List of fictional assassins and bounty hunters

This is a list of fictional assassins and bounty hunters.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Character	Work	Creator	Country of publication	Ref.
4-LOM	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[1]
Agent 47	Hitman	IO Interactive	Denmark	^[2]
Johnny Alpha	Strontium Dog	John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra	United Kingdom	^[3]
Amanaman	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Samus Aran	Metroid	Makoto Kano	Japan	^[3]
Cad Bane	Star Wars	George Lucas, Dave Filoni, and Henry Gilroy	United States	^[1]
Bucky Barnes	Marvel Comics	Joe Simon, Jack Kirby	United States
Yelena Belova	Marvel Cinematic Universe	Cate Shortland	United States
Black Krrsantan	Star Wars	Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca	United States	^[5]^[6]
Bloodshot	Valiant Comics	Kevin VanHook, Don Perlin, Bob Layton	United States
Danz Borin	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Bossk	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[1]
Boushh	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
The Bride	Kill Bill	Quentin Tarantino	United States	^[7]
Bullseye	Marvel Comics	Marv Wolfman and John Romita Sr.	United States
Ront Byrnloo	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Toro Calican	Star Wars	Jon Favreau	United States
Captain Cold	DC Comics	John Broome, Carmine Infantino	United States	^[8]
Cinnamon	DC Comics	Roger McKenzie, Jack Abel, Danny Bulanadi	United States
Brisco County, Jr.	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse	United States	^[3]
Anton Chigurh	No Country for Old Men	Cormac McCarthy	United States	^[9]
Ezio Auditore da Firenze	Assassin's Creed	Ubisoft	France	^[10]
Dante	Devil May Cry	Hideki Kamiya	Japan
Deadpool	Marvel Comics	Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld	United States
Deadshot	DC Comics	David Vern Reed, Lew Sayre Schwartz, Bob Kane	United States
Death's Head	Transformers / Doctor Who / Marvel Comics	Simon Furman and Geoff Senior	United States United Kingdom	^[3]
Deathstroke	DC Comics	Marv Wolfman, George Pérez	United States
Debnoli	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Rick Deckard	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?	Philip K. Dick	United States	^[3]
Shelly De Killer	Ace Attorney	Capcom	Japan
Dengar	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[1]
Din Djarin	Star Wars	Jon Favreau	United States	^[1]
Domino	Marvel Comics	Fabian Nicieza, Rob Liefeld	United States
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)	Marvel Comics	Archie Goodwin, Marie Severin	United States	^[11]
Jubal Early	Firefly	Joss Whedon	United States	^[3]
Elektra	Marvel Comics	Frank Miller	United States	^[12]
Captain Falcon	F-Zero	Shigeru Miyamoto	Japan
Boba Fett	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[1]
Jango Fett	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[1]
Firefly	G.I. Joe	Larry Hama, various	United States
Django Freeman	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino	United States	^[13]
Gandrayda	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Andrew Jones	United States	^[14]^[15]
Ghor	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Andrew Jones	United States	^[14]^[15]
Wesley Gibson	Top Cow (Millarworld)	Mark Millar, J. G. Jones	United States
Jonas Glim	DC Comics	Alan Grant, Val Semeiks	United States
Greedo	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[16]
Grimalkin	Spook's	Joseph Delaney	United States
Gwenpool	Marvel Comics	Christopher Hastings, Heather Antos, Jordan D. White, Chris Bachalo	United States
Red Harlow	Red Dead	Rockstar San Diego	United States
Rundas	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Andrew Jones	United States	^[14]^[15]
Maki Harukawa	Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony	Spike Chunsoft	Japan
Jonah Hex	DC Comics	John Albano and Tony DeZuniga	United States	^[3]
Hit	Dragon Ball	Akira Toriyama	Japan
Hit-Girl	Icon/Image Comics (Millarworld)	Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons	United States
Hitman (Tommy Monaghan)	DC Comics	Garth Ennis and John McCrea	United States
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad	Assassin's Creed	Ubisoft	France	^[17]
IG-11	Star Wars	Jon Favreau	United States
IG-88	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[1]
Iria	Zeiram	Keita Amemiya	Japan
Sidon Ithano	Star Wars	J. J. Abrams	United States
The Jackal	The Day of the Jackal	Frederick Forsyth	United Kingdom	^[2]
Jaws	James Bond	Ian Fleming	United Kingdom
Jazinda	Marvel Comics	Peter David	United States
Dannik Jerriko	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]^[18]
Jinx	G.I. Joe	Larry Hama	United States	^[19]
Ah Jong	The Killer	John Woo	Hong Kong	^[20]
J'Quille	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Kanden	Metroid Prime Hunters	Andrew Jones, Richard Vorodi, and Michael Harrington	United States	^[14]^[15]
Jodo Kast	Star Wars	Various	United States	^[21]
Darth Krayt	Star Wars	Various	United States	^[22]
Thane Krios	Mass Effect	BioWare	Canada	^[2]
Lobo	DC Comics	Roger Slifer, Keith Giffen	United States	^[3]
Lockdown	Transformers	Derrick J. Wyatt	United States	^[3]
Jonny Logan	Edizioni Dardo	Romano Garofalo, Leone Cimpellin	Italy
Krombopulos Michael	Rick and Morty	Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon	United States	^[23]
Ephant Mon	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States
Leone "Léon" Montana	Léon: The Professional	Luc Besson	France	^[2]
Montross	Star Wars	Various	United States	^[24]
Colonel Douglas Mortimer	For a Few Dollars More	Sergio Leone	Italy	^[25]
Neesh	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Nikita	La Femme Nikita	Luc Besson	France	^[7]
Noxus	Metroid Prime Hunters	Andrew Jones and Richard Vorodi	United States	^[14]^[15]
Ten Numb	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[26]
Snake Plissken	Escape from New York	John Carpenter, Nick Castle	United States
O-Ren Ishii	Kill Bill	Quentin Tarantino	United States	^[7]
Stephanie Plum	One for the Money	Janet Evanovich	United States
Djas Puhr	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Reno Raines	Renegade	Stephen J. Cannell	United States
Josh Randall	Wanted Dead or Alive	CBS Productions	United States
Durham Red	2000 AD	John Wagner, Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra	United Kingdom
Geralt of Rivia	The Witcher	Andrzej Sapkowski	Poland
John "The Hangman" Ruth	The Hateful Eight	Quentin Tarantino	United States	^[13]
Jon Sable	First Comics	Mike Grell	United States
Francisco Scaramanga	James Bond	Ian Fleming	United Kingdom
Dr. King Schultz	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino	United States	^[13]
Colt Seavers	The Fall Guy	Glen A. Larson	United States
Fennec Shand	Star Wars	Dave Filoni	United States	^[27]
Silver Sable	Marvel Comics	Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz	United States	^[11]
Aurra Sing	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Cade Skywalker	Star Wars	Various	United States	^[28]
Rum Sleg	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Sy Snoodles	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Spike Spiegel	Cowboy Bebop	Hajime Yatate and Toshihiro Kawamoto	Japan	^[3]
Spire	Metroid Prime Hunters	Andrew Jones and Richard Vorodi	United States	^[14]^[15]
Storm Shadow	G.I. Joe	Larry Hama	United States
Sylux	Metroid Prime Hunters	Andrew Jones, Richard Vorodi, and Michael Harrington	United States	^[14]^[15]
Ken "Nick" Takase/Machineman	Nebula Mask Machineman	Shotaro Ishinomori and Toei	Japan
Taskmaster	Marvel Comics	David Michelinie, George Pérez	United States	^[11]
Allan Thompson	The Adventures of Tintin	Hergé	Belgium
Trace	Metroid Prime Hunters	Andrew Jones, Richard Vorodi, and Michael Harrington	United States	^[14]^[15]
Valkyrie	Marvel Cinematic Universe	Taika Waititi	United States
Asajj Ventress	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
Tommy Vercetti	Grand Theft Auto	Rockstar North	United Kingdom
Jack Walsh	Midnight Run	George Gallo	United States
Major Marquis Warren	The Hateful Eight	Quentin Tarantino	United States	^[13]
Weavel	Metroid Prime Hunters	Andrew Jones and Richard Vorodi	United States	^[14]^[15]
Zam Wesell	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[4]
John Wick	John Wick franchise	Derek Kolstad	United States
Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd	James Bond	Ian Fleming	United Kingdom
Barb Wire	Comics' Greatest World / Dark Horse Comics	Chris Warner, Team CGW	United States
Sabine Wren	Star Wars	Various	United States	^[4]
Zuckuss	Star Wars	George Lucas	United States	^[16]

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