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An assassin is a person who commits targeted murder.
The origin of the term is the medieval Order of Assassins, a sect of Shia Islam 1090–1275 CE.
Assassin, or variants, may also refer to:
Fictional characters
edit- Assassin, in the Japanese adult visual novel Fate/stay night
- Assassin, in the Japanese light novel Fate/Zero
- The Assassin, in the 2006 Noble Warriors book trilogy
- The Hassassin, in Angels & Demons, 2000
- League of Assassins, in DC Comics
- Ankh-Morpork Assassins' Guild, in Discworld
- Assassin, in the Soulcalibur II game
- Assassin (character class), in games
Film and television
editFilm
edit- Assassin (1969 film), a North Korean thriller
- Assassin (1973 film), a Asian thriller
- Assassin, a 1986 TV movie starring Robert Conrad
- Assassins (1995 film), starring Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas
- Assassin (2015 film), starring Danny Dyer
- Assassins (2020 film), an German documentary
- Assassin (2023 film), starring
- Assassin(s), a 1997 French film
- The Assassin, British title for Gunfighters, a 1947 American film
- The Assassin, American title for Venetian Bird, a 1952 British film
- The Assassin (1961 film), an Italian crime drama
- The Assassin, a 1967 Shaw Brothers film
- The Assassin, or Point of No Return (1993 film)
- The Assassin (2015 film), a wuxia film
- The Assassin (2023 film), a South Korean historical action-drama
- The Assassins (film), a 2012 Chinese film
Television
edit- "Assassin" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
- "Assassin", a 1981 episode of Blake's 7
- "Assassins" (Desperate Housewives)
- "The Assassin" (The Borgias), a 2011 episode
- "The Assassin", an episode of MacGyver (1985 TV series)
- "Assassin" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
Gaming
edit- Assassin (video game), 1992
- The Assassin (cancelled video game)
- Assassin (game), a live-action game
- Assassin!, a The Way of the Tiger gamebook
Literature
edit- Assassin (Cain novel), by Tom Cain, 2008
- Assassins (LaHaye novel), by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim Lahaye, 1999
- "L'Assassin", an 1887 short story by Guy de Maupassant
- The Assassini, a 1990 novel by Thomas Gifford
- The Assassins, a 1972 novel by Elia Kazan
- The Assassins, a 2005 novel by Oliver North and Joe Musser
- The Assassins: A Radical Sect in Islam, a 1967 non-fiction book by Bernard Lewis
- Krondor: The Assassins, a 1999 novel by Raymond E. Feist
Music
editGroups
edit- Assassin (band), an American heavy metal band
- Assassin (German band), a German thrash metal band
- Assassin (deejay) (born 1982), Jamaican dancehall deejay
- Assassin (group), a French hardcore rap group
Albums
edit- Assassin (album), by Assassin, 1984
- Assassins, by Into a Circle, 1984
- Assassins: Black Meddle, Part I, by Nachtmystium, 2008
- I, Assassin, by Gary Numan, 1982
- The Assassin (album), by Big Ed, 1998
Songs
edit- "Assassin" (The Orb song), 1992
- "Assassin", a song by John Mayer from the 2009 album Battle Studies
- "Assassin", a song by Morbid Saint from the 1989 album Spectrum of Death
- "Assassin", a song by Motörhead from the 1998 album Snake Bite Love
- "Assassin", a song by Muse from the 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations
- "Assassing", a song by Marillion from the 1994 album Fugazi
- "Assassins", a song by Lightning Bolt from the 2003 album Wonderful Rainbow
- "Assassins", a song by The Insane Clown Posse from the 1999 album The Amazing Jeckel Brothers
- "The Assassin", a song by Iron Maiden from the 1990 album No Prayer for the Dying
Sport
edit- Assassin (horse) (1779 – c. 1794), Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1782 Epsom Derby
- The Assassin, a nickname for former American football defensive back Jack Tatum
- The Assassin, a nickname for streetball player Brandon Durham
- The Assassin, a ring name of professional wrestler Jody Hamilton
- Assassins (professional wrestling), a wrestling tag team
Other uses
edit- Assassins (musical), 1990, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- The Assassin (play), by Irwin Shaw, 1945
- Assassin, a 2005 tour and comedy album by Margaret Cho
See also
edit- All pages with titles beginning with Assassin
- All pages with titles containing Assassin
- Assassination (disambiguation)
- List of assassinations
- Assassin bugs, a genus in the family Reduviidae
- Assassin spiders, a genus in the family Archaeidae
- All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN)
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