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title: "Most ruthless leaders of all time"  
description: "There have been cruel leaders at all times and ages, but the ruthlessness of these leaders surpass all in human history. Here's the list of Most ruthless leader"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-09  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1268/most-ruthless-leaders-of-all-time  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Leader", "powerful people", "ruthless leaders", "cruel leaders", "ruthless"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Most ruthless leaders of all time

![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/938893ab-707d-4d0e-908a-552a06c56d2f.jpeg) ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/11d7f637-8bb9-419e-878b-4031b0e12315.jpeg) Qin Shi Huang ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/24275ba8-cc00-4920-a998-999c7b4c89e7.jpeg) Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (aka Caligula) ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/53d4f3ee-b5e5-40ba-8cd2-edc4ac99ae9a.jpeg) Attila the Hun ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/d3d77992-7cc1-4a33-be6f-5fb3adcf8ea7.jpeg) Wu Zetian ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/c90ce272-9c67-4e2a-a971-f6291155436a.jpeg) Genghis Khan ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/ee345855-8ae0-410f-84da-32c918c8195c.jpeg) Tomas de Torquemada ![Most ruthless leaders of all time](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/dab6120e-5fd4-4eb8-8c5d-d3c5f34d6c26/images/258d0457-a6fa-4558-9113-076443357506.jpeg) Timur (aka Tamerlane)

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