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 James Boarman Andrew Uzzel ("Dutch") Harold Brest James "Whitey" Bulger Al Capone ("Scarface Al") Clarence Carnes Meyer Cohen ("Mickey") Theodore Cole ("Ted") Cole "The Big Man" Bruce Joseph Paul Cretzer Dillon "The Clout Master" Hamilton Volney Davis ("Curley") Herbert Allen Farmer ("Deafy") Rufus Franklin William Magoof 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) James C. Lucas ("Texas Bank Robber") Rafael Cancel Miranda Rufus McCain Rufe Persful Burton Phillips Ralph Roe Harry Sawyer Sam Shockley Robert Simmons Morton Sobell Robert Stroud ("Birdman of Alcatraz") James Edward Testerman (AZ716) Henri Young Irving Wexler ("Waxey Gordon") Christopher Pekson ("Pekspeks") Forrest Tucker John Elgin Johnson Robert Victor Luke (AZ1118) (1926-2017) Marcus Forbes William Garnett Baker (AZ1259)
References
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