Dennis Allen – oldest member of the Pettingill family. (
d. 1987)
Garry David – (d. 1993), also known as Garry Webb, responsible for the Community Protection Act 1990.

John Dixon-Jenkins - aka Anti-nuclear Warrior, imprisoned for planting fake bombs as part of a personal endeavour to raise public awareness about the global nuclear threat; authored 'The Unified Theory of Existence (A Love Story)' while in Pentridge (1986).

Peter Dupas – Australian serial killer.

Keith Faure – convicted of murdering Lewis Caine and Lewis Moran with Evangelos Goussis during the Melbourne gangland killings was also the basis for the character of Keithy George in the film Chopper.

Christopher Dale Flannery – aka Mr Rent-a-Kill, hitman.

Kevin Albert Joiner – murderer, shot dead trying to escape in 1952.

Ned Kelly – a bushranger. (
d. 1880)
Julian Knight – murdered 7 people in the Hoddle Street Massacre.

Shelton Lea – poet.

Eddie Leonski – the Brownout Strangler.

Craig 'Slim' Minogue – the Russell Street Bomber.

Clarrie O'Shea – a trade unionist.

Victor Peirce – a member of the Pettingill family, acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings.
Killed in 2002.

Harry Power – a bushranger.

Mark "Chopper" Read – a gang leader and standover man. (
d. 2013)
Gregory David Roberts – author of Shantaram, escapee of Pentridge who fled to India.

Ronald Ryan – the last person to be executed in Australia. (
d. 1967)
Frank Penhalluriack – in the 1980s due to trading hours activism.

Maxwell Carl Skinner – constant escapee, infamous for commandeering a Coburg Tram in one of his escapes.

William Stanford – a sculptor.

Stan Taylor – an actor and convicted Russell Street bomber.

Squizzy Taylor – a gangster.

John Zarb – the first person to be found guilty of having failed to comply with his call up notice during the Vietnam War.

Billy Longley – Former Painter and Docker.

Jack Charles – Indigenous actor and community leader.

Ray Mooney – Playwright.

Noel Tovey – Indigenous actor, choreographer and writer.
Dennis Allen – oldest member of the Pettingill family. (d. 1987)
Garry David – (d. 1993), also known as Garry Webb, responsible for the Community Protection Act 1990.
John Dixon-Jenkins - aka Anti-nuclear Warrior, imprisoned for planting fake bombs as part of a personal endeavour to raise public awareness about the global nuclear threat; authored 'The Unified Theory of Existence (A Love Story)' while in Pentridge (1986).
Peter Dupas – Australian serial killer.
Keith Faure – convicted of murdering Lewis Caine and Lewis Moran with Evangelos Goussis during the Melbourne gangland killings was also the basis for the character of Keithy George in the film Chopper.
Christopher Dale Flannery – aka Mr Rent-a-Kill, hitman.
Kevin Albert Joiner – murderer, shot dead trying to escape in 1952.
Ned Kelly – a bushranger. (d. 1880)
Julian Knight – murdered 7 people in the Hoddle Street Massacre.
Shelton Lea – poet.
Eddie Leonski – the Brownout Strangler.
Craig 'Slim' Minogue – the Russell Street Bomber.
Clarrie O'Shea – a trade unionist.
Victor Peirce – a member of the Pettingill family, acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings. Killed in 2002.
Harry Power – a bushranger.
Mark "Chopper" Read – a gang leader and standover man. (d. 2013)
Gregory David Roberts – author of Shantaram, escapee of Pentridge who fled to India.
Ronald Ryan – the last person to be executed in Australia. (d. 1967)
Frank Penhalluriack – in the 1980s due to trading hours activism.
Maxwell Carl Skinner – constant escapee, infamous for commandeering a Coburg Tram in one of his escapes.
William Stanford – a sculptor.
Stan Taylor – an actor and convicted Russell Street bomber.
Squizzy Taylor – a gangster.
John Zarb – the first person to be found guilty of having failed to comply with his call up notice during the Vietnam War.
Billy Longley – Former Painter and Docker.
Jack Charles – Indigenous actor and community leader.
Ray Mooney – Playwright.
Noel Tovey – Indigenous actor, choreographer and writer.
HM Prison Pentridge