List of assassinated people

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
• François Darlan (1942), French Admiral, by a French monarchist, Ferdinand Bonnier de La Chapelle
• Maurice Audin, (1957), communist mathematician
• 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
• Abdelkader Alloula (1994), Algerian writer
• Cheb Hasni, (1994), Algerian raï singer
• Lounès Matoub, (1998), Algerian singer
• Abdelkader Hachani, (1999), a leader of the Islamic Salvation Front

Burkina Faso

• Thomas Sankara, (1987), military leader of Burkina Faso
• Clément Oumarou Ouédraogo, (1991), opposition politician
• Norbert Zongo, (1998), editor of L'Indépendant newspaper, 50 miles from Ouagadougou

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 He is also said by many sources to have been murdered at the ibwami royal palace in Gitega, though little information is available on the exact circumstances
• Melchior Ndadaye, (1993), President of Burundi

Chad

• François Tombalbaye, (1975), president of Chad

Comoros

• Ali Soilih, (1978), president of Comoros
• Ahmed Abdallah, (1989), president of Comoros

Congo (Brazzaville)

• Marien Ngouabi, (1977), president of the Republic of the Congo
• Émile Cardinal Biayenda, (1977), Archbishop of Brazzaville
• Pierre Anga, (1988), Congolese politician

Congo (Kinshasa)

• Patrice Lumumba, (1961), Prime Minister of the Congo, by Katanga secessionists aided by the CIA and Belgian operatives, in Katanga province
• Laurent-Désiré Kabila, (2001), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

• Atanasio Ndongo Miyone, Saturnino Ibongo, Bonifacio Ondó Edu, Armando Balboa, Pastor Torao and many others, (1969), Equatorial Guinean politicians, in murderous crackdown after coup attempt against President Francisco Macías Nguema

Ethiopia

• Tilahun Gizaw, (1969), Ethiopian student leader

The Gambia

• Deyda Hydara, (2004), journalist

Guinea

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

Kenya

• Pio Gama Pinto, (1965), socialist politician
• Tom Mboya, (1969), Kenyan politician
• Josiah Kariuki, (1975), Kenyan politician
• Robert Ouko, (1990), foreign minister of Kenya
• John Kaiser, (2000), missionary (officially recorded as a suicide)

Liberia

• William R. Tolbert, Jr., (1980), president of Liberia killed in military coup
• Samuel Doe, (1990), president of Liberia. A semiliterate army officer who himself overthrew and allowed the assassination of William Tolbert. The instability following his death led to the outbreak of full-scale war

Madagascar

• Richard Ratsimandrava, (1975), president of Madagascar killed just days after taking power in military coup

Mozambique

• Carlos Cardoso, (2000), Mozambican journalist

Niger

• Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, (1999), President of Niger

Nigeria

• Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, (1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria killed during military coup
• Murtala Ramat Mohammed, (1976), President of Nigeria
• Bola Ige, (2001), justice minister of Nigeria

Rwanda

• Dian Fossey, (1985), primatologist, in the province of Ruhengeri; assassination probably planned by Protais Zigiranyirazo
• Agathe Uwilingiyimana, (1994), Prime Minister of Rwanda killed one day after genocide began

Somalia

• Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, (1969), president of Somalia
• George Adamson, (1989), British naturalist, at Kora

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

• Abeid Karume, (1972), first President of Zanzibar, First Vice President of Tanzania

Togo

• Sylvanus Olympio, (1963), president of Togo, in a coup lead by Gnassingbé Eyadéma
• Tavio Amorin, (1992), socialist leader (shot in Lomé, died in Paris)

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

Zimbabwe

• Herbert Chitepo, (1975), Zimbabwean politician
• Attati Mpakati, (1983), left-wing Malawian politician

Assassinations in the Americas

Argentina

• Pedro Aramburu, (1970), former president of Argentina by the Montoneros
• Carlos Prats, (1974), Chilean general

Bermuda

• Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda

Bolivia

• Manuel Isidoro Belzu, (1865), President of Bolivia
• Mariano Melgarejo, (1871), President of Bolivia
• Che Guevara, (1967), revolutionary leader
• Juan José Torres, (1976), former President of Bolivia

Brazil

• Chico Mendes, (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
• Dorothy Stang, (2005), American nun killed by business interests

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

Chile

• René Schneider, (1970), Chilean general
• Salvador Allende, (1973), Chilean President

Colombia

• Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, (1948), Colombian Liberal Party leader
• Luis Carlos Galán, (1989), Colombian presidential candidate
• Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, (1990), Colombian presidential candidate
• Jaime Garzón, (1999), Colombian journalist and satirist

Cuba

• Antonio Guiteras (1935) revolutionary socialist leader

Dominican Republic

• Ulises Heureaux, (1899), president of the Dominican Republic
• Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, (1961), Dominican Republic dictator
• Orlando Mazara, (1967)
• Flavio Suero, (1968)
• Henry Segarra, (1969)
• Amín Abel Hasbún, (1970)
• Otto Morales, (1970)
• Amaury Germán Aristy, (1972)
• Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó, (1973)
• Gregorio García Castro, (1973)
• Florinda Soriano, (1974)
• Guido Gil Díaz, (1974)
• Orlando Martínez, (1975)
• Narciso González, (1994)

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
• Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944
• Óscar Romero, (1980), archbishop of San Salvador, by right-wing death squad
• Ita Ford, (1980), Roman Catholic nun, by the National Guard of El Salvador

Guatemala

• José María Reina Barrios, (1898), President of Guatemala
• Carlos Castillo Armas, (1957), president of Guatemala
• 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

Guyana

• Leo J. Ryan, (1979), US Congressman (D)San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones.
• Walter Rodney, (1980), Guyanese historian and political figure

Haiti

• Jean-Jacques Dessalines, (1806), Emperor of Haiti
• Antoine Izméry, (1993), businessman and Lavalas supporter
• Guy Mallory, (1993), minister of justice
• Jean-Marie Vincent, (1994), Roman Catholic priest and Lavalas supporter
• Jean Dominique, (2000), journalist
• Jacques Roches, (2005), journalist

Mexico

• Francisco I. Madero, (1913), President of Mexico
• Emiliano Zapata, (1919), revolutionary
• Venustiano Carranza, (1920), President of Mexico
• Francisco "Pancho" Villa, (1923), revolutionary
• Álvaro Obregón, (1928), President-elect
• Leon Trotsky, (1940), Russian communist leader
• Enrique Camarena, (1985), policeman
• 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

• Augusto César Sandino, (1934), Nicaraguan revolutionary
• Anastasio Somoza García, (1956), President of Nicaragua
• Pedro Chamorro, (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition

Panama

• José Antonio Remón Cantera, (1955), president of Panama

Paraguay

• Anastasio Somoza Debayle, (1980), President of Nicaragua
• Luis María Argaña, (1999), vice president of Paraguay

Peru

• Francisco Pizarro (1541), Spanish conquistador, in Peru
• Luis M. Sánchez Cerro, (1933), president of Peru

United States

• Joseph Smith, Jr., (1844), Mormon leader, Presidential candidate
• Hyrum Smith, (1844), Mormon leader, killed along with Smith
• 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 conference
• 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), black leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room after giving a speech
• 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
• Harold Haley, (1970), Marin County Superior Court Judge taken hostage in an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
• 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
• John Lennon, (1980), musician and anti-war icon (British national)
• Alan Berg, (1984), Radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis
• Alex Odeh (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb explodes in his Santa Ana, California office.
• Alejandro González Malavé, (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
• Don Aronow, (1987), inventor of the cigarette boat
• Meir Kahane, (1990), American rabbi, founder of Jewish Defense League, former member of Israel's Knesset, shot in New York City by Islamic terrorist
• Ioan P. Culianu, (1991), professor of divinity
• Tupac Shakur (1996) Rapper
• Tommy Burks, (1998), Tennessee State Senator
• Thomas C. Wales, (2001), Washington federal prosecutor and gun control advocate
• James E. Davis, (2003), New York City Council Member
• Rowland Barnes, (2005), Atlanta judge

Venezuela

• Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, (1950), chairman of the military junta of Venezuela
• Danilo Anderson, (2004), State prosecutor

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 Afghan Northern Alliance
• Abdul Haq, (2001), Afghan 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

• Mujibur Rahman, (1975), president of Bangladesh
• Ziaur Rahman, (1981), president of Bangladesh

Bhutan

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

Cambodia

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

China

• João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, (1849), Portuguese Governor of Macau
• Ries and Henle, (1897), German missionaries
• Ito Hirobumi, (1909), Japanese Resident-General of Korea, in Manchuria
• Zhang Zuolin, (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the Japanese Guandong Army

India

• Mohandas Gandhi, (1948), Independence leader
• Indira Gandhi, (1984), Indian prime minister
• Rajiv Gandhi, (1991), former Indian prime minister, son of Indira
• Beant Singh(Chief Minister), (1995), chief minister of Punjab
• Phoolan Devi, (2001), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes
• Abdul Ghani Lone, (2002), moderate leader of Kashmiri muslims

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
• Taghi Arani, (1940), Communist intellectual
• 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
• Qusay Hussein, (2003), heir apparent to President Saddam Hussein
• Uday Hussein, (2003), son of President Saddam Hussein
• 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
• Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, (2005), Iraqi MP
• Adel Koskh Khabar and three brothers, (2005), leader of al-Ghadr Brigade
• Ihab al-Sherif, (2005), Egyptian envoy to Iraq

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
• Jacob Israël de Haan, (1924), pro-Orthodox Jewish diplomat
• Chaim Arlosoroff, (1933), Zionist leader in the British Mandate of Palestine
• Folke Bernadotte, (1948), Middle East peace mediator, assassinated by Lehi
• 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, (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 Lennox 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), Prime Minister of Japan
• Hara Takashi, (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
• Hamaguchi Osachi, (1931), Prime Minister of Japan
• Takuma Dan, (1932), zaibatsu leader
• Inukai Tsuyoshi, (1932), Prime Minister of Japan
• Takahashi Korekiyo, (1936), Prime Minister of Japan
• Isoroku Yamamoto, (1943), Japanese Admiral
• Inejiro Asanuma, (1960), Socialist Party of Japan 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

Jordan

• Abdullah I, (1951), King of Jordan
• Hazza al-Majali, (1960), Prime Minister of Jordan
• Wasfi al-Tal, (1971), Prime Minister of Jordan
• Laurence Foley, (2002), USAID official, by Al-Qaeda operatives

Korea

• Queen Min of Joseon, (1895), the last empress of Korea
• Park Chung Hee, (1979), President of South Korea

Lebanon

• Raymond II of Tripoli, (1152), count of Tripoli
• Philip of Montfort, (1270), Lord of Tyre
• 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
• 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 Communist Party 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

Philippines

• Benigno Aquino Jr., (1983), senator and politician, leader of the opposition against Ferdinand Marcos
• Filemon 'Ka Popoy' Lagman, (2001), founder of the Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
• Romulo Kintanar (2003) leader of the New People's Army (NPA)
• Arturo Tabara (2004) leader of Revolutionary Workers' Party
• Romeo Sanchez and Abelardo Ladera, (2005), local Filipino politicians and
• William Tadena, (2005), clergyman with the Philippine Independent Church, by anti-NPA vigilantes

Qatar

• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (2004), separatist President of Chechnya from 1996 until 1997

Saudi Arabia

• Umar ibn al-Khattab, (644), second caliph
• Faisal of Saudi Arabia, (1975), king

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
• Lakshman Kadirgamar (2005), foreign minister

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
• Abdul Rahman Shahbandar, (1940), Syrian nationalist

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
• Talat Pasha, (1921), former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs, in Berlinby Armenian Solomon Teleyran
• Said Halim Pasha, former Ottoman Prime, by an Armenian
• Cemal Pasha, (1922), former Ottoman Minister , in [Tbilisi]], by an Armenian or allegedly by KGB
• Azmi Bey, (1922), former Ottoman Ittihat and Terakki Party member, by an Armenian
• Celal Pasha, (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul
• Abdi Ipekçi , (1979), Journalist, Editor-in-Chief of Milliyet Newspaper by Mehmet Ali Ağca in Ankara
• Nihat Erim, (1980), former prime minister of Turkey, by a Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
• Bahriye Uçok, (1990), university professor in Islam Studies, by Islamist militants in Istanbul
• Çetin Emeç, (1990), Journalist, Hürriyet Newspaper, by Islamist militants in Istanbul
• Turan Dursun, (1990), Author and Journalist, by Islamist militants in Ankara
• Uğur Mumcu, (1993), Journalist, Cumhuriyet Newspaper, by Islamist militants in Ankara
• Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, (1999), Politician,Ankara University Professor, Cumhuriyet newspaper columnist, by Islamist militants in Ankara
• Roger Short, (2003), British Consul-General in Istanbul

Vietnam

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

Yemen

• Imam Yahya, (1948), King of Yemen
• Ibrahim al-Hamadi, (1977), president of North Yemen
• Kadhi Abdullah al-Hagri (1977), prime minister of Yemen Arab Republic
• 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

Assassinations in Australia and Oceania

• Haruo Remeliik, (1985), president of the Pacific island of Palau
• Jean-Marie Tjibaou, (1989), New Caledonia opposition leader of FLNKS
• John Paul Newman, (1994), New South Wales state minister and member for Cabramatta
• Ivens Buffett, (2004), Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island

Assassinations in Europe

Austria

• Elisabeth of Bavaria, (1898), wife of Emperor Franz Josef
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, (1914), death triggered WW I
• Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Prime Minister of Austria
• Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour representative at Semperit
• Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934), chancellor of Austria

Belgium

• Maximiliano Gómez, (1971), Dominican communist leader
• Gerald Bull, (1990), Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon, assassinated by Israeli agents in Brussels, Belgium
• André Cools, (1991), Belgian politician

Bulgaria

• Stefan Stambolov, (1895), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Alexander Stamboliiski, (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Lambo Kyuchukov, (1995), ex-Minister of education
• Vassil Iliev, (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2"
• Andrey Lukanov, (1996), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
• Ivo Karamanski, (1998), insurance tycoon
• Lubomir Georgiev Penev, (1999), majoritary owner of Nova Televizia TV
• Velichko Todorov, (2000), leader of the People's Party in Pleven
• Georgi Valkov Georgiev, (2001), european champion, karate
• Nikolai Kolev, (2002), Supreme Court of cassation prosecutor
• Todor Matov, (2003), international wrestling referee
• Ilia Pavlov, (2003), president of Multigroup corporation, wealthiest man in Bulgaria
• Stoil Slavov, (2004), "Interpetroleum and Partners" associate
• Martin Elandjiev, (2004), national kick-box champion
• Shinka Manova, (2005), director of Customs Control
• Emil Kiulev, (2005), banker, voted Mr. Economics in Bulgaria for 2002
• Georgi Stoyanov Vassilev, (2005), Sofia city counsellor

Cyprus

• Youssef El-Sebai, (1979), Egyptian writer, in Cyprus
• Youcef Essalhi, (2001), 19 years old French fundamentalist shot dead in Cyprus by unknown gunman

Czech Republic

• 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

Finland

• Bishop Henry, (1156) English bishop in Finland (according to a legend)
• Eliel Soisalon-Soininen, (1904), attorney General
• Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, (1904), Governor-General of Finland
• Heikki Ritavuori, (1922), Minister of the Interior of 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, (1944), head of FUDOFSI, by Gestapo in Lyon
• Camille Blanc, (1961), mayor of Evian
• Outel Bono, (1973), Chadian medical doctor and anti-Tombalbaye activist
• 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
• Philipp von Hohenstaufen, (1208), Emperor, in Bamberg
• Engelbert I. von Köln, (1225)), Archbishop of Cologne
• Konrad von Marburg, (1233), inquisitor
• Johann Windlock, (1356), Bishop of Constance
• 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
• George I of Greece, (1913), king
• George Tsantes, (1983), U.S. military attaché in Athens
• Costis Peratikos, (1997), Greek shipowner
• Stephen Saunders, (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens

Hungary

• István Tisza, (1918), former premier of 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 "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
• Martin Bovelino (Martino Bovollino), (1531), envoy of the Grisons
• 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
• Pino Puglisi, (1993), priest, by the Mafia
• Massimo D'Antona, (1999), advisor of the Italian Minister of Labour
• Carlo Giuliani, (2001), boy, by police
• Marco Biagi, (2002), Italian Labor Ministry advisor

Malta

• Fathi Shakaki, (1995), leader of Islamic Jihad

The Netherlands

• Count Floris V, (1296) murdered by fellow noblemen
• 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) by an angry crowd
• Pim Fortuyn, (2002), publicist and politician, leader of his political party
• Theo van Gogh, (2004), film director, writer and critic

Poland

• Gabriel Narutowicz, (1922), President of Poland
• Jerzy Popiełuszko, (1984), Polish priest
• Marek Papała, (1998), policeman

Portugal

• Charles of Portugal, (1908), king

Romania

• Burebista, (44 BC), King of the Dacians
• 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
• Constantin Tănase, (1945), actor

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
• 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
• 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

• Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, (1436), statesman
• 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), Swedish foreign affairs minister

Switzerland

• Berthold von Helfenstein, (1233), Bishop of Chur
• 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
• Guichard Tavelli, (1375), Bishop of Sion
• Pompejus von Planta-Wildenberg, (1621)
• Jörg Jenatsch, (1639), in Chur
• Rudolf von Planta, (1640), judge in lower Engadin, at the Umbrail pass
• Rudolf von Planta-Wildenberg, (1641), at Rietberg
• Josef Leu, (1845), Catholic politician from Lucerne
• 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
• Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany, (1567), 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, retired Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Conservative politician
• Paddy Wilson, (1972), of the SDLP, probably by the Ulster Volunteer Force
• Ross McWhirter, (1975), co-author of the Guinness Book of Records and 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
• Aleksandar Obrenović, (1903), was king of Serbia. Assassinated in Belgrade.
• Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, (1914), killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, see: Assassination in Sarajevo
• Milorad Drašković, (1921), Yugoslav interior minister killed by Communist Alija Alijagić
• Đuro Basariček, Pavle Radić and Stjepan Radić, (1928), Croatian MPs killed in the Parliament of Kingdom of SHS by Puniša Račić
• 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
• Ivan Stambolić, (2000), Serb politician
• Zoran Đinđić, (2003), Prime Minister of Serbia killed by organized crime groups

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
• 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
• Karen Demirchian, (1999), speaker of Armenian parliament
• Leonard Petrossian, (1999), Karabakh politician
• 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
• Aslan Maskhadov, (2005), President of Chechnya
• Elmar Huseynov, (2005), Azerbaijani journalist
• Zhirgalbek Surabaldiyev, (2005), Kyrgyz MP and businessman
• Magomed Omarov, (2005), deputy Interior Minister of Dagestan
• Bayaman Erkinbayev, (2005), Kyrgyz MP

Deaths under suspicious circumstances

• Zamanbek Nurkadilov, (2005), Kazakh politician
• John Garang, (2005), Sudanese politician and former rebel leader (suspicious helicopter crash).
• Ehtiram Jalilov, (2005), Azerbaijani politician
• Nicola Calipari, (2005), Italian intelligence agent (circumstances of the death are well-established; the motives are unclear)
• 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
• Yassir Arafat, (2004) conspiracy theorists believe that he was poisoned
• 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
• Kurt Cobain, (1994), lead singer and guitarist for the band Nirvana; apparent suicide (self-inflicted gunshot wound) in his home in Seattle, but various theories conclude he was a victim of murder, possibly arranged by his estranged wife Courtney Love
• 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
• Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) Tsar Alexander I, the man of mystery, became increasingly more involved in mysticism and increasingly more suspicious of those around him. On the way to the conference in Aachen in Germany, an attempt had been made to kidnap him. In 1825, the "Tsar of All the Russians" died in the city of Taganrog. After an official announcement of the Tsar's death, a British ambassador at the Russian court said he had seen Alexander boarding a ship. It was later rumored that a monk in Siberia, Feodor Kuzmich, was really the former ruler. Whatever the truth, when the Soviet Government opened Alexander's grave many, many years later, it was empty.
• 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
• Bernt Carlsson, (1988), Swedish diplomat (see Alternative theories into the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103)
• Samora Machel, (1986), President of Mozambique, killed in air crash on the border of South Africa; Machel was a leading anti-Apartheid spokesman.
• 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
• Edward Mutesa, (1969), possibly from poisoning
• Dag Hammarskjöld, (1961), United Nations Secretary General, killed in plane crash in Zaire, sabotage suspected
• 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, (1939), King of Iraq
• Ottavio Bottecchia, (1927), Italian Cyclist
• S. L. MacGregor-Mathers, (1918), well-known magician and occultist, died of an unknown cause; it is known that he had many enemies
• Émile Zola, (1902), French author. The gaz stayed on in his kitchen leading to his death. He might have forgotten it but the Dreyfus Affair was at it's peak at the time and Zola had many ennemies
• Emperor Komei of Japan, (1840), Emperor of Japan
• Napoléon Bonaparte, (1821, French general and emperor, died in exile on the island of Saint Helena possibly slowly poisoned by his 'sommelier' who would have been working for Louis XVIII.
• King Charles XII of Sweden, (1718), killed in action possibly by Swedes
• 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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