Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the leading German Lutheran theologian and pastor, was killed by the Nazis in 1945, days before the end of the war.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth of Russia, a grandchild of Queen Victoria and a saint of the Orthodox Church, was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.
Esther John, a Presbyterian evangelist, was allegedly killed by a Muslim fanatic in 1960.
Martin Luther King, the American civil rights leader and Baptist preacher, was assassinated in 1968.
Maximilian Kolbe of Poland, a Franciscan and a saint of the Catholic Church, was killed by the Nazis in 1941.
Archbishop Janani Luwum, an Anglican, in Uganda assassinated during the rule of Idi Amin in 1977.
Manche Masemola, a 16year-old Anglican convert in South Africa, was killed by her animist parents in 1928.
Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador was assassinated while saying Mass in 1980.
Lucian Tapiedi, an Anglican, was killed in 1942 during the Japanese invasion of Papua New Guinea.
Wang Zhiming, a Chinese pastor and evangelist, was killed in 1972 during the Cultural Revolution.