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913 Notable deaths
by gunshot wound
Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian imperial (1859-1919).
Born April 26th, 1859 in Tsarskoye Selo.
Died January 29th, 1919 at 59 years old in Peter and Paul Fortress (gunshot wound).
Charlemagne Péralte
Haitian nationalist leader.
Born October 10th, 1885 in Hinche. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1919 at 34 years old in Grande-Rivière-du-Nord (gunshot wound).
Farabundo Martí
Salvadoran revolutionary (1893-1932).
Born May 5th, 1893 in Teotepeque.
Died February 1st, 1932 at 38 years old in San Salvador (gunshot wound).
Ugo Cavallero
Italian general (1880-1943).
Born September 20th, 1880 in Casale Monferrato.
Died September 13th, 1943 at 62 years old in Frascati (gunshot wound).
Pierre Amine Gemayel
Assassinated lebanese politician (1972-2006).
Born September 23rd, 1972 in Beirut.
Died November 21st, 2006 at 34 years old in Beirut (gunshot wound). [ref]
Hanns Albin Rauter
German general (1895-1949).
Born February 4th, 1895 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee.
Died March 24th, 1949 at 54 years old in Scheveningen (gunshot wound).
Yevgeni Preobrazhensky
Russian economist and politician (1886–1937).
Born February 15th, 1886 in Bolkhov.
Died July 13th, 1937 at 51 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Fernand de Brinon
French lawyer, politician (1885–1947).
Born August 16th, 1885 in Libourne. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1947 at 61 years old in Arcueil (gunshot wound).
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
Russian politician (1869-1922).
Born July 15th, 1870 in Pushkin. [ref]
Died March 28th, 1922 at 51 years old in Berlin (gunshot wound).
Meir Tobianski
Israeli, wrongly executed for treason 1948, posthumously rehabilitated 1949 (1904–1948).
Born May 20th, 1904 in Kaunas.
Died June 30th, 1948 at 44 years old in Harel (gunshot wound).
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