List of assassinated people
From Academic Kids
This is an incomplete list of persons who were assassinated; that is, important people who were murdered, usually for ideological or political reasons. Template:TOCright
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Assassinations in Africa
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Algeria
- Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha
- Mohamed Khemisti, (1963), foreign minister of Algeria, in Algiers by an unknown gunman
- Mustafa Bouyali, (1987), Islamic fundamentalist, in Algiers
- Mohamed Boudiaf, (1992), president of Algeria
- Youcef Sebti, (1993), Algerian poet
- Kasdi Merbah, (1993), former Algerian prime minister
- Cheb Hasni, (1994), Algerian raï singer
- Lounès Matoub, (1998), Algerian singer
- Abdelkader Hachani, (1999), a leader of the Islamic Salvation Front
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Burkina Faso
- Thomas Sankara, (1987), military leader of Burkina Faso
- Norbert Zongo, (1998), editor of L'Indépendant newspaper, 50 miles from Ouagadougou
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Burundi
- Prince Louis Rwagasore, (1961), Burundian prince and prime minister, by members of a pro-Belgian faction
- Pierre Ngendandumwe, (1965), Burundian prime minister
- Joseph Bamina, (1965), Burundian prime minister
- Ntare V of Burundi, (1975), King of BurundiHe is also said by many sources to have been murdered at the ibwami royal palace in Gitega, though little information is available on the exact circumstances
- Melchior Ndadaye, (1993), President of Burundi
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Chad
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Comoros
- Ali Soilih, (1978), president of Comoros
- Ahmed Abdallah, (1989), president of Comoros
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Congo (Brazzaville)
- Marien Ngouabi, (1977), president of the Republic of the Congo
- Émile Cardinal Biayenda, (1977), Archbishop of Brazzaville
- Pierre Anga, (1988), Congolese politician
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Congo (Kinshasa)
- Patrice Lumumba, (1961), Prime Minister of the Congo, by Katanga secessionists aided by the CIA and Belgian operatives, in Katanga province
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila, (2001), President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Côte d'Ivoire
- Robert Guéï, (2002), military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire from 1999 to 2000
- Émile Boga Doudou, (2002), interior minister of Côte d'Ivoire killed on the same day as Guéi as the country plunged into civil war and street fighting occurred in the cities
- Mohammed Ahmad al-Rasheed, (2003), Saudi Arabian ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire
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Egypt
- Pompey the Great, (48 BC), Roman politician killed in Egypt
- Germanicus, (19), Roman military leader, poisoned in Alexandria by Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso under orders from Tiberius
- Al-Afdal Shahanshah, (1121), vizier of Fatimid Egypt
- Qutuz, (1260), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Khalil, (1293), Mamluk sultan of Egypt
- Boutros Ghali, (1910), Prime Minister of Egypt, by Ibrahim El-Wardan
- Sir Lee Stack, (1924), governor-general of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, in Cairo
- Walter Edward Guinness, Lord Moyne, (1944), the UK's Minister Resident in the Middle East; killed in Cairo by the Stern Gang
- Ahmed Maher Pasha, (1945), Prime Minister of Egypt, in Cairo by Mahmud Issawy
- Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi, (1948), Prime Minister of Egypt, by a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
- Anwar Sadat, (1981), President of Egypt
- Rifaat al-Mahgoub, (1990), speaker of Egyptian parliament
- Farag Foda, (1992), Egyptian politician and intellectual
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Equatorial Guinea
- Atanasio Ndongo Miyone, Saturnino Ibongo, Bonifacio Ondó Edu, Armando Balboa, Pastor Torao and many others, (1969), Equatorial Guinean politicians, in murderous crackdown after coup attempt against President Francisco Macías Nguema
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Ethiopia
- Tilahun Gizaw, (1969), Ethiopian student leader
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Guinea
- Amílcar Cabral, (1973), Pan-African intellectual, in Conakry, Guinea
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Kenya
- Tom Mboya, (1969), Kenyan politician
- Josiah Kariuki, (1975), Kenyan politician
- Robert Ouko, (1990), foreign minister of Kenya
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Liberia
- William R. Tolbert, Jr., (1980), president of Liberia killed in military coup
- Samuel Doe, (1990), president of Liberia. A semiliterate army officer who himself overthrew and allowed the assassination of William Tolbert. The instability following his death led to the outbreak of full-scale war
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Madagascar
- Richard Ratsimandrava, (1975), president of Madagascar killed just days after taking power in military coup
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Mozambique
- Carlos Cardoso, (2000), Mozambican journalist
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Niger
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Nigeria
- Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, (1966), Prime Minister of Nigeria killed during military coup
- Murtala Ramat Mohammed, (1976), President of Nigeria
- Bola Ige, (2001), justice minister of Nigeria
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Rwanda
- Dian Fossey, (1985), primatologist, in the province of Ruhengeri; assassination probably planned by Protais Zigiranyirazo
- Agathe Uwilingiyimana, (1994), Prime Minister of Rwanda killed one day after genocide began
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Somalia
- Abdirashid Ali Shermarke, (1969), president of Somalia
- George Adamson, (1989), British naturalist, at Kora
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South Africa
- Shaka, (1828), king of the Zulus, near Stanger (now KwaDukuza) by Dingane and Mhlangana
- Hendrik Verwoerd, (1966), Prime Minister of South Africa, stabbed in parliament by Dimitri Tsafendas
- Onkgopotse Tiro, (1974), South African student leader
- Vernon Nkadimeng, (1985), South African dissident
- Chris Hani, (1993), leader of the South African Communist Party
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Tanzania
- Abeid Karume, (1972), first President of Zanzibar, First Vice President of Tanzania
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Togo
- Sylvanus Olympio, (1963), president of Togo, in a coup lead by Gnassingbé Eyadéma
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Tunisia
- Khalil Wazir ("Abu Jihad"), (1988), military leader of the PLO, in Tunis
- Salah Khalaf ("Abu Iyad"), (1991), deputy leader of the PLO killed by Abu Nidal terrorists in Tunis, Tunisia
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Uganda
- Benedicto Kiwanuka, (1972), chief minister of Uganda from 1961 until 1962
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Zimbabwe
- Herbert Chitepo, (1975), Zimbabwean politician
- Attati Mpakati, (1983), left-wing Malawian politician
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Assassinations in the Americas
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Argentina
- Carlos Prats, (1974), Chilean general
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Bermuda
- Sir Richard Sharples, (1973), governor of Bermuda
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Bolivia
- Manuel Isidoro Belzu, (1865), President of Bolivia
- Mariano Melgarejo, (1871), President of Bolivia
- Che Guevara, (1967), revolutionary leader
- Juan José Torres, (1976), former President of Bolivia
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Brazil
- Chico Mendes, (1988), Brazilian environmental activist
- Dorothy Stang, (2005), American nun killed by business interests
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Canada
- Thomas D'Arcy McGee, (1868), Canadian father of Confederation
- George Brown, (1880), newspaper editor and Senator
- Sergio Pérez Castillo, (1968), Cuban diplomat killed by anti-Castro forces in Montreal
- Pierre Laporte, (1970), Quebec Minister of Labour
- Atilla Altžkat, (1982), Turkish diplomat assassinated by Armenian nationalists in Ottawa
- Tara Singh Hayer, (1998), journalist killed by Sikh separatists
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Chile
- René Schneider, (1970), Chilean general
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Colombia
- Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, (1948), Colombian Liberal Party leader
- Luis Carlos Galán, (1989), Colombian presidential candidate
- Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, (1990), Colombian presidential candidate
- Jaime Garzón, (1999), Colombian journalist and satirist
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Dominican Republic
- Ulises Heureaux, (1899), president of the Dominican Republic
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, (1961), Dominican Republic dictator
- Orlando Mazara, (1967)
- Flavio Suero, (1968)
- Henry Segarra, (1969)
- Amín Abel Hasbún, (1970)
- Otto Morales, (1970)
- Amaury Germán Aristy, (1972)
- Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó, (1973)
- Gregorio García Castro, (1973)
- Florinda Soriano, (1974)
- Guido Gil Díaz, (1974)
- Orlando Martínez, (1975)
- Narciso González, (1994)
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Ecuador
- Gabriel García Moreno, (1875), president of Ecuador known for his support of the Catholic church
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El Salvador
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, (1966), president of El Salvador from 1931 to 1944
- Óscar Romero, (1980), archbishop of San Salvador, by right-wing death squad
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Guatemala
- Carlos Castillo Armas, (1957), president of Guatemala
- Karl von Spreti, (1970), German ambassador in Guatemala
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Guyana
- Walter Rodney, (1980), Guyanese historian and political figure
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Haiti
- Jean-Jacques Dessalines, (1806), Emperor of Haiti
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Mexico
- Francisco I. Madero, (1913), President of Mexico
- Emiliano Zapata, (1919), revolutionary
- Venustiano Carranza, (1920), President of Mexico
- Francisco "Pancho" Villa, (1923), revolutionary
- Álvaro Obregón, (1928), President-elect
- Leon Trotsky, (1940), Russian communist leader
- Enrique Camarena, (1985), policeman
- Luis Donaldo Colosio, (1994), Presidential candidate
- José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, (1994), Secretary-General of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional
- Paco Stanley, (1999), Comedian
- Digna Ochoa, (2001), human rights attorney
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Nicaragua
- Augusto César Sandino, (1934), Nicaraguan revolutionary
- Anastasio Somoza García, (1956), President of Nicaragua
- Pedro Chamorro, (1978), newspaper editor, Nicaraguan Somoza opposition
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle, (1980), President of Nicaragua
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Panama
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Paraguay
- Luis María Argaña, (1999), vice president of Paraguay
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Peru
- Francisco Pizarro (1541), Spanish conquistador, in Peru
- Luis Sánchez Cerro, (1933), president of Peru
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United States
- Joseph Smith, Jr., (1844), Mormon leader, Presidential candidate
- Henry Heusken, (1861), American diplomat (accompanying Townsend Harris from Amsterdam)
- Abraham Lincoln, (1865), President of the United States
- Thomas Hindman, (1868), Confederate General
- Edward Canby, (1873), Union General, leader of a peace confrence
- Crazy Horse, (1877), Oglala Sioux chief killed by American troops
- James Garfield, (1881), President of the United States
- William Goebel, (1900), Governor of Kentucky
- William McKinley, (1901), President of the United States
- Frank Steunenberg, (1905) former governor of Idaho
- Don Mellett, (1926), newspaper editor and campaigner against organized crime
- Anton Cermak, (1933), mayor of Chicago
- Huey P. Long, (1935), Louisiana senator and former governor
- Curtis Chillingworths, (1955), a Florida judge
- John F. Kennedy, (1963), President of the United States
- Lee Harvey Oswald, (1963), alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy
- Medgar Evers, (1963), U.S. civil rights activist
- Malcolm X, (1965), leader
- George Lincoln Rockwell, (1967), founder of the American Nazi Party
- Martin Luther King Jr., (1968), U.S. civil rights activist
- Robert F. Kennedy, (1968), Presidential candidate
- Orlando Letelier, (1976), Chilean ambassador to the United States under the administration of Salvador Allende
- Harvey Milk, (1978), gay rights campaigner and city supervisor of San Francisco, California
- George Moscone, (1978), Mayor of San Francisco killed along with Milk
- John Wood, (1979), first US federal judge killed in the twentieth century
- Alan Berg, (1984), Radio talk-show host, killed by Neo-nazis
- Alejandro González Malave, (1986), famous undercover policeman, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
- Don Aronow, (1987), inventor of the cigarette boat
- Ioan P. Culianu, (1991), professor of divinity
- Tommy Burks, (1998), Tennessee State Senator
- James Davis, (2003), New York City Council Member
- Rowland Barnes, (2005), Atlanta judge
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Venezuela
- Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, (1950), chairman of the military junta of Venezuela
- Danilo Anderson, (2004), State prosecutor
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Assassinations in Asia
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Afghanistan
- Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan
- Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanistan since 1929
- Mohammed Daoud Khan, (1978), president of Afghanistan killed in communist coup
- Adolph Dubs, (1979), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan
- Nur Mohammad Taraki, (1979), communist president
- Hafizullah Amin, (1979), communist Prime Minister of Afghanistan killed during Soviet invasion
- Mohammed Najibullah, (1996), president of Afghanistan from 1986 to 1992, killed by the Taliban during the capture of Kabul
- Ahmed Shah Massoud, (2001), leader of the Northern Alliance
- Abdul Haq, (2001), Northern Alliance commander killed by remnants of the Taliban
- Abdul Qadir, (2002), vice-president of Afghanistan
- Abdul Rahman, (2002), Afghan Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
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Bangladesh
- Mujibur Rahman, (1975), president of Bangladesh
- Ziaur Rahman, (1981), president of Bangladesh
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Bhutan
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Cambodia
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China
- Ferreira do Amaral, (1849), Portuguese Governor of Macau
- Ries and Henle, (1897), German missionaries
- Ito Hirobumi, (1909), Japanese Resident-General of Korea, in Manchuria
- Zhang Zuolin, (1928), Manchurian warlord, by officers of the Japanese Guandong Army
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India
- Mohandas Gandhi, (1948), Independence leader
- Indira Gandhi, (1984), Indian prime minister
- Rajiv Gandhi, (1991), former Indian prime minister, son of Indira
- Beant Singh, (1995), chief minister of Punjab
- Phoolan Devi, (2001), bandit queen turned politician and activist for people of lower castes
- Abdul Ghani Lone, (2002), moderate leader of Kashmiri muslims
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Iran
- Xerxes I, (465 BC), Persian king killed by guards
- Xerxes II , (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Sogdianus
- Sogdianus, (423 BC), Persian king killed by his half-brother Darius II
- Khosrow I, (238), Armenian king
- Nader Shah, (1747), Shah of Persia
- Nasser-al-Din Shah, (1896), Shah of Persia killed by Mirza Reza Kermani
- Taghi Arani, (1940), Communist intellectual
- Ali Razmara, (1951), Prime Minister of Iran
- Hassan Ali Mansur, (1965), Prime Minister of Iran
- Mohammad Beheshti, (1981), killed along with over 60 others in bombing
- Mohammad Ali Rajai, (1981), president and
- Mohammad Javad Bahonar, (1981), Prime Minister of Iran respectively, killed just weeks after taking office
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Iraq
- Gordian III, (244), Roman emperor, near Circesium (modern day Abu Sera) by his troops
- Ali Garmaii, (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist in Halabja, Iraq
- Mohammad Nanva, (1996), dissident Iranian Kurdish activist, in Solaymania, Iraq
- Faisal II, (1958), King of Iraq,
- Nuri Pasha as-Said, (1958), Iraqi politician, and
- Ibrahim Hashim, (1958), Jordanian politician, prime minister several times between the 1930s and shortly before his death - the previous three were all killed during the July 14 military coup in Iraq
- Abdul Razak al-Naif, (1978), former Iraqi prime minister
- Aquila al-Hashimi, (2003), Iraqi Governing Council member
- Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, (2003), ayatollah
- Sérgio Vieira de Mello, (2003), UN Special Representative in Iraq
- Waldemar Milewicz, (2004), Polish journalist
- Mounir Bouamrane, (2004), Algerian-Polish TV operator, killed alongside with Milewicz
- Hatem Kamil, (2004), deputy governor of Baghdad Province
- Ezzedine Salim, (2004), chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council
- Barawiz Mahmoud, (2005), judge on the Iraqi Special Tribunal
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Israel and Palestine
- Hugh II of Le Puiset, (1134), count of Jaffa
- Miles of Plancy, (1174), regent of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Conrad of Montferrat, (1192), King of Jerusalem, leader in the Third Crusade
- Folke Bernadotte, (1948), Middle East peace mediator, assassinated by Lehi
- Yitzhak Rabin, (1995), Prime Minister of Israel and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Yahya Ayyash, (1996), Hamas' explosives expert
- Rehavam Zeevi, (2001), Israeli general and politician
- Abu Ali Mustafa, (2001), leader of PFLP
- Salah Shahade, (2002), leader of Hamas' military wing
- Ibrahim al-Makadmeh, (2003), co-founder of Hamas
- Adnan al-Ghoul, (2004), Hamas' explosives expert
- Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, (2004), leader of Hamas
- Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil, (2004), Hamas operative
- Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, (2004), leader and founder of Hamas
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Japan
- Emperor Sushun of Japan, (592), Emperor of Japan
- The Sogas, (645), Japanese political family
- Mimura Iechika, daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
- Matsudaira Hirotada, (1549), feudal leader in Japan
- Ouchi Yoshitaka, (1551), daimyo, feudal leader in Japan
- Oda Nobuyuki, (1557), Japanese samurai, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga
- Ashikaga Yoshiteru, (1565), Shogun, feudal leader in Japan
- Yamanaka Shikanosuke, (1578), Japanese samurai
- Oda Nobunaga, (1582), samurai warlord
- Shakushain, (1669), Ainu chief
- Shimazu Nariaki, (1858), Japanese daimyo in Satsuma Province, now Kagoshima prefecture
- Hashimoto Sanai, (1859), Japanese political activist
- Ii Naosuke, (1860), Japanese politician
- Tokugawa Nariaki, (1860), Japanese daimyo, a relative of Tokugawa shoguns
- Serizawa Kamo, (1863), a chief of Shinsen-gumi
- Charles Lenox Richardson, (1862), English diplomat, by Shimazu Hisamitsu's samaurai in Namamugi. Called the Namamugi Incident
- Yoshida Toyo, (1863), Japanese political activist
- Ikeuchi Daigaku, (1864), Japanese politician
- Kusaka Gennai, (1864), Japanese politician
- Sakuma Shozan, (1864), Japanese politician
- Sakamoto Ryoma, (1867), Japanese author
- Yokoi Shonai, (1869), Japanese political activist
- Sirosawa Saneomi, (1871), Japanese political activist
- Okubo Toshimichi, (1878), Prime Minister of Japan
- Hara Takashi, (1921), Prime Minister of Japan
- Hamaguchi Osachi, (1931), Prime Minister of Japan
- Takuma Dan, (1932), zaibatsu leader
- Inukai Tsuyoshi, (1932), Prime Minister of Japan
- Takahashi Korekiyo, (1936), Prime Minister of Japan
- Isoroku Yamamoto, (1943), Japanese Admiral
- Inejiro Asanuma, (1960), Socialist Party of Japan chairman
- Hitoshi Igarashi, (1991), translated The Satanic Verses into Japanese
- Hideo Murai, (1995), one of the leading members of Aum Shinrikyo
- Koki Ishii, (2002), Japanese politician
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Jordan
- Abdullah I, (1951), King of Jordan
- Hazza al-Majali, (1960), Prime Minister of Jordan
- Wasfi al-Tal, (1971), Prime Minister of Jordan
- Laurence Foley, (2004), USAID official, by Al-Qaeda operatives
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Korea
- Queen Min of Joseon, (1895), the last empress of Korea
- Park Chung Hee, (1979), President of South Korea
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Lebanon
- Raymond II of Tripoli, (1152), count of Tripoli
- Philip of Montfort, (1270), Lord of Tyre
- Kamal Jumblatt, (1977), Lebanese Druze leader
- Bachir Gemayel, (1982), president-elect of Lebanon
- Rashid Karami, (1987), Prime Minister of Lebanon
- René Moawad, (1989), President of Lebanon
- Elie Hobeika, (2002), Lebanese militia leader
- Rafik Hariri, (2005), former Prime Minister of Lebanon
- Bassel Fleihan, (2005), Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Commerce
- Samir Kassir, (2005), Columnist at "An Nahar" Daily Lebanese Newspaper, long a fiery critic of Syria
- George Hawi, (2005), former chief of Communist Party of Lebanon
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Myanmar
- Aung San, (1947), Burmese nationalist leader
- Lee Bum Suk, (1983), foreign minister of South Korea, killed along with several other South Korean cabinet members by North Korean agents while visiting Burma
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Nepal
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Pakistan
- Liaquat Ali Khan, (1951), Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, (1989), militant Islamist, near Peshawar
- Fazle Haq, (1991), former governor of the Northwest Frontier province, Pakistan, from 1978 to 1985
- Iqbal Masih, (1995), 13-year-old anti-child labor activist, in Rakh Baoli
- Siddiq Khan Kanju, (2001), former foreign minister of Pakistan from 1991 to 1993
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Philippines
- Benigno Aquino Jr., (1983), senator and politician, leader of his political party
- Romulo Kintanar (2003) leader of the New People's Army (NPA)
- Arturo Tabara (2004) leader of Revolutionary Workers' Party
- Romeo Sanchez and Abelardo Ladera, (2005), local Filipino politicians and
- William Tadena, (2005), clergyman with the Philippine Independent Church, by anti-NPA vigilantes
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Saudi Arabia
- Umar ibn al-Khattab, (644), second caliph
- Faisal of Saudi Arabia, (1975), king
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Sri Lanka
- Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, (1959), Sri Lankan socialist prime minister killed by Buddhist monk Talduwe Somarama
- Ranasinghe Premadasa, (1993), President of Sri Lanka
- C. V. Gunaratne, (2000), cabinet minister
- Kousalyan, (2005), LTTE politician, by members of the breakaway Tamil National Army. Chandra Nehru, former member of Parliament, also killed
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Syria
- Antiochus II Theos, (246 BC), Seleucid king
- Seleucus III Ceraunus, (223 BC), Seleucid king
- Seleucus IV Philopator, (176 BC), Seleucid king
- Alexander Balas, (146 BC), Seleucid king
- Antiochus VI Dionysus, (138 BC), Seleucid heir to the throne
- Numerian, (285), Roman Emperor, by his father-in-law, Arrius Aper, in Emesa (modern-day Homs)
- Zengi, (1146), ruler of Aleppo and Mosul and founder of the Zengid Dynasty
- Abdul Rahman Shahbandar, (1940), Syrian nationalist
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Turkey
- Caracalla, (217), Roman Emperor, between Edessa and Carrhae (modern-day Sanli Urfa and Harran) by Martialis, possibly under orders of Macrinus
- Aurelian, (275), Roman Emperor, near Caenophrurium (modern-day Corlu)
- Florianus, (276), Roman Emperor, near Tarsus
- Celal Pasha, (1929), former Ottoman Minister for the Navy, in Istanbul
- Nihat Erim, (1980), former prime minister of Turkey, by a Dev Sol operative in Istanbul
- Ahmet Taner Kislali, (1999), politician, university professor and columnist, by Islamist militants in Ankara
- Ugur Mumcu, (1993), writer and newspaper journalist, in Ankara
- Roger Short, (2003), British Consul-General in Istanbul
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Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, (1963), Vietnamese politician
- Ngo Dinh Diem, (1963), first president of South Vietnam
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Yemen
- Imam Yahya, (1948), King of Yemen
- Ibrahim al-Hamadi, (1977), president of North Yemen
- Ahmad al-Ghashmi, (1978), president of North Yemen killed by bomb along with envoy from South Yemen
- Jarallah Omar, (2002), deputy secretary-general of Yemeni Socialist Party
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Assassinations in Australia and Oceania
- Haruo Remeliik, (1985), president of the Pacific island of Palau
- Jean-Marie Tjibaou, (1989), New Caledonia opposition leader of FLNKS
- John Paul Newman, (1994), New South Wales state minister and member for Cabramatta
- Ivens Buffett, (2004), Deputy Chief Minister of Norfolk Island
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Assassinations in Europe
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Austria
- Elisabeth of Bavaria, (1898), wife of Emperor Franz Josef
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, (1914), death triggered WW I
- Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Prime Minister of Austria
- Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour representative at Semperit
- Engelbert Dollfuss, (1934), chancellor of Austria
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Belgium
- Maximiliano Gómez, (1971), Dominican communist leader
- Gerald Bull, (1990), Canadian developer of the Martlet cannon, assassinated by Israeli agents in Brussels, Belgium
- André Cools, (1991), Belgian politician
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Bulgaria
- Stefan Stambolov, (1895), Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Andrey Lukanov, (1996), former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
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Cyprus
- Youssef El-Sebai, (1979), Egyptian writer, in Cyprus
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Czech Republic
- Václav I (Saint Wenceslas), (935 or 929), Duke of Bohemia
- Václav III, (1306), King of Bohemia
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1634), Czech general during the Thirty Years' War
- Alois Rašín, (1923), Minister of Finances of Czechoslovakia
- Reinhard Heydrich, (1942), a General in the Nazi German paramilitary corps and governor of occupied Czechoslovakia
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Finland
- Bishop Henry, (1156) English bishop in Finland
- Eliel Soisalon-Soininen, (1904), attorney General
- Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, (1905), Governor-General of Finland.
- Heikki Ritavuori, (1922), Minister of the Interior of Finland
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France
- Henri III, (1589), King of France
- Henri IV, (1610), King of France
- Jean-Paul Marat, (1793), revolutionary
- Marie François Sadi Carnot, (1894), President of France
- Jean Jaurès, (1914), politician, pacifist
- Gaston Calmette, (1914), editor of Le Figaro newspaper
- Marius Plateau, (1923), secretary of Action Française
- Paul Doumer, (1932), President of France
- Louis Barthou, (1934), foreign minister of France killed along with King Alexander I of Yugoslavia at Marseille
- Ernst vom Rath, (1938), German diplomat in France