List of inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary

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[edit]

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
Dillon "The Clout Master" Hamilton^{[citation needed]}
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 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[edit]

^ ^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[edit]

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

[AI-1] "Former Alcatraz Inmates List". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2022-02-14.

[ATR-2] "Alcatraz Prisoner #1118AZ, Robert Victor Luke (1926-2017)".

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