Vigilantes

Indian bandit, politician (1963-2001)

women's group in India

vigilante justice in Germany (1950-1996)

Ukrainian politician

Armenian who assassinated convicted war criminal Talaat Pasha (1896–1960)

Russian-born Moldovan-French Yiddish poet of Jewish descent and anarchist (1886-1938)

Armenian nationalist activist and politician (1872–1923)

anti-immigrant and white supremacist group founded in Kemi, Finland, in October 2015

Brazilian serial killer (1954–2023)

Colombian vigilante group

Vigilantism () is an act commonly summarized as "taking the law into one's own hands" which, according to Merriam Webster, means "to try to punish someone for breaking a law even though one does not have the right to do that." A vigilante is a person who practices or partakes in vigilantism.

Russian architect

Armenian writer (1884–1983)

British serial killer

Armenian writer (d. 1973)

thumb|200px|Late Qing period martial artist Huo Yuanjia was considered a great folk-hero (大俠). Youxia () was a type of ancient Chinese warrior folk hero celebrated in classical Chinese poetry and fictional literature. It literally means "wandering vigilante", but is commonly translated as "knight-errant" or less commonly as "cavalier", "adventurer", "soldier of fortune" or "underworld stalwart".

Human rights activist, author

Armenian assassin

Filipino police officer and politician

Montenegrin Serb Chetnik (1922–1999)

Russian mixed martial arts fighter

Group of Chinese peasants

political party in Iran

Mexican medical doctor and vigilante leader (1958-2020)

Thai social movement

rural secret society and folk religious sect in northern China during the 19th and 20th century.

(Spanish for "Black Shadow") a vigilante group in El Salvador

Nigerian militants that oppose Boko Haram

Brazilian serial killer (1958–2012)

South African serial killer

religious modesty vigilantes in Israel

Brazilian police militias

organization

Irish republican vigilante group targeted those who it claimed were drug dealers

Peruvian serial killer

self defense group in Mexico

vigilante group

Northern Ireland vigilante group