The Jonestown Memorial List

Completed almost 30 years after the deaths in Guyana, the following is the first list to include the names of everyone who died in Guyana on 18 November 1978.

This list is organized by last name. Please use the alphabetical index below to jump to a section.

There were 918 people who died that day. Five – Rep. Leo Ryan, NBC correspondent Don Harris, NBC soundman Bob Brown, newspaper photographer Greg Robinson, and Temple defector Patty Parks – were shot to death at the Port Kaituma airstrip. Four – Sharon Amos and her children Liane Harris, Christa Amos and Martin Amos – died at the Peoples Temple house in Lamaha Gardens in Georgetown. The remaining 909 died in Jonestown.

In addition to the listing below, a compilation of the data in the biographical boxes is available as a downloadable Google spreadsheet for genealogical and academic research. An additional file of ID photos is also available.

This list was compiled by Fielding M. McGehee III from a number of different sources, including U.S. Department of State records, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee report on the assassination of Rep. Leo J. Ryan, the Jonestown/Guyana Memorial Wall Committee list, Peoples Temple records and censuses, FBI documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, and information provided by friends and relatives.

Because the names on this list came from numerous and varied sources, there may still be misspellings, duplications, and other inaccuracies. Where available, we have included dates and places of birth, which may also contain errors. Please contact us with corrections and additions.

If you cite this source, please give the following credit: “Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple,” jonestown.sdsu.edu.

Please note: The photographs on this list are published courtesy of the California Historical Society. For additional publication information, please contact CHS.