TOP 10 ASSASSINS IN WORLD HISTORY

Assassins have played a significant role in shaping world history, whether acting alone or as part of a larger organization or government. Here are some of the most well-known assassins in history:

John Wilkes Booth - an American actor and Confederate sympathizer who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

Gavrilo Princip - a Bosnian Serb who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914, which led to the start of World War I.

Lee Harvey Oswald - an American former U.S. Marine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1963.

Marcus Junius Brutus - a Roman senator who assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BCE.

Guy Fawkes - an Englishman who was part of a group that attempted to assassinate King James I of England in 1605, known as the Gunpowder Plot.

Yigal Amir - an Israeli who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.

Charlotte Corday - a Frenchwoman who assassinated radical journalist Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution in 1793.

Leon Czolgosz - an American anarchist who assassinated President William McKinley in 1901.

Grigori Rasputin - a Russian mystic and advisor to Tsar Nicholas II who was assassinated by a group of nobles in 1916.

Mehmet Ali Ağca - a Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981.

These are just a few examples of the many assassins who have made their mark on history.