Hanns-Martin Schleyer (May 1 1915, Offenburg, Germany - October 19 1977 near Mulhouse, France) was a German manager, CDU member and employer representative. In 1977 he was kidnapped by the extreme-left terrorist organisation Red Army Faction (RAF) and later murdered.

Jürgen Ponto was a German banker and chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. Ponto was shot and killed in front of his house in Oberursel, Hesse, Germany, in a botched kidnapping attempt by the terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). Those involved in the murder of Ponto were Brigitte Mohnhaupt, Christian Klar, and Susanne Albrecht, the last being Ponto's goddaughter.

Aldo Moro (September 23, 1916 - May 9, 1978) was an Italian politician and five time Prime Minister of Italy, from 1963 to 1968, and then from 1974 to 1976. He was one of Italy's longest-serving post-war Prime Ministers, holding power for a combined total of more than six years. One of the most important leaders of "Democrazia Cristiana" (Christian Democracy, DC), Moro was considered an intellectual and an incredibly patient mediator, …

Ahmed Bouchiki (April 13, 1943 - July 21, 1973), an Algerian-born Moroccan citizen working as a waiter in Lillehammer, Norway, was killed by Israeli agents of the Mossad intelligence agency on July 21 1973, in what is known as the Lillehammer affair. He was shot in front of his pregnant Norwegian wife as they returned from a movie. Six Israelis were arrested for the assassination. Bouchiki had been mistakenly identified by the Mossad as Ali Hassan Salameh, …

Alan Ross McWhirter, known as Ross McWhirter, was, with his identical twin brother, Norris McWhirter, co-founder of the "Guinness Book of Records".

The Guildford pub bombing occurred on 5 October, 1974. The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) planted a bomb in the "Horse and Groom" pub on North Street in Guildford which killed five people and injured 65. An IRA active service unit, assumed by many to be the Balcombe Street Gang, manufactured two 6 pound gelignite bombs in London. One was placed in the "Horse and Groom" and the other in the "Seven Stars" pub nearby.

Samir Kuntar (also transcribed "Sameer", "Kantar", "Quntar", "Qantar") (born July 20, 1962 in Aabey, Lebanon), is a Lebanese Druze who belonged to the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), a pro-Palestinian organisation led by Abu Abbas. The PLF is designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States, Canada, the European Union and others. He participated in a terrorist attack.

Gordon Hamilton-Fairley (1930-1975), was one of the world's leading cancer specialists. Born and raised in Australia, he moved to the United Kingdom where he studied and worked.

Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave, DSO, OBE, MC, (January 23, 1916 - March 30, 1979) was a British soldier and later Conservative politician and MP for Abingdon. Neave was assassinated by the Irish National Liberation Army in 1979.

Jean McConville was a Belfast-born mother of 10 who was abducted from her home and killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in or around Christmas of 1972.

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC (25 June 1900 - 27 August 1979) was a British admiral and statesman and an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the last Viceroy and first Governor-General of independent India, and First Sea Lord, as was his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg. He was killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), …

Allan Quartermaine (1916-11 November 1974) was an English stockbroker who was killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on the 11 November 1974. Allan Quartermaine, at 58 years old, was shot whilst in his chauffeur - driven car at traffic lights in Chelsea. Quartermaine was a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II and, until his death, was a director of Leslie & Gordon Ltd.