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List of assassinated people
(Redirected from Assassinated) This is an incomplete list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons.
Assassinations in Africa
Algeria
- Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha.
- Mohamed Khemisti , (1963), foreign minister of Algeria, in Algiers by an unknown gunman
- Mustafa Bouyali, (1987), Islamic fundamentalist, in Algiers
- Mohamed Boudiaf, (1992), president of Algeria
- Youcef Sebti , (1993), Algerian poet
- Kasdi Merbah, (1993), former Algerian prime minister
- Cheb Hasni (1994), Algerian raï singer
- Lounès Matoub (1998), Algerian singer
- Abdelkader Hachani , (1999), a leader of the Islamic Salvation Front
Burkina Faso
Burundi
- Prince Louis Rwagasore, (1961), Burundian prince and prime minister, by members of a pro-Belgian faction
- Pierre Ngendandumwe, (1965), Burundian prime minister
- Joseph Bamina , (1965), Burundian prime minister
- Ntare V of Burundi , (1975), King of Burundi
- Melchior Ndadaye, (1993), President of Burundi
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Côte d'Ivoire
- Robert Guéï, (2002), military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire from 1999 to 2000.
- Émile Boga Doudou , (2002), interior minister of Côte d'Ivoire killed on the same day as Guéi as the country plunged into civil war and street fighting occurred in the cities.
- Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed , (2003), Saudi Arabian ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire.
Egypt
- Pompey the Great, (48 BC), Roman politician killed in Egypt.
- Germanicus, (19), Roman military leader, poisoned in Alexandria by Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso under orders from Tiberius
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah, (1121), vizier of Fatimid Egypt
- Qutuz, (1260), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Khalil, (1293), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Boutros Ghali, (1910), Prime Minister of Egypt, by Ibrahim El-Wardan
- Sir Lee Stack , (1924), governor-general of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, in Cairo
- Walter Edward Guinness, Lord Moyne, (1944), the UK's Minister Resident in the Middle East; killed in Cairo by the Stern Gang.
- Ahmed Maher Pasha , (1945), Prime Minister of Egypt, in Cairo by Mahmud Issawy
- Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi , (1948), Prime Minister of Egypt, by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Anwar Sadat, (1981), President of Egypt
- Rifaat al-Mahgoub , (1990), speaker of Egyptian parliament
- Farag Foda, (1992), Egyptian politician and intellectual
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
- Carlos Alberto Cardoso , (2000), Mozambican journalist
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Somalia
South Africa
- Shaka, (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now KwaDukuza) by Dingane and Mhlangana
- Hendrik Verwoerd, (1966), Prime Minister of South Africa, stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas
- Onkgopotse Tiro , (1974), South African student leader
- Vernon Nkadimeng , (1985), South African dissident
- Chris Hani, (1993), leader of the South African Communist Party
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
- Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad"), (1988), military leader of the PLO, in Tunis
- Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad"), (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia
Uganda
- Benedicto Kiwanuka , (1972), chief minister of Uganda from 1961 until 1962.
Zimbabwe
Assassinations in Asia
Afghanistan
- Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan.
- Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanistan since 1929.
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup.
- Adolph Dubs, (1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan.
- Nur Mohammad Taraki, (1979), communist president.
- Hafizullah Amin, (1979), communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion.
- Mohammed Najibullah, (1996), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul.
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, (2001), leader of the Northern Alliance.
- Abdul Haq , (2001), Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban.
- Abdul Qadir, (2002), vice-president of Afghanistan.
- Abdul Rahman, (2002), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.
Bangladesh
Bhutan
- Jigme Palden Dorji , (1964), Prime Minister of Bhutan .
Cambodia
- Ieu Koeus , (1950), briefly prime minister of Cambodia in 1949.
China
India
- Mohandas Gandhi, (1948), Independence leader.
- Indira Gandhi, (1984), Indian prime minister.
- Rajiv Gandhi, (1991), former Indian prime minister, son of Indira.
- Beant Singh , (1995), chief minister of Punjab.
- Phoolan Devi, (2001), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes.
Iran
- Xerxes I, (465 BC), Persian king killed by guards.
- Xerxes II , (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Sogdianus.
- Sogdianus, (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Darius II.
- Khosrow I , (238), Armenian king.
- Nader Shah, (1747), Shah of Persia.
- Nasser-al-Din Shah, (1896), Shah of Persia killed by Mirza Reza Kermani .
- Ali Razmara , (1951), Prime Minister of Iran.
- Hassan Ali Mansur , (1965), Prime Minister of Iran.
- Mohammad Beheshti, (1981), killed along with over 60 others in bombing
- Mohammad Ali Rajai, (1981), president and
- Mohammad Javad Bahonar, (1981), Prime Minister of Iran respectively, killed just weeks after taking office.
Iraq
- Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
- Ali Garmaii , (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist in Halabja, Iraq
- Mohammad Nanva , (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist, in Solaymania, Iraq
- Faisal II, (1958), King of Iraq,
- Nuri Pasha as-Said, (1958), Iraqi politician, and
- Ibrahim Hashim , (1958), Jordanian politician, prime minister several times between the 1930s and shortly before his death - the previous three were all killed during the July 14 military coup in Iraq
- Abdul Razak al-Naif , (1978), former Iraqi prime minister
- Aquila al-Hashimi, (2003), Iraqi Governing Council member
- Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, (2003), ayatollah.
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello, (2003), UN Special Representative in Iraq
- Waldemar Milewicz, (2004), Polish journalist
- Mounir Bouamrane , (2004), Algerian-Polish TV operator, killed alongside with Milewicz
- Hatem Kamil, (2004), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
- Ezzedine Salim, (2004), chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council
- Barawiz Mahmoud , (2005), judge on the Iraqi Special Tribunal
Israel and Palestine
- Hugh II of Le Puiset, (1134), count of Jaffa
- Miles of Plancy, (1174), regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Conrad of Montferrat, (1192), King of Jerusalem, leader in the Third Crusade
- Folke Bernadotte, (1948), Middle East peace mediator
- Yitzhak Rabin, (1995), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Yahya Ayyash, (1996), Hamas' explosives expert
- Rehavam Zeevi, (2001), Israeli general and politician
- Abu Ali Mustafa , (2001), leader of PFLP
- Salah Shahade , (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing
- Ibrahim al-Makadmeh, (2003), co-founder of Hamas
- Adnan al-Ghoul, (2004), Hamas' explosives expert
- Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, (2004), leader of Hamas
- Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, (2004), Hamas operative
- Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, (2004), leader and founder of Hamas
Japan
- Emperor Sushun of Japan, (592), Emperor of Japan
- The Sogas , (645), Japanese political family
- Mimura Iechika , daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
- Matsudaira Hirotada, (1549), feudal leader in Japan
- Ouchi Yoshitaka, (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
- Oda Nobuyuki, (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga
- Ashikaga Yoshiteru, (1565), Shogun, feudal leader in Japan
- Yamanaka Shikanosuke , (1578), Japanese samurai
- Oda Nobunaga, (1582), samurai warlord
- Shakushain , (1669), Ainu chief
- Shimazu Nariaki , (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture
- Hashimoto Sanai , (1859), Japanese political activist
- Ii Naosuke, (1860), Japanese politician
- Tokugawa Nariaki, (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
- Serizawa Kamo, (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
- Charles Lenox Richardson , (1862), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu's samaurai in Namamugi . Called the Namamugi Incident.
- Yoshida Toyo , (1863), Japanese political activist
- Ikeuchi Daigaku , (1864), Japanese politician
- Kusaka Gennai , (1864), Japanese politician
- Sakuma Shozan, (1864), Japanese politician
- Sakamoto Ryoma, (1867), Japanese author
- Yokoi Shonai , (1869), Japanese political activist
- Sirosawa Saneomi , (1871), Japanese political activist
- Okubo Toshimichi, (1878), Japanese Prime Minister
- Hara Takashi, (1921), Japanese Prime Minister
- Hamaguchi Osachi. (1931), Japanese Prime Minister
- Takuma Dan , (1932), Japanese zaibatsu leader
- Inukai Tsuyoshi, (1932), Japanese Prime Minister
- Takahashi Korekiyo, (1936), former Japanese prime minister
- Isoroku Yamamoto, (1943), Japanese Admiral
- Inejiro Asanuma, (1960), Socialist Party of Japan chairman
- Hitoshi Igarashi , (1991), Japanese author who translated The Satanic Verses
- Hideo Murai , (1995), one of the leading members of Aum Shinrikyo
- Koki Ishii , (2002), Japanese politician
Jordan
Korea
Lebanon
- Raymond II of Tripoli, (1152), count of Tripoli
- Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
- Bachir Gemayel, (1982), president-elect of Lebanon
- Rashid Karami, (1987), Prime Minister of Lebanon
- René Moawad, (1989), President of Lebanon
- Elie Hobeika, (2002), Lebanese militia leader
- Rafik Hariri, (2005), former Prime Minister of Lebanon
Myanmar
- Aung San, (1947), Burmese nationalist leader
- Lee Bum Suk, (1983), foreign minister of South Korea, killed along with several other South Korean cabinet members by North Korean agents while visiting Burma
Nepal
- Birendra, (2001), King of Nepal (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family)
Pakistan
- Liaquat Ali Khan, (1951), Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, (1989), militant Islamist, near Peshawar
- Fazle Haq , (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985.
- Iqbal Masih, (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
- Siddiq Khan Kanju , (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993.
The Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, (1959), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister killed by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama
- Ranasinghe Premadasa, (1993), President of Sri Lanka
- C. V. Gunaratne , (2000), cabinet minister
- Kousalyan , (2005), LTTE politician, by members of the breakaway Tamil National Army. Chandra Nehru, former member of Parliament, also killed.
Syria
- Antiochus II Theos, (246 BC), Seleucid king
- Seleucus III Ceraunus, (223 BC), Seleucid king
- Seleucus IV Philopator, (176 BC), Seleucid king
- Alexander Balas, (146 BC), Seleucid king
- Antiochus VI Dionysus, (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne
- Numerian, (285), Roman Emperor, by his father-in-law, Arrius Aper , in Emesa (modern-day Homs)
- Zengi, (1146), ruler of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid Dynasty.
Turkey
- Caracalla, (217), Roman Emperor, between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran) by Martialis, possibly under orders of Macrinus
- Aurelian, (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu )
- Florianus, (276), Roman Emperor, near Tarsus
- Celal Pasha , (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul
- Nihat Erim, (1980), former prime minister of Turkey, by a Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
- Ahmet Taner Kislali, (1999), politician, university professor and columnist, by Islamist militants in Ankara
- Ugur Mumcu , (1993), writer and newspaper journalist, in Ankara
- Roger Short, (2003), British Consul-General in Istanbul
Vietnam
Yemen
Assassinations in Australia and Oceania
Assassinations in Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
- Youssef El-Sebai , (1979) Egyptian writer, in Cyprus
Czech Republic
Finland
France
- Henri III, (1589), King of France
- Henri IV, (1610), King of France
- Jean-Paul Marat, (1793), revolutionary
- Marie François Sadi Carnot, (1894), President of France.
- Jean Jaurès, (1914), politician, pacifist
- Gaston Calmette , (1914), editor of Le Figaro newspaper
- Marius Plateau , (1923), secretary of Action Française
- Paul Doumer, (1932), President of France
- Louis Barthou, (1934), foreign minister of France killed along with King Alexander I of Yugoslavia at Marseille
- Ernst vom Rath , (1938), German diplomat in France
- Constant Chevillon, head of FUDOFSI, assassinated in 1944 by Gestapo in Lyon, France
- Camille Blanc , (1961), mayor of Evian
- José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana "Argala " (1978), Basque leader
- Pierre-Jean Massimi , (1983), secretary of the département Haute-Corse
- René Audran , (1985), General
- Georges Besse , (1986), Renault executive
- André Mécili ("Ali Mécili"), (1987), Algerian opposition leader, in France
- Dulcie September, (1988), African National Congress representative, in Paris
- Shahpur Bakhtiar , (1991), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
- Claude Erignac , (1998), prefect of Corsica
Germany
- Alexander Severus, (235), Roman emperor, near Moguntiacum (present-day Mainz by his troops
- Postumus, (268), Gallic emperor, in Mainz
- Laelianus, (268), Gallic emperor, in Mainz
- Konrad von Marburg, (1233), inquisitor.
- Albert I of Habsburg, German King and Duke of Austria, in 1308, by his nephew John Parricida, whom he had deprived of his inheritance
- Talat Pasha, (1921), former Ottoman Interior Minister, in Berlin by Armo Tehlirian
- Matthias Erzberger, (1921), politician
- Walther Rathenau, (1922), industrialist and politician
- Dr Erich Klausener , (1934), Minister of Police
- Gustav von Kahr , (1934), politician
- General Kurt von Schleicher, (1934), advisor to Reich President Paul von Hindenburg
- Belkacem Krim , (1970), Algerian politician
- Günter von Drenkmann , (1974), Berlin chief justice
- Siegfried Buback, (1977), German attorney general
- Jürgen Ponto , (1977), CEO Dresdner Bank
- Hanns-Martin Schleyer, (1977), president of the German employers' organization
- Heinz-Herbert Karry , (1981), Minister of Economy in Hesse
- Ernst Zimmermann , (1985), industrialist
- Karl Heinz Beckurts , (1986), Siemens executive
- Gerold von Braunmühl , (1986), official in the German Foreign Ministry
- Alfred Herrhausen , (1989), Deutsche Bank CEO
- Detlev Karsten Rohwedder , (1991), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany
Greece
- Hipparchus, (514 BC), tyrant of Athens
- Ephialtes, (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
- Alcibiades, (404 BC), Athenian general and politician
- Philip II of Macedon, (336 BC), king of Macedon, by Pausanias in Pella
- Seleucus I Nicator, (281 BC), founder of the Seleucid dynasty, near Lysimachia
- Cleon of Sicyon , (272 BC), tyrant of Sicyon
- Tidas , (252 BC), tyrant of Sicyon
- Ioannis Capodistrias, (1831), first president of Greece
- Nikos Momferratos , (1985), Greek newspaper publisher
- Costis Peratikos , (1987), Greek shipowner
- George I of Greece, (1913), king
- George Tsantes , (1983), U.S. military attaché in Athens
- Stephen Saunders, (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens
Hungary
Ireland
- Lord Frederick Cavendish, (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
- Thomas Henry Burke, (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
- Michael Collins, (1922), President of the Provisional Government and "Old IRA" guerrilla leader
- Kevin O'Higgins, (1927), Irish politician
- Christopher Ewart-Biggs, (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
- Rev. Robert Bradford , (1981), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland
Italy
- Titus Tatius, (748 BC), Sabine king, in Rome
- Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, (579 BC), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by the sons of Ancus Marcius
- Servius Tullius, (534 BC), Etruscan king of Rome, in Rome by Tarquin II
- Tiberius Gracchus, (133 BC), Roman tribune, in Rome by Roman senators
- Julius Caesar, (44 BC), Roman general and dictator, in Rome by members of the Roman Senate
- Cicero, (43 BC), Roman orator, outside of Rome under orders from Mark Anthony
- Caligula, (41), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Cassius Chaerea through a conspiracy with the Praetorian guard and the Senate
- Claudius, (54), Roman Emperor, poisoned in Rome by his wife, Agrippina
- Vitellius, (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Flavian army
- Galba, (69), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders from Otho
- Domitian, (96), Roman Emperor, in Rome by Stephanus, steward to Julia Flavia
- Commodus, (192), Roman Emperor, killed in Rome by Narcissus the wrestler
- Pertinax, (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
- Didius Julianus, (193), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
- Publius Septimius Geta, (212), Roman Emperor, in Rome by centurions under orders of Caracalla
- Elagabalus, (222), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard under orders of Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea
- Maximinus Thrax, (238), Roman Emperor, outside Aquileia by his troops
- Pupienus, (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
- Balbinus, (238), Roman Emperor, in Rome by the Praetorian Guard
- Volusianus, (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
- Trebonianus Gallus, (253), Roman Emperor, near Interamna by his troops
- Pellegrino Rossi, (1848), Italian Minister of Justice
- Umberto I of Italy, (1900), king
- Giacomo Matteotti, (1924), Italian socialist politician
- Benito Mussolini, (1945), fascist Prime Minister of Italy
- Aldo Moro, (1978), former Prime Minister of Italy kidnapped and killed by the Red Brigades
- Leamon Hunt , (1984), U.S. chief of the Sinai Multinational Force and Observer Group (assassinated in Rome)
- Giovanni Falcone, (1992), anti-mafia judge
- Paolo Borsellino, (1992), anti-mafia judge
- Massimo D'Antona , (1999), advisor of the Italian Minister of Labour
- Marco Biagi, (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor
Malta
The Netherlands
- William I of Orange, (1584), leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule (Eighty Years War)
- Johan de Witt, (1672), politician, and his brother
- Cornelis de Witt (1672)
- Pim Fortuyn, (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
- Theo van Gogh, (2004), film director, writer and critic
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Spain
- Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, (1897), Prime Minister of Spain
- José Canalejas , (1912), Prime Minister of Spain
- Eduardo Dato Iradier, (1921), Prime Minister of Spain
- Buenaventura Durruti, (1936), Spanish anarchist killed by a sniper
- Federico García Lorca, (1936), Spanish poet and dramatist.
- Mohamed Khider , (1967), Algerian politician, in Madrid.
- Luis Carrero Blanco, (1973), Spanish prime minister.
- Ricardo Tejero Magro , (1985), Spanish Central Bank director.
- Francisco Tomás y Valiente , (1996), former president of the Spanish Constitutional Court.
- Fernando Buesa Blanco, (2000), Basque politician and party leader.
- Ernest Lluch Martín , (2000), former Spanish minister.
Sweden
- Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, (1436), statesman
- King Charles XII of Sweden, (1718)
- King Gustav III of Sweden, (1792)
- Axel von Fersen, (1810),
- Andreas von Mirbach , (1975), German military attaché in Stockholm.
- Heinz Hillegaart , (1975), German diplomat in Stockholm.
- Olof Palme, (1986), Swedish prime minister.
- Anna Lindh, (2003) Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Switzerland
- Albert I of Habsburg, (1308), German King and Duke of Austria, by his nephew John Parricida, whom he had deprived of his inheritance, at Windisch on the Reuss River
- Elisabeth ("Sissi"), (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in Geneva
- Vaslav Vorovsky , (1923), Soviet diplomat assassinated in Lausanne
- Wilhelm Gustloff, (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party
- Kazem Rajavi , (1990), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva
United Kingdom
- Carausius, (293), usurper of the Western Roman Empire
- King Edmund I, (946), king of England, stabbed at a banquet
- Edward the Martyr, (979), King of England
- Thomas Becket, (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lord Darnley, (1567), Henry Stuart, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
- James Sharp, (1679), Archbishop of St Andrews, in Fife, near St Andrews
- Spencer Perceval, (1812), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in London by John Bellingham; only British prime minister to be assassinated
- Lord Frederick Cavendish, (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
- Thomas Henry Burke, (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
- Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, (1922), British field marshal, Conservative politician
- Paddy Wilson of the SDLP murdered in 1972, probably by the Ulster Volunteer Force.
- Ross McWhirter, (1975), co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and far right wing political activist
- Christopher Ewart-Biggs, (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
- Georgi Markov, (1978), Bulgarian dissident
- Airey Neave, (1979), British Conservative politician
- Lord Mountbatten of Burma, (1979), Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India
- Rev. Robert Bradford , (1981), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland
- Ian Gow, (1990), British Conservative politician
Yugoslavia (and successor states)
- Gallienus, (268), Roman emperor, near Naissus
- Probus, (282), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Sirmium
- Carinus, (284), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Margus
- Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, (1914). See: Assassination in Sarajevo
- Milorad Drašković , (1921), Yugoslav interior minister killed by Communist Alija Alijagić .
- Croatian MPs Đuro Basariček , Pavle Radić and Stjepan Radić killed in the Parliament of Kingdom of SHS by Serbian radical MP Puniša Račić, (1928)
- Ivan Kramberger , (1992), Slovenian presidential candidate.
- Irfan Ljubijankić, (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Željko Ražnatović ("Arkan"), (2000), Serb paramilitary leader
- Pavle Bulatović , (2000), defense minister of Yugoslavia
- Boško Perošević , (2000), prefect of Vojvodina
- Zoran Đinđić, (2003), Prime Minister of Serbia killed by organized crime groups.
Assassinations in North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Bermuda
Canada
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1868), Canadian father of Confederation.
- George Brown (1880), newspaper editor and Senator
- Sergio Pérez Castillo , (1968), Cuban diplomat killed by anti-Castro forces in Montreal
- Pierre Laporte, (1970), Quebec Minister of Labour.
- Atilla Altžkat , (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa
- Tara Singh Hayer, (1998), journalist killed by Sikh separatists
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Mexico
- Francisco I. Madero, (1913), President of Mexico
- Emiliano Zapata, (1919), revolutionary
- Enrique Camarena, (1985), policeman
- Venustiano Carranza, (1920), President of Mexico
- Francisco "Pancho" Villa, (1923), revolutionary
- Álvaro Obregón, (1928), President-elect
- Leon Trotsky, (1940), Russian communist leader
- Luis Donaldo Colosio, (1994), Presidential candidate
- José Francisco Ruiz Massieu , (1994), Secretary-General of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
- Paco Stanley, (1999), Comedian
- Digna Ochoa , (2001), human rights attorney
Nicaragua
Panama
United States
- Joseph Smith, Jr., (1844), Mormon leader, Presidential candidate.
- Henry Heusken , (1861), American diplomat (accompanying Townsend Harris from Amsterdam).
- Abraham Lincoln, (1865), President of the United States.
- Thomas Hindman, (1868), Confederate General.
- Edward Canby, (1873), Union General, leader of a peace confrence
- Crazy Horse, (1877), Oglala Sioux chief killed by American troops.
- James Garfield, (1881), President of the United States
- William Goebel, (1900), Governor of Kentucky
- William McKinley, (1901), President of the United States
- Frank Steunenberg (1905) former governor of Idaho
- Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
- Anton Cermak, (1933), mayor of Chicago
- Huey P. Long, (1935), Louisiana senator and former governor.
- Curtis Chillingworths , 1955, a Florida judge
- John F. Kennedy, (1963), President of the United States
- Lee Harvey Oswald, (1963), alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy.
- Medgar Evers, (1963), U.S. civil rights activist
- Malcolm X, (1965), (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, born Malcolm Little), leader
- George Lincoln Rockwell, (1967), founder of the American Nazi Party
- Martin Luther King Jr., (1968), U.S. civil rights activist
- Robert F. Kennedy, (1968), Presidential candidate
- Orlando Letelier, (1976), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende
- Harvey Milk, (1978), gay rights campaigner and city supervisor of San Francisco, California
- George Moscone, (1978), Mayor of San Francisco killed along with Milk
- John Wood, (1979), first US federal judge killed in the twentieth century
- Alan Berg, (1984), Radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis.
- Alejandro González Malave, (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Don Aronow , (1987), inventor of the cigarette boat.
- Ioan P. Culianu, (1991), professor of divinity
- Tommy Burks, (1998), Tennessee State Senator.
- Rowland Barnes, (2005), Atlanta judge
Assassinations in South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
Assassinations in the former Soviet Union
- Peter III of Russia, (1762), Emperor of Russia
- Paul of Russia, (1801), Emperor of Russia
- Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1825), military Governor of St.Petersburg
- Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev (1878), Executive Director of the Third Section
- Alexander II of Russia, (1881), Emperor of All the Russias
- Dmitry Sipyagin, (1902), Russian Interior Minister
- Vyacheslav Pleve, (1904), Russian Interior Minister
- Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov, (1905), former Governor-General of Moscow
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, (1904), Governor-General of Finland
- Peter Stolypin, (1911), Russian Prime Minister
- Grigori Rasputin, (1916), friar, adventurer, mystic wonder-worker
- Wilhelm Mirbach, (1918), German Ambassador in Moscow
- Nicholas II of Russia, (1918), deposed Tsar
- Simon Petlyura, (1926), Ukrainian independence leader
- Sergei Kirov, (1934), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad
- Giorgi Chanturia, (1994), Georgian opposition leader
- Dzhokhar Dudayev, (1996), first Chechen separatist President and anti-Russian guerrilla leader
- Otakhon Latifi, (1998), Tajik journalist and opposition figure
- Vasgen Sarkissian, (1999), Prime Minister of Armenia
- Georgiy Gongadze, (2000), Ukrainian journalist
- Valentin Tsvetkov , (2002), governor of Magadan
- Georgy Tal , (2004), leading Russian businessman
- Paul Klebnikov, (2004), editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine
- Akhmad Kadyrov, (2004), Kremlin-backed President of the Chechen Republic
- Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, (2004), separatist President of Chechnya from 1996 until 1997
- Aslan Maskhadov, (2005), President of Chechnya
People who died under suspicious circumstances
- Nicola Calipari, (2005), Italian intelligence agent
- Zurab Zhvania, (2005), Prime Minister of Georgia
- Enrique Salinas, (2004), brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas. Found with a plastic bag over the head in a parked car
- George Bacchus , (2004); accused a Guyanese government minister of links to death squads
- Maj. Gen. Abed Hamed Mowhoush , (2003), Iraqi general, died in American custody
- Paul Wellstone, (2002), liberal Democratic United States Senator from Minnesota, killed in mysterious plane crash during his reelection campaign
- Giorgi Sanaia, (2001), Georgian journalist known for opposition to government, shot in apartment
- Juvénal Habyarimana, (1994), President of Rwanda, and
- Cyprien Ntaryamira, (1994), President of Burundi, killed in mysterious plane crash; the resulting political instability led to the genocide in Rwanda and the outbreak of full-scale war in Burundi
- Pablo Escobar, (1993), head of the Medellín Cartel
- Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia - apparent suicide, though unconfirmed
- Joseph Rendjambe , (1990), leader of the Gabonese Progress Party . Found dead of poisoning in a hotel owned by President Omar Bongo
- Samora Machel, (1986), President of Mozambique, killed in air crash on the border of South Africa; Machel was a leading anti-Apartheid campaigner
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, (1988), military ruler of Pakistan
- Uwe Barschel , (1987), minister-president of Schleswig-Holstein
- Roberto Calvi, (1982), CEO of Banco Ambrosiano, found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London
- Eduardo Frei Montalva, 1982, president of Chile from 1964 to 1970
- Omar Torrijos, 1981, brigadier general and president of Panama, died in a plane crash
- Pope John Paul I, (1978), has been contended by author David Yallop to have been assassinated
- Haile Selassie, (1975), Ethiopian emperor who was deposed and imprisoned a year earlier by the military after an eventful reign of over 40 years
- Edmundo Bosio , (1975), dismissed Vice President of Equatorial Guinea
- Aman Mikael Andom, (1974), Ethiopian military figure
- Salvador Allende, (1973), President of Chile, died during a violent coup; either suicide or killed by followers of Augusto Pinochet
- Edward Mutesa, (1969), possibly from poisoning
- Dag Hammarskjöld, (1961), United Nations Secretary General, killed in plane crash in Zaire
- Barthélemy Boganda, (1959), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, in a plane crash
- Joseph Stalin, (1953), Soviet leader
- Jan Masaryk, (1948), son of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Czech diplomat, politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia
- King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand, (1946). Died of gunshot wounds; suicide, accident or assassination
- Ghazi of Iraq, King of Iraq (1939)
- Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian Cyclist (1927)
- S. L. MacGregor-Mathers, well-known magician and occultist, died in 1918 of an unknown cause; it is known that he had many enemies
- Émile Zola, (1902), French author
- Emperor Komei of Japan, (1840), Emperor of Japan
- Pius VIII, (1830), Pope, possibly poisoned
- Napoléon Bonaparte, (1821, French general and emperor
- Moctezuma II, (1520), Aztec emperor. According to Spanish accounts he was killed by his own people, according to Aztec accounts he was murdered by the Spanish.
- Pope Alexander VI, (1503), Roman pope of the 15th century
- Regiomontanus (aka Johannes Müller), (1476), German mathematician and astronomer
- Agnès Sorel, (1450), mistress of King Charles VII of France
- King Jean I of France, (1316)
- King William II of England, (1100), killed by an arrow while hunting
- Flavius Claudius Julianus, (363), Roman emperor
- Carus, (283), Roman emperor
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