French people who died in prison custody

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

heir of the French throne

17th century prisoner, among the most famous in French history

French industrialist

French politician (1615-1680)

French general (1761-1804)

5th Countess of Richmond, heiress to England and Brittany de jure

Corsican independentist and criminal (1960–2022)

French weightlifter (1903–1945)

Jean-Luc Didier Henri René Brunel was a French model scout and alleged sex trafficker. He gained prominence by leading the international modelling agency Karin Models, and founded MC2 Model Management with financing by Jeffrey Epstein. The subject of a 60 Minutes investigation in 1988, Brunel faced allegations of procuring prostitution and sexual assault spanning three decades.

French general (1881–1945)

French soldier, Nazi collaborator, first Frenchman to be convicted of crimes against humanity (1915-1996)

French Army officer (1846-1898)

French visionary (1716-1794)

French spy during World War I (1880–1918)

American businessman (1886–1944)

French general (1760–1793)

former slave from the French West Indies who became a member of the National Convention and the Council of Five Hundred of France

French serial killer (1874–1918)

French aristocrat

French noble and politician (1805-1847)

serial killer (1934-2013)

French politician and journalist (1883-1917)

French prisoner

French politician (1892-1951)

French occultist

Involved in the attempted assassination of king Louis XIV of France

French murderer (1946-2003)

French architect (1891–1951)

French architect (1894-1945)

French woman sentenced during the Paris Commune (1846-1875)

French Serial killer