Famous Almost Assassinated

• Bremer, Arthur

  The loner who shot George Wallace in 1972

• De Gaulle, Charles

  President of France, 1958-69

• Ford, Gerald

  President of the United States, 1974-77

• Hinckley, John Jr.

  The man who shot Ronald Reagan

• Hitler, Adolf

  The leader of Nazi Germany during World War II

• Hussein, King

  The ruler of Jordan from 1953-1999

• Jackson, Andrew

  President of the United States, 1829-37

• Manson, Charles

  Cultish figure in famous 1969 killing spree

• Phar Lap

  Legendary Australian racing champion of the 1930s

• Reagan, Ronald

  40th President of the United States, 1981-89

• Roosevelt, Franklin

  The president who led the U.S. through World War II

• Roosevelt, Theodore

  President of the United States, 1901-1909

• Shui-bian, Chen

  The former president of Taiwan sentenced to life in prison

• Solanas, Valerie

  The woman who shot Andy Warhol

• Stauffenberg, Claus von

  The German colonel who almost killed Hitler

• Truman, Harry S.

  President of the United States, 1945-53

• Wallace, George

  Segregationist governor of the 1960s

• Warhol, Andy

  The pop artist who painted a Campbell's Soup can

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