List of assassinated people

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This is a list of notable assassinations by location. It does not include lawfully executed persons.

Assassinations in Africa

Algeria

• Hiempsal (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia
• Charles de Foucauld (December 1, 1916), French Catholic religious and priest
• François Darlan (December 24, 1942), senior figure of Vichy France
• Larbi Ben M'Hidi, (March 10, 1957) Algerian nationalist and FLN leader
• Maurice Audin, (June 21, 1957) Pied-noir and PC millitant
• Larbi Tbessi, (June 21, 1957) Nationalist and fr president
• Ali Boumendjel (Mars 23, 1957), Algerian lawyer, assassinated by the French army
• Esther John, (February 2, 1960), Pakistani Christian nurse
• fr (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister
• Mustafa Bouyali (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist
• Mohamed Boudiaf (June 29, 1992), Head of State of Algeria, shot at Annaba
• Tahar Djaout Poet (June 2, 1993)
• Kasdi Merbah (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria
• Abdelkader Alloula (March 10, 1994), playwright
• Cheb Hasni (September 29, 1994), singer
• fr (Septembre 28, 1995), Politician
• Seven monks of the Trappistes of Tibérine (March 27, 1996)
• fr (August 1, 1996), Catholic bishop of Oran
• fr (December 3, 1994) Journalist, assassinated with a car bomb in Aïn Bénian, Algiers
• Lounès Matoub (June 25, 1998), berberist singer
• Abdelkader Hachani (November 22, 1999), Islamic fundamentalist
• Ali Tounsi (February 25, 2010), chief of the national police

Angola

• Jeremias Chitunda (November 2, 1992), Vice President of UNITA
• Elias Salupeto Pena (November 2, 1992), UNITA senior advisor

Burkina Faso

• Thomas Sankara (October 15, 1987), Head of State of Burkina Faso
• Norbert Zongo (December 13, 1998), journalist

Burundi

• Louis Rwagasore (October 13, 1961), Prime Minister of Burundi
• Pierre Ngendandumwe (January 15, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi
• Joseph Bamina (September 30, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi
• Melchior Ndadaye (October 21, 1993), President of Burundi, Founder of The Burundi Workers' Party
• Cyprien Ntaryamira (April 6, 1994), President of Burundi, airplane shot down
• Kassi Manlan (November 20, 2001), World Health Organisation representative

Cameroon

• Ruben Um Nyobé (September 13, 1958), leader of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC)

Chad

• François Tombalbaye (April 13, 1975), President of Chad

Comoros

• Ali Soilih (May 29, 1978), former President of Comoros
• Ahmed Abdallah (November 26, 1989), President of Comoros
• Combo Ayouba (June 13, 2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state

Congo (Brazzaville)

• Marien Ngouabi (March 18, 1977), President of the Congo, shot in Brazzaville

Congo (Kinshasa)

• Patrice Lumumba (1961 January 17), former Prime Minister of the Congo
• Maurice Mpolo (1961 January 17), former Minister of Interior, and Lumumba associate
• Joseph Okito (1961 January 17), Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate
• Laurent Kabila (2001 January 16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by bodyguard

Egypt

• Pompey the Great (48 BC), Roman general and politician killed in Egypt
• Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1121), vizier of Fatimid Egypt
• Al-Amir (1130), Fatimid Caliph
• Qutuz (1260), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
• Jean Baptiste Kléber (1800), French general
• Boutros Ghali (1910), Prime Minister of Egypt
• Sir Lee Stack (1924), Governor-General of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
• Walter Edward Guinness, Lord Moyne (1944), the UK's Minister Resident in the Middle East
• Ahmed Maher Pasha (1945 February 24), Prime Minister of Egypt
• Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi (1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt
• Hassan al-Banna (1949), founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
• Wasfi al-Tal (1971 November 28), Prime Minister of Jordan shot during visit to Cairo
• Anwar Sadat (1981 October 6), President of Egypt, shot while reviewing military parade
• Rifaat al-Mahgoub (1990), speaker of Egyptian parliament
• Farag Foda (1992), Egyptian politician and intellectual

The Gambia

• Deyda Hydara (2004), journalist

Guinea

• Amílcar Cabral (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in Conakry, Guinea

Guinea Bissau

• Batista Tagme Na Waie (2009), chief of staff of the army
• Joao Bernardo Vieira (2009, March 2), President of Guinea Bissau
• Baciro Dabó (2009), government minister and independent presidential candidate
• Hélder Proença (2009), former government minister

Kenya

• Pio Gama Pinto (1965), socialist politician
• Tom Mboya (1969 July 5), Kenyan Minister of Economic Planning and politician
• Josiah Mwangi Kariuki (1975), Kenyan politician
• Robert Ouko (1990), foreign minister of Kenya
• Seth Sendashonga (1998), former interior minister of Rwanda
• Oscar Kamau Kingara (2009), human rights activist
• John Paul Oulo (2009), human rights activist

Liberia

• William R. Tolbert, Jr. (1980 April 12), president of Liberia killed in military coup
• Samuel Doe (1990), president of Liberia

Madagascar

• Radama II of Madagascar (1863), king of Madagascar
• Richard Ratsimandrava (1975 February 11), president of Madagascar shot 6 days after taking power in military coup

Mozambique

• Eduardo Mondlane (1969), leader of the independence FRELIMO movement, allegedly killed by the Portuguese branch of Gladio
• Carlos Cardoso (2000), Mozambican journalist

Namibia

• Clemens Kapuuo (1978), Herero chief and politician
• Anton Lubowski (1989), leading white SWAPO activist

Niger

• Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara (1999 April 9), President of Niger, ambushed by soldiers

Nigeria

• Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria killed during military coup
• Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello (1966)
• Adekunle Fajuyi (1966)
• Samuel Akintola (1966)
• Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi (1966), military head of state
• Murtala Ramat Mohammed (1976 February 13), President of Nigeria
• Dele Giwa (1986), journalist
• Bola Ige (2001), justice minister of Nigeria
• Modu Bintube (2011), Borno state legislator

Rwanda

• Dian Fossey (1985), primatologist, in the province of Ruhengeri
• Agathe Uwilingiyimana (1994), Prime Minister of Rwanda killed one day after genocide began
• Juvénal Habyarimana (1994 April 6), his plane was shot out of the sky as it approached Kigali airport, and signalled the start of the Rwandan Genocide

Senegal

• Demba Diop (1967), government minister and mayor

Somalia

• Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1969), president of Somalia
• Abdallah Derow Isaq (2006), former acting President of Somalia
• Ali Said (2009), Mogadishu police chief
• Omar Hashi Aden (2009), security minister
• Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah (2011), interior minister

South Africa

• Shaka (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now KwaDukuza) by Dingane and Mhlangana
• Hendrik Verwoerd (1966 September 6), Prime Minister of South Africa, stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas
• Ruth First (1982), anti-apartheid scholar and wife of Communist party leader Joe Slovo, by pro-apartheid "Koevoet" leader Craig Williamson
• Vernon Nkadimeng (1985), South African dissident
• Dulcie September (1988), head of the African National Congress in Paris, by South African Defence Force sergeant Joseph Klue
• Chris Hani (1993), leader of the South African Communist Party shot by Janusz Walus
• Johan Heyns (1995), prominent leader in the Dutch Reformed Church
• Mbongeleni Zondi (2009), South African politician

Sudan

• Cleo Noel Jr and George Curtis Moore (1973 March 2), US Chief of Mission/Deputy Chief ot Mission (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)
• Guy Eid (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)
• John Granville (2008), diplomat for the United States Agency for International Development
• Jimmy Lemi Milla (2011), Southern Sudan government minister

Swaziland

• Gabriel Mkhumane (2008), political opposition leader

Tanzania

• Abeid Amani Karume (1972), first President of Zanzibar, First Vice President of Tanzania
• David Sibeko (1979), South African political activist

Togo

• Sylvanus Olympio (1963 January 13), first president of independent Togo, in a coup led by dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma
• Tavio Amorin (1992), socialist leader (shot in Lomé, died in Paris)

Tunisia

• Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad") (1988 April 16), military leader of the PLO, shot by Israeli commandos in Tunis
• Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad") (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia
• Chokri Belaid (6 february 2013) a Tunisian opposition leader

Uganda

• Benedicto Kiwanuka (1972), Chief Justice of Uganda
• Janani Luwum (1977), Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire from 1974 until 1977

Western Sahara

• Mohamed Bassiri (1970), Sahrawi leader and journalist, disappeared in El Aaiún

Zambia

• Herbert Chitepo (1975), Zimbabwean nationalist leader

Zimbabwe

• Attati Mpakati (1983), left-wing Malawian politician

Assassinations in the Americas

Antigua and Barbuda

• Daniel Parke (1710), British governor of the Leeward Islands

Argentina

• Justo José de Urquiza (1870), former president of Argentina, killed by people from his own party, who saw him as a traitor.
• Ramón Falcón (1909), chief of the National Police, assassinated by anarchists as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers.
• Mariano Ferreyra, demonstrator.
• Pedro Aramburu (1970), former de facto president of Argentina, executed by the peronist guerrilla Montoneros in revenge for the abduction of Evita's body and for the execution of those implicated in a failed uprising fifteen years before, during Aramburu's dictatorship.
• Carlos Prats (1974), Chilean General, former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. Killed by the secret service of the Pinochet dictatorship, during his exile in Argentina.
• Zelmar Michelini (1976), Uruguayan senator, founder of the Broad Front. Exiled in Argentina as a result of the 1973 Uruguayan coup, he was killed after the 1976 Argentine coup, under the Operation Condor, which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone.
• Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz (1976), former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives, exiled in Argentina. Killed alongside Zelmar Michelini.
• Juan José Torres (1976), former military President of Bolivia, exiled in Argentina after his overthrow by Hugo Banzer. He was killed after the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, under the Operation Condor, which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the Southern Cone.

Bermuda

• Sir Richard Sharples (1973), governor of Bermuda

Bolivia

• Pedro Blanco Soto (1829), President of Boliva
• Manuel Isidoro Belzu (1865), President of Bolivia
• Mariano Melgarejo (1871), President of Bolivia
• Gualberto Villarroel (1946), President of Bolivia

Brazil

• Pinheiro Machado (politician) (1915), Brazilian politician
• João Pessoa Cavalcânti de Albuquerque (1930)
• Adib Shishakli (1964), Syrian military dictator
• Vladimir Herzog (1975 October 25), Journalist
• Zuzu Angel (1976 April 4), Brazilian activist
• Chico Mendes (1988 December 22), Brazilian environmental activist
• Paulo César Farias (1996), Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer
• Antonio da Costa Santos (2001), Mayor of Campinas
• Celso Daniel (2002 January 18), Mayor of Santo André
• Dorothy Stang (2005 February 12), American nun killed by business interests

Canada

• Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1868), Father of Canadian Confederation
• George Brown (1880), newspaper editor and Senator
• William C. Hopkinson (1914), immigration officer, British intelligence agent, by Ghadarite sympathizer, Mewa Singh
• Pierre Laporte (1970), Quebec Minister of Labour, was kidnapped and murdered by the FLQ
• Atilla Altıkat (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa

Chile

• René Schneider (1970), Chilean general, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army at the moment of his assassination. After several attempts, he was kidnapped and killed by far-right paramilitary squads, due to his opposition to any intervention of the armed forces to block the election of left-wing candidate Salvador Allende in 1970.
• Edmundo Pérez Zujovic (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of Interior Affairs.
• Victor Jara (1973), Chilean left-wing singer, killed after the coup of 1973.
• Eduardo Frei Montalva (1982), former President of Chile and opponent of the Pinochet dictatorship. Though he officially died by septicemia after a low-risk surgery, recent research suggests he was poisoned by the secret service of Pinochet. However, there isn't an absolute certainty about the real causes of his death.
• es (1982), Chilean trade-unionist, killed by the military dictatorship of Pinochet.
• Jaime Guzmán (1991), Chilean pinochetist Senator, killed by far-left guerrillas after the return of democracy.

Colombia

• Antonio José de Sucre (1830), Venezuelan politician, statesman, soldier
• Rafael Uribe Uribe (1914), Lawyer, journalist, diplomat, soldier
• Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1948), Liberal Party leader
• Rodrigo Lara Bonilla (1984), Minister of Justice. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel
• Tulio Manuel Castro Gil (1985), Judge who had indicted Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellin Cartel
• Alfonso Reyes Echandia (1985), Head of the Supreme Court. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Fabio Calderon Botero (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Pedro Elias Serrano Abadia (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Dario Velasquez Gaviria (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Jose Eduardo Gnecco Correa (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Ricardo Medina Moyano (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Alfonso Patiño Rosselli (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Carlos Medellin Forero (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Fanny Gonzalez Franco (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Dante Luis Fiorillo Porras (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Manuel Gaona Cruz (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Horacio Montoya Gil (1985), Supreme Court Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Carlos Horacio Uran Rojas (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Lizandro Juan Romero Barrios (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Emiro Sandoval Huertas (1985). State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Julio Cesar Andrade Andrade (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Jorge A Correa Echeverry (1985), State Council Assistant Justice. Killed during the Palace of Justice Siege
• Guillermo Cano Isaza (1986), Director of El Espectador newspaper. The assassination was ordered by the[Medellin Cartel
• Hernando Baquero Borda (1986), Supreme Court Justice. The assassination was order by the Medellin Cartel
• Jaime Pardo Leal (1987), Presidential candidate, leader of the Patriotic Union party
• Carlos Mauro Hoyos (1987), Attorney General of Colombia. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel
• Luis Carlos Galán (1989), Presidential candidate, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel
• Jorge Enrique Pulido (1989), Journalist, Director of Mundovision. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel
• Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa (1990 March 22), Presidential candidate, leader of the Patriotic Union party
• Waldemar Franklin Quintero, Commander of the Police of Antioquia. The assassination was ordered by the Medellin Cartel
• Carlos Pizarro Leongómez (1990), Presidential candidate, leader of the M-19 party
• Enrique Low Murtra (1991), Former Colombian Ambassador to Switzerland. The assassination was ordered by the[Medellin Cartel
• Diana Turbay (1991), journalist and daughter of former Colombian president Julio César Turbay Ayala. Assassinated after a kidnapping by the Medellin Cartel
• Andrés Escobar (1994), International footballer
• Manuel Cepeda Vargas (1994), Senator, leader of the Patriotic Union party
• Alvaro Gómez Hurtado (1995), former presidential candidate and director of El Nuevo Siglo newspaper
• Jaime Garzón (1999), Notable journalist and satirist
• Crispiniano Quiñones Quiñones (2000), Colombian Army General. Assassinated by members of FARC
• Guillermo Gaviria Correa (2003), Governor of Antioquia

Cuba

• Antonio Guiteras (1935), Revolutionary Socialist Leader

Dominican Republic

• Ulises Heureaux (1899), president of the Dominican Republic
• Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (1961 May 30), Dominican Republic dictator, shot in ambush
• Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó (1973)

Ecuador

• Gabriel García Moreno (1875), president of Ecuador known for his support of the Catholic Church
• Jaime Hurtado and Pablo Tapia (1999), communist legislators, in Quito

El Salvador

• Manuel Enrique Araujo (1913), President of El Salvador
• Farabundo Martí (1932), communist leader and peasant revolt organizer.
• Roque Dalton (1975), poet and revolutionary.
• Rutilio Grande García, S.J. (1977), Roman Catholic priest
• Alfonso Navarro Oviedo (1977), Roman Catholic priest
• Ernesto Barrera (1978), Roman Catholic priest
• Octavio Ortiz Luna (1979), Roman Catholic priest
• Rafael Palacios (1979), Roman Catholic priest
• Alirio Napoleón Macías (1979), Roman Catholic priest
• Óscar Arnulfo Romero (1980), Archbishop of San Salvador, by right-wing death squad
• Enrique Álvarez Córdova (1980) and five other leaders of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Front ("FDR," for its Spanish initials), captured and killed by government aligned security forces.
• Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel, and Jean Donovan (1980), Roman Catholic nuns, by the National Guard of El Salvador
• Albert Schaufelberger (1983), senior U.S. Naval representative
• Ignacio Ellacuría (1989), Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, by Atlacatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army
• Ignacio Martin-Baro (1989), Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, by Atlacatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army
• Segundo Montes (1989), Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, by Atlacatl Battalion of the Salvadoran Army
• María Cristina Gómez, 1989, teacher and community leader

Grenada

• Maurice Bishop (1983), Prime Minister of Grenada.

Guatemala

• José María Reina Barrios (1898), President of Guatemala
• Carlos Castillo Armas (1957), president of Guatemala, killed by bodyguard
• Karl von Spreti (1970), German ambassador in Guatemala
• Alberto Fuentes Mohr (1979), Social Democratic Party leader
• Manuel Colom Argueta (1979), Mayor of Guatemala City
• Jorge Carpio Nicolle (1993), Liberal politician and journalist
• Juan José Gerardi (1998), Roman Catholic bishop
• Valentín Leal (2012), legislator
• Carlos Castillo Medrano 2013, Mayor of Jutiapa

Guyana

• Leo J. Ryan (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones
• Fr. Bernard Darke, S.J. (1979), Roman Catholic priest and Scouting pioneer in Guyana
• Walter Rodney (1980), Guyanese historian and political figure
• Satyadeow Sawh (2006), Agriculture Minister was murdered along with his brother and sister, a security guard by masked gunmen dressed in military fatigues

Haiti

• Jean-Jacques Dessalines (1806), Emperor of Haiti
• Antoine Izméry (1993), businessman and Lavalas supporter
• Guy Malary (1993), minister of justice
• Jean Dominique (2000), journalist
• Jacques Roche (2005), journalist

Honduras

• Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944
• Mario Fernando Hernández (2008), deputy speaker of Congress for the Liberal Party

Mexico

• Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotl (1520), Mexica Emperor
• Francisco I. Madero (1913 February 23), President of Mexico plus Gustavo A. Madero and José María Pino Suárez
• Abraham González (1913 March 7), revolutionary, governor of Chihuahua and mentor to Pancho Villa
• Emiliano Zapata (1919), revolutionary
• Venustiano Carranza (1920 May 20), President of Mexico
• Doroteo Arango a.k.a. Pancho Villa (1923 July 20), revolutionary
• Felipe Carrillo Puerto (1924), Governor of Yucatán
• Álvaro Obregón (1928 July 17), President-elect
• Julio Antonio Mella (1929), Cuban revolutionary
• Leon Trotsky (1940 August 20), Russian communist leader
• Enrique Camarena (1985), policeman
• Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz (1986), Journalist and State governor
• Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1993), Roman Catholic Cardinal of Guadalajara, at the Guadalajara Airport
• Luis Donaldo Colosio (1994 March 23), Presidential candidate
• Francisco Ortiz Franco (1994), contributing editor to Zeta.
• José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (1994), Secretary-General of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
• Paco Stanley (1999), Comedian
• Digna Ochoa (2001), human rights lawyer
• Jesús Manuel Lara Rodríguez (2010), Mayor of Guadalupe
• Rodolfo Torre Cantú (2010), politician

Nicaragua

• Augusto César Sandino (1934), Nicaraguan revolutionary
• Anastasio Somoza García (1956 September 21), President of Nicaragua
• Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in Paraguay
• Enrique Bermúdez (1991) founder and former top commander of the Nicaraguan Contras.

Panama

• José Antonio Remón Cantera (1955 January 2), President of Panama, killed at racetrack by machine gun

Paraguay

• Juan Bautista Gill (1877), President of Paraguay
• Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1980), former President of Nicaragua
• Luis María Argaña (1999 March 23), vice president of Paraguay, ambushed

Peru

• Francisco Pizarro (1541), Spanish conquistador, in Peru
• Jose Balta (1872), President of Peru
• Luis M. Sánchez Cerro (1933), president of Peru
• María Elena Moyano (1992), a community organizer in Villa El Salvador

Puerto Rico

• Arnaldo Darío Rosado (1978), independence movement supporter
• Carlos Soto Arriví (1978), independence movement supporter
• Luis Vigoreaux (1983), television show host
• Alejandro Gonzalez Malave (1986), undercover policeman involved in the assassinations of Rosado and Soto Arrivi

Suriname

• Bram Behr (1982), Surinamese journalist, in the Decembermoorden

United States

For a list of assassinated American politicians see List of assassinated American politicians

• Elijah P. Lovejoy (1837), editor of an abolitionist newspaper, the "Alton Observer", by a mob of pro-slavery advocates.
• Wild Bill Hickok (1876), lawman, gambler, "Old West" legend by Jack McCall.
• Jesse James (April 3, 1882) outlaw, by Robert Ford
• David Hennessy (1890) Police Chief of New Orleans.
• Don Mellett (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime.
• Walter Liggett (1935 December 9), Minnesota newspaper editor.
• Carlo Tresca (1943), anarchist organizer.
• Curtis Chillingworth (1955), a Florida judge.
• Medgar Evers (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist.
• Lee Harvey Oswald (1963 November 24) shot & killed by Jack Ruby in Dallas Police Precinct station
• Malcolm X (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech.
• George Lincoln Rockwell (1967 August 25) Founder and flamboyant spokesman of the American Nazi Party, killed by former aide, John Patler.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist.
• Fred Hampton (1969), Shot and killed by police. Deputy Chair of the Chicago, IL chapter of the Black Panther Party.
• Dan Mitrione (1970), former policeman & FBI agent went to South America to teach military regimes techniques of "advanced counterinsurgency techniques" (e.g. electric shock torture) assassinated by members of the guerrilla movement Tupamaros.
• Marcus Foster (1973), School District Superintendent in Oakland CA, killed by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
• Alberta Williams King (June 30, 1974) Mother of Martin Luther King Jr., killed by deranged gunmen, Marcus Chenault while her husband was preaching mass.
• Anna Mae Aquash (1975), a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the highest-ranking woman in the American Indian Movement.
• Don Bolles (1976 June 13), Investigative reporter for Arizona Republic, killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties.
• Orlando Letelier (1976 September 21), Chilean ambassador to the United States for the administration of Chile's democratically-elected President Salvador Allende who was later ousted & killed in a coup by General Pinochet (See: Chile Assassinations).
• John Lennon (1980 December 8), British musician, member of The Beatles, by Mark David Chapman.
• Alan Berg (1984 June 18), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-Nazis.
• Henry Liu (1984 October 15), Taiwanese-American writer, allegedly killed by Kuomintang agents.
• Alex Odeh (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb exploded in his Santa Ana, California office.
• Alejandro González Malavé (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
• Huey Newton (1989 August 22), founder of Black Panther Party killed by member of Black Guerrilla Army (BGA).
• Meir David Kahane (1990), Member of the Israeli Knesset, Founder of the JDL and the Kach Party, Zionist
• Ioan P. Culianu (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas; killed at the University of Chicago where he taught Swift Hall, allegedly because of opposition to his writings.
• David Gunn (1993), abortion provider.
• John Britton (1994), Physician; abortion provider.
• Barnett Slepian (1998), Physician; abortion provider.
• Thomas C. Wales (2001), federal prosecutor and gun control advocate.
• Chauncey Bailey (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist.
• George Tiller (2009), late-term abortion doctor, shot as he ushered at his church.
• John M. Roll (2011), federal judge in Arizona.

Uruguay

• Bernardo P. Berro (1868), Uruguayan president
• Venancio Flores (1868), Uruguayan president (on the same day as Berro, though in completely separate incidents)
• Juan Idiarte Borda (1897), Uruguayan president
• Eugenio Berríos (1992), Chilean chemist who worked for the DINA during the Pinochet dictatorship. Killed in Uruguay by Chilean secret services for him "knowing too much".

Venezuela

• Col. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud (1950 November 13), President of Venezuela
• Danilo Anderson (2004), State prosecutor

Assassinations in Asia

Afghanistan

• Habibullah Khan (1919), emir of Afghanistan
• Mohammed Nadir Shah (1933 November 8), king of Afghanistan
• Mohammed Daoud Khan (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup
• Adolph Dubs (1979 February 14), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
• Nur Mohammad Taraki (1979), communist president
• Hafizullah Amin (1979), communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion
• Meena Keshwar Kamal (1987), Afghan founder of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
• 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 Afghan Northern Alliance
• Abdul Haq (2001), Afghan Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban
• Mohammed Atef (2001) alleged military chief of al-Qaeda
• Juma Namangani (2001) Co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
• Abdul Qadir (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan
• Abdul Rahman (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
• Dadullah (2007), Taliban's senior military commander
• Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani (2007), former Prime Minister of Afghanistan
• Tohir Yo‘ldosh (2009), Co-founder of Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
• Burhanuddin Rabbani (2011), former President of Afghanistan

Armenia

• Karen Demirchyan (1999), Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia
• Vazgen Sargsyan (1999), Prime Minister of Armenia
• Leonard Petrosyan (1999), Karabakh politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia

Azerbaijan

• Ziya Bunyadov (1997), Azerbaijani historian
• Elmar Huseynov (2005), Azerbaijani journalist
• Rail Rzayev (2009), commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force

Bangladesh

• Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1975 August 15), father of the nation and founder President of Bangladesh, killed in coup
• Muhammad Mansur Ali (1975), Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• Tajuddin Ahmad (1975), former Prime Minister
• Syed Nazrul Islam (1975), former President
• Khaled Mosharraf (1975), Bangladeshi general and coup organizer
• Ziaur Rahman (1981), President

Bhutan

• Jigme Palden Dorji (1964), Prime Minister of Bhutan

Cambodia

• Ieu Koeus (1950), briefly prime minister of Cambodia in 1949

China

• Wu Yuanheng (815), Chancellor under Emperor Xianzong
• Sidibala (1323), grand-khan of the Mongol Empire, Emperor of Yuan China
• João Maria Ferreira do Amaral (1849), Portuguese Governor of Macau
• Ma Xinyi (1870), a governor assassinated by Zhang Wenxiang in the summer of 1870.
• Ito Hirobumi (1909), Japanese Resident-General of Korea, in Manchuria
• Song Jiaoren (1913), Xinhai revolutionary, in Shanghai
• Chen Qimei (1916), revolutionary activist
• Liao Zhongkai (1925)
• Zhang Zuolin (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the Japanese Guandong Army
• Fang Zhenwu (1941)
• Wen Yiduo (1946), Chinese poet and scholar
• Li Shiming (2008), Chinese government official

Georgia

• Fatali Khan Khoyski (1920), former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
• Cemal Pasha (1922), former Ottoman Navy Minister
• Giorgi Chanturia (1994), Georgian opposition leader

India

• Brihadratha Maurya (185 BC), last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
• Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar
• Mohandas K Gandhi (1948 January 30),Father of the Nation, Independence leader and key proponent of non-violence
• Indira Gandhi (1984 October 31), Indian prime minister
• General Arun Shridhar Vaidya (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986.
• Amar Singh Chamkila (1988 March 8), controversial Punjabi singer/song-writer
• Rajiv Gandhi (1991 May 21), Indian prime minister,
• Beant Singh(Chief Minister) (1995), chief minister of Punjab
• Phoolan Devi (2001 July 25), bandit queen turned politician
• Abdul Ghani Lone (2002), moderate Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader

Indonesia

• A. W. S. Mallaby (1945), a British brigadier during the Battle of Surabaya
• Lieutenant General Achmad Yani (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• Major General Soeprapto (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• Major General M. T. Haryono (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• Major General Siswondo Parman (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• Brigadier General Donald Izacus Panjaitan (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• Brigadier General Sutoyo Siswomiharjo (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• First Lieutenant Pierre Tandean (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement
• Dipa Nusantara Aidit (1965), leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia
• Munir Said Thalib (2004), a human rights and anti-corruption activist

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
• Nizam al-Mulk (1092), Persian scholar and vizier of the Seljuk Turks
• Nader Shah (1747), Shah of Persia
• Nasser-al-Din Shah (1896), Shah of Persia killed by Mirza Reza Kermani
• Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III (1930), Iranian Diplomat and Politician
• Abdolhossein Teymourtash (1933), Iranian Statesman
• Qazi Muhammad (1947), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leader, in Mahabad
• Ali Razmara (1951), Prime Minister of Iran
• Hassan Ali Mansur (1965 January 21), Prime Minister of Iran
• Mohammad Beheshti (1981), killed along with 71 others in bombing
• Mohammad Ali Rajai (1981), president of Iran
• Mohammad Javad Bahonar (1981), Prime Minister of Iran, killed in bombing with Rajai
• Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan (2012)A department supervisor killed by a bomber from a motorcycle

Iraq

• Gordian III (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
• Faisal II (1958 July 14), King of Iraq
• Nuri Pasha as-Said (1958 July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq
• Abdul Razak al-Naif (1978 July 9), former Prime Minister of Iraq, killed in London
• Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr (1980), former Grand Ayatollah
• Bint al-Huda (1980), Iraqi educator and political activist she was killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
• Mahdi al-Hakim (1988), prominent figure in the Iraqi opposition, assassinated in the lobby of the Hilton in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, his companion Halim Abd-alWahhab was wounded in the leg.
• Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr (1999), former Grand Ayatollah, killed in the Iraqi city of Najaf along with two of his sons.
• Sérgio Vieira de Mello (2003), UN Special Representative in Iraq
• Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim (2003), highly influential Shi'ite ayatollah
• Aquila al-Hashimi (2003), Iraqi Governing Council member
• Abdul-Majid al-Khoei (2003), Shia cleric
• Ahmad Shawkat (2003), Iraqi journalist
• Waldemar Milewicz (2004), Polish journalist
• Hatem Kamil (2004), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
• Ezzedine Salim (2004), acting chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Iraqi MP
• Dhari Ali al-Fayadh (2005), Iraqi MP
• Lamiya Abed Khadawi (2005), Iraqi MP
• Ihab al-Sherif (2005), Egyptian envoy to Iraq
• Ali al-Haidari (2005), governor of Baghdad Province
• Hadi Saleh (2005), Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions
• Maysoon al-Hashemi (2006), head of the Iraqi Islamic Party women's department
• Atwar Bahjat (2006), Iraqi journalist
• Ali Jaafar (2006), Iraqi journalist
• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (2006) leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
• Abdul Sattar Abu Risha (2007), Sunni tribal leader
• Mohammed Awad (2007), Iraqi MP, killed in the 2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing
• Fasal al Gaood (2007), former governor of Al Anbar Province
• Khalil Jalil Hamza (2007), governor of Al-Qādisiyyah Province
• Mohammed Ali al-Hasani (2007), governor of Muthanna Province
• Mohamed Moumou (2008), Number 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and senior leader in Northern Iraq
• Paulos Faraj Rahho (2008), Chaldean Catholic Archeparch of Mosul
• Harith al-Obeidi (2009), Iraqi MP
• Riad Abdel Majid (2009), Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army
• Abu Ayyub al-Masri (2010), leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
• Ayfan Sadoun al-Essawi (2013), prominent Sunni MP and an important member of the Sahwa committee in Fallujah, as well as part of the opposition to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Israel

• Ish-bosheth (c1000 BC), King of Israel, by two of his captains
• Abner (c1000 BC), Commander of Ish-bosheth's army, by Joab, commander of David's army
• Amnon (c1000 BC), son of King David, by servants of Absalom, his brother
• Absalom (c1000 BC), son of King David, by Joab, commander of David's army
• Nadab (c910), King of Israel, by Baasha, one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
• Elah (c886), King of Israel, by Zimri, captain of his chariot corps, during a drinking party (Zimri succeeded him)
• Jehoram, King of Israel, by Jehu, one of his chariot commanders, who succeeded him
• Ahaziah, King of Judah, by Jehu, at the same time as that of Jehoram of Israel
• Athaliah, Queen of Judah, during a conspiracy of priests in favor of the boy Jehoash, who succeeded her
• Jehoash (c800 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
• Amaziah (c768 BC), King of Judah, by unknown conspirators
• Zechariah (c752 BC), King of Israel, publicly assassinated by Shallum, who succeeded him
• Shallum (c752 BC), King of Israel, by Menahem, one of his generals, who succeeded him
• Pekahiah (c737 BC), King of Israel, by Pekah, one of his military commanders, who succeeded him
• Pekah (c732 BC), King of Israel, by Hoshea, who succeeded him
• Amon (c651 BC), King of Judah, by his servants
• Simon Maccabaeus (135 BC), Hasmonean king, by his son-in-law Ptolemy
• 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
• Jacob Israël de Haan (1924), pro-Orthodox Jewish diplomat
• Haim Arlosoroff (1933), Zionist leader in the British Mandate of Palestine
• Thomas C. Wasson (1948), US Consul General in Jerusalem
• Folke Bernadotte (1948), Middle East peace mediator, assassinated by Lehi
• Rudolf Kastner (1957), Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the Kasztner train with the Nazis
• Sheikh Hamad Abu Rabia (1981), Member of the Knesset
• Emil Grunzweig (1983), Peace activist, member of Peace Now movement.
• Yitzhak Rabin (1995), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
• Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (2000), Son of Meir David Kahane, Leader of Kahane Chai, Zionist
• Rehavam Zeevi (2001), Israeli general and politician

Japan

• Emperor Ankō (456), Emperor of Japan
• Emperor Sushun (592), Emperor of Japan
• The Sogas (645), Japanese political family
• Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1160), head of Minamoto clan, father of Minamoto no Yoritomo
• Minamoto no Sanetomo (1219), the third shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
• Ashikaga Yoshinori (1441), the sixth shogun of the Ashikaga Shogunate
• Ōta Dōkan (1486), samurai, architect and builder of Edo Castle
• Hosokawa Masamoto (1507), shugo daimyo of Ashikaga Shogunate
• Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (1535), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
• Matsudaira Hirotada (1549), daimyo, son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu
• Ōuchi 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
• Mimura Iechika (1566), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
• Yamanaka Shikanosuke (1578), Japanese samurai
• Oda Nobunaga (1582), samurai warlord
• Shakushain (1669), Ainu chieftain
• Kira Yoshinaka,(1703), master of ceremonies
• Shimazu Nariaki (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture
• Ii Naosuke (1860), Japanese politician
• Tokugawa Nariaki (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
• Charles Lennox Richardson (1862), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu's samurai in Namamugi. Called the Namamugi Incident
• Serizawa Kamo (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
• Sakuma Shozan (1864), Japanese politician
• Sakamoto Ryoma (1867), Japanese author
• Ōmura Masujirō (1869), military leader and theorist
• Yokoi Shōnan (1869), scholar and politician
• Okubo Toshimichi (1878), Home Minister of Japan, briefly most powerful man in Japan
• Mori Arinori (1889), First Education Minister
• Prince Ito Hirobumi (1909 October 26), First Prime Minister of Japan
• Hara Takashi (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
• Yasuda Zenjirō (1921), entrepreneur who founded Yasuda zaibatsu, great-grand father of Yoko Ono
• Hamaguchi Osachi (1931), Prime Minister of Japan
• Dan Takuma (1932), zaibatsu leader
• Inukai Tsuyoshi (1932), Prime Minister of Japan
• Yoshinori Shirakawa (1932), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Tetsuzan Nagata (1935), general of the Imperial Japanese Army
• Saitō Makoto (1936), admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Takahashi Korekiyo (1936), Prime Minister of Japan
• Inejiro Asanuma (1960), Socialist Party of Japan chairman
• Kazuo Nagano (1985), Japanese chairman
• Hitoshi Igarashi (1991), translated The Satanic Verses into Japanese
• Hideo Murai (1995), one of the leading members of Aum Shinrikyo
• Koki Ishii (2002), Japanese politician
• Iccho Itoh (2007), Mayor of Nagasaki

Jordan

• Abdullah I (1951 July 20), King of Jordan, when entering the Al Aqsa Mosque
• Hazza al-Majali (1960 August 29), Prime Minister of Jordan, killed with 10 others by time bomb in office
• Laurence Foley (2002), USAID official, by Al-Qaeda operatives

Korea

• King Bunseo of Baekje (304), King of Baekje during the Three Kingdoms of Korea
• Queen Min of Joseon (1895), the last empress of Korea
• Lyuh Woon-Hyung (1947), former head of People's Republic of Korea
• Yuk Young-soo (1974 August 15), Wife of President Park Chung Hee and First Lady of South Korea
• Park Chung-Hee (1979 October 25), President of South Korea

Kuwait

• Hardan al-Tikriti (1971) Former Iraqi defense minister and vice president

Laos

• Quinim Pholsena, foreign minister of Laos (1963 April 1)

Lebanon

• Raymond II of Tripoli (1152), count of Tripoli
• Philip of Montfort (1270), Lord of Tyre
• Sami al-Hinnawi (1950), Syrian head of state
• Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and Robert O. Waring, US Ambassador and US Economic Councelor to Lebanon and their driver Zuhair Mohammed Moghrabi (1976 June 16)
• Kamal Jumblatt (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
• Tony Frangieh (1978), Lebanese Christian leader
• Bachir Gemayel (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb
• Rashid Karami (1987 June 1), Prime Minister of Lebanon, killed by bomb aboard helicopter
• René Moawad (1989), President of Lebanon
• Dany Chamoun (1990), son of late president Camille Chamoun
• Elie Hobeika (2002), Lebanese militia leader
• Rafik Hariri (2005), former Prime Minister of Lebanon
• Bassel Fleihan (2005), Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce
• Samir Kassir (2005), Columnist at "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper, long a fiery critic of Syria
• George Hawi (2005), former chief of Lebanese Communist Party
• Gibran Tueni (2005), Editor in Chief of "An Nahar" daily Lebanese newspaper
• Pierre Gemayel (2006), Minister of Industry of Lebanon
• Walid Eido (2007), member of the National Assembly
• Antoine Ghanim (2007), member of the National Assembly
• François al-Hajj (2007) Lebanese Military General
• Wissam Eid (2008) National Security, Information Sector

Malaysia

• James Wheeler Woodford Birch (1875), a British Resident Minister in the State of Perak
• Sir Henry Gurney (1951), was British High Commissioner in Malaya (1950–1951), killed by Malayan Communist Party guerillas
• Sir Duncan Stewart (1949), was Second Governor of Sarawak, a British Crown Colony (1946–1963), killed by the Rukun 13 members, Rosli Dhobie, Awang Ramli Mohd Deli, and Bujang Suntong

Maldives

• Afrasheem Ali (2012), legislator and Islamic scholar killed

Mongolia

• Sanjaasürengiin Zorig (1998), politician and democratic activist, stabbed to death in his apartment

Myanmar (Burma)

• Alaungsithu (1112–1167) King of Pagan Kingdom assassinated by his son Narathu
• Tabinshwehti (1550) King of Taungoo Dynasty assassinated by Mon revival
• Anaukpetlun (1628) King of Nyaungyan Dynasty
• Crown Prince Ka Naung (Burmese: ကနောင္‌မင္‌းသား; 1829–1866) was a son of King Tharrawaddy and younger brother of King Mindon
• Aung San (1947), Burmese nationalist leader, founder of Thirty Comrades
• U Ba Win (1947)
• Kenji Nagai (2007), Japanese Photojournalist

Nepal

• Birendra (2001 June 1), King of Nepal (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family), killed by crown prince

Pakistan

• Liaquat Ali Khan (1951, October 16), first Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Hayat Sherpao (1975), Former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province was killed by Afghan extremist.
• Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1988, August 17), 10-year President of Pakistan and 12-year Chief of Army Staff in a mysterious aircraft accident which seemed to be a bomb blast (traced to a crate of mangoes placed into his aircraft).
• Abdullah Yusuf Azzam (1989), militant Islamist, near Peshawar
• Fazle Haq (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985
• Ghulam Haider Wyne (Sep 1993) Former Chief Minister of Punjab
• Iqbal Masih (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
• Hakim Said (1998), Founder of Hamdard Foundation and Hamdard University, Karachi. Former Governor of Sindh
• Siddiq Khan Kanju (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993
• Benazir Bhutto (2007 December 27), former Prime Minister of Pakistan (first and only lady Prime minister of Pakistan), by unknown assassins
• Baitullah Mehsud (2009) Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
• Salman Taseer (2011, January 4), Governor of Punjab
• Shahbaz Bhatti (2011, March 2), Minorities Minister
• Abu Yahya al-Libi (2012), high-ranking al-Qaeda member, alleged member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, former detainee at the Parwan Detention Facility, from where he escaped in 2005.
• Maulvi Nazir (2013), high-ranking Pakistani Taliban member in South Waziristan

Palestinians

• Yahya Ayyash (1996), Hamas' explosives expert
• Abu Ali Mustafa (2001), leader of PFLP
• Salah Shahade (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing
• Ibrahim al-Makadmeh (2003), co-founder of Hamas
• Mekled Hameid (2003), Islamic Jihad Movement commander
• Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (2004), leader and founder of Hamas
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (2004), leader of Hamas
• Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil (2004), Hamas operative
• Adnan al-Ghoul (2004), Hamas' explosives expert
• Nizar Rayan (2009), Senior Hamas leader
• Said Seyam (2009), Senior Hamas leader
• Abu Zakaria al-Jamal (2009), Senior Hamas military wing commander

Philippines

• Fernando Manuel de Bustamante (1719), Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines
• Diego Silang (1763), early rebel leader
• Antonio Luna (1899), a leader of the Filipino army during Philippine-American War
• Julio Nalundasan (1935), Ilocos Congressman, young Ferdinand Marcos tried but acquitted for the slaying
• Aurora Quezon (1949), former First Lady of the Philippines
• Ponciano Bernardo (1949), mayor of then Philippine capital Quezon City
• Joe Lingad (1980), former Pampanga governor
• Benigno Aquino, Jr. (1983 August 21), senator and politician, leader of the opposition against Ferdinand Marcos
• Cesar Climaco (1984), Mayor of Zamboanga City and prominent opposition leader
• Evelio Javier (1986), Antique governor and ally of then presidential candidate Corazon Aquino
• Emma Henry (1986), police officer and film actress
• Lean Alejandro (1987), prominent student activist leader
• Roy Padilla, Sr. (1988), Camarines Norte Governor, Father of Robin Padilla
• James N. Rowe (1989), US Military advisor
• Filemon 'Ka Popoy' Lagman (2001), founder of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
• Alberto Ramento (2006), bishop of the Philippine Independent Church
• Wahab Akbar (2007), Congress Representative of Basilan

Qatar

• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (2004), former President of separatist Chechnya

Saudi Arabia

• Umar ibn al-Khattab (644), second caliph
• Uthman Ibn Affan (665), third caliph
• Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1975 March 25), King of Saudi Arabia, shot by nephew at palace

Sri Lanka

• Solomon Bandaranaike (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, who later converts to Christianity
• Alfred Duraiyapah (1975), former Mayor, Jaffna, by LTTE
• Vijaya Kumaratunga (1989), movie actor turned SLFP-SLMP politician, by JVP.
• Rohana Wijeweera (1989), founder of JVP, by Sri Lankan Armed Forces
• Appapillai Amrithalingam) (1989), founder of separatist party TULF, by LTTE
• Ranjan Wijeratne (1991), Foreign minister & Minister of State for Defence, MP, by LTTE
• Lalith Athulathmudali (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, purportedly by LTTE
• Ranasinghe Premadasa (1993), President of Sri Lanka, purportedly by LTTE (but possibly revenge for his own orchestrating murder of political rival Lalith Athulathmudali, to whom he feared losing election)
• Gamini Dissanayake (1994), Presidential candidate, UNP, member of Parliament Sri Lanka, by LTTE
• Sarojini Yogeswaran (1998), Jaffna Mayor, by LTTE
• Ponnudurai Sivapalan (1998), Jaffna Mayor, by LTTE
• Neelan Thiruchelvam (1999), Member of Parliament (MP) and TULF leader
• Lakshman Algama (1999), UNP politician, by LTTE
• C.V.Gunaratne (2000), cabinet minister, by LTTE
• Joseph Pararajasingham (2005), Tamil MP in Batticalo, by GoSL supported para-military Karuna Group
• Lakshman Kadirgamar (2005), foreign minister, by LTTE
• Parami Kulatunga (2006), army general, by LTTE
• Nadarajah Raviraj (2006), MP and Tamil National Alliance politician, by GoSL paramilitary Group
• T. Maheswaran (2008), UNP Tamil MP for voicing human rights violations of GoSL, by Sri Lanka IB associate.
• D. M. Dassanayake (2008), Nation Building Minister and SLFP MP, by LTTE
• K. Sivanesan (2008), TNA Tamil MP, by Sri Lankan Army DPU.
• Jeyaraj Fernandopulle (2008),Minister of Highways and Road Development and SLFP MP, LTTE
• Lasantha Wickrematunge (2009), Journalist (The Sunday Leader), by unknown

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
• Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar (1940), Syrian nationalist
• Muhammad Suleiman (2008), Syrian general and security adviser to president Bashar al-Assad
• Imad Mughniyah (2008), senior member of Hezbollah
• Dawoud Rajiha (2012), Minister of Defense of Syria
• Hassan Turkmani (2012), chief of staff of the Syrian Armed Forces

Thailand

• King Worawongsathirat (?),King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
• King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) (1946), the eighth monarch of Thailand under the House of Chakri.
• Princess Laksamilawan (1961), the royal consort of King Vajiravudh (or Rama VI) of Siam
• Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit (1977),a Thai royal well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand.

United Arab Emirates

• Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (2010), a member of Hamas

Vietnam

• Ngo Dinh Nhu (1963 November 2), politician
• Ngo Dinh Diem (1963 November 2), first president of South Vietnam

Yemen

• Imam Yahya (1948), King of Yemen
• Ibrahim al-Hamadi (1977), president of North Yemen
• Ahmad al-Ghashmi (1978), president of North Yemen, killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen.
• Jarallah Omar (2002), deputy secretary-general of Yemeni Socialist Party
• Anwar al-Aulaqi (2011), spokesman and recruiter for al-Qaeda, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, killed in a US drone strike
• Said Ali al-Shihri (2013), deputy leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, killed in a US drone strike. Numerous earlier reports of his death had been previously proven wrong.

Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

Australia

• Pemulwuy Early 1802, shot and killed by British sailor Henry Hacking under orders by Governor Phillip Gidley King.
• William Paisley February 12, 1894, Mayor of Burwood, NSW, Australia
• Donald Mackay 15 July 1977, anti-drugs campaigner
• Sarik Ariyak December 17, 1980 Turkish Consul General,
• Colin Winchester (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
• John Newman (1994), New South Wales state Member for Cabramatta

New Caledonia

• Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1989), Kanak independence leader

Samoa

• Luagalau Levaula Kamu (1999), cabinet minister

Palau

• Haruo Remeliik (1985), president

West Papua

• Arnold Ap, April 26, 1984, songman and ethnomusicologist, West Papua: shot in back by Indonesian military unit upon release from prison
• Thomas Wainggai, March 14, 1996, Independence leader allegedly poisoned by Indonesian intelligence officers in Cipinang prison.
• Theys Eluay, 10 November 2001, West Papuan Independence movement leader, Assassinated by Kopassus officers after attending a military dinner, Jayapura, Papua
• Kelly Kwalik, 16 December 2009, legendary West papuan guerrilla leader assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Timika, West Papua
• Mako Tabuni, 14 June 2012, Chairman of main civil resistance independence organisation, West Papua National Committee(KNPB), assassinated by Detachment 88 officers in Jayapura, West Papua

Assassinations in Europe

Albania

• Avni Rustemi (1924), nationalist member of parliament

Austria

• Count Karl von Stürgkh (1916), Minister-President of Austria
• Engelbert Dollfuss (1934), Chancellor of Austria
• Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1989), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leader, in Vienna

Belgium

• Julien Lahaut (1950), chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium
• Maximiliano Gómez (1971), Dominican communist leader
• Gerald Bull (1990), Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon, in Brussels, Belgium
• André Cools (1991), Belgian politician

Bosnia and Hercegovina

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914 June 28), assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, who also killed the Archduchess Sophie; this assassination played a role in starting World War I
• Irfan Ljubijankić (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Jozo Leutar (1997), minister of Internal Affair of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

• Stefan Stambolov (1895), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Dimitar Petkov (1907), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Vasil Iliev (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2", former wrestler
• Andrey Lukanov (1996 October 2), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Ivo Karamanski (1998), insurance tycoon, former rowing champion
• Iliya Pavlov (2003), president of Multigroup corporation, former wrestler, the wealthiest man in Bulgaria
• Georgi Iliev (2005), football club owner, brother of the assassinated Vasil Iliev
• Emil Kyulev (2005), banker, ex-professional swimmer, voted Mr. Economics in Bulgaria for 2002
• Ivan "Doktora" Todorov (2006), businessman alleged of smuggling
• Borislav Georgiev (2008), CEO of "Atomenergoremont" Nucler plant repair company

Croatia

• Julius Nepos (480), Roman emperor. Assassinated near Salona (modern Solin).

Czech Republic

• Saint Ludmila (921), Wife of Duke Bořivoj, Grandmother of Duke Václav I
• Václav I (Saint Wenceslas) (935 or 929), Duke of Bohemia
• Václav III (1306), King of Bohemia
• Albrecht von Wallenstein (1634), Czech general during the Thirty Years' War
• Alois Rašín (1923), Minister of Finances of Czechoslovakia
• Reinhard Heydrich (1942), a General in the Nazi German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czech lands

Denmark

• Erik V Klipping (1286), King of Denmark

Finland

• Bishop Henry (1156), English bishop in Finland (according to a legend)
• Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov (1904), Governor-General of Finland
• Eliel Soisalon-Soininen (1905), attorney General
• Alfred Kordelin (1917),entrepreneur
• Toivo Kuula (1918), composer
• Heikki Ritavuori (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland

France

• Charles d'Espagne (1354), constable of France
• Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans (1407)
• John the Fearless (1419)
• Gaspard de Coligny (1572)
• Henri III (1589), King of France
• Henri IV (1610), King of France, stabbed by François Ravaillac
• Jacques de Flesselles (1789), Provost of Paris
• Jean-Paul Marat (1793), revolutionary, stabbed in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday
• Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (1820, February 13), younger son of the future King Charles X, stabbed by Louis Pierre Louvel
• Marie François Sadi Carnot (1894 June 24), President of France, shot by anarchist Sante Jeronimo Caserio in Lyon
• Jean Jaurès (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist
• Gaston Calmette (1914 March 16), editor of Le Figaro newspaper, by Henriette Caillaux, wife of minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux
• Paul Doumer (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris
• Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1934), was king of Yugoslavia. Assassinated in Marseille, 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 (1944), head of FUDOFSI, by Gestapo in Lyon
• Philippe Henriot (1944), State secretary for Information and Propaganda of Vichy government, by French resistants in Paris
• Georges Mandel (1944), former radical-socialist minister and French resistant, by miliciens in forest of Fontainebleau
• Eugène Deloncle (1944), milicien and former leader of clandestine far-right organisation La Cagoule, by Gestapo
• Mehdi Ben Barka (1965), Moroccan socialist leader and Third-World Tricontinental leader, disappeared in Paris
• Outel Bono (1973), Chadian medical doctor and anti-Tombalbaye activist
• Jean de Broglie (1976), former minister and one of the French negotiators of the Évian Accords
• Henri Curiel (1978), anticolonialist activist
• José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana "Argala" (1978), Basque leader
• Pierre Goldman (1979), left-wing activist
• Robert Boulin (1979), minister of Labor and many times minister since 1961. Officially suicide, but a lot of anomalies revealed since.
• Joseph Fontanet (1980), former minister
• Salah al-Din Bitar (1980), Syrian Baath politician
• Yehia El-Mashad (1980), Egyptian atomic scientist.
• Jean-Pierre Maïone-Libaude (1982), right-wing activist and criminal
• Georges Besse (1986), Renault executive, by far-left activists of Action directe
• Dulcie September (1988), African National Congress representative, in Paris
• Joseph Doucé (1990), activist for sexual minorities
• Shapour Bakhtiar (1991), Prime Minister of Iran briefly in 1979, stabbed to death at his home in France
• Abdelbaki Sahraoui (1995), co-founder of the Algerian Islamic Salvation Front, in Paris
• 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
• Philipp von Hohenstaufen (1208), Emperor, in Bamberg
• Engelbert I. von Köln (1225), Archbishop of Cologne
• Konrad von Marburg (1233), inquisitor
• Rosa Luxemburg (1919), socialist writer, in Berlin
• Karl Liebknecht (1919), socialist lawyer and politician, in Berlin
• Kurt Eisner (1919), Prime Minister of Bavaria
• Talat Pasha (1921), former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs, in Berlin by Soghomon Tehlirian
• Matthias Erzberger (1921), politician
• Walther Rathenau (1922 June 24), German foreign minister
• Ernst Röhm (1934), leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA)
• Kurt von Schleicher (1934), former German chancellor, murdered by the SS
• Stepan Bandera (1959) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Bohdan Stashynsky in Munich
• Belkacem Krim (1970), Algerian politician
• Siegfried Buback (1977), German attorney general
• Jürgen Ponto (1977), CEO Dresdner Bank
• Hanns-Martin Schleyer (1977), president of the German employers' organization
• Alfred Herrhausen (1989), Deutsche Bank CEO
• Detlev Karsten Rohwedder (1991), director of Treuhandanstalt for former East Germany
• Sadeq Sharafkandi, Fattah Abdoli, Homayoun Ardalan, Nouri Dehkordi (1992), dissident Kurdish Iranian political leaders, in Berlin (Mykonos restaurant assassinations)

Greece

• Hipparchus (514 BC), brother of the tyrant of Athens
• Ephialtes (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens
• Alcibiades (404 BC), Athenian general and politician
• Alexander of Pherae (358 BC), despot of Pherae
• Philip II of Macedon (336 BC), king of Macedon, by Pausanias of Orestis in Pella
• Seleucus I Nicator (281 BC), founder of the Seleucid dynasty, near Lysimachia
• Abantidas (251 BC), tyrant of Sicyon
• Archimedes (212 BC), Greek mathematician, was killed in syracusa, magna Greece
• Ioannis Capodistrias (1831), first President of Greece
• Theodoros Deligiannis (1905 June 13), Prime Minister of Greece
• Marinos Antypas (1907 March 8), Greek politician
• George I of Greece (1913 March 18), King of Greece
• George Polk (May 1948), American journalist critical of US aid to rightist Greek government
• Grigoris Lambrakis (1963), leader of anti-fascist movement in Greece.
• Richard Welch (1975), CIA Station Chief
• Hagop Hagopian (1988), Armenian leader of ASALA
• William Nordeen (1988), Tsantes successor as U.S. military attaché in Athens
• Pavlos Bakoyannis (1989), New Democracy politician
• Stephen Saunders (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens

Hungary

• Count István Tisza (1918 October 31), Premier of Hungary

Iceland

• Snorri Sturluson (1241 September 23), historian and politician, by Gissur Þorvaldsson

Ireland

• Brian Boruma (1014), Irish king
• Lord Frederick Cavendish (1882), Chief Secretary for Ireland
• Thomas Henry Burke (1882), Permanent Under Secretary for Ireland
• Tomás Mac Curtain (1920), Lord Mayor of Cork
• Michael Collins (1922), President of the Provisional Government and Irish Republican Army (IRA) guerrilla leader during the Irish War of Independence
• Kevin O'Higgins (1927), Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs/Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State
• Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville (1936), assassinated for providing assistance to Royal Navy recruits
• Christopher Ewart-Biggs (1976), British ambassador to Ireland
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1979), Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet, last Viceroy of India
• Dominic McGlinchey (1994), Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) leader
• Veronica Guerin (1996), Irish journalist

Italy (and former Roman Empire)

• 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 Antony
• 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
• Caracalla (217), Roman Emperor, between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran) by Martialis, possibly under orders of Macrinus
• 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
• Aurelian (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu)
• Florianus (276), Roman Emperor, near Tarsus
• Gian Maria Visconti (1412), Duke of Milan
• Giuliano de' Medici (1478), co-ruler of Florence
• Giovanni Borgia (1497), Duke of Gandia, son of Pope Alexander VI
• Pellegrino Rossi (1848), Papal States Minister of Justice
• Umberto I of Italy (1900 July 29), King of Italy
• Said Halim Pasha (1921), former Ottoman Prime Minister
• Giacomo Matteotti (1924 June 10), Italian socialist politician
• Luigj Gurakuqi (1925), Albanian independence leader, in Bari
• Benito Mussolini (1945 April 28), fascist, former Prime Minister of Italy
• Enrico Mattei (1962), Italian public head officer, head of Eni oil company, supported Algerian independence
• Pier Paolo Pasolini (1975), Italian writer, poet and film director
• Aldo Moro (1978), former Prime Minister of Italy
• Giuseppe Impastato (1978), Anti-mafia activist
• Cesare Terranova (1979), magistrate
• Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa (1982), General of the Carabinieri Corps, investigating on the mafia
• Rocco Chinnici (1983), magistrate
• Giovanni Falcone (1992), anti-mafia judge
• Paolo Borsellino (1992), anti-mafia judge
• Salvo Lima (1992), politician
• Marco Biagi (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

Montenegro

• Danilo II of Montenegro,(1860), killed in Kotor, then Austria-Hungary by a member of Bjelopavlici tribe
• Sekula Drljević (1945), Montenegrin nationalist

Netherlands

• Saint Boniface (754), Christian missionary
• Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht (1099)
• Count Floris V (1296)
• Duke John of Straubing-Holland (1425)
• William I of Orange (1584), leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule (Eighty Years' War)
• Isaac Dorislaus (1649), diplomat
• Johan de Witt (1672), politician, and his brother
• Cornelis de Witt (1672)
• Gerrit Jan Heijn (1987), top manager of Ahold
• Pim Fortuyn (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
• Theo van Gogh (2004), film director, writer and critic

Norway

• Harald IV of Norway (1136), King assassinated by a pretender to the throne.
• Ahmed Bouchiki (1973), civilian, mistakenly believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, assassinated in Lillehammer by Israeli Mossad agents.

Ottoman Empire

• Mehmed Sokollu (1579), Grand Vizier of Suleyman the Magnificent
• Osman II (1622), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Mahmud Sevket Pasha (1913 January 23), Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
• Celal Pasha (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul, due to his role in the Armenian Genocide.

Poland

• Stanislaus of Szczepanów (1079), Bishop of Kraków (now a saint)
• Gabriel Narutowicz (December 16, 1922), President of Poland
• Bronisław Pieracki (June 15, 1934), Minister of Interior of Poland
• Franz Kutschera (1944), German SS general and chief of police, by Polish resistance
• Jerzy Popiełuszko (1984), Polish priest, by the communist political police
• Marek Papała (1998), chief of the police, believed to be by the mafia

Portugal

• Viriathus (139 BC), leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia
• Inês de Castro (1355), posthumously declared Queen of Portugal
• Carlos I of Portugal (1908 February 1), King and
• Luiz Filipe of Portugal (1908 February 1), Crown Prince
• Sidónio Pais (1918), President
• Humberto Delgado (1965), General, Presidential Candidate
• Francisco Sá Carneiro, (1980), Prime Minister
• Adelino Amaro da Costa, 1980, Minister of Defense
• Issam Sartawi (1983), member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, shot in an hotel

Romania

• Mihai Viteazul (1601), Ruler of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania
• Barbu Catargiu (1862), Prime Minister of Romania
• Ion Duca (1933), Prime Minister of Romania
• Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1938), politician
• Armand Călinescu (1939), Prime Minister of Romania
• Nicolae Iorga (1940), former Prime Minister of Romania, historian
• Virgil Madgearu (1940), politician
• Constantin Tănase (1945), actor
• Danny Huwe (1989) Belgian journalist

Serbia

• Karađorđe Petrović (1817) Leader of the First Serbian Uprising
• Mihailo Obrenović (1868) Prince of Serbia
• Aleksandar Obrenović (1903) King of Serbia, along with Draga Mašin, Queen Consort
• Zoran Đinđić (2003) Prime Minister of Serbia

Spain

Tomb of José Canalejas in the Panteón de Hombres Ilustres, Madrid.

• Juan Prim (1870), Prime Minister of Spain and Governor of Puerto Rico
• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1897), Prime Minister of Spain shot by Michele Angiolillo in Mondragón, Guipúzcoa.
• José Canalejas (1912), Prime Minister of Spain
• Eduardo Dato Iradier (1921), Prime Minister of Spain
• José Castillo (1936), Spanish Socialist Workers' Party lieutenant in the Assault Guards
• José Calvo Sotelo (1936), right-wing politician
• Federico García Lorca (1936), Spanish poet and dramatist, by fascists
• Raoul Villain (1936), assassin of Jean Jaurès
• Andrés Nin (1937), Spanish Communist revolutionary
• Mohamed Khider (1967), Algerian politician, in Madrid
• Melitón Manzanas (1968), secret police officer
• Luis Carrero Blanco (1973 December 20), Spanish prime minister
• Miguel Ángel Blanco (1997), Basque politician, by ETA
• Fernando Buesa Blanco (2000), Basque politician and party leader
• Ernest Lluch Martín (2000), former Spanish minister

Sweden

• King Sverker I of Sweden (1156)
• King Eric IX of Sweden (1160)
• King Charles VII of Sweden (1167)
• Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1436), statesman, Regent of Sweden
• King Eric XIV of Sweden (1577), on order of his half-brother King John III of Sweden
• King Gustav III of Sweden (1792)
• Axel von Fersen (1810), statesman, Grand Marshal of Sweden
• Olof Palme (1986 February 28), Swedish prime minister
• Anna Lindh (2003), Swedish foreign affairs minister

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
• Jörg Jenatsch (1639), in Chur
• Elisabeth ("Sisi") (1898), empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, in Geneva
• Wilhelm Gustloff (1936), German leader of the Swiss Nazi party
• Félix-Roland Moumié (1960), successor to Ruben Um Nyobe at the head of the UPC, assassinated by the SDECE (French secret services)
• Kazem Rajavi (1990), Iranian opposition leader, in Geneva

Turkey

Main article: List of assassinated Turks

• Mahmud Şevket Pasha (1913), prime minister
• Mustafa Suphi (1921), communist leader
• Abdi Ipekçi (1979), journalist, Editor-in-Chief of Milliyet newspaper, by Mehmet Ali Ağca in Istanbul
• Metin Yüksel (1979), Islamic political activist
• Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1979), Academician and writer
• Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1980), Writer and TV producer
• Kemal Türkler (1980), Labor union leader, by Grey Wolves in Istanbul
• Nihat Erim (1980), former prime minister of Turkey, by a Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
• Muammer Aksoy (1990), University professor in Law, murdered in Ankara
• Bahriye Üçok (1990), University professor in Islam Studies and women's rights activist, in Istanbul
• Turan Dursun (1990), Islamic scholar, author, and journalist, murdered in Ankara, unresolved.
• Musa Anter (1992), dissident Kurdish activist and writer, in Diyarbakır, unresolved, attributed to Turkish military intelligence (JITEM)
• Uğur Mumcu (1993), A journalist of Cumhuriyet newspaper, assassinated in Ankara, murderers unknown yet.
• Onat Kutlar (1995), writer, poet, founder of Cinemateque Istanbul, columnist for Cumhuriyet newspaper, murdered in Istanbul.
• Özdemir Sabancı (1996), prominent industrialist and member of Sabancı family
• Konca Kuriş (1998), Islamic feminist author, kidnapped and tortured to death in Mersin
• Ahmet Taner Kışlalı (1999), Politician, former Minister of Culture, Ankara University professor in Political Science, Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist.
• Üzeyir Garih (2001), Turkish Jewish businessman and industrialist
• Necip Hablemitoğlu (2002), Professor of history at Ankara University, his assassination unresolved.
• Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin (2006), High Judge at Council of State, by Alparslan Arslan in Ankara.
• Andrea Santoro (2006), Roman Catholic priest, murdered in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon.
• Hrant Dink (2007), Turkish Armenian Journalist, publisher of Agos newspaper, by Ogün Samast in Istanbul

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Carausius (293), usurper of the Western Roman Empire
• King Edmund I (946), king of England, stabbed at a banquet
• Edward the Martyr (978), King of England
• Thomas Becket (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury
• John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch (1306), killed by Robert the Bruce
• Sir Robert Hales - Lord High Treasurer - (1381) - Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• Simon of Sudbury - Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London - (1381) - Beheaded at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• Sir John Cavendish - Chief Justice of the King's Bench, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - (1381) - Beheaded in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
• King James I of Scotland (1437), killed at Perth on the night of 20–1 February in a failed coup by his kinsman and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.
• William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (1452), killed by James II of Scotland
• Henry VI of England, King of England who was killed in the Tower of London likely on the orders of Edward IV of England
• King James III of Scotland (1488), killed by rebels
• Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1567), husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
• James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1570), Regent of Scotland
• George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1628), the assassin was John Felton, an army officer who had been wounded in the earlier military adventure
• 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; the only British prime minister to be assassinated
• Sir Henry Hughes Wilson (1922 June 22), British field marshal, retired Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Conservative politician
• Michael O'Dwyer (1940), Former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, shot by a Punjabi revolutionary, Udham Singh.
• Paddy Wilson (1972), Social Democratic and Labour Party politician
• Ross McWhirter (1975), co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and right wing political activist
• Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri (1977), past prime minister of Yemen Arab Republic, killed in London
• Georgi Markov (1978), Bulgarian dissident
• Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1979), Former Governor-General of India on his yacht off Ireland
• Airey Neave (1979), British Conservative politician
• Sir Norman Stronge (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish politician
• Sir James Stronge, 9th Baronet (1981), aristocrat and Northern Irish politician
• Rev. Robert Bradford (1981), Unionist MP in Northern Ireland
• Shlomo Argov (died in 2003 as a result of a 1982 assassination), Israeli Ambassador to the Court of St. James's
• Edgar Graham (1983), Ulster Unionist politician.
• George Seawright (1987), Northern Ireland politician
• Patrick Finucane (1989), solicitor
• Ian Gow (1990), British Conservative politician
• Billy Wright (1997), Loyalist Volunteer Force leader.
• Rosemary Nelson (1999), Irish Catholic solicitor and human rights advocate
• Jill Dando (1999), British television presenter
• Alexander Litvinenko (2006) Russian critic of Vladimir Putin
• Dr Imran Farooq (2010 Sept 16), founding member of the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization (APMSO), in Edgware, London, by Altaf Hussain through conspiracy

Yugoslavia

• Gallienus (268), Roman emperor, near Naissus
• Probus (282), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Sirmium
• Carinus (285), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Margus
• Željko Ražnatović ("Arkan") (2000), Serb paramilitary leader
• Pavle Bulatović (2000), defense minister of Yugoslavia
• Ivan Stambolić (2000), Serbian politician

Ukraine

• Stepan Bandera (1959) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Bohdan Stashynsky
• Mykola Leontovych (1918) - Ukrainian composer
• Symon Petlura (1926), Ukrainian political leader assassinated by Sholom Schwartzbard
• Yevhen Konovaletz (1938) Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Pavel Sudoplatov
• Lev Rebet (1957) - Ukrainian nationalist leader assassinated by Bohdan Stashynsky
• Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1979) - Ukrainian composer
• Vadym Hetman (1998) - Politician, banker
• Georgiy Gongadze (2000) - Ukrainian journalist
• Yevhen Shcherban (2000) - Ukrainian politician
• Stepan Senchuk (2005) - Ukrainian politician

Assassinations in Russia and the Soviet Union

• Peter III of Russia (1762), Emperor of Russia
• Paul of Russia (1801), Emperor of Russia
• Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (1825), military Governor of Saint Petersburg
• Nikolay Vladimirovich Mezentsev (1878), Executive Director of the Third Section
• Alexander II of Russia (1881 March 13), Tsar of All the Russias
• Nikolay Alekseyev (1893), Mayor of Moscow
• Dmitry Sipyagin (1902 April 8), Russian Interior Minister
• Vyacheslav Pleve (1904), Russian Interior Minister
• Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov (1905), former Governor-General of Moscow
• Peter Stolypin (1911 September 14), Russian Prime Minister, killed in theater in Kiev
• Grigori Rasputin (1916 December 30), controversial friar and mystic
• Tsar Nicholas II and his family: Tsarina Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexei, and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia (1918 July 16)
• Elizabeth (Ella) of Hesse, Grand Duchess of Russia, sister of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of tsar Nicholas II. (18 July 1918)
• V. Volodarsky (1918), revolutionary
• Wilhelm von Mirbach (1918), German Ambassador in Moscow
• Sergei Kirov (1934 December 1), Bolshevik party leader in Leningrad
• Solomon Mikhoels (1948), Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
• Igor Talkov (1991), singer-songwriter, anti-Soviet activist
• Vladislav Listyev (1995), a Russian journalist and head of the ORT TV Channel
• Dzhokhar Dudayev (1996), first Chechen separatist President and anti-Russian guerrilla leader
• Valeriy Hubulov (1998), South Ossetian politician, former prime minister
• Galina Starovoitova (1998), influential politician, then member of Russian parliament (Duma)
• Otakhon Latifi (1998), Tajik journalist and opposition figure
• Sergei Yushenkov (2003), Russian politician, in Moscow
• Yuri Shchekochikhin (2003), Russian journalist, in Moscow
• Paul Klebnikov (2004), editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine
• Akhmad Kadyrov (2004), Kremlin-backed President of the Chechen Republic
• Aslan Maskhadov (2005), President of separatist Chechnya
• Anatoly Trofimov (2005), former FSB deputy director
• Magomed Omarov (2005), deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan
• Bayaman Erkinbayev (2005), Kyrgyz MP
• Altynbek Sarsenbayev (2006), Kazakh politician
• Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev (2006), President of separatist Chechnya
• Anna Politkovskaya (2006), Russian journalist and human rights campaigner.
• Vitaly Karayev (2008), mayor of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
• Kazbek Pagiyev (2008), former mayor of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia–Alania
• Nina Varlamova (2008), mayor of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast
• Stanislav Markelov (2009), human rights lawyer
• Adilgerei Magomedtagirov (2009), interior minister of Dagestan
• Aza Gazgireyeva (2009), deputy chair of Ingushetia Supreme Court
• Bashir Aushev (2009), former deputy prime minister of Ingushetia
• Natalia Estemirova (2009), human rights activist
• Gadzhimurat Kamalov (2011), journalist

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