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...
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...
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...

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...
Kathy Change

Kathy Change

female, deceased (1996)
University of Pennsylvania, from Philadelphia, Chinese American, self-immolation, Self-immolations, community organizing
Kathy Change (1950 - 22 October 1996) was a West Philadelphian performance artist and political activist who killed herself in an act of...
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...
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,...
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...
Ryszard Siwiec

Ryszard Siwiec

male, deceased (1968)
Accountant, Documentary film, polish, soviet, self-immolation, Self-immolations
Ryszard Siwiec was a Polish accountant, teacher and former Home Army soldier who was the first person to set himself on fire in protest against the...