Assassinated revolutionaries

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and to later inspire movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.

Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary and Black nationalist leader who rose from a background of poverty, family disruption, and criminal activity to a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the religious organization the Nation of Islam while in prison and served as its spokesperson from 1952 until 1964. He was also a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure with Black people and Muslims worldwide for his pursuit of racial justice.

Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese politician and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of the First Congolese Republic from June until September 1960, following the May 1960 election. Lumumba was the leader of the Congolese National Movement (MNC) from 1958 until his assassination in 1961. Ideologically an African nationalist and pan-Africanist, he played a significant role in the transformation of the Congo from a colony of Belgium into an independent republic.

President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987

politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

German socialist, editor, and co-founder of the Spartacus League (1871-1919)

former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1939-2001)

Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926)

Croatian fascist general and military dictator (1889–1959)

Angolan political and military leader (1934-2002)

Turkish Ottoman politician (1874–1921)

Guinea-Bissauan and Cape Verdean politician (1924-1973)

Đorđe Petrović (; ;  – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. Karađorđe Petrović held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813.

German politician, rival of Adolf Hitler inside the Nazi Party (1892-1934)

one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration, regarded as one of the main founders of modern Japan (1830-1878)

Japanese samurai and politician (1836–1867)

Greek philosopher (1757-1798)

German politician and journalist (1867-1919)

Algerian politician (1919–1992)

Chinese rebel leader in the late Ming-early Qing period (1606–1645)

Soviet politician (1873-1918)

African-American activist (1948-1969)

Marxist revolutionary, editor (1867-1919)

samurai in Bakumatsu period Japan (1836–1867)

Serbian revolutionary (1775-1816)

Bulgarian revolutionary and politician (1875–1924)

South African revolutionary

Macedonian Serb Chetnik

Ottoman Turkish politician

guerilla leader