List of contract killers and hitmen
The following is a list of contract killers (also referred to hitman), both current and former. Contract killing is defined as the unlawful assassination murder of a targeted party.
Australia[edit]
Brazil[edit]
- Maia "Mainha" Cunha[1][2]
- Julio Santana[3][4]
Canada[edit]
- Richard Blass
- Bal Buttar[5]
- Salvatore Calautti
- David Carroll[6]
- Gerald Gallant
- Dean Daniel Kelsie[7]
- Cecil Kirby
- Donald Lavoie
- Jackie McLaughlin[8]
- Serge Quesnel[9]
- Aimé Simard
- Réal Simard
- Yves Trudeau
- Dean Michael Wiwchar
China[edit]
Colombia[edit]
Croatia[edit]
Czech Republic[edit]
Denmark[edit]
- Jim-Bo Poulsen[13]
England[edit]
Estonia[edit]
India[edit]
- Noor "Noora" Baksh[14]
- Jaggu Pehelwan[15][16]
- Shri Prakash Shukla
Finland[edit]
- Janne Raninen[17]
Germany[edit]
- Werner Pinzner ″St.-Pauli-Killer″
Ireland[edit]
Italy[edit]
- Maurizio Avola[19]
- Amerigo Dumini
- Giuseppe Greco
Japan[edit]
- Toshio Maruyama[20]
Jamaica[edit]
- Christopher Anthony Lee[21]
Mexico[edit]
- Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa[22]
- José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa
- José Manuel Martínez
- Joselyn Alejandra Niño
- Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
- Marciano Millan Vasquez[23]
New Zealand[edit]
Philippines[edit]
Russia[edit]
- Igor the Assassin
- Maxim Lazovsky[26]
- Alexander Pustovalov[27]
- Oleg Smorodinov[28][29]
- Alexander Solonik
- Andrey Vershinin[30]
- Alexei Sherstobitov[31]
Scotland[edit]
- Billy 'Buff' Paterson[32]
Serbia[edit]
Singapore[edit]
Slovakia[edit]
Turkey[edit]
United States[edit]
- Joe Adonis
- William Aloisio
- Willie "Two-Knife" Altieri
- Joseph Barboza
- Gakirah Barnes[33][34]
- Fiore Buccieri
- Fred Burke
- Anthony Capo
- Frank M. Canton
- Charles Carrollo
- Jackie Cerone
- Pasquale Conte
- Ian William Davis/Salo Krajven(Baltimore, MD/Russia
- Roy DeMeo
- Richard DiNome
- Glennon Engleman
- Ray Ferritto
- Stephen Flemmi
- Vincent Flemmi
- Jimmy Fratianno
- Carmine Galante
- Vito Genovese
- Sam Giancana
- Fred Goetz
- Martin Goldstein
- Sammy Gravano
- Charles Harrelson
- Tom Horn
- Cornelius Hughes[35]
- Stevie Hughes[36]
- John Kelley
- Richard Kuklinski
- Mad Dog Coll
- Maurice Lerner
- Johnny Martorano
- Robert Mormando
- Donald Nash
- Wayne "Silk" Perry[37][38][39]
- Ross Prio
- David "Chippy" Robinson
- Frank Salemme
- Gregory Scarpa
- Frank Schweihs
- Frank Sheeran
- Shotgun Man
- Thomas Sinito
- Vincent Smothers[40][41][42][43]
- Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan[44]
- Salvatore Testa
- Stephen Wayne Anderson
- Umberto Valenti
- Jack Whalen
- Gus Winkler
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