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.

Pre-11th century[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Rim-Sîn I After 1764 BC Larsa Unknown Ruler of Larsa
Vercingetorix during 46 BC Gaul (detained by the Roman Republic) Strangulation Gaulish leader defeated by Julius Caesar
Gaius Asinius Gallus 33  Roman Empire Starvation Roman senator
Alexander of Jerusalem 251  Roman Empire Unknown Martyr and saint
Mani 274-03-02 or 277-02-26  Sasanian Empire Unknown Prophet 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 disease Prince and general
Abu Hanifa 767-08-15 Abbasid Caliphate Unknown Founder of the Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence His tomb was destroyed by Shah Ismail of the Safavid Empire in 1508, but rebuilt by the Ottomans in 1533.
Itakh 849 Abbasid Caliphate Thirst Commander in the Turkic army of the Abbasid Caliphate
Tughj ibn Juff 906 Abbasid Caliphate Unknown Turkic military officer
Muhammad ibn Yaqut 935 Abbasid Caliphate Unknown Official of the Abbasid Caliphate

11th to 16th century[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
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 1159  County of Edessa (detained by the Zengid State) Unknown Last ruling count of Edessa
Daoud ibn al-Adid 1207/08  Ayyubid dynasty Unknown 25th imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism
Peter II of Courtenay 1219  Latin Empire Unknown Latin Emperor
Sulayman ibn Daoud 1248  Ayyubid dynasty Unknown 26th and last imam of Hafizi Isma'ilism
Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola 1291  England (detained by  Aragon) Unknown Son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Sayf al-Din Salar October 1310  Mamluk Sultanate Starvation Viceroy of the Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Muhammad
Margaret of Villehardouin February/March 1315 Barony of Akova Unknown Baroness of two thirds of Akova
Ibn Taymiyya 1328-09-26  Mamluk Sultanate Unknown illness Sunni Muslim ʿālim, muhaddith, judge, proto-Salafist theologian, ascetic, and iconoclastic theologian
Kęstutis August 1382  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. 1385  Republic of Genoa Unknown 7th 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 1397-09-08/09  England Murder Youngest child of King Edward III of England
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester 1452-07-07  England Unknown English 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 Torture Scholar-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 1471-05-21  England Probably murder Last 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 Starvation Son of Ivan III
Andrey of Staritsa 1537-12-11 Principality of Moscow Unknown Youngest son of Ivan III
Girolamo Zane 1572-10-13  Republic of Venice Unknown Capitano Generale da Mar of the Venetian fleet
Eric XIV of Sweden 1577-02-26  Sweden Arsenic poisoning King of Sweden, brother of John III of Sweden
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell 1578-04-14  Scotland (detained by  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 1595-10-19  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[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Li Zhi 1602 China Suicide by cutting his throat Philosopher, historian, writer
Simon I of Kartli 1611 Kingdom of Kartli (detained by the Ottoman Empire) Unknown King of Kartli
Vasili IV of Russia 1612-09-12  Russia (detained by  Poland-Lithuania) Unknown Tsar of Russia
Husayn Pasha 1663 Ottoman Empire Murder Governor of Gaza Sanjak
Marcy Clay 1665  England Suicide by poisoning English thief and highwayrobber Sentenced to death by hanging
Hardress Waller 1666-07-30  England Unknown Member of Parliament, regicide of King Charles I of England
Gilbert Millington 1666  England Unknown Barrister, regicide of King Charles I of England
Henry Smith 1668  England Unknown Member of Parliament, regicide of King Charles I of England
James Temple 1680-02-17  England Unknown Soldier, regicide of King Charles I of England
Sarah Osborne 1692-05-10  Massachusetts Bay Unknown One of the first women to be accused of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials

18th century[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Bartholomew Sharp 1702-10-29  England (detained by the  Danish West Indies) Unknown Buccaneer and privateer
Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia 1718-06-26  Russian Empire Unknown Tsarevich Died two days after the senate had condemned him to death.
Mary Read 1721-04-08  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  Denmark) Unknown Rabbi who later converted to Calvinism and Lutheranism
Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn the Elder 1737-04-14  Russian Empire Natural causes Aristocrat of the Golitsyn family, attempted to turn Russia into a constitutional monarchy
Robert Blackbourn 1748  Great Britain Unknown Jacobite conspirator Arrested for his involvement in an assassination plot of 1696
Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin 1758-08-17  Russian Empire Unknown Commander during the Seven Years' War
Tarakanova 1775-12-15  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Pretender to the Russian throne
Lord George Gordon 1793-11-01  Great Britain Typhoid fever British politician
Louis XVII 1795-06-08  France Scrofula Dauphin of France
Franz Gotthardi 1795  Holy Roman Empire Unknown Hungarian-born businessman and senior police officer
Wolfe Tone 1798-11-19  Ireland (detained by  Great Britain) Suicide Leader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion against Great Britain Sentenced 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[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova 1801-12-09  Russian Empire Natural causes Noblewoman from the Saltykov family, serial killer
Toussaint Louverture 1804-04-07  Haiti (detained by  France) Natural causes Leader of the Haitian Revolution who was imprisoned for launching a rebellion against France
Pedro Carujo 1836-01-31  Venezuela Battle wounds Military officer, one of the leaders in the Revolution of the Reforms
Solomon Dodashvili 1836-08-20  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Georgian philosopher, journalist, historian, grammarian, belletrist and enlightener
Anthony Van Egmond 1838-01-05  Netherlands Upper Canada Pneumonia, malnutrition and exposure Dutch war veteran and an early settler in the Huron Tract
Osceola 1838-01-30 Seminole (detained by the  United States) Peritonsillar abscess caused by tonsillitis Leader of the Seminole
Wilhelm Küchelbecker 1846-08-23  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Romantic poet, Decembrist revolutionary
Mullá ʻAlíy-i-Bastámí 1846  Qajar Iran (detained by the  Ottoman Empire) Unknown 2nd Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement
Rrapo Hekali December 1847  Ottoman Empire Unknown Albanian revolutionary
Ion Negulici 1851-04-05  Wallachia Tuberculosis Painter, participant in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Chui A-poo 1851  British Hong Kong Suicide by hanging Pirate One of the two most notorious South China Sea pirates of the era
Dimitar Miladinov January 1862  Ottoman Empire Typhus Bulgarian poet, folklorist, and activist
Konstantin Miladinov January 1962  Ottoman Empire Typhus Bulgarian poet, folklorist, and activist
James Henry Gooding 1864-07-19  United States (detained by the  Confederate States) Unknown Corporal in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Lorenzo Denning 1865-02-08  United States (detained by the  Confederate States) Unknown Soldier, awarded with the Medal of Honor
Walerian Łukasiński 1868-01-27  Russian Empire Natural causes Polish officer and political activist, symbol of the Polish struggle for independence
Stanislav Dospevski 1878-01-06  Ottoman Empire Unknown Bulgarian painter, nephew of Zahari Zograf
Sándor Rózsa 1878-11-22  Austria-Hungary Tuberculosis Outlaw, best-known Hungarian highwayman
Grigory Goldenberg July 1880  Russian Empire Suicide Revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya
Hesya Helfman 1882-02-01  Russian Empire Peritonitis Belarusian-Jewish revolutionary, member of Narodnaya Volya
Nikolai Kletochnikov 1883-07-13  Russian Empire Hunger strike Revolutionary, joined the police to act as a source of inside information
Alexander Dmitrievich Mikhailov 1884-03-30  Russian Empire Unknown Revolutionary, one of the founders of Zemlya i Volya and Narodnaya Volya
Alexander Dolgushin 1885-06-30  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Populist
Maria Kutitonskaya 1887-05-04  Russian Empire Tuberculosis Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary, attempted to assassinate the military governor Luka Illyashevich
Aizik Aronchik 1888-04-02  Russian Empire Unknown Russian revolutionary, attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II
Maria Kalyuzhnaya 1889-11-07  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Nadia Smyrnytska 1889-11-07  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Nadezhda Sigida 1889-11-08  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Revolutionary
Maria Kovalevska 1889-11-19  Russian Empire Suicide by poisoning Ukrainian Narodnik revolutionary
Mariia Vetrova 1897-02-24  Russian Empire Self-immolation Ukrainian teacher and revolutionary
Dervish Cara Late 19th century  Ottoman Empire Unknown Albanian revolutionary leader

1900-1939[edit]

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

1940s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Albert Richter 1940-01-02  Germany Unknown Cyclist and World amateur sprint champion His 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 1940-04-16  Ireland Hunger strike Senior leader in the Irish Republican Army
Jack McNeela 1940-04-19  Ireland Hunger strike Officer Commanding of all IRA forces in England
Daniil Kharms 1942-02-02  Soviet Union Starvation Avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist Arrested as a member of "a group of anti-Soviet children's writers". He was later exonerated in 1960.
Heinz Hitler 1942-02-21  Germany (detained by the  Soviet Union) Unknown Half-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 1942-03-28  Spain Tuberculosis Poet and playwright
Ernst Heilborn 1942-05-16  Germany Unknown Writer, critic and journalist
Jan Ankerman 1942-12-27  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Unknown Field hockey player, won the Silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Nikolai Vavilov 1943-01-26  Soviet Union Malnutrition Russian botanist and geneticist who was imprisoned for his attempts to oppose pseudoscience
Yakov Dzhugashvili 1943-04-14  Soviet Union (detained by  Germany) Unknown Eldest son of Joseph Stalin Died at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Stalin refused a prisoner exchange between him and Heinz Hitler.
Ru van der Haar 1943-05-15  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Unknown Field hockey player, won the Bronze medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Henri Baaij 1943-05-31  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Unknown Footballer
Hans Fokker 1943-07-02  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Tropical disease Sailor, participant in the 1928 Summer Olympics
Albert Love 1943-11-08  United Kingdom (detained by  Japan) Unknown Welsh boxer, competed for England in the 1930 British Empire Games
Kasturba Gandhi 1944-02-22  India Natural causes Indian 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 1944-11-21  United Kingdom (detained by  Japan) Malnutrition, beriberi Footballer
Johannes van der Vegte 1945-03-15  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Unknown Rower, participant in the 1920 Summer Olympics
Viktors Eglītis 1945-04-20  Soviet Union Unknown Leading figure in the Latvian decadent movement and an introducer of modernist poetics Accused of being a fascist collaborator during the Soviet era.[3]
August Kop 1945-04-30  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Unknown Field hockey player, won the Silver medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Frederik Lamp 1945-05-27  Netherlands (detained by  Japan) Unknown Sprinter, participant in the 1924 Summer Olympics
Emil Hácha 1945-06-27  Czechoslovakia Unknown 3rd President of Czechoslovakia, later of the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia
Robert A. Jaffray 1945-07-29  Canada (detained by  Japan) Malnutrition, illness Evangelical Missionary in China and Indonesia
Robert Ley 1945-10-25  Germany (detained by the Allied Powers) Suicide by hanging Nazi war criminal
Seán McCaughey 1946-05-11  Ireland Hunger strike Officer Commanding of the IRA Northern Command
Hermann Göring 1946-10-15  Germany (detained by the Allied Powers) Suicide by poison Nazi war criminal
Ioannis Rallis 1946-10-26  Greece Natural causes Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation
Walter Nicolai 1947-05-04  Germany (detained by the  Soviet Union) Heart attack Head of Abteilung III b in World War I
Frits Clausen 1947-12-05  Denmark Heart attack Leader of the DNSAP
Raoul Wallenberg 1947 or later  Sweden (believed to have been detained by the  Soviet Union) Unknown (debated) Diplomat, rescued Jews during the Holocaust Extrajudicial punishment in Soviet Lefortovo prison
Georgios Tsolakoglou 1948-05-22  Greece Leukemia Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis occupation

1950s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Grigory Gukovsky 1950-04-02  Soviet Union Heart attack Literary historian, rediscovered 18th-century Russian literature
Peter Novopashenny October 1950  Soviet Union Unknown Marine Officer, cryptanalyst
Rafael Simón Urbina 1950-11-13  Venezuela Murder Rebel
Patrick James Byrne 1950-11-25  United States Pneumonia Catholic missionary and bishop
Werner Haase 1950-11-30  Germany (detained by the  Soviet Union) Tuberculosis SS member and one of Adolf Hitler's personal physicians Likely died in Butyrka prison
Terry Waters 1951-04-22  United Kingdom (detained by  North Korea) Unknown Soldier, awarded with the George Cross Captured at the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War
Muhammad Zarqtuni 1954-06-18  Morocco Suicide by poisoning Moroccan nationalist
Jaroslav Krejčí 1956-05-18  Czechoslovakia Unknown Prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Dominik Trčka 1959-03-23  Czechoslovakia Pneumonia Redemptorist priest Regarded as a martyr of the Catholic Church. He was later beatified in 2001.
Karl Jäger 1959-06-22  West Germany Suicide by hanging Nazi war criminal
Ion Gigurtu 1959-11-24  Romania Unknown illness Romanian politician, Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Romania Rehabilitated by the Romanian Supreme Court in 1999.

1960s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Nepomuceno Matallana 1960-01-24  Colombia Bronchitis with heart failure Murderer and suspected serial killer
Pavel Peter Gojdič 1960-07-17  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 1960-09-05  Nicaragua Murder Coffee grower, political activist
Robert Stroud 1963-11-21  United States Natural causes The Birdman of Alcatraz
Fabricio Ojeda 1966-06-21  Venezuela Suicide by hanging Guerrilla leader, politician and journalist
Jack Ruby 1967-01-03  United States Pulmonary embolism American nightclub owner Murdered Lee Harvey Oswald.
Ilse Koch 1967-09-01  West Germany Suicide by hanging Wife of the Commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp
Bonifacio Ondó Edú 1969-03-05  Equatorial Guinea Official version: suicide Former 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 1969-05-06  Jamaica Official version: natural causes Ska trombonist, composer Convicted of murdering his lover Anita Mahfood, the official cause of death is disputed[4]
Liu Shaoqi 1969-11-12  China Pneumonia / unknown illness Former Chairman of the People's Republic of China Died of mistreatment as a result of political persecution during the Cultural Revolution

1970s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of Death Known for Comments
Josef Bachmann 1970-02-24  West Germany Suicide Attempt to assassinate APO student leader Rudi Dutschke
Mahmud al-Muntasir 1970-09-28  Libya Unknown 1st Prime Minister of Libya
Leopold Takawira 1970  Southern Rhodesia Neglect of his diabetes by the prison authorities Vice-president of the Zimbabwe African National Union
George Jackson 1971-08-21  United States Shot to death during an escape attempt Co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family and one of the Soledad Brothers
Mack Ray Edwards 1971-10-30  United States Suicide by hanging Child molester and serial killer
Pedro Luis Boitel 1972-05-25  Cuba Hunger strike Poet and dissident
Yuri Galanskov 1972-11-04  Soviet Union Death from an operation by a former doctor (another inmate) without surgical qualifications Russian poet, historian, and human rights activist, imprisoned for his writings
Yoro Diakité 1973-06-13  Mali Unknown Prime Minister of Mali, Head of the Provisional Government, first Vice President of Mali
Albert DeSalvo 1973-11-25  United States Murder The Boston Strangler
Michael Gaughan 1974-06-03  Ireland (detained by the  United Kingdom) Hunger strike Member of the Official Irish Republican Army
Holger Meins 1974-11-09  West Germany Hunger strike Member of the Red Army Faction
Siegfried Hausner 1975-05-05  West Germany Severe burns untreated in custody Member of the Red Army Faction
Katharina Hammerschmidt 1975-06-29  West Germany Untreated cancer Member of the Red Army Faction
Vladimir Herzog 1975-10-25  Yugoslavia

 Brazil

Suicide by hanging Journalist, university professor and playwright According to opposition, he was murdered by the DOI-CODI officers
Frank Stagg 1976-02-12  Ireland (detained by the  United Kingdom) Hunger strike Volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army
Ulrike Meinhof 1976-05-09  West Germany Suicide by hanging Founding member of the Red Army Faction
Alioune Dramé 1977-03-01  Guinea Unknown Economist and politician, ambassador to Ivory Coast
Steve Biko 1977-10-18  South Africa Bludgeoned to death by South African police[5] South African anti-Apartheid activist Forty-sixth political detainee to die during interrogation since the government introduced laws permitting imprisonment without trial in 1963.
Andreas Baader 1977-10-18  West Germany Suicide by shooting Leader of the Red Army Faction
Gudrun Ensslin 1977-10-18  West Germany Suicide by hanging Founding member of the Red Army Faction
Jan-Carl Raspe 1977-10-18  West Germany Suicide by shooting Member of the Red Army Faction
Ingrid Schubert 1977-11-12  West Germany Suicide by hanging Member of the Red Army Faction
Haregot Abbai 1979  Ethiopia Murder Businessman, politician

1980s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Pat Hare 1980-09-26  United States Lung cancer American electric blues guitarist and singer
Richard Chase 1980-12-26  United States Suicide Serial killer, cannibal and necrophile; also known as "The Vampire of Sacramento"
James Mitose 1981-03-26  United States Diabetes Martial artist, brought the art of Kenpo to the United States
Sigurd Debus 1981-04-16  West Germany Hunger strike Alleged member of the Red Army Faction
Bobby Sands 1981-05-05  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 1981-05-12  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 1981-05-21  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 1981-05-21  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 1981-07-08  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 1981-07-13  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 1981-08-01  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 1981-08-02  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 1981-08-08  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 1981-08-15  United States Natural causes American Mormon fundamentalist
Michael Devine 1981-08-20  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 1984  Libya Torture Army officer and member of the Libyan Revolutionary Command Council
Odysseas Angelis 1987-03-22  Greece Suicide Military officer, Chief of the Hellenic Armed Forces, Vice President of Greece
Tsai Chen-chou 1987-05-14  Taiwan Liver disease Politician and businessman
Rudolf Hess 1987-08-14  Germany (held by the Four-Power Authorities) Suicide Nazi war criminal Was the sole inmate in Spandau Prison from 1966 until his death. The prison was demolished afterwards.
Roy Buchanan 1988-08-01  United States Suicide by hanging American guitarist His death is still the subject of fierce debate.
Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar 1989  Saudi Arabia Severe hemorrhage caused by torture Political activist

1990s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Michael Tan Teow 1990-05-08  Singapore Suicide by pill overdose Convicted murderer and former actor Died 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 1990-08-01  United Kingdom Heart attack Poisoner Died 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 1991-09-25  Germany (detained by  France) Leukemia Nazi war criminal
Richard Speck 1991-12-05  United States Heart attack American mass murderer
Orton Chirwa 1992-10-20  Malawi Unknown Lawyer and political leader
Robert Biehler 1993-01-10  United States Cancer Serial killer
Kurt-Werner Wichmann 1993-04-25  Germany Suicide by hanging Serial killer He hanged himself only 10 days after his arrest. The Netflix miniseries Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier concentrates on his case.
Walter Breen 1993-04-27  United States Cancer American child molester
Garry David 1993-07-11  Australia Died from wounds caused by self-mutilation Robbery and attempted murder
Liow Han Heng 1993-08-10  Singapore Heart attack Convicted murderer and former goldsmith shop worker Died 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 1993-11-08  Mexico (detained by the  United States) Liver cancer Mexican Mafia leader
Jack Unterweger 1994-06-29  Austria Suicide Serial killer with estimated 12-15 victims[6][7][8]
Daniel Camargo Barbosa 1994-11-13  Colombia (detained by  Ecuador) Stabbed to death by Geovanny Noguera, a nephew of one of his victims[9] Serial killer and rapist
Jeffrey Dahmer 1994-11-28  United States Beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver[10] American serial killer and cannibal
Jesse Anderson 1994-11-30  United States Beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver[10] American murderer
Fred West 1995-01-01  United Kingdom Suicide by hanging[11] Multiple murders; was on remand awaiting trial
Sadibou Hydara 1995-06-06  Gambia Murder Military and political leader
Kenneth Michael Trentadue 1995-08-21  United States Suicide by hanging Arrested during the investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing Trentadue's family maintains that he was murdered by members of the FBI
Ronald Kray 1995-09-07  United Kingdom Heart attack British gangster and murderer, twin brother of Reginald Kray
Robert Wayne Danielson 1995-09-07  United States Suicide by hanging Serial killer
Gerard John Schaefer 1995-12-03  United States Stabbed to death American murderer
Alfons Noviks 1996-03-12  Latvia Unknown Politician Charged with a life sentence for signing orders for the Soviet deportations from Latvia
Ottis Toole 1996-09-15  United States Cirrhosis Serial killer
James Earl Ray 1998-04-23  United States Hepatitis C Convicted for assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Moshood Abiola 1998-07-07  Nigeria Heart attack Honorary supreme military commander of the Oyo Empire His death is disputed, with some believing he was poisoned or beaten to death.
Kaya 1999-02-21  Mauritius Unknown Musician, creator of Seggae Arrested for smoking marijuana during one of his concerts
Aleksandr Komin 1999-06-15  Russia Suicide by cutting Enslaver, serial killer Kept six people as prisoners in a 9-meter-deep bunker under his garage and killed four of them.
Saeed Emami 1999-06-19  Iran Suicide Deputy 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 1999-06-27  Greece ALS, bladder cancer Military dictator of the Greek junta

2000s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Oleg Kuznetsov 2000-08-04  Russia Heart failure Serial killer, rapist Killed 10 girls and women between 1991 and 1992.
Ruslan Alikhadzhiyev 2000  Russia Torture or heart attack Parliamentary 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 2001-01-21  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 2001-03-12  United States Heart failure "The Confession Killer"
Shankar Suppiahmaniam 2001-08-10  Singapore Murdered by his fellow cellmate Kanesan Ratnam, who was later sentenced to death for murdering him Charged with raping and abducting two young girls, and also his murder Scheduled to stand trial on 13 August 2001, but died three days before the trial was to begin
Thomas Schleicher 2001-11-02  Austria Suicide Judoka and participant of the 1996 Summer Olympics Convicted for drug trafficking
Evison Matafale 2001-11-27  Malawi Pneumonia Reggae musician
Iván Urdinola Grajales 2002-02-02  Colombia Heart attack leader of the Norte del Valle Cartel, "El enano"
John Gotti 2002-06-10  United States Throat cancer American mafia boss
Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev 2002-08-18  Russia Official version: inner bleedings caused by leukemia National security minister of Chechnya His relatives claimed he was tortured to death.[14]
Myra Hindley 2002-11-15  United Kingdom Died in hospital after heart attack in prison British serial killer
Habibullah 2002-12-04  Afghanistan (detained by the  United States) Pulmonary embolism due to blunt force injury to the legs[15] Mullah, brother of a Taliban leader His death was initially attributed to "natural causes" by the military. The autopsy later classified Habibullah's death as homicide.[16]
Dilawar 2002-12-10  Afghanistan (detained by the  United States) "Blunt-force injuries to lower extremities complicating coronary artery disease" caused from torture Farmer and taxi driver The documentary film Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) focuses on his death.
Salman Raduyev 2002-12-14  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 2002-2007  Eritrea Unknown Journalist
John Geoghan 2003-08-23  United States Murdered by fellow inmate Joseph Druce Catholic priest and child molester
Hassan Evan Naseem 2003-09-19  Maldives Beaten to death by the NSS personnel during a riot His death lead to the 2003 Maldives civil unrest
Md. Yakub Ali 2003-10-17  Bangladesh Unknown[17] Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist
Jahangir Hossain  Bangladesh Unknown[17] Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist
Manadel al-Jamadi 2003-11-04  Iraq (detained by the  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 2003-11-26  Iraq (detained by the  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 2004-01-13  United Kingdom Suicide by hanging British doctor who killed many of his patients
Abu Abbas 2004-03-08  Palestine (detained by the  United States in  Iraq) Natural causes Terrorist
Clayton Fountain 2004-07-12  United States Natural causes Member of the Aryan Brotherhood
Victor Kaliadin 2004-09-16  Russia Heart attack CEO of the company Elers Electron
John Wayne Glover 2005-09-09  Australia Suicide by hanging[19] Sydney Granny Murderer
Vincent Gigante 2005-12-19  United States Oxygen deprivation American Mafia boss Boss of Genovese crime family
Stuart Alexander 2005-12-25  United States Pulmonary embolism Businessman and murderer Also known as "The Sausage King" because he was recognized and renowned for making linguiça sausage.
Slobodan Milošević 2006-03-11  Serbia and Montenegro Heart attack Serbian and Yugoslav president
Andrew Martinez 2006-05-18  United States Suicide Nude activist
Samuel Bowers 2006-05-18  United States Cardiopulmonary arrest American white supremacist Co-founded the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted of bombing death of civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer.
Ogulsapar Muradova August/September 2006  Turkmenistan Official version: Natural causes Human rights activist, journalist The official cause of death is disputed by her children.[20]
Ron Porambo 2006-10-22  United States Choking on an orange Journalist 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 2007-02-22  Sierra Leone Natural causes Founder and leader of the Civil Defence Forces
Charles Harrelson 2007-03-15  United States Heart attack Hitman, convicted of murdering U.S. Federal judge John H. Wood Jr. Father of actor Woody Harrelson.
David Lane 2007-03-28  United States Epilepsy American white nationalist
Sergei Ryakhovsky 2007-11-12  Russia Tuberculosis Serial killer
John Straffen 2007-11-19  United Kingdom Natural causes British serial killer Longest-serving prisoner in British legal history, was in prison for 55 years until his death
Ryan Gracie 2007-12-15  Brazil Died as a result of brain injury Brazilian mixed martial artist
Germano Nati 2008-03-17  Eritrea Bladder and kidney infections[21] Politician of the EPLF
Vlado Taneski 2008-06-23  Macedonia Suicide by drowning in a plastic bucket of water Serial killer
Dinko Šakić 2008-07-20  Croatia Heart problems Commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp
Johnny "J" 2008-10-03  Mexico /  United States Suicide Songwriter, music producer and rapper Charged with driving while intoxicated
Arthur Shawcross 2008-11-10  United States Cardiac arrest Serial killer
Son Jong-nam 2008-12-07  North Korea Unknown (probably torture) North Korean defector and Christian missionary
Antonie Dixon 2009-02-04  New Zealand Suicide New Zealand thief and murderer
Omid Reza Mir Sayafi 2009-03-18  Iran Unknown Blogger and journalist Arrested for allegedly insulting religious leaders and engaging in propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Maxim Bazylev 2009-03-27  Russia Suicide by cutting the veins on his forearms and neck Russian nationalist, last leader of the NSO
Toi Aukuso Cain 2009-04-18  Samoa Liver cancer Politician Arrested for the murder of Luagalau Leva'ula Kamu
Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi 2009-05-10  Libya Torture Leader of the Khalden training camp His death was officially ruled as suicide by hanging.
Fathi Eljahmi 2009-05-21  Libya Unknown Politic dissident
Susan Atkins 2009-09-24  United States Brain tumor Member of the Manson family
John Evander Couey 2009-09-30  United States Cancer Sex offender convicted of murdering Jessica Lunsford
Sergei Magnitsky 2009-11-16  Russia Closed cerebral cranial injury Russian tax accountant who specialized in anti-corruption activities Magnitsky 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[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Orlando Zapata 2010-02-23  Cuba Hunger strike Political activist
Germain Cyrille Ngota Ngota 2010-04-22  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 2010-05-04  Swaziland Suicide by hanging Member of the banned party People's United Democratic Movement
Wallace Souza 2010-07-27  Brazil Heart attack due to Budd–Chiari syndrome Television presenter and politician
Philip Markoff 2010-08-15  United States Suicide American murderer Known as the "Craigslist killer"
Dimitrios Ioannidis 2010-08-16  Greece Respiratory problems Military dictator of the Greek junta
Terry Peder Rasmussen 2010-12-28  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 2010-04-19  Venezuela Suicide Professional boxer
Carl Williams 2010-04-19  Australia Bludgeoned to death Australian crime boss Murdered by fellow inmate while serving sentence
Fawza Falih 2010  Saudi Arabia Official version: Choking on her food Condemned to death for practicing witchcraft
Akrom Yoʻldoshev 2010/11  Uzbekistan Tuberculosis Founder of Akromiya
Colin Hatch February 2011  United Kingdom Suspected homicide Notorious murderer and child molester
Dorothea Puente 2011-03-27  United States Natural causes Serial killer
Lee Bradley Brown 2011-04-12  United Kingdom (detained by the  United Arab Emirates) Unknown Tourist, his cause of death is still disputed
Edarem 2012-01-08  United States Lung cancer American Internet personality
Colin Ireland 2012-02-21  United Kingdom Died as a result of hip injury.[25] British serial killer of gay men
Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó 2012-12-06  Equatorial Guinea Cardiac arrest Former Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Richard Ramirez 2013-06-07  United States Cancer American serial killer
Tjostolv Moland 2013-08-18  Norway (detained by the  Democratic Republic of the Congo) Suicide Sentenced to death for murder, and espionage for Norway Died in Congolese custody[26]
Anatoly Onoprienko 2013-08-27  Ukraine Heart attack Serial killer and mass murderer
Ariel Castro 2013-09-03  United States Suicide Kidnapped and raped three American women for over a decade.
Heinrich Boere 2013-12-01  Germany Natural causes Nazi war criminal
John Anthony Walker 2014-08-28  United States Unknown United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985
Anushervon Rakhmanov 2015-04-02  Tajikistan

 Russia

Suicide by hanging Suspected serial killer
Sandra Bland 2015-07-13  United States Suicide (allegedly) American motorist Arrested 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 2015-08-07  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 2015-09-11  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 2016-01-11  United Kingdom Suicide/accidental death On remand awaiting possible trial pending psychiatric reports Charged with GBH with intent
Lawrence Phillips 2016-01-13  United States Suicide American football player Phillips was facing the death penalty in the alleged murder of his former cellmate in April 2015.
Jacques Bihozagara 2016-03-30  Rwanda (detained by  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 2016-06-12  Russia Stroke Soccer player, won a Master of Sports of the USSR award Was found guilty of negligent homicide and sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in January 2016[32][33]
Lou Pearlman 2016-08-19  United States Cardiac arrest Manager of Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC
Gennadiy Tsypkalov 2016-09-24  Ukraine Unknown (official version: Suicide) politician of the Luhansk People's Republic
Omar Abdel-Rahman 2017-02-18  Egypt

(detained by the  United States)

Coronary arterial disease Terrorist
Donald Harvey 2017-03-30  United States Killed by fellow inmate Serial killer
Aaron Hernandez 2017-04-19  United States Suicide Former 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 2017-04-19  Hong Kong Lung cancer[34] Hong Kong armed robber with AK-47
Ian Brady 2017-05-15  United Kingdom Cancer British serial killer
Manuel Noriega 2017-05-29  Panama Issues after a brain hemorrhage Military dictator of Panama 1983-1989
Liu Xiaobo 2017-07-13  China Liver cancer Prisoner of conscience Nobel Peace Prize laureate (2010)
Carlos Andrés García 2017-09-17  Venezuela Debated Politician, councilman at the time of dearth García 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 2017-11-19  United States Natural causes Leader of the Manson Family
Nelson Martínez 2017-12-12  Venezuela Health complications[39] Minister of Petroleum and President of Petróleos de Venezuela
Ernst-Dieter Beck 2018-04-29  Germany Unknown Serial killer He was the first person accused of murder in German legal history, on whom a chromosome test was applied.[40]
Dennis Nilsen 2018-05-12  United Kingdom Pulmonary embolism British serial killer
Brian Lawler 2018-07-29  United States Suicide by hanging[41] Professional wrestler
Fernando Albán 2018-10-08  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 dearth Initially ruled officially as a suicide, a version heavily disputed, authorities later admitted that Albán was killed during his detention.[45]
Whitey Bulger 2018-10-30  United States Killed by prison inmates American mobster
Andrew Urdiales 2018-11-02  United States Suicide by hanging Serial killer
Serhiy Tkach 2018-11-04  Ukraine Heart failure Serial killer
Carmine Persico 2019-03-07  United States Natural causes Boss of the Colombo crime family
Mohamed Morsi 2019-06-17  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 2019-06-29  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 2019-08-02  Poland Suicide by hanging Light heavyweight boxer Convicted for drug trafficking, car theft, running a prostitution escort ring, and income tax evasion.
Jeffrey Epstein 2019-08-10  United States Suicide American financier and convicted sex offender
Richard Huckle 2019-10-13  United Kingdom Stabbed to death British serial sex offender and paedophile
Anthony McKnight 2019-10-17  United States Unknown[54] Serial killer and rapist
Ivan Milat 2019-10-27  Australia Natural causes Serial killer
Lawrence Bittaker 2019-12-13  United States Natural causes Serial killer and rapist, one of the "Tool Box Killers"
Phillip Carl Jablonski 2019-12-27  United States Unknown[55] Serial killer

2020s[edit]

Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments
Roy Norris 2020-02-24  United States Natural causes Serial killer and rapist, one of the "Tool Box Killers"
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. 2020-03-28  United States Unknown Serial killer, better known as the "Grim Sleeper"
Shady Habash 2020-05-01  Egypt Alcohol poisoning Filmmaker Was 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 2020-05-06  El Salvador (detained by  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 2020-05-28  United States COVID-19 Murderer
Eddie Mosley 2020-05-28  United States COVID-19 Serial killer and rapist
Mário Calixto Filho 2020-06-17  Brazil COVID-19 Politician, journalist and businessman Convicted of government procurement fraud[57]
Manuel Machado Alvarez 2020-07-03  Cuba (detained by  United States) COVID-19 Murderer
Scott Erskine 2020-07-03  United States COVID-19 Serial killer and rapist
Mahendra Yadav 2020-07-05  India COVID-19 Politician
Andrey Yezhov 2020-07-06  Russia Suicide by hanging Serial killer and rapist
Chua Ser Lien 2020-07-08  Singapore Suicide Former cleaning company director and convicted kidnapper Sentenced 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 2020-07-12  Brazil COVID-19 Politician, mayor of Francisco Beltrão Convicted on corruption and money laundering charges
Moussa Benhamadi 2020-07-17  Algeria COVID-19 Politician and researcher
David Romero Ellner 2020-07-18  Honduras COVID-19 Journalist and lawyer, Liberal party congressman and former mayor of Tegucigalpa Was arrested during the 2019–2021 Algerian protests[58]
Jaybee Sebastian 2020-07-18  Philippines COVID-19 Kidnapper and carjacker
Jorge Villavicencio 2020-07-20  Guatemala COVID-19 Former Guatemalan Minister of Public Health and Social Assistance Was arrested over corruption accusations.[59]
Azimzhan Askarov 2020-07-25  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 2020-08-13  Egypt COVID-19 Vice Chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party Arrested during the 2011 Egyptian revolution
Édouard Karemera 2020-08-31  Rwanda (detained by  Senegal) COVID-19 Politician convicted of genocide
Maxim Martsinkevich 2020-09-16  Russia Official version: Suicide Neo-Nazi activist and vlogger
Horst David 2020-11-08  Germany Unknown Serial killer The 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 2020-11-13  United Kingdom COVID-19 Serial killer
Anthony Hardy 2020-11-25  United Kingdom COVID-19 Serial killer, the "Camden Ripper"
Anthony Casso 2020-12-15  United States COVID-19 Underboss of the Lucchese crime family
Donato Bilancia 2020-12-17  Italy COVID-19 Serial killer
Romell Broom 2020-12-28  United States COVID-19 Murder of Tryna Middleton.[60]
Sofia Zhukova 2020-12-29  Russia COVID-19 Serial killer Being 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 2021-01-03  Venezuela Tuberculosis and malnourishment.[61] Pemon political prisoner Franco 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 2021-01-16  United States Complications from COVID-19 American music producer Was 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 2021-01-19  United States COVID-19 Serial killer
Daniela Figueredo 2021-03-13  Venezuela Gunshot Young detainee Shot 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 2021-03-27  Philippines Unknown Politician, mayor of Calauan
Bernie Madoff 2021-04-14  United States Chronic kidney disease[67][68][69][70] Fraudster
Vitold Ashurak 2021-05-21  Belarus Official version: Cardiac arrest Political and ecological activist Sentenced 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 2021-06-23  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 2021-07-20  Myanmar COVID-19 Member-elect of Pyithu Hluttaw and Aung San Suu Kyi's personal attorney
Yevgen Sotnikov 2021-08-06  Ukraine Murder Judoka Imprisoned for killing an 18-year old.[73]
Robert Martin Gumbura 2021-08-07  Zimbabwe COVID-19 Pastor Was convicted with four counts of rape and possession of illegal pornographic material and sentenced to 40 years in prison.[74][75]
Hugo Salas Wenzel 2021-08-11  Chile Unknown General of the Chilean Army Was sentenced to life for human rights violations in the 1980s.[76]
Hissène Habré 2021-08-24  Chad COVID-19 5th president and dictator of Chad
Abimael Guzmán 2021-09-11  Peru Suicide by starvation[77] Maoist guerrilla leader and terrorist
Raúl Baduel 2021-10-12  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 2021-11-17  Haiti COVID-19 Police chief and commander in the National Revolutionary Front for the Liberation and Reconstruction of Haiti
Hamdi Hassan 2021-11-25  Egypt Unknown[78] Member of the House of Representatives of Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood
Robert Durst 2022-01-10  United States COVID-19 Murderer
Stephen Kovacs 2022-01-12  United States Suicide by hanging Saber fencer and fencing coach Charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and false swearing.
Hugo Torres Jiménez 2022-02-11  Nicaragua Natural causes Sandinista guerrilla, brigadier general in the Nicaraguan Armed Forces
Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga 2022-03-21  Mali Unknown Former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Mali
Dmitry Kolker 2022-07-02  Russia Unknown Physicist, head of the Laboratory of Quantum Optical Technologies of Novosibirsk State University Arrested on suspicion of state treason in June 2022.[79]
Ales Pushkin 2023-07-11  Belarus Unknown Artist and painter, awarded with the Belarusian Democratic Republic 100th Jubilee Medal
Gennady Lopyrev 2023-08-16  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 2023-10-06  United States Apparent suicide Mathematician and domestic terrorist Sentenced to 8 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Anthony Sully 2023-09-08  United States Natural causes Serial killer and police officer
Doug Clark 2023-10-11  United States Natural causes Serial killer
Alejandro Muyshondt 2024-02-07  El Salvador Official version: Pulmonary edema Politician The official version is disputed and his family believes that he died from torture.[81]
Alexei Navalny 2024-02-16  Russia Official version: Blood clot detachment Russian opposition politician Death of Alexei Navalny
Ihar Lednik 2024-02-20  Belarus Issues after an operation of the gastrointestinal tract Belarusian opposition activist Sentenced 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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