Notable inmates

Alif Khan (born 1968) is a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 673. He was repatriated on 23 March 2003. .

Alina Janowska (16 April 1923 – 13 November 2017) was a Polish actress.

Alina Szapocznikow (Polish: [ʂapɔt͡ʂˈɲikɔf]; May 16, 1926 – March 2, 1973) was a Polish artist and Holocaust survivor.

Alípio Raimundo Viana Freire (November 4, 1945, Salvador – April 22, 2021, São Paulo), better known as Alípio Freire, was a Brazilian journalist, writer and artist.

Élise Rivet (French pronunciation: [eliz ʁivɛ]; 19 January 1890 – 30 March 1945), also known as Mère Marie Élisabeth de l'Eucharistie, was a Catholic nun and World War II heroine.

Ali Yasak (born 1956), better known as Drej Ali (literally: Ali, the tall) is one of Turkey's most renowned criminals.

Allan Joseph Legere (February 13, 1948 – March 9, 2026), known as the Monster of the Miramichi, was a Canadian rapist, arsonist, and serial killer.

Allan Henry Muhr (23 January 1882 – 29 December 1944) was an American-born international rugby union player.

On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California, United States.

Alma Maria Rosé (3 November 1906 – 4/5 April 1944) was an Austrian violinist and conductor.

Almasm Rabilavich Sharipov (born 1971), also known as Shamil Hajiyev is a citizen of Russia who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States's Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.