20 Surprising Facts That May Change Your Mind About Evil Dictators

17. Stalin, Hitler And Nikita Khrushchev Have All Been Named TIME Magazine's Man Of The Year

Although narrowly pipped to the Nobel Peace Prize, Hitler and Stalin have both walked away with TIME Magazine's prestigious Man of the Year Award. Hitler was given the award in 1938 after overseeing the unification of Germany with both Austria and the Sudetenland, while Stalin received the accolade in both 1939 and 1942 following the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact and the Battle of Stalingrad respectively. Interestingly, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev also picked up the prize, being named Man of the Year for 1957 after giving the USSR the lead in the "Space Race" with the launch of Sputnik 1. How reassuring that these dictators were acknowledged for their achievements...