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913 Notable deaths
 by gunshot wound

Vasyl Slipak

Ukrainian opera singer.

Born December 20th, 1974 in Lviv. [ref]

Died June 29th, 2016 at 41 years old in Luhanske (gunshot wound). [ref]

Hoàng Cơ Minh

Vietnamese politician (1935–1987).

Born June 20th, 1935 in Hanoi.

Died August 28th, 1987 at 52 years old in Attapeu Province (gunshot wound).

Hugo Jury

Austrian politician (1887-1945).

Born July 13th, 1887 in Radiměř. [ref]

Died May 9th, 1945 at 57 years old in Zwettl (gunshot wound).

Jānis Rudzutaks

Soviet politician (1887-1938).

Born August 15th, 1887 in Kursīši Parish.

Died July 29th, 1938 at 50 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).

Gaëtan Gatian de Clérambault

French psychiatrist (1872–1934).

Born July 2nd, 1872 in Bourges.

Died November 17th, 1934 at 62 years old in Malakoff (gunshot wound).

Yanar Mohammed

Iraqi feminist, director of the organization of women's freedom in iraq/kirkuk.

Born July 29th, 1960 in Baghdad.

Died March 2nd, 2026 at 65 years old in Baghdad (gunshot wound). [ref]

Claude Gillingwater

American actor (1870–1939).

Born August 2nd, 1870 in Louisiana.

Died November 2nd, 1939 at 69 years old in Beverly Hills (gunshot wound).

Boris Shumyatsky

Soviet film producer (1886-1938).

Born November 16th, 1886 in Ulan-Ude.

Died July 29th, 1938 at 51 years old in Kommunarka shooting ground (gunshot wound).

Guido Buffarini Guidi

Italian army officer and politician (1895-1945).

Born August 17th, 1895 in Pisa.

Died July 10th, 1945 at 49 years old in Milan (gunshot wound).

Paul Thümmel

German counterintelligence agent (1902–1945).

Born January 15th, 1902 in Neuhausen.

Died April 20th, 1945 at 43 years old in Theresienstadt Small Fortress, Terezín (gunshot wound).

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