Famous People Who Died of execution by hanging

• Asahara, Shoko

  Founder of Japan's Aum Shinri-kyo religion

• Bishop, Bridget

  The first person executed in the Salem witch hunts

• Brown, John

  The anti-slavery militant who raided Harpers Ferry in 1859

• Hale, Nathan

  Revolutionary War hero who said "I only regret that I have but one life..."

• Hussein, Saddam

  Leader of Iraq, 1979-2003

• Kidd, William

  The Scot "pirate" hanged in 1701 in London

• Proctor, John

  The first man executed in the Salem witch hunts

• Tojo, Hideki

  Japanese Prime Minister during World War II

• Turner, Nat

  Leader of the 1831 slave rebellion

• Vesey, Denmark

  The alleged leader of South Carolina's 1822 slave rebellion plot

See: All Causes of Death