Who were/are the top 10 Dictators of all time, taking into account numbers killed, longest time as a Dictator?

Question

Having a debate in work about the top Dictators, so thought I'd ask the rest of the Yahoo! Answers community :+)

Answer 1

1. Stalin- believed to have killed over 1 million people during his reign.
2. Pol Pot-The Khmer Rouge killed over 2 million Cambodians during his reign
3.Adolph Hitler
4.Idi Amin
5. PW Botha-South Africa
6.Duvalier, Jean Claude-Haiti
7.Ian Smith-Rhodesia
8.Ferdinand Marcos-Philippines
9.Saddam Hussein- Iraq
10. Kim Sung-North Korea

Answer 2

First off, anyone who lists George W. Bush should probably be ignored because:

1) They have NO idea what it is like to live under an actual dictator.

2) No one has yet to provide proof as to Bush's dictator status. They just don't like him.

3) S/He seriously needs to open a history book, look and compare at brutal dictators such as:

Hitler
Stalin
Pol Pot
Hussein
Qaddafi
Castro
Lenin
Mao
Mussolini
Marcos
Kim Jong-Ill
Kim Ill Sung
Duvalier

Note: I know I probably have more than 10. The above are listed in no particular order. Some are not as murderous as others (such as Castro) but are listed simply because of the control they have and thier longevity.

Answer 3

Herod the Great
Genghis Khan
Shaka Zulu
Josef Stalin
Adols Hitler
Musselini
Mao Tse-Tung
Anastasio Somoza
'Papa Doc' Duvalier
Kim Il Sung
Augusto Pinochet
Nicolae Ceausescu
Pol Pot
Idi Amin
Saddam Hussein
Robert Mugabe
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan
Than Shwe, Burma
Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan
King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia
Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan
Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Equatorial Guinea
President Pervez Musharraf

Also, there are many church 'dictators' (popes) of the Catholic church and the protestant church who were very murderous and responsible for millions of people murdered around the world and in Europe. The Catholic church forced people to convert to Catholicism, including Jews, during the Inquisition. They were very brutal dictates and sentences handed down in the name of the church and the pope.

However, my list is in no order, nor is it a comprehensive list. Nor can I discern who is worse. But they are all horrible men and horrible dictators. Look them up if you need to know their background.

Answer 4

I would say:

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Joseph Stalin
3. Benitoo Mussolini
4. Mao Tse-Tung
5. Pol Pot--less time in power, but having one third of your population murdered should qualify.
6. Kim Il Sung
7. Kim Jung-Il
8. Nicolae Ceaucescu
9. Robert Mugabe
10. Anastasio Somoza

Answer 5

Pretty sure as far as number of people killed its Stalin, then Mao Zedong i think, The worst modern dictator would have to be the president of Sudan.

Answer 6

Bush tops the list, followed by Hitler and a very close third is Pol Pot.

Answer 7

lets see how many so called "Americans" are going to answer Bush