Robert Stroud

(Stroud is on the left.)

Perhaps the most famous inmate of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud was also known as "the bird-man of Alcatraz".

Fiction

Robert Stroud was incarcerated in Alcatraz. He became well-known among the public for his practice of keeping birds in his cell. The Truth About Alcatraz!

Notes

• The real Robert Stroud was not actually permitted to keep birds in the prison. He did so in his previous incarceration at Leavenworth.