Suicides by self-immolation

Czech student who killed himself by self-immolation in protest (1948–1969)

first consort of the Hindu god Shiva

Vietnamese monk who self-immolated in 1963

Tunisian street vendor

king of Israel, with a reign of seven days; chariot commander who murdered king Elah, and succeeded him, but was overthrown by the army

Russian ethnographer and Udmurt language activist

Šamaš-šuma-ukin ( or , meaning "Shamash has established the name"), was king of Babylon as a vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to his death in 648. Born into the Assyrian royal family, Šamaš-šuma-ukin was the son of the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon and the elder brother of Esarhaddon's successor Ashurbanipal.

Polish patriot (1909–1968)

Soviet dissident (1953–1972)

Iranian activist

thumb|right|300px|Eugène Delacroix. [[The Death of Sardanapalus. Oil on canvas. 12 ft 1 in x 16 ft 3 in. Louvre.]] thumbnail|Lantern slide given the title "Sardanapalus" by [[William Henry Goodyear. Brooklyn Museum Archives, Goodyear Archival Collection]] According to the Greek writer Ctesias, Sardanapalus ( ; ), sometimes spelled Sardanapallus (), was the last king of Assyria, although in fact Aššur-uballiṭ II (612–605 BC) holds that distinction.

Czechoslovak protester (1950–1969)

Ukrainian teacher and revolutionary (1870-1897)

Kalanos, also spelled Calanus () ( – 323 BCE), was an ancient Indian gymnosophist, a Brahmin sage , and philosopher from Taxila who accompanied Alexander the Great and was his teacher. He accompanied Alexander the Great to Persis and, after falling ill, immolated himself by entering a pyre in front of Alexander's army. Diodorus Siculus called him Caranus ().

Iranian football fan

2nd century Greek Cynic philosopher

Russian journalist

Ukrainian nationalist activist (1927-1968)

Revati () is a goddess featured in Hindu scriptures. She is King Kakudmi's daughter and Krishna's elder brother Balarama's consort, and one of the Dashavatara. Her account is given within a number of Hindu texts such as the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana.

swimmer (1914-1970)

Crimean Tatar who committed self-immolation

Italian writer and gay rights activist (1958–1998)

Turkish-Armenian who burned himself in protest of ASALA terrorist attacks on Turks

actress (1903-1954)

german protestant Priest (1929–1976) in the former GDR

Polish chemist

German hacker (1965-1989)

Brazilian painter

Bulgarian rights activist

Ukrainian dissident (1912–1978)

Turkish poet and writer (1956–1982)

Swedish actor (1920–1981)

Czech activist

Vietnamese nun (1934-1967)

Tunisian association football player (1987–2023)

Vietnamese rebel leader

Iranian suicide victim

hindu goddess

Greek activist and anti-dictatorship martyr (1948-1970)

thumb|upright=1.35|The ancient Persian fort at Eion (left) and the mouth of the Strymon (right), seen from Ennea Hodoi ([[Amphipolis).]]

Guyanese writer

Lithuanian artist (1951–1989)

Polish independence activist

Zarmanochegas (; according to Strabo) or Zarmarus (according to Dio Cassius) was a gymnosophist (naked philosopher), a monk of the Sramana tradition (possibly, but not necessarily a Buddhist) who, according to ancient historians such as Strabo and Dio Cassius, met Nicholas of Damascus in Antioch in the first years of Augustus' rule over the Roman Empire, and shortly thereafter proceeded to Athens where he burnt himself to death. He is estimated to have died in 19 BC.