Female assassins

figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)

Jael () or Yael (' ) is a heroine of the Bible who aids the Israelites in their war with King Jabin of the city of Hazor in Canaan by killing Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army. This episode is depicted in chapters 4 and 5 of the Book of Judges. According to that account, after Sisera's defeat by the Israelite leader Barak in the Battle of Mount Tabor, he seeks refuge in the tent of Jael, who kills him by driving a tent peg through his skull () near the great tree in Zaanaim near Kedesh.

Italian poisoner

Partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union who assassinated Wilhelm Kube (1914–1996)

Lebanese activist

Vietnamese revolutionary

Chechan suicide bomber (1983–2001)

French anarchist

ETA member

Scottish assassin