list of people who survived assassination attempts 

Statements about this table:
the attempt on the prime minister of sri lanka 's life take place in the parliament building colombo , sri lanka
year
date
intended victim (s)
title at the time
location
would - be assassin (s)
method
initial outcome / notes
1990
apr 25
oskar lafontaine
minister - president of saarland
cologne , west germany
a deranged woman , adelheid streidel
knife attack
serious neck wound
1990
jan 18
motoshima hitoshi
mayor of nagasaki , japan
nagasaki , japan
a member of the right - wing group , seikijuku
gun attack
shot in the back
1989
jul 14
jani allan
n south africa columnist
residence , johannesburg , south africa
orde van die dood member , cornelius lottering
bomb attack
no one injured
1987
aug 18
junius richard jayewardene
president of sri lanka
parliament building , colombo , sri lanka
unknown
grenade attack on parliament
two dead , sixteen injured
year
date
intended victim (s)
title at the time
location
would - be assassin (s)
method
initial outcome / notes
1987
aug 18
ranasinghe premadasa
prime minister of sri lanka
parliament building , colombo , sri lanka
unknown
grenade attack
same event as jayewardene 's
1985
mar 08
mohammad hussein fadlallah
lebanese grand ayatollah and mentor to hezbollah
beirut , lebanon
unknown
beirut car bombing
80 killed , 200 injured
1984
oct 12
margaret thatcher
british prime minister
grand hotel , brighton , great britain
ira
bomb blast
five killed
1983
oct 19
chun doo - hwan
president of south korea
martyrs' mausoleum , rangoon , burma
three north korean agents
rangoon bombing attack
chun uninjured , 21 killed , 46 injured
year
date
intended victim (s)
title at the time
location
would - be assassin (s)
method
initial outcome / notes
1982
jun 03
shlomo argov
i israel ambassador to the uk
dorchester hotel , park lane , london
ano agents
gun assault
shot in the head , permanently hospitalized
1982
may 12
pope john paul ii
catholic leader
fátima , portugal
juan maría fernández y krohn
bayonet attack
slightly wounded
1981
may 13
pope john paul ii
catholic leader
st peter 's square , vatican city
mehmet ali ağca , a turkish grey wolves assassin
pistol attack
shot four times and severely wounded
1981
mar 30
ronald reagan
president of the united states
hilton washington , washington , dc
a deranged man , john hinckley
gun attack
three seriously injured , including reagan