Assassinated activists

John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history.

Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church (1837-1907)

Dutch film director (1957–2004)

Polish Catholic priest, martyr, blessed (1947–1984)

Honduran environmental activist

sisters murdered by the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo

Ukrainian journalist and activist

Afghan activist (1956–1987)

Kurdish activist, co-founder of PKK

Iraqi feminist and women's rights activist (1960–2026)

Algerian musician (1956–1998)

Sharif Osman Bin Hadi was a Bangladeshi political and cultural activist, writer and a teacher. He was the co-founder and spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho. After the July Uprising, he became a prominent figure in youth-led movements, noted for his opposition to what he termed "Indian hegemony in Bangladesh", his advocacy regarding the July martyrs, and his participation in the Awami League ban protests.

Italian political leader, journalist, historian and activist (1899-1937)

Peruvian community organizer and activist (1958–1992)

Italian political activist murdered by the Mafia (1948-1978)

Indonesian activist (1965-2004)

Armenian writer and journalist (1851–1908)

Italian lawyer and activist (1943–2003)

Kurdish activist

Italian journalist (1925-1984)

Paraguayan activist killed (1918–1977)

Argentine priest and activist (1930-1974)

Nicaraguan journalist (1924-1978)

Jewish-Egyptian communist (1914-1978)

Guinean independence activist

Guatemalan anthropologist

Iranian royal (1945–1979)

British-Iraqi aid worker

Swazi human right lawyer and activist (1970–2023)

Professional Iraqi gym coach, Nutrition Doctor and an activist.

Congolese activist (1963-2010)

Turkish attorney (1988–2013)

Argentine activist (1937–1977)

Italian politician (1900-1937)

Dominican lawyer and political activist

Uruguayan doctor murdered by the civic-military dictatorship (1973-1975)

French activist (1877-1943)

Argentina activista

Cambodian political commentator and activist

Turkish statesperson (1950–1977)

Ecuadorian indigenous leader

Kenyan activist

surveyor and political activist from the Dominican Republic

Dutch political activist (1964-2005)

Dominican activist leader

German artist (1908-1939)

French UN official (1974–2003)

President of the Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (1954-1987)

Kenyan lawyer and activist (1971-2009)

Filipino journalist, veterinarian, politician and environmental activist (1963-2011)

political assassination in Madrid, Spain