List of snipers

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A sniper is a trained sharpshooter who operates alone, in a pair, or with a sniper team to maintain close visual contact with a target and engage the targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the detection capabilities of enemy personnel.

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Military snipers

Some notable military snipers include

NameLivedActiveNotesConfirmed
sniper kills
Nationality
Noah Adamia 1919–19421938–1942A Soviet Georgian naval infantryman who is credited with over 200 kills and several tanks knocked out. [1] Trained another 80 snipers within a couple of months during the Second World War. [2] 200+Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Hiram Berdan 1824–18931861–1864The commander of the 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters during the American Civil War. [3] N/AFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Herman Davis 1888–19231918American sniper of the First World War, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star and the Médaille Militaire awards from the American and French governments. [4] [5] 60Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Fedir Dyachenko 1917–19951932–1946 Soviet Ukrainian sniper during World War II, credited with as many as 425 kills and awarded with the Hero of the Soviet Union.425Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Rob Furlong 1976–1996–2003A Canadian Army sniper who held the record for the kill from the greatest distance during Operation Anaconda, War in Afghanistan. [6] 1+Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Lucky Bisht 1988–2003–2019An Indian Secret Service Sniper, nickname Lima [7] [8] who has a record of shooting the heads of two gangsters with a single bullet, killing both but till date no agency has been able to prove how he did this. [9] He is also alleged to be a contract killer. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] A book has been written on Bisht's life, R.A.W. Hitman: The Real Story of Agent Lima according to which he is. Hitman of Research and Analysis Wing. [15] [16] 139 Flag of India.svg India
Gary Gordon 1960–19931978–1993A Delta Force sniper who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during the Battle of Mogadishu. [17] N/AFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Craig Harrison 1974-1990–2014A British Army sniper who achieved the fourth longest confirmed kill shot in history (2,475 m) using the Accuracy International L115A3 Long Range Rifle. [18] N/AFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Carlos Hathcock 1942–19991959–1979A renowned United States Marine Corps sniper who is credited with 93 confirmed kills. [19] [20] 93Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Dejan Berić 1974-2014–presentSimply known as Deki (Деки) is a Serbian volunteer in the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic with the rank of Major, who is fighting as a sniper in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.N/AFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Simo Häyhä 1905–20021939–1940A Finnish sniper during the 1939–40 Winter War known as the "White Death" from his habit of lying in the snow wearing snow camouflage and a white face mask, waiting for a target to appear. Antti Rantamaa, who served as a field chaplain in Häyhä's regiment, credited him with 259 confirmed kills by sniper rifle and equal number of kills by light machine gun and submachine gun during the war. [21] All of Häyhä's kills were made over the course of fewer than 100 days, before he was seriously wounded—an average of just over 5 per day, with the highest daily count numbering 45 kills—at a time of year with few daylight hours. [22] [23] 542->Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Musa Herdem  [ ku; pt ]1987–20152006–2015A YPG sniper known as 'Musa' with allegedly more than 120 confirmed kills, mainly during the fighting for Kobani during the Syrian Civil War. [24] De facto SA-NES Flag.svg  Rojava
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Matthäus Hetzenauer 1924–20041943–1945An Austrian sniper on the Eastern Front during World War II who was credited with 345 kills between 1943 and 1945. [25] 345Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Abukhadzhi Idrisov 1918–19831939–1944A Soviet Chechen sniper credited with 349+ kills during World War II. He was reported to have killed 100 soldiers in only 10 days of fighting. Awarded multiple of the highest state orders of the Soviet Union. [26] 349+Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Nikolai Ilyin 1925–19431941–1943Soviet sniper with 494 kills, who fought in the 50th Guards Rifle Division during the Battle of Stalingrad, World War II. [27] 494Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Nicholas Irving 1986–2004–2010A sniper nicknamed "The Reaper" with the 3rd Ranger Battalion deployed in Afghanistan in 2009, with 33 confirmed kills. [28] 33Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Juba N/A2005–2007Juba (Arabic: جوبا) (also called "Joba") is the pseudonym of an alleged sniper involved in the Iraq War's insurgency. He participated in Iraqi Civil War as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.[ citation needed ]700+ (Allegedly)

63

(confirmed)

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Tatang Koswara1947–20151975–1976A sniper credited with at least 41 confirmed kills in only a single mission during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in the 1970s. Other story said he killed 49 in a single mission, because he saved one bullet for himself out of 50 bullets he brought [29] 41+Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Ivan Kulbertinov 1917–19931941–1945A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 252, or alternatively 487 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War. [30] [31] 252Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Vasilij Kvachantiradze 1907–19501941–1945A Soviet Georgian sniper who is credited with 534 kills during World War II, one of the highest Soviet kill counts. [32] Known for almost single-handedly thwarting a German assault on Shumilino in Belarus. [33] 500+Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Chris Kyle 1974–20131999–2009A US Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills by the Pentagon, but who allegedly killed 255. [34] 160Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Marie Ljalková 1920–20111942–1953A Czech sniper fighting in the Soviet Army during World War II who was credited with at least 30 confirmed kills. [35] 30+Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
Charles Marlowe1968–1987–1990A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most solo missions completed (27). [36] 46Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Chuck Mawhinney 1949–20241967–1970A United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the record for most confirmed kills by a US Marine (103), [37] with an additional 216 "probable kills".103 - 319Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Herbert W. McBride1873–19331914–1918A US citizen who serves as a captain in the 21st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during World War One. [38] 100+Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Philip McDonald1886–19161914–1916 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF, 42 confirmed kills during the First World War. Killed in action 3 January 1916. [39] 42Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Neville MethvenN/A1916–1918A big-game hunter and target shooter who served as an officer with Sir Abe Bailey's South African Sharpshooters on the Western Front during World War One.[ citation needed ]100Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Olga Minchakievich1898–19201917–1920 World War One and Russian Civil War sniper. Regular member of The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death.129Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Republic
Tatianna Minchakievich1900–19201918–1920 World War One and Russian Civil War sniper. Regular member of The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death. One of the highest confirmed number of kills of any female at 93 kills using only the iron sights of a 7.62×54mm Mosin-Nagant Model 1891.93Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Republic
Timothy Murphy 1751–18181775–1780An American Revolutionary War sniper credited with killing British General Simon Fraser during the Battle of Saratoga. [40] 1+Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Semyon Nomokonov 1900–19731941–1945A Soviet Russian World War II sniper with 367 logged kills. [41] 367Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Henry Norwest 1884–19181915–1918A sniper in the 50th Canadian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He had 115 confirmed kills and was killed by a German sniper on 18 August 1918. [42] 115Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Fyodor Okhlopkov 1908–19681941–1945A Russian Soviet sniper credited with 423 confirmed kills during World War II. [43] 423Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Johnson Paudash 1875–19591914–1918A member of the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), CEF during World War One who made 88 confirmed kills. [44] 88Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Lyudmila Pavlichenko 1916–19741941–1953Soviet sniper. The most successful female sniper during World War II. She served in the Soviet army and had 309 confirmed kills. Pavlichenko was called "Lady Death" for her ability with a sniper rifle. She served in the Red Army during the siege of Odesa and the siege of Sevastopol. She was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union [43] 309Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Vladimir Pchelintsev 1919–20011941–1945Credited with 152 kills using a Mosin-Nagant 1891 rifle during the Second World War. [45] 152Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Francis Pegahmagabow 1891–19521914–1919An Ojibwe sniper in World War I who is credited with 378 kills, and an unknown number of unconfirmed kills. [46] 378Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Friedrich Pein 1915–19751943–1945An Austrian fighting in the German Army credited with over 200 kills on the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945 during the Second World War.[ citation needed ]200+Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Arron Perry 1972–1999–2005A Canadian Army sniper who briefly held the record for the longest-ever recorded and confirmed sniper kill in 2002. [6] 1+Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Stepan Petrenko1922–19841941–1945Soviet sniper during the Second World War with 422 confirmed kills, awarded the HSU (Hero of the Soviet Union). [27] 422Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Ranjith Premasiri Madalana (Nero)1969–20092000–2009A sniper in the Sri Lanka Army during the country's civil war alias "Nero" who is recorded as having made 217 confirmed kills of Tamil Tigers. [47] 217Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Graham Ragsdale 1969–1988–2003A former Canadian Army sniper who fought in Afghanistan in 2002 [6] and 2005–2014 as a designated defensive marksman with private military companies.56Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Patrick Riel1876–19161914–1916A Métis Canadian attached to the 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF during the First World War with 30 confirmed kills. Killed in action by shell fire on 14 January 1916. [48] 30Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Ben Roberts-Smith 1978–1996–2015A sniper with the Australian Special Air Service Regiment who was awarded the Medal of Gallantry for his actions in 2006 during Operation Perth in the Chora Valley of Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan. [49] Subsequently, awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia in 2011.N/AFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Ian Robertson1927–20141945–1953A sniper with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment after the Second World War, becoming one of the most effective snipers of the Korean War. In a single morning, Robertson killed 30 enemy soldiers. [50] 30+Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Roza Shanina 1924–19451943–1945A Russian Soviet sniper during the Second World War, credited with 60 kills, including 12 soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius in 1944. [51] 60Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Justin Dygert 1986-2005–2011 JSOC A Scout Sniper who was awarded for protecting the injured crew of a downed helicopter during a firefight in Somalia. [17] 41Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ivan Sidorenko 1919–19941939–1945A Soviet sniper credited with over 500 kills during the Second World War.[ citation needed ]500+Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Billy Sing 1886–19431914–1918An Australian First World War sniper credited with over 150 confirmed kills. Contemporary evidence puts his tally at close to 300 kills. [52] 150+Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Mikhail Surkov 1921–19531941–1945Soviet sniper in World War II. Official documents indicate a tally around 236 kills, although newspapers inflated his tally to over 700 kills. [53] [54] 236Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bruno Sutkus 1924–20031944–1945A Lithuanian sniper fighting in the German Army during the Second World War. He was credited with 209 kills on the Eastern Front between 1944 and 1945.[ citation needed ]209Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Abu Tahsin al-Salhi 1953–20171973–2017A sniper who fought in the Yom Kippur War, Iran–Iraq War, invasion of Kuwait, Gulf War, as well as the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. [55] [56] [57] However, his kills in other wars other than against ISIS are unaccounted for and unknown.341+ (against ISIS only) (Alleged)Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Adelbert Waldron 1933–19951968–1970A United States Army sniper who formerly held the record for the most confirmed kills by a US military sniper (109). [58] 109Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Alvin York 1887–19641917–1918An expert sharpshooter with the 82nd Infantry Division who used an M1917 Enfield rifle during the Meuse–Argonne offensive near Chatel-Chéhéry, France, 1918 in World War I. Medal of Honor recipient for leading an assault on machine gun positions.[ citation needed ]28[ citation needed ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Vasily Zaytsev 1915–19911937–1945A Soviet sniper who fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaytsev is credited with 242 kills (including 11 snipers). [43] 242Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Zhang Taofang 1931–20071953–1985A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 214 confirmed kills over 32 days. [59] 214Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Abdorrasul Zarrin 1941–19841979–1984An Iranian sniper in the Iran–Iraq War. He had 700 kills during the war.

According to Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi, his friend and Intelligence Commander of the Younis Diver Battalion of Imam Hussein army asked Zarrin how many kills did he had, and he said more than 3,000 kills. The Jamejam newspaper agreed on this number.

700+Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
James George Smith Neill N/A1857An unknown Indian sniper, who fought for the Oudh state during the Siege of Lucknow in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, nicknamed "Jim the nailer" by defending British soldiers. [60] N/A Flag of Awadh.svg Oudh
Zhou Xixiang1931–1950–???A Chinese sniper who fought in the Korean War with 203 confirmed kills with 206 bullets. [61] 203Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
N/AA soldier who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2009 with 173 confirmed kills, mostly with the L115A3 on a single tour with British Army in Afghanistan in 2006–2007, including over 90 Taliban members in one day. [62] 173Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Blas AlsiyaoN/AA Philippine Army 1st Scout Ranger Regiment officer who is reputedly the deadliest sniper alive as of 2017 with 46 confirmed kills, mostly with the Knight's Armament Company SR-25 on a single tour Battle of Marawi in 2017, including over 46 Maute Group Member46Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

Non-military snipers

Not all snipers are highly trained professional soldiers. The term is sometimes ambiguously used to describe criminals firing from cover at long range with a rifle, as well as police sharpshooters. Some non-military snipers include:

NameLivedNotesNationality
Frank Carter 1881–1927A notorious murderer in Omaha, Nebraska, who claimed to have murdered 43 victims. [63] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Michael Andrew Clark 1949–1965A teenage sniper who killed three and wounded six in Highway 101 shooting spree on 25 April 1965. [64] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Byron De La Beckwith 1920–2001An ex-US Marine and white supremacist, assassinated NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers after the civil rights activist arrived home in Jackson, Mississippi on 12 June 1963.[ citation needed ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States
William "Billy" Dixon 1850–1913Defended the Adobe Walls settlement against Native American attack with his legendary buffalo rifle, and was one of eight civilians in United States history to receive the Medal of Honor.[ citation needed ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Tha'ir Kayid Hamad 1980-A Palestinian sniper who was responsible for the Wadi al-Haramiya sniper attack with a WWII-era M1 Garand rifle during the Second Intifada in 2002. Israeli sources claim he killed 10 soldiers and settlers and injured 6 others, while Palestinian sources claim he killed 11 soldiers and injured 9 others. He would be arrested two years later and sentenced to life imprisonment. [65] [66] Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine
Jack Hinson 1807–1874A farmer who engaged Union troops at long range during the American Civil War and recorded 36 officer "kills" on his custom-made .50 caliber Kentucky long rifle with iron sights. [67] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Lon Horiuchi 1954–A Federal Bureau of Investigation sniper who shot Randy Weaver and shot and killed Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge. [68] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Thomas "Tom" Horn Jr. 1860–1903An American Old West lawman, scout, and hired gunman, known for shooting cattle rustlers and sheepherders at long range with a Sharps rifle. [69] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo 1960–2009
1985–
Perpetrators of the Beltway sniper attacks, a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Ten people were killed and three other victims were critically injured in several locations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and along Interstate 95 in Virginia.[ citation needed ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Lee Harvey Oswald 1939–1963A former US Marine who assassinated President John F. Kennedy and shot Governor John Connally in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963, and shot at General Edwin Walker on 10 April 1963. [70] Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Stephen Paddock 1953–2017Perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting using multiple high-powered modified rifles from the 32nd floor of a high-rise hotel, killing 60 people and wounding over 800 others on 1 October 2017.[ citation needed ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Charles Whitman 1941–1966A college student and former US Marine who fired from a clock tower on the University of Texas Austin campus, killing 14 and wounding 32 on 1 August 1966. [71] Flag of the United States.svg  United States

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