Top 10 of the most deadly leaders in history

Mao Zedong–65 Million

Chairman Mao Zedong founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949 and remained its leader until his death in 1976. Mao’s policies helped establish a China that would become a significant international political power, and he managed this by killing more people than any other leader who preceded or followed him. While some minor policy changes caused the deaths or persecutions of many, Mao’s Great Leap Forward was responsible for the most deaths.