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This is a list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons. This list does not include executed persons.[1]
Assassinations in Africa
Algeria
- Hiempsal (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia
- François Darlan (December 24, 1942), senior figure of Vichy France
- Mohamed Khemisti (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister [2]
- Mustafa Bouyali (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist
- Mohamed Boudiaf (June 29, 1992), Head of State of Algeria, shot at Annaba [3]
- Kasdi Merbah (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria
- Abdelkader Alloula (March 10, 1994), playwright
- Cheb Hasni (September 29, 1994), singer
- Lounès Matoub (June 25, 1998), 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 [4]
- 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 [1]
- 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, (1975), President of Chad
Comoros
- Ali Soilih, (1978), former President of Comoros
- Ahmed Abdallah, (1989), President of Comoros
- Combo Ayouba, (2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state
Congo (Brazzaville)
- Marien Ngouabi, (1977 March 18), President of the Congo, shot at Brazzaville [1]
Congo (Kinshasa)
- Patrice Lumumba, (1961 January 17), former Prime Minister of the Congo [2]
- Maurice Mpolo, (1961 January 17), former Youth Minister, and Lumumba associate [1]
- Joseph Okito, (1961 January 17), Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate [2]
- Laurent Kabila, (2001 January 16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by bodyguard [1]
Egypt
- Pompey the Great, (48 BC), Roman 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 [5]
- Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi, (1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt [6]
- Hassan al-Banna, (1949), founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Anwar Sadat, (1981 October 6), President of Egypt, shot while reviewing military parade [1]
- 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 [7]
- Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, (1975), Kenyan politician
- Robert Ouko, (1990), foreign minister of Kenya
- 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 [1]
- 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 [1]
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 [1]
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 [1]
- Dele Giwa, (1986), journalist
- Bola Ige, (2001), justice minister of Nigeria
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 [1]
Somalia
- Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, (1969), president of Somalia
- Ali Said, (2009), Mogadishu police chief
- Omar Hashi Aden, (2009), security 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 [1]
- 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 Defense 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) [1]
- Guy Eid, (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see 1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations)
- John Granville, (2008), diplomat for the United States Agency for International Development
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 [2]
- 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 [1]
- 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
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
- Pedro Aramburu, (1970), former president of Argentina executed by the Montoneros
- Carlos Prats, (1974), Chilean general
- Zelmar Michelini, (1976), Uruguayan senator
- Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, (1976), speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives
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
- Che Guevara, (1967), Argentine revolutionary leader
- René Barrientos Ortuño, (1969), former President of Bolivia
- Juan José Torres, (1976), former 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), Journalist
- Zuzu Angel, (1976), Brazilian activist
- Chico Mendes, (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
- Paulo César Farias, (1996), Collor de Mello's campaign treasurer
- Antonio da Costa Santos, (2001), Mayor of Campinas
- 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
- 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
- Tara Singh Hayer, (1998), journalist killed by Sikh separatists
Chile
- René Schneider, (1970), Chilean general
- Edmundo Pérez Zujovic, (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of interior affairs
- Victor Jara, (1973), singer
- Jaime Guzmán, (1991), Chilean Senator
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
- Jaime Pardo Leal, (1987), Presidential candidate, leader of the Patriotic Union party
- Guillermo Cano Isaza, (1986), Director of El Espectador newspaper
- Luis Carlos Galán, (1989), Presidential candidate, leader of the Colombian Liberal Party
- Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, (1990 March 22), Presidential candidate, leader of the Patriotic Union party [1]
- Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, (1990), Presidential candidate, leader of the M-19 party
- Diana Turbay (1991), journalist and daughter of former Colombian president Julio César Turbay Ayala
- 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
- 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
- Luis Edgar Devia Silva (a.k.a. Raúl Reyes), (2008), FARC spokesman [8]
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, during the protracted events of a coup.
Guatemala
- José María Reina Barrios, (1898), President of Guatemala
- Carlos Castillo Armas, (1957), president of Guatemala, killed by bodyguard [2]
- 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, (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones
- 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[2] 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[2]
- Doroteo Arango a.k.a. Pancho Villa, (1923 July 20), revolutionary[9]
- Felipe Carrillo Puerto, (1924), Governor of Yucatán
- Álvaro Obregón, (1928 July 17), President-elect[9]
- Julio Antonio Mella, (1929), Cuban revolutionary
- Leon Trotsky, (1940 August 20), Russian communist leader[9]
- 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[1]
- 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 [1]
- Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in Paraguay [1]
- Enrique Bermúdez, (1991)
Panama
- José Antonio Remón Cantera, (1955 January 2), President of Panama, killed at racetrack by machine gun [2]
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 [1]
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, independence movement supporter
- Carlos Soto Arriví, independence movement supporter
Suriname
- Bram Behr, (1982), Surinamese journalist, in the Decembermoorden
United States
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- James Strang, (1856), Michigan State Representative and leader of the Strangite Mormon Church.
- Abraham Lincoln, (1865 April 14), 16th President of the United States of America
- David Hennessy, (1890), Police Chief of New Orleans
- Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
- Walter Liggett, (1935), Minnesota newspaper editor
- Carlo Tresca, (1943), anarchist organizer
- Curtis Chillingworth, (1955), a Florida judge
- Medgar Evers, (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist[1]
- John F. Kennedy, (1963 November 22), 35th President of the United States of America
- Malcolm X, (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech
- George Lincoln Rockwell, (1967), founder of the American Nazi Party
- Martin Luther King, Jr., (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist[1]
- Robert F. Kennedy, (1968 June 6), front-running candidate for U.S. President, U.S. Senator, Attorney General and brother to John F. Kennedy
- Fred Hampton, (1969), Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party
- Dan Mitrione, (1970), FBI agent and torture expert, killed by the guerrilla movement Tupamaros
- Marcus Foster, (1973), School District Superintendent in Oakland CA, killed by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Don Bolles, (1976), Investigative reporter for Arizona Republic, killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties
- Orlando Letelier, (1976), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende
- Harvey Milk, (1978 November 27), American politician, first openly gay man elected, shot and killed by Dan White.
- John Lennon, (1980 December 8), British musician, founder of The Beatles, shot and killed by Mark David Chapman.
- Alan Berg, (1984), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis
- Henry Liu, (1984), 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
- Ioan P. Culianu, (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, professor at the University of Chicago, assassinated there in Swift Hall, apparently for his political writings
- Dimebag Darrell, (2004), Pantera guitarist, murdered during a performance.
- Chauncey Bailey, (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist
- George Tiller, (2009), Controversial late-term abortion doctor
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
Venezuela
- Col. Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, (1950 November 13), President of Venezuela [2]
- Danilo Anderson, (2004), State prosecutor
Assassinations in Asia
Afghanistan
- Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan
- Mohammed Nadir Shah, (1933 November 8), king of Afghanistan [10]
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup
- Adolph Dubs, (1979 February 14), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan [1]
- 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 [1]
- Abdul Rahman, (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism [1]
- 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
Armenia
- Karen Demirchyan, (1999), Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia
- Vazgen Sargsyan, (1999), Prime Minister of Armenia[1]
- Leonard Petrosyan, (1999), Karabakh politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia
Azerbaijan
- 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 [1]
- 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
Cambodia
China
- 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
- 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
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
- Brhadrata, (185 BC), last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty
- Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, (1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar
- Mohandas Gandhi, (1948 January 30), Independence leader
- Indira Gandhi, (1984 October 31), Indian prime minister, killed by bodyguards
- General Arun Shridhar Vaidya, (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986.
- Rajiv Gandhi, (1991 May 21), Indian prime minister, killed by suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur near Madras
- 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 general 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
- 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 [9]
- 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
Iraq
- Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
- Faisal II, (1958 July 14), King of Iraq[9]
- Nuri Pasha as-Said, (1958 July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq[2]
- Abdul Razak al-Naif, (1978 July 9), former Prime Minister of Iraq, killed in London[9]
- 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
- 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), ayatollah
- Aquila al-Hashimi, (2003), Iraqi Governing Council member
- Waldemar Milewicz, (2004), Polish journalist
- Hatem Kamil, (2004), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
- Ezzedine Salim, (2004), chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council
- Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, (2005), Iraqi MP
- Ihab al-Sherif, (2005), Egyptian envoy to Iraq
- Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (2006) leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
- Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, (2007), Sunni tribal leader
- Mohamed Moumou, (2008), Number 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq and senior leader in Northern Iraq
- Riad Abdel Majid, (2009), Brigadier General in the Iraqi Army[11]
Israel
This section's factual accuracy is disputed. (June 2010) |
- 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 [2]
- Rudolf Kasztner, (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.
- Meir David Kahane, (1990), Member of the Knesset, Founder of the JDL and the Kach Party, Zionist
- Yitzhak Rabin, (1995), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient [1]
- 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 [10]
- Hara Takashi, (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
- Yasuda Zenjiro, (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 [1]
- Hazza al-Majali, (1960 August 29), Prime Minister of Jordan, killed with 10 others by time bomb in office [2]
- Wasfi al-Tal, (1971 November 28), Prime Minister of Jordan shot during visit to Cairo [1]
- 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 Yeong-Su, (1974 August 15), Wife of President Park Chung Hee and First Lady of South Korea[9]
- Park Chung-Hee, (1979 October 25), President of South Korea[1]
Kuwait
- Hardan al-Tikriti (1971) Former Iraqi defense minister and vice president
Laos
- Quinim Folsena, foreign minister of Laos (1963 April 1) [2]
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)[6]
- Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
- Tony Frangieh, (1978), Lebanese Christian leader
- Bachir Gemayel, (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb [1]
- Rashid Karami, (1987 June 1), Prime Minister of Lebanon, killed by bomb aboard helicopter [1]
- 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
- Francois El 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
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 [1]
Pakistan
- Liaquat Ali Khan, (1951 October 16), Prime Minister of Pakistan [1]
- Hayat Sherpao, (1975), Former Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
- Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, (1988), 10-year President of Pakistan and 12-year Chief of Army Staff in a mysterious aircraft accident.
- 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
- 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), former Prime Minister of Pakistan, by unknown assassins
- Baitullah Mehsud, (2009) Leader of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Palestinian territories
- 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
- 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
Philippines
- Ferdinand Magellan, (1521) thwarted globe circumnavigator
- 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 [1]
- 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 [9]
Sri Lanka
- Solomon Bandaranaike, (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, who later converts to Christianity[1]
- 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
- Ranjan Wijeratne, (1991), Foreign minister & Minister of State for Defence, MP, by LTTE
- Lalith Athulathmudali, (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, by LTTE
- Ranasinghe Premadasa, (1993), President of Sri Lanka, by LTTE
- 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 advicer to president Bashar al-Assad
- Imad Mughniyah, (2008), senior member of Hezbollah
Turkey
- Mahmud Şevket Pasha (1913), prime minister
- Mustafa Suphi (1921), communist leader
- Abdi İpekçi (1979), liberal journalist
- Metin Yüksel (1979), Islamic political activist
- Cavit Orhan Tütengil (1979), Kemalist academician and writer
- Kemal Türkler, (1980), Labor union leader, by Grey Wolves in Istanbul
- Ümit Kaftancıoğlu (1980), Kemalist writer and TV producer
- Nihat Erim (1980), former prime minister
- Muammer Aksoy (1990), Kemalist professor of law and columnist
- Turan Dursun (1990), Atheist writer
- Bahriye Üçok (1990), Kemalist theology academician and women's rights activist
- Musa Anter (1992), Kurdish activist
- Uğur Mumcu (1993), Kemalist left wing journalist
- Onat Kutlar (1995), writer, poet, columnist and art critic
- 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), Kemalist politician, former Minister of Culture, academician and columnist
- Üzeyir Garih (2001), Turkish Jewish businessman and industrialist
- Necip Hablemitoğlu (2002), Kemalist historian at Ankara University
- Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin (2006), Judge at Council of State (see Ergenekon network)
- Hrant Dink (2007), Armenian journalist
United Arab Emirates
- Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (2010), a member of Hamas
Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, (1963 November 2), politician [1]
- Ngo Dinh Diem, (1963 November 2), first president of South Vietnam [1]
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
Assassinations in Australia and Oceania
Australia
- Colin Winchester, (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
- John Newman, (1994), New South Wales state Member for Cabramatta
- Ivens Buffett, (2004), Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
New Caledonia
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou, (1989), Kanak independence leader
Samoa
- Luagalau Levaula Kamu, (1999), cabinet minister
Palau
- Haruo Remeliik, (1985), president
Assassinations in Europe
Albania
- Avni Rustemi (1924), nationalist member of parliament
Austria
- Elisabeth of Bavaria, known as Sissi, (1898), Duchess in Bavaria and Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia
- 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[12]
- Count Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Minister-President of Austria
- Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934), Chancellor of Austria[12]
- 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
- Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie, (1914), killed by Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo, see: Assassination in Sarajevo
- Irfan Ljubijankić, (1995), foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
- Stefan Stambolov, (1895), 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 [1]
- 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)
- Eliel Soisalon-Soininen, (1904), attorney General
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, (1904), Governor-General of Finland
- Alfred Kordelin, (1917),entrepreneur
- Toivo Kuula, (1918), composer
- Heikki Ritavuori, (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland
- Kari S. Tikka, (2006), Professor of taxtion
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 in Lyon[12]
- Jean Jaurès, (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist [13]
- Gaston Calmette, (1914 March 16), editor of Le Figaro newspaper,[13] by Henriette Caillaux, wife of minister of Finance Joseph Caillaux
- Paul Doumer, (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris[12]
- 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
- 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 [13]
- 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), 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 [1]
- Gregoris 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 [13]
Iceland
- Snorri Sturluson, (1241 September 23), Historian and Politician, by Gissur
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[9]
- Kevin O'Higgins (1927), Irish politician, Minister of Home Affairs/Minister of Justice of the Irish Free State[13]
- 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[1]
- 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
- Giuliano de' Medici, (1478), co-ruler of Florence
- Pellegrino Rossi, (1848), Papal States Minister of Justice
- Umberto I of Italy, (1900 July 29), King of Italy[9]
- Said Halim Pasha, (1921), former Ottoman Prime Minister
- Giacomo Matteotti, (1924 June 10), Italian socialist politician [13]
- Luigj Gurakuqi, (1925), Albanian independence leader, in Bari
- Benito Mussolini, (1945 April 28), fascist, former Prime Minister of Italy [10]
- 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 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
- 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[13]
- Celal Pasha, (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul, due to his role in the Armenian Genocide.
Poland
- Stanisław Szczepanowski (1079), Bishop of Kraków (now a saint)
- Gabriel Narutowicz (December 16, 1922), President of Poland [13]
- 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 [13] and
- Luiz Filipe of Portugal, (1908 February 1), Crown Prince [13]
- Sidónio Pais, (1918), President
- Humberto Delgado, (1965), General, Presidential Candidate
- 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 [10]
- 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
- Aleksandar Karađorđević, (1934) King of Yugoslavia
- Zoran Đinđić, (2003) Prime Minister of Serbia
Spain
- 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
- José Castillo, (1936, Socialist 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[6]
- 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[1]
- 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
- 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.
- Hrant Dink, (2007), Turkish Armenian Journalist, publisher of Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, in Istanbul, currently unresolved, but has been continuously threatened by Turkish ultra-nationalists
United Kingdom including Scotland 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, (979), King of England
- Thomas Becket, (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury
- [[Sir Robert Hales - Lord High Treasurer - (1381) - Executed at Tower Hill by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
- [[Simon of Sudbury - Lord Chancellor, Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London - (1381) - Executed 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) - Executed in Bury St Edmunds by rebels during the Peasants' Revolt
- Henry Stuart, 1st Duke of Albany (best known as Lord Darnley), (1567), consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
- James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, (1570), Regent of Scotland
- George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1628)
- 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 [13]
- 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
- Bernt Carlsson, (1988), UN Commissioner for Namibia, murdered at Lockerbie
- 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
Yugoslavia
- Gallienus, (268), Roman emperor, near Naissus
- Probus, (282), Roman emperor. Assassinated at Sirmium
- Carinus, (284), 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
- 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
- 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[12]
- Nikolay Alekseyev, (1893), Mayor of Moscow
- Dmitry Sipyagin, (1902 April 8), Russian Interior Minister [13]
- 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[13]
- Grigori Rasputin, (1916 December 30), controversial friar and mystic[9]
- Tsar Nicholas II and his family: Tsarina Alexandra, Tsarevich Alexei, and the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia (1918 July 16)[9]
- 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 [13]
- Solomon Mikhoels, (1948), Chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee[14]
- 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[15]
- Yuri Shchekochikhin, (2003), Russian journalist, in Moscow[16]
- 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
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