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Ablabius (assassin)
Ablabius was a Byzantine would-be assassin, known for a failed attempt to kill Justinian I (r.
Ablabius was a Byzantine would-be assassin, known for a failed attempt to kill Justinian I (r.
Alexander Soloviev (revolutionary)
Alexander Soloviev (Александр Соловьёв), (1846, Luga – May 28, 1879), was a former student who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia with a revolver.
Alexander Soloviev (Александр Соловьёв), (1846, Luga – May 28, 1879), was a former student who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Tsar Alexander II of Russia with a revolver.
André Dallaire
André Dallaire is a Canadian who attempted to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 1995.
André Dallaire is a Canadian who attempted to assassinate Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 1995.
Anteo Zamboni
Anteo Zamboni (April 11, 1911 – October 31, 1926) was a 15-year old anarchist who tried to assassinate Benito Mussolini in Bologna on October 31, 1926, by shooting at him during the parade celeb...
Anteo Zamboni (April 11, 1911 – October 31, 1926) was a 15-year old anarchist who tried to assassinate Benito Mussolini in Bologna on October 31, 1926, by shooting at him during the parade celeb...
Antoni Berezowski
Antoni Berezowski (May 9, 1847, Avartin, nearby Zhitomir, Russian empire – 1916, Bourail, New Caledonia) made an unsuccessful attempt at the Russian emperor Аlexander II.
Antoni Berezowski (May 9, 1847, Avartin, nearby Zhitomir, Russian empire – 1916, Bourail, New Caledonia) made an unsuccessful attempt at the Russian emperor Аlexander II.
Aristeidis Dosios
Aristeidis Dosios was a Greek economist, author and banker, best known for his attempted assassination of Queen Amalia.
Aristeidis Dosios was a Greek economist, author and banker, best known for his attempted assassination of Queen Amalia.
Arthur Bremer
Arthur Herman Bremer (born August 21, 1950) is an American convicted for an assassination attempt on U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972 in Laurel, Maryland, le...
Arthur Herman Bremer (born August 21, 1950) is an American convicted for an assassination attempt on U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972 in Laurel, Maryland, le...
Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores
Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores was a Bolivian surrealist painter who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Pope Paul VI in Manila in 1970.
Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores was a Bolivian surrealist painter who unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Pope Paul VI in Manila in 1970.
Chen Yi-hsiung
Chen Yi-hsiung (died 29 March 2004) is the prime suspect in the 3-19 shooting incident, a failed attempt to assassinate the president of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian, and perhaps vice president Annette...
Chen Yi-hsiung (died 29 March 2004) is the prime suspect in the 3-19 shooting incident, a failed attempt to assassinate the president of Taiwan Chen Shui-bian, and perhaps vice president Annette...
Dmitry Karakozov
Dmitry Vladimirovich Karakozov (Дмитрий Владимирович Каракозов in Russian) (October 23 Old Style (November 4 New Style), 1840 – September 3 Old Style (September 15 New Style), 1866) wa...
Dmitry Vladimirovich Karakozov (Дмитрий Владимирович Каракозов in Russian) (October 23 Old Style (November 4 New Style), 1840 – September 3 Old Style (September 15 New Style), 1866) wa...
Edward Oxford
Edward Oxford (born Birmingham, 1822; date and place of death unknown) was tried for high treason for attempting to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1840.
Edward Oxford (born Birmingham, 1822; date and place of death unknown) was tried for high treason for attempting to assassinate Queen Victoria in 1840.
Eric Muenter
Eric Muenter (1871–1915), also known as Erich Holt or Frank Holt, was an accused, German-born would-be assassin.
Eric Muenter (1871–1915), also known as Erich Holt or Frank Holt, was an accused, German-born would-be assassin.
Fanni Kaplan
Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan (Фа́нни Ефи́мовна Капла́н; real name Feiga Haimovna Roytblat; February 10, 1890 – September 3, 1918), was a Russian political revolutionary and an attempted assassin...
Fanny Yefimovna Kaplan (Фа́нни Ефи́мовна Капла́н; real name Feiga Haimovna Roytblat; February 10, 1890 – September 3, 1918), was a Russian political revolutionary and an attempted assassin...
Felice Orsini
Felice Orsini (; 10 December 1819 – 13 March 1858) was an Italian revolutionary and leader of the Carbonari who tried to assassinate Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.
Felice Orsini (; 10 December 1819 – 13 March 1858) was an Italian revolutionary and leader of the Carbonari who tried to assassinate Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.
Ferdinand Cohen-Blind
Ferdinand Cohen-Blind (March 25, 1844 – May 8, 1866) was a German student who attempted to assassinate Otto von Bismarck, then the Minister President of Prussia.
Ferdinand Cohen-Blind (March 25, 1844 – May 8, 1866) was a German student who attempted to assassinate Otto von Bismarck, then the Minister President of Prussia.
Fernando de Rosa
Fernando de Rosa (October 7, 1908- October 1936) was an Italian student who attempted to assassinate the Umberto Prince of Piedmont, later Umberto II of Italy in Brussels on October 24, 1929.
Fernando de Rosa (October 7, 1908- October 1936) was an Italian student who attempted to assassinate the Umberto Prince of Piedmont, later Umberto II of Italy in Brussels on October 24, 1929.
Gao Jianli
Gao Jianli was a citizen of Yan, a Chinese state during the Warring States Period, and a player of the zhu.
Gao Jianli was a citizen of Yan, a Chinese state during the Warring States Period, and a player of the zhu.
Gennaro Rubino
Gennaro Rubino was an Italian anarchist who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate King Leopold II of Belgium.
Gennaro Rubino was an Italian anarchist who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate King Leopold II of Belgium.
George McMahon (assassin)
George McMahon was an Irish journalist and would be assassin of King Edward VIII when, on 16 July 1936, he pulled a gun as the king was riding through Hyde Park after leaving an army parade duri...
George McMahon was an Irish journalist and would be assassin of King Edward VIII when, on 16 July 1936, he pulled a gun as the king was riding through Hyde Park after leaving an army parade duri...
Gino Lucetti
Gino Lucetti (August 31, 1900 - September 17, 1943) was an Italian anarchist and would-be assassin.
Gino Lucetti (August 31, 1900 - September 17, 1943) was an Italian anarchist and would-be assassin.
Gopinath Saha
Gopinath Saha was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter who attempted to assassinate Charles Tegart, the then head of the Detective Department of Calcutta Police.
Gopinath Saha was a Bengali Indian freedom fighter who attempted to assassinate Charles Tegart, the then head of the Detective Department of Calcutta Police.
Gustave Bouvet
Gustave Charles Bouvet was a French anarchist who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Alexandre Millerand, the President of France.
Gustave Charles Bouvet was a French anarchist who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Alexandre Millerand, the President of France.
Guy Fawkes
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed ...
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes, the name he adopted while fighting for the Spanish in the Low Countries, belonged to a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed ...
Henry James O'Farrell
Henry James O'Farrell was the first man in Australian history to attempt a political assassination.
Henry James O'Farrell was the first man in Australian history to attempt a political assassination.
Hermolaus of Macedon
Hermolaus of Macedon (Ἑρμόλαος), son of hipparch Sopolis of Macedon, was one of the Macedonian youths who, according to a custom instituted by Philip II of Macedon, attended Alexander the Great ...
Hermolaus of Macedon (Ἑρμόλαος), son of hipparch Sopolis of Macedon, was one of the Macedonian youths who, according to a custom instituted by Philip II of Macedon, attended Alexander the Great ...
Hirsh Lekert
Hirsh Lekert (born 1880 in Onuškis (Hanoshishok), near Kaunas, died June 10, 1902 in Vilna) was a Jewish socialist activist and member of the Bund.
Hirsh Lekert (born 1880 in Onuškis (Hanoshishok), near Kaunas, died June 10, 1902 in Vilna) was a Jewish socialist activist and member of the Bund.
Huang Yiguang
Huang Yiguang (黄逸光) took part in one of a number of assassination attempts on the life of the Chinese politician Wang Jingwei, during the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945).
Huang Yiguang (黄逸光) took part in one of a number of assassination attempts on the life of the Chinese politician Wang Jingwei, during the Japanese occupation of China (1937-1945).
Izola Curry
Izola Ware Curry (b. 1916) is an African-American woman who attempted to assassinate civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Born in the U.S. state of Georgia, she stabbed King with a lett...
Izola Ware Curry (b. 1916) is an African-American woman who attempted to assassinate civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Born in the U.S. state of Georgia, she stabbed King with a lett...
James Hadfield
James Hadfield or Hatfield attempted to assassinate George III of the United Kingdom in 1800 but was acquitted of attempted murder by reason of insanity.
James Hadfield or Hatfield attempted to assassinate George III of the United Kingdom in 1800 but was acquitted of attempted murder by reason of insanity.
Jean Bastien-Thiry
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry was a French military air weaponry engineer who attempted to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle on 22 August 1962, following Algerian independence.
Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry was a French military air weaponry engineer who attempted to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle on 22 August 1962, following Algerian independence.
Jean Châtel
Jean Châtel (1575 – 29 December 1594) attempted to assassinate King Henry IV of France on 27 December 1594.
Jean Châtel (1575 – 29 December 1594) attempted to assassinate King Henry IV of France on 27 December 1594.
Jean-Baptiste Sipido
Jean-Baptiste Victor Sipido (20 December 1884 – 20 August 1959) was a Belgian anarchist who became known when he, then a young tinsmith's apprentice, attempted to assassinate the Prince of...
Jean-Baptiste Victor Sipido (20 December 1884 – 20 August 1959) was a Belgian anarchist who became known when he, then a young tinsmith's apprentice, attempted to assassinate the Prince of...
Jing Ke
Jing Ke (? - 227 BCE) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination attempt of Ying Zheng, King of Qin state, who later became China's...
Jing Ke (? - 227 BCE) was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination attempt of Ying Zheng, King of Qin state, who later became China's...
John Hinckley, Jr.
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, as the culmination of an effort to impress teen actress Jodie Foster.
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, as the culmination of an effort to impress teen actress Jodie Foster.
Juan de Jáuregui
Juan de Jáuregui (1562 – March 18, 1582) was killed trying to assassinate Prince William I of Orange.
Juan de Jáuregui (1562 – March 18, 1582) was killed trying to assassinate Prince William I of Orange.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn
Juan María Fernández y Krohn is a former Roman Catholic priest and former Belgian lawyer who tried to physically attack Pope John Paul II in 1982.
Juan María Fernández y Krohn is a former Roman Catholic priest and former Belgian lawyer who tried to physically attack Pope John Paul II in 1982.
K.C.S. Mani
K Chidambara Subrahmania Iyer (കെ ചിദംബര സുബ്രഹ്മണ്യ അയ്യര്, born 1922, died 20 September 1987), known better as K C S Mani (കെ.
K Chidambara Subrahmania Iyer (കെ ചിദംബര സുബ്രഹ്മണ്യ അയ്യര്, born 1922, died 20 September 1987), known better as K C S Mani (കെ.
Karl Nobiling
Karl Eduard Nobiling (April 10, 1848 - September 10, 1878) was a German assassin who attacked Wilhelm I of Germany.
Karl Eduard Nobiling (April 10, 1848 - September 10, 1878) was a German assassin who attacked Wilhelm I of Germany.
Khioniya Guseva
Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva (c. 1880/1 - After 1919) (her first name has alternatively been spelled as Khionia or Jina or Chionya and her surname has been alternatively spelled...
Khioniya Kuzminichna Guseva (c. 1880/1 - After 1919) (her first name has alternatively been spelled as Khionia or Jina or Chionya and her surname has been alternatively spelled...
Kim Shin-Jo
Kim Shin-Jo is the sole survivor of a 31 person team of North Korean commandos sent to assassinate the then president of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, in the 'Blue House Raid' in January 1968.
Kim Shin-Jo is the sole survivor of a 31 person team of North Korean commandos sent to assassinate the then president of South Korea, Park Chung Hee, in the 'Blue House Raid' in January 1968.
Lewis Powell (assassin)
Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. S...
Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865), also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. S...
Lewis Powell (conspirator)
Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hang...
Lewis Thornton Powell, also known as Lewis Paine or Payne, attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate United States Secretary of State William H. Seward, and was one of four people hang...
Lolita Lebrón
Dolores "Lolita" Lebrón Sotomayor was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of attempted murder and other crimes after leading an assault on the United States House of Representatives i...
Dolores "Lolita" Lebrón Sotomayor was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of attempted murder and other crimes after leading an assault on the United States House of Representatives i...
Marcus Sarjeant
Marcus Simon Sarjeant is notable for firing six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony in 1981.
Marcus Simon Sarjeant is notable for firing six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II as she rode down The Mall to the Trooping the Colour ceremony in 1981.
Margaret Nicholson
Margaret Nicholson was an Englishwoman who assaulted King George III. Her futile and somewhat half-hearted attempt on the King's life became famous and was featured in one of Shelley's first wor...
Margaret Nicholson was an Englishwoman who assaulted King George III. Her futile and somewhat half-hearted attempt on the King's life became famous and was featured in one of Shelley's first wor...
Mateu Morral
Mateu Morral Roca (Mateo in Spanish; 1880, Sabadell—2 June 1906, Torrejón de Ardoz - part of Madrid) was a Spanish anarchist, known for his assassination attempt on the lives of Alfo...
Mateu Morral Roca (Mateo in Spanish; 1880, Sabadell—2 June 1906, Torrejón de Ardoz - part of Madrid) was a Spanish anarchist, known for his assassination attempt on the lives of Alfo...
Max Hödel
Emil Max Hödel (May 27, 1857 – August 16, 1878) was a plumber from Leipzig, Germany who became known for a failed assassination.
Emil Max Hödel (May 27, 1857 – August 16, 1878) was a plumber from Leipzig, Germany who became known for a failed assassination.
Maxime Brunerie
Maxime Brunerie (born 21 May 1977) is a man who attempted to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac on July 14, 2002 in Paris, during the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Élysées.
Maxime Brunerie (born 21 May 1977) is a man who attempted to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac on July 14, 2002 in Paris, during the Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Élysées.
Mehmet Ali Ağca
Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkis...
Mehmet Ali Ağca is a Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on February 1, 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, after escaping from a Turkis...
Michael Riccardi
Michael Riccardi is an Italian American New Yorker who attempted to kill Reverend Al Sharpton on January 12, 1991.
Michael Riccardi is an Italian American New Yorker who attempted to kill Reverend Al Sharpton on January 12, 1991.
Miles Sindercombe
Miles Sindercombe (died 13 February 1657) was the leader of a group that tried to assassinate Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell during the period of the British Commonwealth in 1657.
Miles Sindercombe (died 13 February 1657) was the leader of a group that tried to assassinate Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell during the period of the British Commonwealth in 1657.
Moustapha Lô
Moustapha Lô (died 1967-06-15) was a Senegalese man who attempted to assassinate Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor on 22 March 1967 at the Dakar Grand Mosque.
Moustapha Lô (died 1967-06-15) was a Senegalese man who attempted to assassinate Senegalese President Léopold Sédar Senghor on 22 March 1967 at the Dakar Grand Mosque.
Mun Segwang
Mun Se-gwang was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-Hee on August 15, 1974.
Mun Se-gwang was a Japanese-born North Korean sympathizer who attempted to assassinate South Korean president Park Chung-Hee on August 15, 1974.
Munif Mohammed Abou Rish
Munif Mohammed Abou Rish was a Palestinian/Australian journalist, who in 1974 planned to assassinate Bob Hawke, the Federal President of the Australian Labor Party, who later became Prime Minist...
Munif Mohammed Abou Rish was a Palestinian/Australian journalist, who in 1974 planned to assassinate Bob Hawke, the Federal President of the Australian Labor Party, who later became Prime Minist...
Peter Kocan
Peter Raymond Kocan, Australian author and poet, is remembered in Australia for his attempt to assassinate federal Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell in 1966.
Peter Raymond Kocan, Australian author and poet, is remembered in Australia for his attempt to assassinate federal Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell in 1966.
Pierre Barrière
Pierre Barrière (died August 31, 1593) was a would-be assassin of King Henry IV of France.
Pierre Barrière (died August 31, 1593) was a would-be assassin of King Henry IV of France.
Pietro Acciarito
Pietro Umberto Acciarito (1871 – 1943) was an Italian anarchist.
Pietro Umberto Acciarito (1871 – 1943) was an Italian anarchist.
Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise
The plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise, also known as the Machine infernale (Infernal machine) plot, was an assassination attempt on the life of the First Consul of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, ...
The plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise, also known as the Machine infernale (Infernal machine) plot, was an assassination attempt on the life of the First Consul of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, ...
Qin Wuyang
Qin Wuyang(秦舞陽) was a young man who followed Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin.
Qin Wuyang(秦舞陽) was a young man who followed Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin.
Raúl Iturriaga
Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann (born January 23, 1938 in Linares, Chile) is a Chilean Army general and a former deputy director of the DINA, the Chilean secret police under the Augusto Pinochet ...
Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann (born January 23, 1938 in Linares, Chile) is a Chilean Army general and a former deputy director of the DINA, the Chilean secret police under the Augusto Pinochet ...
Robert-François Damiens
Robert-François Damiens was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757 culminated in his notorious and controversial public execution.
Robert-François Damiens was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV of France in 1757 culminated in his notorious and controversial public execution.
Roderick McLean
Roderick McLean (died June 9, 1921) attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom on March 2, 1882 at Windsor with a pistol.
Roderick McLean (died June 9, 1921) attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria of The United Kingdom on March 2, 1882 at Windsor with a pistol.
Stepan Fedak
Stepan Fedak was a Ukrainian independence activist who, on September 25, 1921, attempted to assassinate Poland's Chief of State, Marshal Józef Piłsudski, as the latter visited Lwów for the openi...
Stepan Fedak was a Ukrainian independence activist who, on September 25, 1921, attempted to assassinate Poland's Chief of State, Marshal Józef Piłsudski, as the latter visited Lwów for the openi...
Valerie Solanas
Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist writer, best known for her attempted murder of Andy Warhol in 1968.
Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist writer, best known for her attempted murder of Andy Warhol in 1968.
Vasil Laçi
Vasil Laçi (1922-1941, People's Hero of Albania), was an Albanian patriot and monarchist who attempted to kill Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, Prime Minister of Alban...
Vasil Laçi (1922-1941, People's Hero of Albania), was an Albanian patriot and monarchist who attempted to kill Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, Prime Minister of Alban...
Violet Gibson
The Hon. Violet Albina Gibson, the daughter of the 1st Lord Ashbourne, is best known for shooting Benito Mussolini in Rome in 1926.
The Hon. Violet Albina Gibson, the daughter of the 1st Lord Ashbourne, is best known for shooting Benito Mussolini in Rome in 1926.