People assassinated in the 21st century

2015 terrorist attack in Paris, France

ex-KGB agent and FSB lieutenant-colonel (1962-2006)

Oldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (1971-2017)

Dutch film director (1957–2004)

French cartoonist (1934-2015)

Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the Charlie Hebdo shooting on 7 January 2015.

Jean Maurice Jules Cabut (; 13 January 19387 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu (), was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He was murdered in the January 2015 shooting attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices. Cabu was a staff cartoonist and shareholder at Charlie Hebdo.

Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (, from ), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

French cartoonist

French economist, writer and journalist (1946-2015)

Dutch Investigative journalist and crime reporter (1956–2021)

German photojournalist (1965–2014)

French journalist (1956–2013)

Italian lawyer and activist (1943–2003)

Georgian Chechen field commander (1979-2019)

French journalist (1955–2009)

Italian jurist (1950-2002)

French photojournalist (1978–2011)

Croatian journalist (1961–2008)

journalist (1968–2012)

killed in 2010 in Greece

Greek journalist and crime reporter (1968 - 2021)

Czech entrepreneur (1958-2006)

Dutch political activist (1964-2005)

Bulgarian businessman (1960-2003)

Bulgarian author (1979–2010)

30-year veteran, French journalist and sound engineer

French journalist (1953–2003)