Megalomania

Megalomania is a symptom of mental illness characterised by delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence. It includes an obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions. It is usually symptomatic of manic or paranoid disorders.

List of megalomaniacs

The following notable people and characters are widely believed to be megalomaniacs.

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Present Day

• Donald Trump
• Saddam Hussein
• Kim Jong-il
• Fidel Castro
• Hugo Chavez
• Prince

Historical

• Alexander the Great
• Idi Amin
• Napoléon Bonaparte
• Caligula
• Genghis Khan
• Adolf Hitler
• Josef Stalin
• Julius Caesar
• Benito Mussolini
• Caius Cassius

Fictional

• Gnasty Gnorc, Ripto, the Sorceress, and Red from Spyro the Dragon
• Eddy from Ed, Edd n Eddy
• The Brain from Pinky and the Brain
• Dogbert from Dilbert
• Kefka from Final Fantasy III/Final Fantasy VI
• Lex Luthor from the Superman comics
• Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls
• Stewie from American TV series Family Guy
• Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z
• Zim from the Nickelodeon series Invader Zim
• Montgomery Burns from American TV series The Simpsons
• Sideshow Bob from The Simpsons
• Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants
• Jake Featherston Hitler-esque President of a Confederate States of America in WWII, from the alternate history Southern Victory book series.
• Doctor Evil from Austin Powers
• Doctor No from Doctor No
• Auric Goldfinger from Goldfinger
• Palpatine from Star Wars
• Denzel Q. Crocker from The Fairly Odd Parents
• Dr. Doom from The Fantastic Four comic books, TV show, and movie
• Cobra Commander from the G.I.Joe comic books, TV Show
• Queen Elizabeth I from British TV series Blackadder
• Don Quixote from Don Quixote the novel, though it may not seem as such Don Quixote seems to see himself in a status of being of more significance than he really is.
• Francis Urquhart from British TV series House of Cards
• Shishio Makoto from Japanese manga/anime series Rurouni Kenshin