Prisoners who died in French detention

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

duke of Milan

German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)

African warlord and religious leader, founder of the Wassoulou Empire (1830–1900)

French industrialist

French general (1761-1804)

Count of Flanders (1251-1305)

French serial killer (1942–2021)

Corsican independentist and criminal (1960–2022)

Mexican equestrian (1913–1972)

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)

Danish film director (1880–1914)

Jola spiritual leader and heroine (c. 1920–1944)

Irish tennis player (1853–1909)

Russian singer and spy (1884–1940)

French serial killer (1874–1918)

French noble and politician (1805-1847)

Tunisian activist (1931–1952)

French politician and journalist (1874–1945)

Republic of the Congo politician (1899-1942)

French politician and journalist (1883-1917)

French politician (1892-1951)

serial killer (1934-2013)

French murderer (1946-2003)

French architect (1894-1945)

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

French Serial killer

Involved in the attempted assassination of king Louis XIV of France

French architect (1891–1951)