Who is or was the greatest Executioner?

Executioner

An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person.

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• 1

  Albert Pierrepoint

  595687

  153218

  595687 Votes
• 2

  

  Charles-Henri Sanson

  451389

  177908

  451389 Votes
• 3

  Antonina Makarova

  392596

  56786

  392596 Votes
• 4

  

  John C. Woods

  307984

  76932

  307984 Votes
• 5

  Vasili Blokhin

  304494

  46432

  304494 Votes
• 6

  

  Giovanni Battista Bugatti

  237110

  20140

  237110 Votes
• 7

  Johann Reichhart

  207315

  14868

  207315 Votes
• 8

  Marcel Chevalier

  137187

  22688

  137187 Votes
• 9

  

  Franz Hössler

  120075

  44574

  120075 Votes
• 10

  Yamada Asaemon

  119277

  40388

  119277 Votes
• 11

  

  Jack Ketch

  86196

  14218

  86196 Votes
• 12

  André Obrecht

  62707

  538

  62707 Votes
• 13

  Carl Gröpler

  56103

  20650

  56103 Votes
• 14

  Harry Allen

  51489

  18216

  51489 Votes
• 15

  Hermann Lorenz

  48787

  694

  48787 Votes
• 16

  

  Anatole Deibler

  45614

  14650

  45614 Votes
• 17

  Joseph Malta

  38872

  13746

  38872 Votes
• 18

  

  Piotr Śmietański

  37301

  1328

  37301 Votes
• 19

  

  Franz Schmidt

  36958

  2848

  36958 Votes
• 20

  Jules-Henri Desfourneaux

  33022

  12634

  33022 Votes
• 21

  Ogami Itto

  32027

  1092

  32027 Votes
• 22

  

  Henry Pierrepoint

  31935

  9846

  31935 Votes
• 23

  Thomas Pierrepoint

  31793

  12296

  31793 Votes
• 24

  

  William Marwood

  30890

  1988

  30890 Votes
• 25

  Muhammad Saad al-Beshi

  30300

  9346

  30300 Votes
• 26

  

  Wilhelm Dörr

  29776

  4048

  29776 Votes
• 27

  John Ellis

  29518

  5508

  29518 Votes
• 28

  

  Ansgar Pichen

  25360

  1740

  25360 Votes
• 29

  Friedrich Hehr

  24712

  50

  24712 Votes
• 30

  Josef Lang

  23656

  9336

  23656 Votes
• 31

  Henry-Clément Sanson

  23520

  9226

  23520 Votes
• 32

  Jan Mydlář

  23335

  8232

  23335 Votes
• 33

  

  William Calcraft

  21214

  3558

  21214 Votes
• 34

  

  Albert Gustaf Dahlman

  20828

  7156

  20828 Votes
• 35

  Edwin Davis

  20583

  7996

  20583 Votes
• 36

  

  Thomas Derrick

  18605

  7216

  18605 Votes
• 37

  Wilhelm Röttger

  18205

  4318

  18205 Votes
• 38

  Henri Sanson

  17896

  1774

  17896 Votes
• 39

  James Berry

  17724

  5674

  17724 Votes
• 40

  

  James Billington

  16864

  6564

  16864 Votes
• 41

  Fernand Meyssonnier

  14900

  5240

  14900 Votes
• 42

  

  Yang Xiong

  14240

  5004

  14240 Votes
• 43

  Ernst Reindel

  14189

  1514

  14189 Votes
• 44

  

  Louis Deibler

  14135

  5250

  14135 Votes
• 45

  Richard Topcliffe

  13913

  3616

  13913 Votes
• 46

  Pavel Malkov

  13879

  5390

  13879 Votes
• 47

  Robert G. Elliott

  13181

  3768

  13181 Votes
• 48

  Robert Leslie Stewart

  13040

  3268

  13040 Votes
• 49

  Syd Dernley

  12544

  3500

  12544 Votes
• 50

  Alois Weiss

  10979

  1644

  10979 Votes
• 51

  Alwin Engelhardt

  10234

  4018

  10234 Votes
• 52

  Dow Hover

  9790

  1158

  9790 Votes
• 53

  Friedrich Reindel

  9447

  3584

  9447 Votes
• 54

  

  William Billington

  7830

  3122

  7830 Votes
• 55

  Jerry Givens

  7628

  3010

  7628 Votes
• 56

  Paskah Rose

  7345

  2494

  7345 Votes
• 57

  Nicolas Charles Gabriel Sanson

  7168

  1144

  7168 Votes
• 58

  Jean-François Heidenreich

  7118

  720

  7118 Votes
• 59

  Franz Xaver Reichhart

  6812

  1948

  6812 Votes
• 60

  Nicolas Roch

  6703

  2624

  6703 Votes
• 61

  Samson Isberg

  6488

  2220

  6488 Votes
• 62

  

  Lorenz Schwietz

  6391

  2464

  6391 Votes
• 63

  

  Peter Weingartner

  6057

  1916

  6057 Votes
• 64

  Charles-André Férey

  5534

  1726

  5534 Votes
• 65

  Julius Krautz

  5364

  2144

  5364 Votes
• 66

  Darshan Singh

  5325

  1326

  5325 Votes
• 67

  Paul Sakowski

  5175

  2004

  5175 Votes
• 68

  Joseph Francel

  5060

  1294

  5060 Votes
• 69

  Arthur B. English

  5047

  448

  5047 Votes
• 70

  John Foxton

  4993

  890

  4993 Votes
• 71

  John Billington

  4813

  1428

  4813 Votes
• 72

  Theodor Larsen

  4767

  884

  4767 Votes
• 73

  Aleksander Drej

  4522

  1806

  4522 Votes
• 74

  Stefan Maciejowski

  3940

  1190

  3940 Votes
• 75

  Johannes From

  3917

  1524

  3917 Votes
• 76

  Oscar Hans

  3826

  388

  3826 Votes
• 77

  

  John V, Count of Harcourt

  3701

  804

  3701 Votes
• 78

  Cándido Cartón

  3693

  1468

  3693 Votes
• 79

  José Monero

  3624

  1420

  3624 Votes
• 80

  

  Hermann Helbig

  3534

  812

  3534 Votes
• 81

  Geoffroy Thérage

  3434

  1100

  3434 Votes
• 82

  Alfred Roselieb

  3275

  676

  3275 Votes
• 83

  Maurice Meyssonnier

  3167

  1014

  3167 Votes
• 84

  George Maledon

  3142

  322

  3142 Votes
• 85

  Gregorio Mayoral Sendino

  3071

  762

  3071 Votes
• 86

  Per Petter Christiansson Steineck

  3054

  1220

  3054 Votes
• 87

  George Smith

  3040

  798

  3040 Votes
• 88

  Stephen Wade

  2970

  394

  2970 Votes
• 89

  

  Leopold Wohlschlager

  2932

  1160

  2932 Votes
• 90

  Capeluche

  2887

  588

  2887 Votes
• 91

  Robert Baxter

  2882

  16

  2882 Votes
• 92

  Tom Long

  2739

  1060

  2739 Votes
• 93

  Stanley Cross

  2502

  818

  2502 Votes
• 94

  Louis Congo

  2480

  864

  2480 Votes
• 95

  Nicomedes Méndez López

  2363

  814

  2363 Votes
• 96

  Shim Yong-hyun

  2164

  824

  2164 Votes
• 97

  

  Karel Huss

  2142

  804

  2142 Votes
• 98

  Shalom Nagar

  2126

  478

  2126 Votes
• 99

  John Hulbert

  2110

  806

  2110 Votes
• 100

  Carl Peter Hermann Christensen

  2048

  748

  2048 Votes