Angel of Death
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People
- Beverley Allitt (born 1968), English nurse who murdered four children in 1991
- Richard Angelo (born 1962), New York nurse who poisoned 35 patients, killing 10
- Charles Cullen (born 1960), American nurse suspected to be the most prolific serial killer in American history
- Kristen Gilbert (born 1967), American nurse who murdered four patients in Massachusetts, U.S.
- Donald Harvey (1952-2017), American orderly and convicted serial killer who claims to have murdered 87 people
- Niels Högel (born 1976), German nurse and most prolific serial killer in peacetime Germany
- Miyuki Ishikawa (1897–1987), Japanese midwife who murdered many infants throughout the 1940s
- Genene Jones (born July 13, 1950), responsible for the deaths of up to 60 infants and children
- Josef Mengele (1911–1979), German SS officer and Nazi concentration camp doctor
- August Miete (1908-1987), German SS officer and Nazi extermination camp officer
- Colin Norris (born 1976), Scottish nurse and serial killer
- Robledo Puch (born 1952), Argentine serial killer
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767–1794), French revolutionary organizer of the Reign of Terror
- Harold Shipman (1946–2004), English doctor who murdered up to 250 elderly patients
- Jane Toppan (1854–1938), American serial killer, nicknamed "Jolly Jane"
- Elizabeth Wettlaufer (born 1967), Canadian nurse who murdered eight senior citizens
- Orville Lynn Majors (1961-2017), American nurse who murdered at least 6 elderly patients, but may have murdered up 130 patients
Arts, entertainment, and media
Fictional characters
- Adam, the Angel of Death, a character on Touched by an Angel succeeded by Andrew
- Andrew, the Angel of Death, a character on Touched by an Angel preceding Adam
- Azrael, the Angel of Death, a mentioned character on Lucifer (TV series)
- Shachath, Angel of Death, a character on American Horror Story: Asylum
- The Angel of Death, a character on Charmed
- The Angel of Death, a character on Preacher (TV series)
- The Angel of Death, a character on Supernatural (U.S. TV series)
- Jaffar, known as the Angel of Death in the video game Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
- Loki, The Angel of Death, a character in the film Dogma
Literature
- Angel of Death (novel), a novel by Jack Higgins
- Angel of Death, a novel by Alane Ferguson
Music
- "Angel of Death" (Hank Williams song)
- "Angel of Death" (Slayer song)
- "Angel of Death" (Thin Lizzy song)
- "Angel of Death", song by Angel Witch on Angel Witch (album)
- "Angel of Death", a song by Helstar on the album Remnants of War
- Angel of Death, a symphonic poem by the composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1918)
Television episodes
- "Angel of Death" (NCIS), an episode of NCIS
- "The Angel of Death" (Robin Hood), an episode of Robin Hood
- "The Angel of Death", a season 6 episode of Dexter
Visual art
- Angel of Death and the Sculptor, also known as Death and the Sculptor or the Martin Milmore Memorial, a sculpture by Daniel Chester French
- The Angel of Death (1895), a painting by Simeon Solomon
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Angel of Death (web series)
- Angel of Death, a dramatization of the life of Beverley Allitt, an English nurse who murdered four child patients
- Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, a computer game
- Angels of Death (video game), a Japanese horror computer game
- The Angel of Death (wrestler) (1953–2007), American professional wrestler
Religion
- Abaddon, also called Apollyon, a destroying angel in the Book of Revelation
- Azrael, also known as Malak al-Maut, in Islam
- Destroying angel (Bible), or angel of death
- Dumah (angel), angel of silence and of the stillness of death
- Gabriel, angel of death over kings
- Michael (archangel), good angel of death
- Mot (god), an angel of death from the Hebraic Book of Habakkuk
- Nasirdin and Sejadin, angels of death in Yazidism
- Psychopomp, a creature, spirit, angel, or deity in many religions, responsible for escorting souls to the afterlife
- Samael, an important archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore
- Santa Muerte, a sacred figure venerated primarily in Mexico
- Shinigami, god or spirit of death in Japanese mythology
- Saureil, an angel of death in Mandaeism
- Yama, lord of death, in early Rigvedic Hinduism
Other uses
- Angel of death (criminology), a type of serial killer
- Amanita ocreata or angel of death, a species of poisonous mushroom
- Lockheed AC-130 or Angel of Death, a gunship
See also
- Alfredo Astiz (born 1951), Argentine Navy officer known as the "Blond Angel of Death"
- Angel of Mercy (criminology), a caregiver who intentionally harms or kills persons under his care
- Angels of Death (disambiguation)
- Death (personification)
- Death angel (disambiguation)
- Destroying angel (disambiguation)
- Exterminating Angel (disambiguation)
- Thanatos
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