Famous Executions

Known for: Being the Christian Messiah, as well as one of the most influential figures in history
Date of Death: c. 30/33 AD
Method: Crucifixion

Known for: Crucial role in the Hundred Years War, alleged visions of angels and saints
Date of Death: May 30, 1431
Method: Burning at the stake
Charges: Heresy

Known for: Being Henry VIII's second wife, not giving birth to a son
Date of Death: May 19, 1536
Method: Beheading
Charges: Treason, Incest and Adultery (most likely BS)

Known for: Being the last Queen of France before the revolution
Date of Death: October 16, 1793
Method: Guillotine
Charges: Treason, depletion of national treasury and conspiracy against security of the state

Known for: Leading a Slave Uprising in the pre-Civil War South
Date of Death: December 2, 1859
Method: Hanging
Crimes: Treason, first degree murder and inciting a slave insurrection, all of which occurred during his raid on the armory at Harper's Ferry in Virginia.

Known for: Owning a "Murder Hotel"
Date of Death: May 7, 1896
Method: Hanging
Charges: First Degree Murder

Known for: Being the fascist dictator of Italy during the second world war
Date of Death: April 28, 1945
Method: Firing Squad

Known for: Large part in the orchestration of the Holocaust
Date of Death: June 1, 1962
Method: Hanging
Charges: Crimes against the Jewish people, involvement in a criminal organization

Known for: Killing 30+ Women in the mid-to-late 1970s
Date of Death: January 24, 1989
Method: Electric Chair
Charges: Aggravated Kidnapping, Burglary, Rape Murder

Known for: The sexual assault, mutilation and murder of 52+ women and children
Date of Death: February 14, 1994
Method: Gunshot
Charges: Sexual abuse, sexual assault, aggravated murder

Known for: Murdering 33+ young men and boys, many of whom were under the age of 18
Date of Death: May 10, 1994
Method: Lethal Injection
Charges: 1 count of sodomy, 33 counts of murder, 1 count of sexual assault, 1 count of indecent liberties with a child

Known for: Fatally shooting 7 men
Date of Death: October 9, 2002
Method: Letha Injection
Charges: 6 counts of first degree murder (1 she was not charged with as the body was never found)

Known for: Being the leader of Iraq from 1979-2003
Date of Death: December 30, 2006
Method: Hanging
Charges: 148 counts of murder, torture of women and children, illegal arrest of 399 people