This is a list of survivors of
assassination
Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a personespecially if prominent or important. It may be prompted by political, ideological, religious, financial, or military motives.
Assassinations are orde ...
attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see
List of assassinations
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.
For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premedit ...
.
Non-heads of state
Heads of state and government
Gallery
File:Arrestation Gregori.jpg, Arrest of Louis Gregori, the attempted assassin of Captain Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair. In 1894, Dreyfus fell victim to a judicial conspiracy that eventually sparked a major political crisis in the Fre ...
during the ceremony removing Émile Zola
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to ...
's ashes to the Panthéon
The Panthéon (, ), is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, Paris, Latin Quarter (Quartier latin), atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was built between 1758 ...
from the Cimetière de Montmartre
The Cemetery of Montmartre () is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemet ...
in Paris
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, 4 June 1908
File:Attack on Henriette Reker, crime scene.jpg, Crime scene of the attack on Mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker
Henriette Reker (born 9 December 1956) is a German lawyer and independent politician. She is known for her pro-immigration stance and for being the victim of an . A day after the attack, Reker was elected List of mayors of Cologne, mayor of Col ...
in Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
on 17 October 2015
File:Bolsonaro é esfaqueado.jpg, Federal deputy and Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamb ...
after being stabbed by Adélio Bispo de Oliveira during a campaign event on 6 September 2018.
File:The Attempted Assassination of Andrew Jackson President of the United States.tiff, Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before Presidency of Andrew Jackson, his presidency, he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses ...
outside the United States Capitol
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the Seat of government, seat of the United States Congress, the United States Congress, legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, federal g ...
in Washington, D.C.
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, 30 January 1835
File:Anarchist attack on the King of Spain Alfonso XIII (1906).jpg, Assassination attempt of King of Spain Alfonso XIII
Alfonso XIII (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Alfonso León Fernando MarÃa Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena''; French language, French: ''Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon''; 17 May ...
in Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...
, 31 May 1906
File:Lenin attempt.jpg, Assassination attempt of Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...
in Moscow
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, Aug 30 1918
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-025-10, Hitler-Attentat, 20. Juli 1944.jpg, Wolf's Lair
The Wolf's Lair (; ) was Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II.
The headquarters was located in the Masurian woods, near the village of Görlitz (now Gierłoż, Kętrzyn County, ...
conference room after the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...
, 20 July 1944
File:Mohamad Reza Shah Pahlavi in hospital 1949 jpeg.jpg, Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (26 October 1919 – 27 July 1980) was the last Shah of Iran, ruling from 1941 to 1979. He succeeded his father Reza Shah and ruled the Imperial State of Iran until he was overthrown by the Iranian Revolution, which ...
in hospital after the failed assassination attempt by Fada'iyan-e Islam in 1949
File:Rómulo Betancourt después de atentado.jpg, Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981; ), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was a Venezuelan politician who served as the president of Venezuela, from and again from Second presidency of Rómulo ...
delivers a speech with bandaged hands the day after the assassination attempt against him with a car bomb, planned by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( ; ; 24 October 1891 – 30 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (; "the boss"), was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May 1961 ...
, 25 June 1960.
File:Ford rushed from Sacramento assassination attempt image A6320-24A.jpg, Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
outside the California State Capitol
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in Sacramento
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, 5 September 1975
File:AV89-26-14 600d.jpg, Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...
in San Francisco
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, 22 September 1975
File:Reagan assassination attempt 4 crop.jpg, Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, 30 March 1981
File:Grand-Hotel-Following-Bomb-Attack-1984-10-12.jpg, Brighton Grand Hotel after the bomb attack to attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of th ...
, 12 October 1984
See also
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List of assassinations
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.
For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premedit ...
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List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India
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Notes
References
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