21st-century murderers

Osama bin Muhammad bin 'Awad bin Laden was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda from 1988 until his death in 2011. A pan-Islamist, bin Laden organized and funded numerous jihadist or anti-Western militants and terrorist attacks worldwide. Al-Qaeda's attacks against the United States on 11 September 2001 (9/11) directly killed 2,977 victims, causing the global war on terror.

al-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon

Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)

Current de-facto Emir of Al-Qaeda

Egyptian hijacker and one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks (1968–2001)

South Korean mass murderer; perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre (1984-2007)

Iranian who executed

Azerbaijani army officer and convicted murderer

Japanese serial killer and rapist (1990–2025)

Iranian artist (1986-2009)

Japanese man accused of murdering Shinzō Abe

Egyptian al-Qaeda member (1944–2001)

American basketball player

Iranian murderer (1962–2002)

Kazakh politician

Iranian suspected murderer (1969-2010)

Mass murderer (1945–2004)

Lithuanian basketball player (1981-2014)

American serial killer, co-perpetrator in the criminal sniper "DC Sniper Case"

Saudi royal

Ali Amrozi bin Haji Nurhasyim (, 5 July 1962 – 9 November 2008) was an Indonesian terrorist who was convicted and executed for his role in carrying out the Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombings and 2002 Bali bombings. Amrozi was the brother of Ali Ghufron, also known as Muklas, who coordinated the bombing attack. Amrozi was executed together with Muklas and their co-conspirator, Imam Samudra.

Japanese murderer and perpetrator of the Sagamihara stabbings

Turkish police officer who assassinated Andrei Karlov

German school shooter

Ethiopian athletics competitor

unidentified serial killer in Namibia

Belgian murderer

Uzbek rapist and serial killer

Uruguayan footballer

Swiss murderer (1944-2001)

Peruvian serial killer

Uzbekistani serial killer

Belgian terrorist (1991-2016)

Pakistani serial killer

Chinese singer and convicted murderer (1990–2024)

Thai serial killer

Kenyan suspected serial killer

Swedish murderer