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Death By Poison: List Of Famous Poison Victims
Notable Famous Deaths Here is a list of famous people who died of poisoning. Death due to poison could not be detected in earlier ages and so was the most popularl method used to kill people. Only in the recent past, has the cause of death by poison been detectable through 'autopsy'. Did you know, in the previous centuries, most poison victims died of arsenic poisoning? Here is a list of all famous people who were poisoned and killed. This list includes all famous poisoning victims and can be sorted by any column.
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1898“ Head of Soviet spy service, poisoned with hydrogen cyanide by NKVD „ - 2
1889“ Cyanide and gunshot simultaneously before capture „ - 3
997“ D. 1040 „ - 4
1912“ British mathematician � Apparently committed suicide by injecting an apple with cyanide and taking a bite. „ - 5
1962“ Russian ex-spy and investigator, died three weeks after being poisoned by radioactive polonium-210 „ - 6
Ali ibn Abi Talib
“ Caliph „ - 7
Alphonse I of Toulouse
1103“ D. 1148 „ - 8
Antipater the Idumaean
“ Father of Herod the Great „ - 9
Aratus of Sicyon
271“ Tyrant of Sicyon „ - 10 1130“ D. 1162 „
- 11 1906“ Japanese kabuki actor, ate four livers of fugu fish „
- 12
Blanche of Bourbon
“ First wife of King Pedro of Castile „ - 13 1685“ Ate poisonous mushrooms „
- 14 69“ Poisoned herself with an asp�s bite „
- 15
Constance of Normandy
“ Daughter of King William I of England „ - 16
Constantine II of Armenia
“ D. 1129 „ - 17 384“ Athenian politician „
- 18
Emperor Hui of Jin China
“ D. 304 „ - 19 1891“ German general „
- 20
Eva Hitler
“ Suicide by cyanide capsule at Adolf Hitler's side „ - 21 1929“ Bulgarian dissident, � Assassinated in London with ricin „
- 22 1900“ Leader of the Nazi Schutzstaffel „
- 23
Hermann G�ring
“ Leader of the Nazi Luftwaffe; suicide by cyanide capsule, long after being captured and only hours before his hanging was to take place „ - 24 1969“ A Sunni Jihadi fighter, died from a poisoned letter sent by Russian FSB agency „
- 25
Johann Schobert
1735“ German composer, ate poisonous mushrooms believing them to be edible „
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Death By Poison: List Of Famous Poison Victims at 1/19/2013 1:30 AM