Deaths by...
533 Notable deaths
by gunshot wound
Julián Grimau
Spanish politician (1911-1963).
Born February 18th, 1911 in Madrid.
Died April 20th, 1963 at 52 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound).
Lilli Henoch
German track and field athlete (1899–1942).
Born October 26th, 1899 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1942 at 42 years old in Riga Ghetto (gunshot wound).
David Riazanov
Russian-soviet political revolutionary, marxist theoretician, and archivist.
Born March 10th, 1870 in Odesa.
Died January 21st, 1938 at 67 years old in Saratov (gunshot wound).
Hisakazu Tanaka
Japanese general (1889-1947).
Born March 16th, 1889 in Hyōgo Prefecture.
Died March 27th, 1947 at 58 years old in Republic of China (gunshot wound).
Lev Karakhan
Soviet diplomat (1889-1937).
Born February 1st, 1889 in Tbilisi.
Died September 20th, 1937 at 48 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Yefim Fomin
Soviet political commissar (1909–1941).
Born January 15th, 1909 in Kalyshki.
Died June 30th, 1941 at 32 years old in Brest (gunshot wound). [ref]
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).
Lev Chernyi
Russian anarchist theorist, activist and poet executed by the bolsheviks (1890–1921).
Born February 19th, 1878 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 1921 at 43 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]
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