List of people who survived assassination attempts
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This is a list of survivors of assassination attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see List of assassinations.
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· Non-heads of state
1134
1134
Attempted assassination date
1134
Intended victim(s)
Hugh II of Jaffa
Occupation at the time
Count of Jaffa
Location of attempt
Jerusalem
Country of attempt
Holy Land
Perpetrator(s)
A Breton knight
1272
1272
Attempted assassination date
1272
Attempted assassination date
June
Intended victim(s)
Edward Longshanks
Occupation at the time
Heir to the English throne
Location of attempt
Acre, Jerusalem
Country of attempt
Holy Land
Perpetrator(s)
Unnamed Muslim
1572
1572
Attempted assassination date
1572
Attempted assassination date
22 August
Intended victim(s)
Gaspard de Coligny
Occupation at the time
Leader of the Huguenots
Location of attempt
Paris
Country of attempt
France
Perpetrator(s)
Maurevert
1582
1582
Attempted assassination date
1582
Attempted assassination date
18 March
Intended victim(s)
William of Orange
Occupation at the time
Leader of the United Provinces
Location of attempt
Antwerp
Country of attempt
Dutch Republic
Perpetrator(s)
Juan de Jáuregui
1799
1799
Attempted assassination date
1799
Attempted assassination date
28 April
Intended victim(s)
Jean Debry
Occupation at the time
French envoy to the Congress of Rastatt
Location of attempt
Rastatt
Country of attempt
Holy Roman Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Unidentified hussars
1842
1842
Attempted assassination date
1842
Attempted assassination date
6 May
Intended victim(s)
Lilburn Boggs
Occupation at the time
ex-Governor of Missouri
Location of attempt
Zion, Missouri
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1861
1861
Attempted assassination date
1861
Attempted assassination date
February
Intended victim(s)
Abraham Lincoln
Occupation at the time
President-elect of the United States
Location of attempt
Washington, D.C.
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Baltimore Plotters
1865
1865
Attempted assassination date
1865
Attempted assassination date
14 April
Intended victim(s)
William H. Seward
Occupation at the time
United States Secretary of State
Location of attempt
Washington, D.C.
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Lewis Powell
1868
1868
Attempted assassination date
1868
Attempted assassination date
12 March
Intended victim(s)
Prince Alfred
Occupation at the time
Duke of Edinburgh
Location of attempt
Sydney
Country of attempt
Colony of New South Wales
Perpetrator(s)
Henry James O'Farrell
1869
1869
Attempted assassination date
1869
Attempted assassination date
11 July
Intended victim(s)
Thomas Eyre Lambert
Occupation at the time
Irish landlord
Location of attempt
Athenry, County Galway
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Peter Barrett
1889
1889
Attempted assassination date
1889
Attempted assassination date
13 February
Intended victim(s)
Celso Ceretti
Occupation at the time
Italian socialist politician
Location of attempt
Mirandola, Emilia Romagna
Country of attempt
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Intransigents of London and Paris (Vittorio Pini and Luigi Parmeggiani)
1889
1889
Attempted assassination date
1889
Attempted assassination date
15 November
Intended victim(s)
José da Costa Azevedo [PT]
Occupation at the time
Minister of the Navy of the Empire of Brazil
Location of attempt
Rio de Janeiro, Neutral Municipality of the Court
Country of attempt
Empire of Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1891
1891
Attempted assassination date
1891
Attempted assassination date
11 May
Intended victim(s)
Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich
Occupation at the time
Tsarevich of Russia
Location of attempt
Ōtsu
Country of attempt
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Tsuda Sanzō
1892
1892
Attempted assassination date
1892
Attempted assassination date
23 July
Intended victim(s)
Henry Clay Frick
Occupation at the time
American industrialist
Location of attempt
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Alexander Berkman
1900
1900
Attempted assassination date
1900
Attempted assassination date
5 April
Intended victim(s)
Edward, Prince of Wales
Occupation at the time
Prince of Wales
Location of attempt
Brussels
Country of attempt
Belgium
Perpetrator(s)
Jean-Baptiste Sipido
1902
1902
Attempted assassination date
1902
Attempted assassination date
18 May
Intended victim(s)
Victor von Wahl
Occupation at the time
Tsarist governor of Vilna
Location of attempt
Vilna
Country of attempt
Russian Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Hirsh Lekert
1907
1907
Attempted assassination date
1907
Attempted assassination date
18 April
Intended victim(s)
Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso
Occupation at the time
Spanish statesman
Location of attempt
Barcelona
Country of attempt
Spain
Perpetrator(s)
Political foe
1908
1908
Attempted assassination date
1908
Attempted assassination date
1 February
Intended victim(s)
Manuel, Duke of Beja
Occupation at the time
Infante of Portugal (future King of Portugal)
Location of attempt
Lisbon
Country of attempt
Portugal
Perpetrator(s)
Carbonária (Alfredo Costa and Manuel Buíça)
1908
1908
Attempted assassination date
1908
Attempted assassination date
4 June
Intended victim(s)
Alfred Dreyfus
Occupation at the time
French military officer
Location of attempt
Paris
Country of attempt
France
Perpetrator(s)
Louis Gregori
1910
1910
Attempted assassination date
1910
Attempted assassination date
9 August
Intended victim(s)
William Jay Gaynor
Occupation at the time
Mayor of New York City
Location of attempt
Hoboken, New Jersey
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
James J. Gallagher
1912
1912
Attempted assassination date
1912
Attempted assassination date
14 October
Intended victim(s)
Theodore Roosevelt
Occupation at the time
Former president of the United States and U.S. presidential candidate
Location of attempt
Milwaukee
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
John Flammang Schrank
1913
1913
Attempted assassination date
1913
Attempted assassination date
29 January and following weeks
Intended victim(s)
David Lloyd George
Occupation at the time
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Location of attempt
Sent from various sources
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Suffragettes (WSPU)
1913
1913
Attempted assassination date
1913
Attempted assassination date
14 May
Intended victim(s)
Henry Curtis-Bennett
Occupation at the time
Magistrate
Location of attempt
Bow Street, London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Suffragettes (WSPU)
1913
1913
Attempted assassination date
1913
Attempted assassination date
16 May
Intended victim(s)
Henry Curtis-Bennett
Occupation at the time
Magistrate
Location of attempt
Margate
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Suffragettes (WSPU)
1914
1914
Attempted assassination date
1914
Attempted assassination date
17 March
Intended victim(s)
John Purroy Mitchel
Occupation at the time
Mayor of New York City
Location of attempt
New York City
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Michael P. Mahoney
1914
1914
Attempted assassination date
1914
Attempted assassination date
29 June
Intended victim(s)
Grigori Rasputin
Occupation at the time
Russian monk
Location of attempt
Pokrovskoye
Country of attempt
Russian Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Khioniya Guseva
1915
1915
Attempted assassination date
1915
Attempted assassination date
17 May
Intended victim(s)
João Chagas
Occupation at the time
Prime Minister-designate of Portugal
Location of attempt
Santarém
Country of attempt
Portugal
Perpetrator(s)
João José de Freitas
1915
1915
Attempted assassination date
1915
Attempted assassination date
3 July
Intended victim(s)
J. P. Morgan Jr.
Occupation at the time
Banker
Location of attempt
Glen Cove
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Eric Muenter
1919
1919
Attempted assassination date
1919
Attempted assassination date
April–June
Intended victim(s)
A. Mitchell Palmer
Occupation at the time
United States Attorney General
Location of attempt
Washington, D.C.
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Galleanisti
1920
1920
Attempted assassination date
1920
Attempted assassination date
3 April
Intended victim(s)
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Occupation at the time
General of the Finnish White Guards
Location of attempt
Tampere
Country of attempt
Finland
Perpetrator(s)
Finnish Red Guards
1920
1920
Attempted assassination date
1920
Attempted assassination date
August
Intended victim(s)
Eleftherios Venizelos
Occupation at the time
Greek revolutionary and statesman
Location of attempt
Paris
Country of attempt
France
Perpetrator(s)
Greek royalists
1923
1923
Attempted assassination date
1923
Attempted assassination date
27 December
Intended victim(s)
Hirohito
Occupation at the time
Prince regent
Location of attempt
Tokyo
Country of attempt
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Daisuke Namba
1928
1928
Attempted assassination date
1928
Attempted assassination date
19 November
Intended victim(s)
Herbert Hoover
Occupation at the time
President-elect of the United States
Location of attempt
Andes Mountains
Country of attempt
Chile
Perpetrator(s)
Severino Di Giovanni
1929
1929
Attempted assassination date
1929
Attempted assassination date
24 October
Intended victim(s)
Umberto of Savoy
Occupation at the time
Prince of Piedmont
Location of attempt
Brussels
Country of attempt
Belgium
Perpetrator(s)
Fernando de Rosa
1931
1931
Attempted assassination date
1931
Attempted assassination date
22 July
Intended victim(s)
John Ernest Buttery Hotson
Occupation at the time
Acting Governor of Bombay
Location of attempt
Pune, Bombay State
Country of attempt
British India
Perpetrator(s)
Vasudeo Balwant Gogte
1933
1933
Attempted assassination date
1933
Attempted assassination date
15 February
Intended victim(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Occupation at the time
President-elect of the United States
Location of attempt
Miami
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Giuseppe Zangara
1936
1936
Attempted assassination date
1936
Attempted assassination date
26 February
Intended victim(s)
Makino Nobuaki
Occupation at the time
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Location of attempt
Tokyo
Country of attempt
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers
1936
1936
Attempted assassination date
1936
Attempted assassination date
March
Intended victim(s)
Eleftherios Venizelos
Occupation at the time
Greek revolutionary and statesman
Location of attempt
Athens
Country of attempt
Greece
Perpetrator(s)
Greek royalists
1940
1940
Attempted assassination date
1940
Attempted assassination date
24 May
Intended victim(s)
Leon Trotsky
Occupation at the time
Prominent anti-Stalinist figure
Location of attempt
Mexico City
Country of attempt
Mexico
Perpetrator(s)
NKVD
1942
1942
Attempted assassination date
1942
Attempted assassination date
24 February
Intended victim(s)
Franz von Papen
Occupation at the time
Nazi Germany's Ambassador to Turkey
Location of attempt
Ankara
Country of attempt
Turkey
Perpetrator(s)
NKVD agents
1943
1943
Attempted assassination date
1943
Attempted assassination date
5 June
Intended victim(s)
José P. Laurel
Occupation at the time
Commissioner of the Interior, Philippine Executive Commission
Location of attempt
Mandaluyong
Country of attempt
Philippines
Perpetrator(s)
Feliciano Lizardo (Disputed)
1948
1948
Attempted assassination date
1948
Attempted assassination date
20 April
Intended victim(s)
Walter Reuther
Occupation at the time
President of the UAW
Location of attempt
Detroit
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1949
1949
Attempted assassination date
1949
Attempted assassination date
24 May
Intended victim(s)
Victor Reuther
Occupation at the time
UAW Director of Education
Location of attempt
Detroit
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1951
1951
Attempted assassination date
1951
Attempted assassination date
20 July
Intended victim(s)
Hussein of Jordan
Occupation at the time
2nd in line to the throne
Location of attempt
East Jerusalem
Country of attempt
Jordan
Perpetrator(s)
Mustapha Shukri Usho [ar]
1952
1952
Attempted assassination date
1952
Attempted assassination date
20 January
Intended victim(s)
Anton Vovk
Occupation at the time
Auxiliary bishop of Ljubljana
Location of attempt
Novo Mesto
Country of attempt
Yugoslavia
Perpetrator(s)
Avgust Mežnaršič
1954
1954
Attempted assassination date
1954
Attempted assassination date
5 August
Intended victim(s)
Carlos Lacerda
Occupation at the time
Candidate for federal deputy for the Federal District
Location of attempt
Rio de Janeiro
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Alcino João do Nascimento
1958
1958
Attempted assassination date
1958
Attempted assassination date
20 September
Intended victim(s)
Martin Luther King Jr.
Occupation at the time
American civil rights activist and Baptist minister
Location of attempt
New York City
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Izola Curry
1962
1962
Attempted assassination date
1962
Attempted assassination date
27 February
Intended victim(s)
Ngô Đình Nhu
Occupation at the time
Chief Republic of Vietnam presidential adviser and brother of Ngô Đình Diệm
Location of attempt
Saigon
Country of attempt
South Vietnam
Perpetrator(s)
Nguyễn Văn Cử and Phạm Phú Quốc
1963
1963
Attempted assassination date
1963
Attempted assassination date
10 April
Intended victim(s)
Edwin Walker
Occupation at the time
United States Army officer
Location of attempt
Dallas
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Lee Harvey Oswald
1966
1966
Attempted assassination date
1966
Attempted assassination date
21 June
Intended victim(s)
Arthur Calwell
Occupation at the time
Australian Opposition Leader, Leader of the Australian Labor Party
Location of attempt
Mosman, Sydney
Country of attempt
Australia
Perpetrator(s)
Peter Kocan
1966
1966
Attempted assassination date
1966
Attempted assassination date
25 July
Intended victim(s)
Artur da Costa e Silva
Occupation at the time
Minister of War of Brazil and candidate for the Presidency of Brazil
Location of attempt
Recife, Pernambuco
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1966
1966
Attempted assassination date
1966
Attempted assassination date
18 October
Intended victim(s)
Bhim Singh
Occupation at the time
President of the National Students Union of India
Location of attempt
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Country of attempt
India
Perpetrator(s)
Senior superintendent of police
1967
1967
Attempted assassination date
1967
Attempted assassination date
8 June
Intended victim(s)
Estácio Souto Maior [PT]
Occupation at the time
Federal Deputy for Pernambuco
Location of attempt
Brasília, Federal District
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Nelson Carneiro
1967
1967
Attempted assassination date
1967
Attempted assassination date
8 June
Intended victim(s)
Nelson Carneiro
Occupation at the time
Federal Deputy for Guanabara
Location of attempt
Brasília, Federal District
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Estácio Souto Maior [PT]
1968
1968
Attempted assassination date
1968
Attempted assassination date
11 April
Intended victim(s)
Rudi Dutschke
Occupation at the time
German student activist
Location of attempt
West Berlin
Country of attempt
West Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Josef Bachmann
1968
1968
Attempted assassination date
1968
Attempted assassination date
3 June
Intended victim(s)
Andy Warhol
Occupation at the time
American artist
Location of attempt
New York City
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Valerie Solanas
1970
1970
Attempted assassination date
1970
Attempted assassination date
24 April
Intended victim(s)
Chiang Ching-kuo
Occupation at the time
Vice Premier of the Republic of China
Location of attempt
New York City
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Peter Huang
1971
1971
Attempted assassination date
1971
Attempted assassination date
8 August
Intended victim(s)
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Occupation at the time
Soviet dissident
Location of attempt
Novocherkassk
Country of attempt
Soviet Union
Perpetrator(s)
KGB
1972
1972
Attempted assassination date
1972
Attempted assassination date
15 May
Intended victim(s)
George Wallace
Occupation at the time
U.S. presidential candidate
Location of attempt
Laurel, Maryland
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Arthur Bremer
1972
1972
Attempted assassination date
1972
Attempted assassination date
7 December
Intended victim(s)
Imelda Marcos
Occupation at the time
First Lady of the Philippines
Location of attempt
Manila
Country of attempt
Philippines
Perpetrator(s)
Carlito Dimahilig
1973
1973
Attempted assassination date
1973
Attempted assassination date
30 December
Intended victim(s)
Joseph Sieff
Occupation at the time
Honorary vice-president of the British Zionist Federation
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
1974
1974
Attempted assassination date
1974
Attempted assassination date
8 March
Intended victim(s)
Asari Giichi
Occupation at the time
Mayor of Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Location of attempt
Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Country of attempt
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Yagi Tatsumi
1974
1974
Attempted assassination date
1974
Intended victim(s)
Ali Hassan Salameh
Occupation at the time
Black September operative
Location of attempt
Tarifa
Country of attempt
Spain
Perpetrator(s)
Mossad
1975
1975
Attempted assassination date
1975
Attempted assassination date
6 October
Intended victim(s)
Bernardo Leighton
Occupation at the time
Former Chilean Christian Democrat vice-president in exile.
Location of attempt
Rome
Country of attempt
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
DINA, Avanguardia Nazionale
1975
1975
Attempted assassination date
1975
Attempted assassination date
December
Intended victim(s)
Íbis Cruz [PT]
Occupation at the time
Mayor of Jundiaí, São Paulo
Location of attempt
Jundiaí, São Paulo
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Unnamed
1976
1976
Attempted assassination date
1976
Attempted assassination date
3 December
Intended victim(s)
Bob Marley
Occupation at the time
Jamaican reggae musician
Location of attempt
Kingston
Country of attempt
Jamaica
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1976
1976
Attempted assassination date
1976
Attempted assassination date
12 December
Intended victim(s)
Raymond Eddé
Occupation at the time
Lebanese member of parliament
Location of attempt
Beirut
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1978
1978
Attempted assassination date
1978
Attempted assassination date
6 March
Intended victim(s)
Larry Flynt
Occupation at the time
American newspaper publisher
Location of attempt
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Joseph Paul Franklin
1978
1978
Attempted assassination date
1978
Attempted assassination date
February
Intended victim(s)
Ayad Allawi
Occupation at the time
Iraqi opposition politician in exile
Location of attempt
Surrey
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Saddam Hussein's agents
1978
1978
Attempted assassination date
1978
Attempted assassination date
5 April
Intended victim(s)
Antonio Cubillo
Occupation at the time
Canarian nationalist Movement leader
Location of attempt
Algiers
Country of attempt
Algeria
Perpetrator(s)
Spanish secret service members
1979
1979
Attempted assassination date
1979
Attempted assassination date
3 May
Intended victim(s)
Amine Gemayel
Occupation at the time
Kataeb Regulatory Forces general
Location of attempt
Bikfaya
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1979
1979
Attempted assassination date
1979
Attempted assassination date
4 June
Intended victim(s)
Pierre Gemayel
Occupation at the time
President of the Kataeb Party
Location of attempt
Matn
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1979
1979
Attempted assassination date
1979
Attempted assassination date
25 June
Intended victim(s)
Alexander Haig
Occupation at the time
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Location of attempt
Mons
Country of attempt
Belgium
Perpetrator(s)
Rolf Clemens Wagner
1980
1980
Attempted assassination date
1980
Attempted assassination date
April
Intended victim(s)
Tariq Aziz
Occupation at the time
Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Location of attempt
Baghdad
Country of attempt
Iraq
Perpetrator(s)
Islamic Dawa Party members
1980
1980
Attempted assassination date
1980
Attempted assassination date
29 May
Intended victim(s)
Vernon Jordan
Occupation at the time
American Civil Rights Movement activist
Location of attempt
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Joseph Paul Franklin
1980
1980
Attempted assassination date
1980
Attempted assassination date
10 June
Intended victim(s)
Percy Wood
Occupation at the time
President of United Airlines
Location of attempt
Lake Forest, Illinois
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Ted Kaczynski
1980
1980
Attempted assassination date
1980
Attempted assassination date
25 October
Intended victim(s)
Khalid Duhham Al-Jawary
Occupation at the time
Black September operative
Location of attempt
Beirut
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1981
1981
Attempted assassination date
1981
Attempted assassination date
16 January
Intended victim(s)
Bernadette and Michael McAliskey
Occupation at the time
Irish socialist and republican political activists
Location of attempt
Coalisland, County Tyrone
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Ulster Freedom Fighters
1981
1981
Attempted assassination date
1981
Attempted assassination date
June
Intended victim(s)
Ali Khamenei
Occupation at the time
Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam
Location of attempt
Tehran
Country of attempt
Iran
Perpetrator(s)
People's Mujahedin of Iran, Furqan Group
1981
1981
Attempted assassination date
1981
Attempted assassination date
1 August
Intended victim(s)
Abu Daoud
Occupation at the time
Black September operative
Location of attempt
Warsaw
Country of attempt
Poland
Perpetrator(s)
Khaled[who?]
1982
1982
Attempted assassination date
1982
Attempted assassination date
3 June
Intended victim(s)
Shlomo Argov
Occupation at the time
Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Abu Nidal Organization
1984
1984
Attempted assassination date
1984
Attempted assassination date
14 March
Intended victim(s)
Gerry Adams
Occupation at the time
Irish Republican politician and President of Sinn Féin
Location of attempt
Belfast
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF)
1985
1985
Attempted assassination date
1985
Attempted assassination date
8 March
Intended victim(s)
Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
Occupation at the time
Lebanese Grand Ayatollah and mentor to Hezbollah
Location of attempt
Beirut
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
CIA linked group
1985
1985
Attempted assassination date
1985
Attempted assassination date
12 November
Intended victim(s)
Camille Chamoun
Occupation at the time
Former president of Lebanon and leader of the National Liberal Party
Location of attempt
Beirut
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Vanguard of Arab Christians
Elie Karamé [fr]
Elie Karamé [fr]
Attempted assassination date
Elie Karamé [fr]
Attempted assassination date
President of the Kataeb Party
1986
1986
Attempted assassination date
1986
Attempted assassination date
25 May
Intended victim(s)
Malkiat Singh Sidhu
Occupation at the time
Planning Minister in the Government of Punjab, India
Location of attempt
Gold River
Country of attempt
Canada
Perpetrator(s)
Jaspal Atwal, Jasbir Singh Atwal, Amarjit Singh Dhindsa and Sukhdial Singh Gill
1988
1988
Attempted assassination date
1988
Attempted assassination date
18 June
Intended victim(s)
Turgut Özal
Occupation at the time
Prime Minister of Turkey
Location of attempt
Ankara
Country of attempt
Turkey
Perpetrator(s)
Kartal Demirağ
1988
1988
Attempted assassination date
1988
Attempted assassination date
11 September
Intended victim(s)
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Occupation at the time
Catholic Salesian priest, political dissident, and future President of Haiti
Location of attempt
Port-au-Prince
Country of attempt
Haiti
Perpetrator(s)
Ex-Tonton Macoute member
1988
1988
Attempted assassination date
1988
Attempted assassination date
20 October
Intended victim(s)
Nikola Štedul
Occupation at the time
Croat émigré from Yugoslavia and head of the Croatian Statehood Movement
Location of attempt
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Vinko Sindičić, UDBA agent
1988
1988
Attempted assassination date
1988
Attempted assassination date
17 November
Intended victim(s)
Antoine Lahad
Occupation at the time
Lebanese general and leader of the South Lebanon Army
Location of attempt
Southern Lebanon
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Souha Bechara
1989
1989
Attempted assassination date
1989
Attempted assassination date
14 July
Intended victim(s)
Jani Allan
Occupation at the time
South African columnist
Location of attempt
Johannesburg
Country of attempt
South Africa
Perpetrator(s)
Cornelius Lottering, Orde van die Dood member
1989
1989
Attempted assassination date
1989
Attempted assassination date
3 August
Intended victim(s)
Salman Rushdie
Occupation at the time
British Indian novelist and essayist
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Mustafa Mahmoud Mazeh
1989
1989
Attempted assassination date
1989
Attempted assassination date
27 November
Intended victim(s)
César Gaviria
Occupation at the time
Candidate of 1990 Colombian presidential election
Location of attempt
Bogotá
Country of attempt
Colombia
Perpetrator(s)
Medellin Cartel
1990
1990
Attempted assassination date
1990
Attempted assassination date
18 January
Intended victim(s)
Motoshima Hitoshi
Occupation at the time
Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan
Location of attempt
Nagasaki
Country of attempt
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Seikijuku member
1990
1990
Attempted assassination date
1990
Attempted assassination date
25 April
Intended victim(s)
Oskar Lafontaine
Occupation at the time
Minister-President of Saarland
Location of attempt
Cologne
Country of attempt
West Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Adelheid Streidel
1990
1990
Attempted assassination date
1990
Attempted assassination date
18 September
Intended victim(s)
Peter Terry
Occupation at the time
British Governor of Gibraltar
Location of attempt
Milford, Staffordshire
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Provisional Irish Republican Army
1990
1990
Attempted assassination date
1990
Attempted assassination date
12 October
Intended victim(s)
Wolfgang Schäuble
Occupation at the time
German Minister of the Interior
Location of attempt
Oppenau
Country of attempt
Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Dieter Kaufmann
1990
1990
Attempted assassination date
1990
Attempted assassination date
25 October
Intended victim(s)
Byron Barrera
Occupation at the time
Guatemalan journalist
Location of attempt
Guatemala City
Country of attempt
Guatemala
Perpetrator(s)
Members of the military implicated
1991
1991
Attempted assassination date
1991
Attempted assassination date
12 January
Intended victim(s)
Al Sharpton
Occupation at the time
American civil rights activist and Baptist minister
Location of attempt
Brooklyn, New York
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Michael Riccardi
1992
1992
Attempted assassination date
1992
Attempted assassination date
19 June
Intended victim(s)
Curtis Sliwa
Occupation at the time
Founder of the Guardian Angels
Location of attempt
Manhattan
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Michael Yannotti (alleged)
1992
1992
Attempted assassination date
1992
Attempted assassination date
5 December
Intended victim(s)
Jiří Svoboda
Occupation at the time
Leader of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia
Location of attempt
Prague
Country of attempt
Czechoslovakia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1993
1993
Attempted assassination date
1993
Attempted assassination date
2 July
Intended victim(s)
Aziz Nesin
Occupation at the time
Turkish translator of "The Satanic Verses"
Location of attempt
Sivas
Country of attempt
Turkey
Perpetrator(s)
Sunni Wahhabi and Salafist extremist mob
1993
1993
Attempted assassination date
1993
Attempted assassination date
19 August
Intended victim(s)
George Tiller
Occupation at the time
Abortion provider
Location of attempt
Wichita
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Shelley Shannon
1993
1993
Attempted assassination date
1993
Attempted assassination date
11 October
Intended victim(s)
William Nygaard
Occupation at the time
Norwegian publisher of The Satanic Verses
Location of attempt
Oslo
Country of attempt
Norway
Perpetrator(s)
Khaled Moussawi and an accomplice
1994
1994
Attempted assassination date
1994
Attempted assassination date
June
Intended victim(s)
Boris Berezovsky
Occupation at the time
Russian oligarch and later prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1994
1994
Attempted assassination date
1994
Attempted assassination date
14 October
Intended victim(s)
Naguib Mahfouz
Occupation at the time
Egyptian writer
Location of attempt
Cairo
Country of attempt
Egypt
Perpetrator(s)
Ordered by Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
1994
1994
Attempted assassination date
1994
Attempted assassination date
8 November
Intended victim(s)
Garson Romalis
Occupation at the time
Abortion provider
Location of attempt
Vancouver
Country of attempt
Canada
Perpetrator(s)
James Kopp (suspected)
1995
1995
Attempted assassination date
1995
Attempted assassination date
19 April
Intended victim(s)
José María Aznar
Occupation at the time
Head of the People's Party and future Prime Minister of Spain
Location of attempt
Madrid
Country of attempt
Spain
Perpetrator(s)
ETA
1995
1995
Attempted assassination date
1995
Attempted assassination date
4 November
Intended victim(s)
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Occupation at the time
Former President of Ethiopia
Location of attempt
Harare
Country of attempt
Zimbabwe
Perpetrator(s)
Solomon Haile Ghebre Michael and Abraham Goletom Joseph
1996
1996
Attempted assassination date
1996
Attempted assassination date
4 July
Intended victim(s)
Nimal Siripala de Silva
Occupation at the time
Sri Lankan Minister of Housing
Location of attempt
Jaffna
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1996
1996
Attempted assassination date
1996
Attempted assassination date
12 September
Intended victim(s)
Björk
Occupation at the time
Musician
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Ricardo López
1996
1996
Attempted assassination date
1996
Attempted assassination date
12 December
Intended victim(s)
Uday Hussein
Occupation at the time
Son and heir-apparent of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein
Location of attempt
Baghdad
Country of attempt
Iraq
Perpetrator(s)
Salman Sharif, and three others
1997
1997
Attempted assassination date
1997
Attempted assassination date
25 September
Intended victim(s)
Khaled Mashal
Occupation at the time
Leader of Hamas
Location of attempt
Amman
Country of attempt
Jordan
Perpetrator(s)
Mossad
1998
1998
Attempted assassination date
1998
Attempted assassination date
6 December
Intended victim(s)
General Anuruddha Ratwatte
Occupation at the time
Sri Lankan Minister of Energy and Deputy Defence Minister
Location of attempt
Oddusuddan
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
1999
1999
Attempted assassination date
1999
Attempted assassination date
3 October
Intended victim(s)
Vuk Drašković
Occupation at the time
Former deputy prime minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Location of attempt
Ibar Highway
Country of attempt
FR Yugoslavia
Perpetrator(s)
Serbian State Security Special Ops Force
1999
1999
Attempted assassination date
1999
Attempted assassination date
30 December
Intended victim(s)
George Harrison
Occupation at the time
Musician and former member of the Beatles
Location of attempt
Henley-on-Thames
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Michael Abram
2000
2000
Attempted assassination date
2000
Attempted assassination date
March
Intended victim(s)
Saeed Hajjarian
Occupation at the time
Iranian intellectual, prominent journalist, pro-democracy activist
Location of attempt
Tehran
Country of attempt
Iran
Perpetrator(s)
Members of the Basij militia
2000
2000
Attempted assassination date
2000
Attempted assassination date
15 June
Intended victim(s)
Vuk Drašković
Occupation at the time
Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Location of attempt
Budva
Country of attempt
FR Yugoslavia
Perpetrator(s)
Milorad Ulemek and Slobodan Milošević
2000
2000
Attempted assassination date
2000
Attempted assassination date
11 July
Intended victim(s)
Garson Romalis
Occupation at the time
Abortion provider
Location of attempt
Vancouver
Country of attempt
Canada
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2001
2001
Attempted assassination date
2001
Attempted assassination date
1 June
Intended victim(s)
Ezekiel Alebua
Occupation at the time
Former Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, serving as Premier of Guadalcanal
Location of attempt
Guadalcanal
Country of attempt
Solomon Islands
Perpetrator(s)
Harold Keke's Isatabu Freedom Movement
2002
2002
Attempted assassination date
2002
Attempted assassination date
5 October
Intended victim(s)
Bertrand Delanoë
Occupation at the time
Mayor of Paris
Location of attempt
Paris
Country of attempt
France
Perpetrator(s)
Azedine Berkane
2003
2003
Attempted assassination date
2003
Attempted assassination date
April
Intended victim(s)
Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello
Occupation at the time
Nigerian Commissioner for Health
Location of attempt
Ogun State
Country of attempt
Nigeria
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2004
2004
Attempted assassination date
2004
Attempted assassination date
19 March
Intended victim(s)
Annette Lu
Occupation at the time
Vice President of the Republic of China
Location of attempt
Tainan
Country of attempt
Taiwan
Perpetrator(s)
Chen Yi-hsiung
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian
Attempted assassination date
Chen Shui-bian
Attempted assassination date
President of the Republic of China
2004
2004
Attempted assassination date
2004
Attempted assassination date
10 June
Intended victim(s)
Ahsan Saleem Hayat
Occupation at the time
Commander V Corps
Location of attempt
Karachi
Country of attempt
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
Jundallah
2004
2004
Attempted assassination date
2004
Attempted assassination date
1 September
Intended victim(s)
Anna Politkovskaya
Occupation at the time
Journalist
Location of attempt
Rostov-on-Don
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2004
2004
Attempted assassination date
2004
Attempted assassination date
1 September
Intended victim(s)
Ahmad Chalabi
Occupation at the time
Iraqi politician
Location of attempt
Latifiya
Country of attempt
Iraq
2004
2004
Attempted assassination date
2004
Attempted assassination date
September
Intended victim(s)
Viktor Yushchenko
Occupation at the time
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine, candidate for President of Ukraine
Location of attempt
Unknown
Country of attempt
Ukraine
2004
2004
Attempted assassination date
2004
Attempted assassination date
1 October
Intended victim(s)
Marwan Hamadeh
Occupation at the time
Minister of Economy and Trade
Location of attempt
Beirut
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2005
2005
Attempted assassination date
2005
Attempted assassination date
17 March
Intended victim(s)
Anatoly Chubais
Occupation at the time
Former deputy Prime Minister of Russia administrator of RAO UES
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Vladimir Kvachkov
2005
2005
Attempted assassination date
2005
Attempted assassination date
12 July
Intended victim(s)
Elias Murr
Occupation at the time
Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon
Location of attempt
Antelias
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Speculators claim the perpetrators to be pro-Syrian forces, most likely Hezbollah.
2005
2005
Attempted assassination date
2005
Attempted assassination date
25 September
Intended victim(s)
May Chidiac
Occupation at the time
Lebanese journalist
Location of attempt
Beirut
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Speculators claim the perpetrators to be pro-Syrian forces, most likely Hezbollah.
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
February
Intended victim(s)
Suhaylah Abd-Jaafar
Occupation at the time
Minister of Displacement and Migration
Location of attempt
Baghdad
Country of attempt
Iraq
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
12 March
Intended victim(s)
Sibghatullah Mojadeddi
Occupation at the time
President of the Senate of Afghanistan
Location of attempt
Kabul
Country of attempt
Afghanistan
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
25 April
Intended victim(s)
Lt. General Sarath Fonseka
Occupation at the time
Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
Location of attempt
Colombo
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
20 May
Intended victim(s)
Park Geun-hye
Occupation at the time
South Korean MP and Leader of the Grand National Party
Location of attempt
Seoul
Country of attempt
South Korea
Perpetrator(s)
Ji Chung-ho
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
30 May
Intended victim(s)
Georgios Voulgarakis
Occupation at the time
Greek Minister of Culture
Location of attempt
Athens
Country of attempt
Greece
Perpetrator(s)
Revolutionary Struggle
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
16 October
Intended victim(s)
Alexander Litvinenko
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
FSB agents Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun, "probably" approved by FSB head Nikolai Patrushev and Russian president Vladimir Putin
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
25 October
Intended victim(s)
Alexander Litvinenko
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
FSB agents Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun, "probably" approved by FSB head Nikolai Patrushev and Russian president Vladimir Putin
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
24 November
Intended victim(s)
Yegor Gaidar
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2006
2006
Attempted assassination date
2006
Attempted assassination date
1 December
Intended victim(s)
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Occupation at the time
Secretary of Defense of Sri Lanka and brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa
Location of attempt
Kollupitiya
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
February
Intended victim(s)
Robert O. Blake Jr.
Occupation at the time
United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Location of attempt
Batticaloa
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
26 February
Intended victim(s)
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
Occupation at the time
Vice President of Iraq
Location of attempt
Baghdad
Country of attempt
Iraq
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
27 February
Intended victim(s)
Dick Cheney
Occupation at the time
Vice President of the United States
Location of attempt
Bagram Airfield
Country of attempt
Afghanistan
Perpetrator(s)
Taliban
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
14 April
Intended victim(s)
Onyema Ugochukwu
Occupation at the time
Gubernatorial candidate in Abia State
Location of attempt
Abia State
Country of attempt
Nigeria
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
9 May
Intended victim(s)
Ramzan Kadyrov
Occupation at the time
Head of the Chechen Republic
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Adam Osmayev (alleged)
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
June
Intended victim(s)
Boris Berezovsky
Occupation at the time
Prominent opponent to Vladimir Putin
Location of attempt
London
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Russian security services
2007
2007
Attempted assassination date
2007
Attempted assassination date
18 October
Intended victim(s)
Benazir Bhutto
Occupation at the time
Pakistani opposition leader and ex-Prime Minister
Location of attempt
Karachi
Country of attempt
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
Usama al-Kini and Baitullah Mehsud
2008
2008
Attempted assassination date
2008
Attempted assassination date
October
Intended victim(s)
Karinna Moskalenko
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Likely Russian security services
2008
2008
Attempted assassination date
2008
Attempted assassination date
8 October
Intended victim(s)
Maithripala Sirisena
Occupation at the time
Sri Lankan Minister of Agricultural Development & Agrarian Services
Location of attempt
Colombo
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2009
2009
Attempted assassination date
2009
Attempted assassination date
11 March
Intended victim(s)
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
Occupation at the time
Sri Lankan Minister of Cultural Affairs
Location of attempt
Akuressa
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
Attempted assassination date
Ameer Ali Shihabdeen
Attempted assassination date
Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Disaster Relief Services
Pandu Bandaranaike
Pandu Bandaranaike
Attempted assassination date
Pandu Bandaranaike
Attempted assassination date
Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Religious Affairs
A. H. M. Fowzie
A. H. M. Fowzie
Attempted assassination date
A. H. M. Fowzie
Attempted assassination date
Sri Lankan Minister of Petroleum & Petroleum Resources Development
Chandrasiri Gajadeera
Chandrasiri Gajadeera
Attempted assassination date
Chandrasiri Gajadeera
Attempted assassination date
Sri Lankan Non-Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs
Mahinda Wijesekara
Mahinda Wijesekara
Attempted assassination date
Mahinda Wijesekara
Attempted assassination date
Sri Lankan Minister of Special Projects
2008
2008
Attempted assassination date
2008
Attempted assassination date
November
Intended victim(s)
Mikhail Beketov
Occupation at the time
Journalist and prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2009
2009
Attempted assassination date
2009
Attempted assassination date
June
Intended victim(s)
Yunus-Bek Yevkurov
Occupation at the time
Head of Ingushetia
Location of attempt
Nazran, Ingushetia
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Chechen rebels (blamed)
2009
2009
Attempted assassination date
2009
Attempted assassination date
31 July
Intended victim(s)
Anvar-qori Tursunov
Occupation at the time
Uzbekistani imam
Location of attempt
Tashkent
Country of attempt
Uzbekistan
Perpetrator(s)
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
2010
2010
Attempted assassination date
2010
Attempted assassination date
1 January
Intended victim(s)
Kurt Westergaard
Occupation at the time
Cartoonist
Location of attempt
Aarhus
Country of attempt
Denmark
Perpetrator(s)
28-year-old Somali
2010
2010
Attempted assassination date
2010
Attempted assassination date
14 May
Intended victim(s)
Stephen Timms
Occupation at the time
British Labour MP
Location of attempt
Beckton
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Roshonara Choudhry
2010
2010
Attempted assassination date
2010
Attempted assassination date
November
Intended victim(s)
Viktor Kalashnikov
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Berlin
Country of attempt
Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Likely FSB
2010
2010
Attempted assassination date
2010
Attempted assassination date
November
Intended victim(s)
Marina Kalashnikova
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Berlin
Country of attempt
Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Likely FSB
2010
2010
Attempted assassination date
2010
Attempted assassination date
6 November
Intended victim(s)
Oleg Kashin
Occupation at the time
Prominent journalist and Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2011
2011
Attempted assassination date
2011
Attempted assassination date
13 May
Intended victim(s)
Joss Stone
Occupation at the time
Singer, songwriter and actress
Location of attempt
East Devon
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw
2011
2011
Attempted assassination date
2011
Attempted assassination date
29 September
Intended victim(s)
Adel al-Jubeir
Occupation at the time
Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States
Location of attempt
Washington, D.C.
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Manssor Arbabsiar and Gholam Shakuri
2012
2012
Attempted assassination date
2012
Attempted assassination date
4 April
Intended victim(s)
Samir Geagea
Occupation at the time
Executive Chairman of the Lebanese Forces
Location of attempt
Meerab, Mount Lebanon
Country of attempt
Lebanon
Perpetrator(s)
Speculators claim the perpetrators to be pro-Syrian forces, most likely Hezbollah.
2012
2012
Attempted assassination date
2012
Attempted assassination date
9 September
Intended victim(s)
Pauline Marois
Occupation at the time
Premier-designate of Quebec
Location of attempt
Montreal, Quebec
Country of attempt
Canada
Perpetrator(s)
Richard Henry Bain
2012
2012
Attempted assassination date
2012
Attempted assassination date
9 October
Intended victim(s)
Malala Yousafzai
Occupation at the time
Human rights activist
Location of attempt
Mingora
Country of attempt
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
Pakistani Taliban
2013
2013
Attempted assassination date
2013
Attempted assassination date
4 January
Intended victim(s)
Mohammed Magariaf
Occupation at the time
Head of Libya's General National Congress
Location of attempt
Sabha
Country of attempt
Libya
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2013
2013
Attempted assassination date
2013
Attempted assassination date
19 January
Intended victim(s)
Ahmed Dogan
Occupation at the time
Chairman of the DPS party
Location of attempt
Sofia
Country of attempt
Bulgaria
Perpetrator(s)
Oktai Enimehmedov
2013
2013
Attempted assassination date
2013
Attempted assassination date
5 February
Intended victim(s)
Lars Hedegaard
Occupation at the time
Chairman of the Danish Free Press Society
Location of attempt
Copenhagen
Country of attempt
Denmark
Perpetrator(s)
Basil Hassan
2013
2013
Attempted assassination date
2013
Attempted assassination date
26 June
Intended victim(s)
Maqbool Baqar
Occupation at the time
Judge of the High Court of Sindh
Location of attempt
Karachi
Country of attempt
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
Jundallah
2013
2013
Attempted assassination date
2013
Attempted assassination date
27 October
Intended victim(s)
Narendra Modi
Occupation at the time
Chief Minister of Gujarat and the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian general election
Location of attempt
Patna, Bihar
Country of attempt
India
Perpetrator(s)
Indian MujahideenStudents' Islamic Movement of India
2014
2014
Attempted assassination date
2014
Attempted assassination date
29 October
Intended victim(s)
Yehuda Glick
Occupation at the time
Chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation
Location of attempt
Jerusalem
Country of attempt
Israel
Perpetrator(s)
Mutaz Hijazi
2015
2015
Attempted assassination date
2015
Attempted assassination date
26 May
Intended victim(s)
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Likely the FSB (independent investigators discovered that Kara-Muza had been trailed by the same agents who had trailed Alexei Navalny in 2020 before his poisoning and also Dmitry Bykov in 2019 before his poisoning)
2015
2015
Attempted assassination date
2015
Attempted assassination date
17 October
Intended victim(s)
Henriette Reker
Occupation at the time
Mayor of Cologne
Location of attempt
Cologne
Country of attempt
Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Unnamed 44-year-old far-right extremist
2016
2016
Attempted assassination date
2016
Attempted assassination date
1 March
Intended victim(s)
Aaidh al-Qarni
Occupation at the time
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, author, and activist
Location of attempt
Zamboanga City
Country of attempt
Philippines
Perpetrator(s)
21-year-old Filipino
2016
2016
Attempted assassination date
2016
Attempted assassination date
21 May
Intended victim(s)
Mayu Tomita
Occupation at the time
Japanese singer and actress
Location of attempt
Koganei, Tokyo
Country of attempt
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Tomohiro Iwazaki
2016
2016
Attempted assassination date
2016
Attempted assassination date
18 June
Intended victim(s)
Donald Trump
Occupation at the time
American businessman, media personality, and presidential candidate
Location of attempt
Las Vegas, Nevada
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Michael Steven Sandford
2016
2016
Attempted assassination date
2016
Attempted assassination date
28 September
Intended victim(s)
José Eliton
Occupation at the time
Vice Governor of Goiás
Location of attempt
Itumbiara, Goiás
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Gilberto Ferreira do Amaral
2017
2017
Attempted assassination date
2017
Attempted assassination date
2 February
Intended victim(s)
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Likely FSB (an independent investigation found that the same agents who had trailed Alexei Navalny and Dmitry Bykov before their poisonings in 2020 and 2019, respectively, also trailed Kara-Murza before both his 2017 and previous 2015 poisonings)
2017
2017
Attempted assassination date
2017
Attempted assassination date
12 May
Intended victim(s)
Abdul Ghafoor Haideri
Occupation at the time
Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
Location of attempt
Mastung
Country of attempt
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
ISIL
2017
2017
Attempted assassination date
2017
Attempted assassination date
2 September
Intended victim(s)
Yulia Latynina
Occupation at the time
Journalist and prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2017
2017
Attempted assassination date
2017
Attempted assassination date
23 October
Intended victim(s)
Tatyana Felgenhauer
Occupation at the time
Journalist and prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2017
2017
Attempted assassination date
2017
Attempted assassination date
11 November
Intended victim(s)
Nyesom Wike
Occupation at the time
Governor of Rivers State
Location of attempt
Port Harcourt
Country of attempt
Nigeria
Perpetrator(s)
Special Anti Robbery Squad
2018
2018
Attempted assassination date
2018
Attempted assassination date
4 March
Intended victim(s)
Sergei Skripal and Yulia Skripal
Occupation at the time
Intelligence officer
Location of attempt
Salisbury
Country of attempt
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
G.U. Intelligence Service agents 'Alexander Petrov' and 'Ruslan Boshirov' (both names believed to be aliases), "almost certainly" on the direct orders of the Kremlin
2018
2018
Attempted assassination date
2018
Attempted assassination date
6 September
Intended victim(s)
Jair Bolsonaro
Occupation at the time
Federal deputy for Rio de JaneiroPresidential candidate for the 2018 Brazilian general election
Location of attempt
Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Adélio Bispo de Oliveira
2018
2018
Attempted assassination date
2018
Attempted assassination date
12 September
Intended victim(s)
Pyotr Verzilov
Occupation at the time
Musician, opposition activist
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2018
2018
Attempted assassination date
2018
Attempted assassination date
18 October
Intended victim(s)
Austin S. Miller
Occupation at the time
United States Army general and Commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission
Location of attempt
Kandahar
Country of attempt
Afghanistan
Perpetrator(s)
Taliban gunman
2019
2019
Attempted assassination date
2019
Attempted assassination date
13 April
Intended victim(s)
Dmitry Bykov
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Mid-air flight between Yekaterinburg and Ufa
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Likely the FSB (an investigation found agents which had also possibly poisoned Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza had been trailing Bykov when he was poisoned)
2019
2019
Attempted assassination date
2019
Attempted assassination date
July
Intended victim(s)
Alexei Navalny
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Moscow
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2019
2019
Attempted assassination date
2019
Attempted assassination date
10 October
Intended victim(s)
Wiranto
Occupation at the time
Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia
Location of attempt
Pandeglang Regency
Country of attempt
Indonesia
Perpetrator(s)
Jamaah Ansharut Daulah
2019
2019
Attempted assassination date
2019
Attempted assassination date
6 November
Intended victim(s)
Junius Ho
Occupation at the time
Member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Location of attempt
Tuen Mun
Country of attempt
Hong Kong
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
19 February
Intended victim(s)
Cid Gomes
Occupation at the time
Senator for the state of Ceará
Location of attempt
Sobral, Ceará
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Mutinying police officers
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
29 February
Intended victim(s)
Juan Guaidó
Occupation at the time
Disputed president of Venezuela and Speaker of the National Assembly
Location of attempt
Barquisimeto
Country of attempt
Venezuela
Perpetrator(s)
Pro-government colectivos
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
26 June
Intended victim(s)
Omar García Harfuch
Occupation at the time
Secretary of Public Security of Mexico City
Location of attempt
Mexico City
Country of attempt
Mexico
Perpetrator(s)
Jalisco New Generation Cartel
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
6 July
Intended victim(s)
Alexei Navalny
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Kaliningrad
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Likely FSB (an investigation found that he and his wife Yulia Navalnaya were being trailed by FSB agents, who would go on to poison Navalny one month later)
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
6 July
Intended victim(s)
Yulia Navalnaya
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure, wife of Alexei Navalny
Location of attempt
Kaliningrad
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Likely FSB (an investigation found that she and her husband Alexei Navalny were being trailed by FSB agents, who would go on to poison Alexei Navalny one month later)
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
19 July
Intended victim(s)
Esther Salas
Occupation at the time
United States federal judge, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Location of attempt
North Brunswick, New Jersey
Country of attempt
USA
Perpetrator(s)
Roy Den Hollander (Salas was uninjured, but her husband was wounded and her son was killed.)
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
20 August
Intended victim(s)
Alexei Navalny
Occupation at the time
Prominent Russian opposition figure
Location of attempt
Tomsk
Country of attempt
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
FSB (specifically agents Alexey Alexandrov, Ivan Osipov and Vladimir Panyaev)
2020
2020
Attempted assassination date
2020
Attempted assassination date
25 August
Intended victim(s)
Saba Sahar
Occupation at the time
Actress and filmmaker
Location of attempt
Kabul
Country of attempt
Afghanistan
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2022
2022
Attempted assassination date
2022
Attempted assassination date
14 February
Intended victim(s)
Craig Greenberg
Occupation at the time
Candidate for mayor of Louisville
Location of attempt
Louisville, Kentucky
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Quintez Brown
2022
2022
Attempted assassination date
2022
Attempted assassination date
12 August
Intended victim(s)
Salman Rushdie
Occupation at the time
British-Indian novelist and essayist
Location of attempt
Chautauqua, New York
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Hadi Matar
2022
2022
Attempted assassination date
2022
Attempted assassination date
1 September
Intended victim(s)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Occupation at the time
Vice President of Argentina
Location of attempt
Buenos Aires
Country of attempt
Argentina
Perpetrator(s)
Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel
2022
2022
Attempted assassination date
2022
Attempted assassination date
28 October
Intended victim(s)
Paul Pelosi
Occupation at the time
American businessman
Location of attempt
San Francisco, California
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
David DePape
2022
2022
Attempted assassination date
2022
Attempted assassination date
3 November
Intended victim(s)
Imran Khan
Occupation at the time
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Location of attempt
Wazirabad
Country of attempt
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
Muhammad Naveed
2022
2022
Attempted assassination date
2022
Attempted assassination date
23 November
Intended victim(s)
Friendlyjordies
Occupation at the time
YouTuber/Journalist
Location of attempt
Bondi Beach
Country of attempt
Australia
Perpetrator(s)
Coronation Property Group (alleged)
2023
2023
Attempted assassination date
2023
Attempted assassination date
14 May
Intended victim(s)
Lúcio Tembé
Occupation at the time
Tembé leader
Location of attempt
Tomé-Açu, Pará
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
2023
2023
Attempted assassination date
2023
Attempted assassination date
17 September
Intended victim(s)
Uddika Premarathna
Occupation at the time
Sri Lankan MP and actor
Location of attempt
Anuradhapura
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown gunmen
2023
2023
Attempted assassination date
2023
Attempted assassination date
23 December
Intended victim(s)
Lucas Aparecido Assumção
Occupation at the time
Mayor of Palmares Paulista, São Paulo
Location of attempt
Palmares Paulista, São Paulo
Country of attempt
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Unnamed
2024
2024
Attempted assassination date
2024
Attempted assassination date
2 January
Intended victim(s)
Lee Jae-myung
Occupation at the time
South Korean MP and Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea
Location of attempt
Gadeokdo, Busan
Country of attempt
South Korea
Perpetrator(s)
Kim Jin-sung
2024
2024
Attempted assassination date
2024
Attempted assassination date
15 April
Intended victim(s)
Mar Mari Emmanuel
Occupation at the time
Assyrian Australian prelate and bishop
Location of attempt
Wakeley, New South Wales
Country of attempt
Australia
Perpetrator(s)
Unnamed 16-year-old boy
2024
2024
Attempted assassination date
2024
Attempted assassination date
13 July
Intended victim(s)
Donald Trump
Occupation at the time
Former president of the United States and U.S. presidential candidate
Location of attempt
Butler, Pennsylvania
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Thomas Matthew Crooks
2024
2024
Attempted assassination date
2024
Attempted assassination date
28 August
Intended victim(s)
Ahmed Haitham
Occupation at the time
Former Member of the People's Majlis of Maldives
Location of attempt
Colombo
Country of attempt
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Unnamed
2024
2024
Attempted assassination date
2024
Attempted assassination date
15 September
Intended victim(s)
Donald Trump
Occupation at the time
Former president of the United States and U.S. presidential candidate
Location of attempt
West Palm Beach, Florida
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Ryan Wesley Routh
2025
2025
Attempted assassination date
2025
Attempted assassination date
13 April
Intended victim(s)
Josh Shapiro
Occupation at the time
Governor of Pennsylvania
Location of attempt
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Cody Allen Balmer
2025
2025
Attempted assassination date
2025
Attempted assassination date
14 June
Intended victim(s)
John Hoffman
Occupation at the time
Member of the Minnesota Senate
Location of attempt
Champlin, Minnesota
Country of attempt
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Vance Boelter
| Attempted assassination date | Intended victim(s) | Occupation at the time | Location of attempt | Country of attempt | Perpetrator(s) | |
| 1134 | Hugh II of Jaffa | Count of Jaffa | Jerusalem | Holy Land | A Breton knight | |
| 1272 | June | Edward Longshanks | Heir to the English throne | Acre, Jerusalem | Holy Land | Unnamed Muslim |
| 1572 | 22 August | Gaspard de Coligny | Leader of the Huguenots | Paris | France | Maurevert |
| 1582 | 18 March | William of Orange | Leader of the United Provinces | Antwerp | Dutch Republic | Juan de Jáuregui |
| 1799 | 28 April | Jean Debry | French envoy to the Congress of Rastatt | Rastatt | Holy Roman Empire | Unidentified hussars |
| 1842 | 6 May | Lilburn Boggs | ex-Governor of Missouri | Zion, Missouri | United States | Unknown |
| 1861 | February | Abraham Lincoln | President-elect of the United States | Washington, D.C. | United States | Baltimore Plotters |
| 1865 | 14 April | William H. Seward | United States Secretary of State | Washington, D.C. | United States | Lewis Powell |
| 1868 | 12 March | Prince Alfred | Duke of Edinburgh | Sydney | Colony of New South Wales | Henry James O'Farrell |
| 1869 | 11 July | Thomas Eyre Lambert | Irish landlord | Athenry, County Galway | United Kingdom | Peter Barrett |
| 1889 | 13 February | Celso Ceretti | Italian socialist politician | Mirandola, Emilia Romagna | Italy | Intransigents of London and Paris (Vittorio Pini and Luigi Parmeggiani) |
| 1889 | 15 November | José da Costa Azevedo [PT] | Minister of the Navy of the Empire of Brazil | Rio de Janeiro, Neutral Municipality of the Court | Empire of Brazil | Unknown |
| 1891 | 11 May | Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich | Tsarevich of Russia | Ōtsu | Japan | Tsuda Sanzō |
| 1892 | 23 July | Henry Clay Frick | American industrialist | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | United States | Alexander Berkman |
| 1900 | 5 April | Edward, Prince of Wales | Prince of Wales | Brussels | Belgium | Jean-Baptiste Sipido |
| 1902 | 18 May | Victor von Wahl | Tsarist governor of Vilna | Vilna | Russian Empire | Hirsh Lekert |
| 1907 | 18 April | Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso | Spanish statesman | Barcelona | Spain | Political foe |
| 1908 | 1 February | Manuel, Duke of Beja | Infante of Portugal (future King of Portugal) | Lisbon | Portugal | Carbonária (Alfredo Costa and Manuel Buíça) |
| 1908 | 4 June | Alfred Dreyfus | French military officer | Paris | France | Louis Gregori |
| 1910 | 9 August | William Jay Gaynor | Mayor of New York City | Hoboken, New Jersey | United States | James J. Gallagher |
| 1912 | 7 June | István Tisza | Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary | Budapest | Austria-Hungary | Gyula Kovács |
| 1912 | 14 October | Theodore Roosevelt | Former president of the United States and U.S. presidential candidate | Milwaukee | United States | John Flammang Schrank |
| 1913 | 29 January and following weeks | David Lloyd George | Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sent from various sources | United Kingdom | Suffragettes (WSPU) |
| 1913 | 14 May | Henry Curtis-Bennett | Magistrate | Bow Street, London | United Kingdom | Suffragettes (WSPU) |
| 1913 | 16 May | Henry Curtis-Bennett | Magistrate | Margate | United Kingdom | Suffragettes (WSPU) |
| 1914 | 17 March | John Purroy Mitchel | Mayor of New York City | New York City | United States | Michael P. Mahoney |
| 1914 | 29 June | Grigori Rasputin | Russian monk | Pokrovskoye | Russian Empire | Khioniya Guseva |
| 1915 | 17 May | João Chagas | Prime Minister-designate of Portugal | Santarém | Portugal | João José de Freitas |
| 1915 | 3 July | J. P. Morgan Jr. | Banker | Glen Cove | United States | Eric Muenter |
| 1919 | April–June | A. Mitchell Palmer | United States Attorney General | Washington, D.C. | United States | Galleanisti |
| 1920 | 3 April | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | General of the Finnish White Guards | Tampere | Finland | Finnish Red Guards |
| 1920 | August | Eleftherios Venizelos | Greek revolutionary and statesman | Paris | France | Greek royalists |
| 1923 | 27 December | Hirohito | Prince regent | Tokyo | Japan | Daisuke Namba |
| 1928 | 19 November | Herbert Hoover | President-elect of the United States | Andes Mountains | Chile | Severino Di Giovanni |
| 1929 | 24 October | Umberto of Savoy | Prince of Piedmont | Brussels | Belgium | Fernando de Rosa |
| 1931 | 22 July | John Ernest Buttery Hotson | Acting Governor of Bombay | Pune, Bombay State | British India | Vasudeo Balwant Gogte |
| 1933 | 15 February | Franklin D. Roosevelt | President-elect of the United States | Miami | United States | Giuseppe Zangara |
| 1936 | 26 February | Makino Nobuaki | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Tokyo | Japan | Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers |
| 1936 | March | Eleftherios Venizelos | Greek revolutionary and statesman | Athens | Greece | Greek royalists |
| 1940 | 24 May | Leon Trotsky | Prominent anti-Stalinist figure | Mexico City | Mexico | NKVD |
| 1942 | 24 February | Franz von Papen | Nazi Germany's Ambassador to Turkey | Ankara | Turkey | NKVD agents |
| 1943 | 5 June | José P. Laurel | Commissioner of the Interior, Philippine Executive Commission | Mandaluyong | Philippines | Feliciano Lizardo (Disputed) |
| 1948 | 20 April | Walter Reuther | President of the UAW | Detroit | United States | Unknown |
| 1949 | 24 May | Victor Reuther | UAW Director of Education | Detroit | United States | Unknown |
| 1951 | 20 July | Hussein of Jordan | 2nd in line to the throne | East Jerusalem | Jordan | Mustapha Shukri Usho [ar] |
| 1952 | 20 January | Anton Vovk | Auxiliary bishop of Ljubljana | Novo Mesto | Yugoslavia | Avgust Mežnaršič |
| 1954 | 5 August | Carlos Lacerda | Candidate for federal deputy for the Federal District | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Alcino João do Nascimento |
| 1958 | 20 September | Martin Luther King Jr. | American civil rights activist and Baptist minister | New York City | United States | Izola Curry |
| 1962 | 27 February | Ngô Đình Nhu | Chief Republic of Vietnam presidential adviser and brother of Ngô Đình Diệm | Saigon | South Vietnam | Nguyễn Văn Cử and Phạm Phú Quốc |
· Heads of state and government
354 BC
354 BC
Date
354 BC
Date
–
Intended victim(s)
Mausolus
Title at the time
Satrap of Caria and Lycia
Place
Labraunda
Country
Achaemenid Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Manitas Paktyо̄ and Thyssos Syskо̄
227 BC
227 BC
Date
227 BC
Date
–
Intended victim(s)
Qin Shi Huang
Title at the time
King of Qin
Place
Xianyang
Country
Ancient China (Warring States period)
Perpetrator(s)
Jing Ke
206 BC
206 BC
Date
206 BC
Date
–
Article
Feast at Swan Goose Gate
Intended victim(s)
Liu Bang
Title at the time
King of Han
Place
Xianyang
Country
Imperial China (Chu–Han Contention)
Perpetrator(s)
Xiang Zhuang
156–5 BC
156–5 BC
Date
156–5 BC
Date
–
Intended victim(s)
Ptolemy VIII of Egypt
Title at the time
Pharaoh of Egypt
Place
Alexandria
Country
Ancient Egypt
Perpetrator(s)
Ordered by Ptolemy VI Philometor, his brother
399 AD
399 AD
Date
399 AD
Date
–
Intended victim(s)
Emperor Richū
Title at the time
Crown Prince
Place
Naniwa
Country
Ancient Japan (Kofun period)
Perpetrator(s)
Prince Suminoe no Nakatsu (住吉仲皇子) (Younger brother)
626 AD
626 AD
Date
626 AD
Date
Mar–Apr
Intended victim(s)
Saint Edwin of Northumbria
Title at the time
King of Deira and Bernicia
Place
York, Northumbria
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Agents of Cwichelm of Wessex
1298
1298
Date
1298
Date
Dec
Intended victim(s)
Edward I
Title at the time
King of England
Place
Westminster
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Merchants of Lucca
1323
1323
Date
1323
Date
30 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Edward II
Title at the time
King of England
Place
Coventry
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
John of Nottingham
1330
1330
Date
1330
Date
17 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Charles I
Title at the time
King of Hungary
Place
Visegrád
Country
Hungary
Perpetrator(s)
Felician Záh
1400
1400
Date
1400
Date
4 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Henry IV
Title at the time
King of England
Place
Windsor Castle
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Members of the Epiphany Rising
1401
1401
Date
1401
Date
8 Sep
Intended victim(s)
Westminster
Title at the time
Unknown
1486
1486
Date
1486
Date
23 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Henry VII
Title at the time
King of England
Place
York
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell
1492
1492
Date
1492
Date
7 December
Intended victim(s)
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Title at the time
King of Aragon
Place
Barcelona
Country
Crown of Aragon
Perpetrator(s)
Juan de Cañamares
1557
1557
Date
1557
Date
Sep
Intended victim(s)
Henry II
Title at the time
King of France
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Caboche
1564
1564
Date
1564
Date
Jan
Intended victim(s)
Akbar
Title at the time
Mughal Emperor
Place
Delhi
Country
Mughal Empire
Perpetrator(s)
A slave of Mirza Sharfuddin
1571
1571
Date
1571
Date
bef. Apr
Intended victim(s)
Elizabeth I
Title at the time
Queen of England
Place
Westminster
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Members of the Ridolfi Plot
1583
1583
Date
1583
Date
bef. Nov
Intended victim(s)
Francis Throckmorton
1584
1584
Date
1584
Date
Mar–Nov
Intended victim(s)
William Parry
1586
1586
Date
1586
Date
Jul–Aug
Intended victim(s)
Anthony Babington
1594
1594
Date
1594
Date
27 Dec
Intended victim(s)
Henry IV
Title at the time
King of France
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Jean Châtel
1605
1605
Date
1605
Date
5 Nov
Article
Gunpowder Plot
Intended victim(s)
James I
Title at the time
King of England
Place
Westminster
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Guy Fawkes
1657
1657
Date
1657
Date
8 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Oliver Cromwell
Title at the time
Lord Protector
Place
London
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Miles Sindercombe
1696
1696
Date
1696
Date
15–22 Feb
Article
1696 Jacobite assassination plot
Intended victim(s)
William III
Title at the time
King of England
Place
Kew Bridge
Country
England
Perpetrator(s)
Ambrose Rookwood
1757
1757
Date
1757
Date
5 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Louis XV
Title at the time
King of France
Place
Versailles
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Robert-François Damiens
1758
1758
Date
1758
Date
3 Sep
Intended victim(s)
Joseph I
Title at the time
King of Portugal and the Algarves
Place
Ajuda, Lisbon
Country
Portugal
Perpetrator(s)
Unclear; possibly the Távora family (see Távora affair)
1800
1800
Date
1800
Date
15 May
Intended victim(s)
George III
Title at the time
King of Britain and Ireland
Place
Westminster
Country
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
James Hadfield
1800
1800
Date
1800
Date
24 Dec
Article
Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise
Intended victim(s)
Napoleon Bonaparte
Title at the time
First Consul of France
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
François-Joseph Carbon
1809
1809
Date
1809
Date
12 Oct
Intended victim(s)
Napoleon I
Title at the time
Emperor of the French
Place
Schönbrunn
Country
Austrian Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Friedrich Staps
1826
1826
Date
1826
Date
3 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Dionisio de Herrera
Title at the time
Head of State of Honduras
Country
Honduras
1832
1832
Date
1832
Intended victim(s)
Fructuoso Rivera
Title at the time
President of Uruguay
Country
Uruguay
Perpetrator(s)
Members of the military supportive of Rivera's rival Juan Antonio Lavalleja
1835
1835
Date
1835
Date
30 Jan
Article
Attempted assassination of Andrew Jackson
Intended victim(s)
Andrew Jackson
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Richard Lawrence
1835
1835
Date
1835
Date
28 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Louis-Philippe
Title at the time
King of France
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Giuseppe Marco Fieschi
1840
1840
Date
1840
Date
10 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Queen Victoria
Title at the time
Queen of the United Kingdom
Place
London
Country
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Edward Oxford
1842
1842
Date
1842
Date
30 May
Intended victim(s)
John Francis
1852
1852
Date
1852
Date
26 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Nasser al-Din Shah
Title at the time
Shahanshah of Persia
Place
Tehran
Country
Persia
Perpetrator(s)
Babis
1853
1853
Date
1853
Date
18 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Franz Joseph I
Title at the time
Austria-Hungarian Emperor
Place
Vienna
Country
Austria-Hungary
Perpetrator(s)
János Libényi
1858
1858
Date
1858
Date
14 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Napoleon III
Title at the time
Emperor of the French
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Felice Orsini
1861
1861
Date
1861
Date
14 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Wilhelm I
Title at the time
King of Prussia
Place
Baden-Baden
Country
Prussia
Perpetrator(s)
Oskar Becker
1864
1864
Date
1864
Date
August
Intended victim(s)
Abraham Lincoln
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Washington, D.C
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown Sniper
1866
1866
Date
1866
Date
4 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Alexander II
Title at the time
Emperor of Russia
Place
Saint Petersburg
Country
Russian Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Dmitry Karakozov
1866
1866
Date
1866
Date
7 May
Intended victim(s)
Otto von Bismarck
Title at the time
Minister President of Prussia
Place
Berlin
Country
German Confederation
Perpetrator(s)
Ferdinand Cohen-Blind
1873
1873
Date
1873
Date
22 Aug
Intended victim(s)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Title at the time
President of Argentina
Place
Buenos Aires
Country
Argentina
Perpetrator(s)
Ricardo López Jordán
1874
1874
Date
1874
Date
13 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Otto von Bismarck
Title at the time
Chancellor of the German Reich
Place
Bad Kissingen
Country
German Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Eduard Kullman [who?]
1878
1878
Date
1878
Date
11 May
Intended victim(s)
Wilhelm I
Title at the time
German Emperor
Place
Berlin
Country
German Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Max Hödel
2 Jun
2 Jun
Date
2 Jun
Article
Karl Nobiling
1878
1878
Date
1878
Date
17 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Umberto I
Title at the time
King of Italy
Place
Naples
Country
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Giovanni Passannante
1879
1879
Date
1879
Date
20 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Alexander II
Title at the time
Emperor of Russia
Place
Saint Petersburg
Country
Russian Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Alexander Soloviev
1880
1880
Date
1880
Date
5 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Stephan Khalturin
1882
1882
Date
1882
Date
2 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Queen Victoria
Title at the time
Queen of the United Kingdom
Place
Windsor
Country
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Roderick Maclean
1883
1883
Date
1883
Date
28 Sep
Intended victim(s)
Wilhelm I
Title at the time
German Emperor
Place
Rüdesheim am Rhein
Country
German Empire
Perpetrator(s)
August Reinsdorf
1886
1886
Date
1886
Date
Aug
Intended victim(s)
Máximo Santos
Title at the time
President of Uruguay
Country
Uruguay
1887
1887
Date
1887
Date
13 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Shirley Waldemar Baker
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Tonga
Place
Nukuʻalofa
Country
Tonga
Perpetrator(s)
Muʻa conspirators
1889
1889
Date
1889
Date
15 Jul
Article
Attempted assassination of Pedro II of Brazil
Intended victim(s)
Pedro II
Title at the time
Emperor of Brazil
Place
Rio de Janeiro
Country
Empire of Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Adriano Augusto do Valle
1889
1889
Date
1889
Date
18 Oct
Intended victim(s)
Ōkuma Shigenobu
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Japan
Place
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Member of the Genyōsha
1897
1897
Date
1897
Date
22 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Umberto I
Title at the time
King of Italy
Place
Rome
Country
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Pietro Acciarito
1897
1897
Date
1897
Date
16 Sep
Article
Attack against Porfirio Díaz of 1897
Intended victim(s)
Porfirio Díaz
Title at the time
President of Mexico
Place
Alameda Central, Mexico City
Country
Mexico
Perpetrator(s)
Arnulfo Arroyo
1897
1897
Date
1897
Date
5 Nov
Article
Attempted assassination of Prudente de Morais
Intended victim(s)
Prudente de Morais
Title at the time
President of Brazil
Place
Rio de Janeiro
Country
Brazil
Perpetrator(s)
Lance corporal Marcelino Bispo de Melo
1900
1900
Date
1900
Date
2 Aug
Intended victim(s)
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar
Title at the time
Shah of Persia
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Francois Salson
1900
1900
Date
1900
Date
16 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Wilhelm II
Title at the time
German Emperor
Place
Breslau
Country
German Empire
Perpetrator(s)
Selma Schnapka
1901
1901
Date
1901
Date
6 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Bremen
Title at the time
Johann-Dietrich Weiland
1902
1902
Date
1902
Date
15 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Leopold II
Title at the time
King of the Belgians
Place
Brussels
Country
Belgium
Perpetrator(s)
Gennaro Rubino
1905
1905
Date
1905
Date
1 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Émile Loubet
Title at the time
President of France
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Unidentified anarchist
1 Jun
1 Jun
Date
1 Jun
Article
Alfonso XIII
Intended victim(s)
King of Spain
21 Jul
21 Jul
Date
21 Jul
Date
Yıldız assassination attempt
Article
Abdul Hamid II
Intended victim(s)
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Title at the time
Constantinople
Place
Ottoman Empire
Country
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
1906
1906
Date
1906
Date
31 May
Article
Morral affair
Intended victim(s)
Alfonso XIII
Title at the time
King of Spain
Place
Madrid
Country
Spain
Perpetrator(s)
Mateu Morral
1908
1908
Date
1908
Date
15 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
Title at the time
Shah of Persia
Place
Tehran
Country
Persia
Perpetrator(s)
Constitutionalists
1909
1909
Date
1909
Date
16 Oct
Intended victim(s)
William Howard Taft
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Ciudad Juárez
Country
Mexico
Perpetrator(s)
Crowd member
1912
1912
Date
1912
Date
16 March
Intended victim(s)
Victor Emmanuel III
Title at the time
King of Italy
Place
Rome
Country
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Antonio Dalba
1915
1915
Date
1915
Date
2 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Thomas R. Marshall
Title at the time
Vice President of the United States
Place
His office at U.S. Senate
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Eric Muenter
1918
1918
Date
1918
Date
Aug 30
Article
Assassination attempts on Vladimir Lenin
Intended victim(s)
Vladimir Lenin
Title at the time
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Russian SFSR
Place
Moscow
Country
Russian SFSR
Perpetrator(s)
Fanny Kaplan
6 Dec
6 Dec
Date
6 Dec
Article
Sidónio Pais
Intended victim(s)
President of Portugal
Title at the time
Lisbon
Place
Portugal
Country
Luís Maria Baptista
1919
1919
Date
1919
Date
9 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Karel Kramář
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia
Place
Prague
Country
Czechoslovakia
Perpetrator(s)
Alois Josef Šťastný [cs]
19 Feb
19 Feb
Date
19 Feb
Article
Georges Clemenceau
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of France
Title at the time
Paris
Place
France
Country
Émile Cottin
1921
1921
Date
1921
Date
25 Sep
Intended victim(s)
Józef Piłsudski
Title at the time
Chief of State of Poland
Place
Lviv
Country
Poland
Perpetrator(s)
Stepan Fedak
1922
1922
Date
1922
Date
14 Jul
Article
Attempted assassination of Alexandre Millerand
Intended victim(s)
Alexandre Millerand
Title at the time
President of France
Place
Paris
Country
France
Perpetrator(s)
Gustave Bouvet
1924
1924
Date
1924
Date
5 Sep
Intended victim(s)
Stanisław Wojciechowski
Title at the time
President of Poland
Place
Lviv
Country
Poland
Perpetrator(s)
Teofil Olszansky
1926
1926
Date
1926
Date
7 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Benito Mussolini
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Italy
Place
Rome
Country
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Violet Gibson
11 Sep
11 Sep
Date
11 Sep
Article
Gino Lucetti
31 Oct
31 Oct
Date
31 Oct
Article
Bologna
Intended victim(s)
Anteo Zamboni
1931
1931
Date
1931
Date
20 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Zog I
Title at the time
King of Albania
Place
Vienna
Country
Austria
Perpetrator(s)
Ndok Gjeloshi, Aziz Çami
1932
1932
Date
1932
Date
9 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Hirohito
Title at the time
Emperor of Japan
Place
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Lee Bong-chang
1933
1933
Date
1933
Date
15 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title at the time
President-elect of the United States
Place
Miami
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Giuseppe Zangara
Oct
Oct
Date
Oct
Article
Engelbert Dollfuss
Intended victim(s)
Chancellor of Austria
Title at the time
Vienna
Place
Austria
Country
Rudolf Dertill
1935
1935
Date
1935
Date
2 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Gabriel Terra
Title at the time
President of Uruguay
Place
Montevideo
Country
Uruguay
Perpetrator(s)
Bernardo García
1936
1936
Date
1936
Date
26 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Keisuke Okada
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Japan
Place
Tokyo
Country
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Imperial Japanese Army officers
16 Jul
16 Jul
Date
16 Jul
Article
Edward VIII
Intended victim(s)
King of the United Kingdom
Title at the time
London
Place
United Kingdom
Country
George McMahon
1937
1937
Date
1937
Date
4 Jul
Intended victim(s)
António de Oliveira Salazar
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Portugal
Place
São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon
Country
Portugal
Perpetrator(s)
Emídio Santana and several anarcho-syndicalist and communist conspirators
1938
1938
Date
1938
Date
9 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Adolf Hitler
Title at the time
German Führer
Place
Munich
Country
Nazi Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Maurice Bavaud
1939
1939
Date
1939
Date
8 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Georg Elser
1941
1941
Date
1941
Date
17 May
Intended victim(s)
Victor Emmanuel III
Title at the time
King of Italy
Place
Tirana
Country
Albania
Perpetrator(s)
Vasil Laçi
1943
1943
Date
1943
Date
13 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Adolf Hitler
Title at the time
German Führer
Place
Wolf's Lair
Country
Nazi Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Henning von Tresckow, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff[citation needed]
1944
1944
Date
1944
Date
20 Jul
Article
20 July plot
Intended victim(s)
Claus von Stauffenberg
1947
1947
Date
1947
Date
10 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Manuel Roxas
Title at the time
President of the Philippines
Place
Manila
Country
Philippines
Perpetrator(s)
Julio Guillen
1949
1949
Date
1949
Date
4 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Title at the time
Shah of Iran
Place
Tehran
Country
Iran
Perpetrator(s)
Nasser Fakhraraei
1950
1950
Date
1950
Date
1 Nov
Article
Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman
Intended victim(s)
Harry Truman
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola (FALN)
1952
1952
Date
1952
Date
27 Mar
Article
Attempted assassination of Konrad Adenauer
Intended victim(s)
Konrad Adenauer
Title at the time
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
Place
Munich
Country
West Germany
Perpetrator(s)
Herut
1954
1954
Date
1954
Date
26 Oct
Article
Attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Intended victim(s)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Title at the time
President of Egypt
Place
Alexandria
Country
Egypt
Perpetrator(s)
Mohammed Abdel Latif
27 Oct
27 Oct
Date
27 Oct
Article
Ismail al-Azhari
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Sudan
Title at the time
Malakal
Place
Sudan
Country
Southern official
1955
1955
Date
1955
Date
12 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Title at the time
Prime Minister of India
Place
Nagpur
Country
India
Perpetrator(s)
Baburao Laxman Kochale
11 Apr
11 Apr
Date
11 Apr
Article
Zhou Enlai
Intended victim(s)
Chinese Premier
Title at the time
Hong Kong
Place
British Hong Kong
Country
Kuomintang agents
1957
1957
Date
1957
Date
22 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Ngô Đình Diệm
Title at the time
President of the Republic of Vietnam
Place
Buôn Ma Thuột
Country
South Vietnam
Perpetrator(s)
Hà Minh Tri
30 Nov
30 Nov
Date
30 Nov
Article
Sukarno
Intended victim(s)
President of Indonesia
Title at the time
Jakarta
Place
Indonesia
Country
Darul Islam/Tentara Islam Indonesia
1959
1959
Date
1959
Date
15 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Nikita Khrushchev and Władysław Gomułka
Title at the time
General Secretary of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party
Place
Sosnowiec
Country
Poland
Perpetrator(s)
Stanisław Jaros
1960
1960
Date
1960
Date
9 Mar
Article
Maukar Incident
Intended victim(s)
Sukarno
Title at the time
President of Indonesia
Place
Jakarta
Country
Indonesia
Perpetrator(s)
Manguni Group, Permesta
9 Apr
9 Apr
Date
9 Apr
Article
Hendrik Verwoerd
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of South Africa
Title at the time
Johannesburg
Place
South Africa
Country
David Pratt
24 Jun
24 Jun
Date
24 Jun
Date
Attempted assassination of Rómulo Betancourt
Article
Rómulo Betancourt
Intended victim(s)
President of Venezuela
Title at the time
Caracas
Place
Venezuela
Country
Ordered by Dominican Republic President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
14 Jul
14 Jul
Date
14 Jul
Article
Nobusuke Kishi
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Japan
Place
Japan
Country
Taisuke Aramaki
11 Dec
11 Dec
Date
11 Dec
Article
John F. Kennedy
Intended victim(s)
President-elect of the United States
Title at the time
Florida
Place
United States
Country
Richard Paul Pavlick
1962
1962
Date
1962
Date
27 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Ngô Đình Diệm
Title at the time
President of the Republic of Vietnam
Place
Saigon
Country
South Vietnam
Perpetrator(s)
Nguyễn Văn Cử and Phạm Phú Quốc
1962
1962
Date
1962
Date
14 May
Intended victim(s)
Sukarno
Title at the time
President of Indonesia
Place
Jakarta
Country
Indonesia
Perpetrator(s)
Darul Islam/Tentara Islam Indonesia
22 Aug
22 Aug
Date
22 Aug
Date
Petit-Clamart attack
Article
Charles de Gaulle
Intended victim(s)
President of France
Title at the time
Petit-Clamart
Place
France
Country
Jean Bastien-Thiry
1964
1964
Date
1964
Date
21 Feb
Intended victim(s)
İsmet İnönü
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Turkey
Place
Ankara
Country
Turkey
Perpetrator(s)
Mesut Suna
11 Aug
11 Aug
Date
11 Aug
Article
Francisco Franco
Intended victim(s)
Generalissimo Caudillo of Spain
Title at the time
Madrid
Place
Francoist Spain
Country
Stuart Christie
1965
1965
Date
1965
Date
12 Apr
Intended victim(s)
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Title at the time
Shah of Iran
Place
Tehran
Country
Iran
Perpetrator(s)
Reza Shamsabadi
1968
1968
Date
1968
Date
21 Jan
Article
Blue House raid
Intended victim(s)
Park Chung Hee
Title at the time
President of South Korea
Place
Seoul
Country
South Korea
Perpetrator(s)
North Korean commandos
13 Aug
13 Aug
Date
13 Aug
Article
Georgios Papadopoulos
Intended victim(s)
President of Greece
Title at the time
Between Lagonisi and Athens
Place
Greece
Country
Alexandros Panagoulis
1969
1969
Date
1969
Date
22 Jan
Article
Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev
Intended victim(s)
Leonid Brezhnev
Title at the time
General Secretary of the CPSU
Place
Moscow
Country
Soviet Union
Perpetrator(s)
Viktor Ilyin
1970
1970
Date
1970
Date
27 Nov
Intended victim(s)
Pope Paul VI
Title at the time
Bishop of Rome
Place
Manila
Country
Philippines
Perpetrator(s)
Benjamín Mendoza y Amor Flores
1 Sep
1 Sep
Date
1 Sep
Article
Hussein I
Intended victim(s)
King of Jordan
Title at the time
Amman
Place
Jordan
Country
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
1971
1971
Date
1971
Date
10 Jul
Article
1971 Moroccan coup attempt
Intended victim(s)
Hassan II
Title at the time
King of Morocco
Place
Skhirat
Country
Morocco
Perpetrator(s)
M'hamed Ababou and Mohamed Medbouh
13 Sep
13 Sep
Date
13 Sep
Date
Lin Biao incident
Article
Mao Zedong
Intended victim(s)
Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
Title at the time
China
Place
China
Country
Lin Biao (alleged)
1972
1972
Date
1972
Date
16 Aug
Article
1972 Moroccan coup attempt
Intended victim(s)
Hassan II
Title at the time
King of Morocco
Place
Kenitra
Country
Morocco
Perpetrator(s)
Mohamed Amekrane
1973
1973
Date
1973
Date
14 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Golda Meir
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Israel
Place
Rome
Country
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Black September Organization
4 Mar
4 Mar
Date
4 Mar
Article
New York City
Intended victim(s)
United States
1974
1974
Date
1974
Date
15 Aug
Intended victim(s)
Park Chung-hee
Title at the time
President of South Korea
Place
Seoul
Country
South Korea
Perpetrator(s)
Mun Se-gwang
22 Feb
22 Feb
Date
22 Feb
Article
Richard Nixon
Intended victim(s)
President of the United States
Title at the time
Baltimore/Washington International Airport
Place
United States
Country
Samuel Byck
1975
1975
Date
1975
Date
5 Sep
Article
Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento
Intended victim(s)
Gerald Ford
Title at the time
Sacramento
Place
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
22 Sep
22 Sep
Date
22 Sep
Date
Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in San Francisco
Article
San Francisco
Intended victim(s)
Sara Jane Moore
1976
1976
Date
1976
Date
Feb
Intended victim(s)
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Title at the time
President of the Central African Republic
Place
Bangui M'Poko International Airport
Country
Central African Republic
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
1977
1977
Date
1977
Date
18 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Jorge Rafael Videla
Title at the time
President of Argentina
Place
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
Country
Argentina
Perpetrator(s)
Ejercito Revolucionario del Pueblo
22 Sep
22 Sep
Date
22 Sep
Article
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Intended victim(s)
King of Thailand
Title at the time
Yala
Place
Thailand
Country
Patani United Liberation Organisation
1980
1980
Date
1980
Date
26 June
Article
Attempted assassination of Hafez al-Assad
Intended victim(s)
Hafez al-Assad
Title at the time
President of Syria
Place
Damascus
Country
Syria
Perpetrator(s)
Muslim Brotherhood
1981
1981
Date
1981
Date
30 Mar
Article
Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
Intended victim(s)
Ronald Reagan
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
John Hinckley Jr.
13 May
13 May
Date
13 May
Date
Attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II
Article
Pope John Paul II
Intended victim(s)
Bishop of Rome
Title at the time
St. Peter's Square
Place
Vatican City State
Country
Mehmet Ali Ağca
13 Jun
13 Jun
Date
13 Jun
Article
Elizabeth II
Intended victim(s)
Queen of the United Kingdom
Title at the time
London
Place
United Kingdom
Country
Marcus Sarjeant
1982
1982
Date
1982
Date
12 May
Intended victim(s)
Pope John Paul II
Title at the time
Bishop of Rome
Place
Fátima
Country
Portugal
Perpetrator(s)
Juan María Fernández y Krohn
8 Jul
8 Jul
Date
8 Jul
Article
Saddam Hussein
Intended victim(s)
President of Iraq
Title at the time
Dujail
Place
Iraq
Country
Islamic Dawa Party
1983
1983
Date
1983
Date
19 Oct
Intended victim(s)
Chun Doo-hwan
Title at the time
President of South Korea
Place
Rangoon
Country
Burma
Perpetrator(s)
North Korean agents
1984
1984
Date
1984
Date
12 Oct
Article
Brighton hotel bombing
Intended victim(s)
Margaret Thatcher
Title at the time
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Place
Brighton
Country
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Irish Republican Army
1986
1986
Date
1986
Date
7 Sep
Article
Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet
Intended victim(s)
Augusto Pinochet
Title at the time
President of Chile
Place
Cajón del Maipo
Country
Chile
Perpetrator(s)
Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front
3 Oct
3 Oct
Date
3 Oct
Article
Rajiv Gandhi
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of India
Title at the time
New Delhi
Place
India
Country
Karamjit Singh
1987
1987
Date
1987
Date
18 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Turgut Özal
Title at the time
President of Turkey
Place
Ankara
Country
Turkey
Perpetrator(s)
Kartal Demirağ
30 Jul
30 Jul
Date
30 Jul
Article
Rajiv Gandhi
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of India
Title at the time
Colombo
Place
Sri Lanka
Country
Vijitha Rohana
18 Aug
18 Aug
Date
18 Aug
Date
1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament
Article
Junius Richard Jayewardene
Intended victim(s)
President of Sri Lanka
Title at the time
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Date
Ranasinghe Premadasa
Date
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
1988
1988
Date
1988
Date
3 Nov
Article
1988 Maldives coup attempt
Intended victim(s)
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Title at the time
President of the Maldives
Place
Malé
Country
Maldives
Perpetrator(s)
People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil EelamAbdullah LuthufiAhmed NasirAhmed Ismail Manik
1990
1990
Date
1990
Date
27 Jul
Intended victim(s)
A. N. R. Robinson
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Place
Port of Spain
Country
Trinidad and Tobago
Perpetrator(s)
Jamaat al Muslimeen rebels
7 Nov
7 Nov
Date
7 Nov
Date
Attempted assassination of Mikhail Gorbachev
Article
Mikhail Gorbachev
Intended victim(s)
President of the Soviet Union
Title at the time
Moscow
Place
Soviet Union
Country
Alexander Shmonov
1991
1991
Date
1991
Intended victim(s)
Mohammed Zahir Shah
Title at the time
Last King of Afghanistan
Place
Rome
Country
Italy
Perpetrator(s)
Disguised person
7 Feb
7 Feb
Date
7 Feb
Article
John Major
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Title at the time
London
Place
United Kingdom
Country
Irish Republican Army
1993
1993
Date
1993
Date
27 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Boris Yeltsin
Title at the time
President of Russia
Place
Moscow
Country
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Ivan Kislov
Nov
Nov
Date
Nov
Article
Atef Sedki
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Egypt
Title at the time
Cairo
Place
Egypt
Country
Vanguards of Conquest
1994
1994
Date
1994
Date
26 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Prince Charles
Title at the time
Prince of Wales
Place
Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour in Sydney
Country
Australia
Perpetrator(s)
David Kang
1994
1994
Date
1994
Date
29 Oct
Article
Attempted assassination of Bill Clinton
Intended victim(s)
Bill Clinton
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
Francisco Martin Duran
1995
1995
Date
1995
Date
25 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Hosni Mubarak
Title at the time
President of Egypt
Place
Addis Ababa
Country
Ethiopia
Perpetrator(s)
National Islamic Front
29 Aug
29 Aug
Date
29 Aug
Article
Eduard Shevardnadze
Intended victim(s)
President of Georgia
Title at the time
Tbilisi
Place
Georgia
Country
Mkhedrioni rebels
3 Oct
3 Oct
Date
3 Oct
Article
Kiro Gligorov
Intended victim(s)
President of Macedonia
Title at the time
Skopje
Place
Macedonia
Country
Unknown
5 Nov
5 Nov
Date
5 Nov
Article
Jean Chrétien
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Canada
Title at the time
Ottawa
Place
Canada
Country
André Dallaire
1996
1996
Date
1996
Date
Feb
Intended victim(s)
Muammar Gaddafi
Title at the time
Libyan leader
Place
Sirte
Country
Libya
Perpetrator(s)
Islamic extremists
17 Jul
17 Jul
Date
17 Jul
Article
Pavlo Lazarenko
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Ukraine
Title at the time
Kyiv
Place
Ukraine
Country
Unknown
1998
1998
Date
1998
Date
9 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Eduard Shevardnadze
Title at the time
President of Georgia
Place
Tbilisi
Country
Georgia
Perpetrator(s)
Anti-government forces
12 Jun
12 Jun
Date
12 Jun
Article
Muammar Gaddafi
Intended victim(s)
Libyan Revolutionary leader
Title at the time
Derna
Place
Libya
Country
Islamic militants
1999
1999
Date
1999
Date
18 Dec
Article
Attempted assassination of Chandrika Kumaratunga
Intended victim(s)
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Title at the time
President of Sri Lanka
Place
Colombo
Country
Sri Lanka
Perpetrator(s)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
2000
2000
Date
2000
Date
24 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Vladimir Putin
Title at the time
Acting President of Russia
Place
Saint Petersburg
Country
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Chechen mafia
18 Aug
18 Aug
Date
18 Aug
Article
President of Russia
Intended victim(s)
Yalta
Title at the time
Ukraine
Place
Unknown
2001
2001
Date
2001
Date
9 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Baku
Title at the time
Azerbaijan
Place
Kyanan Rostam
7 Feb
7 Feb
Date
7 Feb
Article
George W. Bush
Intended victim(s)
President of the United States
Title at the time
Washington, D.C.
Place
United States
Country
Robert W. Pickett
16 Oct
16 Oct
Date
16 Oct
Article
Vladimir Putin
Intended victim(s)
President of Russia
Place
Iran
Country
Unknown
2002
2002
Date
2002
Date
6 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Vladimir Putin
Title at the time
President of Russia
Place
Moscow
Country
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Ivan Zaytsev
14 Jul
14 Jul
Date
14 Jul
Article
Jacques Chirac
Intended victim(s)
President of France
Title at the time
Paris
Place
France
Country
Maxime Brunerie
5 Sep
5 Sep
Date
5 Sep
Article
Hamid Karzai
Intended victim(s)
President of Afghanistan
Title at the time
Kandahar
Place
Afghanistan
Country
Lone gunman
2003
2003
Date
2003
Date
25 Dec
Intended victim(s)
Pervez Musharraf
Title at the time
President of Pakistan
Place
Rawalpindi
Country
Pakistan
Perpetrator(s)
Ordered by Amjad Farooqi
2004
2004
Date
2004
Date
19 Mar
Article
March 19 shooting incident
Intended victim(s)
Chen Shui-bian
Title at the time
President of the Republic of China
Place
Tainan
Country
Taiwan
Perpetrator(s)
Chen Yi-hsiung
11 June
11 June
Date
11 June
Article
José Manuel Durão Barroso
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Portugal
Title at the time
Porto
Place
Portugal
Country
Nouredine el Fahtni
29 Jul
29 Jul
Date
29 Jul
Article
Shaukat Aziz
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Title at the time
Fateh Jang
Place
Pakistan
Country
Al-Qaeda sympathizers
21 Aug
21 Aug
Date
21 Aug
Article
Sheikh Hasina
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Title at the time
Dhaka
Place
Bangladesh
Country
Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami
2005
2005
Date
2005
Date
15 Mar
Intended victim(s)
Ibrahim Rugova
Title at the time
President of Kosovo
Place
Pristina
Country
Kosovo
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
10 May
10 May
Date
10 May
Article
Mikheil Saakashvili
Intended victim(s)
President of Georgia
Title at the time
Tbilisi
Place
Georgia
Country
Vladimir Arutyunian
2006
2006
Date
2006
Date
18 Sep
Intended victim(s)
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed
Title at the time
President of Somalia
Place
Baidoa
Country
Somalia
Perpetrator(s)
Islamic Courts Union (blamed)
2007
2007
Date
2007
Date
29 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Guillaume Soro
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
Place
Bouaké
Country
Ivory Coast
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
6 Jul
6 Jul
Date
6 Jul
Article
Pervez Musharraf
Intended victim(s)
President of Pakistan
Title at the time
Rawalpindi
Place
Pakistan
Country
Taliban
Oct
Oct
Date
Oct
Article
Vladimir Putin
Intended victim(s)
President of Russia
Title at the time
Tehran
Place
Iran
Country
Unknown
2008
2008
Date
2008
Date
8 Jan
Intended victim(s)
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Title at the time
President of the Maldives
Place
Hoarafushi
Country
Maldives
Perpetrator(s)
Mohamed Murshid
15 Mar
15 Mar
Date
15 Mar
Article
Vladimir Putin
Intended victim(s)
President of Russia
Title at the time
Moscow
Place
Russia
Country
Shakhvelad Osmanov
11 Feb
11 Feb
Date
11 Feb
Article
José Ramos-Horta
Intended victim(s)
President of Timor-Leste
Title at the time
Dili
Place
East Timor
Country
Alfredo Reinado
2009
2009
Date
2009
Date
30 Apr
Article
2009 attack on the Dutch royal family
Intended victim(s)
Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander, and other members of the Dutch royal family
Title at the time
Queen of the Netherlands
Place
Apeldoorn
Country
Netherlands
Perpetrator(s)
Karst Tates
19 Aug
19 Aug
Date
19 Aug
Article
Vladimir Putin
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Russia
Title at the time
Moscow
Place
Russia
Country
Unknown
3 Dec
3 Dec
Date
3 Dec
Article
Moussa Dadis Camara
Intended victim(s)
President of Guinea
Title at the time
Conakry
Place
Guinea
Country
Lt. Abubakar Diakite
2011
2011
Date
2011
Date
3 Jun
Intended victim(s)
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Title at the time
President of Yemen
Place
Sana'a
Country
Yemen
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
19 Jul
19 Jul
Date
19 Jul
Article
Alpha Condé
Intended victim(s)
President of Guinea
Title at the time
Conakry
Place
Guinea
Country
Republic of Guinea Armed Forces officers
2012
2012
Date
2012
Intended victim(s)
Vladimir Putin
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Russia
Place
Moscow
Country
Russia
Perpetrator(s)
Dokka Umarov (alleged)
2013
2013
Date
2013
Date
Apr
Intended victim(s)
Barack Obama
Title at the time
President of the United States
Place
Washington, D.C.
Country
United States
Perpetrator(s)
James Everett Dutschke
2017
2017
Date
2017
Date
Nov
Intended victim(s)
Theresa May
Title at the time
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Place
London
Country
United Kingdom
Perpetrator(s)
Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman
2018
2018
Date
2018
Date
Jan
Intended victim(s)
Benjamin Netanyahu
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Israel
Place
Jerusalem
Country
Israel
Perpetrator(s)
Muhammad Jamal Rashdeh, Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
23 Jun
23 Jun
Date
23 Jun
Date
2018 Bulawayo bombing
Article
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Intended victim(s)
President of Zimbabwe
Title at the time
Bulawayo
Place
Zimbabwe
Country
Unknown
4 Aug
4 Aug
Date
4 Aug
Date
2018 Caracas drone attack
Article
Nicolás Maduro
Intended victim(s)
President of Venezuela
Title at the time
Caracas
Place
Venezuela
Country
Uncertain (claimed by Soldados de Franelas)
2020
2020
Date
2020
Date
29 Feb
Article
2020 Barquisimeto shooting
Intended victim(s)
Juan Guaidó
Title at the time
Disputed President of Venezuela
Place
Barquisimeto
Country
Venezuela
Perpetrator(s)
Pro-government colectivos
9 Mar
9 Mar
Date
9 Mar
Article
Abdalla Hamdok
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Sudan
Title at the time
Khartoum
Place
Sudan
Country
Unknown
2 Jul
2 Jul
Date
2 Jul
Article
Justin Trudeau
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Canada
Title at the time
Ottawa
Place
Canada
Country
Corey Barclay Hurren
2021
2021
Date
2021
Date
20 Jul
Intended victim(s)
Assimi Goïta
Title at the time
President of Mali
Place
Bamako
Country
Mali
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
7 Nov
7 Nov
Date
7 Nov
Date
Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Article
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Iraq
Title at the time
Baghdad
Place
Iraq
Country
Unknown
2022
2022
Date
2022
Date
10 Feb
Intended victim(s)
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Libya
Place
Tripoli
Country
Libya
Perpetrator(s)
Unknown
26 Feb
26 Feb
Date
26 Feb
Date
Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Article
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Intended victim(s)
President of Ukraine
Title at the time
Kyiv
Place
Ukraine
Country
Chechen mercenaries
Feb
Feb
Date
Feb
Date
Kadyrovites
Redut
Redut
Date
Redut
Wagner Group
Wagner Group
Date
Wagner Group
2023
2023
Date
2023
Date
15 Apr
Article
Attempted assassination of Fumio Kishida
Intended victim(s)
Fumio Kishida
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Japan
Place
Wakayama
Country
Japan
Perpetrator(s)
Ryūji Kimura
3 May
3 May
Date
3 May
Date
Kremlin drone attack
Article
Vladimir Putin (Russian claim)
Intended victim(s)
President of Russia
Title at the time
Moscow
Place
Russia
Country
Disputed
2024
2024
Date
2024
Date
15 May
Article
Attempted assassination of Robert Fico
Intended victim(s)
Robert Fico
Title at the time
Prime Minister of Slovakia
Place
Handlová
Country
Slovakia
Perpetrator(s)
Juraj Cintula
30 July
30 July
Date
30 July
Date
Attempted assassination of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Article
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Intended victim(s)
Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council
Title at the time
Jubayt
Place
Sudan
Country
Unknown
13 September
13 September
Date
13 September
Article
Azali Assoumani
Intended victim(s)
President of the Comoros
Title at the time
Salimani
Place
Comoros
Country
Ahmed Abdou
19 October
19 October
Date
19 October
Date
2024 drone attack on Benjamin Netanyahu's residence
Article
Benjamin Netanyahu
Intended victim(s)
Prime Minister of Israel
Title at the time
Caesarea
Place
Israel
Country
Hezbollah, Iran (alleged)
2025
2025
Date
2025
Date
18 March
Article
Attempted assassination of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Intended victim(s)
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Title at the time
President of Somalia
Place
Mogadishu
Country
Somalia
Perpetrator(s)
Al-Shabaab (claimed)
30 September
30 September
Date
30 September
Article
Daniel Noboa
Intended victim(s)
President of Ecuador
Title at the time
Cotacachi
Place
Ecuador
Country
Unknown
7 October
7 October
Date
7 October
Article
Cañar
Intended victim(s)
Unknown
| Date | Article | Intended victim(s) | Title at the time | Place | Country | Perpetrator(s) | |
| 354 BC | – | Mausolus | Satrap of Caria and Lycia | Labraunda | Achaemenid Empire | Manitas Paktyо̄ and Thyssos Syskо̄ | |
| 227 BC | – | Qin Shi Huang | King of Qin | Xianyang | Ancient China (Warring States period) | Jing Ke | |
| 218 BC | – | First Emperor of a unified China | China | Imperial China (Qin dynasty) | Ordered by Zhang Liang (Western Han) | ||
| 206 BC | – | Feast at Swan Goose Gate | Liu Bang | King of Han | Xianyang | Imperial China (Chu–Han Contention) | Xiang Zhuang |
| 156–5 BC | – | Ptolemy VIII of Egypt | Pharaoh of Egypt | Alexandria | Ancient Egypt | Ordered by Ptolemy VI Philometor, his brother | |
| 135 BC | – | John Hyrcanus | Crown Prince and High Priest of Israel | Jerusalem | Judea (Hasmonean Dynasty) | Ptolemy son of Abubus collaborating with the Selucid Empire | |
| 399 AD | – | Emperor Richū | Crown Prince | Naniwa | Ancient Japan (Kofun period) | Prince Suminoe no Nakatsu (住吉仲皇子) (Younger brother) | |
| 626 AD | Mar–Apr | Saint Edwin of Northumbria | King of Deira and Bernicia | York, Northumbria | England | Agents of Cwichelm of Wessex | |
| 1298 | Dec | Edward I | King of England | Westminster | England | Merchants of Lucca | |
| 1323 | 30 Nov | Edward II | King of England | Coventry | England | John of Nottingham | |
| 1330 | 17 Apr | Charles I | King of Hungary | Visegrád | Hungary | Felician Záh | |
| 1400 | 4 Jan | Henry IV | King of England | Windsor Castle | England | Members of the Epiphany Rising | |
| 1401 | 8 Sep | Westminster | Unknown | ||||
| 1402 | – | Yongle Emperor | Emperor of China | Nanjing | Imperial China (Ming dynasty) | Left Censor-in-Chief Jing Qing | |
| 1486 | 23 Apr | Henry VII | King of England | York | England | Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell | |
| 1492 | 7 December | Ferdinand II of Aragon | King of Aragon | Barcelona | Crown of Aragon | Juan de Cañamares | |
| 1542 | Nov | Renyin palace plot | Jiajing Emperor | Emperor of China | Beijing | Imperial China (Ming dynasty) | Imperial Concubine Ning, Yang Jinying, and 14 other palace women |
| 1557 | Sep | Henry II | King of France | Paris | France | Caboche | |
| 1564 | Jan | Akbar | Mughal Emperor | Delhi | Mughal Empire | A slave of Mirza Sharfuddin | |
| 1571 | bef. Apr | Elizabeth I | Queen of England | Westminster | England | Members of the Ridolfi Plot | |
| 1583 | bef. Nov | Francis Throckmorton | |||||
| 1584 | Mar–Nov | William Parry | |||||
| 1586 | Jul–Aug | Anthony Babington | |||||
| 1594 | 27 Dec | Henry IV | King of France | Paris | France | Jean Châtel | |
| 1605 | 5 Nov | Gunpowder Plot | James I | King of England | Westminster | England | Guy Fawkes |
| 1657 | 8 Jan | Oliver Cromwell | Lord Protector | London | England | Miles Sindercombe | |
| 1696 | 15–22 Feb | 1696 Jacobite assassination plot | William III | King of England | Kew Bridge | England | Ambrose Rookwood |
| 1757 | 5 Jan | Louis XV | King of France | Versailles | France | Robert-François Damiens | |
| 1758 | 3 Sep | Joseph I | King of Portugal and the Algarves | Ajuda, Lisbon | Portugal | Unclear; possibly the Távora family (see Távora affair) | |
| 1800 | 15 May | George III | King of Britain and Ireland | Westminster | United Kingdom | James Hadfield | |
| 1800 | 24 Dec | Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise | Napoleon Bonaparte | First Consul of France | Paris | France | François-Joseph Carbon |
| 1809 | 12 Oct | Napoleon I | Emperor of the French | Schönbrunn | Austrian Empire | Friedrich Staps | |
| 1826 | 3 Nov | Dionisio de Herrera | Head of State of Honduras | Honduras | |||
| 1832 | Fructuoso Rivera | President of Uruguay | Uruguay | Members of the military supportive of Rivera's rival Juan Antonio Lavalleja | |||
| 1835 | 30 Jan | Attempted assassination of Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson | President of the United States | Washington, D.C. | United States | Richard Lawrence |
| 1835 | 28 Jul | Louis-Philippe | King of France | Paris | France | Giuseppe Marco Fieschi | |
| 1840 | 10 Jun | Queen Victoria | Queen of the United Kingdom | London | United Kingdom | Edward Oxford | |
| 1842 | 30 May | John Francis | |||||
| 1852 | 26 Jul | Nasser al-Din Shah | Shahanshah of Persia | Tehran | Persia | Babis | |
| 1853 | 18 Feb | Franz Joseph I | Austria-Hungarian Emperor | Vienna | Austria-Hungary | János Libényi | |
| 1858 | 14 Jan | Napoleon III | Emperor of the French | Paris | France | Felice Orsini | |
| 1861 | 14 Jul | Wilhelm I | King of Prussia | Baden-Baden | Prussia | Oskar Becker | |
| 1864 | August | Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States | Washington, D.C | Unknown Sniper | ||
| 1866 | 4 Apr | Alexander II | Emperor of Russia | Saint Petersburg | Russian Empire | Dmitry Karakozov | |
| 1866 | 7 May | Otto von Bismarck | Minister President of Prussia | Berlin | German Confederation | Ferdinand Cohen-Blind | |
| 1873 | 22 Aug | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | President of Argentina | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Ricardo López Jordán | |
| 1874 | 13 Jul | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of the German Reich | Bad Kissingen | German Empire | Eduard Kullman [who?] | |
| 1878 | 11 May | Wilhelm I | German Emperor | Berlin | German Empire | Max Hödel | |
| 2 Jun | Karl Nobiling | ||||||
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