Most underrated evil person in history?

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Who do you think is the most evil person in history that often isn't classified in such a category?

I'd have to go with D.F. Malan. He had a very oppressive regime, and I would argue he was the worst of all the Apartheid leaders, which is really saying something.

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Ceaucescu has to be up there too.

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Ceaucescu has to be up there too.

I was reading his Wiki article not too long ago, and this in particular stuck with me:

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Just let that sink in for a moment.

That was one of many terrible things he did.

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Mao, Pol Pot and Genghis Khan I wouldn't call underrated. When one Googles or YouTubes the most evil people in history, those names usually pop ups with Hitler and Stalin.

Some of the people mentioned here I have never heard of. I have to admit, the Richard Quest one was humorous, but it goes to show how history tends to forget some people's deeds.

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Did history start in 1900? How about some variety here?

Tbf in Classical and medieval times most records are basically propoganda, and the standard was pretty low.

Maybe Pope Urban the Crusader?

Lots of Popes were pretty bad. Alexander VI and Leo X come to mind.

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Another candidate for evil (and stupid) is Fernando lopez of Peru, who ended up sacrificing the majority of the population for his idiotic wars.

Surely you mean Francisco Solano López of Paraguay?

Did history start in 1900? How about some variety here?

Tbf in Classical and medieval times most records are basically propoganda, and the standard was pretty low.

Maybe Pope Urban the Crusader?

Lots of Popes were pretty bad. Alexander VI and Leo X come to mind.

Leo X was an incompetent buffoon, not evil. Describing Urban II as 'evil' also strikes me as too simplistic a way of understanding the genesis of the Crusades, but admittedly Urban's foresight in his policy towards Campania and Sicily means that he probably does not have the excuse of not understanding the consequences of his actions. Alexander VI was absolutely vile, but not really 'underrated' for being so, since he's where most people's minds go when they think of disgusting Renaissance popes.

For some reason I thought Leo X engaged in torture.

Urban VI was nasty. So was Innocent IV.