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List Rules Truly horrible royalty, rulers, and power-holders from TV, film, and literature who deserve to be beheaded

A list of fictional leaders who you’d most like to behead. Do you know of some fictional kings, queens, princes, or politicians that you really dislike? Are they all named Joffrey? Could you envision a horrible fate for these terrible kings? Browse through this list of fictional kings that you would most like to behead. These kings are ranked by the community from most want to behead, to not too horrible. If you don’t agree with the ranking, go ahead and vote up the kings you think should be beheaded. 

If you don’t see a particularly horrible king on the list, add him to the list below. Some kings are strong leaders and really help their people and country, while other kings are so evil and horrible that they don’t need to be leading a country. These kings are the ones that people would most like to see beheaded.
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Joffrey Baratheon is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Joffrey Baratheon Game of Thrones

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310 96
Palpatine is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Palpatine Star Wars

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337 97
Lord Voldemort is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Lord Voldemort Harry Potter

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271 102
Sauron is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Sauron The Lord of the Rings

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238 55
Ramsay Snow is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Ramsay Snow Game of Thrones

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243 93
Scar is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Scar The Lion King

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225 92
Xerxes is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Xerxes 300

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209 58
Commodus is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Commodus Gladiator

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146 17
Dolores Umbridge is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
James Englebert added Dolores Umbridge Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I, J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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152 37
Cersei Baratheon is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
StaB added Cersei Baratheon Game of Thrones

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176 63
The Governor is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
The Governor The Walking Dead

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158 66
Prince Humperdinck is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Prince Humperdinck The Princess Bride

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156 66
Queen is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
The Evil Queen Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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152 64
Sheriff of Nottingham is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Sheriff of Nottingham Robin Hood universe

The Most Brilliant TV Detectives

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131 71
Adam Susan is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Adam Susan V for Vendetta

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124 50
Jadis the White Witch is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Jadis the White Witch The White Witch

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134 68
King Edward I is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
King Edward I Braveheart

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82 33
Queen of Hearts is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
BenNicholson added Queen of Hearts Alice, Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wonderland

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118 80
Wicked Witch of the West is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Wicked Witch of the West The Wizard of Oz

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73 56
Adenoid Hynkel is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Adenoid Hynkel The Great Dictator

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103 60
King Agamemnon is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
King Agamemnon Troy

The Best Re-Casting of Famous TV Roles

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124 122
Darth Vader is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Darth Vader Star Wars universe

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79 56
Vladimir Harkonnen is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Vladimir Harkonnen Dune

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71 59
Nero is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Nero Quo Vadis

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59 46
King Claudius is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
King Claudius Hamlet

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71 59
Khan Noonien Singh is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Khan Noonien Singh Star Trek universe

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62 60
Ming the Merciless is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Ming the Merciless Flash Gordon

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75 77
Skeletor is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Skeletor He-Man and the Masters of the Universe

The Saddest Television Deaths Ever

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63 56
Darkseid is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Darkseid Superman: The Animated Series

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38 14
Judge Claude Frollo is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
James Englebert added Judge Claude Frollo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Hunchback

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78 85
Count Dracula is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Count Dracula Dracula

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49 51
General Garza is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
General Garza The Expendables

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35 16
Negan is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Cullene Lang added Negan

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58 58
M. Bison is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
M. Bison Street Fighter

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48 37
Henry VIII is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Henry VIII The Other Boleyn Girl

35 Game Of Thrones House Sigils For Pop Culture Icons

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48 54
Master Control Program is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Master Control Program Tron

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45 53
Nicolae Carpathia is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Nicolae Carpathia Left Behind

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39 47
Vilos Cohaagen is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Vilos Cohaagen Total Recall

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20 11
Firelord Ozai is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
James Englebert added Firelord Ozai The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Last Airbender

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43 55
Krang is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Krang Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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60 78
King Koopa is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
King Koopa Super Mario Bros., Nintendo Universe, Super Mario Universe

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39 52
King Haggard is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
King Haggard The Last Unicorn

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41 56
Lord Rothbart is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Lord Rothbart The Swan Princess

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27 49
King Thorn is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
King Thorn The Special Magic of Herself the Elf

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2 0
Megatron is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
nataliejohnson009 added Megatron The Transformers, Transformers: Prime, Transformers Prime: One Shall Stand

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33 57
Ner'zhul is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Ner'zhul World of Warcraft

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22 58
Boris Pochenko is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Boris Pochenko The Beautician and the Beast

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16 47
Thomas McAllister is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Zeus94 added Thomas McAllister

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12 26
Lexa is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
ceset added Lexa The 100

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16 51
Lord Recluse is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The Fictional Leaders You'd Most Like to Behead
Lord Recluse The City of Villains