List of murdered people
List of assassinated persons
- Joy Adamson, (1980), naturalist
- King Aed I of Scotland, (878)
- Doris Angleton, (1997), Houston, Texas socialite
- Archimedes, (212 BC), scientist
- Thomas Becket, (1170), archbishop
- Nick Berg (2004), beheaded in Iraq
- Cassie Bernall, (1999), Columbine High School massacre victim
- Nida Blanca, (2001), actress
- Boethius, (524), mathematician
- Oscar Bonavena, (1976), Argentinian boxer
- René Bousquet, (1994), former Vichy French police chief
- Carlie Brucia, (2004), 11 year-old girl
- Roberto Calvi, (1982), banker
- Enrique Camarena, (1985), DEA official
- Paul Castellano, (1985), mafioso
- Vincent Chin, (1982)
- Lana Clarkson, (2003), actress
- Patsy Collins, (1976), Deep Purple roadie and bodyguard
- Bob Crane, (1978), actor and DJ
- King Culen I of Scotland, (971)
- Jill Dando, (1999), television presenter
- Rusty Day, (1982), musician
- Jesse Dirkhising, (1999), young victim of crime
- King Dubh I of Scotland, (966)
- King Duncan I of Scotland, (1040), murdered by Macbeth
- Dominique Dunne, actress
- King Edward II of England, (1327)
- King Edward V of England, (1470-1483), (probably)
- Andres Escobar, (1994), footballer
- Stan Farr, (1976), boyfriend of Priscilla Davis
- Abigail Folger, (1969), coffee heiress
- Dian Fossey, (1985), naturalist
- Kristen French, (1992), murdered by Paul Bernardo
- Kitty Genovese, (1964), bar manager whose murder instigated the study of the Bystander effect.
- Ronald Lyle Goldman, (1994), actor, murdered with Nicole Brown Simpson
- Veronica Guerin, jounalist murdered by Irish drug dealers in 1996
- Phil Hartman, (1998), Canadian actor
- Aubrey Hawkins, (2000), Irving, Texas police officer
- Alfred H. (Freddy) Heineken, (2002)
- King Henry VI of England, (1471)
- Evelyn Hernandez, (2002)
- Margaret Hogg, the Wasdale Lady in the Lake, murdered 1976, and found 1984
- Reginald Holmes murder was discovered when a shark in the Sydney Coogee Aquarium vomited up his severed arm in 1935
- Ronald Hughes, (1971), celebrity attorney
- Hypatia of Alexandria, (415), mathematician
- King Indulf I of Scotland, (962)
- Paul Johnson, (2004), beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- Megan Kanka, (1994), young victim of crime
- Petra Kelly, (1992), German Green Party leader
- Eyvind Kelve, (995), Norwegian pagan leader
- King Kenneth II of Scotland, (995)
- King Kenneth III of Scotland, (1005)
- Kim Sun-il, (2004), beheaded in Iraq
- Polly Klaas, (1993), young victim of crime
- John Lennon, (1980), songwriter and musician
- Anna Lindh, (2003), Foreign Minister of Sweden
- Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, (1932), son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
- King Lulach of Scotland, (1058)
- Christopher Marlowe, (1593)
- Leslie Mahaffy, (1991), murdered by Paul Bernardo
- King Malcolm I of Scotland, (954)
- Maximus of Smyrna, (370), neoplatonist philosopher
- Gail Miller, (January 31, 1969), lead to wrongful conviction of David Milgaard, murdered by David Fisher
- Sal Mineo, (1976), actor
- Monaldesco, (1656), servant of Queen Christina of Sweden
- Vicki Morgan (1952-1983), fashion model, mistress of Alfred S. Bloomingdale
- Haing S. Ngor, (1996), doctor and actor
- Ramon Novarro, (1968), actor
- Joe Orton, (1967), dramatist
- Felix Pappalardi, (1983), musician
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, (1975), Italian poet and film director
- Daniel Pearl (2002), journalist
- Joachim Peiper, (1976), German SS commander
- Selena Quintanilla Perez, (1995), Tejano singer
- Laci Peterson, (2002) - Pregnant California woman
- Pythagoras, (496 BC), mathematician
- JonBenét Ramsey, (1996), young beauty queen and young victim of crime
- King Richard II of England, (1399)
- Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower.
- David Rizzio, (1566), Secretary and confident of Queen Mary I of Scotland
- Samantha Runyon, (2002), young victim of crime
- Rebecca Schaeffer, (1989), actress
- Moritz Schlick (1936), Austrian philosopher
- Dutch Schultz, (1935), gangster
- Rachel Scott, (1999), Columbine High School massacre victim
- Tupac Shakur, (1996), singer
- Shanda Sharer, (1992), young victim of crime
- Solomon P. Sharp, (1825) American Congressman
- Matthew Shepard, (1998), gay student
- Henry Shirley, (1627), dramatist
- Elizabeth Ann Short, (1947), aka "The Black Dahlia"
- Nicole Brown Simpson, (1994), estranged wife of O. J. Simpson
- Barnett Slepian, M.D., (1998), abortion provider
- Laura Kate Smither, (1997), young victim of crime
- Sopatrus, (335), neoplatonist philosopher
- Nancy Spungen, (1978), girlfriend of Sid Vicious
- Dorothy Stratten, (1980), actress
- Carl Switzer, (1959), actor
- Igor Talkov, (1991), singer-songwriter
- Sharon Tate, (1969), actress
- William Desmond Taylor, (1922), film director
- Brandon Teena, (1993)
- JoAnn Thatcher, (1983), ex-wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher
- Emmett Till,14 year old african american, his body dumped in the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in 1955
- Marie Trintignant, (2003), French actress
- Tutankhamen, (1352 BC), Egyptian pharaoh (probably)
- Gianni Versace, (1997), fashion designer
- Adam Walsh, (1981), son of John Walsh
- Lili Wang, (2002), university student
- Stanford White, (1906), architect
- Andrea Wilborn, (1976), daughter of Priscilla Davis
- William Woodward, Jr. (1955), prominent New York businessman
- Mia Zapata, (1993), singer
