Notable inmates

Ágnes Lukács (11 November 1920 – 12 September 2016) was a Hungarian-Jewish painter, graphic artist and secondary school teacher.

Agnes Sassoon (née Lichtschein; 1933 – 11 January 2020) was a Czechoslovak-born British author, journalist, and Holocaust survivor.

Agnieszka Dowbor-Muśnicka (7 September 1919 – 20 or 21 June 1940) was active in the Polish resistance against Nazi occupiers in World War II and was murdered in the Palmiry massacre.

Agnieszka Pilchowa (pseudonym Agni P., 16 December 1888 – 21 November 1944) was a Polish herbalist who claimed to be a clairvoyant.

Agustín Remiro Manero (28 August 1904 – 21 June 1942) was a Spanish anarchist activist, a soldier during the Spanish Civil War and later foreign agent for MI6.

Ahcene Zemiri (born 1967), also known as Hassan Zumiri, is an Algerian-Canadian-French citizen who was for seven years a legal resident of Canada, where he lived in Montreal.

Ahmad Batebi (Persian: احمد باطبی; born July 25, 1977) is an Iranian activist who was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.

Ahmad Tourson or Ahmad Abdulahad, is a Uyghur refugee unlawfully detained for more than seven years in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps.

Ahmed Abdul Qader is a citizen of Yemen, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba from June 18, 2002, to January 14, 2015.

Ahmed Adil (born 1973) is a Chinese citizen of Uyghur ethnicity who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba.

Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi (Arabic: احمد محمد احمد هزاع الدربي) is a citizen of Saudi Arabia who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba from August 2002 to May 2018; in May 2018, he was transferred to Saudi Arabia's custody.

Ahmed al-Boukhari (Arabic: أحمد البوخاري; 1938 – 16 February 2025) was a Moroccan agent of Cab-1, the political cell of the DST (the Moroccan internal secret service).

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (Arabic: أحمد خلفان الغيلاني, Aḥmad Khalifān al-Ghaīlānī; born March 14, 1974) is a Tanzanian conspirator of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization convicted for his role in the bombing of embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

Ahmet Hüsrev Altan (born 2 March 1950) is a Turkish journalist and author.

Aino Maria Kuusinen (née Turtiainen, subsequently Sarola; 5 March 1886 – 1 September 1970) was a Finnish Communist who worked for Comintern around the world in the 1930s, and was imprisoned in the gulag before she escaped to the West.

Adolphe Féder (16 July 1886 – 13 December 1943) was a Jewish-Ukrainian painter and illustrator.

Akbar Sattar oglu Aghayev (Azerbaijani: Əkbər Səttar oğlu Ağayev; 1919 – 1944), was a Soviet-Azerbaijani servicemen, lieutenant of the Red Army, and one of the leaders of the anti-fascist resistance in the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Akbar Ganji (Persian: اکبر گنجی , born 31 January 1960) is an Iranian journalist, writer and a former member of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Akbar Mohammadi (Persian: اکبر محمدی; 30 May 1969 – 30 July 2006) was an Iranian student at Tehran University involved in the 18th of Tir crisis, also known as the July 1999 Iran student protests, Iran's biggest pro-democracy demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Akhtiar Mohammad is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 1036.

Aksel Larsen (5 August 1897 – 10 January 1972) was a Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and chairman and founder of the Socialist People's Party.

Aksel "Azach" Zachariassen (16 November 1898 – 6 August 1987) was a Norwegian politician, newspaper editor, secretary and writer. .

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (, kə-POHN; Italian: [kaˈpoːne]; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931.