Deaths by...
318 Notable deaths
by hanging
Aleksandr Ulyanov
Russian revolutionary and activist.
Born April 12th, 1866 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died May 20th, 1887 at 21 years old in Shlisselburg (hanging).
Deborah Jeane Palfrey
American madam.
Born March 18th, 1956 in North Charleroi.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 52 years old in Tarpon Springs (hanging). [ref]
Jürgen Stroop
German ss and police general and convicted war criminal (1895-1952).
Born September 26th, 1895 in Detmold.
Died March 6th, 1952 at 56 years old in Mokotów Prison (hanging).
Arshile Gorky
Armenian-american painter (1904–1948).
Born April 15th, 1904 in Van. [ref]
Died July 21st, 1948 at 44 years old in Sherman (hanging). [ref]
Luigi Lucheni
Italian anarchist and the assassin of empress elisabeth of austria.
Born April 22nd, 1873 in Paris. [ref]
Died October 19th, 1910 at 37 years old in Geneva (hanging). [ref]
An Jung-geun
Korean independence activist, nationalist (1879-1910).
Born September 2nd, 1879 in Haeju.
Died March 26th, 1910 at 30 years old in Lüshunkou District (hanging).
Madan Lal Dhingra
Indian revolutionary (1883–1909).
Born September 18th, 1883 in Amritsar, Punjab.
Died August 17th, 1909 at 25 years old in Barnsbury, HM Prison Pentonville (hanging).
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Born July 31st, 1884 in Piła. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Elisabeth Becker
German concentration camp guard (1923–1946).
Born July 20th, 1923 in Gmina Nowy Staw.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 22 years old in Biskupia Górka (hanging).
Karel Čurda
Czech parachutist (1911-1947).
Born October 10th, 1911 in Nová Hlína, Stará Hlína. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1947 at 35 years old in Prague (hanging). [ref]
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