Who is a historical figure that’s seen as a hero in one culture but as a villain in another?

There’s lots…

Vladimir Lenin is seen as as hero in Russia but a villain in the West

Kim Il Sung is the eternal leader of North Korea and worshipped there, but a villain everywhere else

Mao Zedong is seen as mostly a good figure in Chinese culture, but a mass murderer in the West

Che Guevara is seen as a communist matyr, but as a psychopath in non communist countries

Alexander the Great is seen as a hero in Greek/Western culture but as a barbarian in Persia

Genghis Khan is seen as a brilliant conqueror by Mongolians and somewhat by the West but as a brutal murderer in the countries he conquered

Napoleon is seen as a hero and brilliant military tactician in France but a mass murdering despot in the countries he invaded

Winston Churchill is seen as an icon in British culture but a mass murderer by the Indians

Christopher Columbus is a hero to much of the Spanish and Europeans, but seen as a mass murderer by native Americans

Andrew Jackson was a hero of most of the working class population of the US back in the 1800s but in modern times is considered a mass murderer

Abraham Lincoln was the savior of the United States but an enemy to the Confederate States

FDR was a hero to the Democratic party but hated by conservatives who think he was a socialist dictator in disguise

Donald Trump is seen as one of the best Presidents ever by certain Americans, but is reviled almost everywhere else except Russia

I mean this list can really go on and on.. there’s very few people that are almost universally liked and disliked (Hitler comes up as an example who is almost universally disliked)


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