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913 Notable deaths
by 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).
Mantas Kvedaravičius
Lithuanian director and filmmaker.
Born June 23rd, 1976 in Biržai. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2022 at 45 years old in Mariupol (gunshot wound). [ref]
Paul Drude
German physicist specializing in optics.
Born July 12th, 1863 in Brunswick.
Died July 5th, 1906 at 42 years old in Berlin (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).
Maks Levin
Ukrainian photojournalist.
Born July 7th, 1981 in Boyarka. [ref]
Died March 13th, 2022 at 40 years old in Huta-Mezhyhirska (gunshot wound). [ref]
Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov
Russian politician (1879–1940).
Born November 1st, 1879 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 7th, 1940 at 60 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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