The 15 most notorious rulers and dictators in history of the world (With Pictures)

3. Mao Tse-Tung

Mao Tse-tung is credited as being the dictator who killed the most of his own people. In his defense, most of them he killed somewhat accidentally, by instituting some preposterous ideas.

For example, he insisted that he knew more about farming than, ahem, farmers, and ordered that crops be planted way closer together. Closer crops = more crops per farm, right?

Wrong. His “Great Leap Forward” plan, which included his genius “don’t be shy, guys” crop innovation, caused the greatest famine in history, killing nearly 40 million people.