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Single handily took control of government computers to cause en mass security problems. Gave way for assassinations to take place within a 1 minutes time to commence and never be detected by federal security.
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Where can you find more information on this man? I can't seem to find anything...
Where can more information about this guy could be found? Couldn't find anything...
Apparently he was young? He was born in 95 and apparently he only goes by Logan Ronco, Giacomo Damiano isn't his middle name or anything it's his alias name used in most cases, confuses me but either way to add more detail to what is here I found out that he took down security as in cameras and any thing that could lead to any evidence, there was multiple locations that this took place in within that time consent so it's quite astonishing. The deaths of those that were taken because of this can be linked back to this but there's no evidence to say there was any correlation between the two. Seems like there's a lot more to the story will probably never know but still cool.
His "online" alias was Anfractuous, if you search around there's more on this story, its pretty interesting just never went to trial.
Heard about this awhile ago. Used it as a distraction for the murders to be taken place without any way of proving who did it. Never was sentenced or anything because it was impossible to prove anything happened besides there being up to 35 "accidents" all basically linking to this. Also got out of cracking into government servers. It's horrible but was thought out.
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Its strange to out this man so high on the list when so many people believe he wasn't an assassin at all. Despite the mystery that surrounds the murder of JFK, or perhaps because of it, Oswald's name is synonymous with assassination and he reamins the most famous accused assassin in American history.
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he is just a decoy... the real assassin is not hiding from the building but at the fence
He was a marine, like many other famous shooters, and marines are among the best trained marksmen in the world, so he certainly had the skill to do it. Look at it like this, in the American revolution, snipers would hide in trees and use muzzle loading firearms with primitive rifling to take out officers at 100-200 yards, quite an impressive shot even with modern rifling, and they had minimal formal training. But, he was never tried and no one can definetively mark him as the shooter, though what little evidence the minimal investigation did turn up does suggest he pulled the trigger.
yea the rifle was junk but he also was a very skilled marksman and no matter what kind of gun he is using it got the job done.. nobody will ever know the truth behind the assassination besides the ones involved and their not speaking
If he really acted alone, he is the best marksmen in the world, the riffle he used was a junk Carcano. My BB gun as a kid is more accurate
I looked into this and there is really no way he made that shot. He was there, with the rifle but he was only the fall guy and thats why he was killed; "dead men tell no tales".
He was never judged and nobody knows if it was even him. And if it was it should be him and the second shooter on the grassy knoll
He is a pawn in a very deep conspiracy with in
the USA government!
OK now lets get serious here, hes a nutcase! John F. Kennedy was an AWESOME president!!!!
i believe he is very influencial to how we look at John Kennedy today, w/o the assassination who knows what kind of mistakes (if there were to be any) Kennedy would make. I mean of course the assassination was completly un nesscessary ( Amen) but Lee Oswald made a huge impact on how we look at John Kennedy so i'd say 3's good enough.
he's very high on the list but also john Wilkes booth should be number 3 while lee harvey should be deleted from the list i agree with tboneya
This crackpot, nutcase, wannabe marxist agitator doesn't deserve to be on any list. He shouldn't be recognized at all, that's the reason he did what he did. His name will go down in history alongside such other notables as Brutus, John Wilkes Booth, Benedict Arnold, Quisling, etc. as men notorious for betraying causes or killing pivotal figures in history. That's not a list I'd care to top.
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A very famous and well known name in America, booth is credited with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, one of America's most respected Presidents. Booth was a known Confederate spy and in his time was considered a handsome, talented actor who achieved a certain degree of fame in that profession before falling on hard times.
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I wouldn't say John being.. crazy like someone else said, but I've also NEVER heard him being paid to do it. I've never gotten into researching the other assassins in the scheme, but he gathered friends from childhood, who also had symphonies for the south, and most likely payed them to assassinate the others. I'm sort of split between whether he went mad or whether it's because he hated Lincoln so bad he would've went so far. He had such a young and good life, and it's hard to believe he would go that far. He was depressed during that time and was insane for the south, so it made some sense of the reason he did it. Well, anyway, I don't really think he was insane, crazy, and from what I've gathered, he wasn't paid, he paid others. Unless... that's what that guest means.
First of all, Lincoln died in the morning. Not 3 days later. Second, the South was never really a seperate country as they did not achieve true independence from the US and where not offically recognized by world leaders.
I never really think of him as an assassin, and if you were to consider him one I would rate him sloppy at best. Even with lucrative planning, he still barely managed to kill Lincoln (he survived for like, 3 days afterwords) with a point blank shot to the back of the head. Also, with the lack of security back then, that would be like calling some one an assassin for squashing a spider they came upon. And, @the guy who says it wasn't between two countries, the South seceded from the Union and became the Confederacy, making it a new country, with its own economy and placement on the industrialization timeline which was the main reason for their loss in the war (no railroads, no mass production of clothing and other neccesary materials. They grew the cotton, but the North processed it into something they could use).
What do you mean America won the civil war? It wasnt America versus another country it was the North versus the South
i couldnt agree more, but remember he wasnt crazy he was actualy paid to do it and all.
he was just mad cause he was mad that America won the Civil War and he was crazy enough to kill someone like lincoln. he was a real loved president and John just lost his mind!!!!
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yeah he didnt walk up...he was just standing there waiting. kinda like an assassin.
Yeah theres was no beating up, he just walked up and shot the dude right in front of everyone in the middle of a prison transfer.
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The crowd of friends with Sen. Bobby Kennedy began to pummel Sirhan Sirhan but Rosey Grier fought them off to protect the assassin so there wouldn't be another murder. He also wanted Sirhan turned over to police.
Sirhan Sirhan shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the head at fairly close range and was then wrestled to the floor in the kitchen of a California Hotel. One of the body guards, Actor Rosey Grier, wrestled the gun out of Sirhan's hand preventing a second shot. Actor George Plimpton had been trying to get the gun away from the assassin but his grip was too tight.
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His name is not remembered as much as some of the others on this list, but there's no denying the historical importance of his crime. Known to history as "The Shot Heard Round The World" his assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand sparked World War I and thus was a major catalyst for the global upheaval that was to follow. Perhaps no other assassination led to so much bloodshed.
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I don't think anyone is saying he's the sole cause of WW1 per say, there were many other causes, but this was the catalyst thus actually involving other worlds powers etc.
Gavrilo Princip is definitely the most influential assassin of all time. No-one comes close.
Right, and i guess the Austro-Hungarian empire had nothing to do with the death of millions? If you really think that the death or action of one person launched WWI then you need help. Austro-Hungary simply used the assassination as an excuse.
god in the boston massacre alot of us got cocky and threw rocks as a result we got shot and died. and some retard painted the picture all wrong
Correction: The Shot Heard Round the World was not the Boston Massacre. It was the Battles of Lexington and Concord. However, that same phrase is also used with the assasination of Arch Duke Ferdinand.
first of all, he didnt kill the people in the war directly, 2nd he was easily caught, and 3rd ,"The shot heard around the world", was used for an article during the American Revolution after the Boston Massacre to influence people in the 13 colonies.
Of all the assassins on this list, no one contributed to the death of more people than this man.
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The assassin of Julius Caesar, Brutus may be the most famous assassin in history. Caesar's admonition of "Et tu, Brute?" remains the most famous dying words spoken to an assassin ever and Shakespeare helped immortalize the murder in his play Julius Caesar.
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I actually know a guy who is direct dicent from Brutus and ill tell you nothing you hear is true.
actually probably only M.j Brutus the younger would know what Caesar said but it doesnt come from shakespeare's play. the phrase "tu quoque fillii mi" (you too my son?) has been found in many oratio's during the emperial age of Rome
Caesar's words at his assassination are not truly known. However, the immortal line "Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar!" are from Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar".
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What a coward....shot him in the back. He better hope that he never gets released.
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uh pretty obvious here, the original and most feared of ALL historical arabic assassins. Not to mention the word assassin is derived directly from his name rofl. How could an assassin list leave out the guy who assassination was named after? Horrid list, bad research, cmon people u dont know ****,\.
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he is not a arabian person he is from iran & he is iranian & and he is the first silent assassin in the world
First off, he was a missionary and didn't do any killing himself. What he actually did was kidnap people, drug them heavily to the point where they believed that they were dying, and once they drifted out of conciousness they were moved to a garden with fountains spouting wine, with food served by virgins and they were given hashish (a high concentration of cannabinoids) pretty much to the point where they were tripping one major ballsack. Then, he would present himself as an emmisary of God, and tell them they were in heaven, and they would live in the garden like kings. Then, once they became accustomed to that lifestyle, they were abruptly cut off from the drugs, and thrown into a dark pit and told once they came too that they could only re-enter the garden if they did God's will, and they were made to believe that everything Hassani said was a message from God. They then began rigorous training, and were most commonly used as sleeper agents, inserted directly into the life of the target as some one like a servant, or a lover. Then, after many years of getting close they would strike. I would also like to re-iterate what has been previously said about the origin of the word assassin. It was derived from Hashashin, the common name for followers in his cult. Also, some one said Asasiyun ment people whom are faithful to Asas. I'm actually fairly certain it translates roughly into "Some one who is willing to die for their cause," because his followers were made to believe that the only way back to their paradise was to become a martyr, which could be argued as the origin of the idea of heaven. Interesting fact, the Hashashins were the base for the Assassin's Creed games, Hassani being Amoir Lin I believe it is.
He himself was not an assassin. After establishing the HQ at Alamut in Iran, he never left it and died there, but his name substitutes for the hundreds of nameless assassins that killed by his word. Also, Hashish has absolutely nothing to do with the name. Asasiyun is the actual word in Persian and some dumb tourists didn't hear it properly.
Pretty obvious? I bet if you ask one hundred random people walking around on the street, maybe five of them will know who he is.
The word assassin isn't derived from his name. The word assassin comes from the Arabic word "Hashashin," which means "users of hashish."
Hassani-I Sabbah (the proper way to spell his name) used to call his followers "Asasiyun," meaning people who are faithful to Asas.
Hassani Sabbah didn't actually do any killing (or at least there is no evidence to suggest such). He did, however, sanction assassinations by his followers, [assassinations of] select political, military and religious authorities.
He is the founder of Ismaili Shia Muslims. Which their enemies called the Hashashin by their enemies.
actually the word assassin was derived from the name that was designated to the Nizari branch of the Ismaili Shia Muslims during the middle ages, they were called the Hashashin by their enemies.
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An assassin is one who kills, either for or without payment, on their own initiative or at the bequest of another, to achieve a political means.
i don't believe that the killings of king jr. lincoln, or kennedy should be on this list. they do not constitute what an assassin is. they just pulled the trigger in broad day. An assassin is a ninja or someone who can slip in and out without being detected.
Assassins are people who kill by surprise attack and are normally (but not always) hired to do so; ninja and hitmen seem perfectly eligible to be on this list.
he was good at his job and all but i agree with you its the list of assassins not a ninja or a hitman.
He really should not be on this list. he was a ninja. yes they killed ppl in a way of an assassin but he surly should not be number seven so ill vote to decrese....
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American criminal James Earl Ray (1928–1998) pled guilty to assassinating civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison on March 10, 1969. Three days later he recanted his plea. He then spent almost 30 years vainly attempting to win the right to the trial he had forsworn. He eventually gained such unlikely allies as members of the King family and the Reverend Jesse Jackson in his protestations of innocence and quest for a trial. Ray's death on April 23, 1998, did little to quell the unanswered questions and conspiracy theories that abounded, but a 2000 probe led by then-U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno found no credible evidence to reopen the investigation. Nonetheless, there were some who remained unconvinced.
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GySgt Hathcock did not formulate his targets or make the strategic choices about them, although he probably had some of the best intelligence input about many of them. He was an operative with the trust to make appropriate decisions in an operations environment undergoing constant evolutions. He was not a lone operator acting individually amidst larger geo-political entities.
This is true he was not caught, futhermore he was always being hunted him self. Their is a difference between most famous and most skilled and white feather belongs on both list
Not a single person here could've done what he did. Most here are sloppy and not successful. May have assissinated someone but often caught. Carlos worked in a constant combat environment where he was surrounded by armed soldiers and often took days/nights around the clock with no sleep to crawl within range (up to 2,500 yds) a kill with one shot and then crawl back out of the area without getting caught. Research......Hill 55, NVA General suicide mission, etc. 93 Confirmed kills, many more not able to be confirmed due to not being able to recover bodies. This was during a very short time and only when he was given a target/mission, imagine how high the body count would be if he had just gone to killing on his own. This man was not just an assissin, he was a master of assassination. Best of all he was a hero and unlike most of these losers he was honorable and law abiding, harming no innocents. Long live " Long Trang". Semper Fi
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Killed Prince William I of Orange, Count of Nassau (also known as William the Silent) on July 10, 1584. William was prominent in the Dutch fight for independence from the Spanish crown in the Netherlands. He was directly involved (either financially or as a leader) in the battles that began the Eighty Years’ War. Gerard, a Catholic Frenchman and supporter of Phillip II believed William had betrayed both the Spanish king and the Catholic religion. Gerard shot William in the chest at close range at William’s home in Delft. Many historians believe William of Orange to be the first world head of state to be assassinated through use of a handgun.
William the Silent was the leader of the Dutch Rebels during the eighty years war against Spain, a war which crippled Spain and made the Netherlands a new super power with a large empire.
(the netherlands is also known as holland if you didnt know)
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Jan Kubiš (24 June 1913 – 18 June 1942) was a Czech soldier, one of a team of Czechoslovak British-trained soldiers sent to assassinate acting Reichsprotektor (Reich-Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, in 1942 as part of Operation Anthropoid.
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It is believed that Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was not actually a mortal man. Some say undead, others say Fae. I even heard one guy say that Rasputin was a nephilim. If what I know of Rasputin is true, he was certainly tall enough for it.
That being said, to survive being poisoned, stabbed, shot, clubbed, before finally being drowned, it lends credit to what people say to him. Also note, as he was fleeing the building, he was shot AGAIN by an American assassin hiding in nearby bushes. The name of of the man escapes me, but pretty much everyone was out to get Rasputin.
Perhaps the most interesting, or bizarre at the very least, assassination in history. On December 16, 1916 a group of nobles lead by Prince Felix Yusupov and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich assassinated Grigori Rasputin. According to legend, Rasputin was poisoned, shot, clubbed, and ultimately thrown into an icy river where he finally succumbed to death. The conspirators, having decided that Rasputin’s influence over Tsaritsa Alexandra (wife of Tsar Nicholas II) was too dangerous a threat to the empire, first poisoned Rasputin with “enough cyanide to kill seven men”. When unaffected by the poison, Yusupov shot Rasputin in the back with a revolver. Yusupov then left the body to consult with the others. When they returned to the body, Rasputin grabbed Yusupov by the throat and whispered, “You bad boy” into his ear before hurling him across the room and running out. As he ran out, he was shot three more times. The group followed him out and found him still struggling to carry on. They then clubbed him into submission, wrapped him in a sheet, and threw him into the Neva River. Three days later, the body was pulled from the river and autopsied. The cause of death was found to be hypothermia and his arms were found in an upright position as if he had tried to claw his way threw the ice. It should be noted that Rasputin had survived a previous attempt on his life. On June 14, 1914, Khionia Guseva stabbed Rasputin in the abdomen, and his entrails hung out in what seemed a mortal would. Rasputin recovered after intensive surgery.
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Carlos the jackyl OR Illich Ramirez Sanchez was not an assassin. He was a terrorist. Went to jail as a terrorist. Is still in jail as a terrorist. Saying he is an assassin is like saying osama bin ladden, whom he admires, was an assassin.
Well no matter if the Illuminati exist or not this man Carlos the Jackal has won a spot on the top 10 most famous assassins, so if he isnt famous for killing an illuminati leader then whom is he famous for killing?
we don't have any proof whether the illuminati existed in 1700 or precedently, or even today . so... there is no reason in fighting
Somebody watch Angels and Demons one too many times. He was an egomaniac, killed some people, named after Lenin and an all around dork.
Actually you have to read and not just look on the internet. The Illuminati have been around for ,uch longer than a few years in the 1700's. They have been around for quite a long time.
if you did REAL historical research, and no, wikipedia does NOT count, you would find that "Carlos the Jackal" could not possibly have killed a member of the Illuminati, as they were a political movement that only lasted a few years, in the late 1700's.
Carlos is my favorite because he assassinated one off the illuminati leader
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Killed over 200 people. Brutal childhood, rose to kill those who offended him. Arrested only after 30 years of contract killing.
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There may have been a sequel. If I recall, it was called "The Ice Man Cometh". He also gave a series of interviews from prison.
ooohhh.... he once gave a guy pleading for god 10mins to get god to appear to save his life... tick tock.... needless to say he was unsuccessful
In my opinion one of the top 5 greatest assigns of all time. Used numerous methods to kill and torture. He killed for almost all major new York and new jersey crime families. To learn more abouthim I suggest reading the book "the Ice Man" by Philip Carlo. Interesting read.
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Deranged serial killer who likes to mutilate his victims and leave them to bleed out for the rats. Killed 147 different people including 101 women and 2 children. Still leading the FBI on in his big game.
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he deserves 146 bullets in his legs and arms (y'know to make him suffer) then one in his head
he is a mad-dog killer not an assassin, he deserves 147 bullets in his body for what he has done.
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i agree with the comment above gary magee shouldnt be on this list at all!
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The bodyguard turned assassin killed Indira Gandhi, perhaps the most loved as well as hated prime minister of India. The assassination resulted in bloody riots in the country and end of an era.
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This man assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948. His reasons remains difficult to discern even today, but most experts believe it was due to political disagreement with Gandhi support of the partitioning of India.
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countries are not only created and ruled by good, same with Gandhi. His nonviolence was going to extremes at the cost of majority and integrity of country. Remember no household can run like a charity. Hard decisions have to be taken. He was instrumental in India giving Pakistan 55 crore rupees, a massive amount, despite all round condemnation. He could have done more harm if he would have stuck to his utopian ideals. Please read final words of Godse before judging him. It is hypocritical that one who died for "truth", in his name, last words of his killer were suppresed. Read and find out why before making him an assassin.
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January 31, 1862 – June 8, 1892
He was born in Ray County, Missouri an American outlaw best known for killing his gang leader Jesse James in 1882.
On April 3, 1882, after eating breakfast, the Fords and James went into the living room in preparation for the trip to Platte City. James had just learned of gang member Dick Liddil's confession for participating in Hite's murder while reading the daily newspaper, and grew increasingly suspicious of the Fords for never reporting this matter to him. According to Robert Ford, it became clear to him that James had realized they were there to betray him. However, instead of scolding the Fords, James walked across the living room to lay his revolvers on a sofa. He then turned around and noticed a dusty picture above the mantle, and stood on a chair in order to clean it. Robert Ford then drew his weapon, and shot the unarmed Jesse James in the back of the head. James' wife Zerelda Mimms ran into the room and screamed, "You've killed him." Robert Ford's immediate response was, "I swear to God I didn't." After the assassination, the Fords wired Crittenden to claim their reward. They turned themselves in to the law, but were dismayed to find that they were charged with first degree murder. In one day, the Ford brothers were indicted, pleaded guilty, and sentenced to death by hanging, but two hours later Crittenden granted them a full pardon. Despite the deal that was made with Crittenden, the Ford brothers received only a fraction of the money they were originally promised.
Ford was shot to death by Edward O'Kelley in his tent saloon with a shotgun blast to the front upper body. He was buried in Creede, later reburied at Richmond Cemetery in Ray County, with "The man that shot Jesse James" inscribed on his grave marker.[2] Ford is often believed to have been a proficient marksman, due to his recreational and extensive use of small firearms throughout his life.
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they tried to kill Magaret Thatcher in Brighton by using a bomb in the grand hotel.
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On October 16, 1951, during a public meeting, Saad shot Liaqat twice in a park in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The assassin was fatally shot by police officers seconds later, so it is not clear what his motive was, but it has been speculated that it was related to Liaqat Ali Khan making inflammatory comments regarding Afghanistan at the time of his shooting. Liaqat was rushed to a hospital where he was given a blood transfusion, but he succumbed to his injuries. Biographical detalis of Said Akbar and the reasons that why he killed Liaquat Ali Khan are not widely known.[1][2] It is stated in the official file on Liaquat Ali Khan that Akbar was a "Afghan national and a professional assassin.
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