Norman Morrison

Norman Morrison

male, deceased (1965)
from Erie, Pennsylvania, American, postage stamp, self-immolation, Self-immolations, vietnam war
Norman Morrison (December 29, 1933 - November 2, 1965), born in Erie, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker best known for committing suicide by...
Jan Palach

Jan Palach

male, deceased (1969)
Všetaty, Prague Spring, self-immolation, Self-immolations, czech, word of mouth
Jan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest. The Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in August...
Alice Herz

Alice Herz

female, deceased (1965)
Jewish, Wayne State University, German, Buddhist, Refugee, self-immolation…Self-immolations
Alice Herz was the first of eight activists in the United States known to have immolated themselves in protest of the escalating Vietnam War,...

Thích Quảng Đức

male, deceased (1963)
''' (born, South Vietnam, Buddhism, martyr, saigon, self-immolation…Self-immolations, self-titled debut album
"' (born Lâm Văn Tức"' in 1897 – June 11, 1963), was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who burned himself to death at a busy Saigon intersection on June 1...
Rajiv Goswami

Rajiv Goswami

male, deceased (2004)
prime minister, self-immolation, Self-immolations, V.P. Singh, Backward Castes, Delhi University
Rajiv Goswami (d. 2004) was a native of India, was notable for his attempted self-immolation while a student at Delhi University in 1990. His...
Malachi Ritscher

Malachi Ritscher

male, deceased (2006)
From North Dakota, self-immolation, Self-immolations, Iraq War, Kennedy Expressway, committed suicide
Malachi Ritscher was a musician, recording engineer, and anti-war protester. Ritscher came into the national spotlight after committing...
Roger Allen Laporte

Roger Allen Laporte

male, deceased (1965)
American anti-Vietnam War activist, self-immolation, Self-immolations, vietnam war, The Pentagon, set himself on fire
Roger Allen LaPorte is best known as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in New York...
Romas Kalanta

Romas Kalanta

deceased (1972)
self-immolation, anti-communist, From Kaunas, lithuanian, Self-immolations, kaunas
Romas Kalanta (February 22 1953 - May 14, 1972) is considered a national hero of Lithuania, and is the subject of several books. Romas Kalanta set...

Jan Zajíc

male, deceased (1969)
wenceslas square, soviet, self-immolation, Self-immolations, czech, suicide
Jan Zajíc was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest. He was a student at the technical college, s...

George Winne Jr.

male, deceased (1970)
American anti-Vietnam War activist, self-immolation, Self-immolations, vietnam war, ROTC, University of California, San Diego
George Winne Jr. is remembered as a protester of the Vietnam War who set himself on fire in a deliberate act of self-immolation in Revelle Plaza on...