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The absolute worst people in history, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd. Anyone can vote on this list of vile villains, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the world's worst people. Call out history's biggest scumbags, and see how your picks stack up against everyone else's. Because those who do not rank the worst people in history are doomed to repeat it. Or something like that.

 
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The Master List

Rank     Name Born Profession Birthplace
  1. 1
    Up 1399
    Down 396
    1889
    Writer, Politician, Soldier, Social activist, Artist, Dictator, Political prisoner, Head of State More
    Braunau am Inn
    Most Listed
  2. 2
    Up 1222
    Down 158
    1878
    Politician, Generalissimo, Dictator
    Gori
  3. 3
    Up 897
    Down 87
    1928
    Politician, Dictator
    Kampong Thom Province
  4. 4
    Up 637
    Down 111
    1928
    Politician, Dictator
    Koboko District
  5. 5
    Up 664
    Down 133
    1941
    Politician, Dictator
    Vyatskoye
  6. 6
    Up 898
    Down 278
    1957
    Engineer, Civil engineer
    Riyadh
  7. 7
    Up 623
    Down 148
    1893
    Politician, Librarian, Dictator
    Shaoshan
  8. 8
    Up 597
    Down 199
    1911
    Physician
    Günzburg
  9. 9
    Up 601
    Down 201
    1900
    Politician
    Munich
  10. 10
    Up 534
    Down 204
    1897
    Politician
    Rheydt
  11. 11
    Up 590
    Down 227
    1937
    Writer, Politician, President, Dictator
    Iraq
  12. 12
    Up 478
    Down 242
    1883
    Politician, Journalist, Dictator
    Predappio
  13. 13
    Up 461
    Down 111
    1960
    West Allis
  14. 14
    Up 494
    Down 131
    1934
    Cincinnati
  15. 15
    Up 402
    Down 84
    1931
    Lynn
  16. 16
    Up 314
    Down 111
    37
    Roman Emperor
    Rome
  17. 17
    Up 230
    Down 96
    1835
    Brussels
  18. 18
    Up 947
    Down 1163
    1946
    Businessperson, Politician, Aviator, President of country
    New Haven
    Controversial
  19. 19
    Up 337
    Down 145
    1431
    Sighişoara
  20. 20
    Up 199
    Down 81
    1874
    Politician
    Kardzhali
  21. 21
    Up 299
    Down 77
    12
    Roman Emperor
    Anzio
  22. 22
    Up 214
    Down 83
    Handan
  23. 23
    Up 605
    Down 742
    1941
    Businessperson, Politician
    Lincoln
    Controversial
  24. 24
    Up 301
    Down 178
    1870
    Politician, Lawyer, Philosopher, Economist, Revolutionary, Dictator
    Ulyanovsk
  25. 25
    Up 93
    Down 30
    1929
    Politician, Lawyer
    Meridian
  26. 26
    Up 220
    Down 125
    0406
    Hajdúböszörmény
  27. 27
    Up 240
    Down 195
    1162
    Hentiy Province
  28. 28
    Up 207
    Down 148
    1901
    Emperor
    Tokyo
  29. 29
    Up 315
    Down 319
    1926
    Politician, Lawyer, Revolutionary, Dictator
    Birán
    Controversial
  30. 30
    Up 214
    Down 131
  31. 31
    Up 65
    Down 89
    1950
    Politician, Commentator, Political writer
    Denver
  32. 32
    Up 115
    Down 112
    1940
    Politician
    Baltimore
  33. 33
    Up 31
    Down 26
    1881
    Politician
    Istanbul
  34. 34
    Up 154
    Down 127
    1215
  35. 35
    Up 269
    Down 328
    1981
    Actor, Musician, Businessperson, Singer, Author, Entrepreneur, Model, Fashion Designer, Socialite More
    New York City
  36. 36
    Up 128
    Down 222
    1961
    Writer, Politician, Author, Lawyer, Professor, Attorney at law, Executive More
    Honolulu
    Controversial
  37. 37
    Up 91
    Down 92
    1951
    Author, Radio personality, Talk show host, Commentator
    Cape Girardeau
  38. 38
    Up 130
    Down 213
    1928
    Politician, General, Prime Minister of Israel
    Kfar Malal
    Niche
  39. 39
    Up 22
    Down 17
    1917
    Lawyer, Dictator
    Sarrat
  40. 40
    Up 114
    Down 107
    1964
    Governor of Alaska
    Sandpoint
  41. 41
    Up 48
    Down 94
    1961
    Writer, Author, Presenter, Radio personality, Commentator
    New York City
  42. 42
    Up 47
    Down 110
    1911
    Actor, Politician, President
    Tampico
  43. 43
    Up 105
    Down 254
    1769
    Ajaccio
    Controversial
  44. 44
    Up 160
    Down 240
    1959
    Journalist, Sports commentator, News Presenter, Commentator, Newscaster, TV Anchorperson More
    New York City
  45. 45
    Up 87
    Down 292
    1767
    Politician, Farmer, Judge, Soldier, General, Prosecutor
    Waxhaw

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  1. SidPapageorgio
    Hirohito at 1/27/2011 9:11 AM
    Why Hirohito? Eventhough he was thr Emperor of Japan, he had no real power. He was a figure head and was used because of his standing, to rally the people. The real rulers were the military. His crime was being ineffectual with no actual power.
  2. Anonymous
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 8/11/2010 5:45 PM
    How do you vote someone up the list?
  3. Apanblod
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 7/08/2010 10:17 AM
    [User deleted their comment]
    1. The Doctor
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 7/08/2010 12:09 PM
      This is a community list combining multiple peoples list. If you click Contribute above you can add your voice to the consensus.
  4. Winston
    George W. Bush at 2/01/2011 3:36 PM
    In history? Really?
  5. anonymous
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 10/20/2011 1:58 PM
    Leopold II of Belgium is estimated to be responsible for the murder 9 to 15 million people in the Congo, along with mass mutilation and brutalization. He should be among the top 5 if not the #1 worst person of all time.
  6. The Enraged Balaur
    Josef Mengele at 10/15/2011 10:15 PM
    Mengele was a sick, very intelligent guy.
  7. isaacv
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 7/22/2010 12:52 PM
    what about mengele? the nazi concentration camp doctor
    1. sleeves
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:15 PM
      um, read the list better
  8. vestigial_tail
    Caligula at 9/30/2011 9:12 PM
    A terrible human being, yes, but the tales of his exploits are entertaining in a twisted way.
  9. vestigial_tail
    Rush Limbaugh at 9/30/2011 9:14 PM
    Another choice anus for this list...
  10. vestigial_tail
    Fred Phelps at 9/30/2011 9:12 PM
    If this man talked any more s**t, he'd be shaped like a turd.
  11. R20X
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 1/10/2012 8:22 AM
    DERE
  12. Mulder
    George W. Bush at 12/17/2011 3:16 AM
    President Bush doesn't deserve to be on this list. He is citizen of the world. A good soild American.
  13. cjleather7169
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 10/02/2011 7:51 PM
    How can you miss Countess Elizabeth Bathary of Hungary??!!! She was the prototype for Bram Stoker's Dracula. She murdered hundreds of peasant girls and bathed in their blood as a daily beauty regimine.
  14. A BibPolar Guy
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 4/01/2011 5:33 AM
    based on votes I think some peopler confuse 'bad person" with "one of 35 worst people ever"
  15. badass
    Osama bin Laden at 7/21/2010 3:04 PM
    Under Profession: KILLER...........
  16. Anonymous
    George W. Bush at 7/21/2010 3:08 PM
    G. W. BUSH.. Only person who SCREW-UP The World.. Even Papa Bush is Very Unhappy with his SON.. Please read this >>> .http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Frt.com%2FTop_News%2F2009-11-13%2Fbush-attempting-rewrite-history.html&sa=D&usg=AFQjCNH941P7o7hLRGqUlkGMi1g3_apMIQ
    1. analise.dubner
      George W. Bush at 8/16/2010 11:21 AM
      Yeah, but this is a Worst Person in HISTORY list. GWB is just a minor political clown in comparison to these others. No one will remember his name in 200 years.
  17. Craig
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/04/2011 3:34 AM
    List should be "most evil". Thomas Midgley, Jr. is the "Worst" person to ever live, although he didn't mean to " have had more impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history."
    1. sleeves
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:21 PM
      well the citizens of Australia have a more even tan thanks to him... that has to count for something
  18. badass
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 7/21/2010 2:57 PM
    Don't Forget G. W. Bush !!!!
    1. relax
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 9/12/2010 1:41 PM
      gwb is number 8, but not to say i'm a fan of him, he isn't a bad person, he just made a lot of mistakes in his administration as president, it's not like he's as evil as the other people on this list, he's just stupid, calling him worse than mussolini is like calling mars bigger than saturn
      1. sleeves
        The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:17 PM
        he's a moron, and whats worse than stealing an election? getting to run the most overly militarized country in the world - by a moron. GBW should be in the top 10.
        1. analise.dubner
          The All-Time Worst People in History at 6/03/2011 2:24 PM
          What's worse that stealing an election? Seriously? Do you see the people on this list? Do you know what they've done? You're comparing a moderately crooked administration with Genocide? Take a couple seconds out of your day and look up Mengele on wikipedia. Or Pol Pot or Stalin. Then try and defend putting poor stupid GW anywhere NEAR this list.
  19. QPRRRrrrrrrrrrrr!
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 2/03/2012 6:14 AM
    Why is John Terry not in the list, should be top ten, FFS.
  20. greywolf
    George W. Bush at 6/04/2011 7:05 AM
    Clearly you people are delusional and have no touch with the real world. Even though Mr Bush was not the best president he does not belong on this list. No he did not manipulate 9/11. No he did not start wars a lie. No he did not do all the many things the blind lib sheep want to say he did. All you losers get a job. Mr Bush did a very good job and clearly does not deserve to be on this list. That is the case that is closed.
  21. badass
    Dick Cheney at 7/21/2010 2:59 PM
    Dick Cheney Is #2 DICK right next to Ass-O !!!!
  22. football5680
    Dick Cheney at 9/20/2011 12:28 AM
    Stupid. You got fuckin Castro below him
  23. cafape
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 5/05/2011 5:13 PM
    Alfredo Garavito raped and killed 168 (a hundred and sixty eight) children that he confessed let alone the rest that remain concealed. These latin-american deaths, as always, are ignored by the so called "first world", and because of the also imported model of law, he 's got "discount" on the penalty for "collaboration with justice" by telling where the bodies are buried! and he'll be out of jail in 4 (four) years
  24. Desertrat89
    Mehmed Talat Pasha at 1/23/2011 9:23 AM
    For those who might not know, this guy was the mastermind behind the Armenian Genocide.
  25. MarkCassara
    George W. Bush at 6/04/2011 8:02 AM
    Yall should be ashamed of your selves for putting this man up here!!! You are putting a president, no matter what he did or did not do... ARE YOU AMERICAN??? SMH people!
  26. cafape
    Osama bin Laden at 5/05/2011 5:46 PM
    An associate with somebody around 21st place in this very list
  27. initso
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 12/13/2011 1:23 PM
    Zoie Brown is a two time drug felon! Zoie Rose Brown has Herpes and is a double felon for drugs and a huge compulsive liar! She will steal any store blind! Check out http://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2011/b221020/ The money was never Zoë’s to begin with. Zoe had many problems. Seeking attention through anyway possible. Christen teaching her that money and status is everything in life? Christen has because of her hate of losing money that she thought was hers ; and the fact that I would not lie about her involvement in our agency has; ruined our family. I am posting this because I know Zoie goes to bed with anyone and I don’t want anyone to get Herpes from her. She just turned nineteen. I am so sorry about you using drugs! I guess you need some excuse for your actions. I certainly never knew you did them. I knew you were stealing from stores but your Mom Christen Brown knew that too. Did you ever disclose how your elementary school teachers at Cold spring School found you exposing your genitals to a boy Michael in the school bathroom and that your school called me and your mom in? Or later on in the next school; you claimed to the teachers that a man had exposed himself to you; again that school wanted to throw you out. We had to fight them to keep you in. As a child you were always trying to disrobe your mom and me trying to grab our bums, see our genitals; grab our gentiles; you would not stop; you were obsessive. I guess this all manifested for reasons I do not get? I hope in deed you get the help. Your mom claims her father molested her at 1 year old so maybe she is working out that with you. Her Mom would not talk to her for years because of that. But your Mom told me she as a young child masturbated in front of her front window. I do not know what is making you this angry? I want to let you know you have a sister that your Mom a prostitute and her husband a drug addict kept in Tver Russia. I know you were adopted even though Christen did not want to adopt you. I said you or no one so she relented. I wish the best for you always but you do not have to lye or do drugs or sleep with men to get attention!!
  28. cd
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 1/16/2011 8:18 PM
    Barak Obama is the worst thing for America.
    1. baruntse
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 1/28/2011 10:10 AM
      true, very very ture
      1. sleeves
        The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:04 PM
        well, based on your picture of a lower based primate, I'd guess that would make sense.
  29. hey
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 11/09/2010 1:32 PM
    you forgot Obama. hes at least #5
    1. sleeves
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:08 PM
      you too are also a douche - ah, the self-righteous republicans unite. in h**l.
  30. dmaswary
    Jeffrey Dahmer at 5/13/2011 7:36 PM
    Absurd. Contemporary. so he's in our collective consciousness - but worse than Al-Zawahari, still at large. Come on........
  31. dmaswary
    Ariel Sharon at 5/13/2011 7:41 PM
    Being part of an intractable mess of a peace/war process is not evil. Even at best it's convoluted whichever side you favor. The Middle East is a few thousand times more complex than what you see on tv no matter what documentary you've watched. Unless you've lived through it, via personal or family experience, or have studied it with at least a dozen respectable books - Ariel Sharon shouldn't be on this list above Yasser Arafat, The Red Prince (of the 1972 Munich massacre or even Moahmar Qaddafi who pretty much admitted he was part of the Lockerbie airline bombing. If you want an evil Israeli politician, how about Avigdor Lieberman? He hasn't even done anything worthwhile to deserve that title to wit. The rest of the aforementioned have far more blood on their hands
  32. Matt
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 12/30/2011 7:18 AM
    Only a US website could list Osama Bin Laden above Mao Zedong in a chart of the worst people ever. Bin Laden killed a few thousand - Mao did many millions. Are you trying to keep the guy down because he kicked your arses in Korea?
  33. dmaswary
    Louis Napoleon Bonaparte at 5/13/2011 7:44 PM
    Evil? Napoleon? Genius who redefined modern warfare and geopolitics. Wasn't fighting innocents either, unless Germans and Russians are to be thought of as weak nations with no defenses.
  34. DarthKarl
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 10/07/2011 4:30 PM
    I am sorry but it's stupid putting people that are just brainless politicians on the same list with blood drenched mass murdering monsters



    Leave the politics out of it and grow up, Jesus Christ.
    1. The Sheriff
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 10/10/2011 7:00 AM
      you mean mindless politicians that start wars against sovereign countries and murder hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians as well as thousands of their own terrorists? How about leaving out a terrorist responsible for 3 or 4 thousand deaths or a psychopath that killed 20 people when there are politicians on this list responsible for a half million.
      1. DarthKarl
        The All-Time Worst People in History at 10/14/2011 9:14 AM
        No, I mean someone like Bush who, though he's a moron never did anything like what you just wrote. I don't think of Hitler or Stalin as just Politicians. Clarify matters for you?
  35. Unique
    Osama bin Laden at 3/09/2011 11:50 AM
    You would think he would be first but i dont know?
  36. Unique
    George W. Bush at 3/09/2011 11:51 AM
    I think he should be number one on this list sorry just had to put it out there.
  37. logblobo
    Caligula at 4/10/2011 7:59 PM
    He was sadistic.
  38. football5680
    George W. Bush at 9/20/2011 12:28 AM
    I would put obama before Bush
  39. baruntse
    Dick Cheney at 1/28/2011 10:07 AM
    Dick Cheney is a patriot. Get him off this list, thats just juvenile
  40. baruntse
    George W. Bush at 1/28/2011 10:09 AM
    Presiident Bush protected America and helped fight the good fight against Islamic terrorism. Get him off this liist
  41. crazy2
    George W. Bush at 11/13/2010 3:12 PM
    G. W. Bush is # ! ASS-WIPE !!!!!!!!!!!
  42. crazy2
    Dick Cheney at 11/13/2010 3:13 PM
    Damn!!! He still alive !!!!!!
  43. crazy2
    Adolf Hitler at 11/13/2010 3:09 PM
    Hitler is # 1...
  44. crazy2
    Osama bin Laden at 11/13/2010 3:11 PM
    Today 2010 Osama Bin Laden is The #1 Sick mother..
  45. Mark
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 11/26/2011 4:16 PM
    ok, Sean hannity? Olbermann? Not only do the likes of them not belong on the list but neither do Hitler, Mussolini, or I cant even begin to understand this list. It's just a random list of famous people and historical figures. I mean, Andrew Jackson was one of the greatest Presidents or world leaders in history.
  46. soulfull00
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 10/26/2010 5:26 AM
    i didn't bother beyond #9, g.w.bush ?!?!
    seriously , are you that hateful and pathetic ?
    he is worse than eichman , ata turk, mao tze tong ?
    you're pathtic, whoever made this list.
    1. Anonymous
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 1/02/2011 5:54 PM
      Calm down. Of course it's completely idiotic that GWB is on this list, but don't forget that a lot of people have zero life experience and know even less about history. This is a list that averages together lots of list... so there's no way the stupids aren't going to have their say. You might note that someone put Paris Hilton here, too. And how ridiculous is that?
      1. sleeves
        The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:14 PM
        yeah, calm down. all he did was run the economy into the ground, start an illegal war, murder the democratic process, cut taxes for the most wealthy people in the US, murder the leader of another country, and is responsible for the thousands of deaths in the middle east, but hey, he's a great guy! lmao - you two are morons.
  47. jduster
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 7/17/2010 4:17 PM
    Pol Pot should be higher on the list.

    George W. Bush shouldn't be on the list at all.
    1. sleeves
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:19 PM
      go wipe your nose, and get the sand out of your vagina.
      1. arkieamerican
        The All-Time Worst People in History at 6/05/2011 12:34 PM
        Sleeves = total idiot
  48. this guy
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 12/07/2011 10:04 PM
    I'm a Democrat, but putting George Bush and Dick Chenney on here..... serieously? Even if you did not care for their political views, putting them on a list of most evil men in history is a joke.
  49. mukiwa
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 4/23/2011 2:37 AM
    Atilla The Hun?Why?
  50. Ranky
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 5/03/2011 8:00 AM
    You missed forma PM of Australia John Haward a rassist!
    1. Etchison
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 5/27/2011 5:04 PM
      Down with rassts!
  51. bender
    Mao Zedong at 10/09/2010 5:46 AM
    how is mao only number 21. hes ore than anyone in history
  52. Reynn
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 9/12/2011 6:20 PM
    worst people in English speaking population, there is an obvious bias here
  53. zepode
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 12/31/2010 2:30 PM
    No way I'd put Napoleon or Genghis Khan on there.

    Especially Napoleon.
  54. dd33708
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/08/2011 6:28 PM
    Why all the fuss over GW being on this list? Don’t forget, he took America to war based on lies. He and his cronies are directly responsible for thousands of American troops killed; countless Iraqi civilians killed, and total destruction of their country. To top it off, GW lowered taxes and borrowed from China to fund his war. Case closed!
    1. sleeves
      The All-Time Worst People in History at 3/17/2011 4:32 PM
      there are sadly some people in 'merica who believe that GWB had their best interests in mind. Of course they are wrong. But they will still fight about it even after their jobs are shipped overseas, after their unemployment benefits are taken away, after their taxes increase due to tax benefits being gone, when their 401k's are gambled away, and when they are forced to work until they are 90 because they cant afford to pay for their health-care insurance. So, if i say JESUS spoke to me, you should vote for him. yeah, he was an awesome prez - most others would have been shipped to the funny farm if voices talked to them.
      1. queen dopplepopolis
        The All-Time Worst People in History at 4/28/2011 9:27 PM
        i think you should learn a little about politics, pretty sure the president isn't the only person making all of the decisions, not disagreeing but if your going to blame somebody, it's a large group of people not just gwb
  55. dd33708
    George W. Bush at 3/08/2011 6:33 PM
    Why all the fuss over GW being on this list? Don’t forget, he took America to war based on lies. He and his cronies are directly responsible for thousands of American troops killed; countless Iraqi civilians killed, and total destruction of their country. To top it off, GW lowered taxes and borrowed from China to fund his war. Case closed!
  56. cruzcontrol
    The All-Time Worst People in History at 11/04/2010 1:14 PM
    how is pedro alonso lopez not on the list

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