This is a list of fugitives from justice, notable people who disappeared or evaded capture while being sought by law enforcement agencies in connection with a crime, and who are currently sought or were sought for the duration of their presumed natural lifetime. For espionage cases, only persons motivated by pecuniary gain are included.

Listing here does not imply guilt and may include persons who are or were wanted only for questioning.

Pre-19th century Date of disappearancePerson(s)Age (at disappearance)CountryCircumstances834Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (Sahib al-Talaqan)unknownIbn Qasim was an Alid ImamAl-Farq bayn al-Firaq, by Al-Isfirayini, pg.31, who led a rebellion that took place in the city of Taloqan. Ibn Qasim was arrested by the authorities and imprisoned in Baghdad, but later escaped, and was never heard from again.1077Afshin Bey60–61Seljuk EmpireAfshin Bey was a Khorasani Turkmen commander of the Seljuk Empire who, after fleeing to Anatolia in 1067 after being on the run for committing a murder, disappeared again in 1077 after going to Aleppo on a mission to crush rebellions, and was never seen again.3 November 1324Alice Kyteler60–61Kyteler was awaiting trial for charges of heresy, witchcraft, sorcery, etc. stemming from the 1324 death of her fourth husband, John Poer, when she fled, allegedly to England. A maidservant who did not escape, Petronilla de Meath, was convicted, tortured and burned at the stake.June 1696Henry Every (sometimes spelled 'Avery')37Every, an English pirate, vanished after perpetrating one of the most profitable pirate raids in history. Despite a worldwide manhunt and an enormous bounty on his head, Every was never heard from again. A manhunt for Every lasted for at least a decade. There were several unconfirmed sightings of him and contradictory reports of his death during the 18th century. Most of them are considered unreliable, moreover, and his fate is unknown.

19th century Date of disappearancePerson(s)Age (at disappearance)CountryCircumstancesSeptember 1800Jack YorkunknownYork was a Canadian slave from Ontario who was charged with raping a woman named Ruth Tufflemier and was arrested in August 1800. The charge was later changed to burglary, and the trial took place on 12 September 1800. York was convicted and sentenced to death, but later escaped and was never seen again.1857Nana Saheb Peshwa II34Leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, who was allegedly responsible for both the Satichaura Ghat massacre and the Bibighar massacre. Nana Saheb escaped after the British retook the city of Kanpur. Multiple conflicting accounts exist of his further life and death, with some stating that he died of malaria in September 1857 and others claiming that he fled to Nepal and may have died in 1859. Still other accounts record that Nana Saheb escaped and place his date of death as late as 1906.1862Jean Baptiste49 Jean Baptiste, a grave robber in Utah in the 1860s, was arrested in 1862 for stealing items from graves. He was exiled to Fremont Island in the Great Salt Lake, but disappeared shortly after his arrival. His fate remains unknown.15 July 1864Rufus Henry Ingram30Bushwhacker led Captain Ingram's Partisan Rangers, a gang of Confederate raiders who robbed banks and stagecoaches across California. On 15 July 1864, Ingram and his followers attempted to rob a mine, but were intercepted by police. Ingram managed to escape, fleeing into Missouri, never to be seen again.22 November 1873William J. Sharkey26–27Sharkey was a convicted murderer and minor New York City Democratic politician who earned national notoriety for escaping from The Tombs disguised as a woman in 1873. Sharkey reportedly fled to Cuba, which had no extradition treaty with the United States. His ultimate fate is unknown.Sutton, Charles, James B. Mix, and Samuel A. Mackeever. The New York Tombs: Its Secrets and Its Mysteries. Being a History of Noted Criminals, with Narratives of their Crimes. New York: United States Pub. Co., 1974. 482–498.1873Bloody BendersVariousFamily of serial killers who killed at least 11 people in Labette County, Kansas from 1871 to 1873. Shortly before the discovery of their crimes, they fled south and were never captured. Over the years, several people were arrested because police thought they might be a member of the Bender family, but none were definitely confirmed.1875Moses EhrichunknownEhrich was an American businessman and underworld figure known as "'Old Unger" who served as a fence to burglars, thieves and shoplifters from his Eldridge Street store throughout the mid-to-late 19th century.Crapsey, Edward. The Nether Side of New York, Or, the Vice, Crime and Poverty of the Great Metropolis. Sheldon & Company, 1872. (p. 85)Harlow, Alvin F. Old Bowery Days: The Chronicles of a Famous Street. New York and London: D. Appleton & Company, 1931. (p. 377)Nadel, Stanley. Little Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845–80. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990. (p. 88) He was indicted four or five times on charges of receiving stolen goods during the administration of A. Oakey Hall, but always escaped conviction. Ehrich disappeared from New York City in 1875, escaped to Canada,Walling, George W. Recollections of a New York Chief of Police: An Official Record of Thirty-eight Years as Patrolman, Detective, Captain, Inspector and Chief of the New York Police. New York: Caxton Book Concern, 1887. (p. 222) and was never seen again.1876Agustus "Gus" HeffronunknownHeffron was an American fugitive and a sidekick of fellow American fugitive Davy Crockett (a younger relative of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett). Heffron was shot and sent to jail in New Mexico, but later escaped on October 31, 1876, and fled for the Colorado mountains and was never seen again.1878Procopio37Mexican desperado alleged to have committed about a dozen murders in California, but was convicted only of cattle theft and banditry. He escaped prison in 1877, but differing accounts exist of his fate.Summer of 1880Hoodoo BrownunknownLeader of the Dodge City Gang, a group of gamblers and gunfighters who ruled over the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico between 1879 and 1880, in which they committed a variety of crimes including robberies, murders and thefts. In the summer of 1880, local citizens formed a vigilante group and drove Brown out of the state, with his ultimate fate left unclear.1881Michael O'Rourke19–20O'Rourke, an American fugitive and gambler from Arizona who was imprisoned, later escaped from jail on 18 April 1881.1885Mysterious Dave Mather34"Mysterious" Dave Mather was a lawman who served in Kansas and the New Mexico Territory who was indicted for the murder of a man in Dodge City,Ford County Globe - 24 July 1883 which he committed with his brother. The pair posted bail before they could be tried, and Mather never resurfaced afterwards.19 December 1885E. J. Dawne41Dawne was an American preacher and judge for United States territorial court of Alaska who fled the country amidst charges of forgery and embezzlement. His last confirmed whereabouts were at a boarding house in Victoria, Canada, but he managed to flee and his definitive fate is unknown.1887Dan Bogan27Gunfighter and outlaw responsible for several murders in the Texas Panhandle, who was convicted and sentenced to death for murdering a Texas Ranger in Wyoming in 1887. He escaped from jail and headed south, but authorities lost track of him, leaving his ultimate fate unclear.1888Jack The Ripperunknown United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer who was active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in 1888. He is thought to have murdered at least 5 victims and was never caught despite extensive police investigations.26 May 1888Boston Corbett56Boston Corbett, a former military sergeant who killed John Wilkes Booth (who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln), was committed to a mental asylum after he was caught chasing people while armed with a gun, with a judge ruling he was legally insane. Corbett escaped from the asylum on 26 May 1888, and was never found.2 November 1889Apache Kidunknown Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl, better known as the Apache Kid,The Apache name "Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl" means brave and tall and will come to a mysterious end. Hayes, Jess G. (1954) Apache Vengeance: The true story of Apache Kid University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 181, was an army scout and later a renegade active in the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico who escaped from jail on 2 November 1889, and was said to have killed many people during that time. He was eventually caught and sent to jail. He was later released and became a wanted fugitive again and was never recaptured.after 1896Francis Hermann39–40Hermann, who was from England and later moved to the United States' Salt Lake City, Utah, was a pastor who was a known murderer and was also accused of murdering multiple people which included his own family members. Hermann had fled town in 1896 and was never seen again.

1900–1924