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Assassination of William McKinley
James Garfield assassination attempt
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John Wilkes Booth
American actor and assassin
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
American accused assassin
Marcus Junius Brutus
Marcus Junius Brutus
Roman politician
LaFayette Curry Baker
United States general
Leon Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz
American assassin
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan
Palestinian-born Jordanian assassin
Surratt, Mary
Mary Surratt
American businesswoman
Roman denarius
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Roman quaestor
Lorenzino de’ Medici
Italian writer and assassin
Tenji
emperor of Japan
U Saw
Myanmar political leader
Princip, Gavrilo
Gavrilo Princip
Slavic nationalist
Boris Viktorovich Savinkov
Russian revolutionary
James Earl Ray
James Earl Ray
American assassin
Kim Jae Kyu
South Korean military officer
Damiens, engraving by Gabriel, 18th century
Robert-François Damiens
French regicide
Orsini, Felice
Felice Orsini
Italian revolutionary
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
Roman general
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte Corday
French noble
Gaius Trebonius
Roman general