Massad Ayoob

Massad Ayoob

male, 61 years old
American municipal police officer, Ballistics experts, Backwoods Home Magazine, Combat Handguns, Lethal Force Institute, Guns Magazine…self-defense
Massad F. Ayoob (born July 20, 1948) is an internationally-known firearms and self-defense instructor. He is the Director of the Lethal Force...
Cory Maye

Cory Maye

male, 29 years old
Duplex, plea, sentenced to death, Burglars, convicted, conviction…self-defense
Cory Maye, sometimes spelled Corey Maye (born September 9, 1980) is a prisoner in the U.S. state of Mississippi. He was convicted of murder in the...
Imi Lichtenfeld

Imi Lichtenfeld

male, deceased (1998)
calque, Israeli Krav Maga practitioner, Netanya, Imi Sde-Or, School of Combat Fitness, Imrich ("Emerich") Lichtenfeld…self-defense
Imrich ("Emerich") Lichtenfeld (1910 - January 1998) is the founder of the self-defence system Krav Maga. He is also known by the Hebrew calque of...
Mia Zapata

Mia Zapata

female, deceased (1993)
Andrea Zollo, Pretty Girls Make Graves, indie-rock, The Distillers, Cinder Block, punk rock…self-defense
Mia Katherine Zapata was the lead singer for the Seattle punk rock band The Gits. Highly influential in the Seattle, Washington music scene, she...
Martha McCaughey

Martha McCaughey

female, 43 years old
PhD, academia, empowerment, women's studies, Reel Knockouts Violent Women in the Movies, battered wife syndrome…self-defense
Martha McCaughey, PhD, (born 25 October 1966) is the director of Women's Studies at Appalachian State University. Her research and writings have...
Meredith Hunter

Meredith Hunter

male, deceased (1969)
African American, rolling stone, rolling stone magazine, urban legend, self-defense, sympathy for the devil
Meredith Hunter (October 24, 1951 - December 6, 1969) was fatally stabbed directly in front of the stage at the Altamont Music Festival during the...
Ossian Sweet

Ossian Sweet

male, deceased (1960)
madame curie, American, Howard University alumni, self-defense, wilberforce university, medicine
Ossian Sweet (October 30, 1895 - March 20, 1960) was an African American doctor notable for his self-defense of his newly-purchased home against a...
Yuko Tojo

Yuko Tojo

World War II, nonprofit organization, Shinto, controversial, wartime, House of Councillor…self-defense
Yuko Tojo is a granddaughter of General Hideki Tojo, the wartime prime minister who was hanged as a war criminal after World War II. Tojo is a...
Thomas Cholmondeley

Thomas Cholmondeley

male, 41 years old
Eldest sons of barons, Nakuru District, 3rd Baron Delamere, Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley, Hugh George Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere, Gilgil…self-defense
Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley (born 19 January 1968) is a Kenyan farmer of British ancestry. He is most famous for his controversial release...
Susan Cummings

Susan Cummings

female, 50 years old
convicted of murder, Roberto Villegas, 911 emergency service number, abusive, homicide, murderer…self-defense, selfdefense
Susan Cummings (born c. 1959) is an American who was convicted of killing her boyfriend, Argentine polo player Roberto Villegas. Cummings inherited...