known as "the Werewolf of Bedburg" François Tomasini (1914) Jean-Baptiste Troppmann (1870) known as "the Human Tiger" Joseph Vacher (1898) known as "the French Ripper" Sek Kim Wah (1988) Singapore's first serial killer Eugen Weidmann (1939) last public execution in France John Allen Williams known as "the Beltway Sniper" Stanley Williams (2005) Aileen Wuornos (2002) Elias Xitavhudzi (1960) known as "the Pangaman" Yang Xinhai (2004) known as "the Monster Killer" Piracy José Joaquim Almeida (1832) Peter Alston (1804) John Auger (1718) Joseph Baker (1800) Joseph Bannister (1687) Eli Boggs (1861) Stede Bonnet (1718) Satyendranath Bosu (1908) Joseph Bradish (1700) Nicolas Brigaut (1686) James Browne (1677) Roberto Cofresí (1825) Jacques Colaert (1600) Richard Coyle (1738) Mary Critchett (1729) Alexander Dalzeel (1715) Robert Deal (1721) Kanailal Dutta (1908) Alv Erlingsson (1290) John Fenn (1723) William Fly (1726) Charles Gibbs (1831) Pedro Gilbert (1835) John Golden (1694) Nathaniel Gordon (1862) John Gow (1725) Thomas Green (1705) Jean Baptiste Guedry (1726) Louis Guittar (1700) Charles Harris (1723) Klein Henszlein (1573) David Herriot (1718) Albert W. Hicks (1860) Hendrick van Hoven (1699) Calico Jack (1720) Daniel Johnson (1675) Peter Johnson (1672) Edward Jordan (1809) John Julian (1733) William Kidd (1701) James Kelly (1701) Walter Kennedy (1721) Olivier Levasseur (1730) Narciso López (1851) Peter Love (1610) Matthew Luke (1722) Philip Lyne (1726) Simon Mascarino (1721) Samuel Mason (1803) Gottfried Michaelsen (1402) Christopher Moody (1722) Duncan Mackintosh (1689) Jan Mendoses (1615) Andrea Morisco (1308) Pedro Ñancúpel (1888) John Oxenham (1580) Cabeza de Perro (18??) John Prie (1727) John Quelch (1704) Walter Raleigh (1618) Stenka Razin (1671) Philip Roche (1723) James Skyrme (1722) Gustav Skytte (1663) Benito de Soto (1830) Filippo di Piero Strozzi (1582) Thomas Sutton (1722) Jacques Tavernier (1673) Joseph Thompson (1719) Jean Tristan (1693) Charles Vane (1721) Thomas Vaughan (1696) Rachel Wall (1789) last woman executed in Massachusetts Hennig Wichmann (1402) Magister Wigbold (1401) Nicholas Woodall (1718) Wang Zhi (1560) Chen Zuyi (1407) Political opponents Friedrich Akel (1941) Marie Bouffa (1945) Jacques Pierre Brissot (1793) André Chénier (1794) Galeazzo Ciano (1944) Vladimír Clementis (1952) Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1938) Georges Danton (1794) Camille Desmoulins (1794) Olympe de Gouges (1793) İskilipli Mehmed Atıf Hoca (1926) Jüri Jaakson (1942) Bronislav Kaminski (1944) Michael Kitzelmann (1942) Traicho Kostov (1949) William Laud (1645) and treason Antoine Lavoisier (1794) Antonio Llidó (1974) William Alexander Morgan (1961) Ippolit Myshkin (1885) Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu (1954) Viktor Pepelyayev (1920) Nikola Petkov (1947) Margaret Pole, Countess