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This is a list of notable prisoners of war (POW) whose imprisonment attracted notable attention or influence, or who became famous afterwards. *Ron Arad — Israeli fighter pilot, shot down over Lebanon in 1986. He has not been seen or heard from since 1988 and is widely presumed to be dead. *Everett Alvarez, Jr. Navy Commander who endured one of the longest periods as a prisoner of war (POW) in American history. Alvarez was the first American pilot to be shot down and held as a POW in North Vietnam. He spent over 8 years in captivity, making him the second longest-held POW in American history. *Bowe Bergdahl — U.S. Army Private First Class soldier deserted his post and turned himself in to the Taliban on June 30, 2009. He was released in a prisoner exchange on May 31, 2014. *Douglas Bader — British fighter pilot, Wing commander in Battle of Britain *Leonard Birchall — The "Saviour of Ceylon" *Fernand Braudel — the famous historian, was a POW in World War II. *Frank Buckles — the last American veteran of World War I, was imprisoned by the Japanese during World War II, as a civilian. *Winston Churchill — during the Second Boer War; escaped *James Clavell — prisoner in Singapore, based his novel ''King Rat'' on his experiences during World War II *George Thomas Coker — U.S. Navy aviator, POW in North Vietnam, noted resistor of his captors *John Cordwell — forged documents to help fellow English soldiers get out of Germany as part of the ''Great Escape'' *Charles de Gaulle — French general and political leader, captured at Verdun, POW 1916-1918 *Dieter Dengler — a United States Navy pilot who escaped a Pathet Lao prison camp in Laos *Jeremiah Denton — Awarded the Navy Cross for resistance in captivity during the Vietnam War *Roy Dotrice — British actor *Werner Drechsler — killed by fellow German POWs during World War II for informing on other prisoners *Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop — an Australian surgeon and legend among prisoners of the Thai Burma Railway in World War II *Yakov Dzhugashvili — Joseph Stalin's first son, was captured by Germans early in World War II. lived in Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1943. *Denholm Elliott — British actor *Henri Giraud — French general, escaped German captivity in both World War I and World War II *Ernest Gordon — Japanese POW in World War II, author of "To End All Wars" and former Presbyterian Dean of Princeton University chapel *Tom Greenway — American actor, imprisoned for more than a year in Italian and German camps during World War II *James Hargest — Brigadier in World War II. Highly decorated New Zealand politician in World War I and World War II. Escaped from captivity into Switzerland. *Heinrich Harrer — Austrian mountaineer, sportsman and author, detained in British India during World War II until he escaped in 1944, as related in his autobiography ''Seven Years in Tibet''. *Erich Hartmann — "The Blond Knight of Germany". Number one air ace of all air forces in World War II. *Bob Hoover — American World War II pilot, test pilot and airshow performer; captured in 1944 and escaped from Stalag Luft I *Wilm Hosenfeld — Soviet prisoner in World War II, most remembered for saving Polish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman from death in the ruins of Warsaw. *Andrew Jackson — Seventh President of the United States, captured in the American Revolutionary War as a thirteen-year-old courier *Charles R. Jackson — captured in Battle of Corregidor and notable for memoir ''I Am Alive: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World War II Japanese POW Camp'' *Stanley D. Jaworski — Polish POW freed by American soldiers *Harold K. Johnson — U.S. Army Chief of Staff 1964; captured at Bataan (1942–1945) *Bert Kaempfert — German Orchestra conductor in World War II at a Danish prisoner of war camp *George Kenner — German artist interned as a civilian POW in Great Britain and the Isle of Man during World War I. Documented his experience in 110 paintings and drawings. *Tikka Khan — Japanese POW during World War II, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistani Army *Wajid Khan Canadian politician — former Pakistan-India War 1971 fighter pilot *Yahya Khan — German POW during World War II, last president of a united Pakistan *Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski — Commander of the Polish Home Army in the Warsaw Uprising *Gustav Krist — Adventurer and traveler, Austrian soldier in World War I, captured by Russians in 1914. Interned in Russian Turkestan *Desmond Llewelyn — went on to a notable acting career, most famously as Q in the James Bond film series *Jessica Lynch — American servicewoman during the Iraq war. *Keith Matthew Maupin — captured on April 9, 2004. Date of murder unknown. Remains found March 30, 2008. *Charles Cardwell McCabe — a prisoner and chaplain at Libby Prison during the American Civil War *John McCain — American political leader and Republican nominee for president in 2008, prisoner for over five years in Vietnam *Olivier Messiaen — French composer *George Millar — Journalist, British soldier, SOE agent, writer *Dusty Miller — Executed for his faith during internment under the Japanese in Thailand in 1945. *François Mitterrand — French president, captured during World War II in 1940, escaped 6 times before arriving home in Dec. 1941 *W. H. Murray — German POW during World War II, Scottish mountaineer *Airey Neave — British politician made the first British home run from Colditz on 5 January 1942 *A. A. K. Niazi — commander of Pakistan Army in East Pakistan who surrendered along with nearly 93,000 prisoners *Manuel Noriega — Panamanian dictator, captured by U.S. troops in 1990, convicted of drugs trafficking and held by U.S. federal authorities as a PoW *Friedrich Paulus — German field marshal, surrendered Stalingrad to the Soviets in 1943 *Donald Pleasence — English film and stage actor. Was shot down while serving in the RAF during World War II, taken prisoner, and placed in a German prisoner-of-war camp. He later acted in the film "The Great Escape". *Pat Reid — non-fiction/historical author *James Robinson Risner — USAF Brigadier General. First living recipient of the Air Force Cross. *Yevgeny Rodionov — Russian soldier captured by rebel forces in Chechnya and beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam *James N. Rowe — Colonel, U.S. Army Special Forces, held by the Viet Cong from October 1963 until December 1968. One of only thirty-four U.S. soldiers to escape captivity in Vietnam. Author of ''Five Years to Freedom''. Assassinated by the New People's Army in the Philippines on April 21, 1989. *Jean-Paul Sartre — French philosopher and writer, POW 1940-1941 *Kazuo Sakamaki — First POW captured by U.S. forces in World War II *Ronald Searle — English cartoonist *Léopold Senghor — Senegalize writer and political leader, captured 1940 in France *Gilad Shalit — Israeli soldier captured in 2006 by Hamas. He was released in a prisoner exchange on October 18, 2011. *Vladek Spiegelman — Polish private captured by Germany on September 1, 1939, father of Art Spiegelman *William Stacy — lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army, captured during the Cherry Valley massacre; General George Washington attempted to orchestrate a prisoner exchange for Lt. Col. Stacy〔Sparks, Jared: ''The Writings of George Washington, Vol VII'', Harper and Brothers, New York (1847) p. 211.〕 but was unsuccessful. *James Stockdale — candidate for Vice President in 1992; decorated member of the U.S. Navy; POW in Vietnam *E W Swanton — captured by Japanese in Singapore; after war, was renowned BBC sports commentator. *Floyd James Thompson — America's longest-held POW; he spent 9 years in POW camps in Vietnam (1964 — 1973) *Josip Broz Tito — president of Yugoslavia, Austrian soldier in World War I, captured by Russians in 1915 *András Toma – Hungarian soldier, lived in a psychiatric hospital in Russia for 55 years after being captured as a POW. He was identified and returned home in 2000. *Jakow Trachtenberg — A Russian Jewish mathematician who developed the mental calculation techniques called the Trachtenberg system. *Mikhail Tukhachevsky — Soviet military leader and theorist, captured by Germans in World War I *Charles Upham — Most decorated British soldier of World War II. Awarded the Victoria Cross twice. *Laurens van der Post — South African writer and war hero, captured by Japanese 1942 *Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach — German general captured at Stalingrad *Kurt Vonnegut — American writer; captured in the Battle of the Bulge and witnessed the Bombing of Dresden in World War II *Jonathan Wainwright — Commanding General U.S. forces in Philippines; captured at Bataan (1942–1945) *George Washington — first U.S. President, captured in 1754 by the French during the French and Indian War. *D. C. Wimberly — POW in World War II from Springhill, Louisiana; educator and a past commander of American Ex-Prisoners of War *Louis Zamperini — American athlete, member of Olympic team, captured by Japanese 1943 == References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of prisoners of war」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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