Can someone please give me some names of people in history who abused their power (ex: Hitler, Fidel Castro, etc.) . Thanx a Bunch!
2007-06-04 17:04:44 · 5 answers · asked by Love, Me 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
William the conqueror, Edward Ironsides, Henry VIII, George V, Pope Benedict VIII, Genghis Khan, Stalin, Lenin, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin Tomas de Torquemada,Caligula \
Omar El bashir
Nero
Donatien A.F. de Sade
Tzar Ivan IV the "Terrible"
Ion Antonescu
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
Nicolae Ceausescu
The Duvaliers
Francisco Franco
Elie Hobeika
Kim Il Sung
King Léopold II
Mao Zedong
Ferdinand Marcos
Slobodan Milosevic
Efraín Ríos Montt
Benito Mussolini
Ante Pavelic
Augusto Pinochet
Mohamed Suharto
'The Three Pashas' of Turkey
Jorge Rafaél Videla
Ne Win
Vlad the Impaler
Francisco Pizarro
Attila the Hun (4)
Queen Mary Tudor
Ilse Koch
Rasputin
King John I
King Leopold II
King Louis XVI
Jim Jones (People's Temple)
David Koresh
Heinrich Himmler
Josef Mengele (Nazi scientist who experimented on Jews)
Edward Teach (Blackbeard the Pirate)
Elizabeth Bathory (bathed in young maidens' blood)
2007-06-04 17:22:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can drop several names of people who abused their power. It would take me hours upon hours to make such a huge laundry list.
I would suggest going to Barnes and Noble and picking up a copy of Miranda Twiss' book "The Most Evil Men and Women in History." It's a great book and it gives good examples of some of history's baddies. However, it is very limited since the number of villians far exceeds what Twiss can write about (but don't go about looking for this at Borders; this book is partially published by B&N itself).
I even heard a podcast from a guy who compared Alexander the Great to Adolf Hitler, saying that the two of them killed millions of people. However, I beg to differ. Alexander never killed people on such a massive scale as Hitler did. Yes, Alex was arrogant and he did kill innocent people, however, he did not conduct a genocidal Holocaust to rid the world of minorities. So I guess Alexander the Great might be on your list but that's your decision.
Check Wikipedia, too. They will also have lots of info. on history's power abusers. Look through the history of Ancient Rome. There were a lot of insane Roman emperors who thought they were gods (yes, that is true....the law was that whoever was Caesar was considered divine, a law that did not suit well with the Christians).
2007-06-04 17:16:15 · answer #2 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you people really like history?! I absolutely hate it. The only thing I like about history is our teacher because he's really funny but we're getting a new teacher soon anyway. I just find it insanely boring. And yes, I prefer maths to history. All my friends are doing history for their exams, I seem to be the only one who isn't. I know some people might find it interesting, but I'm definitely not one of those people :)
2016-05-17 04:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stalin, Franco, Idi Amin, Mussolini, Mao, Chauchesko (?) (Romania) and many others.
2007-06-04 17:09:00 · answer #4 · answered by Josephine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The number one man would be Stalin....hands down
2007-06-04 17:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by The Dude 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋