20 Worst People Who Ever Lived

These people earned their place on this list in the worst ways imaginable. For this list, we’ll be going over the most appalling people in history. Our countdown includes Jim Jones, Pol Pot, Adolf Hitler, Ivan the Terrible, Genghis Khan, and more. Which story shocks you the most? Let us know in the comments below.
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[@WatchMojo]

Which story shocks you the most? Let us know in the comments below. For more content like this, click here!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3fPoGt9bLOjqa8

[@simplylethul]

You conveniently left out the part where shit america played a part in the Khmer Rouge killing over 2 million people.

[@simplylethul]

Also, atrocities carried out by the american military in WW2.

[@CleetusVanDamme530]

Hats off to you WatchMojo for not allowing the current state of politics to cloud your judgment. These people you showed are objectively the worst of the worst when studying the evidence.

[@simplylethul]

@@CleetusVanDamme530 20 doesn't even come close...

[@rikmichaels9233]

Saudi Arabia did 9/11 4:17 how is he a minister for telling us to get out of his country ? We funded and armed him then just squatted in his country

[@Immafuggin182]

I understand what this list was going for but by far one of the worst humans who ever existed was Albert Fish. I even hate saying his name and a simple Google search will terrify you but the short story is he kidnapped children, tortured them, ate them, and then would send letters to their family telling about what they tasted like and how he tortured them. Absolutely terrifying

[@Tanooki12331]

The evil in this world

[@s.z.9517]

Bruh... Yes he was an absolute piece of shit. This list can't get them all. In Belgium and France, we had a guy and his wife... Marc Dutroux.

[@haven_lady675]

It doesn't matter who is the worst. If someone made you feel angry and disgusted and confused as to why they commit such heinous crimes, then they are evil.

[@s.z.9517]

@@haven_lady675 Aaah... Religion makes it so much simpler. As an atheist I'd say there is no such thing as evil. Just bad people. But what do I know.

[@Immafuggin182]

@@s.z.9517 I didn’t know the criteria for the list. Calm down

[@jfk70]

You know when Jim Jones is No. 20, you better strap in.

[@flickcentergaming680]

You got THAT right.

[@delorme9]

And Osama bin Laden is not even in the top ten

[@Hero_of_Comedy]

Considering the entries were not numbered, this might not be a top 20 list and the entries were not in any particular order.

[@ahmedmehdi4824]

Jim jones was responsible for over 900 deaths but the president of the us killed hundreds of thousands by atomic bomb so yea jim jones🤷🏻‍♂️

[@furkanbozdag8198]

Osama bin Laden not top 5 is more ......

[@elijoki99]

And the sad thing is, this is the list of worst people that we know of. Some horrors have been buried as time has gone by and some that were never discovered.

[@GCKMimi]

I know someone who survived the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot. Kilong is an amazingly positive person in spite of the horrors he endured. And I always stand up for Vlad Tepes because he wasn’t needlessly cruel. In the former territory of Wallachia, he's considered a hero. He did what he did in an early display of psychological warfare, and because he knew the ways of the Turks, he used them against them.

[@NaturalHigh21]

We need a top-20 greatest people to ever live, in terms of what they did for others, how many lives they saved, etc

[@alifuller1658]

That's the opposite of this list right here of this video

[@jayhunt185]

Jesus, Buddha, Mr Beast to name 3 and the cop who just took my weed and didn't write me a ticket when I was 19

[@dschlu1]

Omfg😂😂

[@seankennedy5807]

Nicholas Winton should be on that list!

[@rulerofall015]

Shakespeare, MLK, Lincoln, Einstein, The List goes on

[@TomGreen99]

You forgot the guy who invented mid-roll ads.

[@MaD0MaT]

I would go further. The man who invented ads.

[@xp10199]

Loud ads and commercials

[@DamnWhoAsked]

Dude. Even Hitler was envious of his evil deeds.

[@playernotfound9489]

unpoppable bubble wrap

[@edward8380]

D*uble ads

[@watashi_ga_kita9003]

Josef Mengele should definitely be on this list. He tortured and experimented on so many poor souls.

[@1SuckMeBeautiful1]

Unit 731 was twice as bad

[@RedRobin6543]

How is Harold Shipman not on this list? He’s the serial who has the most victims

[@elpinguino8.0.86]

Also Shiro Ishii, who like Mengele tortured and experimented with innocent people

[@ArmandoRodriguezzz737]

For real, as well as Oskar dilwanger , and Amon goeth, both were hated by the SS

[@moritzguderian8381]

He shouldn't be. There are plenty of nasty people experimenting on others. Sad fact

[@nHans]

"Worst People" is too general. I suggest sub-categories, like "Worst Cooks", "Worst Husbands", "Worst Parents", "Worst Singers", "Worst Painters" etc. (BTW, We've done "Worst Serial Killers" and "Worst Despots" several times already-so there was nothing new in this list.)

[@hannahlowe794]

I love these types of videos, and I love when Rebecca narrates them!!

[@lonestar2078]

um, her name is "Watchmojo Lady." Get it right

[@williamsummerson1204]

Rebecca ( the watchmojo lady) is my favorite narrator on KZbin.

[@everennui1]

I'm in love with Rebecca's voice.

[@dirtyfrench2926]

@@williamsummerson1204 I like the guy who narrates WeirdHistory's Timeline series more. This lady is a damn good narrator too though.

[@jordanbarr850]

She’s my favorite narrator of watchmojo videos

[@marcello7781]

Considering how many of the people on this list were born after 1300, if another Dante Alighieri descended through Hell he would have to write a new and bulkier Divine Comedy.

[@johnnybgood7442]

How my old boss didn't make this list is beyond me.

[@SabrinaMejo78]

Lol same 😂

[@MrPbn1217]

History is told differently all around the world 🙂

[@Solus3D]

True. For example, Vlad was a hero and most of his bad name come from failed invaders to his country. If we blame Mao for all the deaths by plague, hunger and other, the need to put people like Bolsonaro or Trump, because his stupidity kills hundreads of thousands of people.

[@alifuller1658]

Of course it is different cultures

[@jt.binwylin]

That is true.. You can only be close to truth but I don't think you can kno fo sure

[@pupujussila]

yeah these where all good persons, what are you trying here famist?

[@100ververis]

There is bias in everything we say and do even if it’s recorded in history.

[@AvrilAlvarez]

Henry Kissinger should have a place on here

[@Miss_Kisa94]

It's interesting that in their home country some of these historical rulers are actually looked upon favorably. Many Romanians attributed Vlad as a protector of the country due to the fear he created many didn't want to try and invade the tiny country. Genghis Khan and Attila also have their supporters.

[@lucaiacob6206]

Actually most romanians agree that Vlad was one of if not the best ruler we've ever had, if you really dig into his story he was a true patriot that fought for justice against the biggest empire in the world

[@Denis-89]

there is even a German song about Genghis Khan..

[@LateNightHacker]

Indeed. I think it's quite narrow to compare things rulers did to benefit their people back when human rights weren't the same as they are today. Back when Vlad ruled, if you didn't kill everybody, the county you invaded would surely come back at you. If the ruler is bad, they will face opponents inside their own kingdom

[@ron10jean]

Genghis Kahn and Attilla were attacking multiple Other countries while Vlad was protecting our country from invading ottomans who killed, set fires, took slaves and graped the women, so it will always be our hero

[@gamingenthusiast5450]

Genghis Khan is scum The impaler was more like a bloodthirsty and vicious anti hero

[@nHans]

As several others have mentioned, US rulers were conspicuously absent. So if you do make a video about them, I've compiled some ideas below. These were more than one-off assassinations of unfriendly foreigners. Each of these resulted in mass casualties: - American Civil War - Genocide of indigenous Americans - Unnecessarily atom-bombed Japan, simply to showoff one's nuclear superiority - Devastated Vietnam - Attacked Iraq using false pretenses - Ate hamburgers and fried chicken while half a million Americans died in a pandemic.

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

Conflict with indigenous tribes was not a genocide. Otherwise they'd all be dead. I'd argue not nuking Japan would've been far worse.

[@Blazdragon34]

About the atom bomb on Japan, Japan wasn’t gonna surrender. They continued to fight even when Germany surrendered. They wouldn’t give up as that would bring dishonor.

[@jdmOHSTbucks2007]

Maybe read a history book bud...

[@namazu5976]

open a book

[@reefrunnerart]

genocide doesn't suggest full extermination. If it did, then by your logic the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, the Sikh genocide, the ongoing Rohingya genocide, the war in Iraq, NONE of those would be considered genocides. Conflict with indigenous tribes in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia are ALL genocides. @@AshPrimeDCFC

[@poolside123canadian7]

Rebecca (during a first draft of the script): “#1. Bobby Smith. Bobby Smith is a bastard who broke up with me and slashed my car tires in grade 10.” 😂

[@KronkTheKreator]

You forgot the guy who created the idea to put 2 unskippable ads on KZbin.

[@ricorofficial]

lmaooooooo

[@tastefullynerdy1161]

You forgot a few people. The guys behind Japan's Unit 731, Ilse Koch, Oskar Dirlewanger, Josef Mengele immediately come to mind.

[@ryukomatoi592]

What about Khomeini?

[@tastefullynerdy1161]

@@ryukomatoi592 true, yeah. Forgot about him. Not only cause of the violent Islamic Revolution but also cause of the Fadwa against Rushdie which is just... urgh and all the other stuff in Iran.

[@ryukomatoi592]

@@tastefullynerdy1161 my dad is Iranian and he is very against the regime today!

[@tastefullynerdy1161]

@@ryukomatoi592 I hope he's okay should he still be over in Iran. I'm really proud of the Iranian people for what it's worth that they finally had enough with what's going on over there.

[@dynamiteecp6314]

How is

[@timgrove5757]

That painting of Vlad the Impaler always creeped me out as a kid

[@johnanderson9765]

I'm 43 and it creeps me out.

[@timgrove5757]

@@johnanderson9765 it still creeps me out to this day

[@freya8133]

He was not exactly a handsome guy, that's for sure.

[@timgrove5757]

@@freya8133 lol

[@bo2720]

The painting that always freaks me out is the one with the man eating a child, by Goya I believe. Terrifying to this day !

[@357GREENVISIONRECORD]

Honorable mentions: Andrew Jackson- Trail of Tears (tens of thousands) Harry S. Truman- Hiroshima and Nagasaki (hundreds of thousands) Winston Churchill- Bengalli Famine (several million).

[@lonewolfwolfclan934]

Im still waiting for a fair top evil list that has us leaders and generals on it.

[@freya8133]

Truman?? He told the Japanese that if they didn't surrender, he'd do it. They refused. It's on them. He ended the war!!

[@namazu5976]

Truman saved millions of lives by preventing an invasion of the Japanese mainland.

[@HappyOtakoStudios]

There isn't a single British, US and Japanese Person on this list! Is that by design?

[@Goodiesfanful]

Amelia Dyer was British, and Delphine Lalaurie and Jim Jones were American. They were on the list.

[@bo2720]

Theres probably worse out there but for me the scariest most evil one of all is the woman that killed Sylvia Likens. AND she got out of prison after a few years, absolutely sickening

[@c.t.s6364]

Gert Beniszewski was her name. What she did to the sisters was absolutely sickening to say the least. I read Ryan Greens book about the events that happened in that house early this year, one of which was the coke bottle incident. I wont go into detail for how horrific it is, but a quick web search should satisfy any curiosity's. Huge respect to the sisters for their bravery during that time.

[@ravenblackthorne1431]

If you think the Syliva Likens case was horrible, take a look at the Dennis Jurgens case. Beniszewski and Jurgens are both rotting in hell now for what they did to those poor kids.

[@Freakazoid444]

One of the girls who tortured Sylvia also got released and became a teacher's assistant for years til the truth came out and she got fired.

[@HorrorGod920]

She didn’t get out of prison she died in prison

[@mhsbear2k]

I kinda feel someone like Josef Mengele would be worse than some of these dictators because they ordered people to kill, or let them die through their inaction (famines, etc). Mengele did a lot of the horrors of the Nazi “medical experiments” with his own hands. And while I’m not saying the others were good people, because they most assuredly weren’t, it takes a truly evil person to do those atrocities themselves.

[@ArmandoRodriguezzz737]

oscar dilwanger, and Amon goeth should be on this list as well. The ss thought they were fucked up

[@soledadharen7426]

Vlad the Impaler did NOT go by "Vlad Dracula". "Dracul" means "dragon" which was on his family crest. "Dracula" was first used by writer Bram Stoker for his novel with that name which was written hundreds of years after the death of Vlad the Impaler.

[@MrCiris989]

No one asked

[@bradleyupdyke9492]

@@MrCiris989 actually the movie Bram Stoker did state he did go by the name so the poster was correcting the video... just saying

[@Monkey_11]

@@MrCiris989I did 🤡

[@daviddumitru9102]

I am Romanian, and his dads name was Vlad Dracul, and "Dracul" translates to devil/satan in Romanian

[@soledadharen7426]

@@daviddumitru9102 Vlad II Dracul, and that was just a name he went by. He was the illegitimate child of Mircea, and, therefore, would not have had the right to the family name and would not be the rightful heir to the throne. The rightful heir was the only legitimate child of Mircea, Mihail. All of that, of course, is irrelevant because that was his father, not Vlad the Impaler himself, whose real name was Vlad Țepeș. BTW, "dragon" would have likely been interchangeable with "serpent". After all, a dragon looks like a big snake with legs. The serpent is a symbol of Satan/the Devil because of the reference to the snake in the Garden of Eden who talked Eve into eating the apple.

[@hannahlowe794]

It always confuses me why people in Delphine LaLaurie’s time thought her torturing slaves was evil when they, you know, owned slaves. I guess even they had to draw a line? I don’t even know. She was evil, but I never realized people in her time would think so.

[@someidiot420]

i think bc she went way over the limits of what was typically done to slaves as punishment. sure the ways slaves were treated were brutal (lashings, cutting behind the knees, etc) but ppl didnt torture them for the hell of it.

[@draconicusmathiusanytherio7630]

There’s a line between evil of the times, and just pure psychotic madness

[@CTP909]

Lol at the people trying to answer this. Owning people is evil pure and simple. None of her peers held any moral high ground so long as they held belief that people could be property. Isn’t that one of the modern day dilemma’s with people trying to tell other people what to do with their stuff? The whole society that condoned such an act was evil

[@MaD0MaT]

Somehow modern world have zero problems with slaves. In Dubai there are thousands of Pakistan citizens kept as slaves. In China there are whole camps of slaves. Women in all Islamic countries. Yet no one is speaking anything about that.

[@debbieanne7962]

Interesting fact was Africans were never used as slaves (unless in Africa) until the age of exploration. Traditionally slaves were the Slavic people, hence where the name originates

[@b1646717]

"And like the Jim Jones cult I'll take you out with one punch" -Jimmy Pop

[@Shrieking_In_the_Void]

the Jonestown Tape is the most disturbing thing I've ever heard.

[@106andie]

I was worried Pol Pot wasn’t gone be on this list, one of the most malignant humans ever along with Ivan the Terrible.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

And to think one of the biggest of the many reasons why Vlad the Impaler served as the inspiration for Count Dracula is because not only did he go by the name of Vlad Dracula, there's also that legend about Vlad literally drinking the blood of his enemies.

[@sharcam2010]

Omg whaaaaaaat??????? Wow I had no idea 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😓😓🤗🤗🫤😦😧😶🫠😦😵‍💫😵🥴😮‍💨🤥

[@travisasselta9140]

The blood drinking legend was from his enemies and are believed to be fake. He was loved and feared by his people. Today he is the hero of Romania.

[@draconicusmathiusanytherio7630]

You forgot he impaled his enemies on spikes…..which was why he was called the impaler in the first place….

[@shinkita3062]

Lmao Im Romanian and what a lot of bullshit here, Vlad just defend is Kingdom of Ottoman. The Day people while try to take of the heads of your family to make pyramids maybe you will understand the meaning of "The ends justifies the means" For Us Romanian is a Hero of Balkan, that will be for ever a Hero. Maybe his the Son of the Devil but without him will we probably all be Ottoman. And what a shit life that could be.

[@ozielramirez4589]

Vlad defended Christian Orthodox Romania from Muslim invasion, he’s a hero

[@CalifornianCuttlefish]

Great Video! *this is extremely interesting and also terrifying*

[@treypyle4565]

I think there needs to be a separation of just people, and military/ nation rulers. Some random person on the street versus someone in control of a military are different breeds of evil.

[@MaD0MaT]

Same breed just different scale.

[@lecroix7487]

No leader other than Caligula loepold idi amin Sadam hussein and the blood countess should be on this list

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

@@lecroix7487 Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin definitely also belongs on the list.

[@coco2.2]

agreed

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Thanks you for your video and channel

[@m3tr0id86]

Not surprising Hitler was number 1, for all the reasons stated and more. He was also a painter, which is a shame we were denied to help make his final painting by painting the walls with his blood and brains.

[@andresciahooten9598]

I knew that Hitler was going to be on this list

[@CXP3D]

@@andresciahooten9598 it has become increasingly obvious 🙄 I definitely knew that Adolf Hitler was on the list. I mean no one would like a women who tormented 😫 slaves for no quacking reason! I hate racism but I hate the fact that THIS happened

[@VENENOSEASON]

Hitler shouldn’t be number 1, mao and Stalin killed way more people

[@IsaCNG]

all of this would have never happened if the art school he applied to had accepted him...

[@m3tr0id86]

@@IsaCNG Especially when he was "damaged goods" after the first World War.

[@Poboi_Draws]

This is the first time y’all have gotten me to click on a video in a year. Congratulations Watchmojo

[@eastsideog2054]

Cuz u busy on ripoffs and prolly high on pixie dust

[@ricorofficial]

LMAO

[@MilkyWay428]

Why did you include Vlad - Dracula? He was blackmouthed by the German silver miners in his country and Stoker picked up on it. Impaling was a commonplace punishment for centuries and he, (and his brother) as a pince held to ransom and educated and brought up in the Ottoman's court was very familiar with such punishment. After all, "Dracula" means dragon - a member of the Order of the Dragon, defending Christianity against the Ottomans which he did all his life.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Keep it up on your work and this video and channel

[@DKtrek21]

The guy who implemented unskippable double ads must be in heaven then. Lucifer is afraid of him.

[@johnnyboy2537]

Honestly considering some of the people of the time and how violent and crazy things were, Vlad wasn't too bad. The Ottomans were pretty bad themselves and at least Vlad was fair. Definitely harsh though.

[@DarthVibes]

First. Maybe you should try the impalement stuck in your body , after that i want to know that you still said vlad isnt too bad or you change ur mind .

[@neutra178]

Yeah, making a forest of imapled people isn't that bad. Imagine serving Vlad as a national trasure and putting his statues all over the country, thats what romaninans do.

[@luposcanius]

Ferdinand Marcos should be on this list too..

[@alexjavi7849]

Sadly the crimes of Hideki Tojo are still forgotten

[@andresciahooten9598]

I don’t think that this list is long enough. There are a lot more people that need to be on this list

[@kenrickeason]

Oh yeah.. A lot of them.. Those who will make your nightmares look like Dreams..

[@jynxie17]

Christopher Columbus?

[@dziguljigavac3554]

Dracula was national hero. He doesn't deserve to be on this list. I am not Romanian but a Serb. He fought cruelly against the merciless occupier, the Ottoman Empire. He protected his people and died for them. They killed him sneakily. They ambushed him. That tells you how much the Ottoman Empire lacked dignity and honor. Lest there be any misunderstanding... Today's Turks have nothing to do with them. They are extremely friendly and hospitable towards all tourists, but the Balkans see us as their relatives. War brings someone closer and separates someone forever.

[@ellnats]

Logan Paul, the people over at Fox, Frank Miller now, Mark Millar, Bob Kane, Thomas Edison, Uwe Bowl, Orson Scott Card, thats about it for me, oh and David Miscavige

[@timalice-2833]

Much of Vlad Tepes’s tactics that he used as an adult he learned while he was kept with the Turks as a child. He is a hero to the Wallachian people. His victims were enemy soldiers, criminals, and corrupt nobility

[@klina7645]

Supposedly he also gathered hundreds or even thousands of peasants into one building, then set the place on fire, burning them all alive. His reasoning was that he did them a favor since they wouldn't to have to be poor anymore.

[@mustangmike8515]

This list felt short. What about Fidel Castro, Pablo Escobar, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Vladimir Putin, Pizarro & Cortez (both destroyed civilisations in Peru & Mexico), Benito Mussolini, Pinochet, the Argentina Military Junta, Jean Bedel Bokassa, Gadaffi, Papa Doc & his son Baby Doc from Haiti, the Somoza Family.....and many more from now and from the past.

[@darky1595]

How many people did gaddafi killed?

[@mustangmike8515]

@@darky1595 you must be kidding. He killed millions in his home country with public executions on stadiums. He even had this crazy fanatic girl who puled the legs of people who were hanged. Also he blew up some pan am flights on the UK. I think this guy was evil. Mojo fails including a crazy lady who killed babies vs crazy dictators as Hitler, Stalin and Idi Amin

[@robertsolimanm7031]

How is the only man who ever dropped a nuclear weapon the US president not on this list

[@nickcopeland6915]

Where's John Wayne Gacy, Albert Fish, Ed Gein, Fred Phelps, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theresa Knorr, Ted Bundy, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Aileen Wuornos, Dr. H. H. Holmes, Emperor Hirohito, Muammar Gaddafi, Fidel Castro, John Wilkes Booth, James Earl Ray, Richard Rogers, Maximilien Robespierre, and Heinrich Himmler?

[@codeblack423]

True Crime is more than just serial killers

[@nickcopeland6915]

@@codeblack423 I didn't name serial killers only. Hirohito, Gaddafi, and Castro were also dictators.

[@duckmuller2922]

Castro and Gaddafi, one of the greatest leaders we have ever seen

[@heydavid17]

Vlad was a hero. He defended his land and people from invaders. A true savior of the Romania we know today. His punishment might have been evil, but a bit harsh to call him evil, when his actions were done for the greater good.

[@tysonwinn6737]

Vlad was truly one of the most evil people in history and to say otherwise is FAR from the truth. He not only beheaded, disemboweled, and boiled people alive but impaled them on giant sticks causing them to undergo excruciating pain until they bled to death. Some of these killings were done out of pure sadistic enjoyment and not to mention the fact that among his victims were women and children. I don't see how you could possibly justify any of his actions even if they were supposedly done for the "greater good."

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kamalinsofiya]

More like a real life villain 💀

[@burakardaaksoy6339]

As a Turkish I understand him compleatly. Ottomans were strongest nation in that times, sure they werent cruel and evil but still conquering so many countries. He probably wanted to protect his country.

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

What about him beating his son to death?

[@mikesoun8772]

Thank u guys for including Pol pot he was a real bad dude

[@user-uz1si3fu1i]

Love hearing these stories about history of all the Centuries.

[@philipbouchelle483]

There are so many left out, victor Crawley, Albert Fish, Fidel Castro, the emperor of Japan in WWII, Gadaffi, other cult leaders like David Koresh, almost any of the rulers of Rome, Xerces, any of the Pharaohs, and so on.

[@lonewolfwolfclan934]

I guess killing millions of native americans, women and children, old people by us president don't count. Gaddafi took care of his people, same as castro. But the us who had blacks in the south from the end of the civil war to the 1960s with no rights, lets take there view on other leaders

[@freya8133]

Hirohito

[@elchido1874]

@@lonewolfwolfclan934 Castro killing his own people and he ruined his own Country and if Gaddafi took care of his people why his own people Kill him?

[@charliewade4875]

Truman, W. Churchill, Bush, and Putin

[@duckmuller2922]

Gaddafi and Fidel are among the best

[@ericsilberstein667]

Cruelty to animals is always the first sign.

[@Blazdragon34]

The funny thing is that Hitler actually brought animal rights and made vivisection illegal.

[@jonmarrie9469]

Vlad was not a horrible person, he fought for his people against the Turks who tortured him as a kid

[@bilalabassi3544]

Same with Osama biladin 😂

[@kylejohnson3889]

Bad is a matter of perspective of the nation or people saying their bad. Some people see a person as evil. Another culture can see the same person as a good person.

[@laurenpatrick4609]

@@bilalabassi3544 no not at all

[@laurenpatrick4609]

@@kylejohnson3889 not if it's a terrorist

[@Bayard1503]

Yup, he didn't kill any innocents, he just punished criminals and invaders. What's a little unique about him is the method of execution, others chopped heads or burned, he impaled. But people don't understand how common this method was in Eastern and even Central Europe at the time.

[@saifkrid8705]

Looking forward to join these guys

[@yokaibyte2133]

Nero let people stay on his palace grounds when Rome was burning. So some historians believe that the rumors and stories about Nero were created by his haters/etc to destroy his image.

[@blacdavis]

I haven't clicked on a WatchMojo video this fast in a long time!

[@MultiLeonard1000]

The stuff about Nero and Rome burning is actually untrue. Through he did use christians as a scapegoat, he was proactive in trying to evacuate the city, even turning his own palace into a shelter. And, he really did plan to rebuild Rome back to its former glory. That’s probably the end of Nero’s good years, after that he divulges into the madman we know and love

[@Dutchmancaptain]

Let us not forget, that it was the USA who armed and equipped Saddam to wage war against Iran. They did also the same with bin Laden to fight the Soviets, with Syrian rebels to fight Assad, that list goes on and on...

[@jrchmgn.]

Shiro Ishii makes all in the list looks like angels.

[@MKTyphon]

Who is he?

[@MKTyphon]

Never mind. Don’t read the part about the candy

[@RajaReign78]

Elizabeth Moss should play Irma Grese in a movie 😳

[@coco2.2]

OMG I see it

[@ToniWellons]

Yes! The resemblance is uncanny

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

I ❤️ this video and channel

[@KatzPhantom]

Shirō Ishii could easily be in the top 20 of this list. Look up Unit 731 if you're interested.

[@ArmandoRodriguezzz737]

Amon Goethe should have been on this list , he was soo cruel that the Nazis discharged & charged him for his actions. in the movie Schindler’s list the director intentionally did not show all of Goethe’s atrocities. Also vlad the impaler should have been number 1 on this list

[@callieturner7767]

Josef Mengele probably deserves a mention on this list as well. His victims number at least in the hundreds and more than likely in the thousands.

[@natashajacksonmusic]

My husband's Grandfather had to flee Iraq to escape execution from Saddam Hussein. He was an important leader in the army who opposed his leadership and would have been killed. So in effect, one of the men on this list almost caused my husband to never exist, and as a result, also my daughter.

[@daniellirette7226]

Vlad may have killed a lot of people but the only time he was known for impaling was with invading ottomans, he did so not as someone who just wanted them to suffer but to warn others of the fate that awaited other soldiers who invaded their lands

[@mr.decencykeepinitreal6348]

Suggestion: Top 20 children/adolescents became murderers.

[@johnanderson9765]

They've already done top 10 murderers, all murderers were children and adolescents early in their lives.

[@dychrisshandonsmith1242]

Love yourself first and most Believe in yourself Quitters never win and winners never quit Don't give up and never give in Ignore those who try to discourage you Hang on to your dreams Take control of own destiny Take care of yourself Keep moving forward Stand up for yourself Stand tall and be brave Stay strong Act of kindness people

[@ErisaDesu]

Dracula was a hero, if it wasn't for him the Ottomans would have slayed all Europe, only those who don't know history can say that he was horrible person. He used the same methods with the Ottomans, yet no one states about the atrocities of the Ottomans.

[@mariusmitre492]

There is one who definitely deserves a spot on this list. And that is Vladimir Putin.

[@Ash24the]

Viva Putin 🙌🏼

[@nightshade3782]

Not really this level, but it's shameful that Stalin didn't make a list while he was worse than Hitler, Pol Pot also was worse than Hitler because they were personally responsible for most atrocities that happened during their reign and Adolf was mostly just a pawn, most of Nazi atrocities were commited by Rudolf Hess and Josef Goebels, he wasn't even aware of a lot of them, while Stalin caused famine in Ukraine so severe, people were cannibalising others, even children, just to survive, also he made people live fear in their own home and still, to this day there are people that believe he was a hero even with clear signs that he was a monster, Putin isn't even close to him, he attacked 2 countries at best, Stalin destroyed economy of ten at least, all ex soviet colonies turn out to have high poverty for next 20-30 years, some even to this day can't turn their economy around, because of Soviets and Stalin countries like Georgia and Ukraine can't find peace to this day because Russia still claim them as their own territory, if it wasn't for Stalin, Putin wouldn't have imperialistic ambitions

[@alhallab]

I like that Truman and Sharon didn’t even get honorable mentions 😂😂😂

[@renonoboi7253]

temperance is what makes or breaks a person, and this video proves it

[@JaviusSama]

How come Hitler is still considered worse than Stalin? That's something I'll never understand.

[@chroniclesoflaura]

The lesson being, we should NEVER let people like this have any sort of control. Good must always fight evil!

[@darthrage8673]

Stalin and Hitler made it on this list, but Mussolini was spared? To be honest this could have been fifty worst human beings.

[@estebanquinones5918]

Me: "how bad are they gonna start?" Rebecca: "Number 20 Jim Jones" Me: "Oh shit"

[@LoveHandle4890]

“As children we love the hero’s. Adulthood is realizing the villain’s make more sense.”

[@zoanth4]

Thats idiotic and immoral. Why would villains make more sense?

[@LoveHandle4890]

@@zoanth4 Because we relate to them, of course.

[@zoanth4]

@@LoveHandle4890 you relate to murderous psychopaths born with a lack of empathy?

[@AtheistOrphan]

As a child I learned to spell the word ‘Heroes’.

[@LoveHandle4890]

@@AtheistOrphan As a child, I learned how to believe in God. As I was raised by loving parent’s, unlike some people.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Charles Manson...One of the worst people who ever lived.

[@andrewkind2820]

the worst "person" is the one who caused all this and every other horror and atrocity in history to happen yet instead of being hated they're loved, revered, and literally worshiped

[@realprimeart]

Who might that be? Who are you referring to?

[@Ryan-yu2fh]

My 4th grade teacher Mrs. Shoaf is missing from this list.... But otherwise, solid list of terrible people.

[@VB-lc4xz]

What amazes me, almost all of them lived a long life...

[@martharunstheworld]

Jim Jones didn't.

[@deadinthebed963]

Far too unbreif

[@nixiontm]

God gave them enough time to repent, so they have no excuse

[@missydehart6920]

Starts off good with Jim Jones. This was a good list and #1 is well deserved.

[@jabulanifranknyathela1596]

During Italy's colonial expansion in the 1930s, Mussolini, the Italian fascist leader, unleashed unspeakable horrors in Ethiopia. His forces employed chemical weapons, ruthlessly executed civilians, and perpetrated brutal suppression, marking a dark chapter of war crimes and atrocities.

[@acerimmer8338]

Watching this makes me miss when History Channel was actual history.

[@oscarharrington4650]

I don’t agree with your placement of Genghis Khan on this list. Whilst he may have helped cause uncountable deaths, the lands he conquered usually flourished and the people living within them had better living standards. I recommend reading the book “Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world” by Jack Weatherford. This will give you entirely different perspective on him and the mongol people

[@heatherpayne1995]

He raped so many women that he has 16 million descendents alive today. He belongs on this list.

[@amiza.thedude]

as a Mongolian i totally agree with you. Instead of Genghis Khan they should've put Stalin lol.

[@TheOswards306]

@@amiza.thedude ironically, Stalin is also included in this list as well. Instead, have either Nero, Henry Viii, Akhenaten, Napoleon Bonaparte, Andrew Johnson, Hirohito, Benito Mussolini, Alexander the Great, Hannibal Barca, or Christopher Columbus take his spot.

[@Vince-tt1uj]

You can say something like this about Hitler. "Eventually after Germany was victorious in the war, the conquered lands would flourished".

[@goober5713]

1 out of every 200 Asian people are related to Genghis due to the amount of women he raped.

[@sharifgardo7100]

"History written by the victors"- General Sheperd, Call Of Duty; Modern Warfare II.

[@jaminbenlavandera5717]

Thank goodness for the fact that no evil lasts longer than 100 years.

[@JeremiahsFiles]

Elizabeth Bathory & Vlad the Impaler both inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula, although Vlad was Dracula’s greatest inspiration.

[@whitleysdollhouse877]

Hmm, interesting, @WatchMojo, I need to know about Vlad: The Impaler

[@Barnabas45]

A rather interesting point is most of these psychopaths never killed anyone themselves, It was their soldiers and followers that did the evil deeds!

[@eduardoj3314]

Good compilation. I would include Franco and Gadaffi.

[@busterandloulou]

Unfortunately the 20 worst people ever is just scratching the surface of deplorable humans.

[@TheRealArtimusKnight]

What’s weird about Vlad is yes what he did was messed up. But depending on who you ask, he was a hero of Christianity for being one of the first rulers to stand up to the otherwise unstoppable Turks

[@grahamgaming3]

Coulda done a whole episode on the people that were the worst people during the WW2 era. And I'm surprised polpot didn't make the list.

[@rebelsons1476]

not sure if you saw it, but Pol Pot was in this list a bit towards the end, not sure what number though

[@luizcarloscruzfabiano1308]

I think you guys forgot president Truman. Responsible for the death of up to 200k civilians in a single night in Japan

[@jennat776]

Regarding Leopold, the hand amputations weren't really about enforcing quotas. (Why handicap a manual laborer when you could just whip them half to death?) It was about Leopold being so cheap and greedy that he resented soldiers using their bullets for hunting, target practice, or anything that wasn't "killing a local." To this end, every missing bullet had to be accounted for with a severed hand. Otherwise, they'd be punished for stealing. (Heads were too big and messy to be collected and stored.) Therefore, a lot of hands got chopped off for no other reason than some soldier wanting a Free Bullet to play with.

[@tim.k5462]

In my opinion you could also put Putin on that list

[@vazrov]

"It WAS the only English speaking country in south America" 😄 I live here and we still speak English.. always did...

[@UlisesHeureaux]

What is Guyana like? How is life there? Do you like the politics?

[@lucyhurst2534]

Well she’s talking about it in the past tense because the events happened in the past…..