V of Scotland
• James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (1581) – Executed on the
Scottish maiden for complicity in murder of Lord Darnley
• William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1584) – Executed by order of
James VI of Scotland
The Scottish Maiden on display at the Museum of
Scotland, Edinburgh
• John Maxwell, 9th Lord Maxwell (1613) – Beheaded in Edinburgh for carrying out a revenge killing
• Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney (1615) – Executed by order of James VI of Scotland
• Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo (1644) – Executed on the Scottish maiden by the Covenanters for treason
as a Royalist
• Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll (1661) – Executed by order of Charles II of Scotland on the Scottish
maiden for treason
• Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll (1685) – son of above. Executed by order of James VII of Scotland on the
Scottish maiden for treason
• Godfrey McCulloch (1697) – Executed on the Scottish maiden for murder. Last man to be executed by the
maiden
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Rodrigo Calderon (1621) – Executed in Madrid
Antonio Osorio de Acuña (1526) – Executed in Simancas for supporting the Comunero Revolt
Juan Bravo (1521) – Executed in Villalar de los Comuneros, Valladolid
Juan de Padilla (1521) – Executed in Villalar de los Comuneros, Valladolid
Francisco Maldonado (1521) – Executed in Villalar de los Comuneros, Valladolid
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Sri Lanka
• Keppetipola Disawe (1818) - Executed in Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sweden
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Vincens Henningsson (1520) – Bishop of Skara. Executed by Danes in the Stockholm Bloodbath
Anna Zippel (1676) – Executed in Stockholm for witchcraft
Brita Zippel (1676) – sister of above. Executed in Stockholm for witchcraft
Gävle Boy (1676) – witness in the trial against the above sisters. Executed for perjury
Anna Eriksdotter (1704) - beheaded for sorcery.
Jacob Johan Anckarström (1792) – executed for assassination of Gustav III
Anna Månsdotter (1890) – executed by axe for murder. Last woman executed in Sweden
John Filip Nordlund (1900) – Executed by axe in Västerås for mass murder
Johan Alfred Ander (1910) – Executed by guillotine in Stockholm for murder. Last Swedish execution
Switzerland
• Wildhans von Breitenlandenberg and 61 companions following the
siege of Greifensee during the Old Zürich War (1444)
• Anna Göldi (1782) – Executed as the "last witch in Switzerland"
United States
For beheadings before 1776, see the European New World
colonies section above
• At least 21 insurgent black slaves executed (1811) after the German
Coast Uprising near New Orleans, Louisiana. Their heads were
displayed on pikes and gates as a warning
• Isaac N. Ebey (1857) – Washington state pioneer murdered by
Haida Indians
• Pearl Bryan (1896) – Murdered in Fort Thomas, Kentucky
• Tom Ketchum (1901) – accidentally decapitated in New Mexico
Territory in botched hanging for train robbery
Execution of Greifensee garrison
• Some victims of Danny Rolling
• Victims of Jeffrey Dahmer (1978–1991)
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Francois Cevert (1973) - decapitated in racing car crash
Helmuth Koinigg (1974) – decapitated in racing car crash
Boris Sagal (1981) – decapitated by helicopter
Adam Walsh (1981) – decapitated by murderer
Vic Morrow and Myca Dinh Le (1982) – decapitated by crashing helicopter
Russell Phillips (1995) – decapitated in racing car crash
Robert Lees (2004) – decapitated by murderer
Aasiya Zubair (2009) – decapitated in New York state by murderer/husband Muzzammil Hassan
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Vietnam
• Vicente Liem de la Paz (1773) – Beheaded in Tonkin as Christian
martyr
• Pierre Dumoulin-Borie (1838) – Beheaded in Tonkin as Christian
martyr
• Bernard Due Van Vo (1838) – Beheaded in Korea as Christian
martyr
• Andrew Dung-Lac (1839) – Beheaded in Korea as Christian martyr
• Augustin Schoeffler (1851) – Beheaded in Tonkin as Christian
martyr
• Jean-Louis Bonnard (1852) – Beheaded in Korea as Christian
martyr
• Michael Dinh-Hy Ho (1857) – Beheaded in Korea as Christian
martyr
• Théophane Vénard (1861) – Beheaded in Tonkin as Christian
martyr
• Ba Cut (Lê Quang Vinh) (1956) – Guillotined in Cần Thơ for
insurrection and multiple murder
Wales
Execution of Pierre Dumoulin-Borie
For Welsh beheadings after 1707, see the Great Britain section above
• Gwenllian ferch Gruffudd (February 1136) – executed by the Anglo-Norman forces led by Maurice de Londres at
Kidwelly Castle, Wales, after a failed uprising
• Sir Gruffudd Vychan (1447) - Executed at Powis Castle by Lord Powis for unclear reasons.
• Sir Roger Vaughan (1471) - Beheaded at Chepstow by Jasper Tudor, Earl of Bedford for being a Yorkist.
Religious figures
Biblical accounts
• Goliath – according to Scripture (in the Old Testament), after he
was killed by David, this example illustrates the aforementioned
post-mortem decapitation
• John the Baptist in the Gospels by order of Herod Antipas
• Holofernes in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith
• Apostle James, traditionally[5]
• Apostle Paul, traditionally[6]
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Christian saints
• Saint Acisclus
• Saint Agnes
• Saint Alban (around 304) – Executed in Britain by Romans for
converting to Christianity
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Saint Anthimus of Rome
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Christopher
Saint Columba of Spain (c853) – Executed in Spain by Moors for
not converting to Islam
The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th-century
manuscript, now in the Trinity College Library,
Dublin
• Saint Columba of France
• Saint Columba (the Virgin) of Cornwall, England
• Saints Cosmas and Damian (c.287) – Executed by Emperor
Diocletian in purge of Christians in Syria
• Saint Cyprian (258) – Bishop of Carthage, North Africa – Christian
Martyr executed by Emperor Valerian
• Saint Denis, who carried his head to his final resting place, a
familiar hagiographical trope (see Cephalophore)
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Saint Dymphna
Saint Emmeram
Saint Eurosia
Saint Felicitas of Rome
Saints Felix and Nabor
Saints Firmus and Rusticus
St Francis de Capillas (1648) - Beheaded at Fogan, China
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Saint Gereon
Saint Gordianus
Saint John Fisher (1535) – beheaded in London for treason
The martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian by
Fra Angelico (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
• Saint John de Brito (1693) – executed in India for preaching
Christianity
• Saint Marcellus
• Saint Maximilian (295) – Executed by Romans for conscientious
objection to military service
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Saint Nicasius of Rheims, at Rheims (407) – Executed by Vandals during conquest of Rheims
Saint Oliver Plunkett (1681) – Hung, drawn and quartered in London for treason
Saint Pancras
Saint Polyeuctus
Saint Quiteria
Saints Rufina and Secunda
• Saints Simplicius and Faustinus
• Saint Typasius
• Saint Urith of Chittlehampton, Devon, England
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Saint Venantius, at Camerino
Saint Winefride of Flintshire in Wales
Saint Andrew Kim Taegon of Korea (1846) – Beheaded in Korea for being Christian
Saint Thomas More (1535) – Beheaded in London for treason
Islamic
• Imam Husayn ibn Ali and his 72 companions (680) – at the Battle of Karbala
Sikh
• Guru Tegh Bahadur (1675) – for refusing to convert to Islam
• Baba Deep Singh (1757) – in the Battle of Amritsa
• 1000 Sikhs (1746) – executed by Lakhpat Rai in Lahore
Fictional characters
• Count Dooku in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Daniel Dravot from "The Man Who Would Be King"
• Jango Fett from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Kenny McCormick from South Park
• Medusa the Gorgon, killed and beheaded by Perseus in Greek
legend
• Pamela Voorhees, the main antagonist in Friday the 13th
• Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington a.k.a. Nearly Headless Nick
– Hogwarts ghost from the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
• The Headless Horseman
• Tomie, the titular horror film character from the series of the
same name
• Eddard Stark in A Game of Thrones
• Valentina de Santis in Captain America
• Xena in Xena: Warrior Princess
• Mami Tomoe in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Dirk Strider in MS Paint Adventures
• Billy Hitchcock in Final Destination
• Nora Carpenter in Final Destination 2
• Lewis Romero in Final Destination 3
• Lori Milligan in The Final Destination
• Nadia Monroy in The Final Destination
• Issac Palmer in Final Destination 5
• John Moffet in Over There
• Howard Payne in Speed
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, by Benvenuto
Cellini (Florence)
Video games
• Call of Duty: World at War
References
[1] Thomas Pennant Wybunbury to Darlaston (http:/ / www. visionofbritain. org. uk/ text/ chap_page. jsp?t_id=Pennant_C2L& c_id=4) Excerpt
From Chester to London (1780), at visionofbritain.org.uk
[2] This person was not Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
[3] Oberg, Michael Leroy (2010), The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians (Series: Early American Studies),
University of Pennsylvania Press
[4] Life for head-on-beach murderers (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ scotland/ tayside_and_central/ 7927892. stm) BBC NEWS, 6 March 2009
[5] Acts of the Apostles: Commentary (http:/ / www. brow. on. ca/ Books/ Acts/ Acts12. htm)
[6] The Apostle Saul (Paul) (http:/ / www. biblepath. com/ paul. html) at BiblePath.com
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Article Sources and Contributors
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