List of people who survived assassination attempts
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This is a list of survivors of assassination attempts. For successful assassination attempts, see List of assassinations.
Non-heads of state
Heads of state and government
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- Arrest of Louis Gregori, the attempted assassin of Captain Alfred Dreyfus during the ceremony removing Émile Zola's ashes to the Panthéon from the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris, 4 June 1908
- Crime scene of the attack on Mayor of Cologne Henriette Reker in Cologne on 17 October 2015
- Federal deputy and Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro after being stabbed by Adélio Bispo de Oliveira during a campaign event on 6 September 2018.
- Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Andrew Jackson outside the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., 30 January 1835
- Assassination attempt of King of Spain Alfonso XIII in Madrid, 31 May 1906
- Assassination attempt of Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin in Moscow, Aug 30 1918
- Wolf's Lair conference room after the failed assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler, 20 July 1944
- Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Shah in hospital after the failed assassination attempt by Fada'iyan-e Islam in 1949
- Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt delivers a speech with bandaged hands the day after the assassination attempt against him with a car bomb, planned by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo, 25 June 1960.
- Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento, 5 September 1975
- Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Gerald Ford in San Francisco, 22 September 1975
- Assassination attempt of the U.S. President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, 30 March 1981
- Brighton Grand Hotel after the bomb attack to attempt to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 12 October 1984
See also
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- List of assassinations
- List of assassination attempts on prime ministers of India
- List of United States presidential assassination attempts and plots
Notes
- ^ Abdullah I of Jordan, who was Hussein's grandfather and the intended target of the assassination, did die as a result of the assassination.
- ^ Although Argov survived the attempted assassination, when he died over 20 years after the attempted assassination, his cause of death was attributed to injuries sustained during the attempted assassination.[39]
- ^ The name of the assailant has not been disclosed due to the fact that he was a minor.
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