List of murdered people

See also: List of assassinated persons, List of people who became famous only in death, List of famous people responsible for a death

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A

• Øystein Aarseth, (1993), Norwegian black metal musician, killed by bandmate Varg Vikernes
• "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, (2004), American heavy metal musician, killed while on stage performing
• John Hawkes Acoca (1996), American/Panamanian musician, con artist, heroin addict, son of CIA operative and journalist Miguel Acoca, throat slashed during drug deal gone bad, Culver City, California
• Gentleman Chris Adams, (2001), British Judo and Professional Wrestling star of the 1980s.
• Joy Adamson, (1980), Naturalist & author, who worked with lions in Kenya, killed by ex-employee
• King Aed I of Scotland, (878), killed for his throne
• David "Stringbean" Akeman (1973), Tennessee country musician. Shot to death by intruders at his home along with his wife Estelle.
• Scott Amedure, (1995), shot by Jonathan Schmitz three days after revealing his homosexual attraction to Schmitz on The Jenny Jones Show
• Ted Ammon, (2001), New York financier
• Doris Angleton, (1997), Houston, Texas socialite
• Gwen Araujo, (2002), transgendered teenager
• Archimedes, (212 BC), ancient Greek mathematician & philosopher, killed by a Roman soldier
• Kaede Ariyama (2004, Japanese girl from Nara)
• Eugene Armstrong, (2004), American contractor beheaded in Iraq

B

• David Bacon, (1943), American film actor
• Bonnie Lee Bakley (2001), wife of actor Robert Blake, murdered inside car
• Judith Barsi, (1988), American child actress,
• Thomas à Becket, (1170), Archbishop of Canterbury, assassinated by followers of Henry II
• Berry Berenson, (2001) (widow of actor/AIDS causualty Anthony Perkins; sister of actress Marisa Berenson of Barry Lyndon fame). Died when the airliner on which she was a passenger was commandeered by terrorists and used in a suicide-crash to destroy the World Trade Center.
• Trevor Berbick, (2006), former World Heavyweight Boxing champion.
• Nick Berg (2004), US businessman, beheaded in Iraq
• Jessica Bergsten, (1991), US up-and-coming model & skateboarding fan, killed by a skateboarder
• Otto Berman, (1935) New York mafia accountant, killed by gangsters
• Cassie Bernall, (1999), Columbine High School massacre victim
• Francis Boggs, (1911), Hollywood film director, killed by Japanese gardener who went berserk
• Oscar Bonavena, (1976), Argentinian boxer, killed by a brothel bodyguard in Reno, Nevada
• Lyman Bostock, (1978), American baseball player, shot dead in the back seat of a car
• Kathryn Bright, (1974), the fifth murder victim of the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader
• Michael Burgeman, (1982), Chicago, Morton Grove, and Skokie, Illinois Allsate Insurance Agent, unsolved murder August 22, 1982, found shot to death in Chicago
• Carl Bridgewater, (1978), West Midlands newspaper delivery boy, shot dead on his delivery round
• George Brown, (1880), Canadian politician and journalist, killed by a disgruntled former employee
• Carlie Brucia, (2004), Florida 11 year-old; abducted, raped, and strangled by a mechanic
• James Bulger, (1993) tortured and killed by two 10 year old boys
• James Byrd, Jr. (1998), dragged to his death behind a pickup in Jasper County, Texas in one of the most notorious hate crimes of the 1990s

C

• Susan Cabot, (1986), actress, bludgeoned to death by her son
• Julius Caesar, (44 BC), general and political leader
• Ivan Calderón, (2003), Puerto Rican baseball player
• Roberto Calvi, (1982), banker
• Enrique Camarena, (1985), DEA official
• Paul Castellano, (1985), mafioso
• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, (1982), Korean American author, robbery
• Rick Chance, (2001), Founder of Empire Glass, shot as part of a robbery by the boyfriend of a call girl he had dated
• Victor Chang, (1991), Australian heart-transplant surgeon
• Annie Chapman, 1888 victim of Jack The Ripper.
• Jessica Chapman, 2002, British murder victim who was murdered (along with her friend Holly Wells) by a school caretaker in Cambridgeshire
• Vincent Chin, (1982), Chinese-American beaten to death by two white auto workers who accused him of being a Japanese stealing American jobs
• Lana Clarkson, (2003), actress
• Kurt Cobain, (1994), musician, lead singer of "nirvana", while deemed a suicide, evidence begs that in fact a murder took his life
• Anita Cobby, Australian nurse
• Private Leslie Coffelt, police officer
• Lamont Coleman aka "Big L", (1999), rapper
• Suzanne Marie Collins, (1985) U.S. Marine murdered by Sedley Alley
• Sam Cooke, (1964), Gospel/Soul/R&B Singer. Shot to death by motel manager after allegedly trying to rape a woman.
• Ennis Cosby, (1997), son of actor Bill Cosby, shot during robbery on Interstate 405 in Los Angeles, California
• Bob Crane, (1978), actor and DJ. Bludgeoned to death at a Scottsdale, Arizona motel.
• Jane Creba, (2005), 15 year old girl from Toronto
• King Culen I of Scotland, (971)
• Caligula, (41), roman emperor, stabbed to death by his guard of roman soldiers
• Caesonia, (41), wife of Caligula, stabbed to death by roman soldiers

D

• Bubby Dacer, (2000), Philippine publicist
• Jeffrey Dahmer, (1994), American serial killer and cannibal, killed in prison by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver
• Jill Dando, (1999), television presenter
• Delores "Dee" Davis, (1991), the tenth and final murder victim of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer
• Dhirka Al-Dali, (2003), Tunisian singer, murdered by husband
• Jesse Dirkhising, (1999), 13 year-old victim of rape and torture
• King Dubh I of Scotland, (966)
• King Duncan I of Scotland, (1040), killed in battle by Macbeth
• Dominique Dunne, (1982), actress. Strangled at her home by ex-boyfriend John Thomas Sweeney.
• Drusilla, (41), daughter of roman emperor Caligula and his wife Caesonia, had her head smashed against a wall

E

• Catherine Eddowes,1888, victim of Jack The Ripper.
• King Edward II of England, (1327)
• King Edward V of England, (1483), (probably)
• Andres Escobar, (1994), footballer
• Medgar Evers, (1963), civil rights leader

F

• Stan Farr, (1976), boyfriend of Priscilla Davis
• Daniel Faulkner, (1981), Philadelphia police officer
• LaToyia Figueroa
• Pat Finucane, (1989), Belfast lawyer
• Jim Fisk, (1872). Shot to death by a business associate in a quarrel about Fisk's mistress.
• Abigail Folger, (1969), coffee heiress and victim of the Manson Family. Stabbed 28 times by Manson's followers.
• Pim Fortuyn, (2002), Dutch politician
• Dian Fossey, (1985), naturalist
• Nancy Jo Fox, (1977), murdered in Wichita, Kansas by serial killer Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Killer
• Bobby Franks, (1924), 14 year-old murdered by teenaged thrill killers Leopold and Loeb
• Kristen French, (1992), murdered by Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
• Wojciech Frykowski, (1969), a victim of the Manson Family.
• Junko Furuta, (1989), Japanese schoolgirl held captive and tortured for 44 days

G

• Deborah Gardner, (1975), Peace Corps volunteer widely believed to have been killed by a fellow enlistee.
• Mahatma Gandhi, (1948), leader of nonviolent Indian independence movement
• Kitty Genovese, (1964), bar manager whose murder instigated the study of the Bystander effect.
• Dora Gerson, (1943), German Jewish actress and singer, murdered at Auschwitz by the Nazis.
• Theo van Gogh, (2004), Dutch film director, criticaster
• Ronald Goldman, (1994), US actor, murdered with Nicole Brown Simpson
• Max Green, Australian lawyer who defrauded millions of dollars from investors
• Veronica Guerin, journalist murdered by Irish drug dealers in 1996
• David Gunn, (1993), first doctor in the United States to be murdered for performing abortions.
• Frank Gusenberg, (1929), victim of St. Valentine's Day massacre
• Corrine Gustavson, (1992), 6-year-old Edmonton girl, died from rape injuries.
• Nicholas Gustavson, (1876), Swedish immigrant gunned down during Jesse James-Younger gang bank robbery.
• Indira Ghandi, (1984), Indian prime minister
• Galba, (69), roman emperor, slaughtered by a group of roman soldiers

H

• Lori Hacking, (2004), murdered by husband, body found in Salt Lake landfill, she was 5 weeks pregnant at the time of her death
• Amber Hagerman, (1996), abducted from a laundromat parking lot in Arlington, Texas, her body was found several days later in a creek. The national Amber Alert plan was named in her honor.
• Daniel Handley, (1994), murdered by two homosexual paedophiles who lured him into their car in London and dumped his body in woodland near Bristol
• Latasha Harlins, (1991) African-American teenager shot in the back of the head by Korean liquor store owner Soon Ja Du
• Phil Hartman, (1998), Canadian-born American actor, shot by his wife Brynn Hartman in a murder-suicide
• Kathryn, Bryan, Stella, and Ruby Harvey, (2006) Woodland Heights, Virginia family of 4 found bound with tape, throats slashed with box cutters from inside their own home
• Margaret Hassan, (2004), humanitarian aid worker in Iraq
• Aubrey Hawkins, (2000), Irving, Texas police officer
• King Henry VI of England, (1471)
• Marine Hedge, (1985), murdered in Wichita, Kansas by serial killer Dennis Rader, whom was known as the BTK Killer
• Jack Hensley, (2004), American engineer beheaded in Iraq
• Evelyn Hernandez, (2002)
• Hoi Kim Heng, (1994), Singapore police officer
• Margaret Hogg, the Wasdale Lady in the Lake, murdered 1976, and found 1984
• DeShaun Holton, aka "Proof" from D12, (2006), rapper
• Tammy Homolka (1990), raped and murdered by her brother-in-law, Paul Bernardo, and sister Karla Homolka
• Huang Na (2004), 8-year-old Chinese girl murdered in Singapore by Malaysian vegetable packer Took Leng How
• Ronald Hughes, (1971), celebrity attorney
• Hypatia of Alexandria, (415), mathematician
• David Huffman, (1985), American actor; shot to death by a mugger.
• Suad Husni, (2001) Egyptian actress

I

• Thomas H. Ince, (1924). Mysteriously died on William Randolph Hearst's yacht.
• King Indulf I of Scotland, (962)

J

• Jesse James (1882), 19th-Century American outlaw. Shot to death by Bob and Charlie Ford.
• Jam Master Jay (2002), founder of Run DMC
• Christine Jessop (1984), 9-year-old Canadian girl whose family neighbour, Guy Paul Morin, was wrongfully convicted of her murder
• Paul Johnson, (2004), beheaded in Saudi Arabia
• Robert Johnson (1938). Poisoned by a jealous lover at a Mississippi jukebox joint.
• Holly Jones (2003), 10-year-old Toronto girl
• James Jordan, father of basketball star Michael Jordan
• Suzanne Jovin, Yale University student whose murder is still unsolved

K

• Rabbi Meir Kahane, (1990), founder of Jewish Defense League
• Megan Kanka, (1994), young victim of crime
• Jessica Keen, (1991), young victim of crime
• Mary Jane Kelly,1888, last victim of Jack The Ripper.
• Petra Kelly, (1992), German Green Party leader
• Eyvind Kelve, (995), Norwegian pagan leader
• Alexa Kenin, (1985). Shot to death in New York City.
• John F. Kennedy, (1963), United States President. Assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
• Robert Kennedy, (1968), United States Senator. Assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
• King Kenneth II of Scotland, (995)
• King Kenneth III of Scotland, (1005)
• Stanley Ketchel, (1910) world champion boxer, by a jealous man.
• Victor Kilian (1979), actor
• Kim Sun-il, (2004), beheaded in Iraq
• Martin Luther King Jr, (1968), civil rights leader. Assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
• Polly Klaas, (1993), young victim of crime
• Shosei Koda, (2004), beheaded in Iraq
• Earl Krugel, (2005), Jewish Defense League terrorist killed in prison
• Karyn Kupcinet (1963). Strangled at her apartment. Murderer was never discovered.

L

• John Lennon, (1980), songwriter and musician, former Beatle, shot to death by Mark David Chapman
• Chandra Levy, (2001), intern, allegedly had affair with California congressman Gary Condit. Her skeletal remains were found in Rock Creek Park, Washington, D.C.. Cold case.
• Abraham Lincoln (1865). Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
• Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, (1932), son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
• Anna Lindh, (2003), Foreign Minister of Sweden, stabbed by Mijailo Mijailović
• Huey Long, (1935), former governor of Lousiana and US Senator, assassinated by Carl Weiss.
• Jose Lopez Rosario, (2006), alleged drug dealer from Puerto Rico, nine gunshots by unknown assailant(s).
• Pat Lowther, Canadian poet, murdered by her husband
• King Lulach of Scotland, (1058)

M

• King Macbeth of Scotland, 1057
• Leslie Mahaffy, (1991), murdered by Paul Bernardo
• King Malcolm I of Scotland, (954)
• Christopher Marlowe, (1593), writer
• Henry "Dickie" Marrow (1970), 23-year-old black victim of violent "hate crime."
• Maximus of Smyrna, (370), neoplatonist philosopher
• Harvey Milk, (1978), San Francisco gay rights activist and politician, shot by rival Dan White, subject of Twinkie defense
• Gail Miller, (January 31, 1969), lead to wrongful conviction of David Milgaard, murdered by Larry Fisher
• Sal Mineo, (1976), actor. Stabbed to death at his apartment-house garage.
• Satomi Mitarai, (2004), student (her killer is the basis of the "Nevada-tan" Internet phenomenon)
• Jason Moran, (2003)
• Lewis Moran, (2004)
• Vicki Morgan (1983), fashion model, mistress of Alfred S. Bloomingdale
• George Moscone, (1978), mayor of San Francisco, gunned down by Board of Supervisors member Dan White
• Rudolph Moshammer (2005), Bavarian fashion designer
• Malcolm X(1965), Civil Rights Leader

N

• Jack Nance, (1997), actor. Found dead of a hemorrhage in his South Pasadena, California apartment after a brawl at Winchell's.
• Huey P. Newton, (1989), a founding member of the Black Panther Party. Shot to death in Oakland, California.
• Haing S. Ngor, (1996); doctor, survivor of Cambodian holocaust; actor, starred in The Killing Fields. Shot to death in his carport by members of the Lazyboys, an Los Angeles-based Oriental youth-gang.
• Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols,1888 first victim of Jack The Ripper
• Rosemarie Nitribitt (1957), German call girl
• Ramon Novarro, (1968), actor. Bludgeoned to death by two drifters
• Nicholas II, (1918), last Tsar of Russia, shot and stabbed to death by Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg, along with his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna and his five children Grand Duchess Olga of Russia, Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia, Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia and Tsarevich Alexei of Russia

O

• Madge Oberholtzer, 1925, Indiana state employee kidnapped and mortally injured by Ku Klux Klan leader D. C. Stephenson.
• Madalyn Murray O'Hair, (1995), Founder of American Atheists
• William I of Orange, (1584), Count of Nassau, revolutionary
• Joe Orton, (1967), dramatist
• Betty Osborne (1971), aboriginal Canadian woman whose murderers were not tried until 1987
• Lee Harvey Oswald, (1963), John F. Kennedy's assassin. Shot to death by Jack Ruby.
• Joseph Otero, Julie Otero, Josie Otero, and Joey Otero, 1974, These were the first four victims of the serial killer Dennis Rader, whom was known as the BTK Killer, who terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas for over 30 years and committed 10 murders

P

• Elyse Pahler (1995), schoolgirl whose parents sued the band Slayer over her death
• Felix Pappalardi, (1983), musician
• Steven Parent, (1969) Shot to death by Manson family
• Pier Paolo Pasolini, (1975), Italian poet and film director. Bludgeoned to death by a 17-year-old boy whom he allegedly propositioned, after which the boy drove Pasolini's Alfa Romeo over his body.
• Sarah Payne, 2000, British murder victim whose death led to a media campaign against paedophiles
• Daniel Pearl (2002), journalist executed by Pakistani terrorists affiliated with Al Qaida
• Joachim Peiper, (1976), German SS commander
• Selena Quintanilla Perez, (1995), Tejano singer. SEE Selena.
• Laci Peterson, (2002) - Pregnant California woman
• David Graham Phillips (1911), journalist / novelist
• Gus Polidor, 1995, MLB player
• Anna Politkovskaja, 2006, Russian journalist
• Pontiac, (1769), native American leader
• Lila Pritchert, murdered by James D. Pritchert for chatting online
• Pythagoras, (496 BC), mathematician
• Olof Palme, (1986), Swedish politician, the case is still unsolved
• Proof (rapper) Rapper in D12, Shot in a nightclub in 8 Mile in March 2006.

Q

• Robert Quiroga, (2004) world champion boxer, by an acquaintance.
• Selena Quintanilla, (1995) Mexican singer assassinated in Corpus Christi, TX by Yolanda Saldívar.

R

• Alex Rackley, died 1969, victim in the 1970 New Haven, Connecticut Black Panther murder trial of the New Haven Nine, Bobby Seale, and Ericka Huggins
• 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
• Archbishop Oscar Romero, (1980). Assassinated in El Salvador.
• David Rosenbaum, (2006), died following mugging in Washington, D.C.
• Arthur 'T-Boy' Ross, (1996), song writer and brother of legendary entertainer Diana Ross. Along with his wife Patricia, murdered by suffocation[1]. The bizarre double-murder remains unsolved.
• Jose Ruiz (1992), Puerto Rican world boxing champion, murdered during robbery
• Samantha Runnion, (2002), young victim of crime
• Leo Ryan, (1978), Member of the United States House of Representatives, shot in an ambush in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple sect led by Jim Jones. First U.S. Congressman to be killed in office.

S

• Merlin Santana, (2002), actor, starred in The Steve Harvey Show. Shot to death in Los Angeles, California.
• Rebecca Schaeffer, (1989); actress, starred in My Sister Sam. Shot to death at her home by Robert John Bardo
• Moritz Schlick (1936), Austrian philosopher
• Dutch Schultz, (1935), gangster
• David Reynolds, (1975), gangster
• Rachel Scott, (1999), Columbine High School massacre victim
• Selena, (1995), Tejano singer. Shot to death by Yolanda Saldívar, president of her fan club.
• Wendy Sewell, (1973), bludgeoned in Bakewell, UK; Stephen Downing served 27 years before his conviction was declared unsafe
• Betty Shabazz, (1997), widow of Malcolm X, mortally burned in a fire set by her grandson
• Shaka Zulu, (1828), 19th-Century African ruler/military strategist. Assassinated by his own half-brothers upon reportedly turning fanatical.
• Tupac Shakur, (1996), rapper-actor. Shot to death in Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Alan Shalleck, (2006), children's book author
• Solomon P. Sharp, (1825) American Congressman
• Adrienne Shelly, (2006) Actress, apparently strangled
• Matthew Shepard, (1998), gay student
• Henry Shirley, (1627), dramatist
• Elizabeth Ann Short, (1947), aka "The Black Dahlia"
• Mzukisi Sikali, (2005), world champion boxer
• Nicole Brown Simpson, (1994), ex-wife of O.J. Simpson
• Barnett Slepian, M.D., (1998), abortion provider
• Brian Smith, (1995), Canadian sportscaster
• Henry Weston Smith,(1876) , Methodist preacher.
• Jay R. Smith, (2002), actor
• Laura Kate Smither, (1997), young victim of crime
• Linda Sobek, (1995), former Los Angeles Raiders cheerleader-turned actress
• Tiffany Souers, (2006), Clemson University student from St. Louis who was raped and strangled by a registered sex offender who had previously served prison sentences for sex-related crimes
• Nancy Spungen, (1978), girlfriend of Sid Vicious.
• Dernell Stenson, (2003), MLB baseball player
• Dorothy Stratten, (1980), actress. Shot to death by her estranged husband.
• Elizabeth Stride,1888, victim of Jack The Ripper.
• Carl Switzer, (1959); actor, played "Alfalfa" in Our Gang and Little Rascals films. Shot to death in a bar brawl.

T

• Igor Talkov, (1991), singer-songwriter
• Sharon Tate, (1969); actress, wife of Roman Polanski. Repeatedly stabbed to death by members of the Manson Family.
• William Desmond Taylor, (1922), film director. Shot to death. Murderer was never discovered, but later evidence led to a theory that Taylor was killed by Charlotte Shelby...the mother of Taylor's lover, Mary Miles Minter.
• Brandon Teena, (1993), subject of film Boys Don't Cry (movie)
• Mickey & Trudy Thompson, (1988), auto racing legend
• Emmett Till, (1955), 14 year old African American, his body dumped in the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi
• Peter Tosh, (1987), reggae musician, co-founded The Wailers with Bob Marley, killed during a home invasion
• Chris Trickle, (1998), Up and coming NASCAR driver, nephew of NASCAR driver Dick Trickle
• Marie Trintignant, (2003), French actress
• Roger Troutman, (1999), lead singer of funk band Zapp, allegedly shot in a murder-suicide by brother and bandmate Larry

U

V

• Gianni Versace, (1997), Italian fashion designer. Shot to death outside his Miami, Florida mansion by Andrew Cunanan.
• Shirley Vian, (1977), murdered in Wichita, Kansas by serial killer Dennis Rader, whom was known as the BTK Killer
• Luis Vigoreaux, (1983), slain producer, show host.

W

• Adam Walsh, (1981), son of John Walsh. Found decapitated in a canal, 123 miles from his Florida home. Murderer has never been discovered.
• Lili Wang, (2002), university student
• Aaron Webster (2001), gay bashing
• Vicki Wegerle, (1986), murdered in Wichita, Kansas by serial killer Dennis Rader, who was known as the BTK Killer
• Holly Wells, (2002), British murder victim who was murdered (along with her friend Jessica Chapman) by a school caretaker in Cambridgeshire
• Diane Whipple, (2001), athletics coach, mauled by dogs
• Stanford White, (1906), architect. Shot to death by Harry Thaw because of an alleged affair with Evelyn Nesbit, Thaw's wife.
• Andrea Wilborn, (1976), daughter of Priscilla Davis
• JoAnn Wilson, (1983), ex-wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher
• Christopher Wallace AKA The Notorious BIG, (1997), Rapper. Shot to death.
• Catherine Woods (2005) New York City stripper, slashed to death by ex-boyfriend.

X

• Malcolm X, (1965), civil rights leader

Y

Z

• Mia Zapata, (1993), singer
• Cecilia Zhang (2003), 9-year-old Toronto girl

References

1. Lucaire, Ed. The Celebrity Almanac. Copyright 1992; Published by Prentice Hall, New York.

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