List of executioners
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This is a list of people who have acted as official executioners.
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[edit] United Kingdom
| Jack Ketch | to 1686 |
| Paskah Rose | 1686 |
| William Calcraft | 1829-1874 |
| William Marwood | 1874–1883 |
| James Berry | 1884–1892 |
| John Ellis | 1901–1924 |
| Henry Pierrepoint | 1901–1910 |
| Thomas Pierrepoint | 1909–1946 |
| Albert Pierrepoint | 1932–1956 |
| Harry Allen | 1941–1964 |
| Robert Leslie Stewart | 1950–1964 |
| Syd Dernley | 1949–1954 |
| Steve Wade | 1941–1955 |
[edit] Papal States
| Giovanni Bugatti |
[edit] Canada
| Arthur Ellis |
[edit] Germany
| Franz Schmidt | 1573-1617 (Nuremberg) | |
| Johann Reichhart | 1924-1946 |
[edit] France
| Charles Sanson | 1675-1699 |
| Charles Sanson fils | 1707-1726 |
| Charles Jean-Baptiste Sanson | 1739-c.1778 |
| Charles Henri Sanson | 1788-1795 |
| Henri Sanson | 1795-1830 |
| Henry-Clément Sanson | 1830-1847 |
| Charles-André Ferey | 1847-1849 |
| Jean-François Heidenreich | 1849-1872 |
| Nicolas Roch | 1872-1879 |
| Louis Deibler | 1879-1898 |
| Anatole Deibler | 1899-1939 |
| Jules-Henri Desfourneaux | 1939-1951 |
| André Obrecht | 1951-1976 |
| Marcel Chevalier | 1976-1981 |
[edit] India
| Nata Mallick (West Bengal) |
[edit] United States
During the first part of the twentieth century, operators of the electric chair were known as "State electricians".
[edit] New York
| Edwin Davis | 1891–? |
| John Hulbert | 1913–1926 |
| Robert Elliott | 1926–1939 |
| Joseph Francel | 1939–1953 |
| Dow Hover | 1953–1963 |
[edit] South Carolina
| Sam Cannon |
[edit] Singapore
| Darshan Singh | 1959–2005 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The English Hangmen from 1850 to 1964 by Richard Clark.
