Chester Gillette

Chester Gillette
Born	Chester Ellsworth Gillette (1883-08-09)August 9, 1883 Wickes, Jefferson County, Montana Territory
Died	March 30, 1908(1908-03-30) (aged 24) Auburn Prison, Auburn, New York
Cause of death	Execution by electrocution
Criminal status	Executed
Conviction(s)	First degree murder
Criminal penalty	Death
Details
Victims	Grace Brown
Date	July 11, 1906

Chester Ellsworth Gillette (August 9, 1883 – March 30, 1908), was an American convicted murderer, who became the basis for the fictional character Clyde Griffiths in Theodore Dreiser's novel An American Tragedy. The novel, and thus Gillette's case indirectly, was adapted in turn for the 1931 film An American Tragedy and the 1951 film A Place in the Sun.