SettingsAmerican assassins
Albert Horsley
Albert Edward Horsley, best known by the pseudonym Harry Orchard, was a miner convicted of the 1905 political assassination of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.
Albert Edward Horsley, best known by the pseudonym Harry Orchard, was a miner convicted of the 1905 political assassination of former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg.
Byron De La Beckwith
Byron De La Beckwith, Jr. was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi who was convicted in the 1994 state trial of assassinating the civil rights leader Medgar Eve...
Byron De La Beckwith, Jr. was an American white supremacist and Klansman from Greenwood, Mississippi who was convicted in the 1994 state trial of assassinating the civil rights leader Medgar Eve...
Byron Looper
Byron Anthony "Low Tax" Looper is a former Republican politician in Tennessee.
Byron Anthony "Low Tax" Looper is a former Republican politician in Tennessee.
Carl Weiss
Carl Austin Weiss, Sr., was a young physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who was the fall guy for the death of U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr., at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8...
Carl Austin Weiss, Sr., was a young physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who was the fall guy for the death of U.S. Senator Huey Pierce Long, Jr., at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8...
Charles J. Guiteau
Charles Julius Guiteau (September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield.
Charles Julius Guiteau (September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President James A. Garfield.
Dan White
Daniel James "Dan" White was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall.
Daniel James "Dan" White was a San Francisco supervisor who assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, on Monday, November 27, 1978, at City Hall.
Dawud Salahuddin
Dawud Salahuddin, sometimes spelled Daoud Salahuddin (also known as Hassan Abdulrahman or Hassan Tantai) is an African-American convert to Islam most famous for his 1980 killin...
Dawud Salahuddin, sometimes spelled Daoud Salahuddin (also known as Hassan Abdulrahman or Hassan Tantai) is an African-American convert to Islam most famous for his 1980 killin...
George Atzerodt
George Andreas Atzerodt was a conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
George Andreas Atzerodt was a conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Giuseppe Zangara
Giuseppe Zangara was the assassin of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, though United States President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have been his intended target.
Giuseppe Zangara was the assassin of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, though United States President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt may have been his intended target.
Harry Sassounian
Harry M. Sassounian is currently serving a life sentence for the 1982 assassination of Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan.
Harry M. Sassounian is currently serving a life sentence for the 1982 assassination of Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan.
James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray was an American criminal convicted of the assassination of civil rights and anti-war activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
James Earl Ray was an American criminal convicted of the assassination of civil rights and anti-war activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jared Lee Loughner
Jared Lee Loughner is an American man charged with the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011, that killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll.
Jared Lee Loughner is an American man charged with the shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011, that killed six people, including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll.
John Alderman
John Alderman was a praying Indian (that is, a Christian convert) who shot and killed the rebellious Native American leader Metacomet (also known as King Philip) in 1676, while taking part in a ...
John Alderman was a praying Indian (that is, a Christian convert) who shot and killed the rebellious Native American leader Metacomet (also known as King Philip) in 1676, while taking part in a ...
John Patler
John Patler (born January 6, 1938) is an American neo-Nazi who assassinated American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell on August 25, 1967.
John Patler (born January 6, 1938) is an American neo-Nazi who assassinated American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell on August 25, 1967.
John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth was a famous American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
Johnny Martorano
John James Vincent Martorano also known as "Vincent Joseph Rancourt," "Richard Aucoin", "Nick," "The Cook" and "The Executioner" and "The Basin Street Butcher", is a former hit...
John James Vincent Martorano also known as "Vincent Joseph Rancourt," "Richard Aucoin", "Nick," "The Cook" and "The Executioner" and "The Basin Street Butcher", is a former hit...
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.
Mark David Chapman
Mark David Chapman is an American prison inmate who was convicted of murdering former Beatles member John Lennon on December 8, 1980.
Mark David Chapman is an American prison inmate who was convicted of murdering former Beatles member John Lennon on December 8, 1980.
Patrick Eugene Prendergast
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast (April 18, 1868 – July 13, 1894) was the assassin of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr.
Patrick Eugene Joseph Prendergast (April 18, 1868 – July 13, 1894) was the assassin of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr.
Rena Chynoweth
Rena Chynoweth is a former Mormon fundamentalist who shot dead Rulon C. Allred in 1977.
Rena Chynoweth is a former Mormon fundamentalist who shot dead Rulon C. Allred in 1977.
Robert John Bardo
Robert John Bardo is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted in October 1991 for the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer on July 18, 1989, whom he had stal...
Robert John Bardo is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted in October 1991 for the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer on July 18, 1989, whom he had stal...
Shotgun Man
Shotgun Man was an assassin and mass murderer in Chicago, Illinois in the 1910s, to whom murders of Black Hand extortionists were attributed.
Shotgun Man was an assassin and mass murderer in Chicago, Illinois in the 1910s, to whom murders of Black Hand extortionists were attributed.
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is a Jordanian citizen who was convicted for the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is a Jordanian citizen who was convicted for the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Thomas Hagan
Thomas Hagan is a former member of the Nation of Islam, who was one of the assassins that killed Malcolm X in 1965.
Thomas Hagan is a former member of the Nation of Islam, who was one of the assassins that killed Malcolm X in 1965.