| Name | # | Claim to Fame |
| Allie Anderson | 340 | Former Miami police officer turned white slaver who beat up Alvin Karpis. |
| Theodore Audett | 208 551 1217 | Jailhouse author noted for his fantastic claims about other prisoners and his own life. Claimed to be Barker Gang member, but this is disputed by the facts. Known at Alcatraz as a snitch and a hypochondriac. Defense witness in 1946 Blast-Out Trial Also known as "Blackie". |
| Harvey Bailey | 139 | Partner of Machine Gun Kelly Believed to be involved in Kansas City Union Station Massacre |
| Basil Banghart | 595 | Burglar who became famous for helping Frank Touhy escape from the Illinois State Penitentiary at Joliet (1942). Also known as "Owl". |
| Lloyd Barkdoll | 423 | Bank robber. Attempted escape in 1941. |
| Arthur Barker | 268 | Member of Barker/Karpis Gang Shot and killed during 1939 escape attempt. Also known as "Doc" |
| Albert Bates | 137 | Partner of Machine Gun Kelly (117-AZ) |
| John Bayless | 466 | Determined escape artist. Tried off the Rock 9-15-41. Injured spine in attempt. Tried when put on trial for escape in San Francisco 12-21-42. Both attempts failed. |
| Edward Bentz | 307 | Associated with Machine Gun Kelly (117-AZ). |
| James Boarman | 571 | Accomplice in Floyd Hamilton and Fred Hunter's 1943 escape attempt. Shot and drowned. |
| Joe Bowers | 210 | Alledged to be first escape attempt |
| Harold Brest | 380 | Participant in Floyd Hamilton's 1943 escape attempt. |
| Al Capone | 85 | Chicago Gang-Lord. Also known as "Scarface" |
| Theodore Cole | 258 | Involved in first certain escape attempt (1937). Presumed drowned. |
| Bernard Coy | 415 | Planned and led the 1946 Blast-Out. |
| Joseph Cretzer | 548 | Leader of 1941 escape attempt from the mat shop Leader of 1946 Alcatraz Blast-Out. Cretzer is the one who shot the guard hostages during this three day long battle. Killed or committed suicide on 4 May 1946. |
| A.W. Davis | 311 | Wrote series on Alcatraz from the Inside for the San Francisco News |
| Volney Davis | 271 | Member of Barker/Karpis Gang Believed to have sold other gang members out. Beat up Alvin Karpis, 1936. |
| Elmer Farmer | 299 | Barker/Karpis Gang member. |
| Herbert Farmer | 332 | Part of the Kansas City Massacre Conspiracy. |
| Charles Fitzgerald | 315 | Oldest member of Barker-Karpis gang. (Born 1877) |
| Harry Fleisher | 320 | Member of Purple Gang. |
| Sam Fleisher | 327 | Member of Purple Gang. |
| Rufus Franklin | 335 | Participant in 1938 escape attempt. Wounded by Officer Stites. Received life sentence with James Lucas for murder of Officer Royal Cline. |
| Richard Galatas | 331 | Part of the Kansas City Massacre Conspiracy. |
| John Giles | 250 | Attempted escape by posing as a technical sergeant using uniform components stolen from laundry. Giles, a loner, came closer than any other man to escaping from Alcatraz. |
| Floyd Hamilton | 523 | Driver for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrows During his 1943 escape attempt, Hamilton was believed to have drowned. He hid out in a sea cave for two days before turning himself in. |
| Maurice Herring | 491 | Victim of Cecil Snow (222-AZ). |
| Fred Hunter | 402 | Partner of Alvin Karpis after fall of Barker Gang Attempted escape with Floyd Hamilton (1943) |
| Carl Janaway | 393 | Hospital "cellmate" of Al Capone. |
| Alvin Karpis (Karpavicz) | 325 | Public Enemy Number One. Associate of Arthur "Doc" Barker. Served longest amount of time on Alcatraz (25 years, 1 month) |
| George Kelly | 117 | Infamous Mid-Western Bank Robber & Kidnapper Also known as "Machine Gun Kelly" |
| Arnold Kyle | 547 | Accomplice in the attempted break-out from the mat shop, 5-21-41. Brother-in-law of Joseph Cretzer. |
| Henry Larry | 95 | Author of Examiner Series about Alcatraz (1936) |
| Thomas Limmerick | 263 | Killed during 1938 escape attempt |
| James Lucas | 224 | Stabbed Al Capone with a pair of shears Involved in 1938 escape attempt from the mat shop with Limmerick and Franklin. Only uninjured attempter. Given life for murder of guard Royal Cline. |
| William Martin | 370 | African-American bank robber. Accomplice in Doc Barker's 1939 escape attempt. Also known as "Ty". |
| Rufus McCain | 267 | Accomplice in Doc Barker's 1939 escape attempt. Killed by Henri Young. |
| Frank Mulloy | 330 | Part of the Kansas City Massacre Conspiracy. |
| Rufe Persful | 284 | Former trusty at Tucker State Prison Farm, Arkansas Chopped off two fingers of his hand to gain transfer to Springfield |
| Donald Phoenix | 295 | Barker/Karpis Gang member. |
| Burton Phillips | 259 | Attacked Warden Johnston during 1937 strike. |
| Pet Reed | 181 | Author of "Alcatraz is Hell" series in Examiner (1938) |
| Thomas Robinson | 379 709 | Kidnapper who may have been framed by his victim, the wife of a friend of President Franklin Roosevelt. Sentenced to death in second trial. President Truman commuted his sentence to life. |
| Ralph Roe | 260 | Involved in first certain escape attempt (1937). Presumed drowned. |
| Harry Sawyer | 297 | Barker/Karpis Gang member. |
| Jack Selbin | 326 | Member of Purple Gang. |
| Sam Shockley | 462 | Twice accused of attempting to escape. First attempt 5-21-41. Second May 2-4 1946 (the Blast-Out). Executed for murder of Officer Miller on 12-3-48. Many prisoners thought that Sam was not involved directly in either incident and was insane. |
| Cecil Snow | 222 | Stabbed and killed Maurice Herring (491-AZ). Acquitted by jury. |
| Walton Spark | 200 | Accomplice in John Dillinger's Indiana jail breakout |
| Dale Stamphill | 435 | Accomplice in Doc Barker's 1939 prison break. |
| Joe Stein | 319 | Member of Purple Gang. |
| Robert Stroud | 594 | So-called "Birdman of Alcatraz" (well, really Leavenworth.) Negotiated with assaulting guards and marines on behalf of D-Block prisoners under bombardment. |
| Harmon Waley | 248 | Kidnapper of his employer, George Weyerhauser. Upon release returned to work for the Weyerhauser Co. in Seattle. |
| Huron Walters | 536 | Attempted escape on 8-7-43. |
| Thomas Wareagle | 79 | Native-American Kidnapper |
| Henri Young | 244 | Accomplice in 1939 Barker Escape Attempt. Stabbed and killed Rufus McCain (267). Jury reduced charge to manslaughter. Subject of heavilly fictionalized film Murder in the First starring Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater. |
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