List of murdered people
- This page has been listed on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. Please see its entry on that page for justifications and discussion. If you don't want the page deleted, please read the deletion guidelines and vote against its deletion there; please do not remove this notice while the question is being considered
See also: List of assassinated persons
- Joy Adamson, (1980), naturalist
- King Aed I of Scotland, (878)
- Doris Angleton, (1997), Houston, Texas socialite
- Archimedes, (212 BC), scientist
- Thomas Becket, (1170), archbishop
- Nick Berg (2004), beheaded in Iraq
- Cassie Bernall, (1999), Columbine High School massacre victim
- Nida Blanca, (2001), actress
- Boethius, (524), mathematician
- Oscar Bonavena, (1976), Argentinian boxer
- René Bousquet, (1994), former Vichy French police chief
- Carlie Brucia, (2004), 11 year-old girl
- Roberto Calvi, (1982), banker
- Enrique Camarena, (1985), DEA official
- Paul Castellano, (1985), mafioso
- Vincent Chin, (1982)
- Lana Clarkson, (2003), actress
- Patsy Collins, (1976), Deep Purple roadie and bodyguard
- Bob Crane, (1978), actor and DJ
- King Culen I of Scotland, (971)
- Jill Dando, (1999), television presenter
- Rusty Day, (1982), musician
- Jesse Dirkhising, (1999), young victim of crime
- King Dubh I of Scotland, (966)
- King Duncan I of Scotland, (1040), murdered by Macbeth
- Dominique Dunne, actress
- King Edward II of England, (1327)
- King Edward V of England, (1470-1483), (probably)
- Andres Escobar, (1994), footballer
- Stan Farr, (1976), boyfriend of Priscilla Davis
- Abigail Folger, (1969), coffee heiress
- Dian Fossey, (1985), naturalist
- Kristen French, (1992), murdered by Paul Bernardo
- Kitty Genovese, (1964), bar manager whose murder instigated the study of the Bystander effect.
- Ronald Lyle Goldman, (1994), actor, murdered with Nicole Brown Simpson
- Phil Hartman, (1998), Canadian actor
- Aubrey Hawkins, (2000), Irving, Texas police officer
- Alfred H. (Freddy) Heineken, (2002)
- King Henry VI of England, (1471)
- Evelyn Hernandez, (2002)
- Margaret Hogg, the Wasdale Lady in the Lake, murdered 1976, and found 1984
- Reginald Holmes murder was discovered when a shark in the Sydney Coogee Aquarium vomited up his severed arm in 1935
- Ronald Hughes, (1971), celebrity attorney
- Hypatia of Alexandria, (415), mathematician
- King Indulf I of Scotland, (962)
- Paul Johnson, (2004), beheaded in Saudi Arabia
- Megan Kanka, (1994), young victim of crime
- Petra Kelly, (1992), German Green Party leader
- Eyvind Kelve, (995), Norwegian pagan leader
- King Kenneth II of Scotland, (995)
- King Kenneth III of Scotland, (1005)
- Kim Sun-il, (2004), beheaded in Iraq
- Polly Klaas, (1993), young victim of crime
- John Lennon, (1980), songwriter and musician
- Anna Lindh, (2003), Foreign Minister of Sweden
- Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, (1932), son of aviator Charles Lindbergh
- King Lulach of Scotland, (1058)
- Christopher Marlowe, (1593)
- Leslie Mahaffy, (1991), murdered by Paul Bernardo
- King Malcolm I of Scotland, (954)
- Maximus of Smyrna, (370), neoplatonist philosopher
- Gail Miller, (January 31, 1969), lead to wrongful conviction of David Milgaard, murdered by David Fisher
- Sal Mineo, (1976), actor
- Monaldesco, (1656), servant of Queen Christina of Sweden
- Vicki Morgan (1952-1983), fashion model, mistress of Alfred S. Bloomingdale
- Haing S. Ngor, (1996), doctor and actor
- Ramon Novarro, (1968), actor
- Joe Orton, (1967), dramatist
- Felix Pappalardi, (1983), musician
- Pier Paolo Pasolini, (1975), Italian poet and film director
- Daniel Pearl (2002), journalist
- Joachim Peiper, (1976), German SS commander
- Selena Quintanilla Perez, (1995), Tejano singer
- Laci Peterson, (2002) - Pregnant California woman
- Pythagoras, (496 BC), mathematician
- JonBenét Ramsey, (1996), young beauty queen and young victim of crime
- King Richard II of England, (1399)
- Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower.
- David Rizzio, (1566), Secretary and confident of Queen Mary I of Scotland
- Samantha Runyon, (2002), young victim of crime
- Rebecca Schaeffer, (1989), actress
- Moritz Schlick (1936), Austrian philosopher
- Dutch Schultz, (1935), gangster
- Rachel Scott, (1999), Columbine High School massacre victim
- Tupac Shakur, (1996), singer
- Shanda Sharer, (1992), young victim of crime
- Matthew Shepard, (1998), gay student
- Henry Shirley, (1627), dramatist
- Elizabeth Ann Short, (1947), aka "The Black Dahlia"
- Nicole Brown Simpson, (1994), estranged wife of O. J. Simpson
- Barnett Slepian, M.D., (1998), abortion provider
- Laura Kate Smither, (1997), young victim of crime
- Sopatrus, (335), neoplatonist philosopher
- Nancy Spungen, (1978), girlfriend of Sid Vicious
- Dorothy Stratten, (1980), actress
- Carl Switzer, (1959), actor
- Igor Talkov, (1991), singer-songwriter
- Sharon Tate, (1969), actress
- William Desmond Taylor, (1922), film director
- Brandon Teena, (1993)
- JoAnn Thatcher, (1983), ex-wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher
- Emmett Till,14 year old african american, his body dumped in the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in 1955
- Marie Trintignant, (2003), French actress
- Tutankhamen, (1352 BC), Egyptian pharaoh (probably)
- Gianni Versace, (1997), fashion designer
- Adam Walsh, (1981), son of John Walsh
- Lili Wang, (2002), university student
- Stanford White, (1906), architect
- Andrea Wilborn, (1976), daughter of Priscilla Davis
- William Woodward, Jr (1955), prominent New York businessman
- Mia Zapata, (1993), singer