List of people who survived assassination attempts - Definition

Survivors of assassination attempts in reverse chronological order:

Since 1990

• Viktor Yushchenko, (2004), President-Elect of Ukraine
• Boris Tadić, (2004), President of Serbia
• Murat Zyazikov, (2004), President of Ingushetia
• Chen Shui-bian, (2004), President of Taiwan
• Annette Lu, (2004), Vice-President of Taiwan
• John Abizaid, (2004), military commander of Iraq
• Saddam Hussein, (2003), former President of Iraq
• Romano Prodi, (2003), former Prime Minister of Italy
• Pervez Musharraf, (2003), President of Pakistan (2 attempts)
• Paul Bremer, (2003), administrator of Iraq
• Saparmurat Niyazov (2002), President of Turkmenistan
• Jacques Chirac, (2002), President of France
• Bertrand Delanoë, (2002), Mayor of Paris
• Hamid Karzai, (2002), President of Afghanistan
• Edi Rama, (2000), Mayor of Tirana
• Uday Hussein, (1996), son of Saddam Hussein
• Eduard Shevardnadze, (several attempts), President of Georgia
• José María Aznar, (1995)
• Kiro Gligorov, (1995), President of Macedonia
• Hosni Mubarak, (1995), President of Egypt
• Heydar Aliyev, (1995), President of Azerbaijan

1941-1990

• Wolfgang Schäuble, (1990), German minister of the interior
• Oskar Lafontaine, (1990), German politician
• Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney (May 24, 1990), Earth First! activists
• Hitoshi Motoshima, (January 18, 1990), Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan
• Turgut Özal, (1987), President of Turkey
• Augusto Pinochet, (1986), President of Chile
• Margaret Thatcher, (1984), British prime minister
• Pope John Paul II, (1981 and 1995)
• Ronald Reagan, (1981), President of the United States
• Bob Marley, (1978), Jamaican reggae singer
• Priscilla Davis, (1976), Fort Worth, Texas socialite
• Gerald Ford, (two attempts in 1975), President of the United States
• Joseph Sieff, (1973), honorary vice-president of the British Zionist Federation
• Mao Zedong, (1973), Chairman of the Communist Party of China
• George C. Wallace, (1972), US Presidential candidate
• Pope Paul VI, (1970)
• Andy Warhol, (1968), artist
• Arthur Calwell, (1966), Former leader of the Australian Labor Party.
• Kwame Nkrumah, (1962), President of Ghana
• Nobusuke Kishi, (July 1960), Prime Minister of Japan
• Hendrik Verwoerd, (1960), Prime Minister of South Africa (successfully assassinated in 1966)
• Abdul Karim Qassim, (1959), Prime Minister of Iraq. Saddam Hussein was involved.
• King Hussein of Jordan
• Harry Truman, (1950), President of the United States
• Pierre Laval, (1941), prime minister of Vichy France
• Adolf Hitler, (1944), German dictator

Prior to 1940

• Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, (1936)
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1933), when President-elect of the United States
• Vladimir Ilich Lenin, (1918), Russian communist leader
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir-apparent of Austria, survives an attempt by the Ujedinjenje ili Smrt (Black Hand) (June 28, 1914), he is successfully assassinated later that day.
• Theodore Roosevelt, (1912), former President of the United States
• Alfonso XIII of Spain (1905, 1906)
• Émile Loubet, President of France, (1905 - same attempt as on King Alfonso of Spain, above)
• Wilhelm II of Germany, (1900), emperor of Germany
• Edward VII of the United Kingdom, as Prince of Wales (1900)
• Henry Clay Frick, American industrialist (1892)
• Jules Verne, (1886), author, shot by his nephew.
• Itagaki Taisuke, (1882), Japanese liberal activist
• Napoleon III, {1858}, Emperor of France
• Andrew Jackson, (1835), President of the United States
• Louis-Philippe of France, (1835)
• Victoria of the United Kingdom (numerous attempts)
• Justo Rufino Barrios, President of Guatemala
• Napoleon I, (1809), emperor of France
• Louis XV of France, (1757)
• Elizabeth I of England, (1570)
• Ptolemy VIII of Egypt, 2nd century BC
• Qin Shi Huang, (3rd century BC), Chinese Emperor

See also: List of assassinated persons