List of people who were notable for non-criminal things. Excluded are politicians executed for political reasons. Deaths in the 20th and 21st Century only.

# 1900s #

• Breaker Morant (1864-1902) - English bush balladist - Executed by firing squad for his role in the killing of nine prisoners and three civilians during the Second Boer War
• James S. McCue (1861-1905) - American politician - Executed by hanging for the murder of his wife
• Qiu Jin (1875-1907) - Chinese poet - Executed by beheading, accused of plotting to overthrow the government

# 1910s #

• Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862-1910) - American homeopath - Executed by hanging for the murder of his wife
• Marcel Kerff (1866-1914) - Belgian cyclist - Executed by hanging by the Germans, accused of spying on them
• Charles Becker (1870-1915) - American police lieutenant - Executed by electric chair for the murder of bookmaker Herman Rosenthal
• Joe Hill (1879-1915) - Swedish-American labor activist and songwriter - Executed by firing squad for the murder of a local businessman and his son, of which he was likely innocent
• Hasan Moglica (1854-1915) - Albanian scholar and educator - Executed by being buried alive by the Serbian army during WWI
• Kegham Vanigian (1889-1915) - Armenian newspaper editor - Executed by hanging by the Turks during the Armenian genocide
• Hans Schmidt (1881-1916) - German priest - Executed by electric chair for the murder and dismembering of a pregnant woman

# 1920s #

• Herbert Rowse Armstrong (1969-1922) - English lawyer - Executed by hanging for the murder of his wife
• Erskine Childers (1870-1922) - English-Irish writer - Executed by firing squad by the Irish for being in possession of s semi-automatic gun
• Geo Milev (1895-1925) - Bulgarian poet - Executed by Bulgarian police
• Shao Piaoping (1884-1926) - Chinese journalist - Executed by the government for colluding with Russia

# 1930s #

• James H. Snook (1879-1930) - American sport shooter - Executed by electric chair for the murder of his lover Theora Hix
• Feng Keng (1907-1931) - Chinese poet - Executed by the Chinese government for colluding with Russia
• Hu Yepin (1903-1931) - Chinese poet and playwright - Executed for attending an illegal political meeting
• Del Fontaine (1904-1935) - Canadian boxer - Executed by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend
• Qu Qiubai (1899-1935) - Chinese writer - Executed by gunshot by the Chinese government
• Izrail Agol (1891-1937) - Soviet geneticist - Executed by gunshot, accused of sabotage
• Axel Bakunts (1899-1937) - Armenian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Yakau Branshteyn (1897-1937) - Belarusian literary critic - Executed by gunshot during the Great Purge
• Michas Carot (1896-1937) - Belarusian writer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Ahmad Efendi Chalabizadeh (1892-1937) - Azerbaijani imam and ethnographer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Rose Cohen (1894-1937) - English suffragist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of espionage
• Ales Dudar (1904-1937) - Belarusian poet - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Anani Dziakau (1896-1937) - Belarusian educator - Executed by gunshot during the Great Purge
• Pavel Florensky (1882-1937) - Russian theologian - Executed by gunshot during the Great Purge
• Platon Halavach (1903-1937) - Belarusian writer and editor - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of being the organizer of a terrorist group
• Helmut Hirsch (1916-1937) - American-German artist - Executed by guillotine by the SS for his part in a plot to destabilize the German Reich
• Huang Jun (1890-1937) - Chinese writer - Executed for treason
• Ahmad Javad (1892-1937) - Azerbaijani poet - Executed by the Soviets for spreading dangerous ideas
• Todar Klastorny (1903-1937) - Belarusian poet - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Moyshe Kulbak (1896-1937) - Belarusian writer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of espionage
• Valery Marakou (1909-1937) - Belarusian poet - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of being member of a counter-revolutionary organization
• Efim Minin (1886-1937) - Belarusian artist - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of being member of a WWI military organization
• Omar Faig Nemanzadeh (1872-1937) - Azerbaijani journalist - Executed by gunshot
• Madina Qiyasbayli (1889-1937) - Azerbaijani educator and journalist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of espionage
• Muhammad Hassan Bey Veliyev-Baharly (1896-1937) - Azerbaijani ethnographer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Pamphylia Tanailidi (1891-1937) - Azerbaijani actress - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets, accused of espionage
• Anatol Volny (1902-1937) - Belarusian artist and poet - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Vladimir Beneshevich (1874-1938) - Russian historian - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of espionage
• Alfred Chakin (1904-1938) - American wrestler - Executed by Fascist forces for his participation in the Spanish Civil War
• Khadija Gayibova (1893-1938) - Azerbaijani pianist - Executed by firing squad for espionage
• Maksim Haretski (1893-1938) - Belarusian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of being member of a separatist organization
• Ivar Lassy (1889-1938) - Finnish anthropologist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
• Georgi Martirosian (c. 1895-1938) - Soviet historian - Executed by shooting by the Soviets for participating in counter-revolutionary activities
• Mikayil Mushfig (1908-1938) - Azerbaijani poet - Executed by the Soviets for treason
• Ulvi Rajab (1903-1938) - Azerbaijani actor - Executed by firing squad for counter-revolutionary activity, reportedly owning a collection of records of Turkish folk music
• Abbas Mirza Sharifzadeh (1893-1938) - Azerbaijani actor and film director - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets, who accused him of espionage
• Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892-1938) - Belarusian linguist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
• Uladzimier Terauski (1871-1938) - Belarusian composer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of being a Polish intelligence agent
• Vahan Totovents (1889-1938) - Armenian poet - Executed by the Soviet government during the Great Purge

# 1940s #

• Otto Fischer (1901-1941) - Austrian footballer - Executed as part of the Liepaja massacre
• Salman Mumtaz (1884-1941) - Azerbaijani poet and literature historian - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
• John Pendlebury (1904-1941) - British archaeologist - Executed by gunshot by the Germans during WWII
• Zalman Reisen (1887-1941) - Belarusian literary historian and lexicographer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
• Yakov Taubin (1900-1941) - Belarusian weapons designer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
• Ernst Bachrich (1892-1942) - Austrian composer and pianist - Executed in the Majdanek concentration camp
• Elkan Bauer (1852-1942) - Austrian composer - Executed in the Theresienstadt concentration camp
• Grete Forst (1878-1942) - Austrian opera singer - Executed in the Maly Trostenets extermination camp
• Otto Herschmann (1877-1942) - Austrian swimmer and fencer - Executed by the German Nazis during WWII
• Hou Yao (1903-1942) - Chinese film director - Executed by the Japanese during the Sook Ching massacre
• Hans Leopold Meyer (1871-1942) - Austrian chemist - Executed in the Theresienstadt concentration camp
• Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942) - Bulgarian poet - Executed by firing squad for being part of the Bulgarian resistance
• Heinrich Belohlavek (1889-1943) - Austrian footballer - Executed by beheading for collecting funds to the Communist Party
• Mildred Harnack (1902-1943) - American literary historian - Executed by guillotine for her part in the German resistance movement
• Norton Knatchbull, 6th Baron Brabourne (1922-1943) - British peer - Executed by the Nazis after trying to excape from a prison train
• Martial Van Schelle (1899-1943) - Belgian swimmer and bobsledder - Executed by gunshot in the Breendonk concentration camp
• Fletcher E. Adams (1921-1944) - American flying ace - Executed by gunshot by German civilians after his plane was shot down during WWII
• Jean-Marie Derscheid (1901-1944) - Belgian zoologist - Executed by beheading by the Germans during WWII
• Carl Heine (1870-1944) - Australian missionary - Executed by beheading by Japanese troops during WWII
• Julien Lehouck (1896-1944) - Belgian sprinter - Executed by the Germans in the Fort Breendonk prison camp
• Missak Manouchian (1909-1944) - Armenian poet - Executed by shooting for his part in the French resistance during WWII
• Sigurd Roll (1893-1944) - Norwegian track and field athlete - Executed by the Gestapo as part of Operation Blumenpflücken
• Anna Wala (1891-1944) - Austrian fashion model - Executed by guillotine for high treason and support of the enemy
• Roger Bureau (1905-1945) - Belgian speed skater and ice hockey player - Executed by the Germans during WWII
• Bogdan Filov (1883-1945) - Bulgarian archaeologist - Executed by firing squad by the Bulgarian government for his role as prime minister in the former government, who had supported the Nazis
• William Grover-Williams (1903-1945) - British racing driver - Executed in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during WWII
• Kiril, Prince of Preslav (1895-1945) - Bulgarian prince - Executed by firing squad by the Bulgarian government
• Lazër Shantoja (1891-1945) - Albanian priest and poet - Executed by firing squad by the Albanian government, accused of war crimes
• Hans von Dohnanyi (1902-1945) - German jurist - Executed by the SS for his part in the 20 July Plot to kill Hitler
• Spencer Walklate (1918-1945) - Australian rugby league player - Executed by Japanese troops during WWII
• Anton Harapi (1888-1946) - Albanian Franciscian friar - Executed by the Albanian government due to his collaboration with the Axis powers during WWII
• Qerim Sadiku (1919-1946) - Albanian Catholic clergyman - Executed by firing squad by the Albanian government, who accused him of not going to vote
• Alfons Tracki (1896-1946) - Albanian Catholic priest - Executed by the Albanian government for giving a fatally wounded soldier anointing of the sick
• Chen Cheng-po (1895-1947) - Taiwanese painter - Executed by gunshot for his part in the February 28 Incident
• Liu Baojun (1892-1947) - Chinese martial artist - Executed for collaborating with the Japanese during WWII
• Wang Shiwei (1906-1947) - Chinese journalist - Executed by dismemberment accused of being a Trotskyist
• Yoshiko Kawashima (1907-1948) - Chinese princess - Executed by gunshot for treason
• Ciprian Nika (1900-1948) - Albanian Catholic priest - Executed by firing squad by the Albanian government, accused of hiding weapons
• Gjergj Suli (1893-1948) - Albanian Orthodox cleric - Executed by firing squad by the Albanian government, who accused him of espionage

# 1950s #

• Maria Tuci (1928-1950) - Albanian Roman Catholic laywoman and teacher - Executed by prolonged torture by the Albanian government
• Jonuz Kaceli (1908-1951) - Albanian businessman - Executed by defenestration by the Albanian government during the Massacre of 1951
• Sabiha Kasimati (1912-1951) - Albanian ichthyologist - Executed by shooting by the Albanian government during the Massacre of 1951
• Huang Rong-can (1920-1952) - Chinese artist - Executed for treason and producing propaganda
• Miles Giffard (1925-1953) - English cricketer - Executed by hanging for the murder of his parents
• Ahmad Rida Huhu (1910-1956) - Algerian writer - Executed by French police, accused of having played a part in the assassination of the Constantine police governor
• Jeremiah Reeves (1935-1958) - American jazz drummer - Executed by electrocution for the raping of a white woman

# 1960s #

• Humbert Roque Versace (1937-
• Anna Wallis Suh (1900-1969) - American missionary and radio announcer - Executed by gunshot by North Korea for being a South Korean double agent

# 1970s #

• Shtjefën Kurti (1898-1971) - Albanian Roman Catholic priest - Executed by firing squad by the Albanian government for baptizing a child
• Charles Horman (1942-1973) - American documentary filmmaker - Executed by Chilean soldiers during the 1973 coup d'état
• Frank Teruggi (1949-1973) - American journalist - Executed by Chilean soldiers during the 1973 coup d'état
• Am Rong (1929-1975) - Cambodian filmmaker - Executed by the Khmer Rouge government
• Mam Manivan Phanivong (1924-1975) - Cambodian princess - Executed by the Khmer Rouge government
• Bill Stewart (1941-1979) - American journalist - Executed by gunshot by Nicaraguan government forces during the 1979 revolution

# 1980s #

• William Francis Buckley (1928-1985) - American military officer and spymaster - Executed by the group Islamic Jihad
• Havzi Nela (1934-1988) - Albanian poet - Executed by public hanging by the Albanian government, due to his dissident poetry

# 1990s #

• Farzad Bazoft (1958-1990) - Iranian journalist - Executed by hanging by the Iraqis, accused of espionage

# 2000s #

• Jeffrey Lundgren (1950-2006) - American cult leader - Executed by lethal injection for murdering a family who was members of his cult

# 2010s #

• Modise Mokwadi Fly (?-2010) - Motswana politician - Executed for the murder of his two year old son
• Liu Han (1965-2015) - Chinese businessman - Executed for running a mafia-like gang

# 2020s #

• Kyaw Min Yu (1969-2022) - Burmese writer - Executed for activism against the junta that had seized power in the 2021 coup d'état