Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was a long-serving
hangman in England. He executed at least 400 people, including
William Joyce ("
Lord Haw-Haw") and
John Amery. In Germany and Austria after the
war, he executed some 200 people who had been convicted of war crimes. Some individuals convicted of murder whom he hanged were later
exonerated.