Abdul Qadeer Khan - The Man Who Gave Three Nations the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove once said that the whole point of the doomsday machine is lost, if ye keep it a secret. And whilst this may be true in Hollywood, where the villain must unveil their plans, the audience before their inevitable defeat, in real life villains tend to remain in the shadows ever fearful of discovery.

And there is one man who hid in the darkness better than almost any other, accomplishing feats of geopolitical villainy so morally bankrupt, even snidely whiplash thought, "Crikey, he's a bit on the evil side.

We're not burying the lead on this one, this is a man who built an international nuclear black market that went undiscovered for almost two decades. This is a man who successfully gave nuclear weapons to three nations. If he had fully accomplished his goals, it would have been five.