List of assassinations

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This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location. For unsuccessful assassination attempts on heads of state, see List of heads of state and government who survived assassination attempts. For unsuccessful assassination attempts on people other than heads of state, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.

For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.