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The following is a list of people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended. These individuals lost their heads intentionally (as a form of execution or posthumously).
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
Graham Frederick Young (7 September 1947 – 1 August 1990), also known as the Teacup Poisoner, was an English serial killer who murdered his victims via poison.. Obsessed with poisons from an early age, Young started poisoning the food and drink of relatives and school friends.
John McAfee (2021), British-American computer programmer, businessman and founder of the computer security software company McAfee, hanging [827] Allyson McConnell (2013), Australian-Canadian woman who killed her two children, [828] jumped off a bridge while in Australia [829] Kid McCoy (1940), American world champion boxer, overdose of ...
List of footballers killed during World War II; List of ice hockey players who died in wars; List of Major League Baseball players who died in wars; List of National Football League players who died in wars; List of Olympians killed in World War I; List of Olympians killed in World War II; List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the ...
Esing Bakery incident 700 people were poisoned after eating bread containing Arsenic. 0 people were killed immediately but 3 people died from long-term effects 1900 English beer poisoning in 1900 over 6,000 people were poisoned by tainted beer containing contaminated sulphuric acid and arsenic causing at least 70 to die
Character killed off at the beginning of the next season and replaced as bartender by Woody Boyd, portrayed by Woody Harrelson. [2] Dolph Sweet: Chief Carl Kanisky Gimme a Break! 88 1985-05-08 Stomach cancer: 4 Character killed off, and his character's death was addressed in the fifth-season premiere. Selma Diamond: Selma Hacker Night Court ...
About eighty people were accused of practicing witchcraft in a witch-hunt that lasted throughout New England from 1647 to 1663. Thirteen women and two men were executed. [4] The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people. Five others died in jail.