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
- Wang Zhongsheng (1874-1911) - Chinese playwright - Executed for his participation in the Xinhai revolution
- 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
- Mata Hari (1876-1917) - Dutch exotic dancer - Executed by firing squad by the French for spying for Germany
- Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864-1918) - German-Russian princess - Executed by the Russian following the revolution
- Marian Lutoslawski (1871-1918) - Polish engineer and inventor - Executed by the Soviets for helping Polish refugees
- Alexandra Feodorovna Romanova (1872-1918) - German-Russian empress - Executed by firing squad and bayonets by the Bolsheviks, following the revolution
- Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova (1901-1918) - Russian royal - Executed by firing squad and bayonets by the Bolsheviks, following the revolution
- Maria Nikolaevna Romanova (1899-1918) - Russian royal - Executed by firing squad and bayonets by the Bolsheviks, following the revolution
- Olga Nikolaevna Romanova (1895-1918) - Russian royal - Executed by firing squad and bayonets by the Bolsheviks, following the revolution
- Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanova (1897-1918) - Russian royal - Executed by firing squad and bayonets by the Bolsheviks, following the revolution
# 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
- Elvira Willman (1875-1925) - Finnish playwright - Executed by firing squad by the Russians, accused of being part of of the murder of eight Finnish communists
- 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
- Rou Shi (1902-1931) - Chinese writer - Executed by gunshot for being part of an illegal political group
- Hu Yepin (1903-1931) - Chinese poet and playwright - Executed for attending an illegal political meeting
- Hryhorii Kosynka (1899-1934) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by the Soviets, accused of counterrevolutionary activites
- 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
- Boris Hessen (1893-1936) - Ukrainian physicist and philosopher - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- 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
- Mykhailo Boychuk (1882-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed 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
- Bekir Coban-zade (1893-1937) - Ukrainian poet and linguist - Executed 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
- Hryhorii Epik (1901-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets 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
- Myroslav Irchan (1897-1937) - Ukrainian playwright - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Mykola Ivasyuk (1865-1937) - Ukrainian painter - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets, accused of terrorism and spying for the Germans
- 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
- Antin Krushelnytskyi (1878-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by the Soviets
- Moyshe Kulbak (1896-1937) - Belarusian writer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of espionage
- Mykola Kulish (1892-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Ivan Kulyk (1897-1937) - Ukrainian poet - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of spying against the Soviet Union
- Les Kurbas (1887-1937) - Ukrainian movie and theater director - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Samuil Lehttir (1901-1937) - Moldovan poet and literary theorist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- James Lewin (1887-1937) - German psychologist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of counter-revolutionary activities
- Vasyl Lypkivsky (1864-1937) - Ukrainian religious leader - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- 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
- Dmitrii Milev (1887-1937) - Moldovan writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Efim Minin (1886-1937) - Belarusian artist - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge, accused of being member of a WWI military organization
- Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk (1884-1937) - Polish-Ukrainian artist - Executed by firing squad, accused of espionage and counter-revolutionary activites
- Omar Faig Nemanzadeh (1872-1937) - Azerbaijani journalist - Executed by gunshot
- Ivan Padalka (1894-1937) - Ukrainian artist - Executed by firing squad during the Great Purge
- Valerian Pidmohylny (1901-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Adrian Piotrovsky (1898-1937) - Polish-Russian dramaturge - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Valerian Polishchuk (1897-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Madina Qiyasbayli (1889-1937) - Azerbaijani educator and journalist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of espionage
- Filimon Sateanu (1907-1937) - Moldovan poet - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Vasily Sedlyar (1899-1937) - Ukrainian artist - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets
- Myroslava Sopilka (1897-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by gunshot, accused of spying for Poland
- Pamphylia Tanailidi (1891-1937) - Azerbaijani actress - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets, accused of espionage
- Muhammad Hassan Bey Veliyev-Baharly (1896-1937) - Azerbaijani ethnographer - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Anatol Volny (1902-1937) - Belarusian artist and poet - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Mykhailo Yalovy (1895-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Maik Yohansen (1895-1937) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by firing squad as part of the Great Purge
- Mykola Zerov (1890-1937) - Ukrainian poet and literary scholar - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Jukka Ahti (1897-1938) - Finnish-American singer and actor - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Osman Aqcoqraqli (1879-1938) - Ukrainian writer and historian - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Sándor Barta (1897-1938) - Hungarian poet - Executed by gunshot the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Ervin Bauer (1890-1938) - Hungarian biologist - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Vladimir Beneshevich (1874-1938) - Russian historian - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of espionage
- Usein Bodaninsky (1877-1938) - Ukrainian historian and artist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Matvei Bronstein (1906-1938) - Russian-Ukrainian theoretical physicist - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Oskar Böhme (1870-1938) - German composer and trumpeter - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Alfred Chakin (1904-1938) - American wrestler - Executed by Fascist forces for his participation in the Spanish Civil War
- Konstantin Chelpan (1899-1938) - Greek-Russian engineer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, accused of leading a Greek nationalist organization
- Veronika Chernyakhivska (1900-1938) - Ukrainian poet - Executed by gunshot during the Great Purge
- 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
- Hans Hellmann (1903-1938) - German theoretical physicist - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Bruno Jasienski (1901-1938) - Polish writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Hnat Khotkevych (1877-1938) - Ukrainian actor, musician and writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Georgis Kostoprav (1903-1938) - Greek-Ukrainian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Hannes Kärkkäinen (1902-1938) - Finnish diver - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- Ivar Lassy (1889-1938) - Finnish anthropologist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Abdulla Latif-zade (1890-1938) - Ukrainian writer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Lev Levin (1870-1938) - Ukrainian physician - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets, accused of attempting to poison high-ranked Soviet politicians
- Benedikt Livshits (1887-1938) - Russian-Ukrainian poet - Executed by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- 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
- Kazimierz Piontkowski (1903-1938) - Polish-Ukrainian footballer - Executed by firing squad by the Soviets during the Great Purge
- 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
- Sofia Sokolovskaya (1894-1938) - Russian film studio director - Executed by gunshot, accused of counter-revolutionary activities
- 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
- Mykola Voronyi (1871-1938) - Ukrainian writer and actor - Executed by the Soviets, accused of being part of a Ukrainian nationalist organization
- Wladyslaw Kowalski (1897-1939) - Polish footballer - Executed by Soviet soldiers
- Alphonse Laurencic (1902-1939) - French painter and architect - Executed by firing squad for war crimes during the Spanish civil war
- Jadwiga Szeptycka (1883-1939) - Polish archeologist and ethnographer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets, after requesting to be shot together with her husband
# 1940s #
- Telesfor Banaszkiewicz (1908-1940) - Polish footballer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Józef Baran-Bilewski (1899-1940) - Polish discus thrower - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Henryk Bilor (1889-1940) - Polish footballer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Eugeniusz Budzynski (1893-1940) - Polish neurologist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Wojciech Bursa (1895-1940) - Polish sports shooter - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Ignacy Chrzanowski (1866-1940) - Polish literature historian - Executed by the Nazis in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp
- Edmund Czaplicki (1904-1940) - Polish ice hockey player - Executed by the Soviets during WWII
- Cyryl Czarkowski-Golejewski (1885-1940) - Polish winemaker - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Wlodzimierz Godlowski (1900-1940) - Polish neurologist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Zdzislaw Kawecki (1902-1940) - Polish equestrian - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Adam Kogut (1895-1940) - Polish footballer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Aleksander Kowalski (1902-1940) - Polish ice hockey player - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Tadeusz Kowalski (1894-1940) - Polish figure skater - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Zygmunt Lotocki (1904-1940) - Polish archer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Edward Manteuffel-Szoege (1908-1940) - Polish artist - Executed by the Soviets during WWII
- Józef Marcinkiewicz (1910-1940) - Polish mathematician - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Adam Obrubanski (1892-1940) - Polish footballer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Marian Rentgen (1888-1940) - Polish actor and singer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Wladyslaw Sebyla (1902-1940) - Polish poet - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Marian Spoida (1901-1940) - Polish footballer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Stanislaw Swietochowski (1899-1940) - Polish sprinter - Executed by the Soviets during WWII
- Stanislaw Urban (1907-1940) - Polish rower - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Zygfryd Wende (1903-1940) - Polish boxer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Adolf Zimmer (1908-1940) - Polish footballer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets during the Katyn massacre
- Feliks Aslanowicz (1903-1941) - Polish footballer - Executed by torture by the Soviets
- Henryk Breit (1906-1941) - Polish philologist - Executed by the Soviets
- Otto Fischer (1901-1941) - Austrian footballer - Executed as part of the Liepaja massacre
- Ziga Hirschler (1894-1941) - Croatian composer - Executed in the Jasenova concentration camp
- Salman Mumtaz (1884-1941) - Azerbaijani poet and literature historian - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Fritz Noether (1884-1941) - German mathematician - Executed by the Soviets, accused of anti-Soviet propaganda
- 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
- Armin Schreiner (1874-1941) - Croatian banker - Executed in the Jasenovac concentration camp
- Yakov Taubin (1900-1941) - Belarusian weapons designer - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Bogdan Tosovic (1918-1941) - Croation water polo player - Executed in the Jadovno concentration camp
- 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
- Fedir Ernst (1891-1942) - Ukrainian art historian - Executed by the Soviets, accused of spying for Germany
- Grete Forst (1878-1942) - Austrian opera singer - Executed in the Maly Trostenets extermination camp
- Mavro Frankfurter (1875-1942) - Croatian rabbi - Executed by the Nazis in the Jasenovac concentration camp
- Izidor Gross (1866-1942) - Croatian chess player - Executed by the Nazis in the Jasenovac concentration camp
- Otto Herschmann (1877-1942) - Austrian swimmer and fencer - Executed by the German Nazis during WWII
- Slavko Hirsch (1893-1942) - Croatian physician - Executed by the Nazis in the Jasenavac concentration camp
- 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
- Edmund Moster (1873-1942) - Croatian industrialist and inventor - Executed in the Jasenovac concentration camp
- Elisabeth Schumacher (1904-1942) - German artist - Executed by beheading, accused of conspiracy to commit treason
- Alfred Tauber (1866-1942) - Hungarian mathematician - Executed for being Jewish by the Nazis
- Nikola Vaptsarov (1909-1942) - Bulgarian poet - Executed by firing squad for being part of the Bulgarian resistance
- Oton Vinski (1877-1942) - Croatian banker - Executed in the Jasenovac concentration camp
- Heinrich Belohlavek (1889-1943) - Austrian footballer - Executed by beheading for collecting funds to the Communist Party
- Franjo Giler (1907-1943) - Yugoslav footballer - Executed by the Gestapo for escaping German military service
- 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
- Oda Schottmüller (1905-1943) - German dancer and sculptor - Executed by guillotine for her resistance fight
- 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
- Abdulla Alis (1908-1944) - Russian poet and playwright - Executed by guillotine by the Nazis
- Musa Cälil (1905-1944) - Russian poet - Executed by guillotine by the Nazis
- Jean-Marie Derscheid (1901-1944) - Belgian zoologist - Executed by beheading by the Germans during WWII
- Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917-1944) - Polish poet - Executed by shooting by the Nazis for being Jewish
- Ernö Grünbaum (1908-1944/1945) - Hungarian artist - Executed by the Nazis in the Mauthausen concentration camp
- Carl Heine (1870-1944) - Australian missionary - Executed by beheading by Japanese troops during WWII
- Jaga Juno (1900-1944) - Polish actress - Executed by gunshot by the Polish resistance for being a Gestapo informant
- 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
- Tina Morpurgo (1907-1944) - Croatian painter - Executed by the SS in the Banjica concentration camp
- Eleni Papadaki (1903-1944) - Greek actress - Executed for her alleged collaboration with Nazi Germany
- 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
- László Weiner (1916-1944) - Hungarian composer and pianist - Executed by the Nazis in the Lukov labor camp
- Mile Budak (1889-1945) - Croatian writer - Executed by hanging for war crimes and crimes against humanity during WWII
- Roger Bureau (1905-1945) - Belgian speed skater and ice hockey player - Executed by the Germans during WWII
- Wilhelm Cauer (1900-1945) - German mathematician and scientist - Executed by gunshot by the Soviets
- Luisa Ferida (1914-1945) - Italian actress - Executed by gunshot by the Italian resistance for being the romantic partner of fascist actor Osvaldo Valenti
- 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
- Egbert Xavier Kelly (1894-1945) - Irish missionary and educator - Executed by Japanese soldiers
- Kiril, Prince of Preslav (1895-1945) - Bulgarian prince - Executed by firing squad by the Bulgarian government
- Friedo Lampe (1899-1945) - German writer - Executed by Soviet soldiers for not resembling the photo in his identification papers
- Germogen Maximov (1861-1945) - Russian-Croatian bishop - Executed by firing squad for collaboration with Nazi Germany
- Josip Horvat Medimurec (1904-1945) - Croatian painter - Executed by Yugoslav partisans, accused of collaborating with the Nazis
- Ákos Molnár (1893-1945) - Hungarian writer - Executed by German soldiers
- Slavko Pavletic (1914-1945) - Croatian footballer - Executed by the new Yugoslav government
- Emil Perska (1896-1945) - Croatian footballer - Executed by gunshot by Yugoslav Partisans due to his connection with the Ustase movement
- Josip Scholz (1898-1945) - Croatian footballer - Executed by the Yugoslavs for his collaboration with the Nazis during WWII
- Lazër Shantoja (1891-1945) - Albanian priest and poet - Executed by firing squad by the Albanian government, accused of war crimes
- Jan Skala (1889-1945) - German poet - Executed by gunshot by a Soviet soldier
- Antal Szerb (1901-1945) - Hungarian writer - Executed by beating by the Nazis in the Balf concentration camp
- Ernö Tibor (1885-1945) - Hungarian painter - Executed by the Nazis in the Dachau concentration camp
- 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
- Ernst Lohmeyer (1890-1946) - German biblical scholar - Executed by the Soviets
- 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
- Zdenko Blazekovic (1915-1947) - Croatian footballer - Executed by Yugoslavia for war crimes
- 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
- Tias Mortigjija (1913-1947) - Croatian journalist - Executed by firing squad due to his collaboration with the Nazis
- 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
- Abadiya bint Ali (1907-1958) - Iraqi princess - Executed by gunshot by rebels during the 14 July Revolution, together with the rest of the royal family
- Nafissa Khanum (?-1958) - Iraqi princess - Executed by gunshot by rebels during the 14 July Revolution, together with the rest of the royal family
- Jeremiah Reeves (1935-1958) - American jazz drummer - Executed by electrocution for the raping of a white woman
# 1960s #
- 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
- Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud (1958-1977) - Saudi Arabian princess - Executed by gunshot for adultery
- Bill Stewart (1941-1979) - American journalist - Executed by gunshot by Nicaraguan government forces during the 1979 revolution
# 1980s #
- Jinous Nemat Mahmoudi (1928-1981) - Iranian meteorologist - Executed by firing squad by the government for being Bahá'i
- 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
- Tony de la Guardia (1939-1989) - Cuban military officer - Executed for cocaine trafficking
- Arnaldo Ochoa (1930-1989) - Cuban military officer - Executed by firing squad for cocaine trafficking
# 1990s #
- Farzad Bazoft (1958-1990) - Iranian journalist - Executed by hanging by the Iraqis, accused of espionage
- Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo (1926-1996) - DR Congolese archbishop - Executed by gunshot by Rwandan soldiers
# 2000s #
- Mona Fandey (1956-2001) - Malaysian pop singer - Executed by hanging for the murder of politician Mazlan Idris
- 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
- Zhou Youping (1973-2014) - Chinese singer - Executed for the murders of six lovers
- Liu Han (1965-2015) - Chinese businessman - Executed for running a mafia-like gang
- Zhao Liping (1951-2017) - Chinese police chief - Executed for the murder of a former lover
# 2020s #
- Kyaw Min Yu (1969-2022) - Burmese writer - Executed for activism against the junta that had seized power in the 2021 coup d'état
may 6 2020 ∞
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