Famous Assassins in History

Known for using a rifle to shoot U.S. president, John F. Kennedy, in the head during a parade

Known for shooting famous civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.

Motivated to destroy the Austro-Hungarian rule in the Balkans, he shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand

He was an anarchist who believed U.S President William McKinley headed a corrupt government, he shot him twice in the chest

He was an actor who shot Lincoln in the head in the box the U.S. president was seated at before jumping down onto the stage

In a twist, he walked up to John F. Kennedy's assassin and shot and killed him in front of a bunch of news cameras, he said he "did it for Jackie"

She assassinated the French Revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat by pretending to reveal important information about traitors, only to stab him in the heart

Known as "The Poisoner" as she was responsible numerous notable poisonings, one of the most famous poisoning being the one commissioned by Agrippina the Elder for the death of her husband, Claudius

Although there were numerous assassins involved in Julius Caesar's death, he is the most well known, known to be in the lowest circle of hell in Dante's Inferno

Known to be the founder of the Order of Assassins where he maintained a group of killers willing to lay down their lives for their assassinations

A group of female assassins from India, though debated if they were real or something of fiction, that poisoned their victims after going through rigorous training

He killed his first victim at only 14 years old, then growing up to be a hitman in New Jersey for crime families -- He was only tried for 5 murders but was suspected to have numbers of victims in the triple digits

Was part of a secret program named 'Operation Nemesis' to go after officials that were involved in the Armenian genocide, something that caused his family to be killed -- He managed to shoot and kill Talaat Pasha, an Ottoman ruler, and was acquitted of the crime

Shot John Lennon, a member of the famous music group 'The Beatles,' and was given a life sentence

He was mafia man, working for the Sicilian mafia and was personally involved in at least 58 killings (at the very least)

Known as the 'Natural Born Killer' where he took contract killings, the most notable being the assassination of US District Court Judge John H. Wood. (P.S. He is the father of famous actor, Woody Harrelson)