page_title: List of people who were beheaded
section_title: Other Biblical figures
hierarchical_section_title: List of people who were beheaded / Religious figures / Other Biblical figures
context_page_description: The following is a list of people who were beheaded, arranged alphabetically by country or region and with date of decapitation. Special sections on "Religious figures" and "Fictional characters" are also appended.
  These individuals lost their heads intentionally. A list of people who were decapitated accidentally, including animal-related deaths, can be found at List of people who were decapitated.
context_section_description: John the Baptist in the Gospels by order of Herod Antipas
  Holofernes in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith
caption: Judith Beheading Holofernes (Caravaggio)
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