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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