Deaths by...
381 Notable deaths
by gunshot wound
Hüseyin Velioğlu
Kurdish islamic activist.
Born January 1st, 1952 in Bağözü.
Died January 17th, 2000 at 48 years old in Beykoz (gunshot wound).
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov
Russian politician (1879–1940).
Born February 1st, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 61 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Alexander Fadeyev
Soviet writer and politician (1901-1956).
Born December 24th, 1901 in Kimry. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1956 at 54 years old in Peredelkino (gunshot wound). [ref]
Benno Ohnesorg
West german university student killed on 2 june 1967 (1940–1967).
Born October 15th, 1940 in Hanover.
Died June 2nd, 1967 at 26 years old in West Berlin (gunshot wound).
Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński
Polish writer and translator (1874–1941).
Born December 21st, 1874 in Warsaw.
Died July 4th, 1941 at 66 years old in Lviv (gunshot wound).
Movses Silikyan
Armenian general.
Born September 14th, 1862 in Oghuz.
Died December 10th, 1937 at 75 years old in Yerevan (gunshot wound).
Razan al-Najjar
Palestinian nurse and activist.
Born September 13th, 1997 in Khan Yunis.
Died June 1st, 2018 at 20 years old in Khuza'a, Khan Yunis (gunshot wound). [ref]
Ramón Cáceres
President of the dominican republic (1866-1911).
Born December 15th, 1866 in Moca.
Died November 19th, 1911 at 44 years old in Santo Domingo (gunshot wound).
Gerhard Flesch
Nazi war criminal (1909-1948).
Born October 8th, 1909 in Poznań. [ref]
Died February 28th, 1948 at 38 years old in Trondheim (gunshot wound).
Peyo Yavorov
Bulgarian poet (1878–1914).
Born January 13th, 1878 in Chirpan.
Died October 29th, 1914 at 36 years old in Sofia (gunshot wound).
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