List of snipers

Updated: 11/5/2025, 10:50:20 PM Wikipedia source

A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel.

Tables

· Military snipers

Noah Adamia

Name

Noah Adamia

Lived

1919–1942

Active

1938–1942

Notes

A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out. Trained another 80 snipers within a couple of months during the Second World War.

Confirmedsniper kills

200+

Nationality

Soviet Union

Herman Davis

Name

Herman Davis

Lived

1888–1923

Active

1918

Notes

An American sniper of the First World War, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star and the Médaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

United States

Lucky Bisht

Name

Lucky Bisht

Lived

1988

Active

2003–2024

Notes

An Indian Secret service, nickname Lima A book has been written on Bisht's life, R.A.W. Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima according to which he is. Hitman of Research and Analysis Wing. Bisht is the first Indian whose life has been written about in the sequel to R.A.W Hitman 2: The Assassinations This book was published by the American company Simon & Schuster.

Confirmedsniper kills

139

Nationality

India

Fedir Dyachenko

Name

Fedir Dyachenko

Lived

1917–1995

Active

1932–1946

Notes

A Soviet Ukrainian sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 12000 kills and awarded with the Hero of the Soviet Union.

Confirmedsniper kills

425

Nationality

Soviet Union

Rob Furlong

Name

Rob Furlong

Lived

1976–

Active

1996–2003

Notes

A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance during Operation Anaconda, War in Afghanistan.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

Canada

Gary Gordon

Name

Gary Gordon

Lived

1960–1993

Active

1978–1993

Notes

A Delta Force sniper who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the Battle of Mogadishu.

Confirmedsniper kills

N/A

Nationality

United States

Craig Harrison

Name

Craig Harrison

Lived

1974-

Active

1990–2014

Notes

A British Army sniper who achieved the fourth longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475 m) using the Accuracy International L115A3 Long Range Rifle.

Confirmedsniper kills

N/A

Nationality

United Kingdom

Carlos Hathcock

Name

Carlos Hathcock

Lived

1942–1999

Active

1959–1979

Notes

A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

United States

Dejan Berić

Name

Dejan Berić

Lived

1974-

Active

2014–present

Notes

Simply known as Deki (Деки) is a Serbian volunteer in the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic with the rank of Major, who is fighting as a sniper in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.

Confirmedsniper kills

N/A

Nationality

Serbia

Simo Häyhä

Name

Simo Häyhä

Lived

1905–2002

Active

1939–1940

Notes

A Finnish sniper during the 1939–40 Winter War known as the "White Death" from his habit of lying in the snow wearing snow camouflage and a white face mask, waiting for a target to appear. Antti Rantamaa, who served as a field chaplain in Häyhä's regiment, credited him with 259 confirmed kills by sniper rifle and equal number of kills by light machine gun and submachine gun during the war. All of Häyhä's kills were made over the course of fewer than 100 days, before he was seriously wounded—an average of just over 5 per day, with the highest daily count numbering 45 kills—at a time of year with few daylight hours.

Confirmedsniper kills

~542

Nationality

Finland

Matthäus Hetzenauer

Name

Matthäus Hetzenauer

Lived

1924–2004

Active

1943–1945

Notes

An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945.

Confirmedsniper kills

345

Nationality

Nazi Germany

Abukhadzhi Idrisov

Name

Abukhadzhi Idrisov

Lived

1918–1983

Active

1939–1944

Notes

A Soviet Chechen sniper credited with 349+ kills during World War II. He was reported to have killed 100 soldiers in only 10 days of fighting. Awarded multiple of the highest state orders of the Soviet Union.

Confirmedsniper kills

349+

Nationality

Soviet Union

Nikolai Ilyin

Name

Nikolai Ilyin

Lived

1925–1943

Active

1941–1943

Notes

A Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the 50th Guards Rifle Division during the Battle of Stalingrad, World War II.

Confirmedsniper kills

494

Nationality

Soviet Union

Nicholas Irving

Name

Nicholas Irving

Lived

1986–

Active

2004–2010

Notes

A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, with 33 confirmed kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

United States

Juba

Name

Juba

Lived

N/A

Active

2005–2007

Notes

Juba (Arabic: جوبا) (also called "Joba") is the pseudonym of an alleged sniper involved in the Iraq War's insurgency. He participated in Iraqi Civil War as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.

Confirmedsniper kills

63 (confirmed) 700+ (alleged)

Nationality

Iraq

Ivan Kulbertinov

Name

Ivan Kulbertinov

Lived

1917–1993

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War.

Confirmedsniper kills

252

Nationality

Soviet Union

Vasil Kvachantiradze

Name

Vasil Kvachantiradze

Lived

1907–1950

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Soviet Georgian sniper who is credited with 534 kills during World War II, one of the highest Soviet kill counts. Known for almost single-handedly thwarting a German assault on Shumilino in Belarus.

Confirmedsniper kills

534

Nationality

Soviet Union

Chris Kyle

Name

Chris Kyle

Lived

1974–2013

Active

1999–2009

Notes

A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon, but who allegedly killed 255.

Confirmedsniper kills

160 (confirmed)255 (alleged)

Nationality

United States

Marie Ljalková

Name

Marie Ljalková

Lived

1920–2011

Active

1942–1953

Notes

A Czech sniper fighting in the Soviet Army during World War II who was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

30+

Nationality

Czechoslovakia

Chuck Mawhinney

Name

Chuck Mawhinney

Lived

1949–2024

Active

1967–1970

Notes

A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103 kills), with an additional 216 "probable kills".

Confirmedsniper kills

103 - 319

Nationality

United States

Timothy Murphy

Name

Timothy Murphy

Lived

1751–1818

Active

1775–1780

Notes

An American Revolutionary War sniper credited with killing British General Simon Fraser during the Battle of Saratoga.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

United States

Semyon Nomokonov

Name

Semyon Nomokonov

Lived

1900–1973

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Soviet Russian World War II sniper with 367 logged kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

367

Nationality

Soviet Union

Henry Norwest

Name

Henry Norwest

Lived

1884–1918

Active

1915–1918

Notes

A sniper in the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a German sniper on 18 August 1918.

Confirmedsniper kills

115

Nationality

Canada

Fyodor Okhlopkov

Name

Fyodor Okhlopkov

Lived

1908–1968

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II.

Confirmedsniper kills

423

Nationality

Soviet Union

Johnson Paudash

Name

Johnson Paudash

Lived

1875–1959

Active

1914–1918

Notes

A member of the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF during World War One who made 88 confirmed kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

Canada

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Name

Lyudmila Pavlichenko

Lived

1916–1974

Active

1941–1953

Notes

The most successful female sniper during World War II. She served in the Soviet army and had 309 confirmed kills. Pavlichenko was called "Lady Death" for her ability with a sniper rifle. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odesa and the siege of Sevastopol. She was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union

Confirmedsniper kills

309

Nationality

Soviet Union

Vladimir Pchelintsev

Name

Vladimir Pchelintsev

Lived

1919–2001

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Soviet sniper Credited with 152 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War.

Confirmedsniper kills

152

Nationality

Soviet Union

Francis Pegahmagabow

Name

Francis Pegahmagabow

Lived

1891–1952

Active

1914–1919

Notes

An Ojibwe sniper in World War I who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

378

Nationality

Canada

Friedrich Pein

Name

Friedrich Pein

Lived

1915–1975

Active

1943–1945

Notes

An Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War.

Confirmedsniper kills

200+

Nationality

Nazi Germany

Stepan Petrenko

Name

Stepan Petrenko

Lived

1922–1984

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union).

Confirmedsniper kills

422

Nationality

Soviet Union

Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (Nero)

Name

Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (Nero)

Lived

1969–2009

Active

2000–2009

Notes

A sniper in the Sri Lanka Army during the country's civil war alias "Nero". The Sri Lankan LTTE war ended on 18 May 2009 just 20 days after Corporal Premasiri's death. At the time of his death, he had served 18 years in the Sri Lanka Army and 9 years of it as a sniper with 217 confirmed kills of Tamil Tigers.

Confirmedsniper kills

217

Nationality

Sri Lanka

Graham Ragsdale

Name

Graham Ragsdale

Lived

1969–

Active

1988–2003

Notes

A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2005–2014 as a designated defensive marksman with private military companies.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

Canada

Ben Roberts-Smith

Name

Ben Roberts-Smith

Lived

1978–

Active

1996–2015

Notes

A sniper with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment who was awarded the Medal of Gallantry for his actions in 2006 during Operation Perth in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Subsequently, awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia in 2011.

Confirmedsniper kills

N/A

Nationality

Australia

Roza Shanina

Name

Roza Shanina

Lived

1924–1945

Active

1943–1945

Notes

A Russian Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 60 kills, including 12 soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius in 1944.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

Soviet Union

Ivan Sidorenko

Name

Ivan Sidorenko

Lived

1919–1994

Active

1939–1945

Notes

A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.

Confirmedsniper kills

500+

Nationality

Soviet Union

Billy Sing

Name

Billy Sing

Lived

1886–1943

Active

1914–1918

Notes

An Australian First World War sniper credited with over 150 confirmed kills. Contemporary evidence puts his tally at close to 300 kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

150+

Nationality

Australia

Mikhail Surkov

Name

Mikhail Surkov

Lived

1921–1953

Active

1941–1945

Notes

A Soviet sniper in World War II. Official documents indicate a tally around 236 kills, although newspapers inflated his tally to over 700 kills.

Confirmedsniper kills

236

Nationality

Soviet Union

Bruno Sutkus

Name

Bruno Sutkus

Lived

1924–2003

Active

1944–1945

Notes

A Lithuanian sniper fighting in the German Army during the Second World War. He was credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945.

Confirmedsniper kills

209

Nationality

Nazi Germany

Abu Tahsin al-Salhi

Name

Abu Tahsin al-Salhi

Lived

1953–2017

Active

1973–2017

Notes

A sniper who fought in the Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War, as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. However, his kills in other wars other than against ISIS are unaccounted for and unknown.

Confirmedsniper kills

341+ (against ISIS only) (Alleged)

Nationality

Iraq

Alvin York

Name

Alvin York

Lived

1887–1964

Active

1917–1918

Notes

An expert sharpshooter with the 82nd Infantry Division who used an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse–Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I. Medal of Honor recipient for leading an assault on machine gun positions.

Confirmedsniper kills

Nationality

United States

Vasily Zaytsev

Name

Vasily Zaytsev

Lived

1915–1991

Active

1937–1945

Notes

A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers).

Confirmedsniper kills

242

Nationality

Soviet Union

Zhang Taofang

Name

Zhang Taofang

Lived

1931–2007

Active

1953–1985

Notes

A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills over 32 days.

Confirmedsniper kills

214

Nationality

China

Ibragim Suleymanov

Name

Ibragim Suleymanov

Lived

1911 – 1943

Active

1941–1943

Notes

A Kazakh sniper in the Red Army during World War II who killed an estimated 289 enemy soldiers. He was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 9 July 1943, but was initially awarded only the Order of Lenin. In 2022 he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Kazakhstan, the highest state honor of Kazakhstan.

Confirmedsniper kills

289

Nationality

Soviet Union

Name	Lived	Active	Notes	Confirmedsniper kills	Nationality
Noah Adamia	1919–1942	1938–1942	A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out. Trained another 80 snipers within a couple of months during the Second World War.	200+	Soviet Union
Herman Davis	1888–1923	1918	An American sniper of the First World War, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star and the Médaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments.	60	United States
Lucky Bisht	1988	2003–2024	An Indian Secret service, nickname Lima A book has been written on Bisht's life, R.A.W. Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima according to which he is. Hitman of Research and Analysis Wing. Bisht is the first Indian whose life has been written about in the sequel to R.A.W Hitman 2: The Assassinations This book was published by the American company Simon & Schuster.	139	India
Fedir Dyachenko	1917–1995	1932–1946	A Soviet Ukrainian sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 12000 kills and awarded with the Hero of the Soviet Union.	425	Soviet Union
Rob Furlong	1976–	1996–2003	A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance during Operation Anaconda, War in Afghanistan.	1+	Canada
Gary Gordon	1960–1993	1978–1993	A Delta Force sniper who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the Battle of Mogadishu.	N/A	United States
Craig Harrison	1974-	1990–2014	A British Army sniper who achieved the fourth longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475 m) using the Accuracy International L115A3 Long Range Rifle.	N/A	United Kingdom
Carlos Hathcock	1942–1999	1959–1979	A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills.	93	United States
Dejan Berić	1974-	2014–present	Simply known as Deki (Деки) is a Serbian volunteer in the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic with the rank of Major, who is fighting as a sniper in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.	N/A	Serbia
Simo Häyhä	1905–2002	1939–1940	A Finnish sniper during the 1939–40 Winter War known as the "White Death" from his habit of lying in the snow wearing snow camouflage and a white face mask, waiting for a target to appear. Antti Rantamaa, who served as a field chaplain in Häyhä's regiment, credited him with 259 confirmed kills by sniper rifle and equal number of kills by light machine gun and submachine gun during the war. All of Häyhä's kills were made over the course of fewer than 100 days, before he was seriously wounded—an average of just over 5 per day, with the highest daily count numbering 45 kills—at a time of year with few daylight hours.	~542	Finland
Matthäus Hetzenauer	1924–2004	1943–1945	An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945.	345	Nazi Germany
Abukhadzhi Idrisov	1918–1983	1939–1944	A Soviet Chechen sniper credited with 349+ kills during World War II. He was reported to have killed 100 soldiers in only 10 days of fighting. Awarded multiple of the highest state orders of the Soviet Union.	349+	Soviet Union
Nikolai Ilyin	1925–1943	1941–1943	A Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the 50th Guards Rifle Division during the Battle of Stalingrad, World War II.	494	Soviet Union
Nicholas Irving	1986–	2004–2010	A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, with 33 confirmed kills.	33	United States
Juba	N/A	2005–2007	Juba (Arabic: جوبا) (also called "Joba") is the pseudonym of an alleged sniper involved in the Iraq War's insurgency. He participated in Iraqi Civil War as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.	63 (confirmed) 700+ (alleged)	Iraq
Ivan Kulbertinov	1917–1993	1941–1945	A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War.	252	Soviet Union
Vasil Kvachantiradze	1907–1950	1941–1945	A Soviet Georgian sniper who is credited with 534 kills during World War II, one of the highest Soviet kill counts. Known for almost single-handedly thwarting a German assault on Shumilino in Belarus.	534	Soviet Union
Chris Kyle	1974–2013	1999–2009	A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon, but who allegedly killed 255.	160 (confirmed)255 (alleged)	United States
Marie Ljalková	1920–2011	1942–1953	A Czech sniper fighting in the Soviet Army during World War II who was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills.	30+	Czechoslovakia
Chuck Mawhinney	1949–2024	1967–1970	A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103 kills), with an additional 216 "probable kills".	103 - 319	United States
Timothy Murphy	1751–1818	1775–1780	An American Revolutionary War sniper credited with killing British General Simon Fraser during the Battle of Saratoga.	1+	United States
Semyon Nomokonov	1900–1973	1941–1945	A Soviet Russian World War II sniper with 367 logged kills.	367	Soviet Union
Henry Norwest	1884–1918	1915–1918	A sniper in the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a German sniper on 18 August 1918.	115	Canada
Fyodor Okhlopkov	1908–1968	1941–1945	A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II.	423	Soviet Union
Johnson Paudash	1875–1959	1914–1918	A member of the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF during World War One who made 88 confirmed kills.	88	Canada
Lyudmila Pavlichenko	1916–1974	1941–1953	The most successful female sniper during World War II. She served in the Soviet army and had 309 confirmed kills. Pavlichenko was called "Lady Death" for her ability with a sniper rifle. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odesa and the siege of Sevastopol. She was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union	309	Soviet Union
Vladimir Pchelintsev	1919–2001	1941–1945	A Soviet sniper Credited with 152 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War.	152	Soviet Union
Francis Pegahmagabow	1891–1952	1914–1919	An Ojibwe sniper in World War I who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills.	378	Canada
Friedrich Pein	1915–1975	1943–1945	An Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War.	200+	Nazi Germany
Stepan Petrenko	1922–1984	1941–1945	A Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union).	422	Soviet Union
Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (Nero)	1969–2009	2000–2009	A sniper in the Sri Lanka Army during the country's civil war alias "Nero". The Sri Lankan LTTE war ended on 18 May 2009 just 20 days after Corporal Premasiri's death. At the time of his death, he had served 18 years in the Sri Lanka Army and 9 years of it as a sniper with 217 confirmed kills of Tamil Tigers.	217	Sri Lanka
Graham Ragsdale	1969–	1988–2003	A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2005–2014 as a designated defensive marksman with private military companies.	56	Canada
Ben Roberts-Smith	1978–	1996–2015	A sniper with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment who was awarded the Medal of Gallantry for his actions in 2006 during Operation Perth in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Subsequently, awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia in 2011.	N/A	Australia
Roza Shanina	1924–1945	1943–1945	A Russian Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 60 kills, including 12 soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius in 1944.	60	Soviet Union
Ivan Sidorenko	1919–1994	1939–1945	A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.	500+	Soviet Union
Billy Sing	1886–1943	1914–1918	An Australian First World War sniper credited with over 150 confirmed kills. Contemporary evidence puts his tally at close to 300 kills.	150+	Australia
Mikhail Surkov	1921–1953	1941–1945	A Soviet sniper in World War II. Official documents indicate a tally around 236 kills, although newspapers inflated his tally to over 700 kills.	236	Soviet Union
Bruno Sutkus	1924–2003	1944–1945	A Lithuanian sniper fighting in the German Army during the Second World War. He was credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945.	209	Nazi Germany
Abu Tahsin al-Salhi	1953–2017	1973–2017	A sniper who fought in the Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War, as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. However, his kills in other wars other than against ISIS are unaccounted for and unknown.	341+ (against ISIS only) (Alleged)	Iraq
Alvin York	1887–1964	1917–1918	An expert sharpshooter with the 82nd Infantry Division who used an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse–Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I. Medal of Honor recipient for leading an assault on machine gun positions.	28	United States
Vasily Zaytsev	1915–1991	1937–1945	A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers).	242	Soviet Union
Zhang Taofang	1931–2007	1953–1985	A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills over 32 days.	214	China
Ibragim Suleymanov	1911 – 1943	1941–1943	A Kazakh sniper in the Red Army during World War II who killed an estimated 289 enemy soldiers. He was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 9 July 1943, but was initially awarded only the Order of Lenin. In 2022 he was posthumously awarded the title Hero of Kazakhstan, the highest state honor of Kazakhstan.	289	Soviet Union

· Police and federal snipers

Lon Horiuchi

Name

Lon Horiuchi

Lived

1954–

Notes

A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot Randy Weaver and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge.

Kills

Nationality

United States

Thomas "Tom" Horn Jr.

Name

Thomas "Tom" Horn Jr.

Lived

1860–1903

Notes

An American Old West lawman, scout, and hired gunman, known for shooting cattle rustlers and sheepherders at long range with a Sharps rifle.

Kills

17 (believed)

Nationality

United States

Name	Lived	Notes	Kills	Nationality
Lon Horiuchi	1954–	A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot Randy Weaver and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge.	1	United States
Thomas "Tom" Horn Jr.	1860–1903	An American Old West lawman, scout, and hired gunman, known for shooting cattle rustlers and sheepherders at long range with a Sharps rifle.	17 (believed)	United States

· Civilian snipers

Frank Carter

Name

Frank Carter

Lived

1881–1927

Notes

A notorious murderer in Omaha, Nebraska, who claimed to have murdered 43 victims.

Kills

43 (claimed) 2 (confirmed)

Nationality

United States

Michael Andrew Clark

Name

Michael Andrew Clark

Lived

1949-1965

Notes

Michael Andrew Clark, A 16-year-old teenage sniper who killed three and wounded ten in Highway 101 shooting spree on 25 April 1965.

Kills

Nationality

United States

Byron De La Beckwith

Name

Byron De La Beckwith

Lived

1920–2001

Notes

An ex-US Marine and white supremacist, assassinated NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers after the civil rights activist arrived home in Jackson, Mississippi on 12 June 1963.

Kills

Nationality

United States

William "Billy" Dixon

Name

William "Billy" Dixon

Lived

1850–1913

Notes

Defended the Adobe Walls settlement against Native American attack with his legendary buffalo rifle, and was one of eight civilians in United States history to receive the Medal of Honor.

Kills

N/A

Nationality

United States

Tha'ir Kayid Hamad

Name

Tha'ir Kayid Hamad

Lived

1980–

Notes

A Palestinian sniper who was responsible for the Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack with a WWII-era M1 Garand rifle during the Second Intifada in 2002. Israeli sources claim he killed 10 soldiers and settlers and injured 6 others, while Palestinian sources claim he killed 11 soldiers and injured 9 others. He would be arrested two years later and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Kills

Nationality

Palestine

Jack Hinson

Name

Jack Hinson

Lived

1807–1874

Notes

A farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the American Civil War and recorded 36 officer "kills" on his custom-made .50 caliber Kentucky long rifle with iron sights.

Kills

36 (recorded)

Nationality

United States

John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo

Name

John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo

Lived

1960–20091985–

Notes

Perpetrators of the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Ten people were killed and three other victims were critically injured in several locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia.

Kills

Nationality

United States

Lee Harvey Oswald

Name

Lee Harvey Oswald

Lived

1939–1963

Notes

A former US Marine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy and shot Governor John Connally in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963, and shot at General Edwin Walker on 10 April 1963.

Kills

Nationality

United States

Stephen Paddock

Name

Stephen Paddock

Lived

1953–2017

Notes

Perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting using multiple high-powered modified rifles from the 32nd floor of a high-rise hotel, killing 60 people and wounding over 800 others on 1 October 2017.

Kills

Nationality

United States

Charles Whitman

Name

Charles Whitman

Lived

1941–1966

Notes

A college student and former US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the University of Texas Austin campus, killing 14 and wounding 32 on 1 August 1966.

Kills

Nationality

United States

Name	Lived	Notes	Kills	Nationality
Frank Carter	1881–1927	A notorious murderer in Omaha, Nebraska, who claimed to have murdered 43 victims.	43 (claimed) 2 (confirmed)	United States
Michael Andrew Clark	1949-1965	Michael Andrew Clark, A 16-year-old teenage sniper who killed three and wounded ten in Highway 101 shooting spree on 25 April 1965.	3	United States
Byron De La Beckwith	1920–2001	An ex-US Marine and white supremacist, assassinated NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers after the civil rights activist arrived home in Jackson, Mississippi on 12 June 1963.	1	United States
William "Billy" Dixon	1850–1913	Defended the Adobe Walls settlement against Native American attack with his legendary buffalo rifle, and was one of eight civilians in United States history to receive the Medal of Honor.	N/A	United States
Tha'ir Kayid Hamad	1980–	A Palestinian sniper who was responsible for the Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack with a WWII-era M1 Garand rifle during the Second Intifada in 2002. Israeli sources claim he killed 10 soldiers and settlers and injured 6 others, while Palestinian sources claim he killed 11 soldiers and injured 9 others. He would be arrested two years later and sentenced to life imprisonment.	10	Palestine
Jack Hinson	1807–1874	A farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the American Civil War and recorded 36 officer "kills" on his custom-made caliber Kentucky long rifle with iron sights.	36 (recorded)	United States
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo	1960–20091985–	Perpetrators of the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Ten people were killed and three other victims were critically injured in several locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia.	10	United States
Lee Harvey Oswald	1939–1963	A former US Marine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy and shot Governor John Connally in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963, and shot at General Edwin Walker on 10 April 1963.	2	United States
Stephen Paddock	1953–2017	Perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting using multiple high-powered modified rifles from the 32nd floor of a high-rise hotel, killing 60 people and wounding over 800 others on 1 October 2017.	60	United States
Charles Whitman	1941–1966	A college student and former US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the University of Texas Austin campus, killing 14 and wounding 32 on 1 August 1966.	14	United States

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