A •
Carole Achache (2016), French writer, photographer and actress, hanging •
Phillip Adams (2021), American football player, gunshot •
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 •
Stuart Adamson (2001), Scottish guitarist and singer for
Big Country and
Skids, hanging after alcohol ingestion •
Ahn Jae-hwan (2008), South Korean actor,
carbon monoxide poisoning •
Chantal Akerman (2015), Belgian film director •
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 •
Leelah Alcorn (2014), American transgender teenager, walked in front of a truck •
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya (2020), Russian-Australian ice skater, jumped from window of her apartment •
Gia Allemand (2013), American actress and model, hanging •
August Ames (2017), Canadian pornographic actress, hanging •
Gonçalo Amorim (2012), Portuguese cyclist, gunshot •
Robert Leroy Anderson (2003), American murderer and self-proclaimed serial killer, hanging •
Sophie Anderson (2023), English pornographic actress and internet personality,
GHB overdose •
Keith Andes (2005), American actor, asphyxiation •
Kei Aoyama (2011), Japanese manga artist, hanging •
Robert Archibald (2020), Scottish professional basketball player, gunshot •
Gustavo Arnal (2022), CFO of Bed Bath & Beyond, jumping •
Sei Ashina (2020), Japanese actress •
John Atchison (2007), American federal prosecutor and alleged child sex offender, hanging •
Mohamed Atta (2001), Egyptian member of
Al-Qaeda, and leader of the
9/11 hijackers, plane crash of
American Airlines Flight 11 •
Pekka-Eric Auvinen (2007), Finnish Jokela High School shooter, gunshot to head •
Avicii (2018), Swedish DJ and music producer,
exsanguination from cuts •
Mike Awesome (2007), American professional wrestler, hanging
B •
Pamela Bach (2025), American actress, gunshot •
Nikki Bacharach (2007), American daughter of
Burt Bacharach and
Angie Dickinson, suffocation using plastic bag and helium •
Jeff Baena (2025), American screenwriter and film director, hanging •
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (2019), Iraqi-born
Islamic terrorist and leader of the
Islamic State, detonation of a
suicide vest during a U.S. military raid on his family home. •
Mark Balelo (2013), American cast member on the reality TV series
Storage Wars, carbon monoxide asphyxiation •
Pratyusha Banerjee (2016), Indian actress, hanging •
Aziza Barnes (2024), American poet, screenwriter, and playwright •
Johanna Bassani (2020), Austrian combined Nordic skier and ski jumper •
Simone Battle (2014), American pop singer and member of the band
G.R.L., hanging •
J. Clifford Baxter (2002), American
Enron executive, gunshot •
Sarah Becker (2024), American reality television personality, known for her appearances on
The Real World: Miami •
Ari Behn (2019), Norwegian author and painter •
Jovan Belcher (2012),
American football player, gunshot,
murder-suicide •
Jadin Bell (2013), bullied teen, taken off life support after injuries from attempted suicide by hanging •
Malik Bendjelloul (2014), Swedish documentary filmmaker, jumped in front of moving train •
Chester Bennington (2017), American lead singer of
Linkin Park, hanging •
Chris Benoit (2007), Canadian professional wrestler, hanging •
David Berman (2019), American musician and poet, hanging •
Paul Bhattacharjee (2013), British actor, jumped from a clifftop •
Brian Bianchini (2004), American model, hanging •
Abraham Biggs (2008), American college student, livestreamed his overdose by opiates and benzodiazepines •
Steve Bing (2020), American businessman and film producer, jumped from 27th floor of apartment building •
Bob Birch (2012), American musician, gunshot •
David Birnie (2005), Australian serial killer and rapist, hanging •
Maggy Biskupski (2018), French police officer and president of Movement of Angry Police Officers (MPC), gunshot •
Jeremy Blake (2007), American artist, drowning •
Erica Blasberg (2010), American golfer, asphyxia caused prescription overdose •
Miguel Blesa (2017), Spanish banker and businessman, involved in various corruption scandals, gunshot to chest •
Isabella Blow (2007), English magazine editor, and muse to fashion designer Alexander McQueen, poisoning •
Joe Bodolai (2011), American film and television producer and writer, poisoning •
Eduardo Bonvallet (2015), Chilean World Cup footballer and pundit, hanging •
Novak Bošković (2019), Serbian handball player, gunshot •
Dmitry Bosov (2020), Russian businessman and billionaire, gunshot •
Stephen "tWitch" Boss (2022), American hip hop dancer and DJ, gunshot •
Mohamed Bouazizi (2011), Tunisian street vendor,
self-immolation •
Anthony Bourdain (2018), American chef, author, and television personality, hanging •
Annalise Braakensiek (2019), Australian model •
Jonathan Brandis (2003), American actor, hanging •
Charlie Brandt (2004), American serial killer, hanging •
John Brenkus (2025), American producer, director and television personality •
Blake Brockington (2015), American LGBT advocate, vehicular impact •
Molly Brodak (2020), American poet, writer, and baker •
Herman Brood (2001), Dutch rock musician and painter, jumped from hotel roof •
Joseph Brooks (2011), American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer, asphyxiation •
Dieter Brummer (2021), Australian actor •
Jürgen Brümmer (2014), German Olympic gymnast, jumped from the
Körsch Viaduct after suffocating his son •
David Buckel (2018), American
LGBT rights lawyer and
environmental activist,
self-immolation in
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn •
Randy Budd (2016), American businessman whose wife, Sharon, was critically injured and disfigured by
rocks thrown at their car from an overpass, gunshot •
Julia Buencamino (2015), Filipina actress, hanging. •
Brad Bufanda (2017), American actor, jumped from building •
Anne Burrell (2025), American chef and television personality, drug overdose •
Aaron Bushnell (2024), American member of the
United States Air Force, self-immolation •
Zvonko Bušić (2013), Croatian hijacker responsible for hijacking
TWA Flight 355 in 1976, gunshot
C •
Antonio Calvo (2011), university lecturer, cut his throat and arms. •
Eylül Cansın (2015), Turkish transgender woman, jumping •
Homaro Cantu (2015), American chef, hanging •
Capital Steez (2012), American
hip-hop artist, jumped off the rooftop of the Cinematic Music Group headquarters in
Manhattan •
Robert Card (2023), American former Army Reservist and perpetrator of the
2023 Lewiston shootings, gunshot •
Robert Carradine (2026), American actor known for his appearances in the
Revenge of the Nerds film franchise and the TV series
Lizzie McGuire, after a two-decade battle with
bipolar disorder, hanging •
Tim Carter (2008), English footballer, hanging •
Neal Casal (2019), American musician •
Finn M. W. Caspersen (2009), American financier and philanthropist, gunshot •
Ariel Castro (2013), Puerto Rican-American kidnapper, rapist and murderer, hanging •
Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (2018), Cuban nuclear physicist, son of
Fidel Castro •
Kelly Catlin (2019), American cycling champion •
Antonio Catricalà (2021), Italian civil servant and lawyer, gunshot •
Champignon (2013), Brazilian musician, bassist for
Charlie Brown Jr., gunshot •
Nicole Chan (2019), Canadian police officer, suicidal strangulation •
Joseph Newton Chandler III (2002), formerly unidentified identity thief, gunshot •
Pierre Chanal (2003), French serial killer, cut femoral artery •
V. B. Chandrasekhar (2019), Indian cricketer, hanging •
Iris Chang (2004), American historian and author of
The Rape of Nanking, gunshot to head •
Danny Chen (2011), Chinese-American
U.S. Army private, gunshot •
Chen Gang (2011), Chinese university lecturer, jumping. •
Vic Chesnutt (2009), American singer-songwriter, muscle relaxant overdose •
Leslie Cheung (2003), Hong Kong singer and actor, leapt from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel •
V. J. Chitra (2020), Indian actress, hanging •
Chiung Yao (2024), Taiwanese writer and film producer, charcoal burning •
Seung-Hui Cho (2007), American university student who perpetrated the
Virginia Tech shooting, gunshot •
Choi Jin-sil (2008), South Korean actress, hanging •
Choi Jin-young (2010), South Korean actor and singer, hanging •
Choi Sung-bong (2023), South Korean singer •
Brian Christopher (2018), American professional wrestler, hanging •
Chung Doo-un (2019), South Korean politician •
Bob Carlos Clarke (2006), Irish photographer, jumped in front of a train •
Tyler Clementi (2010),
Rutgers University student, jumped off the
George Washington Bridge •
Camila María Concepción (2020), American screenwriter and transgender rights activist •
Bill Conradt (2006), assistant
district attorney from Texas, gunshot •
Bubba Copeland (2023), American politician and pastor who served as mayor of
Smiths Station, Alabama, Gunshot •
Tarka Cordell (2008), British musician, hanging •
Don Cornelius (2012), American television producer, best known as the creator and host of
Soul Train, gunshot •
Chris Cornell (2017), American musician, singer/songwriter, and member of the bands
Soundgarden and
Audioslave, hanging after a performance •
John Coughlin (2019), American figure skater, hanging •
Julee Cruise (2022), American musician
D •
Charlotte Dawson (2014), Australian TV presenter, hanging •
Brad Delp (2007), American singer-songwriter for the bands
Boston and
RTZ, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Denice Denton (2006), American university professor and administrator, jumped 33 stories •
Ronald Desruelles (2015), Belgian athlete, hanging •
Norman "Dinky" Diamond (2004), English drummer for
Sparks, hanging •
Dipendra of Nepal (2001),
King of Nepal and perpetrator of the
Nepalese royal massacre, gunshot to the head •
Thomas M. Disch (2008), American writer, gunshot •
Aleksandr Dolmatov (2013), Russian asylum seeker, undisclosed method •
Christopher Dorner (2013), former American police officer and mass shooter, gunshot •
Jon Dough (2006), American pornographic actor, hanging •
Edward Downes (2009), English conductor, assisted double suicide with wife Lady Joan Downes at the
Dignitas clinic in Switzerland •
Scott Dozier (2019), American murderer, hanging •
Charmaine Dragun (2007), Australian television newsreader, jumped off
The Gap •
Dave Duerson (2011),
American football safety for the
Chicago Bears,
New York Giants, and
Phoenix Cardinals, gunshot to the chest •
Clay Duke (2010), American ex-convict, gunshot •
Theresa Duncan (2007), American video game designer, blogger, filmmaker and critic, ingestion of Tylenol and alcohol
E •
Volker Eckert (2007), German serial killer, hanging •
Naima El Bezaz (2020), Moroccan-Dutch writer •
Keith Emerson (2016), English rock musician, keyboardist, and composer for the bands
The Nice and
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, gunshot to the head •
Martin Emond (2004), New Zealand cartoonist and painter, hanging •
Robert Enke (2009), German
footballer, struck by train •
Etika (2019), American
YouTuber and
streamer, drowned after jumping from the
Manhattan Bridge •
Dolly Everett (2018), Australian teen, undisclosed method. •
Richard Evonitz (2002), American serial killer and kidnapper
F (pictured right) and her band The Easy Four •
Justin Fairfax (2026), American lawyer and politician, gunshot •
Angus Fairhurst (2008), English artist, hanging •
Jackie Fairweather (2014), Australian triathlete, undisclosed method •
Moni Fanan (2009), Israeli basketball executive
Maccabi Tel Aviv, hanging •
Fausto Fanti (2014), Brazilian humorist known as a member of the comedy troupe
Hermes & Renato, and guitarist for
Massacration, hanging •
Richard Farnsworth (2000), American actor, gunshot •
René Favaloro (2000), Argentine cardiac surgeon (created technique for coronary
bypass surgery), gunshot to the heart •
José Feghali (2014), Brazilian pianist, winner of the 1985
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, gunshot to head •
Malevo Ferreyra (2008), Argentine
police chief accused of multiple murders and acts of torture during the 1970s, gunshot to the head. •
Anton Fier (2022), American drummer, composer and bandleader, assisted suicide. •
Amina El Filali (2012), Moroccan teenager forced to marry her rapist, rat poison. •
Mark Fisher (2017), English writer and political theorist, hanging. • Mathieu Fischer (2021), Belgian survivor of the
2016 Brussels bombings. •
Caroline Flack (2020), English radio and television presenter, hanging. •
Mike Flanagan (2011), American baseball player and 1979 American League
Cy Young Award winner.
shotgun wound to the head. •
Vester Flanagan (2015), American television news reporter responsible for killing Alison Parker and Adam Ward, gunshot to the head. •
Mark Fleischman (2022), American businessman and onetime owner of
Studio 54, assisted suicide with the aid of the assisted dying non-profit
Dignitas. •
Keith Flint (2019), English singer and dancer for
The Prodigy, hanging. •
David Fonseca (2015), Former
Belize City mayor, gunshot to head •
André "Dédé" Fortin (2000), Canadian songwriter, singer and guitarist (
Les Colocs), stabbing. •
Verónica Forqué (2021), Spanish actress, suicide by hanging after a long depression. •
Christopher Foster (2008), Businessman, killed his wife, daughter, horses and dogs before setting the family house on fire, gunshot and self-immolation •
Jason David Frank (2022), American actor known for the TV series
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, hanging. •
Kelly Fraser (2019), Canadian pop singer and songwriter. •
Danny Frawley (2019), Former Australian Rules footballer and broadcaster, suicide by intentional car accident •
Ryan Freel (2012), American professional baseball player, gunshot. •
Travis Fulton (2021), American
boxer and
mixed martial artist fighter, hanging.
G •
Anthony Galindo (2020), Venezuelan singer •
Alan García (2019), Peruvian politician who served as
President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011, gunshot •
Jamir Garcia (2020), Filipino singer, vocalist of the band
Slapshock, hanging •
Santiago García (2021), Uruguayan soccer player, gunshot •
Arturo Gatti (2009), Canadian
professional boxer, hanging shortly after being charged with 24 felony counts related to sexual abuse of his trainees •
Babak Ghorbani (2014), Iranian wrestler, overdose •
Jeremy Giambi (2022), American retired baseball player, gunshot to chest •
Sam Gillespie (2003), philosopher whose writings and translations were crucial to the initial reception of
Alain Badiou's work in the English-speaking world •
Virginia Giuffre (2025), American-Australian advocate for survivors of sex trafficking, and accuser of child sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein and Britain's
Prince Andrew •
Joe Gliniewicz (2015), American police officer, gunshot •
John Wayne Glover (2005), Australian serial killer, hanging •
Jean-Luc Godard (2022), French-Swiss film director and film critic,
assisted suicide procedure •
David Goodall (2018), English-born Australian botanist and ecologist, physician-assisted suicide •
Uvaraja Gopal (2023), Singaporean police sergeant, jumping. •
Lucy Gordon (2009), English actress and model, hanging •
Daisuke Gōri (2010), Japanese voice actor, narrator and actor, cut his wrist •
Mike Graham (2012), American professional wrestler, gunshot •
Sophie Gradon (2018), English model and television personality, hanging •
Bob Grant (2003), English actor, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Spalding Gray (2004), American actor, playwright, screenwriter, performance artist, and monologuist, jumped off the Staten Island Ferry •
Mark Green (2004), American record-setting minor league hockey star, hanging •
Paul Gruchow (2004), American writer, drug overdose
H •
Charles Haddon (2010), English lead singer of pop-synth band
Ou Est le Swimming Pool, hanging •
Charlie Haeger (2020), American baseball player, gunshot •
Jason Hairston (2018), American football player •
Ryan Halligan (2003), bullied American middle school student, hanging •
Tony Halme (2010), Finnish athlete, actor and politician, gunshot •
Hani Hanjour (2001), Saudi member of
Al-Qaeda and
9/11 hijacker,
American Airlines Flight 77 •
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 •
Goo Hara (2019), South Korean singer •
Neda Hassani (2003), Iranian protester, self-immolation in front of French embassy in London •
Robert Hawkins (2007), American mass murderer, perpetrator of the
Westroads Mall shooting, gunshot •
Marvin Heemeyer (2004), American welder who went on a rampage with a modified bulldozer, gunshot •
Sarah Hegazi (2020), Egyptian LGBT activist •
Claudia Heill (2011), Austrian judoka, jump from a sixth story window •
Benjamin Hendrickson (2006), American actor, gunshot •
Victor Heringer (2018), Brazilian novelist and poet, winner of the 2013
Prêmio Jabuti, self-defenestration •
Aaron Hernandez (2017), American football player and convicted murderer, hanging in prison cell, five days after his acquittal from a separate murder charge. Hernandez was posthumously diagnosed with
chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has led to speculation over how the condition may have affected his behavior. •
Wolfgang Herrndorf (2013), German writer, gunshot •
Paul Hester (2005), Australian drummer for
Split Enz and
Crowded House, hanging •
John Hicklenton (2010), British comics artist, assisted suicide the
Dignitas clinic in Switzerland •
Tyler Hilinski (2018), American football quarterback, gunshot •
Ludwig Hirsch (2011), Austrian singer, songwriter and actor, jumped from the second floor of a hospital window •
Brandon Hixon (2018), American politician, gunshot •
Richard Holden (2005), Canadian politician, leapt from 8th-floor balcony •
Crash Holly (2003), American wrestler,
asphyxia due to
pulmonary aspiration as a result of an
alcohol and
drug overdose •
Alec Holowka (2019), Canadian video game programmer, designer, and musician •
Tyler Honeycutt (2018), American basketball player (
Sacramento Kings,
Khimki), gunshot •
Harry Horse (2007), English author, illustrator, cartoonist and musician, stabbed himself 47 times in a murder-suicide •
Silvio Horta (2020), American screenwriter and television producer, gunshot •
Blake Hounshell (2023), American journalist and editor •
Mike Howe (2021), American singer, and member of the heavy metal band
Metal Church •
Hsu Kun-yuan (2020), Taiwanese politician, jumped off his home •
Hu Bo (2017), Chinese novelist and director •
Nicholas Hughes (2009), fisheries biologist, son of renowned poet
Sylvia Plath, hanging •
Scott Hutchison (2018), Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist, body found and later determined suicide
I •
Hideki Irabu (2011), Japanese professional baseball player, hanged •
Bruce Ivins (2008), American microbiologist and suspect in the
2001 anthrax attacks, overdose of
paracetamol J •
Marcel Jacob (2009), Swedish bassist for the hard rock bands
Talisman and
Yngwie Malmsteen •
Irwin L. Jacobs (2019), American businessman, CEO of
Genmar Holdings, gunshot after murdering his wife •
M. Jaishankar (2018), Indian serial killer and rapist, slitting his own throat •
Jill Janus (2018), American lead singer of the metal band
Huntress •
Jang Ja-yeon (2009), South Korean actress, hanging •
Rick Jason (2000), American actor, gunshot •
Jaxon (2006), American cartoonist and illustrator •
Richard Jeni (2007), American standup comedian and actor, gunshot •
Ryan Jenkins (2009), American contestant on the 2009 reality TV series
Megan Wants a Millionaire, hanging •
Jeon Mi-seon (2019), South Korean actress, hanging •
Jeong Da-bin (2007), South Korean actress, hanging •
Jo Min-ki (2018), South Korean actor, hanging •
Dan Johnson (2017), American politician,
Republican member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives, gunshot •
George Robert Johnston (2004), Canadian burglar and fugitive known as the
Ballarat Bandit, gunshot •
Greg Johnson (2019), Canadian ice hockey player, gunshot •
J. J. Johnson (2001), American
Bebop trombonist, gunshot •
Pavle Jovanonic (2020), Serbian-American Olympic bobsledder •
Naomi Judd (2022), American
country music singer and actress, gunshot
K •
Ted Kaczynski (2023), American mathematician and domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber, hanging •
Antonie Kamerling (2010), Dutch actor and musician, hanging •
Sayaka Kanda (2021), Japanese actress and singer, jumped from an upper floor of a hotel •
Chris Kanyon (2010), American professional wrestler, overdose of anti-depressant pills •
Kagney Linn Karter (2024), American pornographic film actress, gunshot •
Kazuhiko Katō (2009), Japanese musician, hanging •
Nicky Katt (2025), American actor, gunshot •
Steven Kazmierczak (2008), American mass murderer, perpetrator of the
Northern Illinois University shooting, gunshot. •
David Kellermann (2009), American businessman and CFO of
Freddie Mac, suicide by hanging. •
Mike Kelley (2012), American artist, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Ömer Ket (2026), Turkish student and
shooter,
self-inflicted gun wound •
Israel Keyes (2012), American serial killer, slit wrists and strangulation •
Jiah Khan (2013), British American actress of Indian descent, hanging •
Sahar Khodayari (2019), Iranian activist who self-immolated in front of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran •
Margot Kidder (2018), Canadian-American actress, known for her role as
Lois Lane in
Superman feature films, drug and alcohol overdose •
Daul Kim (2009), South Korean model and blogger, hanged in her Paris apartment •
Kim Ji-hoo (2008), South Korean model and actor, hanging •
Kim Ji-hoon (2013), South Korean singer-songwriter (
Two Two) and actor, hanging •
Kim Jong-hyun (2017), South Korean singer-songwriter, radio host, and member of boy band
Shinee, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Kim Sae-ron (2025), South Korean actress •
Yu-ri Kim (2011), South Korean model, poison •
Hana Kimura (2020), Japanese wrestler, hydrogen sulfide poisoning •
Uday Kiran (2014), Indian actor, hanging •
Stan Kirsch (2020), American actor, hanging •
R. B. Kitaj (2007), American artist, suffocation •
John Kivela (2017), American politician, hanging •
Marshawn Kneeland (2025), American football player for the
Dallas Cowboys, gunshot after police chase •
Billy Knight (2018),
UCLA basketball player,
blunt force injuries •
Jak Knight (2022), American comedian and TV writer, gunshot •
Andrew Koenig (2010), American actor, hanging •
Hannelore Kohl (2001), German wife of
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, overdose of sleeping pills •
Takako Konishi (2001), Japanese office worker known for an
urban legend surrounding her death, froze to death •
Ruslana Korshunova (2008), Kazakhstani model, aged 20, jumped from the ninth-floor balcony of her apartment in New York City •
Stephen Kovacs (2022), American fencer and fencing coach, hanging with laundry bag while in prison •
Oleksandr Kovalenko (2010), Ukrainian football player and referee, jumped from his apartment •
Alec Kreider (2017), American
convicted triple
murderer, hanging •
Tim Kretschmer (2009), German student and mass shooter, gunshot •
Norbert Kröcher (2016), German
2 June Movement terrorist, gunshot •
Alan Krueger (2019), American economist •
Cheslie Kryst (2022), American model and presenter known as
Miss USA 2019,
jump from a Manhattan high-rise •
Ashwani Kumar (2020), Indian police officer and politician who served as
governor of Nagaland from 2013 to 2014, hanging •
Richard Kyanka (2021), American web developer and founder of
Something Awful, gunshot
L •
Deborah Laake (2000), American columnist and writer, overdose of pills •
Kyren Lacy (2025), American football player, gunshot •
Paul Lambert (2020), British television journalist, producer and communications director •
Karen Lancaume (2005), French pornographic film actress, overdose of
temazepam •
Andrew E. Lange (2010), American astrophysicist •
Adam Lanza (2012), perpetrator of the
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, gunshot to the head •
Don Lapre (2011), American television pitchman noted for several products, cut throat with a razor blade •
Fathima Latheef (2019), Indian post-graduate student, hanging. •
Brian Laundrie (2021), American partner of formerly missing woman
Gabby Petito, gunshot to head weeks after killing Petito •
Coco Lee (2023), Hong Kong American signer •
Lee Eun-ju (2005), South Korean actress, slit wrists and hanging •
Lee Hye-Ryeon (2007), South Korean singer, known as U;Nee, hanging •
Jon Lee (2002), Welsh drummer for the British rock band
Feeder, hanging •
Sara Lee (2022), American professional wrestler, combined drug intoxication •
Lee Sun-Kyun (2023), Korean actor, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Thomas H. Lee (2023), American financier, gunshot •
Friedrich Leibacher (2001), Swiss mass murderer, gunshot •
Dave Lepard (2006), Swedish singer and guitarist (
Crashdïet), hanging •
Andrzej Lepper (2011), Polish politician known as the leader of Samoobrona RP (Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland), hanging •
Arnie Lerma (2018), American former Scientologist and critic of
Scientology, gunshot •
Harry Lew (2011), United States Marine, gunshot •
Chris Lighty (2012), American
music industry executive and manager, gunshot •
lil' Chris (2015), English pop singer, hanging •
Lil Loaded (2021), American rapper, gunshot to head •
Mark Linkous (2010), American musician, gunshot to the heart •
Matthew Livelsberger (2025),
United States Army Green Beret and perpetrator of the
2025 Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion, gunshot to mouth before explosion •
Carlo Lizzani (2013), Italian film director, jumped from a balcony •
Kevin James Loibl (2016), assassin of
Christina Grimmie, gunshot •
Bernard Loiseau (2003), French chef, shotgun blast to the head •
Terry Long (2005), American football player, poisioning •
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 •
Andreas Lubitz (2015), co-pilot of
Germanwings Flight 9525, plane crash •
Roman Lyashenko (2003), Russian
NHL hockey player, hanging •
David Lytton (2015), a formerly unidentified British man found on
Saddleworth Moor, strychnine
M •
Pua Magasiva (2019), New Zealand actor known for
Power Rangers Ninja Storm and
Shortland Street •
Piotr "Magik" Łuszcz (2000), Polish rapper known from
Kaliber 44 and
Paktofonika, jumping off of his window •
Bhaiyyu Maharaj (2018), Indian spiritual guru, gunshot •
Sean Malone (2020), American bassist •
Mădălina Manole (2010), Romanian pop singer, pesticide poisoning •
Michael Mantenuto (2017), American actor and ice hockey player, best known for his performance as
Jack O'Callahan in the 2004 biopic
Miracle, gunshot •
Michael Marin (2012), American businessman, cyanide pill •
Philip Markoff (2010), Medical student, Boston University •
Andrew Martinez (2006), American nudism activist who became known on the
University of California, Berkeley campus as the "Naked Guy", suffocation •
Williams Martínez (2021), Uruguayan soccer player •
Lisa Lynn Masters (2016), American actress, writer, and model •
Troy Masters (2024), American journalist and editor •
Tadahiro Matsushita (2012), Japanese politician, hanging •
David Edward Maust (2006), American serial killer, hanging •
Faigy Mayer (2015), American app developer, jumped from 20th floor rooftop bar •
Jacques Mayol (2001), French
free diver and subject of the movie
The Big Blue, hanging •
Allyson McConnell (2013), Australian-Canadian woman who killed her two children, jumped off a bridge while in Australia •
Susannah McCorkle (2001), American jazz singer, jumping from apartment •
Mindy McCready (2013), American country music singer, gunshot •
Kenny McKinley (2010), American football player, gunshot •
Chris McKinstry (2006), Canadian
artificial intelligence researcher •
John B. McLemore (2015), American horologist and subject of the podcast
S-Town, ingested potassium cyanide •
Ronnie McNutt (2020), American war veteran, single-shot rifle •
Alexander McQueen (2010), British fashion designer and couturier, hanging •
Briony McRoberts (2013), English actress, stepped in front of a
District line train at
Fulham Broadway tube station in London •
Megan Meier (2006), American high school student and victim of bullying, hanging •
Adolf Merckle (2009), German entrepreneur and billionaire, train •
Jill Messick (2018), American film producer •
Katie Meyer (2022), American soccer player •
Maningning Miclat (2000), Filipino poet and painter, jumped from the seventh floor of a building •
Flávio Migliaccio (2020), Brazilian actor, film director and screenwriter, hanging •
Filip Minarik (2023), Czech jockey, three years after sustaining serious head injuries, method not disclosed •
Dave Mirra (2016), American BMX rider who later competed in rallycross racing, gunshot •
Haruma Miura (2020), Japanese actor, hanging •
Shizuka Miura (2010), Japanese doll maker and musician, possibly related to medication •
Mario Monicelli (2010), Italian film director, jumped out of a hospital window •
Moonbin (2023), South Korean singer and actor, undisclosed method •
Ronald Lee Moore (2008), American fugitive and suspected serial killer, hanging •
A. R. Morlan (2016), American author •
Gray Morrow (2001), American comics artist and illustrator, gunshot •
Max Mosley (2021), British
FIA president, gunshot after learning of terminal illness •
Jason Moss (2006), American attorney and author of
The Last Victim, gunshot •
Miljan Mrdaković (2020), Serbian footballer, gunshot •
Uwe Mundlos (2011), German
National Socialist Underground terrorist, gunshot •
Ian Murdock (2015), American software engineer and founder of the
Debian distribution of the
GNU/Linux operating system, hanging •
Grayson Murray (2024), American professional golfer and winner of two PGA Tour events, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Alec Musser (2024), American actor and fitness model, shot himself in the chest with a shotgun
N •
Ebrahim Nabavi (2025), Iranian satirist, writer and diarist •
Mirosław Nahacz (2007), Polish novelist and screenwriter, hanging •
Azade Namdari (2021), Iranian television host •
Terry Newton (2010), English rugby league player, hanging •
Tom Nicon (2010), French model, jumped out of apartment window •
Jon Nödtveidt (2006), Swedish guitarist for the
black metal band
Dissection, gunshot •
Iván Noel (2021), French-Argentine film director and producer, potassium cyanide •
Bill Nojay (2016), American politician and member of the
New York State Assembly, gunshot •
Mita Noor (2013), Bangladeshi actress, hanging •
Christine Norman, (1930), American stage actress, jump from building •
John Norton-Griffiths, (1930), British engineer and politician, gunshot to head •
Hisashi Nozawa (2004), Japanese writer, hanging
O •
Sean O'Haire (2014), American former WWE wrestler and MMA fighter, hanging •
Mălina Olinescu (2011), Romanian singer, jump from window •
Ambrose Olsen (2010), American model, hanging
P •
Stephen Paddock (2017), American perpetrator of the
2017 Las Vegas shooting, gunshot •
Tommy Page (2017), American singer songwriter •
Ali-Reza Pahlavi (2011), son of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last
Shah of
Iran, gunshot •
Leila Pahlavi (2001), daughter of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, last
Shah of
Iran, overdose of sleeping pills •
Sol Pais (2019), American student and suspect in
FBI manhunt, gunshot •
Miko Palanca (2019), Filipino actor, jump from building •
Ryan Christopher Palmeter (2023), American
mass shooter and
terrorist, gunshot •
Brodie Panlock (2006), Australian bullying victim, jumped from the top of a multilevel carpark in
Hawthorn •
Elaine Parent (2002), American con artist, identity thief and murderer, gunshot to the chest •
William Parente (2009), American real estate attorney, murdered his wife and two daughters, hanging •
Park Yong-ha (2010), South Korean actor and singer, hanging •
Park Won-soon (2020), South Korean activist, lawyer and Mayor of Seoul •
Rehtaeh Parsons (2013), Canadian high school student who was bullied at school and online after images of her alleged gang rape were distributed online by its perpetrators, hanging •
Darrin Patrick (2020), American author and pastor, gunshot •
Mark Pavelich (2021), American hockey player, asphyxia •
Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (2011), American skier, Olympic medalist, gunshot •
Lawrence Phillips (2016), American football player, hanged himself in his prison cell •
Jacques Picoux(2016), Gay French-language university lecturer in Taiwan, undisclosed method •
Justin Pierce (2000), English-born American actor and skateboarder known for his role in the 1995 drama
Kids, hanging •
Ed Piskor(2024), American cartoonist and podcast host, died by suicide after accusations of sexual misconduct •
Kailia Posey (2022), American beauty pageant contestant and reality television personality, hanging. •
Audrie Pott (2012), American high school student, hanging •
Randy Potter (2017), American former missing person, gunshot •
Hayden Poulter (2018), New Zealand serial killer •
Josh Powell (2012), American main suspect in the
disappearance of his wife, Susan, blew up his house with him and his children inside •
Slobodan Praljak (2017),
Bosnian Croat director, general and war criminal,
potassium cyanide •
Wolfgang Přiklopil (2006), Austrian
kidnapper, jumping in front of moving train •
Phoebe Prince (2010), American high school student who was bullied at school and online, hanging •
Kushal Punjabi (2019), Indian actor, hanging
Q •
Qiao Renliang (2016), Chinese singer and actor, slit wrist •
Dara Quigley (2017), Irish journalist and blogger, who died by suicide while in a detainment cell
R •
Mikayla Raines (2025), American animal rescuer and YouTuber, hanging •
Jason Raize (2004), American actor, singer and former
goodwill ambassador for the
United Nations Environment Programme, hanging •
Sushant Singh Rajput (2020), Indian actor, hanging •
František Rajtoral (2017), Czech soccer player, hanging •
Anil Ramdas (2012), Dutch writer and journalist, method undisclosed •
James Ransone (2025), American actor, hanging •
Kodela Siva Prasada Rao (2019), Indian politician, hanging •
Nicola Ann Raphael (2001), Scottish bullied student, overdose of
dextropropoxyphene •
Terry Ratzmann (2005), American mass murderer, gunshot •
Albert Razin (2019), Russian
Udmurt language rights activist and sociologist, self-immolation •
Reckful (2020), Israeli-American
Twitch streamer and
Esports player •
Liam Rector (2007), American poet and educator, gunshot •
Brian Reimer (2002), killed himself with a shotgun •
David Reimer (2004), Canadian man who after a botched circumcision in infancy, was unsuccessfully
reassigned as a girl until he learned the truth at age 13, gunshot •
Ren Hang (2017), Chinese photographer and poet •
Angelo Reyes (2011), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, gunshot • Mark Reynolds (2003), musician, lead singer of
Red Flag •
John Rheinecker (2017), American Major League Baseball pitcher, hanging •
Artūras Rimkevičius (2019), Lithuanian footballer, gunshot •
Al Rio (2012), Brazilian comics artist, and animation director, hanging •
Adele Ritchie, (1930), American actress, gunshot to the throat • Adelaide Frost Rickenbacker, (1977) wife of
Eddie Rickenbacker, gunshot •
Peter Robbins (2022), American voice actor, voice of
Charlie Brown •
Dale Roberts (2010), English footballer, hanging •
Charles Rocket (2005), American actor, cut throat •
Jamey Rodemeyer (2011), American bullied blogger and high school student, hanging •
Elliot Rodger (2014), American
spree killer who perpetrated the
2014 Isla Vista killings, gunshot to the head •
Ricky Rodriguez (2005), son of cult leader
David Berg, gunshot following his murder of Angela M. Smith •
Roh Moo-hyun (2009),
ninth President of South Korea, jump from a cliff •
Jodon F. Romero (2012), American criminal whose suicide was broadcast on national television following a car chase in Arizona, gunshot •
Conrad Roy (2014), American
marine salvage captain, carbon monoxide poisoning, after his girlfriend urged him to commit suicide, for which she was convicted of
involuntary manslaughter •
Himanshu Roy (2018), Indian police officer, gunshot •
Lori Erica Ruff (2010), American formerly unidentified identity thief, gunshot •
Michael Ruppert (2014), American political activist, gunshot •
Richard Russell (2018), American airport ground operator and airplane thief, intentionally crashing the stolen airplane •
Stevie Ryan (2017), American actress and comedian, hanging •
Rick Rypien (2011), Canadian professional ice hockey player
S •
Jun Sadogawa (2013), Japanese manga artist, hanging. •
Marcelo Sajen (2004), Argentine serial rapist, gunshot. •
Rashaan Salaam (2016), American football player, gunshot wound to the head. •
Jacintha Saldanha (2012), Indian nurse, hanging •
Mark Salling (2018), American actor, hanging •
Johanna Sällström (2007), Swedish actress •
Kianush Sanjari (2024), Iranian journalist and activist, jump from a building •
Nick Santino (2012), American soap opera actor, overdosed on pills •
Vytautas Šapranauskas (2013), Lithuanian actor, hanging •
Carl Sargeant (2017), Welsh politician and former member of the
Welsh Government, hanging •
Sam Sarpong (2015), British-born American model and actor, jump from a bridge •
Yoshiki Sasai (2014), Japanese biologist, hanging •
Drake Sather (2004), American screenwriter, gunshot •
V. P. Sathyan (2006), Indian footballer, jumped in front of a train •
Thomas Schäfer (2020), German politician, jumped in front of a train •
Andreas Schnieders (2022), German boxer •
Robert Schommer (2001), American astronomer •
Dave Schulthise (2004), American bass guitarist for
The Dead Milkmen, overdose of pills •
Tom Schweich (2015), American politician, gunshot •
L'Wren Scott (2014), American fashion designer, hanging •
Tony Scott (2012), English film director of films such as
Top Gun, jumped off the
Vincent Thomas Bridge in
Los Angeles •
Angela Scoular (2011), English actress, ingestion of drain cleaner •
Junior Seau (2012), American football All-Pro player, gunshot to the chest •
Rebecca Ann Sedwick (2013), American middle schooler, jumping off a silo •
Oksana Shachko (2018), Ukrainian artist and activist, cofounder of
FEMEN, hanging •
Anitha Shanmugam (2017), Indian Tamil student, hanging •
Samir Sharma (2020), Indian actor, hanging •
Harold Shipman (2004), English family doctor and serial killer, hanging •
Ibrahim Shkupolli (2009), Kosovar-Albanian immigrant to Finland, gunshot •
V. G. Siddhartha (2019), Indian businessman, drowning •
Tiffany Simelane (2009), Swazi beauty queen, ingestion of
weevil tablet •
Chris Simon (2024), Retired professional hockey player •
Narender Singh (2016), Indian
judoka, hanging •
PC Siqueira (2023), Brazilian Internet and television personality, hanging •
Irina Slavina (2020), Russian journalist, self-immolation •
Smiley Culture (2011), English reggae singer and DJ, stabbing •
Lia Smith (2025), American college athlete •
David Sonboly (2016),
Iranian-German perpetrator of the
2016 Munich shooting, gunshot •
Song Jae-rim (2024), South Korean actor and model •
Peu Sousa (2013), Brazilian guitarist for
Nove Mil Anjos and
Pitty, hanging •
Ellie Soutter (2018), British snowboarder, hanging •
Kate Spade (2018), American fashion designer, hanging •
Bill Sparkman (2009), American teacher, asphyxia •
Gary Speed (2011), Welsh footballer and manager, hanging •
Mark Speight (2008), English television presenter, hanging • Shannon Spruill, aka
Daffney (2021), American professional wrestler, gunshot wound to chest •
Andrew Joseph Stack III (2010), American
embedded software consultant, plane crash •
Randy Stair (2017), American mass murderer, perpetrator of the
Eaton Township Weis Markets shooting, gunshot •
Scott Stearney (2018),
United States Navy admiral, gunshot •
Costică Ștefănescu (2013), Romanian footballer and manager, jump from the fifth floor of the Military Hospital in Bucharest •
Jean Stein (2017), American author, jump from a New York City high rise •
Steve Stephens (2017), American vocational specialist and murder suspect, gunshot after police pursuit •
Jon Paul Steuer (2018), American actor and musician, known as the first actor to play the
Star Trek character
Alexander Rozhenko, gunshot •
Brody Stevens (2019), American stand-up comedian and actor, hanging •
Lyle Stevik (2001), formerly unidentified man using the alias name taken from a book by Joyce Carol Oates, hanging •
Deon Stewardson (2017), British-South African actor •
Gary Stewart (2003), American country music singer, gunshot to the neck •
Trevor Strnad (2022), American musician and vocalist, method undisclosed. •
Sulli (2019), South Korean actress, singer, and model, hanging •
Adam Svoboda (2019), Czech ice hockey goaltender and coach, hanging •
Aaron Swartz (2013), American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and activist, hanging •
Larry Sweeney (2011), American professional wrestler, hanging •
Sawyer Sweeten (2015), American former child actor (
Everybody Loves Raymond), gunshot
T •
Payal Tadvi (2019), Indian college student, undisclosed method •
Yūko Takeuchi (2020), Japanese actress, hanging •
Wayne Kent Taylor (2021), American
entrepreneur and founder of
Texas Roadhouse •
Seth Teller (2014), American computer scientist,
blunt trauma to head and torso •
Stella Tennant (2020), British model •
Mike Thalassitis (2019), English-Cypriot footballer and television personality, hanging •
Hunter S. Thompson (2005), American gonzo journalist, author of
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, gunshot •
Terry Thompson (2011), American zookeeper and owner of
Muskingum County Animal Farm, gunshot •
Jānis Timma (2024), Latvian basketball player, asphyxiation •
Amanda Todd (2012), Canadian high school student who was bullied at school and online, hanging •
Ivo-Valentino Tomaš (2019), Croatian football player •
Dudu Topaz (2009), Israeli TV personality and entertainer, hanging while incarcerated in jail •
Maury Travis (2002), American serial killer, hanging •
Dick Trickle (2013), American
NASCAR driver, gunshot •
Sunil Tripathi (2013), American student and former suspect in the
Boston Marathon bombing •
Verne Troyer (2018), American actor known for his role as
Mini-Me in the
Austin Powers films, alcohol intoxication •
Butch Trucks (2017), American drummer for the
Allman Brothers Band, gunshot •
Houston Tumlin (2021), American child actor and soldier, gunshot
U •
Miyu Uehara (2011), Japanese model, hanging •
Tyrone Unsworth (2016), Australian bullying victim, undisclosed method •
Andrew Urdiales (2018), American serial killer, hanging
V •
Cherry Valentine (2022), English drag queen, hanging •
Edwin Valero (2010), Venezuelan boxer, hanging •
Armando Vega Gil (2019), hanging •
Brian Velasco (2019), Filipino drummer, jumped from balcony •
Dominique Venner (2013), French author, gunshot to the head in the
Notre Dame de Paris •
Dan Vickerman (2017), Former Australian Rugby Union player •
Sladjana Vidovic (2008), Croatian-American high school student, hanging •
Norah Vincent (2022), American journalist and novelist, assisted suicide •
Ned Vizzini (2013), American author of
young adult fiction such as the novel ''
It's Kind of a Funny Story'', leapt from a building •
Bulelani Vukwana (2002), South African spree killer, gunshot
W •
Bradford Thomas Wagner (2005), American real estate agent, gay pornographic film actor and suspected serial rapist, hanging himself with a bed sheet •
David Foster Wallace (2008), American author, hanging •
Andre Waters (2006), former
NFL safety, gunshot to the head •
Gary Webb (2004), American investigative reporter, gunshot to the head •
Jeff Weise (2005), American high school student who perpetrated the
Red Lake shootings, gunshot •
Kenneth Weishuhn (2012), American high school student, hanging. •
Bob Welch (2012), American rock singer-songwriter and former member of
Fleetwood Mac, gunshot to the chest •
Vince Welnick (2006), American singer-songwriter and keyboardist for
The Tubes, slit throat •
Dawn-Marie Wesley (2000), Canadian bullied high school student, hanging •
Kevin Whitrick (2007), British electrical engineer, livestreamed hanging •
Robin Williams (2014), American comedian and actor, hanging •
Jarrid Wilson (2019), American pastor and author •
Lamarr Wilson (2025), American technology journalist and YouTuber •
Robin Windsor (2024), English professional dancer •
Jack Wishna (2012), president and CEO of
CPAmerica, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Jiverly Antares Wong (2009), naturalized American citizen from Vietnam who perpetrated the
Binghamton shooting, gunshot •
Tobi Wong (2010), Canadian born
designer, and conceptual artist, overdosed on pills •
Seung-yeon Woo (2009), South Korean actress and model, hanging •
Stephen Wooldridge (2017), Australian cyclist •
Tera Wray (2016), American pornographic actress •
Marcin Wrona (2015), Polish film director, hanging
X Y •
Yang Yang (2019), Chinese tenor, jump from the 26th floor of his apartment building •
Yasmine (2009), Belgian singer, hanging •
Yoñlu (2006), Brazilian singer-songwriter, carbon monoxide poisoning •
Yoon Ki-won (2011), South Korean
football goalkeeper,
charcoal-burning suicide •
Atsumi Yoshikubo (2014), Japanese psychiatrist, intentionally getting lost in the
Canadian Taiga •
Lee Thompson Young (2013), American actor, gunshot •
Fakhra Younus (2012), Pakistani dancer, jumped from building
Z •
Bill Zeller (2011), American computer programmer and developer of
myTunes, oxygen deprivation due to hanging led to brain damage, taken off life support •
Joost Zwagerman (2015), Dutch writer, poet, and essayist == Possible or disputed ==