executioner An executioner, also known as a hangman or headsman, is an official who effects a sentence of capital punishment on a condemned person. Scope and job The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorizing or ordering him to ...

is an officer of the court who carries out capital punishment sentences. Executioner may also refer to: *"The Executioner", a painting by 17th-century Spanish Tenebrist painter

Jusepe de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (; baptised 17 February 1591 – 3 November 1652) was a Spanish painter and Printmaking, printmaker. Ribera, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artist ...

Literature

Comics

* Executioner (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain

Novels

* ''The Executioners'' (Moore novel), a 1951 novel by Brian Moore * ''The Executioners'' (MacDonald novel), a 1957 novel by John D. MacDonald *''The Executioner'' (), a 1961 novel by Pierre Boulle *''The Executioners'', a 1967 novel by

John Creasey John Creasey (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns. He wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different p ...

* ''The Executioner'' (book series), a series of novels running since 1969 featuring the character Mack Bolan * ''The Executioners'' (Killmaster novel), a 1971 novel by Nick Carter *''Executioner'', a 2002 ''

World of Darkness ''World of Darkness'' is a series of tabletop role-playing games, originally created by Mark Rein-Hagen for White Wolf Publishing. It began as an annual line of five games in 1991–1995, with ''Vampire: The Masquerade'', ''Werewolf: The Apocaly ...

'' novel by Gherbod Fleming, the sixth volume in the ''Predator & Prey'' series, spun off from the tabletop game ''Hunter: The Reckoning'' * ''The Executioner'' (Kisyov novel), a 2003 novel by Stefan Kisyov about the killer of Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov

Film

* ''Executioners'' (film), a 1993 film by Johnny To * ''The Executioner'' (1963 film) or ''El verdugo'', a Luis García Berlanga film * ''The Executioner'' (1970 film) a film directed by Sam Wanamaker starring George Peppard * ''The Executioner'' (1975 film), a 1975 South Korean film * ''Executioner'' (1974 film), a 1974 film starring Sonny Chiba * ''The Executioner'', a 1978 film also known as '' Massacre Mafia Style'' * ''

Permission to Kill ''Permission to Kill'' (also known as ''The Executioner'' and Vollmacht Zum Mord) is a 1975 Austrian/American/British spy thriller film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner and Bekim Fehmiu with Timothy Dalton, N ...

'', a 1975 film also known as ''The Executioner''

Television

Characters

* Nathaniel Barnes / Executioner, a ''Gotham'' character (seasons 2-3, 2015-2017)

Episodes

Shows

* ''The Executioner'' (TV series) a 2015 television drama produced by TVB

Sports

The Executioners (professional wrestling) The Executioners is the name of several tag teams and single masked wrestlers who wrestled in the BYWA, TWA, AWF and the WWE, World Wide Wrestling Federation. The Executioners (1970s) The first version of Executioners was founded by Killer Kow ...

, the name of several WWE tag teams *

Buddy Rose Paul E. Perschmann (November 27, 1952 – April 28, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Playboy Buddy Rose. He wrestled primarily for the AWA, WWF, and for promoter Don Owen in Pacific Northwest W ...

or The Executioner, American wrestler *

Terry Gordy Terry Ray Gordy Sr. (April 23, 1961 – July 16, 2001) was an American professional wrestler from Soddy-Daisy, TN. Gordy appeared in the United States with promotions such as Mid-South Wrestling, Georgia Championship Wrestling, World Class Ch ...

or The Executioner, wrestler *

Bernard Hopkins Bernard Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016. He is one of the most successful boxers of the past three decades, having held multiple world championships in two weight class ...

or The Executioner, American boxer

Music

* ''Executioner'' (album), a 2009 album by Mantic Ritual * Executioner (band), a thrash metal band from Boston *

The X-Ecutioners The X-Ecutioners, originally known as X-Men, are a group of American hip hop DJs/ turntablists from New York City, New York. The group formed in 1989 and currently consists of three DJs, including Total Eclipse, DJ Boogie Blind, and DJ Precis ...

, American turntablist group