List of inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary explained

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
• 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 John Quillen (aka Jim, AZ586) Inside Alcatraz: My Time on the Rock https://read.amazon.co.uk/kp/embed?asin=B00OC4E0L0&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_P28EJS8SYYEFZWYHCVQR
• James Edward Testerman (AZ716)^[1]
• Henri Young
• Irving Wexler ("Waxey Gordon")
• Christopher Pekson ("Pekspeks")
• Forrest Tucker
• John Elgin Johnson
• Robert Victor Luke (AZ1118) (1926-2017)^[2]
• Marcus Forbes
• William Garnett Baker (AZ1259)

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016-08-15. Former Alcatraz Inmates List. 2022-02-14. National Archives. en.
2. Web site: Alcatraz Prisoner #1118AZ, Robert Victor Luke (1926-2017).