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Infamous

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1. Adolf Hitler
Fascist dictator, Nazi leader, Mass murderer (70+ million deaths due to World War II), Motivational speaker, Inventor of the oft-copied 'Hitler mustache'.

Biopic of his downfall: Der Untergang
TV Biopic: Hitler: The Rise of Evil
What a Burn! The Great Dictator
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2. Heinrich Himmler
Second most powerful man in Nazi Germany, Himmler was in charge of the concentration camps, extermination camps, the killing squads, and the head of the SS.

Documentary: Hitler's Henchmen
Related Era: Schindler's List

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3. Joseph Stalin
Communist dictator, former ally of Hitler til he got back stabbed, and guilty of horrendous war crimes as well.

TV Biopic: Stalin
Related Era: Enemy at the Gates
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4. Tse-tung Mao
Chinese communist leader Mao himself claims to have ordered execution of over 700,000 people from 1949-53. US sources estimate closer to 1,000,000 deaths as a result of land reform, and another 800,000 killed in counter-revolutionary campaign.

But what's a million killed here and there, when Mao's Great Leap Forward helped make everything in US have a 'Made in China' label, and give billions of profits to US corporations?

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5. George W. Bush
If an idiot is in charge of the world's only superpower for 8 years, starting unmoral wars, bungling Katrina relief efforts, and nearly bankrupting the world economy, is he really to blame, or the people that elected him?

Biopic: Oliver Stone's W.
Documentary: The World According to Bush
Related: When the Levees Broke
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6. Osama bin Laden
CIA-backed Freedom Fighter or International Terrorist? Or maybe just a convenient boogeyman that gets recycled each time something bad happens in the world?

Documentary: Power of Nightmares
Documentary: Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?
Related: United 93
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7. Josef Goebbels
Nazi minister of propaganda, chief architect of Nazi anti-semitic campaign.

Nazi Propaganda: Olympia: Festival of the Nation

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8. Benito Mussolini
The worst kind of Dictator (the Italian kind)
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9. Dick Cheney
The real mastermind behind the legacy that is Dubya's presidency.

Documentary: Why We Fight
Related: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
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10. Harry S. Truman
First (and second and hopefully last) person to have ever ordered a Nuclear Weapon to be dropped on a populated centre. Never forget Hiroshima and Nagasaki!

Documentary: Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan
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11. Joseph McCarthy
Gave the 1950s a healthy does of paranoia with the Red Scare witch hunt.

Related Movie: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Distant but still Related: The Crucible
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12. Saddam Hussein
US-installed, then US-deposed Dictator. Small fry in the grand scheme of things.

Documentary: Why We Fight
Documentary: The World According to Bush
Loosely Related: Jarhead
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13. Richard Nixon
Liar, crook, and only US president forced to resign in shame (still unsure how Dubya avoided following the same path)

Biopic: Oliver Stone's Nixon
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14. Ayatollah Khomeini
Started the Islam Revolution in Iran. Great fun-filled decades of Middle East peace followed.

Documentary: The Power of Nightmares
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15. Donald Rumsfeld
Chief architect and pimp of the awesome well-thought-out Iraqi quagmire; former pal of Saddam Hussein.

Documentary: The Power of Nightmares
Documentary: Fahrenheit 911
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16. V.I. Lenin
Revolutionary, wiped out an entire Russian dynasty, started a horrendous social project known as 'Communism'

Related Era: Doctor Zhivago
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17. Idi Amin
Former Ugandan dictator responsible for between 300,000 to 500,000 deaths mostly due to ethnic persecutions and extrajudicial killings.

Documentary: General Idi Amin Dada
Biopic: The Last King of Scotland

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18. Slobodan Milosevic
Yugoslavian dictator, guilty of numerous war crimes
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19. Charles Manson
Leader of the Manson Family cult which slaughtered several people at their ranch, including Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate.

Biopic: The Manson Family
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20. Al Capone
Notorious mob boss, gangster, smuggler, bootlegger

Movie on his downfall: The Untouchables
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21. Ted Bundy
Serial Killer; Murdered aprox 30 to 100 young college women in the States.

Biopic: Ted Bundy
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22. John Gotti
Criminal and former head of the New York mafia.
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23. Michael Jackson
Pop Star, Child molester, pedophile, freak of nature, Black, White?

Documentary: Living with the Freak
Credits: Discography of the Freak
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24. Paul Wolfowitz
Key architect of the Iraqi invasion, and former head of the World Bank. Seems like everything this Zionist touches turns to shit.

Documentary: No End in Sight
Documentary: Why We Fight
World Bank related: Zeitgeist: The Movie
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25. Leni Riefenstahl
German director most (in)famous for her role in directing all the key Nazi Propaganda films, most notably The Triump of the Will.

Documentary: The Wonderful, Horrible Life of ...
Credits: Directed by Leni Riefenstahl

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26. O.J. Simpson
Wife murderer who got off free because of someone decided to play the 'race card' during his trial.

Credits: Movies starring O.J. Simpson
Documentary: Please God, there was AMPLE coverage of his trial. Please never ever make a documentary of it.
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27. Fidel Castro
Dictator and leader of the Cuban revolution. Worst crime is putting people into comas with his 5+ hr long speeches about the evils of capitalism.

Documentary: Fidel: The Untold Story
Documentary: Oliver Stone's Comandante
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28. Tom Cruise
Major Scientology advocate, helping all generations of Hollywood become brain-dead followers of the Ron Hubbard corporation of mind freaks.

Also much detested for ruining Oprah's couch.
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29. Uwe Boll
Destroyer of happy childhood memories, such as House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne, and god-forbid, Far Cry.

Uwe's goal is to replace this guy: Ed Wood
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30. Roman Polanski
Gifted with Directing; Gifted with young girls

Shameful Secret: Lolita
Inspired by his life: The Pianist
Credits: Films directed by Roman Polanski

Documentary: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Fun Fact: Roman is associated with many others on this list; as a Holocaust survivor (all the Nazis on this list), as well as fact that Charles Manson killed his wife, Sharon Tate.



Comments

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 7:31
Great list P.

Stalin and Fidel deserve a bit of airtime too.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 7:35
Stalin is on there now, but not sure about Castro, nor Hugo Chavez. Just because someone has a government different than a democracy does not automatically make them evil. I mean, he did offer to help Hurricane Katrina relief efforts by sending Cuban doctors, free of charge, and the US refused his help.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 7:52
I guess you're right. He was a great guy.

Were there ever any infamous Canadians?

Idi Amin, Muammar al-Gaddafi and that Serb President Slobodan MooMoo (sp?).
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:02
added Slobodan, as well as several infamous criminals (Manson, Gotti, Capone)
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:05
as far as Canucks go, the most infamous are Clifford Olson, Paul Bernardo, and Robert Pickton, all serial killers.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:06
Bryan Adams!
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:07
Added Fidel, because even if I dont think he's all that bad, he does have 'an extremely bad reputation', hence he is infamous by definition.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:07
Might aswell add Ed Gein and Ted Bundy too.

We could do a comparison with these guys and my fictional villains list. Fun times.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:10
I cant add the canadian serial killers because they dont exist on listal. But i did add some rather infamous celebs: OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson ;)
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:24
Canadian Serial Killers, ha. Such an oxymoron.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:26
Oh yeah, Roman Polanski!
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 8:47
Pol Pot too.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 9:00
Who is Ed Gein and Pol Pot?
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 9:11
Ed Gein is a yank serial Killer.

Pot was the former Prime Minister of Cambodia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_pot
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 9:17
bunch of Nazis in database if they qualify:
Josef Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler, Rudolf Hess,Josef Mengele...
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 12:06
Added Tom Cruise. Sorry, i had to ;)
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 13:00
Harry S. Truman!
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 13:45
Thanks, Allen. Regarless of the justification used against Truman, he will forever live on in infamy for dropping the first (and second) nuclear bombs on people.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 15:35
Very interesting picture in the description.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 15:56
for which one, Uber? some of them are obviously for comic effect (like the one of Saddam receiving the Medal of Freedom from Bush) ;)
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 16:00
I meant the one in the main description.
The Armageddon by Col. Thieme Jr.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 16:51
Idi Amin was always a bit persecution-happy.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 7:23
Thanks. Added Amin, and also began to add links to related movies, documentaries, biopics and other such items.

If anyone can recommend good movies, tv shows, or even books on these people, let me know.

And I want to include at least one woman on this list. Thatcher? any suggestions?
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 8:04
About Idi Amin probably best is "Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait".

Fidel: Comandante by Oliver Stone

About females Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez maybe? The Honeymoon Killers

Leni Riefenstahl comes to mind also.

And where's Mao Zedong?
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 9:26
Thanks Doc.

Added links to those movies, as well as Leni. I can't add all infamous people tho, only ones with 'actor' credit given to them in an IMDB listing. Mao doesnt have one.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 12:38
Mao's in the db as Tse-Tung Mao:
http://www.listal.com/person/tse--tung-mao

Also Mobutu Sese Seko & Augusto Pinochet if they qualify
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 12:54
Added Mao. Will look into the others.
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 17:28
Kim Jong-il i guess, north korea's hitler. wtf!
Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 20 17:50
Posted : 10 months, 1 week ago at Jan 16 18:58
Lenin is one of the 20th century's great heroes. A man of immense intellect who broke a nation's chains & led them from feudalism into the modern age.
Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 9 15:08
This is absolutely the best list at Listal!
Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago at Feb 9 15:32
Thanks ;)
Posted : 8 months ago at Mar 24 12:47
Posted : 2 weeks, 4 days ago at Nov 4 11:35
I was goint to suggest Papa Doc but he isn't on Listal. Another awesome list, Prelude.

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Description

in⋅fa⋅mous
– adjective

1. having an extremely bad reputation

2. deserving of or causing an evil reputation; shamefully malign; detestable




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