List of suicides

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The following notable people have died by suicide. This includes suicides effected under duress and excludes deaths by accident or misadventure. People who may or may not have died by their own hand, or whose intention to die is disputed, but who are widely believed to have deliberately killed themselves, may be listed.

Confirmed suicides

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Stuart Adamson

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Salvador Allende

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Mark Antony

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Yukio Araki

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Avicii

• Chris Acland (1996), English drummer for the band Lush, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Art Acord (1931), American actor and rodeo champion, ingestion of poison<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Manuel Acuña (1873), Mexican poet, ingestion of potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• George Washington Adams (1829), American politician, lawyer, and eldest son of John Quincy Adams, drowning in Long Island Sound<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Marian Hooper Adams (1885), American socialite and photographer, potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Phillip Adams (2021), American football player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Robert Adams Jr. (1906), Congressman from Pennsylvania, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Stanley Adams (1977), American actor and screenwriter, gunshot wound.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Stephanie Adams (2018), American former glamour model, known as the November 1992 Playboy Playmate, jumped from a 25th floor window after having murdered her 7-year-old son Vincent by pushing him out first<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Francis William Lauderdale Adams (1893), English writer and poet, shot in head.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• Stuart Adamson (2001), Scottish guitarist and singer for Big Country and Skids, hanging after alcohol ingestion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Adrastus (c. 550s BC), exiled son of Gordias, king of Phrygia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vibulenus Agrippa (36 AD), Roman equestrian, poison<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ahn Jae-hwan (2008), South Korean actor, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Aizong of Jin (1234), Chinese emperor of the Jin dynasty<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Chantal Akerman (2015), Belgian film director<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Sergey Akhromeyev (1991), Marshal of the Soviet Union, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Stephen Akinmurele (1999), British suspected serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1927), Japanese writer, overdose of barbital<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Marwan al-Shehhi (2001), United Arab Emirates member of Al-Qaeda and one of the 9/11 hijackers, plane crash of United Airlines Flight 175.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alcetas (320 BC), Hellenic general of Alexander the Great<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Leelah Alcorn (2014), American transgender teenager, walked in front of a truck<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Leandro Alem (1896), Argentine politician, founder of the Radical Civic Union, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Alexander (220 BC), Seleucid satrap of Persis.<ref name="PolybiusHistories">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Henry Alexander (1894), American painter, swallowing oxalic acid.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ross Alexander (1937), American actor, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya (2020), Russian-Australian ice skater, jumped from window of her apartment<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1996), Iranian poet and writer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gia Allemand (2013), American actress and model, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Salvador Allende (1973), 28th president of Chile, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1932), wife of Joseph Stalin, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jeff Alm (1993), American football player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jason Altom (1998), American Ph.D. student, potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• August Ames (2017), Canadian pornographic actress, hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean Améry (1978), Austrian writer, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Amphicrates of Athens (86 BC), Greek sophist and rhetorician, starved himself<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Korechika Anami (1945), Japanese War Minister, stabbed himself as part of ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Max Hastings (2008) Nemesis, The Battle for Japan, 1944–45, Harper Perennial p 557.</ref><ref>Pacific War Research Society, Japan's Longest Day, pp. 88-89.</ref>
• Adna Anderson (1889), General, U.S. Military Railroads during the American Civil War, railroad civil engineer/manager, gunshot<ref>New-York Tribune. Thursday, May 16, 1889, n.p.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Forrest Howard Anderson (1989), Governor of Montana, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mary A. Anderson (1996), unidentified woman using an alias, cyanide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Robert Leroy Anderson (2003), American murderer and self-proclaimed serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Keith Andes (2005), American actor, asphyxiation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Andragathius (388 AD), Roman general and Magister equitum who assassinated emperor Gratian, drowned in the sea<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Andromachus (364 BC). Eleian cavalry general<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Odysseas Angelis (1987), Greek general and head of the Hellenic Armed Forces during the Greek Junta, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Roger Angleton (1998), American murderer, cut himself over 50 times with a razor<ref>Smith, Carlton (July 15, 1999). Death in Texas: A True Story of Marriage, Money, and Murder. St. Martin's True Crime.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Publius Rufus Anteius (67 AD), Roman politician, drank poison and cut his veins<ref>Tacitus, Annals, 16.14</ref>
• Mark Antony (30 BC), Roman politician and general, stabbed with sword.<ref name="Florus">Template:Citation</ref>
• Kei Aoyama (2011), Japanese manga artist, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marcus Gavius Apicius (before 40 AD), Roman socialite, gourmet and man of great wealth, poison<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marshall Applewhite (1997), American leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult, poisoned himself as part of the cult's mass suicide that year<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Araki Yukio (1945), Japanese kamikaze pilot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Arbogast (394 AD), Roman general<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Diane Arbus (1971), American photographer, overdosed on pills and slashed wrists<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Archias of Cyprus (between 158 and 154 BC), Ptolemaic governor of Cyprus, hanging<ref>Polybius, Histories, Book 33, Chapter 5. "Suicide of Archias" Template:Webarchive. Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University. Retrieved September 1, 2018.</ref>
• Reinaldo Arenas (1990), Cuban-American artist and writer, drug and alcohol overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• José María Arguedas (1969), Peruvian novelist and poet, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Pedro Armendáriz (1963), Mexican actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Edwin Armstrong (1954), American inventor of FM radio, jumped from a 13th floor window<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Arria (42 AD), Roman wife of Caecina Paetus an alleged conspirator against Emperor Claudius, stabbed herself.<ref name="Pliny3.16">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sei Ashina (2020) Japanese actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Süleyman Askerî (1915), Ottoman Army officier, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Tore Asplund (1977) Swedish-born American painter, hanging<ref name="Merkin-1978">Merkin, Robert (January 5, 1978). "Alone and depressed, artist couldn't face another year". The Miami News. p. A1, A10. Retrieved 2025-02-28 – via Newspapers.com.</ref>
• Ottilie Assing (1884), German writer, journalist, feminist and abolitionist, swallowing potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• John Atchison (2007), American federal prosecutor and alleged child sex offender, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mohamed Atta (2001), Egyptian member of Al-Qaeda, and leader of the 9/11 hijackers, plane crash of American Airlines Flight 11.<ref name="NamesHijackers">"Names of hijackers" Template:Webarchive. St. Petersburg Times. September 15, 2001</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Titus Pomponius Atticus (32 BC), Roman banker, businessman, editor, author and friend of Marcus Tullius Cicero, starving himself<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pekka-Eric Auvinen (2007), Finnish Jokela High School shooter, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Avicii (2018), Swedish DJ and music producer, exsanguination from cuts<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mike Awesome (2007), American professional wrestler, hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Marion Aye (1951), American actress, ingestion of bi-chloride of mercury tablets<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• May Ayim (1996), German author, jumped from 13th floor of a Berlin building<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Albert Ayler (1970), American jazz saxophonist, jumped into New York City's East River<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Pratyusha Banerjee

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Chester Bennington

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Chris Benoit

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Miguel Blesa

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Anthony Bourdain

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Charles Boyer

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Jonathan Brandis

• Andreas Baader (1977), German RAF terrorist, gunshot.<ref name="BaaderMeinhofRAF">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Yevgeni Babich (1972), Sovjet ice hockey player, hanging<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223542/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/yevgeny-babich-1.html</ref>
• Pamela Bach (2025), American actress, gunshot<ref>Lenthang, Marlene (March 6, 2025). "Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, 'Baywatch' actor and David Hasselhoff's ex-wife, dies at 62 ". NBC News. Retrieved March 16, 2025.</ref>
• Nikki Bacharach (2007), American daughter of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickinson, suffocation using plastic bag and helium<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Josef Bachmann (1970), German anti-communist, who made an assassination attempt on the German student movement-leader Rudi Dutschke, asphyxiation with plastic bag<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Faith Bacon (1956), American burlesque dancer and actress, jumped from hotel window<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jeff Baena (2025), American screenwriter and film director, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2019), Iraqi-born Islamic terrorist and leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, detonation of a suicide vest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bai Qi (257 BC), Chinese general and commander of the Qin army, cut his throat with a sword<ref>Sima Qian (94 BCE). Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 73: Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian</ref>
• David Bairstow (1998), English cricketer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• James Robert Baker (1997), American writer, asphyxiation<ref>Template:Cite news Section B</ref>
• Mark Balelo (2013), American cast member on the reality TV series Storage Wars, carbon monoxide asphyxiation<ref>Maresca, Rachel (February 12, 2013). "TV & Movies 'Storage Wars' star Mark Balelo in apparent suicide just days after arrest for drug charges: report" Template:Webarchive. Daily News (New York).</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Joe Ball (1938), American serial killer, gunshot<ref>"Two Barmaids, Five Alligators, and the Butcher of Elmendorf" Template:Webarchive. Texas Monthly. July 2002.</ref>
• José Manuel Balmaceda (1891), President of Chile, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Lou Bandy (1959), Dutch singer and comedian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pratyusha Banerjee (2016), Indian actress, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Somen "Steve" Banerjee (1994), Indian American entrepreneur, co-founder of Chippendales and convicted criminal, hanging<ref>Weinstein, Henry (October 25, 1994). "Chippendale Club Owner Kills Himself: Crime: Somen Banerjee, founder of the male-stripper nightspot, is found dead in his cell. He was to be sentenced in the murder-for-hire of his former business partner" . Los Angeles Times</ref>
• Bantcho Bantchevsky (1988), Bulgarian American singer, jump from New York Metropolitan Opera balcony<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Herculine Barbin (1868), French intersex memoirist, gas<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Erich Bärenfänger (1945), German general<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Robert Hayward Barlow (1951), American writer and anthropologist, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Aziza Barnes (2024), American poet, screenwriter, and playwright<ref>Aziza Barnes Dies: 'Snowfall' & 'A Knight of Seven Kingdoms' Writer Was 32. deadline.com, December 21, 2024. Retrieved December 22, 2024.</ref>
• Boris Barnet (1965), Russian film director, hanging<ref>Kehr, Dave (December 11, 2009). "All-American Soviet Heroine" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times.</ref><ref>Wilmington, Michael (February 6, 2004). "Boris Barnet series reveals a neglected Russian talent" . Chicago Tribune.</ref>
• Uwe Barschel (1987), German politician, ingested five sleeping potions<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mark O. Barton (1999), American spree killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ralph Barton (1931), American artist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web from the exhibition Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery.</ref>
• Johanna Bassani (2020), Austrian combined Nordic skier and ski jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pierre Batcheff (1932), French actor, overdose of barbital<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Simone Battle (2014), American pop singer and member of the band G.R.L., hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Herb Baumeister (1996), American serial killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• J. Clifford Baxter (2002), American Enron Corporation executive, gunshot<ref>"Former Enron executive's death ruled a suicide" Template:Webarchive. USA Today. January 26, 2002.</ref>
• Sarah Becker (2024), American reality television personality, known for her appearances on The Real World: Miami<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Amelie "Melli" Beese (1925), German pioneer aviator, gunshot<ref>Naughton, Russell (1999). "Amelie 'Melli' Hedwig Beese-Boutard (1886–1925)" Template:Webarchive. Monash University.</ref>
• Ari Behn (2019), Norwegian author and painter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jovan Belcher (2012), American football player, gunshot, murder-suicide<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Peter Bellamy (1991), English folk musician and member of the band The Young Tradition<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Malik Bendjelloul (2014), Swedish documentary filmmaker, jumped in front of moving train<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Brenda Benet (1982), American television and film actress, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Walter Benjamin (1940), German-Jewish literary critic and culture theorist, morphine overdose<ref>Leslie, Esther (2000). "Benjamin's Finale". Walter Benjamin: Overpowering Conformism. Modern European Thinkers. Pluto Press. p. 215. Template:ISBN. Retrieved August 28, 2009.</ref>
• Jill Bennett (1990), English actress, secobarbital overdose<ref>Upton, Julie (2004) Fallen Stars: Tragic Lives & Lost Careers. Critical Vision. Template:ISBN. Retrieved August 16, 2016.</ref>
• Chester Bennington (2017), American lead singer of Linkin Park, hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Louis Bennison (1929), American actor, gunshot<ref>"Noted Stage Stars in Murder-Suicide" Template:Webarchive. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. June 10, 1929, p. 1. Archived at Google News. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref>
• Chris Benoit (2007), Canadian professional wrestler, hanging<ref>Sherwood, Roxanna (September 5, 2007). "Benoit's Dad, Doctors: Multiple Concussions Could Be Connected to Murder-Suicide" Template:Webarchive. ABC News.</ref>
• Pierre Bérégovoy (1993), French politician and Prime Minister (1992–93), gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mary Kay Bergman (1999), American voice actress, gunshot<ref>Kemmerman, Kristin (November 17, 1999). "Mary Kay Bergman, voiceover actress, dead" Template:Webarchive</ref>
• Marty Bergen (1900), American baseball player, cut throat with a razor after killing his family with an ax<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• David Berman (2019), American musician and poet, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John Berryman (1972), American poet, jumped off the Washington Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota<ref>Healy, Steve (September 9, 1998). "John Berryman: The Dreamer Awakes." Template:Webarchive City Pages.</ref>
• Bruno Bettelheim (1990). Austrian-born U.S. psychologist and writer, asphyxiation with plastic bag<ref>Osgood, Nancy J. (July 1992). Suicide in Later Life: Recognizing the Warning Signs. Lexington Books. p. 4. Template:ISBN.</ref>
• Paul Bhattacharjee (2013), British actor, jumped from a clifftop<ref>Sacks, Ethan (November 14, 2013), "Actor Paul Bhattacharjee may have committed suicide over bankruptcy, girlfriend testifies" Template:Webarchive. Daily News (New York).</ref>
• Brian Bianchini (2004), American model, hanging<ref>Usborne, Simon (November 21, 2009). "'Depressed and lonely' model is found hanged" Template:Webarchive. The Independent.</ref>
• Steve Bing (2020), American businessman and film producer, jumped from 27th floor of apartment building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bob Birch (2012), American musician, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• David Birnie (2005), Australian serial killer and rapist, hanging<ref>Hayward, Andrea (April 16, 2008). Template:Usurped. Perth Now.</ref>
• Maggy Biskupski (2018), French police officer and president of Movement of Angry Police Officers (MPC), gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jens Bjørneboe (1976), Norwegian novelist, hanging<ref>Cody, Gabrielle H.; Sprinchorn, Evert (2007). "Bjørneboe, Jens Ingvald (1920–1976)". The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama. 1. Columbia University Press. pp. 161–162. Template:ISBN. Retrieved August 28, 2009.</ref>
• Eli M. Black (1975), CEO of United Fruit Co., jumped out of a building<ref>Cole, Robert J. (May 17, 1975). "DIRECT BRIBE BID IS LAID TO BLACK" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times.</ref>
• Junius Blaesus (31 AD), Roman consul, general and governor of Africa, fell on a sword<ref>Tacitus (29-31 AD). Book 5, V.7 Template:Webarchive, Annals. Translation based on Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Jeremy Blake (2007), American artist, drowning<ref>Kennedy, Randy (August 1, 2007). "Jeremy Blake, 35, Artist Who Used Lush-Toned Video, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved December 29, 2007.</ref>
• Clara Blandick (1962), American stage and screen actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Erica Blasberg (2010), American golfer, asphyxia caused prescription overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Miguel Blesa (2017), Spanish banker and businessman, involved in various corruption scandals, gunshot to chest<ref>de Barrón, Íñigo; Limón, Raúl; López-Fonseca, Óscar (July 20, 2017). "Miguel Blesa: a symbol of all that went wrong in Spanish banking: Autopsy confirms suicide of former Caja Madrid chief, who was found dead on Wednesday" Template:Webarchive. El País. Template:In lang</ref>
• Vasily Blokhin (1955), Soviet general and NKVD executioner<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Adele Blood (1936), American actress, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Clara Bloodgood (1907), American Broadway actress, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gaius Blossius (c. 129 BC), Roman philosopher and adviser to Tiberius Gracchus and Eumenes III<ref>Plutarch, The Life of Tiberius Gracchus 20 Template:Webarchive. 1921. Loeb Classical Library. Retrieved September 20, 2020.</ref>
• Isabella Blow (2007), English magazine editor, and muse to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Joe Bodolai (2011), American film and television producer and writer, poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ludwig Boltzmann (1906), Austrian physicist, known for thermodynamics and atomic theory, hanging<ref>Boltzmann, Ludwig (1995). "Conclusions". in Blackmore, John T. Ludwig Boltzmann: His Later Life and Philosophy, 1900–1906. Book Two: The Philosopher. Springer. pp. 206–207. Template:ISBN.</ref>
• Bonosus (280 AD), Roman usurper, hanging<ref>Augustan History, The Lives of Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus Chapter 15 Template:Webarchive. University of Chicago. Retrieved June 17, 2018.</ref>
• Eduardo Bonvallet (2015), Chilean World Cup footballer and pundit, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jeremy Michael Boorda (1996), US Chief of Naval Operations, gunshot to the chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Éric Borel (1995), French high school student and spree killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Adrian Borland (1999), English singer-songwriter (The Outsiders, The Sound), jumped in front of a moving train<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Martin Bormann (1945), German head of the Nazi Party Chancellery, cyanide poisoning.<ref name="TheIndependent5.3.98">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jean-Louis Bory (1979), French writer, gunshot to the chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Yevgenia Bosch (1925), Soviet Bolshevik revolutionary and politician, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Novak Bošković (2019), Serbian handball player, gunshot<ref>Israeli handball rocked by death of Rishon's Boskovic" Template:Webarchive. The Jerusalem Post. February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2019.</ref>
• Dmitry Bosov (2020), Russian businessman and billionaire, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Stephen "tWitch" Boss (2022), American hip hop dancer and DJ, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mohamed Bouazizi (2011), Tunisian street vendor, self-immolation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Boudica (61 AD), Queen of the Iceni, poison<ref>Tacitus (59-62 AD). Book 14, Chapter 37 Template:Webarchive, Annals. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Georges Ernest Boulanger (1891), French general and politician, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Dallen Bounds (1999), American serial killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anthony Bourdain (2018), American chef, author, and television personality, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Tommy Boyce (1994), American songwriter, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Karin Boye (1941), Swedish writer<ref>"Karin Boye" Template:Webarchive. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref>
• Charles Boyer (1978), French actor, secobarbital overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Thomas Lynn Bradford (1921), American spiritualist lecturer and psychic investigator, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jonathan Brandis (2003), American actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Cheyenne Brando (1995), Tahitian model/actress, hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>McGasko, Joe (June 18, 2013). "The Superman Curse" Template:Webarchive. Biography.com.</ref>
• Charlie Brandt (2004), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mike Brant (1975), Israeli pop star<ref>Brown, Hannah (September 10, 2014). "Mike Brant's life story to hit the silver screen " Template:Webarchive. The Jerusalem Post.</ref> jumped from his Paris apartment building<ref>Cohen, Karine (June 13, 2003). "A Celebrity's Death Explored" Template:Webarchive. The Forward.</ref>
• Robert Eugene Brashers (1999), American serial killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Eva Braun (1945), German wife of Adolf Hitler, cyanide poisoning<ref>Joachimsthaler, Anton (1999) [1995] The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, the Evidence, the Truth, pp. 172, 173, 181.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Richard Brautigan (1984), American writer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Brennus (279 BC), Gallic tribal leader and general, stabbed himself<ref>Junianus Justinus (1st century BC – 1st century AD). Epitome of Pompeius Trogus' Philippic Histories: Book 24, Verse 8 Template:Webarchive. Translated by Rev. J.S.Watson (1853). Attalus. Retrieved September 1, 2018.</ref>
• Gaetano Bresci (1901), Italian anarchist who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• James E. Brewton (1967), American painter and printmaker, gunshot<ref>Grafly, Dorothy (May 28, 1967). "Artist's Suicide Gives Tragic Overtone to Exhibit". Philadelphia Bulletin.</ref>
• Lilya Brik (1978), Russian author and socialite, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Molly Brodak (2020), American poet, writer, and baker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Herman Brood (2001), Dutch rock musician and painter, jumped from hotel roof<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>"Herman Brood van het Hilton gesprongen" Template:Webarchive. Nieuws Dossier. July 11, 2011</ref>
• Joseph Brooks (2011), American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer, asphyxiation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• May Brookyn (1894), British stage actress, overdose of carbolic acid<ref>"May Brooklyn Mourned for Lovecraft – Cause of the Suicide of the Actress in San Francisco" Template:Webarchive The New York Times. February 17, 1894. Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref><ref>"May Brooklyn Mourned for Lovecraft – Cause of the Suicide of the Actress in San Francisco" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times (PDF of full article). Retrieved April 21, 2017.</ref>
• John Munro Bruce (1901), Australian businessman, father of Prime Minister S. M. Bruce<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jürgen Brümmer (2014), German Olympic gymnast, jumped from the Körsch Viaduct after suffocating his son<ref>Wöckener, Lutz (February 26, 2014). "Olympia-Turner tötet seinen Sohn und sich selbst" Template:Webarchive. Die Welt. Template:In lang</ref>
• Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger (42 BC), Roman politician and conspirator to assassinate Julius Caesar, ran into his sword<ref>Plutarch (2nd century AD). "Life of Brutus", Parallel Lives. chapter 48</ref>
• Roy Buchanan (1988), American guitarist and blues musician, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• David Buckel (2018), American LGBT rights lawyer and environmental activist, self-immolation in Prospect Park, Brooklyn<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Randy Budd (2016), American businessman whose wife, Sharon, was critically injured and disfigured by rocks thrown at their car from an overpass, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Eustace Budgell (1737), English writer and politician, drowning in the Thames<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Brad Bufanda (2017), American actor, jumped from building<ref>Rubin, Rebecca (November 3, 2017). "'Veronica Mars' Actor Brad Bufanda Dies by Suicide at 34" Template:Webarchive. Variety</ref>
• Dale Buggins (1981), Australian stunt motorcyclist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Wilhelm Burgdorf (1945), German general, Chief of the Heerespersonalamt and Chief Adjutant to Adolf Hitler, gunshot.<ref name="Downfall">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Dan Burros (1965), Jewish American neo-Nazi activist and member of the Ku Klux Klan, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• August Anheuser Busch Sr. (1934), American CEO of Anheuser-Busch, gunshot<ref>Frankel, Todd C. (December 26, 2010). "For Busch family, woman's death is latest in tragic history" Template:Webarchive. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved April 21, 2018.</ref>
• Germán Busch (1939), Bolivian military officer and 41st and 43rd President of Bolivia, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Aaron Bushnell (2024), American member of the United States Air Force, self-immolation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Zvonko Bušić (2013), Croatian hijacker responsible for hijacking TWA Flight 355 in 1976, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Christine Chubbuck

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Cleopatra

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Kurt Cobain

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Don Cornelius

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Chris Cornell

• Cai Lun (121 AD), Chinese eunuch court official, imperial adviser, inventor of paper and the modern papermaking process, poison<ref name="deCrespigny">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Calanus (323 BC), Indian gymnosophist and companion of Alexander the Great, self-immolation<ref>Arrian, The Anabasis of Alexander VII.3.4 Template:Webarchive. Wikisource. Retrieved April 22, 2020.</ref>
• Novius Calavius (314 BC), Campanian nobleman, leader of an anti-Roman insurrection.<ref name="Livy9.26">Livy, From the Founding of the City IX.26 Template:Webarchive. Wikisource. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Ovius Calavius (314 BC), Campanian nobleman, leader of an anti-Roman insurrection.<ref name="Livy9.26" />
• Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus (42 AD), Roman politician, consul and rebel against Emperor Claudius<ref>Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book LX., 15.</ref>
• Donald Cammell (1996), Scottish film director, gunshot<ref>Parkin, Michael (May 8, 1996). "Donald Cammell: Obituary" Template:Webarchive. The Independent.</ref>
• Homaro Cantu (2015), American chef, hanging<ref>Wells, Pete (April 15, 2015). "Chef Homaro Cantu dies at 38" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times.</ref>
• Capital Steez (2012), American hip-hop artist, jumped off the rooftop of the Cinematic Music Group headquarters in Manhattan<ref>Rosenberg, Eli (December 2013/January 2014). "Capital Steez: King Capital" Template:Webarchive.The Fader #89.</ref><ref>Goggans, Louis (December 12, 2013). "Details Emerge Regarding The Death Of Capital Steez" Template:Webarchive. AHumbleSoul.com.</ref>
• Capucine (1990), French actress and model, jumped from an eighth-floor apartment<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• George Caragonne (1995), American comic book writer, jumped from the 45th floor of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Manhattan<ref>Lambiet, Jose, Laurie C. Merrill and Corky Siemaszko (July 21, 1995). "Stunned Tourists See Man Plunge To Death". Daily News (New York). Template:Webarchive</ref>
• Robert Card (2023), American former Army Reservist and perpetrator of the 2023 Lewiston shootings, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Wallace Carothers (1937), American inventor of nylon, cyanide poisoning<ref>Hermes, Enough for One Lifetime p.291, which cites the Wilmington Morning News and The New York Times. April 30, 1937</ref>
• Dora Carrington (1932), English artist, gunshot<ref>Haycock, David Boyd (June 1, 2010). A Crisis of Brilliance, Old Street Publishing, p. 313</ref>
• Kevin Carter (1994), South African photojournalist, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>MacLeod, Scott (September 12, 1994). Template:Usurped. Time.</ref>
• Tim Carter (2008), English footballer, hanging<ref>"Tragic footballer was upset over son, inquest told" Template:Webarchive. The Northern Echo. October 15, 2008.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Justina Casagli (1841), Swedish opera singer, jumped out a window<ref>Herman Hofberg: Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (Swedish biographical dictionary) (1906) (Swedish)</ref><ref>Arvid Ahnfelt: Europas konstnärer (The artists of Europe) (Swedish)</ref>
• Finn M. W. Caspersen (2009), American financier and philanthropist, gunshot<ref>Cohan, William D (February 2010). "The Shot Heard 'Round the Clubs" Template:Webarchive. Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 28, 2013.</ref><ref>Browning, Lynnley (September 15, 2009). "Suicide Victim May Have Hidden Millions Abroad" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times. Retrieved October 28, 2013.</ref>
• Gaius Cassius Longinus (42 BC), Roman politician, general and conspirator to assassinate Julius Caesar, fell on his sword<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Camilo Castelo Branco (1890), Portuguese novelist, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Carlos Castilho (1987), Brazilian footballer and manager.
• Ariel Castro (2013), Puerto Rican-American kidnapper, rapist and murderer, hanging<ref>"Ariel Castro dead: Brutal kidnapper and rapist of 3 women in Cleveland sex slave horror house hangs himself in prison" Template:Webarchive. Daily News (New York). September 4, 2013.</ref>
• Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart (2018), Cuban nuclear physicist, son of Fidel Castro<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Kelly Catlin (2019), American cycling champion<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cato the Younger (46 BC), Roman statesman and politician, stabbed with sword<ref>"Marcus Porcius Cato" Template:Webarchive. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 4, 2013.</ref>
• Paul Celan (1970), Romanian poet, drowning in the Seine<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Censorinus (53 BC), Roman cavalryman and friend of Publius Licinius Crassus, ordered shieldbearer to stab him.<ref name="Plutarch25">Plutarch (2nd century CE). The Life of Crassus The Parallel Lives, Chapter 26 Template:Webarchive. Loeb Classical Library edition (1916), University of Chicago. Retrieved February 21, 2019.</ref>
• Champignon (2013), Brazilian musician, bassist for Charlie Brown Jr., gunshot<ref>"Champignon, do Charlie Brown Jr., morre em São Paulo" Template:Webarchive. Veja. September 2013. Template:In lang</ref>
• Joseph Newton Chandler III (2002), formerly<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> unidentified identity thief, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pierre Chanal (2003), French serial killer, cut femoral artery<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• V. B. Chandrasekhar (2019), Indian cricketer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Iris Chang (2004), American historian and author of The Rape of Nanking, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charmion (30 BC), servant and advisor of Cleopatra.<ref name="PlutarchAntony">Plutarch. "Life of Antony." WikiSource. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Charondas (6th century BC), Sicilian-Greek lawgiver, stabbed himself with a dagger<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, Book XII,19 Template:Webarchive</ref>
• Richard Chase (1980), American serial killer, anti-depressant overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gilles Châtelet (1999), French philosopher and mathematician<ref>Johnson, Douglas (June 25, 1999). "Obituary: Gilles Chatelet" Template:Webarchive. The Independent.</ref>
• Thomas Chatterton (1770), English poet and forger, arsenic poisoning<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Meyerstein, Edward Harry William. A Life of Thomas Chatterton. London: Ingpen and Grant, 1930. p. 450</ref>
• Chen Wenlong (1277), Chinese politician, bureaucrat and general, starvation<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Gu Cheng (1993), Chinese poet, hanging<ref>Barton, Chris (November 12, 2011). "A voice for China's bottom rung". The New Zealand Herald.</ref>
• Danny Chen (2011), Chinese-American U.S. Army private, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vic Chesnutt (2009), American singer-songwriter, muscle relaxant overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Leslie Cheung (2003), Hong Kong singer and actor, leapt from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel<ref>Corliss, Richard (April 3, 2003). Template:Usurped. Time.</ref><ref>"Actor Leslie Cheung 'found dead'" Template:Webarchive. BBC News. April 1, 2003</ref>
• Chimalpopoca (1428), Emperor of Tenochtitlan, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• V. J. Chitra (2020), Indian actress,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Chiung Yao (2024), Taiwanese writer and film producer, charcoal burning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Seung-Hui Cho (2007), American university student who perpetrated the Virginia Tech shooting, gunshot<ref>Potter, Ned (April 28, 2007). "Killer's Note: 'You Caused Me to Do This'" Template:Webarchive. ABC News.</ref>
• Choi Jin-sil (2008), South Korean actress, hanging<ref>"Top Actress Choi Found Dead at Home" Template:Webarchive.The Korea Times. October 2, 2008.</ref>
• Choi Jin-young (2010), South Korean actor and singer, hanging<ref>"Brother of late actress Choi Jin-sil commits suicide" Template:Webarchive. Korea Joongang Daily. March 29, 2010.</ref>
• Choi Sung-bong (2023), South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Chongzhen (1644), Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• David Christie (1997), French singer<ref>"Suicide du chanteur et auteur David Christie." Template:Webarchive Libération. May 16, 1997. (French)</ref>
• Henri Christophe (1820), Haitian revolutionary and King of Haiti, gunshot to the heart<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Brian Christopher (2018), American professional wrestler, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Christine Chubbuck (1974), American television reporter, gunshot<ref>Dietz, Jon (July 16, 1974). "On-Air Shot Kills TV Personality" Template:Webarchive. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.</ref>
• Chung Doo-un (2019), South Korean politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Diana Churchill (1963), eldest daughter of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Frank Churchill (1942), American film composer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bob Carlos Clarke (2006), Irish photographer, jumped in front of a train<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jeremiah Clarke (1707), English baroque composer and organist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Paul Clayton (1967) American folksinger and folklorist, electrocution<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Tyler Clementi (2010), Rutgers University student, jumped off the George Washington Bridge<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Robert George Clements (1947), Irish physician and suspected murderer, morphine overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cleomenes I (c. 489 BC), King of Sparta, slashed himself from shins to belly<ref>Herodotus (440 BC). The Histories, Book 6, Chapter 75 Template:Webarchive. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Cleomenes III (219 BC), King of Sparta<ref>William Smith, Ed., A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Cleo'menes Iii. Template:Webarchive Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Cleombrotus of Ambracia (after 399 BC), Greek philosopher, acquaintance of Socrates and Plato<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Cleopatra (30 BC), Queen of Egypt, inducing an asp to bite her.<ref name="Florus" />
• Kurt Cobain (1994), American singer/songwriter, and frontman of the band Nirvana, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jack Cole (1958), American cartoonist known as the creator of Plastic Man, gunshot to the head<ref>Ho, Oliver (February 11, 2010). "Borderland Speakeasy #3: Needle in the Eye" Template:Webarchive. PopMatters. Retrieved September 24, 2018.</ref> with a rifle<ref>Gravett, Paul (August 31, 2008). "Jack Cole: Stretched To His Limits" Template:Webarchive. Paul Gravett. Reprinted from Comic Book Marketplace (2001). Retrieved September 24, 2018.</ref>
• Ray Combs (1996), American comedian, actor, and television game show host, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Camila María Concepción (2020), American screenwriter and transgender rights activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Louis Conradt (2006) assistant district attorney from Texas, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Adolfo Constanzo (1989), American serial killer, drug dealer, warlock and cult leader, ordered a follower to shoot him<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tarka Cordell (2008) British musician, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Don Cornelius (2012), American television producer, best known as the creator and host of Soul Train, gunshot<ref>McKinley, James C. (February 1, 2012). "Don Cornelius, 'Soul Train' Creator, Is Dead at 75" Template:Webarchive. The New York Times.</ref>
• Chris Cornell (2017), American musician, singer/songwriter, and member of the bands Soundgarden and Audioslave, hanging after a performance<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marcus Caecilius Cornutus (43 BC), Roman politician and general<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tony Costa (1974), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John Coughlin (2019), American figure skater,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Hart Crane (1932), American poet, jumped off ship<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Darby Crash (1980), American singer (Germs), heroin overdose<ref>Stanton, Scott (September 2, 2003). The Tombstone Tourist. Pocket Books. p. 306</ref>
• Publius Licinius Crassus (53 BC), Roman general, ordered shieldbearer to stab him<ref>Plutarch, Crassus 25.11.</ref>
• René Crevel (1935), French writer, gas asphyxiation
• Robert W. Criswell (1905), American humorist and newspaperman, jumped in front of subway train<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Dennis Crosby (1991), American singer and actor, son of Bing Crosby, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Harry Crosby (1929), American poet and publisher, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lindsay Crosby (1989), American singer and actor, youngest of Bing Crosby's four sons from his first marriage, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Julee Cruise (2022), American musician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charles Crumb (1992), American comics writer and artist and brother of cartoonist Robert Crumb, overdosed on pills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Andrew Cunanan (1997), American spree killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Lester Cuneo (1925), American actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Will Cuppy (1949), American humorist, sleeping pill overdose<ref>Wes D. Gehring (2013). Will Cuppy, American Satirist. McFarland & Company. p. 155. Template:ISBN</ref>
• Ian Curtis (1980), English singer-songwriter (Joy Division), hanging<ref>Curtis, Deborah. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division. London: Faber, 1995 (2nd ed. 2001, 3rd ed. 2005). Template:ISBN, pp. 131–132</ref>
• Patricia Cutts (1974), English film and television actress, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Adam Czerniaków (1942), Polish-Jewish senator and head of the Warsaw Ghetto Judenrat, cyanide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Dalida

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Osamu Dazai

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Patrick Dewaere

• Stig Dagerman (1954), Swedish journalist and writer, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Dalida (1987), French-Italian singer, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Andrea Dandolo (1298), Venetian admiral, beating his head repeatedly against his flagship's mast<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Karl Dane (1934), Danish-American silent film actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Laurie Dann (1988), American murderer and arsonist, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Monika Dannemann (1996), German skater and painter, carbon monoxide exhaust fumes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bella Darvi (1971), Polish actress, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ali-Akbar Davar (1937), Iranian politician, judge and the founder of the modern judicial system of Iran, overdose of opium<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alan Davies (1992), British footballer, carbon monoxide poisoning.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Brad Davis (1991), American actor, assisted barbiturate overdose<ref>Davis, Susan Davis with Hilary Vries. After Midnight: The Life and Death of Brad Davis. Pocket Books, 1997, pp. 283-299; Template:ISBN</ref>
• Charlotte Dawson (2014), Australian TV presenter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Usurped. The Daily Telegraph. February 23, 2014</ref>
• Osamu Dazai (1948), Japanese author, drowning in the Tamagawa Aqueduct<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Alice de Janzé (1941), American heiress, gunshot<ref>"Buffalo Woman Suicide in Africa". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 22, 1942</ref>
• Decebalus (106 AD), King of Dacia<ref>Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book 68, Chapter 14, Loeb Classical Library edition (1924). University of Chicago. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref>
• Decentius (353 AD), Roman usurper<ref name="Zosimus2">Zosimus, New History Book 2, Chapter 65, London: Green and Chaplin (1814). Transcribed by Roger Pearse (2002). Retrieved February 19, 2019.</ref>
• Guy Debord (1994), French philosopher and founder of the Situationists International, gunshot<ref>Hussey, Andrew (July 27, 2001). "Situation abnormal". The Guardian (London).</ref>
• Jeanine Deckers (1985), Belgian musician known as the Singing Nun, overdose of sedatives<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Albert Dekker (1968), actor known for the science fiction film Dr. Cyclops, autoerotic asphyxiation.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Gilles Deleuze (1995), French philosopher, self-defenestration<ref>"Gilles Deleuze". Encyclopædia Britannicaa.</ref>
• Jeremy Wade Delle (1991), American high school student who inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy", gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Peter Delmé (1770), English politician, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Brad Delp (2007), American singer-songwriter for the bands Boston and RTZ, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Penelope Delta (1941), Greek writer, poison.<ref>Battersby, Eileen (January 25, 2014). "A visit to the court of King Witless". The Irish Times. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref><ref>"Conference about Penelope Delta at the BA". Bibliotheca Alexandrina. April 5, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Demonax (c. 170 AD), Greek Cypriot Cynic philosopher, starved himself to death<ref>Lucian, Demonax, 65</ref>
• Demosthenes (322 BC), Greek statesman, poison.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Karl Denke (1924), German serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jerry Desmonde (1967), English actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Julius Dettmann (1945, Nazi Germany Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who had Anne Frank and her relatives and friends arrested and deported, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web ("The Betrayal of Anne Frank")</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Patrick Dewaere (1982), French actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Diaeus (146 BC), Greek strategos of the Achaean League, poison<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Joseph Di Mambro (1994), French religious leader and co-founder of Order of the Solar Temple<ref name="latimes.com">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ding Ruchang (1895), Chinese admiral, opium overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Dioxippus (after 336 BC), ancient Greek pankratiast and Olympic champion, fell upon his sword<ref>Quintus Curtius Rufus, Histories of Alexander the Great, Book 9, Chapter 7</ref>
• Tove Ditlevsen (1976), Danish poet and author<ref>"Tove Ditlevsen Ditlevsen". Forfatterweb. 1995. Retrieved March 8, 2019.</ref>
• Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah (2001), King of Nepal and perpetrator of the Nepalese royal massacre, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Thomas M. Disch (2008), American writer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Adriaan Ditvoorst (1987), Dutch film director and screenwriter, drowning<ref>Jonkers, J. J. Adriaan Ditvoorst (1940–1987) Thuis in Brabant. Retrieved December 13, 2011.</ref>
• Julia Domna (217 AD), Roman empress, second wife of Emperor Septimius Severus<ref>Birley, Anthony (1999). Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, Routledge, p. 192. Template:ISBN.</ref>
• Christopher Dorner (2013), former American police officer and mass shooter, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Michael Dorris (1997), American novelist, overdose of sleeping pills with vodka and asphyxiation<ref>Streitfeld, David (July 29, 1997). "A Writer's Descent -- A Dark Cloud Of Suspicion Hung Over The Final Pages Of Novelist Michael Dorris' Life; Suicide May Have Been His Only Possible Ending". The Seattle Times.</ref>
• Jon Dough (2006), American pornographic actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Francis Douglas, Viscount Drumlanrig (1894), British nobleman and Liberal politician, gunshot<ref>McKenna, Neil: "The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde" (2003)</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Edward Downes (2009), English conductor, assisted double suicide with wife Lady Joan Downes at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Scott Dozier (2019), American murderer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Charmaine Dragun (2007), Australian television newsreader, jumped off The Gap<ref>"TV newsreader found dead". The Australian. November 2, 2007</ref>
• Lynwood Drake (1992), American spree killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nick Drake (1974), English singer-songwriter, overdose of amitriptyline tablets<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus (42 BC), Roman senator<ref>Velleius Paterculus, History of Rome Book 2, Chapter 71. University of Chicago.</ref>
• Pete Duel (1971), American actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Dave Duerson (2011), American football safety for the Chicago Bears, New York Giants, and Phoenix Cardinals, gunshot to the chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Theresa Duncan (2007), American video game designer, blogger, filmmaker and critic, ingestion of Tylenol and alcohol<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• R. Budd Dwyer (1987), American politician, gunshot to mouth<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Robert Enke

• George Eastman (1932), American inventor and philanthropist, gunshot to heart<ref>Lindsay, David "George Eastman: The Final Shot". American Experience. PBS. Retrieved August 30, 2013.</ref>
• Volker Eckert (2007), German serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Edward I. Edwards (1931), American politician, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mack Ray Edwards (1971), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• James Dallas Egbert III (1980), American university student, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Paul Ehrenfest (1933), Austrian theoretical physicist, murder-suicide by shooting his son and himself<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Naima El Bezaz (2020), Moroccan-Dutch writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Keith Emerson (2016), English rock musician, keyboardist, and composer for the bands The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Martin Emond (2004), New Zealand cartoonist and painter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Empedocles (c. 430 BC), Greek philosopher, leapt into Mount Etna<ref>Diogenes Laërtius, Life of Empedocles, translated by Robert Drew Hicks (1925) viii. 69</ref><ref>Horace (19 BC). Ars Poetica, 465–466</ref>
• Robert Enke (2009), German footballer, struck by train<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gudrun Ensslin (1977), German RAF terrorist, hanging.<ref name="BaaderMeinhofRAF" />
• Peg Entwistle (1932), Welsh-born American actress, jumped from the "H" in the Hollywood Sign<ref>Wilkins, Frank. "Suicide and the Hollywood Sign: The Girl Who Jumped from the Hollywood Sign". Reel Reviews. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>Template:Efn
• Epicharis (65 AD), Roman leading member of the Pisonian conspiracy, strangled herself with a band of cloth<ref>Tacitus (62-65 AD). Book 15, Chapter 57, Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Eratosthenes (194 BC), Greek polymath and chief librarian at the Library of Alexandria, voluntary starvation<ref>"Eratosthenes". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref>
• Ermanaric (376 AD), king of the Greuthungi<ref>Ammianus Marcellinus (380s AD). Res Gestae, Book 31, Chapter 3, Section 2. Retrieved October 4, 2019.</ref>
• Florbela Espanca (1930), Portuguese poet, barbiturates overdose
• Etika (2019), American YouTuber and streamer, drowned after jumping from the Manhattan Bridge<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Euphrates the Stoic (118 AD), Roman Stoic philosopher, hemlock poisoning<ref>Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book 69, Chapter 8. University of Chicago.</ref>
• Eurydice II of Macedon (317 BC), Queen of Macedon, hanging<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, Book 19, 11</ref>
• Tom Evans (1983), English musician and songwriter for the group Badfinger, hanging.<ref name="TheIndependent4.26.13">Clark, Nick (April 26, 2013). "Badfinger: last act in a rock'n'roll tragedy". The Independent.</ref>
• Richard Evonitz (2002), American serial killer and kidnapper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Robert FitzRoy

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Keith Flint

• Angus Fairhurst (2008), English artist, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Enevold de Falsen (1808), Norwegian Supreme Court Justice, drowning<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Moni Fanan (2009), Israeli basketball executive Maccabi Tel Aviv, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gaius Fuficius Fango (40 BC), Roman general and politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Fausto Fanti (2014), Brazilian humorist known as a member of the comedy troupe Hermes & Renato, and guitarist for Massacration, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Richard Farnsworth (2000), American actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hazel Farris (1906), American mass murderer, outlaw and fugitive whose mummy became a tourist attraction, alcohol and arsenic poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Justin Fashanu (1998), British footballer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• René Favaloro (2000), Argentine cardiac surgeon (created technique for coronary bypass surgery), gunshot to the heart<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• José Feghali (2014), Brazilian pianist, winner of the 1985 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Malevo Ferreyra (2008), Argentine police chief accused of multiple murders and acts of torture during the 1970s, gunshot to the head<ref>Elsinger, Rubén "Se suicidó el "Malevo" Ferreyra, símbolo de la represión en Tucumán", Clarín, Buenos Aires, 21 November 2008.</ref>
• Anton Fier (2022), American drummer, composer and bandleader, assisted suicide<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hans Fischer (1945), German organic chemist and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hermann Emil Fischer (1919), German chemist and recipient of the 1902 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mark Fisher (2017), English writer and political theorist, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mathieu Fischer (2021), Belgian survivor of the 2016 Brussels bombings.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Robert FitzRoy (1865), English meteorologist, surveyor, hydrographer, Governor of New Zealand and captain of Template:HMS during Charles Darwin's second voyage of HMS Beagle,<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> slit throat<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (172 BC), Roman consul, hanging<ref>Livy, From the Founding of the City, 42.28. Wikisource. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Caroline Flack (2020), English radio and television presenter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mike Flanagan (2011), American baseball player and 1979 American League Cy Young Award winner<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> shotgun wound to the head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Vester Flanagan (2015), American television news reporter responsible for killing Alison Parker and Adam Ward, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ed Flanders (1995), American actor, gunshot<ref>Gliatto, Tom (March 20, 1995). "From Elsewhere to Nowhere: Tortured by Depression, Alcoholism and Ill Health, Actor Ed Flanders Fell from Elsewhere to Nowhere". People, Vol. 43 No. 11.</ref>
• John Bernard Flannagan (1942), American sculptor<ref>"John Bernard Flannagan". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>
• Frederick Fleet (1965), English sailor and lookout on the RMS Titanic who first spotted the iceberg that struck the vessel, hanging<ref>Edmonds, Robert (2009). "Frederick Fleet(1887–1965)". Maritime Quest. Retrieved August 12, 2018.</ref>
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• Keith Flint (2019), English singer and dancer for The Prodigy,<ref>Marshall, Alex (2019). "Keith Flint, 49, Mohawked Frontman of the Prodigy, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2019.</ref> hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charley Ford (1884), American outlaw, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Tom Forman (1926), American actor, director and producer, gunshot<ref>Klepper, Robert K. Silent Films, 1877–1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies p. 93. McFarland & Company, 2005. Template:ISBN</ref>
• André "Dédé" Fortin (2000), Canadian songwriter, singer and guitarist (Les Colocs), stabbing<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Vince Foster (1993), American attorney and Deputy White House Counsel to Bill Clinton, gunshot to mouth<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Jason David Frank (2022), American actor known for the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Wade Frankum (1991), Australian mass murderer who perpetrated the Strathfield massacre, gunshot<ref>Habib, Rashell (August 22, 1911). "Twenty years since the Strathfield Massacre". Inner West Courier</ref>
• Kelly Fraser (2019), Canadian pop singer and songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ryan Freel (2012), American professional baseball player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Sigmund Freud (1939) Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, assisted suicide with morphine overdose.
• John Friedrich (1991), Australian fraudster, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• Beşir Fuad (1887), Ottoman intellectual, cutting his wrists<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Emil Fuchs (1929), Austrian-American sculptor, gunshot<ref>Cool, Thomas. "Emil Fuchs 1866–1929". Website of Thomas Cool. Retrieved March 22, 2014.</ref><ref>"Fuchs left $500,000 and Art to Public". The New York Times. January 23, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.</ref>
• Fujimura Misao (1902), Japanese philosophy student and poet, jumped from the Kegon Falls<ref>"主権在民史料 藤村 操" ("Sovereign residents' historical materials: Fujimura operation") February 9, 2005 Template:Webarchive</ref>
• Travis Fulton (2021), American boxer and mixed martial artist fighter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Anton Furst (1991), English production designer on Batman (1989), jump from an eighth story parking garage<ref>"Anton Furst, 47, Dies; Designer of 'Batman'". The New York Times. November 26, 1991</ref>
• Fusu (210 BC), Chinese prince and heir apparent of the Qin dynasty<ref name="secondemperor">Template:Cite book</ref>

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• Anthony Galindo (2020), Venezuelan singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hughie Gallacher (1957), British footballer. Stood in front of moving train.
• Ed Gantner (1990), American professional wrestler and American football player, self-inflicted gunshot to the heart<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alan García (2019), Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jamir Garcia (2020), Filipino singer, vocalist of the band Slapshock, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Santiago García (2021), Uruguayan soccer player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Romain Gary (1980), French novelist, diplomat, and film director, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Arturo Gatti (2009), Canadian professional boxer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Danny Gatton (1994), American guitarist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• John Geddert (2021), American gymnastics coach, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> shortly after being charged with 24 felony counts related to sexual abuse of his trainees<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Richard Gerstl (1908), Austrian painter, stabbing and hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Babak Ghorbani (2014), Iranian wrestler, overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jeremy Giambi (2022), American retired baseball player, gunshot to chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Karl Giese (1938), German archivist, museum curator and life partner of Magnus Hirschfeld<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Paul Gilbert (1976), American film and television actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gildo (398 AD), Roman Berber general and rebel leader, hanging<ref>Zosimus, New History Book 5, Chapter 140, London: Green and Chaplin (1814). Transcribed by Roger Pearse (2002). Retrieved February 19, 2019.</ref>
• Rex Gildo (1999), German singer and actor, jump from his third-floor apartment window<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Richard Gilkey (1997), American painter, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sam Gillespie (2003), philosopher whose writings and translations were crucial to the initial reception of Alain Badiou's work in the English-speaking world<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Claude Gillingwater (1939), American actor, gunshot<ref>Frasier, David K. (January 1, 2005). Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases. McFarland & Company. p. 120. Template:ISBN</ref>
• Virginia Giuffre (2025), American-Australian advocate for survivors of sex trafficking, and accuser of child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's Prince Andrew<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1935), American writer, chloroform overdose<ref>Knight, Denise D. (1994). The Diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 2 Vols. Ed. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p 813.</ref>
• Kurt Gloor (1997), Swiss film director, screenwriter and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• John Wayne Glover (2005), Australian serial killer, hanging<ref>"Granny killer found dead in cell". The Sydney Morning Herald. September 10, 2005. Retrieved June 13, 2019.</ref>
• Holly Glynn (1987), a formerly unidentified young woman found in Dana Point, California, who had jumped off a cliff. Her body was not identified until 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jean-Luc Godard (2022), French-Swiss film director and film critic, assisted suicide procedure.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Joseph Goebbels (1945), Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister, gunshot or cyanide poisoning.<ref name="Joachimsthaler">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Beevor">Template:Cite book</ref>
• Magda Goebbels (1945), German wife of Joseph Goebbels, assisted suicide by gunshot or cyanide poisoning.<ref name="Joachimsthaler" /><ref name="Beevor" />
• Gongsun Zan (199 AD), Chinese general and warlord, setting himself and his family on fire<ref>Chen Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Volume 8: Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs.</ref>
• David Goodall (2018), English-born Australian botanist and ecologist, physician-assisted suicide<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Dickie Goodman (1989) American novelty musician and record producer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gordian I (238 AD), Roman emperor, hanging<ref>Historia Augusta, The Three Gordians 16.3</ref>
• Adam Lindsay Gordon (1870), Australian poet, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lucy Gordon (2009), English actress and model, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gōri Daisuke (2010), Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor, cut his wrist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Hermann Göring (1946), German politician, military leader, major figure in Nazi Party, potassium cyanide<ref>Kershaw, Ian (2008). Hitler: A Biography. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. Template:ISBN, p. 964.</ref>
• Arshile Gorky (1948), Armenian American painter; hanging<ref>"Gorky's Life". Arshile Gorky Foundation. Retrieved January 13, 2013.</ref>
• Joachim Gottschalk (1941), German stage and film actor, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gaius Gracchus (121 BC), Roman politician, reformer and tribune, ordered a slave to kill him<ref>Appian, Civil Wars, Book Book 1, Chapter 26. University of Chicago.</ref>
• Eddie Graham (1985), American professional wrestler, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Frank Graham (1950), American voice actor and radio announcer, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mike Graham (2012), American professional wrestler, gunshot<ref name="PWBTS" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Phil Graham (1963), American newspaper publisher, shotgun<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Sophie Gradon (2018), English model and television personality, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Wolfgang Grams (1993), German Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF) terrorist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bob Grant (2003), English actor, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Shauna Grant (1984), American porn actress, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• Larry Grey (1951), English magician and actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Walter Groß (1945), German physician, politician, eugenicist and race theorist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Carl Großmann (1922), German serial killer, hanging<ref>"German Bluebeard Takes Own Life". East Mississippi Times (Starkville, Mississippi), July 14, 1922, Image 7. Archived at the Library of Congress. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref>
• Theodor Grotthuss (1822), German chemist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Ernest Hemingway

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Margaux Hemingway

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Michael Hutchence

• Charles Haddon (2010), English lead singer of pop-synth band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Charlie Haeger (2020), American baseball player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jason Hairston (2018), American football player<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lillian Hall-Davis (1933), English actress, carbon monoxide poisoning and cut throat<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ryan Halligan (2003), bullied American middle school student, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Pete Ham (1975), Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist for the band Badfinger, hanging.<ref name="TheIndependent4.26.13" />
• Tony Halme (2010), Finnish athlete, actor and politician, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bernardine Hamaekers (1912), Belgian opera singer, cut throat with shattered drinking glass<ref>Fleischmann, Hector (1913). Napoléon III et les femmes, pp. 295–299. Bibliothèque des curieux.</ref>
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• Hamilcar I of Carthage (480 BC), King of Carthage, self-immolation<ref>Herodotus (440 BC). The Histories, Book 7, Chapter 167, Section 1. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved January 25, 2023.</ref>
• David Hamilton (2016), British photographer and filmmaker known for his nudes of pubescent girls, asphyxiation via plastic bag after several of his models accused him of rape<ref>Bar, Roni (December 6, 2016). "The Can of Worms Opened After Iconic Photographer Accused of Rape Commits Suicide". Haaretz.</ref><ref>Merlan, Anna (November 28, 2016). "Photographer David Hamilton Dies By Suicide After Several Women Say He Raped Them as Teenagers". Jezebel.</ref>
• Lois Hamilton (1999), American model and actress, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Hampsicora (215 BC), Sardo-Punic political leader, landowner and anti-Roman rebel leader<ref>Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23: Hannibal at Capua, Chapter 41. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Tony Hancock (1968), English comedian, overdose by vodka and amphetamines<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Hannibal (ca 182 BC), Carthaginian commander during the Second Punic War, poison<ref>O'Connell, Robert L. (2010). The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic, Random House (New York) p. 256</ref>
• Goo Hara (2019), South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• James Harden-Hickey (1898), Franco-American author, newspaper editor, duellist, adventurer and self-proclaimed Prince of Trinidad, overdose of morphine<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marlia Hardi (1984), Indonesian actress, hanging<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Eric Harris (1999), one of the two American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre, gunshot.<ref name="final">Template:Cite episode</ref><ref name="JeffersonSheriff">"Columbine Documents" Template:Webarchive JC-001-025923 through JC-001-026859; Jefferson County Sheriff's Office; Rocky Mountain News</ref>
• Brynn Hartman (1998), wife of comedian and actor Phil Hartman, shot herself after murdering Hartman<ref>Tank, Ron (May 28, 1998). "Phil Hartman, wife die in apparent murder-suicide". CNN/Reuters.</ref>
• Elizabeth Hartman (1987), American actress, leapt out of fifth floor window<ref>Konte, Sandra Hansen (November 22, 1987). "The Short Life of Elizabeth Hartman : Instant Stardom in 'Patch of Blue,' Then Unemployment, Then Suicide." Los Angeles Times.</ref>
• Walter Hasenclever (1940), German poet and playwright, overdose of Veronal<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Neda Hassani (2003), Iranian protester, self-immolation in front of French embassy in London<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Charles Ray Hatcher (1984), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Donny Hathaway (1979), American musician, jumped from the 15th floor window of his hotel room<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Phyllis Haver (1960), American silent film actress, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jeanne Hébuterne (1920), French painter, jumped from window of fifth-floor apartment<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Sadegh Hedayat (1951), Iranian writer, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marvin Heemeyer (2004), American welder who went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Sarah Hegazi (2020), Egyptian LGBT activist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Claudia Heill (2011), Austrian judoka, jump from a sixth story window<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ernest Hemingway (1961), American writer and journalist, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Margaux Hemingway (1996), American fashion model, actress; overdose of phenobarbital<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Benjamin Hendrickson (2006), American actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• George Hennard (1991), American mass murderer who perpetrated the Luby's shooting, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Victor Heringer (2018), Brazilian novelist and poet, winner of the 2013 Prêmio Jabuti, self-defenestration<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Aaron Hernandez (2017), American football player and convicted murderer, hanging in prison cell, five days after his acquittal from a separate murder charge.<ref>Ortiz, Aimee; Ellement, John R. (April 19, 2017). "Aaron Hernandez kills himself in prison". The Boston Globe.</ref> Hernandez was posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has led to speculation over how the condition may have affected his behavior.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Wolfgang Herrndorf (2013), German writer, gunshot<ref>26. August 2013 – Todestag von Wolfgang Herrndorf. wdr.de, 26 August 2018 (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2025.</ref>
• Rudolf Hess (1987), German Nazi leader, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Paul Hester (2005), Australian drummer for Split Enz and Crowded House, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• John Hicklenton (2010), British comics artist, assisted suicide the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• hide (1998), Japanese heavy metal singer, songwriter and record producer for the metal band X Japan, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Virginia Hill (1966), American mobster, sedative overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Himilco (396 BC), Carthaginian general, starving himself<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, Book 14, Chapter 75-Chapter 76. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Heinrich Himmler (1945), German Nazi leader, cyanide<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ludwig Hirsch (2011), Austrian singer, songwriter and actor, jumped from the second floor of a hospital window<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Leo Hirschfield (1922), Austrian-American candymaker known as the inventor of the Tootsie Roll, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Adolf Hitler (1945), Austrian-born Nazi Germany dictator, gunshot<ref>Kershaw, Ian (2008) Hitler, p. 955.</ref><ref>Joachimsthaler, Anton (1999) [1995] The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends, the Evidence, the Truth, pp. 160–182.</ref> (possibly while biting down on a cyanide capsule at the same time)<ref>O'Donnell, James P. (2001) [1978] The Bunker, pp. 322–323.</ref>
• Abbie Hoffman (1989), American political and social activist, phenobarbital overdose<ref>King, Wayne (April 19, 1989). "Abbie Hoffman Committed Suicide Using Barbiturates, Autopsy Shows". The New York Times.</ref>
• Richard Holden (2005), Canadian politician, leapt from 8th-floor balcony<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Crash Holly (2003), American wrestler, asphyxia due to pulmonary aspiration as a result of an alcohol and drug overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Libby Holman (1971), American singer and actress, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Alec Holowka (2019), Canadian video game programmer, designer, and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tyler Honeycutt (2018), American basketball player (Sacramento Kings, Khimki), gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Doug Hopkins (1993), American songwriter and lead guitarist for the band Gin Blossoms, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Brita Horn (1791), Swedish countess and courtier, drowning<ref>Erdmann, Nils, Vid hovet och på adelsgodsen i 1700-talets Sverige: en tidskrönika, Wahlströms, Stockholm, 1926</ref>
• Harry Horse (2007), English author, illustrator, cartoonist and musician, stabbed himself 47 times in a murder-suicide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Silvio Horta (2020), American screenwriter and television producer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Robert E. Howard (1936), American author known for his character Conan the Barbarian, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mike Howe (2021), American singer, and member of the heavy metal band Metal Church<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Hsu Kun-yuan (2020), Taiwanese politician, jumped off his home<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hu Bo (2017), Chinese novelist and director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Huang Zhiheng (1986), Chinese mass murderer, cutting his wrists with a can lid<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Quentin Hubbard (1976), son of L. Ron Hubbard, gas<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Nicholas Hughes (2009), fisheries biologist, son of renowned poet Sylvia Plath, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Rodney Hulin (1996), American prison inmate who had been raped, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lester C. Hunt (1954), United States Senator, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Michael Hutchence (1997), Australian singer and songwriter (INXS), hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Phyllis Hyman (1995), American singer-songwriter and actress, overdose of phenobarbital<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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• Imai Kanehira (1184), Japanese general, jump from his horse onto a sword he placed in his mouth<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Clara Immerwahr (1915), German chemist and Fritz Haber's wife, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• William Inge (1973), American writer, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Arthur Crew Inman (1963), American poet, editor and author of one of the longest diaries on record<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Hideki Irabu (2011), Japanese professional baseball player, hanged<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Iras (30 BC), servant and advisor of Cleopatra.<ref name="PlutarchAntony" />
• Isokelekel (17th century), semi-mythical conqueror of Pohnpei Island in the Carolines and father of the cultural system of modern Pohnpei, bled to death after severing penis<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Silius Italicus (Template:Circa), Roman consul, orator, author and poet, starvation<ref>Pliny The Younger. "Letter To Caninius Rufus". Pliny the Younger: Letters: Book 3. Translated by J.B.Firth (1900). Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref>
• Juzo Itami (1997), Japanese actor and film director, jumped from building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bruce Ivins (2008), American microbiologist and suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks, overdose of paracetamol<ref>Broughton, Ashley (January 6, 2009). "'Let me sleep,' anthrax suspect wrote before suicide". CNN.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Prince Joachim of Prussia

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Naomi Judd

• Charles R. Jackson (1968), American writer, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Marcel Jacob (2009), Swedish bassist for the hard rock bands Talisman and Yngwie Malmsteen<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>"TALISMAN Bassist Marcel Jacob Commits Suicide". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. July 21, 2009.</ref>
• Irwin L. Jacobs (2019), American businessman, CEO of Genmar Holdings, gunshot after murdering his wife<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• M. Jaishankar (2018), Indian serial killer and rapist, slitting his own throat<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Rahmah ibn Jabir Al Jalhami (1826), Arab tribal leader, pirate captain and admiral, blew himself up with his ship and crew<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jill Janus (2018), American lead singer of the metal band Huntress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jang Ja-yeon (2009), South Korean actress, hanging<ref>Chung Ah-young (March 8, 2009). "Boys over Flowers Actress Jang Found Dead in Apparent Suicide". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 9, 2019.</ref>
• Rick Jason (2000), American actor, gunshot<ref>"'Combat!' Actor Rick Jason Found Dead". Los Angeles Times. October 17, 2000</ref>
• Jaxon (2006), American cartoonist and illustrator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Richard Jeni (2007), American standup comedian and actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>"Family Says Jeni Committed Suicide". Associated Press/The Washington Post. March 13, 2007.</ref>
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• Ryan Jenkins (2009), American contestant on the 2009 reality TV series Megan Wants a Millionaire, hanging<ref>Template:Usurped. MTV. August 24, 2009.</ref><ref>"Accused killer Ryan Jenkins found hanged in motel in Hope" Template:Webarchive. Canada.com. August 25, 2009.</ref>
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• Jeong Da-bin (2007), South Korean actress, hanging<ref>"Actress found hanged, apparently a suicide". Korea Joongang Daily. February 12, 2007</ref>
• Ji Yan (224 AD), Chinese official of the state of Eastern Wu, bureaucrat and reformer<ref>Chen Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Volume 57: Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu.</ref>
• Jiang Qing (1991), Chinese communist revolutionary, politician, actress, fourth wife of Mao Zedong and member of the Gang of Four, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Empress Jingyin (82 AD), Chinese imperial consort for Emperor Zhang of Han also known as Consort Song<ref name="deCrespigny" />
• Prince Joachim of Prussia (1920), son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Adolph Joffe (1927), Soviet revolutionary and Left Oppositionist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Jo Min-ki (2018), South Korean actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• J.J. Johnson (2001), American Bebop trombonist, gunshot<ref>"Premier Exponent of Jazz Trombone". 2001. jazzhouse.org. Retrieved November 12, 2014.</ref>
• Daniel V. Jones (1998), American maintenance worker, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jim Jones (1978), American cult leader and founder of Peoples Temple, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Ingrid Jonker (1965), South African poet, drowning<ref>Template:Cite news.</ref>
• Tor Jonsson (1951), Norwegian poet<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref><ref>Aldrich, Robert; Wotherspoon, Garry (Ed.) (2002). Who's who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. Psychology Press, p 276. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved January 2, 2019.</ref>
• Luc Jouret (1994), Belgian religious leader and co-founder of Order of the Solar Temple<ref name="latimes.com"/>
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• Judacilius (90 BC), Picentes general and leader, swallowed poison and ordered to be set on fire<ref>Appian, The Civil Wars, Book 1, Chapter 48. Loeb Classical Library (1913). University of Chicago. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Judas Iscariot (AD 30 or 33), Apostle turned betrayer of Jesus, hanging
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• Claude Jutra (1987), Canadian film director, actor and screenwriter,<ref>Perreaux, Les (February 17, 2016). "Jutra's legacy descends into disgrace as Quebec erases director's name". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref> drowning<ref>"Claude Jutra's body found in river". CBC Digital Archives. Retrieved August 12, 2017.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Yasunari Kawabata

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Margot Kidder

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Jong-hyun Kim

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Hannelore Kohl

• Ted Kaczynski (2023), American mathematician and domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kari Kairamo (1988), Finnish CEO and chairman of telecommunications company Nokia, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Romas Kalanta (1972), Lithuanian high school student, self-immolation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alexey Kaledin (1918), Russian Don Cossack general, gunshot to the heart<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Antonie Kamerling (2010), Dutch actor and musician, hanging<ref>"Antonie Kamerling overleden". Privé. October 7, 2010</ref>
• Sayaka Kanda (2021), Japanese actress and singer, jumped from an upper floor of a hotel<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Kagney Linn Karter (2024), American pornographic film actress, gunshot<ref name="Warren 2024">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kostas Karyotakis (1928), Greek poet, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ricky Kasso (1984), American murderer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bruno Kastner (1932), German actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kazuhiko Katō (2009), Japanese musician, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nicky Katt (2025), American actor, gunshot<ref>Wilkinson, Joseph (April 15, 2025). "‘Dazed and Confused’ actor Nicky Katt died by suicide at home: report". New York Daily News.</ref>
• Yasunari Kawabata (1972), Japanese writer, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Kawatsu Kentarō (1970), Japanese swimmer, self-immolation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Andrew Kehoe (1927), American mass murderer, detonated truck full of dynamite while inside it<ref>Gulliver, Katrina (September 15, 2016). "Why We Have Forgotten the Worst School Attack in U.S. History". Time.</ref>
• Brian Keith (1997), American actor, gunshot<ref>Simon, Stephanie (October 16, 2012). "Actor Brian Keith Found Dead in Apparent Suicide". Los Angeles Times.</ref>
• Mike Kelley (2012), American artist, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Israel Keyes (2012), American serial killer, slit wrists and strangulation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jiah Khan (2013), British American actress of Indian descent, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BBC5.7.10">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Sahar Khodayari (2019), Iranian activist who self-immolated in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mykola Khvylovy (1933), Soviet Ukrainian novelist, poet, publicist and national communist activist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Margot Kidder (2018), Canadian-American actress, known for her role as Lois Lane in Superman feature films, drug and alcohol overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Daul Kim (2009), South Korean model and blogger, hanged in her Paris apartment<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kim Ji-hoon (2013), South Korean singer-songwriter (Two Two) and actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kim Jong-hyun (2017), South Korean singer-songwriter, radio host, and member of boy band SHINee, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kim Sae-ron (2025), South Korean actress <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• Yu-ri Kim (2011), South Korean model, poison<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Allyn King (1930), American actress, jumped from a fifth story window<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Syd King (1933), English footballer and football manager, ingestion of corrosive liquid<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Uday Kiran (2014), Indian actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1938), German artist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Ilse Koch (1967), Nazi war criminal, hanging<ref>"Ilse Koch: German war criminal". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved October 1, 2015.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Andrew Koenig (2010), American actor, hanging<ref>Roberts, Soraya (February 28, 2010). "'Growing Pains' actor Andrew Koenig hanged himself from tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park: source". Daily News (New York).</ref>
• Arthur Koestler (1983), Hungarian-British author, novelist known for the antitotalitarian novel Darkness At Noon, barbiturates<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Sarah Kofman (1994), French philosopher, unknown way<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Hannelore Kohl (2001), German wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lawrence Kohlberg (1987), American developmental psychologist, drowning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Takako Konishi (2001), Japanese office worker known for an urban legend surrounding her death, froze to death<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Fumimaro Konoe (1945), Japanese prime minister, poison<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Ruslana Korshunova (2008), Kazakhstani model, aged 20, jumped from the ninth-floor balcony of her apartment in New York City<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gé Korsten (1999), South African artist, gunshot<ref>"Shock suicide: Gé Korsten found dead". Independent Online. (South Africa). September 29, 1999. Retrieved April 27, 2019.</ref>
• Jerzy Kosinski (1991), Polish-born American writer, suffocation with plastic bag<ref>Taylor, John. "The Haunted Bird: The Death and Life of Jerzy Kosinski". New York. June 15, 1991.</ref>
• Milica Kostić (1974), Serbian-Yugoslavian high school student, jump from the 12th floor of a building while fleeing a rapist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Oleksandr Kovalenko (2010), Ukrainian football player and referee, jumped from his apartment<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hans Krebs (1945), German general and Chief of Staff of the OKH, gunshot.<ref name="Downfall" />
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• Tim Kretschmer (2009), German student and mass shooter, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• Norbert Kröcher (2016), German 2 June Movement terrorist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Alan Krueger (2019), American economist<ref>Family says Obama's top economic adviser killed himself. Retrieved 13 February 2025.</ref>
• Aleksandr Krymov (1917), Russian general, gunshot to the heart<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Cheslie Kryst (2022), American model and presenter known as Miss USA 2019, jump from a Manhattan high-rise<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ashwani Kumar (2020), Indian police officer and politician who served as governor of Nagaland from 2013 to 2014, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Richard Kyanka (2021), American web developer and founder of Something Awful, gunshot.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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Lee Sun-Kyun

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L'Inconnue de la Seine

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Lucretia's suicide by Marcantonio Raimondi (1534)

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Ludwig II of Bavaria

• L'Inconnue de la Seine (late 1880s), unidentified French woman pulled out of the Seine, known for the influence of her death mask on literature and art<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Deborah Laake (2000), American columnist and writer, overdose of pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Titus Labienus (8 AD), Roman lawyer, orator and historian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Kyren Lacy (2025), American football player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Leonard Lake (1985), American serial killer, ingesting cyanide capsules<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Paul Lambert (2020), British television journalist, producer and communications director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Karen Lancaume (2005), French pornographic film actress, overdose of temazepam<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Carole Landis (1948), American actress, overdose of Secobarbital pills<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• James Henry Lane (1866), American partisan, abolitionist, senator and Union general, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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• Hans Langsdorff (1939), German naval officer and Kapitän zur See, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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• Don Lapre (2011), American television pitchman noted for several products, cut throat with a razor blade<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• Mariano José de Larra (1837), Spanish writer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
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• Thomas H. Lee (2023), American financier, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Dave Lepard (2006), Swedish singer and guitarist (Crashdïet), hanging<ref>"Crashdiet vocalist Dave Lepard". Full In Bloom Music. Retrieved November 12, 2014.</ref><ref>Hoffman, K. Ross "Crashdïet – Music Biography, Credits and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 11, 2012.</ref>
• Marc Lépine (1989), Canadian perpetrator of the École Polytechnique massacre, shot himself after killing 14 women<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Arnie Lerma (2018), American former Scientologist and critic of Scientology, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Eugene Lester (1940), former Justice and Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, gunshot to the head<ref>"Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Genealogy Trails: CRIME NEWS ARTICLES". Genealogy Trials. Genealogy Trails History Group. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref>
• Amy Levy (1889), British writer<ref>"Poet: Amy Levy". Poets.org. Retrieved July 23, 2018.</ref> inhaling charcoal gas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Ephraim Lewis (1994), English singer, jumped off a fourth floor balcony<ref>"Genius Plus Soul: Ephraim Lewis". Spin, August 2009, p. 75.</ref>
• Robert Ley (1945), German Nazi politician and leader of the German Labour Front, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Chris Lighty (2012), American music industry executive and manager, gunshot<ref>Greenburg, Zack O'Malley (August 30, 2012). "Hip-Hop Business Pioneer Chris Lighty Dead At 44". Forbes.</ref>
• lil' Chris (2015), English pop singer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Lil Loaded (2021), American rapper, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Max Linder (1925), French film and stage actor, double suicide with wife Hélène "Jean" Peters, veronal and morphine ingestion, cut wrists<ref>Canby, Vincent (April 1, 1988). "Review/Film; Homage to Max Linder, Early French Film Comic". The New York Times. Retrieved June 13, 2009.</ref>
• Vachel Lindsay (1931), American poet, poison<ref>Masters, Edgar Lee (b1935). Vachel Lindsay: A Poet in America. p. 361. Template:ISBN</ref>
• Diane Linkletter (1969), American actress and daughter of Art Linkletter, jump from a sixth story window<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mark Linkous (2010), American musician, gunshot to the heart<ref>Barton, Chris (March 7, 2010). "Mark Linkous, aka Sparklehorse, takes his own life, his family says". Los Angeles Times.</ref>
• Carlo Lizzani (2013), Italian film director, jumped from a balcony.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Liu Rushi (1664), Chinese Gējì, poet, artist and Ming loyalist, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Willie Llewelyn (1893), Welsh cricketer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Philip Loeb (1955), American actor, sleeping pill overdose<ref>"Philip Loeb Dead; Prominent Actor; Body Found in Midtown Hotel; Overdose of Sleeping Pills Apparent Cause". The New York Times, September 2, 1955. p. 38.</ref>
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• Bernard Loiseau (2003), French chef, shotgun blast to the head<ref>Leopold, Todd (July 28, 2005). "The master chef who killed himself: A story of a star 'Perfectionist'". CNN.</ref>
• Terry Long (2005), American football player, poisioning<ref>Associated Press (January 26, 2006). "Ex-Steeler Long drank antifreeze to commit suicide". ESPN.</ref>
• Ellen Joyce Loo (2018), Canadian-Hong Kong musician, singer, songwriter, and co-founder of the folk-pop rock group at 17, fall from her high-rise apartment building<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Daniele Alves Lopes (1993), teen whose jump from a building was broadcast on Brazilian national television<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ricardo López (1996), Uruguayan-born American stalker who attempted to kill Icelandic singer Björk by sending a letter bomb, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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• Lucretia (c. 510 BC), Roman noblewoman, stabbed herself<ref>Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman Antiquities, Book IV, 67</ref>
• Ludwig II of Bavaria (1886), King of Bavaria, drowning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Roman Lyashenko (2003), Russian NHL hockey player, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• David Lytton (2015), a formerly unidentified British man found on Saddleworth Moor, strychnine<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Alexander McQueen

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Ulrike Meinhof

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Yukio Mishima

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Mithridates VI of Pontus

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Marilyn Monroe

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Max Mosley

• Hector MacDonald (1903), British army major-general, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book.</ref>
• Billy Mackenzie (1997), Scottish vocalist for the band The Associates, overdose of prescription drugs<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Naevius Sutorius Macro (38 AD), Roman prefect of the Praetorian Guard<ref>Cassius Dio, Roman History Book 59, Chapter 10. 1924. University of Chicago. Retrieved August 18, 2018.</ref>
• Pua Magasiva (2019), New Zealand actor known for Power Rangers Ninja Storm and Shortland Street<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Magnentius (353 AD), Roman usurper<ref name="Zosimus2" />
• Maurice Magnus (1920), American memoirist<ref>Maddox, Brenda (September 12, 1994). The Married Man. A Life of D.H. Lawrence. Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd.</ref>
• Mago (344 BC), Carthaginian admiral and general<ref>Plutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Timoleon, Book Book 22. University of Chicago.</ref>
• Anne Maguire (1980), Irish woman who had three of her children killed by an out of control car, slit her throat and wrists<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Bhaiyyu Maharaj (2018), Indian spiritual guru, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• George W. Maher (1926), American architect<ref>"Page 6". georgemaher.com. Retrieved November 12, 2014.</ref><ref>Powell, John Edward (1996). "George Washington Maher (1864–1926)". A Guide to Historic Architecture in Fresno, California.</ref><ref>Drennan, William R. (August 21, 2008). Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 166. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>
• Joe Maini (1964), American jazz alto saxophonist, Russian Roulette<ref>Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 124</ref>
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• Sean Malone (2020), American bassist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Donald R. Manes (1986), American politician, stab wound to the chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mădălina Manole (2010), Romanian pop singer, pesticide poisoning<ref>"Romanian Singer Madalina Manole Willingly Ingested Toxic Substance, Investigators Say" Template:Webarchive. MediaFax. Retrieved July 14, 2010.</ref>
• Michael Mantenuto (2017), American actor and ice hockey player, best known for his performance as Jack O'Callahan in the 2004 biopic Miracle, gunshot<ref>Shanley, Patrick (April 27, 2017). "'Miracle' Star Michael Mantenuto Found Dead at 35". The Hollywood Reporter/Yahoo! Movies.</ref>
• Richard Manuel (1986), Canadian pianist and lead singer for The Band, hanging<ref>Pareles, Jon (March 6, 1986). "Richard Manuel, 40, Rock Singer and Pianist". The New York Times.</ref>
• Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus (79 AD), Roman consul and senator, slit his throat with a razor<ref>Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book 65, Chapter 16. 1925. University of Chicago. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
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• Philip Markoff (2010), Medical student, Boston University<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Andrew Martinez (2006), American nudism activist who became known on the University of California, Berkeley campus as the "Naked Guy", suffocation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Williams Martínez (2021), Uruguayan soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Eleanor Marx (1898), socialist activist and younger daughter of Karl Marx, poison<ref>Yvonne Kapp, Eleanor Marx, Volume 2: The Crowded Years, 1884–1898. London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1976. Also: New York: Pantheon Books, 1976</ref>
• Thalia Massie (1963), American victim of violent crime which resulted in the heavily publicized Massie Trial, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Lisa Lynn Masters (2016), American actress, writer, and model<ref>Who was Lisa Masters? Gossip Girl actress who took her own life is remembered, The Daily Mirror. Retrieved March 16, 2025.</ref>
• Troy Masters (2024), American journalist and editor<ref>Troy Masters, Gay City News co-founder, LA Blade publisher, dead at 63, gaycitynews.com. Retrieved 31 December 2024.</ref>
• David Edward Maust (2006), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Maximian (310 AD), Roman emperor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Vladimir Mayakovsky (1930), Russian and Soviet poet, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Faigy Mayer (2015), American app developer, jumped from 20th floor rooftop bar<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jacques Mayol (2001), French free diver and subject of the movie The Big Blue, hanging<ref name="BBC5.7.10" />
• John McAfee (2021), British-American computer programmer, businessman and founder of the computer security software company McAfee, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Allyson McConnell (2013), Australian-Canadian woman who killed her two children,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> jumped off a bridge while in Australia<ref>Template:Cite web Updated November 18, 2013.</ref>
• Susannah McCorkle (2001), American jazz singer, jumping from apartment.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kid McCoy (1940), American world champion boxer, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
• Mindy McCready (2013), American country music singer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Walt McDougall (1938), American cartoonist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Dan McGann (1910), American baseball player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Evelyn McHale (1947), American bookkeeper, subject of an iconic photograph showing her body after she jumped from an observation platform of the Empire State Building<ref>Cosgrove, Ben (March 19, 2014). "'The Most Beautiful Suicide': A Violent Death, an Immortal Photo". Time.</ref>
• Tom McHale (1983), American novelist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kenny McKinley (2010), American football player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Chris McKinstry (2006), Canadian artificial intelligence researcher<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Robert McLane (1904), American politician, mayor of Baltimore, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• John B. McLemore (2015), American horologist and subject of the podcast S-Town, ingested potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Maggie McNamara (1978), American actress, drug overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ronnie McNutt (2020), American war veteran, single-shot rifle<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alexander McQueen (2010), British fashion designer and couturier, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Charles B. McVay III (1968), American naval officer, captain of the USS Indianapolis, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Joe Meek (1967), English record producer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Megabocchus (53 BC), Roman cavalryman and friend of Publius Licinius Crassus<ref name="Plutarch25" />
• Megan Meier (2006), American high school student and victim of bullying, hanging<ref>"Parents: Cyber Hoax Led to Teen's Suicide". ABC News. February 19, 2009</ref>
• Ulrike Meinhof (1976), German RAF terrorist, hanging<ref>Hooper, John (November 18, 2002). "The dead guerrillas, the missing brains and the experiment". The Guardian (London).</ref>
• David Meirhofer (1974), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Sullivan, Ted (October 12, 2005). "Personal Items Belonging to 1974 Murder Victim Found in Manhattan (Mont)." Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved April 19, 2018.</ref>
• Joseph Meister (1940), French caretaker who was the first person to be inoculated against rabies, gas furnace<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kitty Melrose (1912), English stage actress and singer, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Meng Tian (210 BC), Chinese general, administrator and inventor<ref name="secondemperor" />
• Adolf Merckle (2009), German entrepreneur and billionaire, train<ref>Rayner, Gordon ()January 9, 2009. "Adolf Merckle: what made this German billionaire commit suicide?" The Daily Telegraph.</ref>
• Lucius Cornelius Merula (87 BC), Roman politician, consul and high priest, cut his veins<ref>Velleius Paterculus, Roman History, Book 2, Chapter 22. University of Chicago.</ref>
• Jill Messick (2018), American film producer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Charlotte Mew (1928), English poet, Lysol poisoning.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Katie Meyer (2022), American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Maningning Miclat (2000), Filipino poet and painter, jumped from the seventh floor of a building<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Flávio Migliaccio (2020), Brazilian actor, film director and screenwriter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Walter M. Miller Jr. (1996), American writer, gunshot<ref>Haldenman, Joe (February 1996). "An Appreciation", Locus, pp. 78-79.</ref><ref>Streitfeld, David (October 9, 1997). "'Canticle' Author Unsung Even In Death". Orlando Sentinel.</ref>
• Mary Millington (1979), English model and softcore pornographic actress, overdose of clomipramine, paracetamol and alcohol<ref>Sheridan, Simon. Come Play with Me: The Life and Films of Mary Millington 1999 (FAB Press, Guildford)</ref>
• Minamoto no Yorimasa (1180), Japanese poet, general and politician, ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Mingsioi (1866), Chinese general, explosion<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Miroslava (1955), Czech-born Mexican actress, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>"Hundreds At Rites For Actress Who Killed Self" Template:Webarchive. Los Angeles Times. March 12, 1955</ref>
• Dave Mirra (2016), American BMX rider who later competed in rallycross racing, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yukio Mishima (1970), Japanese author, poet, playwright, film director and activist, ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Nathan, John (1974). Mishima: A Biography, Little Brown and Company: Boston/Toronto.</ref>
• Tyrone Mitchell (1984), American murderer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mithridates VI (63 BC), King of Pontus, ordered an officer to stab him<ref>Appian. Roman History, Third Mithridatic War, § 111-112</ref>
• Haruma Miura (2020), Japanese actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Shizuka Miura (2010), Japanese doll maker and musician, possibly related to medication<ref>Template:Cite Q</ref><ref>Template:Cite Q</ref>
• Mkwawa (1898), Hehe tribal leader, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• George de Mohrenschildt (1977), American petroleum geologist, CIA informant, friend of Lee Harvey Oswald and key witness for the Warren Commission, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Molon (220 BC), Seleucid satrap of Media<ref name="PolybiusHistories" />
• Antonin Moine (1849), French sculptor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mario Monicelli (2010), Italian film director, jumped out of a hospital window<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Marilyn Monroe (1962), American film actress, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Haoui Montaug (1991), American nightclub doorman and cabaret promoter, secobarbital overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Henry de Montherlant (1972), French writer, gunshot in the throat<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Donnie Moore (1989), American baseball player, gunshot after shooting his wife<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ronald Lee Moore (2008), American fugitive and suspected serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Emanuel Moravec (1945), Czech army officer, writer, politician and collaborator, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Masakatsu Morita (1970), Japanese political activist, stabbing per ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• A. R. Morlan (2016), American author<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gray Morrow (2001), American comics artist and illustrator, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Max Mosley (2021), British FIA president, gunshot after learning of terminal illness<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jason Moss (2006), American attorney and author of The Last Victim, gunshot<ref>Kalil, Mike. (June 13, 2006) "Best-selling author of book on serial killers kills himself." Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref>
• Ted Moult (1986), British farmer and radio and TV personality, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque (1902), Portuguese cavalry office, gunshot to the head
• Miljan Mrdaković (2020), Serbian footballer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Uwe Mundlos (2011), German National Socialist Underground terrorist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ona Munson (1955), American actress, barbiturate overdose<ref>Stephens, Chuck (January/February 2013). "A Face in the Crowd: Ona Munson". Film Comment.</ref>
• David Munrow (1976) English music historian, hanging<ref>Donovan, Paul (December 13, 2015). "Radio Waves: A worthy legacy". The Times. Retrieved December 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Hewett, Ivan (May 23, 2012). "David Munrow: Tragic genius who brought early music to the masses". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved December 24, 2018.</ref>
• Ian Murdock (2015), American software engineer and founder of the Debian distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Grayson Murray (2024), American professional golfer and winner of two PGA Tour events, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• Ebrahim Nabavi (2025), Iranian satirist, writer and diarist<ref>Dissident Iranian satirist Ebrahim Nabavi takes own life in Maryland, 15 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.</ref>
• Chūichi Nagumo (1944), Japanese admiral, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mirosław Nahacz (2007), Polish novelist and screenwriter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Seigō Nakano (1943), Japanese fascist political leader and journalist, disembowelment<ref>"Nakano, Seigo". Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures. National Diet Library (Tokyo, Kyoto). 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref>
• Vladimir Nalivkin (1918), Russian scientist, politician, diplomat<ref>Shishkin, Philip (June 24, 2014). Restless Valley. Yale University Press. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>
• Azade Namdari (2021), Iranian television host<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Scott Nearing (1983), American political activist and conservationist, by self-starvation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Milan Nedić (1946), Serbian general, politician and prime minister of the Government of National Salvation, jumping out of a Belgrade prison window<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Nekojiru (1998), Japanese manga artist, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nero (68 AD), Roman emperor, ordered his secretary to kill him<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Marcus Cocceius Nerva (33 AD), Roman jurist, official and confidant of Tiberius, starvation<ref>Tacitus (32-37 AD). Book 6, Chapter 26, The Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Klara Dan von Neumann (1963), Hungarian-American computer programmer, drowning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Terry Newton (2010), English rugby league player, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Tom Nicon (2010), French model, jumped out of apartment window<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Bruno Niedziela (1962), American football player<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Open access</ref>
• Frank Nitti (1943), American gangster in charge of Al Capone's strong-arm and "muscle" operations, and later the front-man for Capone's crime syndicate, gunshot to the head<ref>Koziol, Ronald; Baumann, Edward (June 29, 1987). "How Frank Nitti Met His Fate". Chicago Tribune.</ref>
• Karl Nobiling (1878), German academic, who made an assassination attempt on the German emperor Wilhelm I, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Jon Nödtveidt (2006), Swedish guitarist for the black metal band Dissection, gunshot<ref>"Dissection Frontman Jon Nödtveidt Commits Suicide". Metal Storm. Retrieved December 10, 2011.</ref>
• Iván Noel (2021), French-Argentine film director and producer, potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bill Nojay (2016), American politician and member of the New York State Assembly, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mita Noor (2013), Bangladeshi actress, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Franz Nopcsa (1933), Hungarian aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, geologist, paleontologist and albanologist, gunshot after killing companion Bajazid Doda<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Christine Norman, (1930), American stage actress, jump from building<ref>"STAGE BEAUTY DIES IN 20-STORY PLUNGE" Associated Press/Evening Star, p. 1, March 6, 1930.</ref>
• John Norton-Griffiths, (1930), British engineer and politician, gunshot to head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hisashi Nozawa (2004), Japanese writer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Oda Nobunaga

• Lawrence Oates (1912), British army officer, later an Antarctic explorer, he walked from his tent into a blizzard<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• John O'Brien (1994), American novelist, best known for his novel, Leaving Las Vegas, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sean O'Haire (2014), American former WWE wrestler and MMA fighter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Angela O'Leary (1921), American artist, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Phil Ochs (1976), American singer-songwriter, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Oda Nobunaga (1582), Japanese daimyō and general, ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ogawa Kiyoshi (1945), Japanese kamikaze pilot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Aleksandr Dmitrievich Ogorodnik (1977), Soviet diplomat and spy for the CIA, cyanide capsule<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Per "Dead" Ohlin (1991), Swedish vocalist for the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite video</ref><ref>Template:Cite video</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yukiko Okada (1986), Japanese singer, jumped from window<ref>"Yukiko Okada"Template:Dead link. ACA Music. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>
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• Ambrose Olsen (2010), American model, hanging<ref>Black, Rosemary (May 18, 2010). "Why are so many models attempting suicide? Lives of top catwalkers fraught with pressure: experts". Daily News (New York).</ref>
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• Otho (69 AD), Roman Emperor, stabbed himself<ref>Plutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Otho, 17.3</ref>
• Othryades (546 BC), Spartan hoplite, sole survivor of the Battle of the 300 Champions<ref>Herodotus, The Histories Book 1, Chapter 82. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Ōuchi Yoshitaka (1551), Japanese daimyō and general, ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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Jan Palach

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Rosamond Pinchot

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Sylvia Plath

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Jan Potocki

• Stephen Paddock (2017), American perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Caecina Paetus (42 AD), Roman alleged conspirator against Emperor Claudius, stabbed himself<ref name="Pliny3.16" />
• Tommy Page (2017), American singer songwriter<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Ali-Reza Pahlavi (2011), son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Leila Pahlavi (2001), daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last Shah of Iran, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jan Palach (1969), Czech student, self-immolation<ref>"Jan Palach: Charles University Multimedia Project". Charles University in Prague. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
• Mico Palanca (2019) Filipino actor, jump from building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Helen Palmer (1967), American author and actress who was the first wife of famed children's author Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ryan Christopher Palmeter (2023), American mass shooter and terrorist, gunshot
• Breece D'J Pancake (1979), American short story writer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Brodie Panlock (2006), Australian bullying victim, jumped from the top of a multilevel carpark in Hawthorn<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pantites (c. 470s BC), Spartan warrior and one of the 300 Spartans sent to the Battle of Thermopylae, hanging<ref>Herodotus (440 BC). The Histories, Book 7, Chapter 232. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved September 26, 2019.</ref>
• Elaine Parent (2002), American con artist, identity thief and murderer, gunshot to the chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Park Yong-ha (2010), South Korean actor and singer, hanging<ref>Kim, E.J. (June 30, 2010). "Actor Park Yong-ha found dead in apparent suicide". Yonhap News Agency.</ref>
• Park Won-soon (2020), South Korean activist, lawyer and Mayor of Seoul<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Violeta Parra (1967), Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethno-musicologist and visual artist,<ref>Arcos, Betto (July 13, 2013). "In 'Violeta Went To Heaven,' A Folk Icon's Tempestuous Life". NPR. July 13, 2013.</ref> gunshot<ref>Atkinson, Michael (March 26, 2013). "Violeta Went to Heaven: movie review" Template:Webarchive. Time Out. Retrieved September 27, 2019.</ref>
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• Christine Pascal (1996), French actress, writer and director, jumped out of window<ref>Kirkup, James (September 3, 1996). "Christine Pascal: Obituary". The Independent.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Dušan Pašek (1998), Slovak ice hockey player, gunshot<ref>"1982 NHL Draft Pick: Dusan Pasek". HockeyDraftCentral.com. Retrieved January 15, 2013.</ref>
• Darrin Patrick (2020), American author and pastor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Mark Pavelich (2021), American hockey player, asphyxia<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cesare Pavese (1950), Italian author, overdose of barbiturates<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Pina Pellicer (1964), Mexican actress, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Peregrinus Proteus (165 AD), Greek early Christian convert and later Cynic philosopher from Mysia, immolated himself on a funeral pyre during the Olympic Games<ref>Lucian, De Morte Peregrini, 35-36.</ref>
• Oscar Glaze Peters (1894), American businessman<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (2011), American skier, Olympic medalist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Marcus Petreius (46 BC), Roman politician and general, double-suicide by sword with Juba I of Numidia<ref name="CivilWars.Book12-Chapter.100" />
• Petronius (66 AD), Roman senator, consul, courtier and novelist, opening his veins<ref>Tacitus (65-66 AD). Book 16, Chapter 19. Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Max Joseph von Pettenkofer (1901), German chemist and hygienist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Phasael (40 BC), prince from the Herodian dynasty of Judea and governor of Jerusalem, hit his head against a great stone<ref>Titus Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book XIV,13</ref>
• Phila (287 BC), Macedonian noblewoman, daughter and adviser of Antipater, poison<ref>Plutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Demetrius, "Chapter 45". Attalus. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Philistus (356 BC), Greek historian and naval commander<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Justin Pierce (2000), English-born American actor and skateboarder known for his role in the 1995 drama Kids, hanging<ref>"Justin Pierce – Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved January 15, 2013.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Rosamond Pinchot (1938), American actress and socialite, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• H. Beam Piper (1964), American science fiction author, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>"Piper, H Beam". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved April 22, 2018.</ref>
• Gaius Calpurnius Piso (65 AD), Roman senator, orator, advocate and leading member of the Pisonian conspiracy, slit his wrists<ref>Tacitus (62-65 AD). Book 15, Chapter 59, Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (20 AD), Roman statesman and consul, cut his throat<ref>Tacitus (20-22 AD). Book 3, Chapter 15, Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Luigi Pistilli (1996), Italian actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alejandra Pizarnik (1972), Argentine poet, secobarbital overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sylvia Plath (1963), American poet, novelist, children's author, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Dana Plato (1999), American child actress, notable for the TV series Diff'rent Strokes, overdose of carisoprodol and hydrocodone<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Plato's son, Tyler Lambert, killed himself on May 6, 2010, almost 11 years to the day after her death, via gunshot wound to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Edward Platt (1974), American actor, notable for his role on the TV series Get Smart<ref>"Overview for Edward Platt". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 28, 2017.</ref>
• E. O. Plauen (1944), German cartoonist, hanging with a towel<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Michael Player (1986), American serial killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Polemon of Laodicea (144 AD), Roman sophist, rhetorician and strategos, locked himself in his family tomb<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Daniel Pollock (1992), Australian actor, walked in front of moving train<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus (105 AD), Roman senator and general, swallowing poison<ref>Cassius Dio, Roman History, Book 68, Chapter 12, Loeb Classical Library edition (1924). University of Chicago. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref>
• Porcia (42 BC), Roman noblewoman, wife of Marcus Junius Brutus, swallowing burning coal<ref>Church, Alfred J. (2000). "CATO, BRUTUS, AND PORCIA". Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. The Baldwin Project. Retrieved June 18, 2018.</ref> or carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Church, Alfred J. (2000). "CATO, BRUTUS, AND PORCIA". Roman Life in the Days of Cicero. Retrieved October 23, 2018.</ref>
• C.W. Post (1914), American inventor and pioneer in the manufacturing of prepared foods, in particular breakfast cereal, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Poenius Postumus (61 AD), Roman praefectus castrorum of the Legion II Augusta, fell upon his sword<ref>Tacitus (109 AD). Book 14, Chapter 37. Annals. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.</ref>
• Randy Potter (2017), American former missing person, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jan Potocki (1815), Polish nobleman, gunshot<ref>However, Justin (March 10, 2009). "Jan Potocki and the Manuscript Found in Saragossa" Template:Webarchive. Tor.com.</ref>
• James Edward Pough (1990), American spree killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• Hayden Poulter (2018), New Zealand serial killer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Josh Powell (2012), American main suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Susan, blew up his house with him and his children inside<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Slobodan Praljak (2017), Bosnian Croat director, general and war criminal, potassium cyanide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lucien-Anatole Prévost-Paradol (1870), French journalist, writer and Ambassador to the United States, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• George R. Price (1975), American scientist, cutting an artery<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Phoebe Prince (2010), American high school student who was bullied at school and online, hanging<ref>Eckholm, Erik; Zezima, Katie (March 29, 2010). "6 Teenagers Are Charged After Classmate's Suicide". The New York Times.</ref>
• Ptolemy (309 BC), Macedonian general, hemlock poisoning<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, Book Book 20, Chapter 27. University of Chicago.</ref>
• Ptolemy of Cyprus (58 BC), King of Cyprus and member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, poison<ref>Plutarch, The Life of Cato the Younger 36. 1919. Loeb Classical Library. Retrieved July 27, 2019.</ref>
• Boris Pugo (1991), Soviet politician, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kushal Punjabi (2019), Indian actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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• Qiao Renliang (2016), Chinese singer and actor, slit wrist<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Qu Yuan (278 BC), Chinese poet and minister, drowning<ref>"The Sad story of Qu Yuan" Template:Webarchive. eBeijing, the Official Website of the Beijing Government (Beijing). Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref><ref>"Qu Yuan (c. 340-278 B.C.): Embracing Sand". The Ethics of Suicide Digital Archive, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Oxford University Press. Retrieved May 19, 2017.</ref>
• Henry Quastler (1963), Austrian physician and radiologist, overdosed on pills<ref>Daniel Baumann, "Gertrude Quastler", 2013 Carnegie International, Carnagie Museum of Art, 2013.</ref>
• Benny Quick (1999), German pop and Schlager singer of the 1960s and 1970s, hanging<ref>IMBD.com</ref>
• Edmond Thomas Quinn (1929), American sculptor and painter, drowning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Quintillus (270 AD), Roman emperor, opening his veins<ref>Zosimus, New History Book 1, Chapter 25, London: Green and Chaplin (1814), Transcribed by Roger Pearse, Ipswich (2002). Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Horacio Quiroga (1937), Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer, drank a glass of cyanide<ref>"Horacio-Quiroga". Encyclopædia Britannica. July 20, 1998. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>

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Sushant Singh Rajput

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Roh Moo-hyun

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Erwin Rommel

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Mark Rothko

• Margarita Gil Roësset (1932) Spanish sculptor, illustrator, and poet,
• Władysław Raginis (1939), Polish military commander, grenade<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Otto Rahn (1939), German medievalist, Ariosophist and Obersturmführer of the Schutzstaffel, freezing<ref>Preston, John (May 22, 2008). "The original Indiana Jones: Otto Rahn and the temple of doom". The Daily Telegraph.</ref>
• Jason Raize (2004), American actor, singer and former Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme, hanging<ref>Sutton, Candace Suttonl Sams, Chris (February 15, 2004). "Mystery over stage star's death in bush". The Sun-Herald.</ref>
• Sushant Singh Rajput (2020), Indian actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• František Rajtoral (2017), Czech soccer player, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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• Thích Quảng Đức (1963), Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk, self-immolation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hugo Thimig (1944), Austrian actor, overdose of Barbital<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Nicky Thomas (1990), Jamaican reggae singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hunter S. Thompson (2005), American gonzo journalist, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Terry Thompson (2011), American zookeeper and owner of Muskingum County Animal Farm, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• William Thornton (1840), British lieutenant-general<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ofonius Tigellinus (69 AD), Roman prefect of the Praetorian Guard, cut his throat with a razor<ref>Tacitus (c. 100–110 AD). Histories Book 1, Chapter 72, Loeb Classical Library edition of Tacitus (1925). University of Chicago.</ref>
• Jānis Timma (2024), Latvian basketball player, asphyxiation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Carlos Tobalina (1989), Peruvian-born pornographic filmmaker and actor, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Li Tobler (1975), Swiss actress, model and life partner of artist H. R. Giger, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Amanda Todd (2012), Canadian high school student who was bullied at school and online, hanging<ref>Grenoble, Ryan (October 10, 2012). "Amanda Todd: Bullied Canadian Teen Commits Suicide After Prolonged Battle Online And In School". HuffPost.</ref>
• Ernst Toller (1939), German playwright, socialist revolutionary and politician, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tolui (1232), Mongol prince, general and regent, sacrificed himself in a shamanistic ritual<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ivo-Valentino Tomaš (2019), Croatian football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Radka Toneff (1982), Norwegian jazz singer, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• John Kennedy Toole (1969), American novelist known for A Confederacy of Dunces, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Nevils, René Pol & Hardy, Deborah George. Ignatius Rising, Louisiana State University Press. 2001 Template:ISBN pgs. 168–9</ref>
• Dudu Topaz (2009), Israeli TV personality and entertainer, hanging while incarcerated in jail<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Maury Travis (2002), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Silvanus Trevail (1903), English architect, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Dick Trickle (2013), American NASCAR driver, gunshot<ref>Newton, David (May 17, 2013). "Ex-driver Dick Trickle dead at 71". ESPN Nascar.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• José Francisco Trindade Coelho (1908), Portuguese writer, gunshot to the heart
• Sunil Tripathi (2013), American student and former suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Verne Troyer (2018), American actor known for his role as Mini-Me in the Austin Powers films, alcohol intoxication<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tron (1998), German hacker, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Butch Trucks (2017), American drummer for the Allman Brothers Band, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Yordan Tsitsonkov (1926), Macedonian Bulgarian assassin, hanged himself<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Kōkichi Tsuburaya (1968), Japanese marathoner, cut his wrists<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Marina Tsvetaeva (1941), Russian poet, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kurt Tucholsky (1935), German journalist, satirist and writer, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Pawel, Ernst (December 1, 1968). "Kurt Tucholsky and the Ordeal of Germany, 1914–1935, by Harold L. Poor; Kurt Tucholsky: What If ...? Translated by Harry Zohn an". Commentary.</ref>
• Houston Tumlin (2021), American child actor and soldier, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Alan Turing (1954), English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist, eating an apple laced with cyanide<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Helen Twelvetrees (1958), American actress, overdose of sedatives<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jim Tyrer (1980), American football player, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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• Ernst Udet (1941), German pilot and air force general, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Miyu Uehara (2011), Japanese model, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Ugaki Matome (1945), Japanese admiral, diarist and the last kamikaze pilot, unsuccessfully attempted a kamikaze attack after Japan had already surrendered, likely crashing into the sea<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jack Unterweger (1994), Austrian serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Andrew Urdiales (2018), American serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Mitsuru Ushijima (1945), Japanese general, began to commit ritual seppuku disembowelment just before one of his adjutants decapitated him with a saber<ref>Rothman, Lily (June 22, 2015). "The Gory Way Japanese Generals Ended Their Battle on Okinawa". Time.</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Vincent van Gogh

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Lupe Vélez

• Dimitris Vakrinos (1997), Greek serial killer and robber, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Edwin Valero (2010), Venezuelan boxer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kelly Jean Van Dyke (1991), American adult film actress, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• George Washington Vanderbilt III (1961), American explorer and member of the Vanderbilt family, jumped from the 10th floor of the Mark Hopkins Hotel<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Johannes Vares (1946), Estonian poet, doctor and politician, gunshot<ref>Shtromas, Alexander (October 14, 2003). Totalitarianism and the Prospects for World Order: Closing the Door on the Twentieth Century. Lexington Books, Archived at Google Books. Retrieved August 12, 2014.</ref>
• Getúlio Vargas (1954), two-time President of Brazil, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Publius Quinctilius Varus (9 AD), Roman general, fell upon his sword<ref>"Publius Quinctilius Varus". Encyclopædia Britannica. July 20, 1998. Retrieved November 3, 2017.</ref>
• Minnie Vautrin (1940), American missionary in China, stove gas inhalation<ref>"Minnie Vautrin". Yale Divinity School. January 27, 2016. Retrieved July 29, 2018.</ref><ref>Lu, Suping & Minnie Vautrin, Terror in Minnie Vautrin's Nanjing: Diaries and Correspondence, 1937–38, 2008, University of Illinois Press. pp. xxvii-xxviii</ref>
• Lupe Vélez (1944), Mexican actress, overdose of secobarbital<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Dominique Venner (2013), French author, gunshot to the head in the Notre Dame de Paris<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus (65 AD), Roman senator and consul, opening his veins<ref>Tacitus (62-65 AD). Annals Book 15, Chapter 69, Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Titus Vettius (104 BC), Roman equestrian and leader of a slave revolt<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, Book 36, Chapter 2, Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Lucius Antistius Vetus (65 AD), Roman senator, consul and governor of Germania Superior<ref>Tacitus (65-66 AD). Annals Book 16, Chapters 10-11, Loeb Classical Library edition of Tacitus (1937). University of Chicago. Retrieved February 14, 2019.</ref>
• Juhan Viiding (1995), Estonian poet and actor, cut his veins<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Hervé Villechaize (1993), French actor known for his work on the television series Fantasy Island, gunshot<ref>"Herve Villechaize; Actor, 50, Commits Suicide at His Home". The New York Times. September 5, 1993</ref>
• Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1806), French admiral, stabbing<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Norah Vincent (2022), American journalist and novelist, assisted suicide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lucius Annius Vinicianus (42 AD), Roman senator, plotter of the assassination of Caligula, rebel against Claudius<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Frank Vitkovic (1987), Australian spree killer who perpetrated the Queen Street massacre in Melbourne, jumped from a window<ref>Murphy, Damien (December 10, 1987). "Killer leaves trail of carnage". The Age. p. 6.</ref>
• Ned Vizzini (2013), American author of young adult fiction such as the novel It's Kind of a Funny Story, leapt from a building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Zinaida Volkova (1933), daughter of Leon Trotsky, gas asphyxiation<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Chris Von Erich (1991), professional wrestler, gunshot to the head<ref name="AboutSports">Cohen, Eric. "Who's Who in the Von Erich Family?" Template:Webarchive. About Sports. Retrieved November 13, 2014.</ref>
• Kerry Von Erich (1993), professional wrestler, gunshot to the chest<ref name="AboutSports" />
• Mike Von Erich (1987), professional wrestler, overdose of Placidyl and alcohol<ref name="AboutSports" />
• Bulelani Vukwana (2002), South African spree killer, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Robin Williams

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Tom Wills

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Virginia Woolf

• Bradford Thomas Wagner (2005), American real estate agent, gay pornographic film actor and suspected serial rapist, hanging himself with a bed sheet<ref>Webb, Dennis (July 13, 2005). "Wagner hangs himself in Boulder jail". The Aspen Times. Retrieved February 11, 2019.</ref>
• Gustav Wagner (1980), Austrian SS-Oberscharführer and deputy commander of Sobibor extermination camp, knife wound<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Chuck Wagon (1981) American musician and member of The Dickies<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• David Wallace (1904), father of United States First Lady Bess Truman, gunshot to the head<ref>"Bess Truman". Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to American Presidents. Retrieved January 15, 2013.</ref>
• Marie Walcamp (1936), American actress, gas inhalation<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• David Foster Wallace (2008), American author, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Stephen Ward (1963), English osteopathic physician and one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John William Warde (1938), American bank clerk known for spending 14 hours on a ledge before jumping from the 17th floor of Manhattan's Gotham Hotel<ref>"Fourteen Hours". Project Woodhaven. February 2010 (Woodhaven, Queens). (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2019.</ref><ref>"Window Ledge Sitter Leaps To Death", A Century of Journalism, New York Post, Volume III, pp. 62 – 72.</ref>
• Ed Warren (1963), American actor, politician and former mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Nick Wasicsko (1993), former Mayor of Yonkers, New York (1987–89), gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Andre Waters (2006), former NFL safety, gunshot to the head<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gary Webb (2004), American investigative reporter, gunshot to the head<ref>Grandin, Greg (October 10, 2014). "'The New York Times' Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead" Template:Webarchive. The Nation.</ref>
• Jaromir Weinberger (1967), Czech/American composer, lethal overdose of sedative<ref>Beckerman, Michael "". The Orel Foundation. Retrieved December 24, 2018.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Otto Weininger (1903), Austrian philosopher, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jeff Weise (2005), American high school student who perpetrated the Red Lake shootings, gunshot<ref>Jill Burcum (December 19, 2007). "Was Jeff Weise a 'victim'? Debate splits Red Lake Template:Sic". Star Tribune. Retrieved January 1, 2015.</ref>
• Dorrit Weixler (1916), German film actress, hanging<ref>"Dorrit Weixler (1892–1916)" Template:Webarchive. Postkarten Archiv. Retrieved January 15, 2013.</ref>
• Bob Welch (2012), American rock singer-songwriter and former member of Fleetwood Mac, gunshot to the chest<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Horace Wells (1848), American dentist and pioneer of anaesthesiology, slitting his left femoral artery with a razor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Vince Welnick (2006), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist for The Tubes, slit throat<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Dawn-Marie Wesley (2000), Canadian bullied high school student, hanging<ref>"B.C. girl convicted in school bullying tragedy". CBC News. March 26, 2002</ref>
• Fred West (1995), English serial killer, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Assia Wevill (1969), German-born lover of English poet Ted Hughes, murder–suicide of her daughter with Hughes, gas<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• James Whale (1957), English director, drowning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Dan White (1985), San Francisco politician who assassinated Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kurt-Werner Wichmann (1993), German suspected serial killer and main suspect in the Göhrde murders, hanging<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Robin Williams (2014), American comedian and actor, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Ronnie Williams (1997), Welsh entertainer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rozz Williams (1998), American musician, lead vocalist for Christian Death, hanging<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Wendy O. Williams (1998), American singer-songwriter for the Plasmatics, gunshot<ref>Skanse, Richard (April 9, 1998). "Plasmatics' Wendy O. Williams Commits Suicide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
• Tom Wills (1880), Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football, stabbed himself in the heart with a pair of scissors<ref>de Moore, Greg (2011). "An Australian Legend: Tom Wills and a tale of two doctors" Template:Webarchive, Chiron (Melbourne Medical School). Retrieved May 13, 2013.</ref>
• Jarrid Wilson (2019), American pastor and author<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Christopher Wilmarth (1987), American sculptor, hanging<ref>McFadden, Robert D. (November 20, 1987). "Christopher Wilmarth, 44, Dies; Sculptor Is an Apparent Suicide". The New York Times.</ref>
• Sheree Winton (1976), English actress, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jack Wishna (2012), president and CEO of CPAmerica, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Frank Wolff (1971), American actor, slashed his throat<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jiverly Antares Wong (2009), naturalized American citizen from Vietnam who perpetrated the Binghamton shooting, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Tobi Wong (2010), Canadian born designer, and conceptual artist, overdosed on pills<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bum-kon Woo (1982), South Korean policeman and spree killer<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• Seung-yeon Woo (2009), South Korean actress and model, hanging<ref>"Starlet Found Dead in Apparent Suicide". The Chosun Ilbo. April 29, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
• Wally Wood (1981), American comic book writer and artist, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• Francesca Woodman (1981), American photographer, jumped from a window<ref>Loos, Ted (December 1, 2011). "Sharing a Guarded Legacy". The New York Times.</ref>
• Virginia Woolf (1941), English author, essayist, and publisher, drowning<ref>Merkin, Daphne (June 8, 1997). "This Loose, Drifting Material of Life". The New York Times.</ref>
• Stephen Wooldridge (2017), Australian cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Tera Wray (2016), American pornographic actress<ref>Wayne Static's Widow Tera Wray Static Found Dead. Blabber Mouth. January 14, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
• Marcin Wrona (2015), Polish film director, hanging<ref>Sedia, Giuseppe (November 5, 2015). "Demon (2015): The film and its director's tragic suicide behind it". Krakow Post. Retrieved May 18, 2017.</ref>
• Wu Zixu (484 BC), Chinese general and politician of the Wu, stabbed himself with a sword<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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• Xiang Yu (202 BC), Chinese rebel leader and king of Western Chu, slit his own throat<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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Sergei Yesenin

• Yakushiji Motoichi (1504), Japanese samurai and deputy governor, ritual seppuku disembowelment<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Yamaguchi Otoya (1960), Japanese nationalist who assassinated Asanuma Inejirō, hanging<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yang Yang (2019), Chinese tenor, jump from the 26th floor of his apartment building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yasmine (2009), Belgian singer, hanging<ref>"Flemish TV personality Yasmine takes her own life". Template:Webarchive, Flanders Today. Retrieved June 26, 2009</ref>
• Seizō Yasunori (1945), Japanese kamikaze pilot, flew his plane into the USS Bunker Hill<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Kelly Yeomans (1997), English bullied high school student, dextropropoxyphene overdose<ref>Lacey, Hester (February 22, 1998). "Focus: Bullied to death". The Independent.</ref>
• Sergei Yesenin (1925), Russian and Soviet poet, hanging<ref>"Sergei Yesenin" Template:Webarchive. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved July 27, 2012</ref>
• Francis Parker Yockey (1960), American neo-Fascist political philosopher and polemicist also known under his pen name Ulick Varange, cyanide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Yoñlu (2006), Brazilian singer-songwriter, carbon monoxide poisoning<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Yoon Ki-won (2011), South Korean football goalkeeper, charcoal-burning suicide<ref>"Incheon United goalkeeper dies". The Korea Times. May 6, 2011</ref>
• Atsumi Yoshikubo (2014), Japanese psychiatrist, intentionally getting lost in the Canadian Taiga<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Gūwalgiya Youlan (1921), Manchu noblewoman, primary consort of Zaifeng, Prince Chun and mother of China's last emperor Puyi, opium overdose<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Cy Young (1964), Chinese-American animator, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Faron Young (1996), American country music singer, gunshot<ref>Pareles, Jon (December 11, 1996). "Faron Young, Singer, 64, Dies; Country Star and Businessman". The New York Times.</ref>
• Gig Young (1978), American actor, gunshot after fatally shooting his wife<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Lee Thompson Young (2013), American actor, gunshot<ref>Goldblatt, Daniel (August 19, 2013). "'Rizzoli & Isles' Star Lee Thompson Young Found Dead". Variety.</ref>
• Fakhra Younus (2012), Pakistani dancer, jumped from building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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• Bill Zeller (2011), American computer programmer and developer of myTunes, oxygen deprivation due to hanging led to brain damage, taken off life support<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Bogdan Žerajić (1910), Herzegovinian Serb student and nationalist revolutionary, who made an assassination attempt on the Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marijan Varešanin, gunshot<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Zhang Han (205 BC), Chinese general<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Zhang Shicheng (1367), Chinese warlord, leading figure during the Red Turban Rebellion and self-proclaimed king of Great Zhou, hanging<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Zhang Shijie (1279), Chinese admiral, general, bureaucrat and politician, drowning<ref name="DefendingHeaven" />
• Zhou of Shang (1046 BC), Chinese king of the Shang dynasty, set fire to himself and his palace<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hai Zi (1989), Chinese poet,<ref>Hyo Jin Bo (July 28, 2006). "March 26 Hai Zi's death". People Daily. Japanese Education Network Technology Network. (Chinese)</ref><ref>van Crevel, Maghiel (February 28, 2011). Chinese Poetry in Times of Mind, Mayhem and Money. BRILL. p. 91. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref> lying down on railroad tracks<ref>Bingbin, Han (March 23, 2012). "Poetry put in motion" Template:Webarchive. China Daily. Retrieved September 2, 2018.</ref>
• Marion Zioncheck (1936), American congressman from Washington's 1st district, jumped from his office window<ref>Template:Cite news Archived at the California Digital Newspaper Collection.</ref>
• Joost Zwagerman (2015), Dutch writer, poet, and essayist<ref>Pieters, Janene (September 9, 2015). "Netherlands mourns death of writer Joost Zwagerman, 51". NLTimes.nl.</ref><ref>"Dutch best-selling writer Joost Zwagerman commits suicide ahead of new book launch". DutchNews.nl. September 9, 2015.</ref><ref>"Joost Zwagerman overleden". Privé. September 8, 2015</ref>
• Stefan Zweig (1942), Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer, barbiturate overdose<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Possible or disputed suicides

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Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Terry A. Davis

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Jeffrey Epstein

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Primo Levi

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Liam Payne

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The Death of Socrates

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Sid Vicious

• Clodius Albinus (197), Roman emperor, killed himself after a defeat in battle (possibly executed by Septimius Severus)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (1899), member of the British royal family. The exact circumstances of Alfred's death are unknown, and varying accounts have been published. His sister Marie's memoirs simply say his health "broke down", and other writers have said that he had "consumption".<ref name="QVD">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Rp The Times published an account stating he had died of a tumor,<ref name="QVD" />Template:Rp while the Complete Peerage gives the generally accepted account that he "shot himself".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Gameel Al-Batouti (1999), Egyptian pilot of EgyptAir and former officer of the Egyptian Air Force who was killed in the crash of EgyptAir Flight 990. It is disputed on whether or not it was caused by mechanical malfunction or by Al-Batouti in a suicide by pilot<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Suchir Balaji (2024), American artificial intelligence researcher who died several weeks after making accusations against his ex-employer, OpenAI. Both the San Francisco police and the Chief Medical Examiner concluded that his death was a suicide. Balaji's family insist that he was killed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Scotty Beckett (1968), American actor, an overdose of either barbiturates or alcohol, after seeking medical attention for blunt force trauma injuries following a severe beating<ref>Scott, Vernon (August 11, 1969). "Actress' Death One of Series of Hollywood Tragedies". Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania). p. 9. Archived at Google News.</ref><ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• Wade Belak (2011), Canadian ice hockey player. Belak was found dead in his home in Toronto, and the police investigated his death as a suicide.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Later, hockey analyst and former player P.J. Stock alleged that Belak's death was not a suicide, but accidental.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Although Stock later stepped back from his comments, members of Belak's family also believe his death was accidental.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Edward Brittain (1918), British army captain, gunshot by enemy sniper, to whom Brittain may have deliberately exposed himself, to avoid a court-martial for homosexuality<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Mark Bostridge, Vera Brittain and the First World War: The Story of Testament of Youth (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014), Kindle edition; Paul Berry and Mark Bostridge, Vera Brittain: A Life (Chatto & Windus, 1995)</ref>
• Maurice Chevalier (1972), French singer, died on account of kidney injury, a sequel of attempted suicide with barbiturates overdose.
• Terry A. Davis (2018), American programmer and creator of TempleOS, struck by a train<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jeffrey Epstein (2019), American financier and convicted sex offender, hanging.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Whether Epstein's death was suicide or homicide is a point of controversy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Lolo Ferrari (2000), French pornographic actress, dancer, singer, and Guinness World Record holder, antidepressant and heroin overdose. Ferrari had been depressed, and while her death was ruled a suicide, it is speculated that her husband killed her. After it was found that mechanically induced suffocation could not be ruled out, her husband was arrested. He was released from prison after 13 months, after a second autopsy was performed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John Fitch (1798), American inventor, opium overdose<ref>Asimov, Isaac (1982). Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Doubleday.</ref>
• James Forrestal (1949), First U.S. Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, fell from 16th floor of building (disputed suicide)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Rick Genest (2018), performance artist, actor and model, fall from a balcony<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Kaufman, Gil (August 6, 2018). "Rick 'Zombie Boy' Genest's Family Believes He Died in an Accidental Fall From a Balcony". Billboard.</ref>
• Kurt Gödel (1978), Austrian-American logician, mathematician and philosopher, died of starvation as a result of refusing to eat anything not prepared by his wife, who was hospitalized, out of fear of being poisoned. It is unclear whether this was a suicide.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Nigel Green (1972), English actor, overdose of sleeping pills<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Hannibal (183–181 BC),<ref>Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal 13.1</ref> Carthaginian military commander and tactician, possibly poison<ref>Cornelius Nepos, Hannibal 12.5; Juvenal, Satires X.164</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sung-jae Kim (1995), South Korean singer and former member of Deux, stabbed in the arm 28 times with a syringe containing animal anesthetic. It is unknown if it was a murder or suicide.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• David Koresh (1993), American leader of the Branch Davidians, gunshot. It is unknown if he was murdered by one of the Branch Davidians, or if he died by suicide.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Jules Lequier (1862), French philosopher, likely swam voluntarily out into the ocean<ref>Camus, Albert. The Myth of Sisyphus, p.3</ref>
• Primo Levi (1987), Italian chemist, writer and Holocaust survivor, jumped from his third-story apartment<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Gilbert N. Lewis (1946), American chemist, cyanide poisoning. It is disputed whether he had a heart attack or died by suicide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Meriwether Lewis (1809), U.S. explorer and partner of William Clark, gunshot. There is some debate as to whether his death was a suicide.<ref>Guice, John D. W.; Holmberg, James J.; Buckley, Jay H. (2006). By His Own Hand? The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis. University of Oklahoma Press.</ref>
• Lucretius (c. 55 BC), Roman poet and Epicurean philosopher. The only source of his suicide is Jerome, who is considered by scholars as unreliable and hostile towards Lucretius<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• Kizito Mihigo (2020), Rwandan gospel singer, genocide survivor and peace activist, hanging. Human rights organisations and Rwandan activists challenged this.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Unity Mitford, (1948), British socialite and Nazi sympathiser, died eight years after shooting herself of injuries caused by the bullet; debatable if this counts as suicide<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• Alighiero Noschese (1979), Italian TV impersonator, gunshot while being recovered under care for clinical depression. As patients with depression are not permitted to possess firearms and other lethal objects, it was suspected that someone murdered Noschese or smuggled the gun to him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Orgetorix (60 BC), Gallic member of the ruling class of the Helvetii and conspirator. It is uncertain if he died by suicide or was executed.<ref>Template:Cite book 1.2</ref>
• Liam Payne (2024), member of the boyband One Direction. Died by falling of the 3rd floor balcony of a hotel. He might have been under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It is unsure whether he fell or jumped. Autopsy revealed he did not protect himself while falling.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Giuseppe Pinelli (1969), Italian anarchist, fall from police station window, police claim of suicide widely disputed<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• John William Polidori (1821), English writer and physician, ingestion of hydrogen cyanide. The coroner gave a verdict of death by natural causes despite strong evidence of suicide<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Freddie Prinze (1977), American actor and comedian, gunshot to the head while under the influence of methaqualone and alcohol. His death was initially ruled suicide,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but his mother and other loved ones successfully convinced a court to change the official cause of death to accidental.<ref>Snauffer, Douglas (July 23, 2008). Show Must Go on: How the Deaths of Lead Actors Have Affected Television. McFarland & Company p. 74. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved May 23, 2015.</ref>
• Bernardo Sassetti (2012), Portuguese jazz pianist and film composer, fell or jumped off a cliff to the sea (a nearby fisherman said he saw him jump).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Elliott Smith (2003), American singer, songwriter and musician, stab wounds to chest. While Smith's death was originally reported as a suicide, the official autopsy report released in December 2003 left open the question of homicide<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Socrates (399 BC), Classical Greek Athenian philosopher, credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, poison (likely hemlock)<ref>Plato. Apology, 24–27.</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Linder, Doug (2002). "The Trial of Socrates". University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. Retrieved September 12, 2013.</ref><ref>"Socrates (Greek philosopher)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved September 12, 2013.</ref> Because Socrates was forced to poison himself to death as his sentence following his conviction for impiety and corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens, the question of whether this constitutes a genuine suicide is a subject of debate.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• John Hanning Speke (1864), British explorer, gunshot.<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> An inquest concluded that his death was accidental, a conclusion supported by Speke's biographer Alexander Maitland, as the location of the fatal wound just below Speke's armpit made suicide unlikely.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> However, the idea of suicide has appealed to some critics of Speke.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Tsarong (1959), Tibetan diplomat, court official and reformer, died in a Chinese prison shortly before his public execution with no cause of death ever being revealed, his friend Heinrich Harrer suspects suicide<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Vincent van Gogh (1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter, gunshot to the chest.<ref>Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980. Template:ISBN. pp. 480-483.</ref> Naifeh and Smith 2011 biography of van Gogh argued that he was a possible victim of accidental manslaughter or foul play by René Secrétan, who led a gang of teenage hooligans who enjoyed getting drunk and bullying the tortured artist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Jeffrey "JV" Vandergrift (2023), DJ and radio show host, body found in San Francisco bay following long battle with Lyme disease. Suicide suspected.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Sid Vicious (1979), English musician and member of the Sex Pistols, heroin overdose<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He had made a suicide pact with his then recently deceased girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, as evident by a note found in his coat pocket after his death.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• List of deaths from drug overdose and intoxication

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