List of inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
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This is a list of notable inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. An inmate register reveals that there were 1576 prisoners in total which were held at Alcatraz during its time as a Federal Penitentiary, between 1934 and 1963, although figures reported have varied and some have stated it to be 1557.
List of notable prisoners
- Clarence Anglin and John Anglin - The Anglin Brothers escaped with Frank Morris in the June 1962 Alcatraz escape
- Harvey Bailey ("The Dean of American Bank Robbers")
- Basil Banghart ("The Owl")
- Arthur Barker ("Doc")
- Albert L. Bates
- Mason Derulo[citation needed]
- James Boarman
- Andrew Uzzel ("Dutch")[citation needed]
- Harold Brest
- James "Whitey" Bulger
- Al Capone ("Scarface Al")
- Clarence Carnes
- Meyer Cohen ("Mickey")
- Theodore Cole ("Ted")
- Cole "The Big Man" Bruce[citation needed]
- Joseph Paul Cretzer
- Volney Davis ("Curley")
- Herbert Allen Farmer ("Deafy")
- Rufus Franklin
- William Magoof[citation needed]
- Floyd Hamilton
- Ellsworth Raymond Johnson ("Bumpy")
- Alvin Francis Karpavicz ("Creepy Karpis")
- Tomoya Kawakita ("Meatball")
- George Kelly Barnes ("Machine Gun Kelly")
- Thomas R. Limerick
- Charles Joseph Lovett (AZ616)[1]
- James C. Lucas ("Texas Bank Robber")
- Rafael Cancel Miranda
- Rufus McCain
- Rufe Persful
- Burton Phillips
- Ralph Roe
- Harry Sawyer[citation needed]
- Sam Shockley
- Robert Simmons
- Morton Sobell
- Robert Stroud ("Birdman of Alcatraz")
- James John Quillen (aka Jim, AZ586) Inside Alcatraz: My Time on the Rock https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B00OC4E0L0&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_P28EJS8SYYEFZWYHCVQR
- James Edward Testerman (AZ716)[1]
- Henri Young
- Irving Wexler ("Waxey Gordon")
- Christopher Pekson ("Pekspeks")[citation needed]
- Forrest Tucker
- John Elgin Johnson[citation needed]
- Robert Victor Luke (AZ1118) (1926-2017)[2]
- Marcus Forbes[citation needed]
- William Garnett Baker (AZ1259)[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Former Alcatraz Inmates List". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Alcatraz Prisoner #1118AZ, Robert Victor Luke (1926-2017)".
External links
- Alphabetical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934-63, from Records of the Bureau of Prisons
- Numerical Index of Former Inmates of U.S. Penitentiary, Alcatraz, 1934-63, from alcatrazhistory.com
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