"Headsman" redirects here. For the film, see The Headsman. For the comic book character, see Headsman (comics).
Not to be confused with Executor.
Symbolic robed figure of a medieval public executioner at Peter and Paul Fortress, Saint Petersburg, RussiaPhotograph (hand-coloured), original dated 1898, of the lord high executioner of the former princely state of Rewah, Central India, with large executioner's sword (Tegha sword)Depiction of a public execution in Brueghel's The Triumph of Death 1562–1563Stylised depiction of public execution of pirates in Hamburg, Germany, 10 September 1573
An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person.
executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. The executioner was...
The Executioner and Her Way of Life (処刑少女の生きる道（バージンロード）, Shokei Shōjo no Bājin Rōdo, transl. "The Executioner Girl's Virgin Road") is a Japanese yuri...
have acted as official executioners. In 1870 the Republic of France abolished all local executioners and named the executioner of Algiers, Antoine Rasseneux...
The Bronx Executioner is the English title of the Italian cyborg film, Il Giustiziere del Bronx, released in 1989. In the post-apocalyptic Bronx, warring...
from Beibut Shumenov, at ages 48 and 49, respectively. Nicknamed "The Executioner", and later "The Alien", Hopkins was known among observers for his longevity...
The Bastard Executioner is an American historical fiction drama television series, created by Kurt Sutter, that aired on FX from September 15, 2015, to...
executioner held up Charles' head after the execution suggests the executioner was experienced in the use of an axe, though the fact the executioner did...
The Executioner of Venice (Italian: Il boia di Venezia), also known as Blood of the Executioner, is a 1963 Italian swashbuckler film co-written and directed...
(29 April 1893 – 26 April 1972) was a German state-appointed judicial executioner in Bavaria from 1924 to 1946. During the Nazi period, he executed numerous...
Polistes carnifex, commonly known as the executioner wasp or executioner paper wasp, is a neotropical vespid wasp in the cosmopolitan genus Polistes....
that he wanted to become a hangman, and was taken on as an assistant executioner in September 1932, aged 27. His first execution was in December that...
The Compton Executioners is a deputy gang within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). In July 2021, U.S. Congressional Representative Maxine...
Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough, or simply Ornstein and Smough, are a duo of interconnected characters from the 2011 action role-playing...
of the people of Benghazi and the nickname Huda Al-Shannaga—"Huda the Executioner". However, it impressed Gaddafi, who had been watching the execution...
An executioners cemetery (Turkish: Cellat Mezarlığı) is a detached cemetery or separate little burial ground, where the executioners during the Ottoman...
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