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This is a '''list of notable [[assassination]]s''' and where they were assassinated. This list does not include [[executed]] persons.<ref name="wa156">''World Almanac 2004'', p156</ref> It is arranged by location/region, and chronologically.

*[[Hiempsal I|Hiempsal]] (117 BC), co-ruler of [[Numidia]]

*[[Charles de Foucauld]] (December 1, 1916), French Catholic religious and priest

*[[François Darlan]] (December 24, 1942), senior figure of [[Vichy France]]

*[[Mohamed Khemisti]] (April 11, 1963), Algerian foreign minister<ref name="wa257">''World Almanac 1967'', p257</ref>

*[[Mustafa Bouyali]] (February 3, 1987), Islamic fundamentalist

*[[Mohamed Boudiaf]] (June 29, 1992), Head of State of Algeria, shot at [[Annaba]]<ref>"Historic Assassinations Since 1865," ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004'', p156 (''World Almanac 2004'')</ref>

*[[Kasdi Merbah]] (August 22, 1993), former Prime Minister of Algeria

*[[Abdelkader Alloula]] (March 10, 1994), playwright

*[[Cheb Hasni]] (September 29, 1994), singer

*[[Assassination of the monks of Tibhirine|Seven monks of the Trappistes of Tibérine]] (March 27, 1996)

*[[Pierre Claverie]]  (August 1, 1996), Catholic bishop of Oran

*[[Tahar Djaout]] Poet (June 2, 1993)

*[[:fr: Said Mekbel|Said Mekbel]] Journalist, assassinated with a car bomb in [[Aïn Bénian, Algiers]] (December 3, 1994)

*[[Lounès Matoub]] (June 25, 1998), [[berberism|berberist]] singer

*[[Abdelkader Hachani]] (November 22, 1999), [[Islamic fundamentalism|Islamic fundamentalist]]

*[[Ali Tounsi]] (February 25, 2010), chief of the national police

*[[Jeremias Chitunda]] (November 2, 1992), Vice President of [[UNITA]]

*[[Elias Salupeto Pena]] (November 2, 1992), [[UNITA]] senior advisor

*[[Thomas Sankara]] (October 15, 1987), Head of State of Burkina Faso

*[[Norbert Zongo]] (December 13, 1998), journalist

*[[Louis Rwagasore]] (October 13, 1961), Prime Minister of Burundi

*[[Pierre Ngendandumwe]] (January 15, 1965), Prime Minister of Burundi<ref>"Chief Political Assassinations Since 1865," ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1967'', p257 (''World Almanac 1967'')</ref>

*[[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<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Kassi Manlan]] (November 20, 2001), [[World Health Organisation]] representative

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

*[[François Tombalbaye]] (April 13, 1975), [[List of heads of state of Chad|President of Chad]]

*[[Ali Soilih]] (May 29, 1978), former [[List of heads of state of the Comoros|President of Comoros]]

*[[Ahmed Abdallah]] (November 26, 1989), President of Comoros

*[[Combo Ayouba]] (June 13, 2010), army chief of staff and former interim head of state

*[[Marien Ngouabi]] (March 18, 1977), [[List of heads of state of the Republic of the Congo|President of the Congo]], shot in [[Brazzaville]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Patrice Lumumba]] (1961 January 17), former Prime Minister of the Congo<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Maurice Mpolo]] (1961 January 17), former Youth Minister, and Lumumba associate<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Joseph Okito]] (1961 January 17), Senate Vice-President and Lumumba associate<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Laurent Kabila]] (2001 January 16), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shot by bodyguard<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Pompey the Great]] (48 BC), Roman general and politician killed in Egypt

*[[Al-Afdal Shahanshah]] (1121), [[vizier]] of [[Fatimid]] Egypt

*[[Al-Amir]] (1130), Fatimid [[Caliph]]

*[[Qutuz]] (1260), [[Mamluk]] sultan of Egypt

*[[Jean Baptiste Kléber]] (1800), French general

*[[Boutros Ghali]] (1910), [[Prime Minister of Egypt]]

*Sir [[Lee Stack]] (1924), [[Governor-General]] of the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]

*[[Walter Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne|Walter Edward Guinness]], Lord Moyne (1944), the [[United Kingdom|UK]]'s Minister Resident in the Middle East

*[[Ahmed Maher Pasha]] (1945 February 24), Prime Minister of Egypt<ref>"Assassinations and Political Murders," ''20th Century Timeline'' (Griesewood & Dempsey, Ltd., 1985) (Crescent Books, 1985) [''20th Century Timeline''] , p119</ref>

*[[Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi]] (1948 December 28), Prime Minister of Egypt<ref name="timeline120">''20th Century Timeline'', p120</ref>

*[[Hassan al-Banna]] (1949), founder of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]

*[[Wasfi al-Tal]] (1971 November 28), [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] shot during visit to Cairo<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Anwar Sadat]] (1981 October 6), [[President of Egypt]], [[Assassination of Anwar El Sadat|shot while reviewing military parade]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Rifaat al-Mahgoub]] (1990), speaker of [[Egypt]]ian parliament

*[[Farag Foda]] (1992), [[Egypt]]ian politician and intellectual

*[[Deyda Hydara]] (2004), journalist

*[[Amílcar Cabral]] (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]]

*[[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

*[[Pio Gama Pinto]] (1965), socialist politician

*[[Tom Mboya]] (1969 July 5), [[Kenya]]n Minister of Economic Planning and politician<ref>"Historic Assassinations Since 1865," ''The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1982'' (''World Almanac 1982''), p750</ref>

*[[Josiah Mwangi Kariuki]] (1975), Kenyan politician

*[[Robert Ouko (politician)|Robert Ouko]] (1990), foreign minister of [[Kenya]]

* [[Seth Sendashonga]] (1998), former interior minister of [[Rwanda]]

*[[Oscar Kamau Kingara]] (2009), human rights activist

*[[John Paul Oulo]] (2009), human rights activist

*[[William R. Tolbert, Jr.]] (1980 April 12), [[president of Liberia]] killed in military coup<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Samuel Doe]] (1990), president of Liberia

*[[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<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Eduardo Mondlane]] (1969), leader of the independence [[FRELIMO]] movement, allegedly killed by the Portuguese branch of [[Gladio]]

*[[Carlos Cardoso]] (2000), Mozambican journalist

* [[Clemens Kapuuo]] (1978), [[Herero people|Herero]] chief and politician

* [[Anton Lubowski]] (1989), leading white [[SWAPO]] activist

*[[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]] (1999 April 9), [[President of Niger]], ambushed by soldiers<ref name="wa156" />

*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), [[List of Presidents of Nigeria|President]] of [[Nigeria]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Dele Giwa]] (1986), journalist

*[[Bola Ige]] (2001), justice minister of Nigeria

* [[Modu Bintube]] (2011), [[Borno State|Borno]] state legislator

*[[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]]<ref name="wa156"/>

* [[Demba Diop]] (1967), government minister and mayor

*[[Abdirashid Ali Shermarke]] (1969), [[president of Somalia]]

* [[Abdallah Derow Isaq]] (2006), former acting President of Somalia

* [[Ali Said]] (2009), [[Mogadishu]] police chief

* [[Omar Hashi Aden]] (2009), security minister

* [[Abdishakur Sheikh Hassan Farah]] (2011), interior minister

*[[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]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[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

*[[Cleo A. Noel Jr|Cleo Noel Jr]] and [[George Curtis Moore]] (1973 March 2), US Chief of Mission/Deputy Chief ot Mission (see [[1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations]])<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Guy Eid]] (1973), Belgian Chargé d'affaires (see [[1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations]])

*[[John Granville]] (2008), diplomat for the [[United States Agency for International Development]]

*[[Jimmy Lemi Milla]] (2011), [[Southern Sudan]] government minister

* [[Gabriel Mkhumane]] (2008), political opposition leader

*[[Abeid Amani Karume]] (1972), first President of [[Zanzibar]], First Vice President of [[Tanzania]]

*[[David Sibeko]] (1979), South African political activist

*[[Sylvanus Olympio]] (1963 January 13), first president of independent [[Togo]], in a coup led by dictator [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Tavio Amorin]] (1992), socialist leader (shot in [[Lomé]], died in [[Paris]])

*[[Khalil Wazir]] ("Abu Jihad") (1988 April 16), military leader of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]], shot by Israeli commandos in [[Tunis]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Salah Khalaf]] ("Abu Iyad") (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia

*[[Benedicto Kiwanuka]] (1972), Chief Justice of [[Uganda]]

*[[Janani Luwum]] (1977), Archbishop of [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]] and [[Boga-Zaire]] from 1974 until 1977

*[[Mohamed Bassiri]] (1970), [[Sahrawi people|Sahrawi]] leader and journalist, ''[[forced disappearance|disappeared]]'' in [[El Aaiún]]

*[[Herbert Chitepo]] (1975), [[Zimbabwe]]an nationalist leader

*[[Attati Mpakati]] (1983), left-wing [[Malawi]]an politician

*[[Daniel Parke]] (1710), British governor of the [[Leeward Islands]]

*[[Justo José de Urquiza]] (1870), former president of Argentina, killed by people from [[Federales (Argentina)|his own party]], who saw him as a traitor.

*[[Ramón Falcón]] (1909), chief of the National Police, assassinated by [[Anarchism in Argentina|anarchists]] as a retaliation for his brutal repression of workers.

*[[Pedro Eugenio Aramburu|Pedro Aramburu]] (1970), former ''de facto'' [[president of Argentina]], executed by the peronist guerrilla [[Montoneros]] in revenge for the abduction of [[Eva Perón|Evita]]'s body and for the execution of those implicated in a [[Juan José Valle|failed uprising]] fifteen years before, during Aramburu's dictatorship.

*[[Carlos Prats]] (1974), Chilean General, former [[Commander-in-chief]] of the [[Chilean Army]]. Killed by the [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|secret service]] of the [[Pinochet dictatorship]], during his exile in Argentina.

*[[Zelmar Michelini]] (1976), Uruguayan senator, founder of the [[Broad Front (Uruguay)|Broad Front]]. Exiled in Argentina as a result of the [[1973 Uruguayan coup d'état|1973 Uruguayan coup]], he was killed after the [[1976 Argentine coup d'état|1976 Argentine coup]], under the ''[[Operation Condor]]'', which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the [[Southern Cone]].

*[[Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz]] (1976), former speaker of the Uruguayan House of Representatives, exiled in Argentina. Killed alongside [[Zelmar Michelini]].

*[[Juan José Torres]] (1976), former military [[President of Bolivia]], exiled in Argentina after his overthrow by [[Hugo Banzer]]. He was killed after the [[1976 Argentine coup d'état]], under the ''[[Operation Condor]]'', which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships in the [[Southern Cone]].

*[[João Goulart]] (1976), former [[President of Brazil]] (1961–1964), and Labor Minister (1953–1954) under [[Getúlio Vargas]]. Overthrown in 1964, he was exiled in Argentina since 1973 (invited by the third Perón government). He officially died of a heart attack in December 1976, nine months after the [[1976 Argentine coup d'état]]. However, recent findings reveal he was actually poisoned by the secret service of the [[Brazilian military dictatorship]] as part of ''[[Operation Condor]]'', which involved the collaboration between military dictatorships of the Southern Cone.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lacabe |first=Marga |url=http://desaparecidos.org/notas/2008/01/certeza-de-que-joao-goulart-fu.html |title=Certeza de que Joao Goulart fue asesinado con la Operación Cóndor |publisher=Desaparecidos.org |date=2008-01-18 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>

*Sir [[Richard Sharples]] (1973), [[governor of Bermuda]]

*[[Pedro Blanco Soto]] (1829), President of Boliva

*[[Manuel Isidoro Belzu]] (1865), [[President of Bolivia|President]] of [[Bolivia]]

*[[Mariano Melgarejo]] (1871), President of Bolivia

*[[Gualberto Villarroel]] (1946), President of Bolivia

*[[Che Guevara]] (1967), Argentine revolutionary leader

*[[René Barrientos Ortuño]] (1969), former President of Bolivia

*[[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

*[[Thomas D'Arcy McGee]] (1868), Father of Canadian Confederation

*[[George Brown (Canadian politician)|George Brown]] (1880), newspaper editor and [[Senate of Canada|Senator]]

*[[W.C. Hopkinson|William C. Hopkinson]] (1914), immigration officer, British intelligence agent, by Ghadarite sympathizer, Mewa Singh

*[[Pierre Laporte]] (1970), [[Quebec]] Minister of Labour, was kidnapped and murdered by the [[Front de libération du Québec|FLQ]]

*[[Atilla Altıkat]] (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in [[Ottawa]]

*[[René Schneider]] (1970), Chilean general, Commander-in-Chief of the [[Chilean Army]] at the moment of his assassination. After several attempts, he was kidnapped and killed by [[Fatherland and Liberty|far-right paramilitary squads]], due to his opposition to any intervention of the armed forces to block the election of left-wing candidate [[Salvador Allende]] in 1970.

*[[Edmundo Pérez Zujovic]] (1971), Chilean ex Secretary of Interior Affairs.

*[[Victor Jara]] (1973), Chilean left-wing singer, killed after the coup of 1973.

*[[Eduardo Frei Montalva]] (1982), former [[President of Chile]] and opponent of the [[Pinochet dictatorship]]. Though he officially died by septicemia after a low-risk surgery, recent research suggests he was poisoned by the [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|secret service of Pinochet]]. However, there isn't an absolute certainty about the real causes of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/reportajes/Veneno/magnicidio/elpepusocdmg/20091227elpdmgrep_7/Tes |title=Veneno para un magnicidio |publisher=Elpais.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>

*[[Tucapel Jiménez]] (1982), Chilean trade-unionist, killed by the military dictatorship of Pinochet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080117163105/http://www.memoriaviva.com/culpables/criminales%20h/herrera_jimenez_carlos1.htm |title=Habla Mayor (R) Carlos Herrera Jimenez, procesado por el Caso Tucapel |publisher=Web.archive.org |date=2008-01-17 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref>

*[[Jaime Guzmán]] (1991), Chilean ''pinochetist'' Senator, killed by [[FPMR|far-left guerrillas]] after the return of democracy.

*[[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 (Colombia)|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 (Colombia)|Patriotic Union]] party<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Carlos Pizarro Leongómez]] (1990), Presidential candidate, leader of the [[19th of April Movement|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 (Colombia)|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]]

*[[Antonio Guiteras]] (1935), Revolutionary Socialist Leader

*[[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)

*[[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<ref>{{cite news |title=Colombian rebel Leader Raul Reyes Killed by Army, Minister Says |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] |date=1 March 2008 |accessdate=26 December 2009 |first=Joshua |last=Goodman |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a5HnABwKGrZc&refer=latin_america}}</ref>

*[[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|Rutilio Grande García, S.J.]] (1977), Roman Catholic priest

*[[Alfonso Navarro|Alfonso Navarro Oviedo]] (1977), Roman Catholic priest

*[[Ernesto Barrera]] (1978), Roman Catholic priest

*[[Octavio Ortiz|Octavio Ortiz Luna]] (1979), Roman Catholic priest

*[[Rafael Palacios (priest)|Rafael Palacios]] (1979), Roman Catholic priest

*[[Napoleón Macías|Alirio Napoleón Macías]] (1979), Roman Catholic priest

*[[Óscar Arnulfo Romero]] (1980), [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador|Archbishop of San Salvador]], by right-wing death squad

*[[Enrique Alvarez|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]] [[nun]]s, by the National Guard of [[El Salvador]]

*[[Albert Schaufelberger]] (1983), senior [[U.S. Navy|U.S. Naval]] representative

*[[Ignacio Ellacuría]] (1989), [[Roman Catholic]] [[Jesuit]] [[priest]], by [[Atlacatl Battalion]] of the [[Military of El Salvador|Salvadoran Army]]

*[[Ignacio Martin-Baro]] (1989), [[Roman Catholic]] [[Jesuit]] [[priest]], by [[Atlacatl Battalion]] of the [[Military of El Salvador|Salvadoran Army]]

*[[Segundo Montes]] (1989), [[Roman Catholic]] [[Jesuit]] [[priest]], by [[Atlacatl Battalion]] of the [[Military of El Salvador|Salvadoran Army]]

*[[María Cristina Gómez]], 1989, [[teacher]] and [[community leader]]

*[[Maurice Bishop]] (1983), Prime Minister of Grenada.

*[[José María Reina Barrios]] (1898), President of Guatemala

*[[Carlos Castillo Armas]] (1957), [[president of Guatemala]], killed by bodyguard<ref name="wa257"/>

*[[Karl von Spreti]] (1970), German ambassador in [[Guatemala]]

*[[Alberto Fuentes Mohr]] (1979), Social Democratic Party leader

*[[Manuel Colom Argueta]] (1979), Mayor of [[Guatemala City]]

*[[Jorge Carpio Nicolle]] (1993), Liberal politician and journalist

*[[Juan José Gerardi]] (1998), [[Roman Catholic]] bishop

*[[Valentín Leal]] (2012), legislator

*[[Leo J. Ryan]] (1978), US Congressman (D) from San Mateo, California; killed while investigating religious cult led by American Jim Jones

* Fr. [[Bernard Darke]], [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]] (1979), [[Roman Catholic]] priest and Scouting pioneer in Guyana

*[[Walter Rodney]] (1980), [[Guyana|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

*[[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]] (1806), [[Emperor]] of [[Haiti]]

*[[Antoine Izméry]] (1993), businessman and [[Struggling People's Organization|Lavalas]] supporter

*[[Guy Malary]] (1993), minister of justice

*[[Jean Dominique]] (2000), journalist

*[[Jacques Roche]] (2005), journalist

*[[Maximiliano Hernández Martínez]] (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944

*[[Mario Fernando Hernández]] (2008), deputy speaker of Congress for the Liberal Party

*[[Moctezuma II|Motecuhzoma II Xocoyotl]] (1520), [[Tlatoani|Mexica Emperor]]

*[[Francisco I. Madero]] (1913 February 23), [[President of Mexico]]<ref name="wa257" /> 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<ref name="wa257" />

*Doroteo Arango a.k.a. [[Pancho Villa]] (1923 July 20), revolutionary<ref name="wa750">''World Almanac 1982'', p750</ref>

*[[Felipe Carrillo Puerto]] (1924), [[Governor of Yucatán]]

*[[Álvaro Obregón]] (1928 July 17), President-elect<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Julio Antonio Mella]] (1929), Cuban revolutionary

*[[Leon Trotsky]] (1940 August 20), Russian [[communist]] leader<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Enrique Camarena Salazar|Enrique Camarena]] (1985), policeman

*[[Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz]] (1986), Journalist and State governor

*[[Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo]] (1993), [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Roman Catholic Cardinal]] of [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]], at the [[Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport|Guadalajara Airport]]

*[[Luis Donaldo Colosio]] (1994 March 23), Presidential candidate<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Francisco Ortiz Franco]] (1994), contributing editor to [[Zeta (magazine)|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, Chihuahua|Guadalupe]]

*[[Rodolfo Torre Cantú]] (2010), politician

*[[Augusto César Sandino]] (1934), [[Nicaragua]]n revolutionary

*[[Anastasio Somoza García]] (1956 September 21), [[President of Nicaragua]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal]] (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition

*[[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]] (1980 September 17), former President, ambushed in Paraguay<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Enrique Bermúdez]] (1991) founder and former top commander of the Nicaraguan Contras.

*[[José Antonio Remón Cantera]] (1955 January 2), [[President of Panama]], killed at racetrack by machine gun<ref name="wa257" />

*[[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<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Francisco Pizarro]] (1541), Spanish [[conquistador]], in [[Peru]]

*[[Jose Balta]] (1872), President of Peru

*[[Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro|Luis M. Sánchez Cerro]] (1933), president of Peru

*[[María Elena Moyano]] (1992), a community organizer in [[Villa El Salvador]]

*[[Arnaldo Darío Rosado]],  independence movement supporter

*[[Carlos Soto Arriví]], independence movement supporter

*[[Luis Vigoreaux]], television show host

*[[Alejandro Gonzalez Malave]], undercover policeman involved in the assassinations of Rosado and Soto Arrivi

*[[Bram Behr]] (1982), Surinamese journalist, in the ''[[Decembermoorden]]''

''For a list of assassinated American politicians see ''[[List of assassinated American politicians]]'''

*[[Elijah P. Lovejoy]] (1837), editor of an abolitionist newspaper, the "[[Alton Observer]]", by a mob of pro-slavery advocates.

*[[Joseph Smith]] (1844), founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]]

*[[David Hennessy]] (1890), Police Chief of New Orleans.

*[[Don Mellett]] (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime.

*[[Walter Liggett]] (1935 December 9), Minnesota newspaper editor.

*[[Carlo Tresca]] (1943), anarchist organizer.

*[[Curtis Chillingworth]] (1955), a Florida judge.

*[[Medgar Evers]] (1963 June 12), U.S. civil rights activist.<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Lee Harvey Oswald]] (1963 November 24), suspected assassin of [[John F. Kennedy]]. Killed by [[Jack Ruby]]

*[[Malcolm X]] (1965 February 21), black Muslim leader, killed in a Manhattan banquet room as he began a speech.

*[[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (1968 April 4), U.S. civil rights activist.<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Robert Kennedy]] (June 6, 1968) US Democratic Senator. Shot and killed by [[Sirhan Sirhan]] after his speech in a ballroom.

*[[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]].

*[[Anna Mae Aquash]] (1975), a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became the highest-ranking woman in the [[American Indian Movement]].

*[[Don Bolles]] (1976 June 13), Investigative reporter for [[Arizona Republic]], killed in car bomb, Max Dunlap and James Robison convicted, alleged Mafia ties.

*[[Orlando Letelier]] (1976 September 21), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende.

*[[Harvey Milk]], San Francisco Ward Supervisor, First openly gay politician to hold an elected position in a major US jurisdiction,  and [[George Moscone]], Mayor of San Francisco (1978 November 27) Assassinated by former colleague [[Dan White]] after ideological dispute.

*[[George Moscone]] (1978 November 27)  

*[[John Lennon]] (1980 December 8), British musician, member of [[The Beatles]], shot and killed by [[Mark David Chapman]].

*[[Alan Berg]] (1984 June 18), radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis.

*[[Henry Liu]] (1984 October 15), Taiwanese-American writer, allegedly killed by Kuomintang agents.

*[[Alex Odeh]] (1985), Arab anti-discrimination group leader, killed when bomb exploded in his [[Santa Ana, California]] office.

*[[Alejandro González Malavé]] (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.

*[[Meir Kahane|Meir David Kahane]] (1990), Member of the Israeli [[Knesset]], Founder of the [[JDL]] and the [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] Party, [[Zionist]]

*[[Ioan P. Culianu]] (1991), Romanian historian of religion, culture, and ideas, professor at the University of Chicago, assassinated there in [[University of Chicago Divinity School|Swift Hall]], apparently for his political writings.

*[[David Gunn (doctor)|David Gunn]] (1993), abortion doctor.

*[[John Britton (doctor)|John Britton]] (1994), abortion doctor.

*[[Barnett Slepian]] (1998), abortion doctor.

*[[Thomas C. Wales]] (2001), federal prosecutor and gun control advocate.

*[[Chauncey Bailey]] (2007), Oakland Tribune journalist.

*[[George Tiller]] (2009), late-term abortion doctor, shot as he ushered at his church.

*[[John M. Roll]] (2011), federal judge in Arizona

*[[Bernardo P. Berro]] (1868), Uruguayan president

*[[Venancio Flores]] (1868), Uruguayan president (on the same day as Berro, though in completely separate incidents)

*[[Juan Idiarte Borda]] (1897), Uruguayan president

*[[Eugenio Berríos]] (1992), Chilean chemist who worked for the [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|DINA]] during the [[Pinochet dictatorship]]. Killed in Uruguay by Chilean secret services for him "knowing too much".

*Col. [[Carlos Delgado Chalbaud]] (1950 November 13), President of [[Venezuela]]<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Danilo Anderson]] (2004), State prosecutor

*[[Habibullah Khan]] (1919), emir of [[Afghanistan]]

*[[Mohammed Nadir Shah]] (1933 November 8), [[king of Afghanistan]]<ref name="timeline119">''20th Century Timeline'', p119</ref>

*[[Mohammed Daoud Khan]] (1978), [[president of Afghanistan]] killed in communist coup

*[[Adolph Dubs]] (1979 February 14), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Nur Mohammad Taraki]] (1979), communist president

*[[Hafizullah Amin]] (1979), communist [[Prime Minister of Afghanistan]] killed during Soviet invasion

*[[Meena Keshwar Kamal]] (1987), [[Afghanistan|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 (Afghan leader)|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 (Afghan leader)|Abdul Qadir]] (2002 July 6), vice-president of Afghanistan<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Abdul Rahman (Afghan minister)|Abdul Rahman]] (2002 February 14), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Dadullah]] (2007), [[Taliban]]'s senior military commander

*[[Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani]] (2007), former [[Prime Minister of Afghanistan]]

*[[Tohir Yo‘ldosh]] (2009), Co-founder of [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]

*[[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] (2011), former [[President of Afghanistan]]

*[[Karen Demirchyan]] (1999), Speaker of the [[National Assembly of Armenia]]

*[[Vazgen Sargsyan]] (1999), [[Prime Minister of Armenia]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Leonard Petrosyan]] (1999), [[Karabakh]] politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia

*[[Elmar Huseynov]] (2005), [[Azerbaijan]]i journalist

*[[Rail Rzayev]] (2009), commander of the [[Azerbaijani Air Force]]

*Sheikh [[Mujibur Rahman]] (1975 August 15), father of the nation and founder [[President of Bangladesh]], killed in coup<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Muhammad Mansur Ali]] (1975), [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]

*[[Tajuddin Ahmad]] (1975), former Prime Minister

*[[Syed Nazrul Islam]] (1975), former President

*[[Khaled Mosharraf]] (1975), [[Bangladesh]]i general and coup organizer

*[[Ziaur Rahman]] (1981), President

*[[Jigme Palden Dorji]] (1964), [[Prime Minister of Bhutan]]<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Ieu Koeus]] (1950), briefly prime minister of [[Cambodia]] in 1949

*[[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), [[Governor-General of Korea|Japanese Resident-General of Korea]], in [[Manchuria]]

*[[Chen Qimei]] (1916), revolutionary activist

*[[Liao Zhongkai]] (1925)

*[[Zhang Zuolin]] (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the [[Japan]]ese [[Guandong Army]]

*[[Fang Zhenwu]] (1941)

*[[Wen Yiduo]] (1946), Chinese poet and scholar

*[[Li Shiming]] (2008), Chinese government official

*[[Fatali Khan Khoyski]] (1920), former Prime Minister of the [[Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan]]

*[[Cemal Pasha]] (1922), former Ottoman Navy Minister

*[[Giorgi Chanturia]] (1994), [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] opposition leader

* [[Brihadratha Maurya]] (185 BC), last ruler of the [[Mauryan]] dynasty

* [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]] (1602), [[vizier]] of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]]

* [[Mohandas K Gandhi]] (1948 January 30), Independence leader and key proponent of non-violence

* [[Indira Gandhi]] (1984 October 31), [[Indian prime minister]]

* General [[Arun Shridhar Vaidya]] (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986.

* [[Rajiv Gandhi]] (1991 May 21), [[Indian prime minister]],

* [[Beant Singh(Chief Minister)]] (1995), chief minister of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]

* [[Phoolan Devi]] (2001 July 25), bandit queen turned politician

* [[Abdul Ghani Lone]] (2002), moderate [[Kashmir]]i Muslim separatist leader

*[[Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby|A. W. S. Mallaby]] (1945), a British brigadier during the [[Battle of Surabaya]]

*Lieutenant General [[Achmad Yani]] (1965), as part of the [[30 September Movement]]

*Major General [[Soeprapto]] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement

*Major General [[M. T. Haryono]] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement

*Major General [[Siswondo Parman]] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement

*Brigadier General [[Donald Izacus Panjaitan]] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement

*Brigadier General [[Sutoyo Siswomiharjo]] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement

*First Lieutenant [[Pierre Tandean]] (1965), as part of the 30 September Movement

*[[Dipa Nusantara Aidit]] (1965), leader of the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]]

*[[Munir Said Thalib]] (2004), a human rights and anti-corruption activist

*[[Xerxes I]] (465 BC), [[Persian Empire|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 of Persia|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 people|Kurdish]] Iranian political leader, in [[Mahabad]]

*[[Ali Razmara]] (1951), [[Prime Minister of Iran]]

*[[Hassan Ali Mansur]] (1965 January 21), Prime Minister of Iran<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Mohammad Beheshti]] (1981), killed along with 71 others in bombing

*[[Mohammad Ali Rajai]] (1981), [[president of Iran]]

*[[Mohammad Javad Bahonar]] (1981), [[Prime Minister of Iran]], killed in bombing with Rajai

*[[Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan]] (2012)A department supervisor killed by a bomber from a motorcycle

*[[Gordian III]] (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops

*[[Faisal II of Iraq|Faisal II]] (1958 July 14), King of [[Iraq]]<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Nuri Pasha as-Said]] (1958 July 14), Prime Minister of Iraq<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Abdul Razak al-Naif]] (1978 July 9), former [[Prime Minister of Iraq]], killed in London<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr]] (1980), former [[Grand Ayatollah]]

*[[Bint al-Huda]] (1980), Iraqi educator and political activist she was killed by Saddam Hussein along with her brother, Ayatullah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr

*[[Mahdi al-Hakim]] (1988), prominent figure in the Iraqi opposition, assassinated in the lobby of the Hilton in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, his companion Halim Abd-alWahhab was wounded in the leg.

*[[Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr]] (1999), former [[Grand Ayatollah]], killed in the Iraqi city of Najaf along with two of his sons.

*[[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]] (2003), [[United Nations|UN]] Special Representative in Iraq

*[[Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim]] (2003), ayatollah

*[[Aquila al-Hashimi]] (2003), [[Iraq]]i [[Iraqi Governing Council|Governing Council]] member

*[[Waldemar Milewicz]] (2004), [[Poland|Polish]] journalist

*[[Hatem Kamil]] (2004), deputy governor of [[Baghdad Governorate|Baghdad Province]]

*[[Ezzedine Salim]] (2004), chairman of the [[Iraqi Governing Council]]

*[[Dhari Ali al-Fayadh]] (2005), Iraqi [[Member of Parliament|MP]]

*[[Ihab al-Sherif]] (2005), [[Egypt]]ian 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]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraqi general assassinated |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=23 December 2009 |accessdate=26 December 2009 |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jx22vsEuXSwB5-w_vNW1gFQG2M0g}}</ref>

*[[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 of Israel|Nadab]] (c910), King of Israel, by [[Baasha of Israel|Baasha]], one of his military commanders, who succeeded him

*[[King Elah|Elah]] (c886), King of Israel, by [[Zimri (king)|Zimri]], captain of his chariot corps, during a drinking party (Zimri succeeded him)

*[[Jehoram of Israel|Jehoram]], King of Israel, by [[Jehu]], one of his chariot commanders, who succeeded him

*[[Ahaziah of Judah|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 of Judah|Jehoash]], who succeeded her

*[[Jehoash of Judah|Jehoash]] (c800 BC), King of Judah, by his servants

*[[Amaziah of Judah|Amaziah]] (c768 BC), King of Judah, by unknown conspirators

*[[Zechariah of Israel|Zechariah]] (c752 BC), King of Israel, publicly assassinated by [[Shallum of Israel|Shallum]], who succeeded him

*[[Shallum of Israel|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 of Judah|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 Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Jew]]ish diplomat

*[[Haim Arlosoroff]] (1933), [[Zionism|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 (group)|Lehi]]<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Rudolf Kastner]] (1957), Hungarian Zionist leader, negotiated the [[Kasztner train]] with the Nazis

*Sheikh [[Hamad Abu Rabia]] (1981), Member of the [[Knesset]]

*[[Emil Grunzweig]] (1983), Peace activist, member of [[Peace Now]] movement.

*[[Yitzhak Rabin]] (1995), [[Prime Minister of Israel]] and 1994 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane]] (2000), Son of [[Meir David Kahane]], Leader of [[Kahane Chai]], [[Zionist]]

*[[Rehavam Zeevi]] (2001), [[Israel]]i general and politician

*[[Emperor Ankō]] (456), [[Emperor of Japan]]

*[[Emperor Sushun]] (592), Emperor of Japan

*The [[Soga clan|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), [[Daimyo#Shugo daimyo|shugo daimyo]] of Ashikaga Shogunate

*[[Matsudaira Kiyoyasu]] (1535), [[daimyo]], feudal leader in Japan

*[[Matsudaira Hirotada]] (1549), [[daimyo]], son of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu

*[[ÅŒuchi 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's Revolt|Shakushain]] (1669), [[Ainu people|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 shogun]]s

*[[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<ref name="timeline119" />

*[[Hara Takashi]] (1921), Prime Minister of Japan

*[[Yasuda Zenjirō]] (1921), entrepreneur who founded [[Yasuda zaibatsu]], great-grand father of [[Yoko Ono]]

*[[Hamaguchi Osachi]] (1931), Prime Minister of Japan

*[[Dan Takuma]] (1932), ''[[zaibatsu]]'' leader

*[[Inukai Tsuyoshi]] (1932), Prime Minister of Japan

*[[Yoshinori Shirakawa]] (1932), general of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]

*[[Tetsuzan Nagata]] (1935), general of the Imperial Japanese Army

*[[Saitō Makoto]] (1936), [[admiral]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]]

*[[Takahashi Korekiyo]] (1936), Prime Minister of Japan

*[[Inejiro Asanuma]] (1960), [[Socialist Party of Japan]] chairman

*[[Kazuo Nagano]] (1985), Japanese chairman

*[[Hitoshi Igarashi]] (1991), translated ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' into [[Japanese language|Japanese]]

*[[Hideo Murai]] (1995), one of the leading members of [[Aum Shinrikyo]]

*[[Koki Ishii]] (2002), Japanese politician

*[[Iccho Itoh]] (2007), Mayor of [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]]

*[[Abdullah I of Jordan|Abdullah I]] (1951 July 20), [[King of Jordan]], when entering the [[Al Aqsa Mosque]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Hazza al-Majali]] (1960 August 29), [[Prime Minister of Jordan]], killed with 10 others by time bomb in office<ref name="wa257" />

*[[Laurence Foley]] (2002), [[United States Agency for International Development|USAID]] official, by [[Al-Qaeda]] operatives

*[[King Bunseo of Baekje]] (304), King of Baekje during the [[Three Kingdoms of Korea]]

*[[Empress Myeongseong 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<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Park Chung-Hee]] (1979 October 25), [[President of South Korea]]<ref name="wa156" />

* [[Hardan al-Tikriti]] (1971) Former [[Iraq]]i defense minister and vice president

*[[Raymond II of Tripoli]] (1152), [[County of Tripoli|count of Tripoli]]

*[[Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre|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)<ref name="timeline120" />

*[[Kamal Jumblatt]] (1977), Lebanese Druze leader

*[[Tony Frangieh]] (1978), Lebanese Christian leader

*[[Bachir Gemayel]] (1982), president-elect of Lebanon, killed by bomb<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Rashid Karami]] (1987 June 1), [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]], killed by bomb aboard helicopter<ref name="wa156" />

*[[René Moawad]] (1989), [[List of Presidents of Lebanon|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 Amine Gemayel|Pierre Gemayel]] (2006), Minister of Industry of Lebanon

*[[Walid Eido]] (2007), member of the National Assembly

*[[Antoine Ghanim]] (2007), member of the National Assembly

*[[François al-Hajj]] (2007) Lebanese Military General

*[[Wissam Eid]] (2008) National Security, Information Sector

*[[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

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

*[[Alaungsithu]] (1112–1167) King of [[Pagan Kingdom]] assassinated by his son [[Narathu]]

*[[Tabinshwehti]] (1550) King of [[Taungoo Dynasty]] assassinated by [[Mon people|Mon]] revival

*[[Anaukpetlun]] (1628) King of Nyaungyan Dynasty

*[[Crown Prince Ka Naung]] (Burmese: ကနောင္‌မင္‌းသား; 1829–1866) was a son of [[Tharrawaddy Min|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

*[[Birendra of Nepal|Birendra]] (2001 June 1), King of [[Nepal]] (along with Queen Aiswary and 9 other members of the royal family), killed by crown prince<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Liaquat Ali Khan]] (1951 October 16), first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Hayat Sherpao]] (1975), Former [[Governor of the North-West Frontier Province]] was killed by Afghan extremist.

*[[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] (1988 August 17), 10-year [[President of Pakistan]] and 12-year [[Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army|Chief of Army Staff]] in a mysterious aircraft accident which seemed to be a bomb blast (traced to a crate of mangoes placed into his aircraft).

*[[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]] (1989), militant [[Islamism|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 December 27), former Prime Minister of Pakistan (first and only lady Prime minister of Pakistan), by unknown assassins

*[[Baitullah Mehsud]] (2009) Leader of [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]

*[[Salman Taseer]] (2011 January 4), [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan|Governor]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]

*[[Shahbaz Bhatti]] (2011 March 2), Minorities Minister

*[[Yahya Ayyash]] (1996), [[Hamas]]' explosives expert

*[[Abu Ali Mustafa]] (2001), leader of [[PFLP]]

*[[Salah Shahade]] (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing

*[[Ibrahim al-Makadmeh]] (2003), co-founder of Hamas

*[[Mekled Hameid]] (2003), [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad Movement]] commander

*[[Sheikh Ahmed Yassin]] (2004), leader and founder of Hamas

*[[Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi]] (2004), leader of Hamas

*[[Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil]] (2004), Hamas operative

*[[Adnan al-Ghoul]] (2004), Hamas' explosives expert

*[[Nizar Rayan]] (2009), Senior Hamas leader

*[[Said Seyam]] (2009), Senior Hamas leader

*[[Abu Zakaria al-Jamal]] (2009), Senior Hamas military wing commander

*[[Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamente y Rueda|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 Norte|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]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[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 [[actor|film actress]]

*[[Leandro Alejandro|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 Lagman|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]]

*[[Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev]] (2004), former President of [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria|separatist Chechnya]]

*[[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<ref name="wa750" />

*[[Solomon Bandaranaike]] (1959 September 25), Sri Lankan prime minister, by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama, who later converts to [[Christianity]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Alfred Duraiyapah]] (1975), former Mayor, [[Jaffna]], by [[LTTE]]

*[[Vijaya Kumaratunga]] (1989), movie actor turned SLFP-SLMP politician, by JVP.

*[[Rohana Wijeweera]] (1989), founder of JVP, by Sri Lankan Armed Forces

*[[Appapillai Amrithalingam]]) (1989), founder of separatist party [[TULF]], by LTTE

*[[Ranjan Wijeratne]] (1991), Foreign minister & [[Minister of State]] for [[Defence minister|Defence]], MP, by LTTE

*[[Lalith Athulathmudali]] (1993), former cabinet minister, MP, purportedly by LTTE

*[[Ranasinghe Premadasa]] (1993), [[President of Sri Lanka]], purportedly by LTTE (but possibly revenge for his own orchestrating murder of political rival Lalith Athulathmudali, to whom he feared losing election)

*[[Gamini Dissanayake]] (1994), [[Presidential candidate]], [[United National Party|UNP]], member of [[Parliament]] [[Sri Lanka]], by LTTE

*[[Sarojini Yogeswaran]] (1998), [[Jaffna]] Mayor, by LTTE

*[[Pon Sivapalan|Ponnudurai Sivapalan]] (1998), [[Jaffna]] Mayor, by LTTE

*[[Neelan Thiruchelvam]] (1999), [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) and [[TULF]] leader

*[[Lakshman Algama]] (1999), [[United National Party|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), [[United National Party|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), [[Tamil National Alliance|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

*[[Antiochus II Theos]] (246 BC), [[Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] king

*[[Seleucus III Ceraunus]] (223 BC), Seleucid king

*[[Seleucus IV Philopator]] (176 BC), Seleucid king

*[[Alexander Balas]] (146 BC), Seleucid king

*[[Antiochus VI Dionysus]] (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne

*[[Numerian]] (285), Roman emperor, by his father-in-law, [[Arrius Aper]], in Emesa (modern-day [[Homs]])

*[[Zengi]] (1146), ruler of [[Aleppo]] and [[Mosul]] and founder of the [[Zengid Dynasty]]

*[[Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar]] (1940), Syrian nationalist

*[[Muhammad Suleiman]] (2008), Syrian general and security adviser to president [[Bashar al-Assad]]

*[[Imad Mughniyah]] (2008), senior member of [[Hezbollah]]

*[[Worawongsathirat|King Worawongsathirat]] (?),King of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]]

*[[Ananda Mahidol|King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII)]] (1946), the eighth monarch of [[Thailand]] under the [[House of Chakri]].

*[[Laksamilawan|Princess Laksamilawan]] (1961), the royal consort of King [[Vajiravudh]] (or Rama VI) of [[Siam]]

*[[Vibhavadi Rangsit|Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit]] (1977),a Thai royal well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand.

*[[Mahmud Åževket Pasha]] (1913), prime minister

*[[Mustafa Suphi]] (1921), [[communist]] leader

*[[Abdi İpekçi]] (1979), liberal journalist

*[[Metin Yüksel]] (1979), [[Islamist|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), [[Kurds in Turkey|Kurdish]] activist

*[[UÄŸur Mumcu]] (1993), Kemalist [[leftism|left wing]] journalist

*[[Onat Kutlar]] (1995), writer, poet, columnist and art critic

*[[Özdemir Sabancı]] (1996), prominent industrialist and member of [[Sabancı Holding|Sabancı]] family

*[[Konca Kuris|Konca KuriÅŸ]] (1998), [[Islamist|Islamic]] [[feminist]] author, kidnapped and tortured to death in [[Mersin]]

*[[Ahmet Taner Kışlalı]] (1999), [[Kemalist]] politician, former Minister of Culture, academician and columnist

*[[Ãœzeyir Garih]] (2001), [[Jews in Turkey|Turkish Jewish]] businessman and industrialist

*[[Necip HablemitoÄŸlu]] (2002), [[Kemalist]] historian at [[Ankara University]]

*[[Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin]] (2006), Judge at [[Turkish Council of State|Council of State]] (see ''[[Ergenekon network]]'')

*[[Andrea Santoro]] (2006)

*[[Hrant Dink]] (2007), [[Armenians|Armenian]] journalist

*[[Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh|Mahmoud al-Mabhouh]] (2010), a member of [[Hamas]]

*[[Ngo Dinh Nhu]] (1963 November 2), politician<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Ngo Dinh Diem]] (1963 November 2), first president of [[South Vietnam]]<ref name="wa156" />

*[[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]]

*[[William Paisley]] February 12, 1894, Mayor of Burwood, NSW, Australia

*[[Sarik Ariyak]] December 17, 1980 Turkish Consul General,

*[[Colin Winchester]] (1989), Assistant Commissioner of the [[Australian Federal Police]]

*[[John Newman (Australian politician)|John Newman]] (1994), [[New South Wales]] state Member for [[Cabramatta, New South Wales|Cabramatta]]

*[[Jean-Marie Tjibaou]] (1989), Kanak independence leader

*[[Luagalau Levaula Kamu]] (1999), cabinet minister

*[[Haruo Remeliik]] (1985), president

*[[Avni Rustemi]] (1924), nationalist member of parliament

*[[Count Karl von Stürgkh]] (1916), [[List of Ministers-President of Austria|Minister-President of Austria]]

*[[Engelbert Dollfuss]] (1934), [[Chancellor of Austria]]<ref name="wa155" />

*[[Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou]] (1989), dissident [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] Iranian political leader, in [[Vienna]]

*[[Julien Lahaut]] (1950), chairman of the [[Communist Party of Belgium]]

*[[Maximiliano Gómez]] (1971), [[Dominican Republic|Dominican]] communist leader

*[[Gerald Bull]] (1990), [[Canada|Canadian]] developer of the Martlet [[cannon]], in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]

*[[André Cools]] (1991), Belgian politician

*[[Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria|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]]<ref name="wa155">''World Almanac 2004'', p155</ref>

*[[Irfan Ljubijankić]] (1995), foreign minister of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]

*[[Jozo Leutar]] (1997), minister of Internal Affair of [[Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]

*[[Stefan Stambolov]] (1895), former [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria|Prime Minister]] of [[Bulgaria]]

*[[Dimitar Petkov]] (1907), Prime Minister of Bulgaria

*[[Aleksandar Stamboliyski]] (1923), Prime Minister of Bulgaria

*[[Vasil Iliev]] (1995), insurance boss, owner of "VIS-2", former wrestler

*[[Andrey Lukanov]] (1996 October 2), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria<ref name="wa156" />

*[[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 Todorov|Ivan "Doktora" Todorov]] (2006), businessman alleged of smuggling

*[[Borislav Georgiev]] (2008), CEO of "Atomenergoremont" Nucler plant repair company

*[[Julius Nepos]] (480), Roman emperor. Assassinated near Salona (modern [[Solin, Croatia|Solin]]).

*[[Saint Ludmila]] (921), Wife of Duke [[Bořivoj]], Grandmother of Duke [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Václav I]]

*[[Wenceslas I, Duke of Bohemia|Václav I]] (Saint Wenceslas) (935 or 929), Duke of [[Bohemia]]

*[[Václav III]] (1306), King of [[Bohemia]]

*[[Albrecht von Wallenstein]] (1634), [[Bohemia|Czech]] general during the [[Thirty Years' War]]

*[[Alois Rašín]] (1923), Minister of Finances of [[Czechoslovakia]]

*[[Reinhard Heydrich]] (1942), a General in the [[Nazism|Nazi]] German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czech lands

*[[Erik V Klipping]] (1286), King of [[Denmark]]

*[[Bishop Henry]] (1156), [[England|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

*[[Charles d'Espagne]] (1354), constable of France

*[[Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans]] (1407)

*[[John the Fearless]] (1419)

*[[Gaspard de Coligny]] (1572)

*[[Henry III of France|Henri III]] (1589), King of [[France]]

*[[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]] (1610), King of France, stabbed by [[François Ravaillac]]

*[[Jacques de Flesselles]] (1789), [[Provost (civil)|Provost]] of Paris

*[[Jean-Paul Marat]] (1793), revolutionary, stabbed in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]]

*[[Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry]] (1820, February 13), younger son of the future King Charles X, stabbed by Louis Pierre Louvel

*[[Marie François Sadi Carnot]] (1894 June 24), [[President of France]], shot by anarchist [[Sante Jeronimo Caserio]] in Lyon<ref name="wa155" />

*[[Jean Jaurès]] (1914 July 30), politician, pacifist<ref name="timeline118">''20th Century Timeline'', p118</ref>

*[[Gaston Calmette]] (1914 March 16), editor of ''[[Le Figaro]]'' newspaper,<ref name="timeline118" /> by [[Henriette Caillaux]], wife of [[minister of Finance]] [[Joseph Caillaux]]

*[[Paul Doumer]] (1932 May 6), President of France, shot in Paris<ref name="wa155" />

*[[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 France|Vichy government]], by [[French resistance|French resistants]] in Paris

*[[Georges Mandel]] (1944), former [[Radical-Socialist Party|radical-socialist]] minister and [[French resistance|French resistant]], by ''[[Milice|miliciens]]'' in [[forest of Fontainebleau]]

*[[Eugène Deloncle]] (1944), ''[[Milice|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, ''[[forced disappearance|disappeared]]'' in Paris

*[[Outel Bono]] (1973), [[Chad]]ian medical doctor and anti-[[François Tombalbaye|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 people|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), [[Egypt]]ian 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]]

*[[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 II of Berg|Engelbert I. von Köln]] (1225), [[Archbishop of Cologne]]

*[[Konrad von Marburg]] (1233), inquisitor

*[[Rosa Luxemburg]] (1919), socialist writer, in [[Berlin]]

*[[Karl Liebknecht]] (1919), socialist lawyer and politician, in [[Berlin]]

*[[Kurt Eisner]] (1919), Prime Minister of Bavaria

*[[Talat Pasha]] (1921), former Ottoman Minister of Interior Affairs, in [[Berlin]] by [[Soghomon Tehlirian]]

*[[Matthias Erzberger]] (1921), politician

*[[Walther Rathenau]] (1922 June 24), German foreign minister<ref name="timeline118" />

*[[Ernst Röhm]] (1934), leader of the Sturm Abteilung (SA)

*[[Kurt von Schleicher]] (1934), former German chancellor, murdered by the SS

*[[Stepan Bandera]] (1959) - [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] nationalist leader assassinated by [[Bohdan Stashynsky]] in [[Munich]]

*[[Belkacem Krim]] (1970), [[Algeria]]n politician

*[[Siegfried Buback]] (1977), [[Germany|German]] [[attorney general]]

*[[Jürgen Ponto]] (1977), CEO [[Dresdner Bank]]

*[[Hanns-Martin Schleyer]] (1977), president of the [[Germany|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 people|Kurdish]] Iranian political leaders, in [[Berlin]] ([[Mykonos restaurant assassinations]])

*[[Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus)|Hipparchus]] (514 BC), brother of the tyrant of [[Athens]]

*[[Ephialtes]] (461 BC), leader of the radical democracy movement in Athens

*[[Alcibiades]] (404 BC), Athenian general and politician

*[[Alexander of Pherae]] (358 BC), despot of [[Pherae]]

*[[Philip II of Macedon]] (336 BC), king of [[Macedon]], by [[Pausanias of Orestis]] in [[Pella]]

*[[Seleucus I Nicator]] (281 BC), founder of the [[Seleucid dynasty]], near [[Lysimachia (Thrace)|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<ref name="wa156" />

*[[Grigoris Lambrakis]] (1963), leader of anti-fascist movement in Greece.

*[[Richard Welch]] (1975), CIA Station Chief

*[[Hagop Hagopian]] (1988), Armenian leader of [[ASALA]]

*[[William Nordeen]] (1988), Tsantes successor as U.S. military attaché in Athens

*[[Pavlos Bakoyannis]] (1989), [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] politician

*[[Stephen Saunders (military attache)|Stephen Saunders]] (2000), Brigadier and British military attaché in Athens

*Count [[István Tisza]] (1918 October 31), Premier of [[Hungary]]<ref name="timeline118" />

*[[Snorri Sturluson]] (1241 September 23), historian and politician, by Gissur