In history, who, omitting Hitler, is believed to be responsible for the most deaths?

Answer 1

Mao Zedong. His "great leap forward" plan created a famine that killed between 30-50 million alone. Not to mention another 5-10 million that died in prison labor camps building dams, bridges and other infrastructure. Plus all the "disappeared" people.

Answer 2

I believe that would be Josef Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. He actually was responsible for more misery and death than Hitler, which is quite a feat.

While the views of historians differ, most seem to agree that when it comes down to numbers, Stalin has the dubious distinction of being responsible for more deaths than any other dictator or government we know of. Pol Pot and Chairman Mao have millions of deaths on their hands, but estimates on Stalin range from a conservative 30 million to upwards of 50 million.

Just to put those numbers into a little bit better perspective, consider these comparisons. The Black Death (the plague) in 15th Century Europe was the most deadly pandemic for which we have records, and it killed approximately one-third of the entire population, and that was about 35 million people. To put the higher estimate of 50 million into perspective, consider that the ENTIRE population of England is currently about 50 million.

The numbers are pretty staggering.

Answer 3

Attila, Tamurlane and Genghis Khan were pretty efficient at eliminating large numbers of people, building pyramids of skulls and other such atrocities. Although they may not have functioned with the pure industrial efficiency of Hitler, Mao or Stalin. In fact Stalin probably killed far more than Hitler. Millions died in the Ukrainian famine, and then there are the Gulags and the pre-war purges.

Answer 4

Without a doubt, the United States government. First of all, there were 190 million so-called Indians living in what is now the USA in the 1490's, by 1950 they were all but extinct. Now they're an afterthought.
The Japanese resources were all but extinguished, that's they were ordering Kamikaze flights. Yet, Truman dropped the bomb twice.
The U.S. has performed countless acts of genocide in Central America, Africa, Haiti, Southeast Asia, and even Alabama. Ever hear of Tuskegee 626. U.S. gov. doctors purposely didn't treat 626 Black male syphilis victims, just to see how the disease would spread!
I love America and the American people, but the government is rotten to the core!

Answer 5

There are plenty of good answers to this. It is believed that Joseph Stalin killed many more people than Hitler, and we know that Eisenhower killed quite a few as Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force. You could also give plenty of credit to General George S. Patton(7th army commander) or General Omar Bradley(ground forces commander during and after the Normandy invasion.)

Answer 6

First of all why omitting Hitler? He is responsible for millions of deaths.

Answer 7

Joseph Stalin

Answer 8

Josef Stalin- perhaps even including Hitler. He was responsible for the death of many millions of his own country's people.

Answer 9

Russian Communist dictator Joseph Stalin is responsible for the deaths of millions of people in his own country.

Answer 10

Considering this man is responsible for the quote"One death is a tragedy a million a statistic" I would say Stalin.