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

 * 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)
 * 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)