Comments on: The 12 Most Infamous Mustaches of All Time

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:55:34 +0000

Francisco Franco, obviously!

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:49:26 +0000

Does no one understand what the word “infamous” means? This list nailed it.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:22:21 +0000

What about Salvador Dali?

By: Beowulf87

Beowulf87 — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:43:14 +0000

Nietzsche needs to be on this list!

By: Clint

Clint — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:54:34 +0000

Frieda Kahlo!

By: Randy

Randy — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:38:21 +0000

Well check this out. You can raise awareness of cancers affecting men and help give shoes to kids in other countries who have none.

http://www.toms.com/mens/special-collections/movember-corduroy-men-s-classics

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 06:16:59 +0000

http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/Default.aspx

The American Mustache Institute invites you to Vote for Mustached American of the Year!

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:26:45 +0000

Great stuff. I know these guys weren’t infamous, but it’s hard to believe that Groucho Marx and Cesar Romero haven’t made any of the mustache lists. True, at first Groucho’s was just black grease, but he did grow a real one later in life. And Cesar Romero was so cool he refused to shave his and as the Joker just white greased right over it. That makes them both kind of the Yin and Yang of Hollywood mustaches.
Also…Ned Flanders, anyone?

By: J

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:42:52 +0000

The mustache is a powerful thing… It seems to be taking over the internet (for a good cause as we all celebrate the most entertaining charity/awareness month there is: Movember). A newish blog I came across recently did an Ode to Movember post that’s pretty funny:
http://pickleope.blogspot.com/2010/11/ode-to-movember.html

By: Iranon

Iranon — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:09:11 +0000

I can think of a number of tyrannical rulers from the Horn of Africa who had quite impressive looking ‘staches. First of all, there was Mohammed Siad Barre, the last ruler Somalia had before it descended into anarchy in the early ’90s. Among his many dubious achievements, this individual (whose mustache bore a disturbing resemblance to Hitler’s) invaded Ethiopia during the 1970s, turned his country into a police state, and reduced one of its cities, Hargeisa, to rubble when suppressing a rebel uprising during the final years of his reign. Then there’s Isaias Afewerki, the current president of Eritrea, and one of the heroes of that country’s long struggle for independence. While an admirable character in many respects – due to his courage, discipline and simple way of living – this individual has unfortunately become quite the despot, cracking down on the press in his country (to such an extent that Eritrea has one of the worst records – if not THE worst – in the world when it comes to freedom of the press), press-ganging his nation’s youth into years of military service, and refusing to relinquish power.

Finally, surpassing both these men in the notoriety stakes is Ethiopia’s former Marxist ruler, Haile Mariam Mengistu, who was complicit in the murder of the country’s previous ruler, the Emperor Haile Selassie (admittedly not a terribly nice individual himself), and who attempted to turn his country into arguably the most Sovietized Communist country outside the USSR itself. Not only did he launch a campaign of “Red Terror” in the ’70s that killed thousands (including countless children whose bodies were reputedly left in the streets for the hyenas to feed on), and inflict horrors upon the population comparable to those of Pol Pot’s Cambodia, he was also content to let millions of his people starve during the ’80s, preferring to divert any aid money his country received into the military, who at the time were fighting a war against Eritrean separatists and other rebels. Upon falling from power in 1991, he fled to Zimbabwe, where he was given sanctuary by Robert Mugabe, and remains to this day. Unfortunately, from all accounts, his successor, Meles Zenawi (who also sports a mustache, interestingly enough), isn’t much better!