This list of the most notable and famous dictators in the world is ordered by their level of importance and notoriety.
Infamous dictators of the world are often thought of as tyrants – leaders who rule with iron fists, cruelty, unflinching authority, and a lack of opposition.
- Adolf Hitler
- Joseph Stalin
- Mao Zedong
- Benito Mussolini
- Pol Pot
- Kim Jong-il
- Saddam Hussein
- Kim Jong-un
- Fidel Castro
- Robert Mugabe
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Idi Amin
- Bashar al-Assad
- Ferdinand Marcos
- Kim Il-sung
- Francisco Franco
- Ho Chi Minh
- Muammar al-Gaddafi
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Hun Sen
- Hideki Tōjō
- Pervez Musharraf
- Mobutu Sese Seko
- Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Augusto Pinochet
SOURCE: RANKER.