butcher A butcher is a person who may Animal slaughter, slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat and poultry for sale in retail or wholesale ...

is a person who slaughters animals, dresses their flesh and sells their meat. Butcher, The Butcher, Butchers, or Butcher's may also refer to:

People

* Butcher (surname), a common surname

Epithet

In real life

* Butcher of Amritsar:

Reginald Dyer Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, (9 October 186423 July 1927) was a British military officer in the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular British Army, but he soon transf ...

(1864–1927), British Indian Army officer responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar * Butcher of Baghdad:

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until Saddam Hussein statue destruction, his overthrow in 2003 during the 2003 invasion of Ira ...

(1937–2006), President of Iraq until deposed in 2003 * Butcher of the Balkans (disambiguation), several people * Butcher of Balochistan and Butcher of Bengal:

Tikka Khan Tikka Khan, also known as the Butcher of Bengal.Tikka Khan title: * * * * * * * * (; 10 February 1915 – 28 March 2002) was a Pakistani military officer and war criminal who served as the first Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan), chief of the a ...

(1915–2002), Pakistan Army four-star general and first Chief of Staff * Butcher of Bega: Graeme Stephen Reeves (born 1949), Australian deregistered gynecologist and obstetrician * Butcher of Beijing:

Li Peng Li Peng (; 20 October 1928 – 22 July 2019) was a Chinese politician who served as the 4th premier of China from 1987 to 1998, and as the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislative body, from ...

(李鹏; 1928–2019) top level Chinese Communist Party official known for supporting the use of violence against the Tiananmen Square Protests * Butcher of Beirut:

Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon ( ; also known by his diminutive Arik, ; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestin ...

(1928–2014), Israeli Prime Minister and general * Butcher of Beslan:

Shamil Basayev Shamil Salmanovich Basayev (; ; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his '' kunya'' Abu Idris, was a Chechen guerrilla leader who served as a senior military commander in the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He held the rank ...

(1965–2006), Chechen militant Islamist and rebel leader * Butcher of Bosnia: **

Ratko Mladić Ratko Mladić ( sr-Cyrl, Ратко Младић, ; born 12 March 1942) is a Bosnian Serb former military officer who led the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) during the Yugoslav Wars. In 2017, he was found guilty of committing war crimes, crim ...

(born 1943), Bosnian Serb former general and Chief of Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska **

Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal ...

(born 1945), Bosnian Serb former politician and President of Republika Srpska *Butcher of Bucha:

Azatbek Omurbekov Azatbek Asanbekovich Omurbekov (born 17 September 1983) is a Russian colonel who commanded the 64th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the Russian Ground Forces during its deployment in Ukraine, during which the unit allegedly committed war crimes ...

(born 1983), Russian military officer * Butcher of La Cabaña:

Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14th May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentines, Argentine Communist revolution, Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and Military theory, military theorist. A majo ...

(1928–1967), Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist * Butcher of Cesena:

Antipope Clement VII Robert of Geneva (; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII () by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the Western Schism. The son of ...

(1342-1394) * Butcher of Congo: King

Leopold II of Belgium Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second king of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Born in Brussels as the second but eldest-surviving son of King Leo ...

* Butcher of Drogheda:

Oliver Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, initially ...

(1599–1658), Commonwealth military and political leader * Butcher of Eastern Visayas:

Jovito Palparan Jovito Salvaña Palparan Jr. (born September 11, 1950) is a retired Army general, former politician, and a convicted criminal. From July 2003 to July 2004, he was the commander of the Philippine Humanitarian Contingent in the Iraq War. He also ...

(born 1950), Filipino fugitive, politician and former army general * Butcher of Genoa: Friedrich Engel (1909–2006) * Butcher of Hanover:

Fritz Haarmann Friedrich Heinrich Karl "Fritz" Haarmann (25 October 1879 – 15 April 1925) was a German serial rapist and serial killer, known as the Butcher of Hanover, the Vampire of Hanover and the Wolf Man, who committed the sexual assault, murder, mutil ...

(1879–1925), German serial killer * Butcher of Kentucky: Stephen G. Burbridge (1831–1894), Union major general during the American Civil War * Butcher of Kurdistan:

Ali Hassan al-Majid Colonel General Ali Hassan al-Majid al-Tikriti (; – 25 January 2010), was an Iraqi military officer and politician under Saddam Hussein who served as Defense minister, Interior minister, and chief of the General Security. He was also the ...

(1941–2010), Iraqi Defense Minister, Interior Minister, military commander and chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, better known as "Chemical Ali" * Butcher of Lyon:

Klaus Barbie Nikolaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German officer of the ''Schutzstaffel'' and ''Sicherheitsdienst'' who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortu ...

(1913–1991), World War II SS-''Hauptsturmführer'' and Gestapo member * Butcher of Mirpur:

Abdul Quader Molla Abdul Quader Mollah (; 14 August 1948 – 12 December 2013) was a Bangladeshi Islamist leader, writer, and politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribuna ...

(1948–2013), Bangladeshi Islamist leader and politician * Butcher of Plainfield:

Ed Gein Edward Theodore Gein ( ; August 27, 1906 – July 26, 1984), also known as "the Butcher of Plainfield" or "the Plainfield Ghoul", was an American murderer, suspected serial killer and Body snatching, body snatcher. Gein's crimes, committed a ...

(1906–1984), American murderer * Butcher of Prague:

Reinhard Heydrich Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( , ; 7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a German high-ranking SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust. He held the rank of SS-. Many historians regard Heydrich ...

(1904–1942), German World War II Nazi official and one of the main architects of the Holocaust * Butcher of Rangoon:

Sein Lwin Sein Lwin (, ; 27 January 1924 – 9 April 2004) was a Burmese politician and retired military general in the Myanmar Army. He was served as the sixth president of Burma for 17 days in 1988, following the resignation of San Yu. Sein Lwin was ...

(1923–2004), Burmese brigadier general and briefly President of Myanmar (Burma) * Butcher of Riga:

Eduard Roschmann Eduard Roschmann (25 November 1908 – 8 August 1977) was an Austrian Nazi SS-''Obersturmführer'' and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized port ...

(1908–1977), Austrian SS officer and commandant of the Riga ghetto during 1943 * Butcher of Rostov:

Andrei Chikatilo Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (; ; 16 October 1936 – 14 February 1994) was a Ukrainian-born Soviet serial killer nicknamed "the Butcher of Rostov", "the Rostov Ripper", and "the Red Ripper" who sexual assault, sexually assaulted, murdered, and ...

(1936–1994), Soviet serial killer * Butcher of Samar:

Littleton Waller Littleton Tazewell "Tony" Waller (September 26, 1856 – July 13, 1926) was a career officer in the United States Marine Corps, who served in the Spanish–American War, the Caribbean, and Asia. He was court-martialed and acquitted for his ...

(1856–1926), US Marine Corps officer * Butcher of the Somme:

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until t ...

(1861–1928), British First World War field marshal * Butcher of the Syria:

Aleksandr Dvornikov Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dvornikov (; born 22 August 1961) is a former Russian army general (Russia), army general who commanded the Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war, Russian military intervention in Syria and the Russian in ...

(born 1961), Russian army general * Butcher of Uganda:

Idi Amin Idi Amin Dada Oumee (, ; 30 May 192816 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until Uganda–Tanzania War, his overthrow in 1979. He ruled as a Military dictatorship, ...

(c. 1925–2003), President of Uganda and major general * Butcher of Warsaw: ** Josef Albert Meisinger (1899–1947), German SS officer **

Heinz Reinefarth Heinz Reinefarth (26 December 1903 – 7 May 1979) was a German SS commander during World War II and government official in West Germany after the war. During the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 his troops committed numerous atrocities. After ...

(1903–1979), German SS officer

In fiction

* Butcher of Arlav: Biff Simpson (''

Hunters Hunting is the Human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide (sk ...

'') * Butcher of Bakersfield: Benjamin "Ben" Richards ('' The Running Man'') * Butcher of Blaviken:

Geralt of Rivia Geralt of Rivia () is a fictional character and the protagonist of '' The Witcher'' series of short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. He is a magically enhanced monster-hunter known as a "witcher", who possesses supernatural ...

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The Witcher ''The Witcher'' (, ) is a series of 9 fantasy novels and 15 short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous witcher, Geralt of Rivia. Witchers are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the ...

'') * Butcher of Bogon:

Ratchet Ratchet may refer to: Devices * Ratchet (device), a mechanical device that allows movement in only one direction * Ratchet effect in sociology and economics * Ratchet, metonymic name for a socket wrench incorporating a ratcheting device * Ratc ...

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Ratchet & Clank ''Ratchet & Clank'' is a series of Action-adventure game, action-adventure Platform game, platform and third-person shooter video games created and developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. High Impact Games ...

'') * Butcher of Skull Moon:

The Doctor The Doctor, sometimes known as Doctor Who, is the protagonist of the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An extraterrestrial Time Lord, the Doctor travels the universe in a time travelling spaceship called th ...

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Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'') * Butcher of Stilwater: The Protagonist/The Boss/"Playa" (''

Saints Row ''Saints Row'' is a series of action-adventure video games created by Volition and published by THQ and Deep Silver. The series follows the 3rd Street Saints, a fictional street gang originally operating out of the Saints Row district, hence ...

'') * Butcher of Torfan:

Commander Shepard Commander Shepard is the player character in the ''Mass Effect'' video game series by BioWare (''Mass Effect'', '' Mass Effect 2'', and ''Mass Effect 3''). A veteran soldier of the Systems Alliance Navy, an N7 graduate of the Interplanetary Co ...

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Mass Effect ''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the galaxy using technology left behind by Elder race, a ...

'') * Butcher of White Orchard:

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Nickname

Imre Arakas Imre Arakas, also known as The Butcher, is an Estonian criminal. He has also been a wrestler, an actor and an Estonian separatist. He is a father of two. Criminal career Soviet era In 1979, aged twenty, he and Heiki Terras broke into a shooting ...

, Estonian criminal known as "The Butcher" *

Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (15 April 1721 Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="/nowiki>Old Style and New Style dates">N.S./nowiki> – 31 October 1765) was the third and youngest son of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ire ...

(1721–1765), son of King George II of Great Britain and general known to his political enemies as "Butcher" Cumberland * John Ronald Brown (1922–2010), American surgeon convicted of second-degree murder after operating without a license * Edward Cummiskey (died 1976), New York City mobster known as "The Butcher" *

Robert Hansen Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), also known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1972 and 1983, abducting, raping and murdering at least seventeen wome ...

(died 2014), an American serial killer, nicknamed the Butcher Baker *

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butcher" or "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chi ...

(1892–1984), Marshal of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War *

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Rom ...

, "''adulescentulus carnifex''" (Latin for "The Teenage Butcher"), also known in English as "Pompey the Great" * Andrew Mrotek (born 1983), "the Butcher", American drummer for the band The Academy Is... *

William Poole William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the Butcher, was the leader of the Washington Street Gang, which later became known as the Bowery Boys gang. He was a local leader of the Know Nothing political movement in ...

(1821–1855), leader of the New York City gang the Bowery Boys, bare-knuckle boxer, and a leader of the Know Nothing political movement, known as "Bill the Butcher" *

Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí Captain General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, 1st Duke of Rubí, 1st Marquess of Tenerife (17September 183820October 1930) was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines and the Gover ...

(1838–1930), Spanish general and Governor General of the Philippines and Cuba * Andoni Goikoetxea (born 1956), Spanish footballer, "The Butcher of Bilbao" *

Lisandro Martínez Lisandro Martínez (born 18 January 1998) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays primarily as a centre-back for club Manchester United F.C., Manchester United and the Argentina national football team, Argentina ...

(born 1998), Argentine footballer, "The Butcher" or "Butcher of Amsterdam" when playing for Ajax Amsterdam

Aliases

* The Butcher (

Brutus Beefcake Edward Harrison Leslie (born April 21, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, best known for his work in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring name Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake. He later worked for World Champ ...

, born 1957), ring name of professional wrestler Edward Leslie *

Abdullah the Butcher Lawrence Robert Shreve (born January 11, 1941), better known by the ring name Abdullah the Butcher, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He has a reputation for being involved in some of the most violent and bloody hardcore wrestling mat ...

(born 1941), ring name of professional wrestler Larry Shreve * "Butcher", a ring name of former professional wrestler

Paul Vachon Paul Vachon (October 7, 1937 – February 29, 2024) was a Canadian professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He was a member of the Vachon family, Vachon wrestling family. He is perhaps best known by his ring name Butcher Vachon. Professio ...

(born 1938) * The Butcher, ring name of professional wrestler

Andy Williams Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hos ...

(born 1977) * The Butcher Brothers, alter-egos of American film directors Mitchell Altieri and Phil Flores

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Billy "The Butcher" Butcher, from the comic series ''The Boys'', its spin-off ''Butcher'', and TV series adaptations * The Butcher (''American Horror Story''), from the TV series ''American Horror Story: Roanoke'' * The Butcher, a demon in the '' Diablo'' video game series and ''

Heroes of the Storm ''Heroes of the Storm'' is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Announced at BlizzCon 2010, it was released on June 2, 2015 for macOS and Windows. The game features various crossover ...

'' * The Butcher, a monster in the video game '' Silent Hill: Origins'' * The Butcher, a physical embodiment of "rage" of the Emotional Electromagnetic Spectrum, the emotion that powers the

Red Lantern Corps The Red Lantern Corps is a supervillain and sometimes anti-heroes, anti-heroic organization appearing in DC Comics. Their power is derived from the emotional spectrum relating to anger. Publication history The Red Lantern Corps debuted in ''Gr ...

in the DC Comics universe * On the British soap opera ''Eastenders'': **

Bianca Butcher Bianca Jackson (also Butcher) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders,'' played by Patsy Palmer. The character was introduced by executive producer Leonard Lewis and appeared initially from 1993 to 1999, when Palmer opted ...

** Diane Butcher **

Frank Butcher Frank Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Mike Reid (actor), Mike Reid. Frank makes his first appearance on-screen as a guest character in 1987, but due to a positive viewer reception, he is reintr ...

Liam Butcher Liam Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Sonny Bottomley for two months in 1998 and 1999, twins Jack and Tom Godolphin from 1999, Gavin and Mitchell Vaughan in 2002, and Nathaniel Gleed from 2002 to ...

Mo Butcher Mo Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Edna Doré between 1988 and 1990. She is introduced as the matriarch figure of the Butcher family, Frank Butcher's ( Mike Reid) elderly mother. She is portrayed ...

Ricky Butcher Ricky Butcher is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Sid Owen. Introduced as a school boy in 1988, Ricky is one of the longest-running male protagonists to feature in ''EastEnders''. Owen originally left the ...

Film and television

* '' Le Boucher'' (''The Butcher''), a 1970 French drama/thriller * ''The Butcher'' (2006 film), an American horror film * ''The Butcher'' (2007 film), a South Korean horror film * ''The Butcher'' (2009 film), an American action film * ''The Butchers'' (film), a 2014 American horror film *

Butcher's Film Service Butcher's Film Service was a British film production and distribution company that specialised in low-budget productions. The company was founded by William Butcher, a chemist from Blackheath. The company survived through several production slump ...

, a British film production and distribution company * ''The Butcher'' (TV series), a 2019 butchering reality competition show * ''Butchers (2020 film)'', a 2020 American horror film

Music

* "The Butcher" (song), a 2011 song by Radiohead *

Butcher Bros. The Butcher Bros. is an American music production team made up of brothers Phil and Joe Nicolo, originally based out of Philadelphia in the mid-to-late '80s. Together and individually, the brothers have produced albums for a wide variety of band ...

, American record producers * "Butcher", a song by Swans from the 1984 album '' Cop''

Places

* Butcher Hills, Montana * Butcher (or Butcher's) Inlet, on which

Cossack, Western Australia Cossack, known as Bajinhurrba in Ngarluma language, and formerly known as Tien Tsin, is a historic ghost town located north of Perth and from Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The nearest town to Cossack, which is locate ...

is situated *

Butcher Island Butcher Island (Jawahar Dweep) is an island off the coast of Mumbai, India. It has an oil terminal used by the port authorities to offload it from oil tankers. The crude oil is stored in oil containers on the island. From there they are piped t ...

, off the coast of Mumbai, India *

Butcher Nunatak The Guest Peninsula () is a snow-covered peninsula about long between the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay, in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Guest Peninsula extends westward into the Pacific Ocean from ...

, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica * Butcher Ridge, Oates Land, Antarctica * Butchers Knob, part of Cooper Mountain * Butchers Lake, Victoria, Australia * Butchers Spur, Ross Dependency, Antarctica * Butcher Hollow, Kentucky

Other uses

* ''Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker'', spin-off comic miniseries of ''The Boys'', following Billy Butcher * Butcher, a small beer glass in South Australia *

4th Armored Division (United States) The 4th Armored Division was an armored division of the United States Army that earned distinction while spearheading General Patton's Third Army in the European theater of World War II. The 4th Armored Division, unlike most other U.S. arm ...

, nicknamed "Roosevelt's Butchers" * Butcher baronets, two titles in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, both extinct *

Shankill Butchers The Shankill Butchers were an Ulster loyalist paramilitary gang – many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) – that was active between 1975 and 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was based in the Shankill area and w ...

, an Ulster loyalist gang active between 1975 and 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland {{disambiguation, geo Nicknames