Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

male, deceased (1968)
I Have a Dream, assassinated, American Civil Rights Movement, nonviolence, Christian, peacemaker…charismatic religious leader, murdered religious person, Religious leader, Murderedreligious
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, a Baptist minister, and is...
Alberta Williams King

Alberta Williams King

female, deceased (1974)
death by firearm in the United States, Spelman College Alumni, American, murder victim, From Georgia, ebenezer baptist church…Murderedreligious
Alberta Christine Williams King (September 13 1904 - June 30 1974) was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr. She...
Henry Weston Smith

Henry Weston Smith

male, deceased (1876)
Methodist, american civil war, from Connecticut, unsolved murder, American, gold rush…Murderedreligious
Reverend Henry Weston Smith (Preacher Smith) (b. Ellington, Connecticut, January 10 1827 - d. between Deadwood and Crook City, South Dakota, August...
James Reeb

James Reeb

male, deceased (1965)
Deep South, African Americans' rights activist, activist, assassinated, From Wichita, Kansas, American clergy…Murderedreligious
James Reeb was a white Unitarian minister from Boston, Massachusetts who, while marching for civil rights in Selma, Alabama, was beaten to death by...

Frère Roger

male, deceased (2005)
Member of Christian religious orders, murder victim, from Vaud, monastic, Recipient of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, ecumenical…Murderedreligious
Frère Roger (Provence, Switzerland, May 12, 1915 - Taizé, August 16, 2005), baptised Roger Louis Schütz-Marsauche, also known as Brother Roger, was...
Leonella Sgorbati

Leonella Sgorbati

female, deceased (2006)
death by firearm in Somalia, Cuneo, Somalia, Italian, world health organization, nun…Murderedreligious
"Sister" Leonella Sgorbati (9 December 1940 - 17 September 2006) was an Italian Catholic nun who was murdered shortly after controversial comments...
Matthew Winkler

Matthew Winkler

male, deceased (2006)
death by firearm in the United States, Freed-Hardeman University, murder victim, American, first-degree murder, death by firearm…Murderedreligious
Matthew Brian Winkler (November 21, 1974 - March 22, 2006) was the victim in a high-profile murder case in 2006. In the 1990s, Winkler attended...

David Fabricius

male, deceased (1617)
Osteel, Astronomer, German, nova, Dornum, frisia…Murderedreligious
David Fabricius (March 9, 1564, Esens - May 7, 1617, Osteel) was a German theologian who made two major discoveries in the early days of telescopic...
Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket

male, deceased (1170)
Roman Catholic, Assassinated English, Roman Catholic bishop, anglican communion, martyr, anglican church…Murderedreligious
(St.) Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the Roman Catholic Church and the...
Andrea Santoro

Andrea Santoro

male, deceased (2006)
Anti-Christianity, Roman Catholicism in Turkey, Priverno, Islamist terrorism, Takbir, Allahu Akbar…murdered, Murderedreligious, Murdered Roman Catholic priest
Father Andrea Santoro (September 7 1945 in Priverno - February 5 2006 in Trabzon) was a Catholic priest who was murdered in the Santa Maria Church...