General Amin overthrew an elected government in Uganda via a military coup. 3,00,000 civilians were massacred during his rule.
Mao Zedong
People point out that his policies in China led to the deaths of 40 million people through starvation, forced labour, and executions.
Adolf Hitler
He devised a plan to create his ideal ‘master race’ by eliminating Jews, Slavs, gypsies, homosexuals and political opponents in Germany. The Nazis killed about 11 million people under Hitler’s regime.
Joseph Stalin
Stalin forced quick industrialisation and collectivisation in the 1930s that coincided with mass starvation, the imprisonment of millions of people.
Vladimir Lenin
In 1917, Lenin led the October Revolution to overturn the provisional government that had overthrown the czar.
Queen Mary I (aka Bloody Mary)
Mary I became queen of England in 1553 and soon reinstalled Catholicism. , Hundreds of Protestants were burned at the stake.
Timur
Timur led military campaigns through a large part of western Asia, including modern Iran, to Syria.also ordered a massacre to punish a rebellion and had 70,000 heads built up into minarets.
Genghis Khan
His style is characterised as brutal, and historians say he slaughtered civilians en masse.
Attila the Hun
After killing his brother, Attila became the leader of the Hunnic Empire, centred in present-day Hungary.
Augusto Pinochet
Numerous people ‘disappeared’ under his regime and 35,000 were tortured.