List of people who survived assassination attempts

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A sortable list of survivors of assassination attempts, listed by decade after 1900.

Since 2010

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
2015 17 Oct Henriette Reker Mayoral deputy for social affairs, integration and the environment of the city of Cologne, also independent mayoral candidate in election of 18 October 2015. Cologne Unnamed 44-year-old far-right[1] extremist Stabbed in the neck Four others were injured in attempting to subdue the attacker[2]
2014 29 Oct Yehuda Glick Chairman of Temple Mount Heritage Foundation Jerusalem Mutaz Hijazi Gunshot
2013 19 Jan Ahmed Dogan Chairman of DPS Oktai Enimehmedov Pistol attack Non-lethal firearm[3][4]
2013 4 Jan Mohammed Magariaf Head of Libyia's General National Congress Southern Libya Unknown Hotel ambush during a three-hour gun battle. Unharmed; three bodyguards injured
2012 9 Oct Malala Yousafzai [5] Pakistani Women's rights activist Pakistan Taliban Gunshot to the head Flown to the UK; released from hospital on 3 January 2013
2011 3 Jun Ali Abdullah Saleh [6] President of Yemen Presidential compound, Sana'a, Yemen Unknown rebel assailant(s) RPG attack Suffered severe burns and shrapnel injuries
2011 8 Jan Gabrielle Giffords [7] United States Congresswoman from Arizona A Casas Adobes, Arizona supermarket, near Tucson Jared Lee Loughner, a disaffected constituent Gun attack in Tucson 6 dead, 19 wounded; including Giffords

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

2001—2010

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome / Notes
2010 14 May Stephen Timms[8] British MP Globe Library, Beckton, East London Roshonara Choudhry, student and al-Qaeda sympathiser Knife attack Lacerations to liver and stomach
2009 31 Jul Anvar-qori Tursunov[9] Prominent Uzbeki imam-khatib At home, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan Three assailants from the IMU Knife attack Stabbed multiple times
2009 Jun Yunus-Bek Yevkurov[10] Head of Ingushetia Nazran, Ingushetia Unknown; Chechen rebels blamed Suicide car bomb Comatose for 2 weeks; four others dead, several seriously injured
2009 30 Apr Queen Beatrix, Prince Willem-Alexander, and other members of the Dutch Royal Family [11] Queen of the Netherlands Apeldoorn, Netherlands Karst Tates (died in attack) Car attack by Tates Eight killed; Royal Family unharmed
2008 11 Feb Jose Ramos-Horta[12] President of Timor-Leste His residence, in Dili, East Timor Rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado (killed), and several followers Home invasion by rebel soldiers Severely injured; treated in Australia
2008 11 Feb Xanana Gusmão[12] Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Near Dili Rebel soldiers Roadside ambush Coordinated attack on same day as Ramos-Horta
2008 8 Jan Maumoon Abdul Gayoom[13] President of the Maldives Hoarafushi, Maldive Islands Mohamed Murshid, a disaffected constituent Knife attack thwarted by Mohamed Jaisham Ibrahim Gayoom was unharmed; his protector, Ibrahim, was injured
2007 18 Oct Benazir Bhutto†[14] Candidate for, and ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan Usama al-Kini (Al-Qaeda) and Baitullah Mehsud (Pakistani Taliban) suspected Bomb attack on motorcade Bhutto uninjured; 134 dead and about 450 injured. Bhutto would be assassinated two months later.
2007 6 Jul Pervez Musharraf‡ [15] President of Pakistan Asghar Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Taliban Sniper attack on plane No casualties reported
2007 29 Jun Guillaume Soro[16] Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast Bouaké, Ivory Coast Unknown Rocket and rifle ambush Soro uninjured; four dead
2007 14 Apr Onyema Ugochukwu[17] Gubernatorial candidate of Abia State, Nigeria Abia State, Nigeria Unknown Gun attack Ugochukwu unharmed; one body guard killed
2007 27 Feb Dick Cheney[18] Vice President of the United States Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Taliban Mortar/bomb attack Cheney unharmed; 23 killed and 20 wounded
2007 26 Feb Adil Abdul-Mahdi ‡ [19] Vice President of Iraq Baghdad, Iraq Unknown Bomb planted under chair Abdul-Mahdi had minor scratches; three ministers, seven others killed
2006 1 Dec Gotabhaya Rajapaksa [20] Secretary of Defense for Sri Lanka and brother of the President Kollupitiya, a suburb of Colombo, Sri Lanka separatist LTT elements Suicide bomber using an auto rikshaw. Rajapaksa unharmed; 2 soldiers killed
2006 18 Sep Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed [21] President of Somalia Outside the National Parliament building, Baidoa, Somalia Islamic Courts Union blamed Suicide car bomb 11 fatalities, including at least six assailants
2006 30 May Georgios Voulgarakis[citation needed] Greek Minister of Culture Residence Revolutionary Struggle, a designated terrorist group Remote controlled IED No one injured
2006 12 Mar Sibghatullah Mojadeddi [22] President of the Afghani Meshrano Jirga (Senate) Kabul, Afghanistan Unknown Suicide car bomb Mojaddedi slightly injured; four pedestrians killed
2005 25 Sep May Chidiac Television journalist; LBC's main television anchor Beirut, Lebanon Unknown Remote controlled car bomb Amputation of her left arm and leg
2005 10 May George W. Bush [23] President of the United States Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia. Vladimir Arutyunian Grenade attack No one injured due to failed device
2005 10 May Mikheil Saakashvili [23] President of Georgia Freedom Square, Tbilisi, Georgia. Vladimir Arutyunian Grenade attack (same incident with George W Bush)
2005 17 Mar Anatoly Chubais [24] Russian politician and administrator of RAO UES Outside Moscow, Russia Vladimir Kvachkov arrested; acquitted IED and ambush None reported
2005 15 Mar Ibrahim Rugova ‡ [25] President of Kosovo Pristina, Kosovo Unknown IED Rugova unhurt; one other slightly injured
2004 Sep Viktor Yushchenko [26][27] Candidate for President of the Ukraine Unknown Unknown Possible dioxin poisoning Hospitalized and developed severe chloracne
2004 1 Sep Ahmad Chalabi [28] Iraqi politician and contender for the Presidency Latifiya, Iraq Unknown Sniper attack Two bodyguards injured
2004 21 Aug Sheikh Hasina [29] Prime Minister of Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh Ordered by Islamic Jihad leader, Mufti Abdus Salam Grenade attack. 23 killed; 200 injured.
2004 29 Jul Shaukat Aziz [30] Prime Minister of Pakistan Fateh Jang, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan Al-Qaeda sympathizers Suicide car bomb 10 killed.
2004 6 Apr Murat Zyazikov [31] President of Ingushetia Nazran, Ingushetia Chechen rebels blamed Suicide car bomb attack Zyazikov slightly injured
2004 19 Mar Chen Shui-bian [14] President of the Republic of China Tainan, Taiwan Unknown Sniper attack. Hospitalized and released.
2004 19 Mar Annette Lu [14] Vice President of the Republic of China Tainan, Taiwan Unknown Sniper attack. Same event as Chen Shui-bian.
2003 April Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello Nigerian Commissioner for Health, Senatorial Candidate Ifo Road, Ogun State, Nigeria Unknown Car attack Iyabo uninjured; 5 killed.
2003 25 Dec Pervez Musharraf ‡ [14][32] President of Pakistan Rawalpindi, Pakistan Ordered by Amjad Farooqi Two suicide bombers attacked. Musharraf uninjured; 16 killed.
2002 5 Oct Bertrand Delanoë [33] Mayor of Paris, France Paris, France Anti-gay, Muslim immigrant, Azedine Berkane Knife attack. Hospitalized for two weeks.
2002 5 Sep Hamid Karzai ‡ [34] President of Afghanistan Kandahar City, Afghanistan Lone gunman (killed) Gun attack. Karzai unharmed; at least four dead.
2002 14 Jul Jacques Chirac [35] President of France Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France Unité Radicale member, Maxime Brunerie Rifle attack. Unharmed.
2001 Ezekiel Alebua [36] Former Solomon Islands PM, serving as premier of Guadalcanal Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Harold Keke's Isatabu Freedom Movement Not reported. Alebua wounded.

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1991—2000

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
2000 15 Jun Vuk Draskovic [37] Former deputy prime minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budva, Montenegro Forces of Milorad Ulemek and Slobodan Milošević Gun attack. Slight injuries from two bullet wounds.
2000 March Saeed Hajjarian [38] Iranian intellectual, prominent journalist, pro-democracy activist City Hall, Tehran Members of the Basij militia Headshot. Left comatose for 2 weeks; paralyzed for life.
1999 Dec George Harrison [39] Musician, spiritual activist, former member of the Beatles Residence Michael Abram (adjudged insane) Knife attack during an home invasion. Stabbed seven times.
1999 18 Dec Chandrika Kumaratunga [40] President of Sri Lanka Town Hall, Colombo "Tamil Tiger" rebels Suicide bomber. She lost vision in her right eye; 20 killed.
1999 3 Oct Vuk Draskovic [41] Former deputy prime minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ibar highway, western Serbia Serbian State Security Special Ops Force (or "Red Berets") Ibar Highway truck ambush. Four associates killed.
1998 12 Jun Muammar Gaddafi ‡ [42] Libyan leader Dirnah, Libya Islamic militants Sniper/ambush on motorcade. Gaddafi injured; a bodyguard was killed.
1998 9 Feb Eduard Shevardnadze ‡ [43] President of Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia Anti-government forces. Mukha-type grenade launcher attack Shevardnadze unhurt; two killed, two wounded.
1997 25 Sep Khaled Mashal [44] Syrian leader of Hamas Amman, Jordan Agents of Mossad Poison injection. Mashal poisoned, Israel turned over the antidote.
1996 12 Dec Uday Hussein ‡ [45] Son and heir-apparent of Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein Baghdad, Iraq Islamic resistance fighter, Salman Sharif, and three others.[46] Roadside semi-automatic gun attack/ambush. Shot 17 times; permanent limp.
1996 17 Jul Pavlo Lazarenko [47] Prime Minister of Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine Unknown Remote controlled car bomb. Uninjured.
1996 February Muammar Gaddafi ‡[42][48] Libyan leader Outside Sirte, Libya Islamic extremists Roadside ambush. None reported.
1995 5 Nov Jean Chrétien[49] Prime Minister of Canada Residence, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada André Dallaire, a mentally deranged Canadien. Pocket knife attack during home invasion. No injuries
1995 4 Nov Mengistu Haile Mariam ‡ Former Ethiopian Dictator Near his residence, in Harare, Zimbabwe sEritrean Solomon Haile Ghebre Michael, and his accomplice, Abraham Goletom Joseph. Gun attack. Unharmed.
1995 José María Aznar[50] Head of the People's Party and future Prime Minister of Spain Separatist Basque members of the ETA Roadside bomb attack/ambush. Uninjured; one killed
1995 3 Oct Kiro Gligorov [51] President of Macedonia Skopje, Macedonia Unknown Car bomb. Critically wounded; lost one eye; two dead.
1995 29 Aug Eduard Shevardnadze ‡ [43] President of Georgia Tbilisi, Georgia Mkhedrioni rebels Car bomb Shevardnadze minor cuts.
1995 25 Jun Hosni Mubarak‡ [52] President of Egypt Addis Ababa; Ethiopia Sudanese Jihadists; two killed Machine gun, semi-automatic, and sniper attack. Several injured; three dead.
1994 14 Oct Naguib Mahfouz [53] Egyptian writer and Nobel recipient Residence, Cairo, Egypt Islamic extremists Knife attack. Stabbed in neck; permanent nerve damage.
1993 George H. W. Bush former President of the United States Kuwait Iraqi Intelligence Service Car bomb In response to the attack, President Bill Clinton ordered the firing of 23 cruise missiles at the Iraqi Intelligence Service headquarters in Baghdad.[citation needed]
1993 11 Oct William Nygaard [54] Norwegian publisher of "The Satanic Verses" Residence, Oslo, Norway Unknown Handgun attack. Shot three times; hospitalized for months.
1993 2 Jul Aziz Nesin [55] Atheist Turkish language translator of "The Satanic Verses" Sivas Turkey Sunni Wahhabi and Salafist extremist mob Attempted arson; severely beaten. During the Sivas massacre; 40 dead, 140 injured.
1993 Nov Atef Sedki [56] Prime Minister of Egypt Cairo, Egypt The militant Islamic Vanguards of Conquest. Car bomb Sedki unharmed; one dead, eighteen injured.
1992 Michel Elefteriades [57] Armed resistance leader in Lebanon; future founder of M.U.R. Lebanon Unknown Booby trapped car. Not reported.
1991 Mohammed Zahir Shah[58] Last monarch of Afghanistan In exile, in Italy Unknown assailant Knife attack Stabbed three times
1991 7 Feb John Major [59] Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Downing Street, London IRA IRA Mortar attack Unhurt; three wounded

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1981—1990

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome / Notes
1990 25 Oct Byron Barrera[60] Guatemalan journalist While riding in a car in Guatemala City, Guatemala Members of the military implicated Automatic weapons fire from passing motorcyclists wife killed; he and a friend slightly wounded
1990 12 Oct Wolfgang Schäuble [61] German Minister of the Interior Oppenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany A mentally ill man, Dieter Kaufmann. Gun attack. Paralyzed with severe spinal cord and facial injuries.
1990 18 Sep Sir Peter Terry and wife, Lady Betty[62] British Governor of Gibraltar (1985–89) Milford, Staffordshire, England, UK Provisional Irish Republican Army Gun attack. Terry's face had to be rebuilt as the shots shattered his face and two high-velocity bullets lodged a fraction of an inch from his brain.;[63] his wife was injured, near her eye, and their daughter treated for shock.
1990 25 Apr Oskar Lafontaine [64] Minister-President of Saarland Cologne, West Germany A deranged woman, Adelheid Streidel. Knife attack Serious neck wound
1990 18 Jan Motoshima Hitoshi [65] Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan Nagasaki, Japan a member of the right-wing group, Seikijuku. Gun attack. Shot in the back.
1989 14 Jul Jani Allan [66] South African columnist Residence, Johannesburg, South Africa Orde van die Dood member, Cornelius Lottering. Bomb attack. No one injured.
1988 17 Nov Antoine Lahad [67] Lebanese general and leader of the South Lebanon Army Residence, "Marja’uyun," in south Lebanon Souha Bechara, a communist sympathizer. Handgun attack Shot twice, left arm permanently paralyzed.
1988 20 Oct Nikola Stedul [68] Ethnic Croatian emigré from Yugoslavia and head of the "Croatian Statehood Movement" Near residence in Edinburgh, Scotland UDBA hitman, Vinko Sindičić. Attack with silenced gun. Shot six times, permanent limp.
1987 18 Aug Junius Richard Jayewardene [69] President of Sri Lanka Parliament Building, Colombo, Sri Lanka Unknown Grenade attack on Parliament. Two dead, sixteen injured.
1987 18 Aug Ranasinghe Premadasa [70] Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Parliament Building, Colombo, Sri Lanka Unknown Grenade attack. Same event as Jayewardene's.
1987 Turgut Özal [71] President of Turkey Atatürk Sports Hall, Ankara, Turkey. Kartal Demirağ under the orders of General Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu. Gun attack One bullet slightly wounded his hand.
1986 7 Sep Augusto Pinochet [72] President of Chile Cajón del Maipo, Chile Communist FPMR elements. A Portable rocket attack (called "Operation 20th Century"). Pinochet had minor injuries; five bodyguards killed.
1988 11 Sep Jean-Bertrand Aristide ‡ [73] Catholic Salesian Order priest, political dissident and future President of Haiti St Jean Bosco Church; Port-au-Prince, Haiti Ex-Tonton Macoute Machete and gun attack 13 dead; 77 wounded.
1985 8 Mar Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah [74] Lebanese Grand Ayatollah and mentor to Hezbollah Beirut, Lebanon Unknown Beirut car bombing. 80 killed; 200 injured.
1984 12 Oct Margaret Thatcher [75] British prime minister Grand Hotel, Brighton, Great Britain IRA Bomb blast Five killed; Margaret Tebbitt left paralysed; many injuries of varying degrees among survivors.
1984 14 Mar Gerry Adams[76] Irish Republican politician and President of Sinn Féin Belfast, Northern Ireland Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Gun attack Seriously wounded by three bullets.
1983 19 Oct Chun Doo-hwan [77] President of South Korea. Martyrs' Mausoleum, Rangoon, Burma Three North Korean agents Rangoon bombing attack Chun uninjured; 21 killed; 46 injured.
1982 3 Jun Shlomo Argov [78] Israeli ambassador to the U.K. Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London ANO agents Gun assault. Shot in the head; permanently hospitalized.[79]
1982 12 May Pope John Paul II ‡ [14][80] Pope Fátima, Portugal Juan María Fernández y Krohn Bayonet attack. Slightly wounded.
1981 June Ali Khamenei[81] Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam Iran Mujaheddin-e-Khalq Bomb, concealed in a tape recorder. Lost the use of his right arm.
1981 13 May Pope John Paul II ‡ [14][82] Pope St. Peter's Square, Vatican City Mehmet Ali Ağca, a Turkish Grey Wolves assassin. Pistol attack. Shot four times and severely wounded.
1981 30 Mar Ronald Reagan [14][70] President of the United States Hilton Washington, Washington, D.C. A deranged man, John Hinckley. Gun attack. Three seriously injured, including Reagan, who underwent surgery. James Brady left paralysed until his death.
1981 16 Jan Bernadette and Michael McAliskey Irish socialist and republican political activists Their residence in Coalisland, County Tyrone Ulster Freedom Fighters Home invasion Both shot several times

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1971—1980

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome / Notes
1980 April Tariq Aziz [83] Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Baghdad, Iraq Islamic Call members. Grenade attack. Several reported killed.
1979 25 June Alexander Haig Supreme Allied Commander Europe Mons, Belgium Rolf Clemens Wagner A land mine, placed under a bridge which Haig was known to cross daily, narrowly missed Haig's car and wounded three of his bodyguards in a following car.[citation needed]
1978 5 Apr Antonio Cubillo [84] CIIM nationalist leader. Algiers, Algeria Spanish secret service members. Crippled for life.
1978 February Ayad Allawi [85] Iraqi exile leader and future (interim) Prime Minister of Iraq London, England Saddam Hussein's agents. Axe attack during home invasion. Seriously injured.
1978 6 Mar Larry Flynt [86] U.S. owner of Hustler magazine Georgia, USA A white supremacist serial killer, Joseph Paul Franklin Gun attack. Paralyzed from the waist down; his lawyer was also wounded.
1976 3 Dec Bob Marley[87] Reggae musician His residence.[where?] unknown Multiple-gun attack. Slightly wounded. Marley's wife and promoter both seriously wounded
1976 20 Apr Muammar Gaddafi ‡ [88] Libyan leader
1975 6 Oct Bernardo Leighton Former Chilean Christian Democrat vice-president in exile. Rome, Italy Leighton was seriously injured. His wife, Anita Fresno, was permanently disabled.
1975 5 Sep Gerald Ford ‡[89] President of the United States Sacramento, California Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (member of the Charles Manson family) Gun attack Fire a shot though missed target
1974 17 Feb Richard Nixon[90] President of the United States Washington, DC Samuel Byck Tried to hijack a plane to crash it into the White House, but his plans were foiled. He shot the pilot and co-pilot and eventually shot himself.[citation needed]
1974 August Park Chung-hee President of South Korea Gun attack Multiple shots fire. All missed him but one killed his wife.
1973 30 Dec Joseph Sieff[91] Honorary vice-president of the British Zionist Federation London, England Ilich Ramírez Sánchez aka Carlos the Jackal, member of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Gun attack Assassin fired one shot before the gun jammed and the assassin fled.
1972 15 May George Wallace[92] U.S. presidential candidate Maryland, United States Arthur Bremer Gun attack Shot four times at close range
1972 25 Feb John Taylor British politician (Ulster Unionist Party) Belfast, Northern Ireland Joe McCann (Official Irish Republican Army) Gun attack Shot five times in the head

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1961 — 1970

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1970 24 Apr Chiang Ching-kuo Vice Premier of the Republic of China New York City Peter Huang Huang shot at Chiang outside the Plaza Hotel, but was pushed out of the way by a police officer, causing him to miss.
1970 Pope Paul VI Leader of the Catholic Church Manila, Philippines Benjamin Mendoza y Amor Knife attack Assailant disarmed before stabbing
1970 Makarios III President of Cyprus
1969 22 Jan Leonid Brezhnev General Secretary of the USSR Brezhnev assassination attempt
1968 June Andy Warhol U.S. artist Valerie Solanas Revolver Shot by a radical feminist
1968 11 Apr Rudi Dutschke[93] German student activist West Germany An anti-communist activist, Josef Bachmann Gun attack He became an epileptic—a seizure from which caused his drowning death in December 1979.
1963 10 Apr Edwin Walker Dallas, Texas Lee Harvey Oswald Revolver
1962 August Charles de Gaulle President of France
1962 27 Feb Ngô Đình Diệm† ‡ President of the Republic of Vietnam presidential palace bombing
1962 27 Feb Ngo Dinh Nhu † Chief Republic of Vietnam presidential adviser and brother of Ngô Đình Diệm presidential palace bombing

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1951 — 1960

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1960 24 Jun Rómulo Betancourt President of Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela Ordered by Dominican Republic President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Car bomb Betancourt was badly burned by the bomb which killed his head of security, and severely injured the driver
1960 Hendrik Verwoerd † Prime Minister of South Africa Assassinated in 1966.
1959, 1960; others Fidel Castro ‡ Cuban President
1958 20 Sep Martin Luther King, Jr.† New York City Izola Curry, a mentally ill woman Curry stabbed King with a letter opener at a book signing but he was not seriously injured. King was assassinated a decade later.
1957 22 Feb Ngô Đình Diệm† ‡ President of the Republic of Vietnam, Assassinated in 1963, with his brother.
1955 11 Apr Zhou Enlai Chinese Premier
1954 President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser
1952 Konrad Adenauer First Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
1951 20 Jul Prince Hussein[94] ‡ Future King of Jordan Jerusalem Gun attack Attempt killed Hussein's grandfather, King Abdullah.

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1941 — 1950

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1950 1 Nov Harry Truman President of the United States Blair House, Washington, D.C. Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola (FALN) Pistol attack Truman assassination attempt; the would-be assassins were engaged by security personnel and Truman was not injured.
1944 20 Jul Adolf Hitler ‡ [14] German dictator Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany (now Kętrzyn, Poland) Claus von Stauffenberg Bomb 20 July plot
1943 5 Jun José P. Laurel Commissioner of the Interior, Philippine Executive Commission; future President of the Philippines Wack Wack Golf Course, Mandaluyong, Philippines Disputed, possibly Feliciano Lizardo Gun attack
1943 March Adolf Hitler ‡ [14] German dictator Henning von Tresckow, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff Bomb
1942 24 Feb Franz von Papen Nazi Germany's Ambassador to Turkey NKVD agents Bomb Bomb detonated prematurely, killing would-be assassin but only slightly wounding von Papen.
1941 17 May Victor Emmanuel III King of Italy Tirana, Albania Vasil Laçi Pistol attack
1940 Adolf Hitler ‡ [14] German dictator Operation Spark; (several other attempts from 1939-45).

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1931 — 1940

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1936 26 Feb Keisuke Okada Prime Minister of Japan February 26 Incident
1936 26 Feb Kantarō Suzuki Future Prime Minister of Japan February 26 Incident
1936 26 Feb Viscount Makino Nobuaki Japanese statesman February 26 Incident
1934 Mohandas Gandhi † ‡ Indian independence leader 3 other attempts, assassinated in 1948
1933 Engelbert Dollfuss † Chancellor of Austria Assassinated the following year.
1931 22 Jul John Ernest Buttery Hotson Acting Governor of Bombay Fergusson College, Pune, India Vasudeo Balwant Gogte, a student Gunshot Uninjured; bullet was stopped by a brass button on his jacket

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1921 — 1930

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1929 24 Oct Umberto II Prince of Piedmont and future King of Italy
1926 3 occasions (7 Apr; September; 31 Oct) Benito Mussolini ‡ Prime Minister of Italy
1923 27 Dec Hirohito Prince regent and future Emperor of Japan Toranomon Incident
1920 Aug Eleftherios Venizelos Greek revolutionary and statesman

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1911 — 1920

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome / Notes
1919 A. Mitchell Palmer United States Attorney General Led directly to the deportation of tens of thousands of immigrants.[citation needed]
1914 29 Jun Grigori Rasputin † Counsel to the Tsaritsa of Russia
1914 17 Mar John Purroy Mitchel Mayor of New York City Manhattan Michael P. Mahoney[who?] Pistol Mitchel would die in a plane crash on 6 July 1918.
1912 14 Oct Theodore Roosevelt Former President of the United States John Flammang Schrank Pistol
1912 7 Jun István Tisza †‡ Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary Budapest, Hungary Gyula Kovács Pistol 3 other attempts

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1901 — 1910

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1910 9 Aug William Jay Gaynor Mayor of New York City SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse James J. Gallagher Pistol Shot in throat
1908 Alfred Dreyfus French Jewish military officer
1907 18 Apr Nicholas Salmeron y Alonso Spanish statesman
1905-06 Alfonso XIII of Spain ‡ Spanish Monarch
1905 Émile Loubet President of France Same attempt as on King Alfonso XIII of Spain
1905 21 Jul Sultan Abdul Hamid II Emperor of the Ottomans
1902 Victor von Wahl Governor of Vilna, Lithuania

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1851 — 1900

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1900 5 Apr Edward VII Prince of Wales and future King of the United Kingdom Brussel-Noord railway station, Brussels Belgian anarchist, Jean-Baptiste Sipido Pistol attack while in train carriage Both shots missed; none injured.
1892 23 Jul Henry Clay Frick[95] American industrialist His office at the Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Anarchist Alexander Berkman Pistol and knife attack Stabbed and shot
1882 2 Mar Queen Victoria ‡ [96] Queen of the United Kingdom Windsor Rail Station, London Disgruntled poet, Roderick McLean Pistol attack. Not injured.
1880 5 Feb Alexander II of Russia†‡ Russian Emperor St. Petersburg People's Will member, Stephan Khalturin Assassinated 1881
1879 Apr Alexander II of Russia † ‡ Russian Emperor Square of the Guard, St. Petersburg Russian revolutionary, Alexander Soloviev Pistol attack 5 attempts reported from 1866 to 1880; (assassinated 1881)
1878 17 Nov Umberto I of Italy † King of Italy Naples Giovanni Passannante Knife attack. Assassinated in 1900.
1874 13 Jul Otto von Bismarck[97] Chancellor of the German Empire Bad Kissingen, Germany Eduard Kullman[who?] Pistol attack
1873 22 Aug Domingo Faustino Sarmiento President of Argentina A pair of anarchist brothers hired by Ricardo López Jordán Pistol attack while in his coach Wounded
1869 11 Jul Thomas Eyre Lambert Wealthy Irish landlord Castle Lambert, near Athenry, County Galway, Ireland Peter Barrett, a son of an evicted tenant.[citation needed] Pistol attack outside residence Three bullet wounds.
1866 7 May Otto von Bismarck Minister President of Prussia Unter den Linden, Berlin Ferdinand Cohen-Blind Revolver
1866 4 Apr Alexander II of Russia† ‡ Russian Emperor St. Petersburg Russian revolutionary, Dmitry Karakozov 5 attempts reported from 1866 to 1880; assassinated 1881.
1865 14 Apr William H. Seward [98] U.S. Secretary of State Residence, Washington D.C. Lewis Powell under orders from John Wilkes Booth Knife attack Severe stab wounds; (part of the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln).[citation needed]
1864 Aug Abraham Lincoln † President of the United States Washington, D.C. Unknown Rifle shot See List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots
1858 14 Jan Napoleon III [99] Emperor of the French Streets of Paris, France Ordered by Italian rebel, Felice Orsini Hand-bomb attack. 18 dead.
1853 18 Feb Franz Joseph I [100] Austria-Hungarian Emperor At the current site of the Votivkirche; Vienna Hungarian nationalist, János Libényi Knife attack. Wounded in the neck.

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

1801 — 1850

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1842 30 May Queen Victoria ‡ [96] Queen of the United Kingdom near Constitution Hill, London An insane man, John Francis Pistol attack. Not injured.
1842 6 May Lilburn Boggs [101] ex-Governor of Missouri Zion, Missouri Unknown Buckshot pistol Critically wounded.
1840 10 Jun Queen Victoria ‡ [96] Queen of the United Kingdom Constitution Hill, London Insane man, Edward Oxford Pistol attack. Not injured.
1835 28 Jul King Louis-Philippe of France [102] French Monarch Along the Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France Giuseppe Marco Fieschi and two others 24 barrel "machine infernale King unharmed; 18 killed, several wounded.
1835 30 Jan Andrew Jackson [103] President of the United States United States Capitol Building, Washington D.C. Unemployed English house-painter, Richard Lawrence Twin pistols (both misfired). Jackson unharmed; subdued Lawrence with his cane.
1800 24 Dec Napoleon I ‡ [104] First Consul, past and future Emperor of the French Paris, France François-Joseph Carbon, as ordered by Breton Royalists. Plot of the Rue Saint-Nicaise Napoleon unharmed; several dead or maimed.
1800 15 May King George III [105] King of Britain and Ireland Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Westminster An insane man, James Hadfield Gun attack. Unharmed.

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.

Before 1801

Year Date Intended Victim(s) Title at the Time Location Would-be Assassin(s) Method Initial Outcome/Notes
1757 5 Jan Louis XV of France [106] French Monarch Palace of Versailles Versailles Robert-François Damiens Knife attack Wounded
1582 18 Mar William of Orange (also William the Silent) † [107] Leader of the United Provinces during the Dutch Revolt Antwerp, Dutch Republic Juan de Jáuregui killed; and others Gun attack Severely injured; unable to speak; assassinated 1584.
1572 22 Aug Admiral Gaspard de Coligny † Leader of the Huguenots in France On a street in Paris, France Mr. Maurevert Shot in ambush Lost a finger and shattered an elbow; later assassinated in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre (24 August 1572).
1272 Jun Edward I Longshanks[108] King of England Acre, Jerusalem Unnamed Muslim Knife dipped in poison Stabbed in arm; sick for months afterward
1134 Hugh II of Jaffa[109] Count of Jaffa Jerusalem A Breton knight Stabbed and beaten. Wounded; never fully recovered.
626 A.D. March – Apr Saint Edwin of Northumbria [110] King of Deira and Bernicia York, Northumbria Agents of Cwichelm of Wessex Unreported.
156-155 B.C. Ptolemy VIII of Egypt [111] Egyptian Monarch Alexandria, Egypt Ordered by Ptolemy VI Philometor, his brother Sword attack Scarred, injured
218 B.C. Qin Shi Huang [112] First Emperor of a unified China ordered by Zhang Liang (Western Han) Heavy hammer no injury reported.
227 B.C. Qin Shi Huang [112] King of Qin, and future Emperor of China Qin Qin Wuyang, Jing Ke and later, Gao Jianli; all executed Attempted knife attack. not injured.

† Indicates victim of later assassination. ‡ Survivor of other significant assassination attempt(s); only most notable listed here. See main article for further information.


See also

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