Also included are people later exonerated

• Jack Abbott (1944-2002) - American author - First stabbed a fellow inmate to death in 1965, and in 1981 stabbed waiter Richard Adan to death while being out on parole.
• Richie Adams (1963-) - American basketball player - Stomped high schooler Norma Rodriguez to death in 1996.
• Stephanie Adams (1970-2018) - American model - Pushed her 7 year old son Vincent out of a 25th floor window, before jumping herself.
• Stuart Alexander (1961-2005) - American businessman - Shot and killed factory inspectors Jean Hillery, Thomas Quadros and William Shaline in 2000.
• John Alite (1962-) - American motivational speaker - While a member of the Gambino crime family, Alite killed at least six people.
• Floyd Allen (1856-1913) - American landowner - Participated in a courtroom shootout that left five people dead. Found guilty of two murders, on attorney William McDonald Foster and judge Thornton Lemmon Massie.
• Lloyd Avery II (1969-2005) - American actor - Sentenced to life imprisonment for a double homicide.
• Paul Bateson (1940-possibly dead) - American radiographer - Beat and stabbed journalist Addison Verrill to death.
• Holmes Beckwith (1884-1921) - American political scientist and academic - Shot and killed university dean J. Herman Wharton before killing himself.
• Jovan Belcher (1987-2012) - American football player - Shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins to death, before killing himself
• Manuel Benitez (1969-2008) - American actor
• Chris Benoit (1967-2007) - Canadian professional wrestler - Murdered his wife and son, before hanging himself.
• Bruce Beresford-Redman (1971-) - American television producer - Strangled his wife Mónica Beresford-Redman while on holiday in Mexico.
• Marty Bergen (1871-1900) - American baseball player
• Big Lurch (1976-) - American rapper - Murdered his roommate Tynisha Ysais and ate parts of her body.
• John Billington (c. 1580-1630) - English-American pioneer - Murdered fellow pioneer settler John Newcomen.
• Claude Bloodgood (1937-2001) - American chess player - Murdered his mother Margaret Bloodgood.
• Timothy J. Boham (1981-) - American pornographic actor - Shot his boss John Paul Kelso to death.
• John Boncore (1952-2013) - American activist and actor - Convicted to killing prison guard William Quinn during the Attica Prison revolt.
• John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) - American actor
• W.A. Boyle (1904-1985) - American trade union leader - Ordered the killing of fellow trade unionist Joseph Yablonski, as well as Yablonski's wife Margaret and daughter Charlotte.
• John W. Brady (1869-1943) - American judge - Stabbed his mistress Lehlia Highsmith to death.
• Joseph Mackey Brown (1851-1932) - American politician
• C-Murder (1971-) - American rapper
• Rae Carruth (1974-) - American football player
• Rubin Carter (1937-2014) - American boxer
• Byron Case (living-) - American writer
• Raphel Cherry (1961-) - American football player
• Theda Nelson Clarke (1924-2011) - American Native American activist
• Eugene Herbert Clay (1881-1923) - American politician
• Ralph Coleman (1950-) - American football player
• Thunder Collins (1979-) - American football player
• Thelma Conroy-Rios (1945-2011) - American Native American activist
• Cool C (1969-) - American rapper
• Spade Cooley (1910-1969) - American swing musician
• Sam Crane (1894-1955) - American baseball player
• Floyd Cummings (1949-) - American boxer
• Roy Den Hollander (1947-2020) - American lawyer
• Chubby Grigg (1926-1983) - American football player
• Charles J. Guiteau (1841-1882) - American writer
• Aaron Hernandez (1989-2017) - American football player
• Wild Bill Hickman (1815-1883) - American politician
• Wattie Holm (1901-1950) - American baseball player
• Robert Howard (1975-2004) - American triple and long jumper
• Jim Jones (1931-1978) - American cult leader
• Tacks Latimer (1875-1936) - American baseball player
• Johnny Lewis (1983-2012) - American actor
• Byron Looper (1964-2013) - American politician
• William Marrufo (living-) - American drummer
• Max B (1978-) - American rapper - Coordinated the robbery of money launderers Allan Plowden and David Taylor, which ended with Taylor being shot to death.
• John Leonard Orr (1949-) - American novelist
• Gail Collins Pappalardi (1941-2013) - American songwriter
• Lawrence Phillips (1975-2016) - American football player
• Ken Ramos (1967-2016) - American baseball player
• Henry Rathbone (1837-1911) - American diplomat
• Frank Rosolino (1926-1978) - American jazz trombonist
• Barry Sadler (1940-1989) - American singer/songwriter
• Albert Salmi (1928-1990) - American actor
• Louis Agassiz Shaw II (1906-1987) - American writer
• Arshavir Shirakian (1902-1973) - Armenian-American writer
• Michael Thevis (1932-2013) - American pornographer and record label executive
• Charlie Tidwell (1937-1969) - American sprinter
• Jim Tyrer (1939-1980) - American football player
• Reetika Vazirani (1962-2003) - Indian-American poet
• Dan White (1946-1985) - American politician
• Gourgen Yanikian (1895-1984) - Armenian-American writer
• Edward M. Yerger (1828-1875) - American newspaper editor
• Gig Young (1913-1978) - American actor
• Charles Yukl (1935-1982) - American pianist