List of people who survived assassination attempts

This is a list of survivors of assassination attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see List of assassinations.

Non-heads of state

Attempted assassination date Intended victim(s) Occupation at the time Location of attempt Country of attempt Perpetrator(s)1134Hugh II of JaffaWilliam of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, Volume II; trans by Emily Atwater Babcock and A. C. Krey; Columbia University Press; 1943.Count of JaffaJerusalemA Breton knight1272JuneEdward LongshanksMorris, Marc; A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain (updated ed.); London; 2008; Hutchinson; Heir to the English throneAcre, JerusalemUnnamed Muslim157222 AugustGaspard de ColignyLeader of the HuguenotsParisMaurevert158218 March William of OrangeWedgwood, Cicely. 1944. "William the Silent: William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533–1584".Leader of the United Provinces AntwerpJuan de Jáuregui 179422 MayMaximilien RobespierreMember of the Committee of Public SafetyParisCécile Renault23 MayJean-Marie Collot d'HerboisHenri Admirat179928 AprilJean DebryFrench envoy to the Congress of RastattRastattUnidentified hussars18426 May Lilburn BoggsMcLaws, Monte B. “The Attempted Assassination of Missouri's Ex-Governor, Lilburn W. Boggs." Missouri Historical Review, 60.1 (October 1965).ex-Governor of MissouriZion, MissouriUnknown1861FebruaryAbraham LincolnPresident-elect of the United StatesWashington, D.C.Baltimore Plotters186122 FebruaryCharles Van WyckMember of the U.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C.Three unidentified men186514 April William H. SewardSteers, Edward. Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. University Press of Kentucky, 2001; United States Secretary of StateWashington, D.C.Lewis Powell186812 March Prince AlfredDuke of EdinburghSydney Colony of New South WalesHenry James O'Farrell186911 July Thomas Eyre LambertIrish landlordAthenry, County GalwayPeter Barrett187824 JanuaryFyodor TrepovGovernor of Saint PetersburgSaint PetersburgVera Zasulich188913 FebruaryCelso CerettiItalian socialist politicianMirandola, Emilia RomagnaIntransigents of London and Paris (Vittorio Pini and Luigi Parmeggiani)188915 NovemberMinister of the Navy of the Empire of BrazilRio de Janeiro, Neutral Municipality of the CourtUnknown189111 MayPrince Nicholas AlexandrovichTsarevich of RussiaŌtsuTsuda Sanzō189223 JulyHenry Clay FrickKeve, Paul W.; Prisons and the American Conscience: A History of U.S. Federal Corrections; Carbondale, Illinois; Southern Illinois University Press; 1991; pp. 86, 354American industrialistPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaAlexander Berkman 189313 NovemberMihailo Kr. ĐorđevićSerbian diplomatParis Léon Léauthier19005 AprilEdward, Prince of WalesPrince of WalesBrusselsJean-Baptiste Sipido 190218 May Victor von WahlTsarist governor of VilnaVilnaHirsh Lekert190718 AprilNicolás Salmerón y AlonsoSpanish statesmanBarcelonaPolitical foe19081 FebruaryManuel, Duke of BejaInfante of Portugal (future King of Portugal)LisbonCarbonária (Alfredo Costa and Manuel Buíça)19084 JuneAlfred DreyfusFrench military officerParis Louis Gregori19109 AugustWilliam Jay GaynorMayor of New York CityHoboken, New JerseyJames J. Gallagher19127 JuneIstván Tisza Speaker of the House of Representatives of HungaryBudapestGyula Kovács191214 OctoberTheodore RooseveltFormer president of the United States and U.S. presidential candidateMilwaukeeJohn Flammang Schrank191329 January and following weeksDavid Lloyd GeorgeChancellor of the ExchequerSent from various sourcesSuffragettes (WSPU)191314 MayHenry Curtis-BennettMagistrateBow Street, LondonSuffragettes (WSPU)191316 MayHenry Curtis-BennettMagistrateMargateSuffragettes (WSPU)191417 MarchJohn Purroy MitchelMayor of New York CityNew York CityMichael P. Mahoney191429 JuneGrigori RasputinRussian monkPokrovskoyeKhioniya Guseva191517 May João ChagasPrime Minister-designate of PortugalSantarémJoão José de Freitas19153 JulyJ. P. Morgan Jr.BankerGlen CoveEric Muenter1919April–JuneA. Mitchell PalmerUnited States Attorney GeneralWashington, D.C.Galleanisti 19203 AprilCarl Gustaf Emil MannerheimGeneral of the Finnish White GuardsTampereFinnish Red Guards1920AugustEleftherios VenizelosGreek revolutionary and statesmanParisGreek royalists192327 December HirohitoPrince regentTokyoDaisuke Namba192819 NovemberHerbert HooverPresident-elect of the United StatesAndes MountainsSeverino Di Giovanni192924 October Umberto of SavoyPrince of PiedmontBrusselsFernando de Rosa193122 July John Ernest Buttery HotsonActing Governor of BombayPune, Bombay StateVasudeo Balwant Gogte193315 FebruaryFranklin D. RooseveltPresident-elect of the United StatesMiamiGiuseppe Zangara193626 FebruaryMakino NobuakiLord Keeper of the Privy SealTokyoImperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers1936MarchEleftherios VenizelosGreek revolutionary and statesmanAthensGreek royalists194024 MayLeon TrotskyProminent anti-Stalinist figureMexico CityNKVD194224 February Franz von PapenNazi Germany's Ambassador to TurkeyAnkaraNKVD agents19435 June José P. LaurelCommissioner of the Interior, Philippine Executive CommissionMandaluyongFeliciano Lizardo (disputed)194820 AprilWalter ReutherPresident of the UAWDetroitUnknown194924 MayVictor ReutherUAW Director of EducationDetroitUnknown195120 July Hussein of Jordan 2nd in line to the throneEast Jerusalem195220 JanuaryAnton VovkAuxiliary bishop of LjubljanaNovo MestoAvgust Mežnaršič19545 AugustCarlos LacerdaCandidate for federal deputy for the Federal DistrictRio de JaneiroAlcino João do Nascimento195820 September Martin Luther King Jr.American civil rights activist and Baptist ministerNew York CityIzola Curry196011 DecemberJohn F. KennedyPresident-elect of the United StatesFloridaRichard Paul Pavlick196227 FebruaryNgô Đình NhuChief Republic of Vietnam presidential adviser and brother of Ngô Đình DiệmSaigonNguyễn Văn Cử and Phạm Phú Quốc196310 AprilEdwin WalkerUnited States Army officerDallasLee Harvey Oswald19667 JuneJames MeredithCivil rights activistHernando, MississippiAubrey James Norvell196621 JuneArthur CalwellAustralian Opposition Leader, Leader of the Australian Labor PartyMosman, SydneyPeter Kocan196625 JulyArtur da Costa e SilvaMinister of War of Brazil and candidate for the Presidency of BrazilRecife, PernambucoUnknown196618 OctoberBhim SinghPresident of the National Students Union of IndiaJammu, Jammu and KashmirSenior superintendent of police19678 JuneFederal Deputy for PernambucoBrasília, Federal DistrictNelson Carneiro19678 JuneNelson CarneiroFederal Deputy for GuanabaraBrasília, Federal District196811 April Rudi DutschkeBlood, Rage, and the History of Terrorism; retrieved from Google Books online; 24 October 2015.German student activistWest BerlinJosef Bachmann19683 JuneAndy WarholAmerican artistNew York CityValerie Solanas 197024 April Chiang Ching-kuoVice Premier of the Republic of ChinaNew York CityPeter Huang19718 AugustAlexander SolzhenitsynSoviet dissidentNovocherkassk KGB197215 MayGeorge WallaceU.S. presidential candidateLaurel, MarylandArthur Bremer19727 DecemberImelda MarcosFirst Lady of the PhilippinesManilaCarlito Dimahilig197330 December Joseph Sieff"House where 'Carlos the Jackal' first struck faces the bulldozer" , thisislondon.co.uk; accessed 24 October 2015.Honorary vice-president of the British Zionist FederationLondonIlich Ramírez Sánchez19748 MarchAsari GiichiMayor of Shiraoi, HokkaidoShiraoi, HokkaidoYagi Tatsumi 1974Ali Hassan SalamehBlack September operativeTarifaMossad19756 OctoberBernardo LeightonFormer Chilean Christian Democrat vice-president in exile.RomeDINA, Avanguardia Nazionale1975DecemberMayor of Jundiaí, São PauloJundiaí, São PauloUnnamed1976 3 DecemberBob MarleyThe Shooting of a Wailer, rollingstone.com; retrieved 24 October 2015.Jamaican reggae musicianKingstonUnknown197612 DecemberRaymond EddéLebanese member of parliamentBeirutUnknown1978February Ayad Allawi"A Big Man To Watch In Baghdad", washingtonpost.com, 30 January 2004.Iraqi opposition politician in exileSurreySaddam Hussein's agents19786 March Larry Flynt"Pornography and Politics", nytimes.com, 21 October 2012.American newspaper publisherLawrenceville, GeorgiaJoseph Paul Franklin19785 AprilAntonio Cubillo"The Canary Islands Independence Movement" , tenerifenews.com, 18 March 2012; retrieved 24 October 2015.Canarian nationalist Movement leaderAlgiersSpanish secret service members19793 MayAmine GemayelKataeb Regulatory Forces generalBikfayaUnknown19794 JunePierre Gemayel(in Arabic) It happened on this day: 1979: An assassination attempt on the founder of the Phalange Party, Sheikh Pierre Gemayel Lebanon Files (4 June 2023)President of the Kataeb PartyMatnUnknown197925 June Alexander HaigSupreme Allied Commander EuropeMonsRolf Clemens Wagner1980April Tariq Aziz"Christian outsider in Saddam's inner circle"; 25 April 2003 Guardian article; retrieved 24 October 2015.Deputy Prime Minister of IraqBaghdadIslamic Dawa Party members198029 MayVernon JordanAmerican Civil Rights Movement activistFort Wayne, IndianaJoseph Paul Franklin198010 JunePercy WoodPresident of United AirlinesLake Forest, IllinoisTed Kaczynski 1980 25 OctoberKhalid Duhham Al-JawaryBlack September operativeBeirut Unknown198116 January Bernadette and Michael McAliskeyIrish socialist and republican political activistsCoalisland, County TyroneUlster Freedom Fighters198127 JuneAli KhameneiVali Nasr, "Meet 'The Decider' of Tehran. It's Not the Hothead You Expect", The Washington Post, 9 December 2007.Tehran's Friday Prayer ImamTehranPeople's Mujahedin of Iran, Furqan Group 1981 1 AugustAbu DaoudBlack September operativeWarsaw Khaled19823 JuneShlomo ArgovIsraeli ambassador to the United Kingdom LondonAbu Nidal Organization198414 MarchGerry Adams"On This Day: 1984: Sinn Féin leader shot in street attack"; BBC News article; retrieved 24 October 2015.Irish Republican politician and President of Sinn FéinBelfastUlster Freedom Fighters (UFF)19858 MarchMohammad Hussein Fadlallah"60 killed by Beirut car bomb", guardian.co.uk, 9 March 1985; accessed 24 October 2015.Lebanese Grand Ayatollah and mentor to HezbollahBeirutCIA linked group198512 NovemberCamille ChamounFormer president of Lebanon and leader of the National Liberal PartyBeirutVanguard of Arab ChristiansPresident of the Kataeb Party198625 MayMalkiat Singh SidhuPlanning Minister in the Government of Punjab, IndiaGold RiverJaspal Atwal, Jasbir Singh Atwal, Amarjit Singh Dhindsa and Sukhdial Singh Gill198818 JuneTurgut ÖzalPrime Minister of TurkeyAnkaraKartal Demirağ198811 September Jean-Bertrand Aristide"Aristide Has Survived Many Assassination Attempts", foxnews.com, 1 March 2004.Catholic Salesian priest, political dissident, and future President of HaitiPort-au-PrinceEx-Tonton Macoute member198820 OctoberNikola Štedul"Thirty years, six bullets, two countries and one home"; article; The Sydney Morning Herald online; 25 November 2005; retrieved 24 October 2015.Croat émigré from Yugoslavia and head of the Croatian Statehood MovementKirkcaldy, ScotlandVinko Sindičić, UDBA agent198817 November Antoine LahadSearch Index article: "Wounded Lebanese Militia Commander Suffers Setback", latimes.com, 10 November 1988; retrieved 24 October 2015.Lebanese general and leader of the South Lebanon ArmySouthern LebanonSouha Bechara198914 July Jani Allan; Neumical Net; retrieved 24 October 2015.South African columnistJohannesburgCornelius Lottering, Orde van die Dood member19893 AugustSalman RushdieBritish Indian novelist and essayistLondonMustafa Mahmoud Mazeh198927 NovemberCésar GaviriaCandidate of 1990 Colombian presidential electionBogotáMedellin Cartel199018 January Motoshima Hitoshi"My Postwar Life: A dive into the Japanese Psyche"; Chicago Quarterly Review, 12 May 2012; retrieved 24 October 2015.Mayor of Nagasaki, JapanNagasakiSeikijuku member 199025 April Oskar Lafontaine"Strange Cases" Targeted Individuals Canada; retrieved 10/30/2012.Minister-President of SaarlandCologneAdelheid Streidel199018 SeptemberPeter TerryBritish Governor of GibraltarMilford, Staffo