Assassin (disambiguation)

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

 * 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
 * Assassin (Dungeons & Dragons)

Film

 * Assassin (1969 film), a South Korean thriller
 * Assassin (1973 film), a British 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 American documentary
 * Assassin (2023 film), starring Bruce Wilis
 * 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

 * "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

 * Assassin (video game), 1992
 * The Assassin (cancelled video game)
 * Assassin (game), a live-action game
 * Assassin!, a The Way of the Tiger gamebook

Literature

 * 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

Groups

 * 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

 * 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

 * "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

 * 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

 * 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