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This is a partial list of notable people{{efn|Notability is established with a Wikipedia article, either as a biographical article about the person who claimed to be Jesus, or an article about their followers}} who have been claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to be the [[Philosophy:Reincarnation|reincarnation]] or [[Religion:Incarnation|incarnation]] of [[Biography:Jesus|Jesus]], or the Second Coming of Christ.
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==17th century==
[[File:Portrait of One Evins a Welch man was lately comited to New Gate for saying hee was Christ (4670716) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Portrait of the Welsh prophet, Rhys 'Arise' Evans.]]
* Rhys Evans, (1607 &ndash; c.1660) who later renamed himself 'Arise Evans' was a Welsh prophet who travelled to London to spread his premonitions. He was arrested and imprisoned around 1650 at Newgate Prison for impersonating Christ.<ref>{{Cite DWB|id=s-EVAN-ARI-1607|title=EVANS, ARISE (sic for A-Rice = Ap Rice, Ap Rhys) (fl. 1607–1660), prognosticator}}</ref><ref>https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0308-253 – (British museum #1851,0308.253)</ref>

==18th century==
* Kondratiy Selivanov (c. 1730s&ndash;1832), the founder and leader of the [[Religion:Skoptsy|Skoptsy]] sect in the [[Place:Russian Empire|Russian Empire]].<ref>[http://slovariki.org/bolsaa-biograficeskaa-enciklopedia/113084 Селиванов, Кондратий] in: Большая биографическая энциклопедия.
Andrei Sinyavsky, ''IVAN the FOOL. Russian Folk Belief, A Cultural History'' (trans. 2007).</ref> 
* [[Biography:Ann Lee|Ann Lee]] (1736–1784), the founder and leader of the Shakers. Lee's followers referred to her as "Mother", believing that she was the female incarnation of Christ on Earth.<ref>"Her followers began to call her "Mother" Ann because they believed her to be the female component of Christ's spirit and that she represented the second appearance of Christ on earth." http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/cities/shakers.html</ref>

==19th century==
[[File:Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (c. 1897).jpg|thumb|right|175px|Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]]

* John Nichols Thom (1799–1838), a Cornish merchant and politician who claimed to be the "saviour of the world" and the reincarnation of Jesus Christ in 1834. He was killed during a confrontation with government soldiers at the Battle of Bossenden Wood on 31 May 1838 near Hernhill, Kent.<ref>J. Lowerson, ed. Charlesworth, ''An Atlas of Rural protests in Britain, 1548–1900'' (1983), pp. 139–141: "The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act was designed specifically to cope with the severe problems of rural England and to prevent... a repetition of the 1830s incidents in the epicentres of Kent... There, complex soil patterns, small-scale farming and low investment rates combined with a rapid population surge to produce... dependence on permanent relief of 25% of population... groups of labourers (1835) ...besieged local magistrates in the workhouse... 37 labourers were imprisoned for... up to two years."</ref>
* William Price (1800–1893), a Welsh [[Religion:Druid|Druid]], who claimed that two of his sons were Jesus.
* Arnold Potter (1804–1872), Schismatic Latter Day Saint leader; he claimed the spirit of Jesus Christ entered into his body and he became "Potter Christ" Son of the living God. He died in an attempt to [[Religion:Entering heaven alive|"ascend into heaven"]] by jumping off a cliff. His body was later retrieved and buried by his followers.<ref>James Barnes: ''Unveiling of the Middleman: The Truth About Prophecy'', AuthorHouse, 2011, pp. 63–64</ref>
* Jones Very (1813–1880), asserted that he was the Second Coming of Christ, which resulted in his dismissal from Harvard and entrance in an insane asylum
* [[Biography:Bahá'u'lláh|Bahá'u'lláh]] (1817–1892), born Shiite, adopted [[Religion:Bábism|Bábism]] later in 1844;<ref name="Balyuzi35">{{Cite book |last=Balyuzi |first=H.M. |date=2000 |title=Baháʼu'lláh: King of Glory |publisher=George Ronald |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=0-85398-328-3 |pages=35–37}}</ref> he claimed to be the prophesied fulfillment and Promised One of major religions including Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. He founded the [[Social:Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí Faith]] in 1863.<ref name="buck_eschatologic">{{Cite book |last=Buck |first=Christopher |date=2004 |title=Studies in Modern Religions, Religious Movements and the Bābī-Bahā'ī Faiths |editor=Sharon, Moshe |chapter=The eschatology of Globalization: The multiple-messiahship of Bahā'u'llāh revisited |isbn=90-04-13904-4 |location=Boston |publisher=Brill |chapter-url=http://bahai-library.com/buck_eschatology_globalization |pages=143–178}}</ref> The Baháʼís believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Second Coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the [[Philosophy:Buddhahood|5th Buddha]] [[Philosophy:Maitreya|Maitreya]] and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the [[Biography:Báb|Báb]] in 1844 and then by [[Biography:Bahá'u'lláh|Bahá'u'lláh]]. They commonly compare the fulfillment of Christian prophecies to Jesus' fulfillment of Jewish prophecies, where in both cases people were expecting the literal fulfillment of apocalyptic statements.<ref name="bahai-library1">{{cite journal |first=Stephen |last=Lambden |url=http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr09/9B3_lambden_armageddon.htm |title=Catastrophe, Armageddon and Millennium: some aspects of the Bábí-Baháʼí exegesis of apocalyptic symbolism |journal=Baháʼí Studies Review |date=1999 |issue=9 |access-date=November 21, 2009 |via=Bahá'í Library Online}}</ref>
* William W. Davies (1833–1906), leader of a Latter Day Saint schismatic group called the Kingdom of Heaven located in Walla Walla, Washington from 1867 to 1881. He taught his followers that he was the archangel [[Religion:Michael (archangel)|Michael]], who had previously lived as the [[Religion:Bible|biblical]] [[Biography:Adam|Adam]], [[Biography:Abraham|Abraham]], and David. When his son Arthur was born on 11 February 1868, Davies declared that the infant was the reincarnated Jesus Christ.<ref name = Fogarty>Robert S. Fogarty (2003). ''All Things New: American Communes and Utopian Movements, 1860–1914'' (Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books) {{ISBN|0-7391-0520-5}} pp. 50–51.</ref><ref>[[Biography:J. Gordon Melton|J. Gordon Melton]] (1996, 5th ed.). ''Encyclopedia of American Religions'' (Detroit, Mich.: Gale) {{ISBN|0-8103-7714-4}} p. 565.</ref> When Davies's second son, David, was born in 1869, he was declared to be [[Religion:God the Father|God the Father]].<ref name = Fogarty/>
* [[Biography:Mirza Ghulam Ahmad|Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]] of Qadian, {{wipe|India}} (1835–1908), claimed to be the awaited [[Religion:Mahdi|Mahdi]] as well as the [[Religion:Second Coming|Second Coming]] and likeness of Jesus, the promised Messiah at the end of time. He claimed to be Jesus in the metaphorical sense; in character. He founded the Ahmadiyya Movement in 1889, envisioning it to be the rejuvenation of Islam, and claimed to be commissioned by God for the reformation of humankind.
* [[Biography:Cyrus Teed|Cyrus Teed]] (1839–1908), American physician, claimed to be the incarnation of Jesus Christ and to have obtained knowledge regarding the [[Hollow Earth]] theory, presenting a cosmological model having the Earth as an inverted sphere and the remaining universe located within it.<ref>{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Simon|title=Fantastically Wrong: The Legendary Scientist Who Swore Our Planet Is Hollow|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/07/fantastically-wrong-hollow-earth/|publisher=WIRED|date=Jul 2, 2014|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref>
* Carl Browne (1849–1914), American activist and leader of the Coxey's Army protest movement, claimed to be the partial reincarnation of Jesus.<ref name=McMurry37>{{cite book|first=Donald L. |last=McMurry|title=Coxey's Army: A Study in Industrial Unrest, 1893–1898|publisher= Boston: Little, Brown & Co.|year= 1929|page= 37}}</ref>

==20th century==
* John Hugh Smyth-Pigott (1852–1927). Around 1890 Smyth-Pigott started leading meetings of the Agapemonite community and recruited 50 young female followers to supplement its aging population. He took Ruth Anne Preece as his second wife and she had three children named Glory, Power and Hallelujah.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Roger|title=Blame it on the vicar|year=2006|publisher=Halsgrove|isbn=9781841145686|page=29}}</ref> The house which may have belonged to Smyth-Pigott in St John's Wood was visited by John Betjeman in his film ''Metro-Land''. It is built in the neo-gothic style. It is currently the home of the television presenter Vanessa Feltz and was previously the home of Charles Saatchi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanessa Feltz's House History|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/04/25/vanessa_home_history_feature.shtml|work=Where do you think you live|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 June 2012}}</ref> Smyth-Pigott died in 1927 and the sect gradually declined until the last member, sister Ruth, died in 1956.{{sfn|Evans|2006|p=31}} Her funeral in 1956 was the only time when outsiders were admitted to the chapel.<ref>{{cite book|last=Byford|first=Enid|title=Somerset Curiosities|date=1987|publisher=Dovecote Press|isbn=0946159483|page=[https://archive.org/details/somersetcuriosit0000byfo/page/22 22]|url=https://archive.org/details/somersetcuriosit0000byfo/page/22}}</ref>
[[File:Selassie restored.jpg|thumb|175px|Haile Selassie I]]
* [[Biography:Haile Selassie|Haile Selassie I]] (1892–1975) did not claim to be Jesus and disapproved of claims that he was Jesus, but the Rastafari movement, which emerged in Jamaica during the 1930s, believes he is the [[Religion:Second Coming|Second Coming]]. He embodied this when he became Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930, perceived as confirmation of the return of the Messiah in the prophetic [[Religion:Book of Revelation|Book of Revelation]] {{bibleverse-nb||Revelation|5:5}} in the [[Religion:New Testament|New Testament]], who is also expected to return a second time to initiate the [[Unsolved:Apocalypse|apocalyptic]] day of judgment. He is also called Jah Ras Tafari, and is often considered to be alive by Rastafari movement members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/rast.html |title=Rastafari Movement |publisher=Religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu |date=September 7, 2006 |access-date=November 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517135350/http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/rast.html |archive-date=May 17, 2008 }}</ref>                                     
* Ernest Norman (1904–1971), an {{wipe|United States}} electrical engineer who co-founded the [[Organization:Unarius Academy of Science|Unarius Academy of Science]] in 1954, was allegedly Jesus in a past life and his earthly incarnation was as an archangel named [[Unsolved:Raphael (archangel)|Raphael]].<ref name="tum">Tumminia, Diana G. ''When Prophecy Never Fails: Myth and Reality in a Flying-Saucer Group''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 240 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-19-517675-9}}</ref> He claimed to be the reincarnation of other notable figures including [[Biography:Confucius|Confucius]], Mona Lisa, [[Biography:Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin]], [[Biography:Socrates|Socrates]], Queen Elizabeth I, and Tsar Peter I the Great.<ref name="bishop">Bishop, Greg, et al. (2006). ''Weird California.'' Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-1-4027-3384-0}}</ref>
[[File:WKFL FOTW 002 Krishna Venta Portrait.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Krishna Venta]]
* [[Religion:Krishna Venta|Krishna Venta]] (1911–1958), born Francis Herman Pencovic in {{wipe|San Francisco}}, founded the WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) Fountain of the World cult in Simi Valley, {{wipe|California}} in the late 1940s. In 1948 he stated that he was Christ, the new messiah and claimed to have led a convoy of rocket ships to Earth from the extinct planet Neophrates. He died on 10 December 1958, after being suicide-bombed by two disgruntled former followers who accused Venta of mishandling cult funds and having been intimate with their wives.
*Jesu Oyingbo (1915–1988), a Nigerian man who proclaimed himself to be Jesus Christ returned.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oyibode|first=Austin|date=2017-05-25|title=How a self-acclaimed Jesus acquired wives, raised his empire and died in Lagos in 1988|url=https://www.legit.ng/1106645-how-jesu-oyingbo-a-acclaimed-jesus-1970s-raised-empire-died-1988-lagos.html|access-date=2020-06-09|website=www.legit.ng|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-14|title=Meet Five Nigerians Who Have Claimed To Be God|url=https://thenativemag.com/communities/meet-five-nigerians-claimed-god/|access-date=2020-06-09|website=The Native|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Ahn Sahng-hong (1918–1985), a {{wipe|South Korea}}n who founded the World Mission Society Church of God in 1964, who recognize him as the Second Coming of Jesus. The World Mission Society Church of God teach that Zahng Gil-jah is "God the Mother", who they explain is referred to in the Bible as the New Jerusalem Mother (Galatians {{bibleverse-nb||Galatians|4:26}}), and that Ahn Sahng-Hong is [[Religion:God the Father|God the Father]].<ref name="starsandstripes">{{cite web|url=http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60227|title=Feeling the love|last=Norris|first=Jimmy|date=January 25, 2009|publisher=Stars and Stripes|access-date=February 2, 2010}}</ref>
[[File:Sunmyungmoon.jpg|thumb|175px|Sun Myung Moon]]
* Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012), believed by members of the [[Religion:Unification Church|Unification Church]] to be the Messiah and the Second Coming of Christ, fulfilling Jesus' unfinished mission. Church members ("Unificationists") consider Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Hak Ja Han, to be the [[Religion:Unification Church#The True Family|True Parents]] of humankind as the restored Adam and Eve.<ref name=maass>[http://www.petermaass.com/articles/moon_at_twilight/ Moon At Twilight: Amid scandal, the Unification Church has a strange new mission], Peter Maass ''New Yorker Magazine'', September 14, 1998. "Moon sees the essence of his own mission as completing the one given to Jesus—establishing a "true family" untouched by Satan while teaching all people to lead a God-centered life under his spiritual leadership."..."Although Moon often predicts in his sermons that a breakthrough is near, Moffitt realizes that Moon may not come to be seen as the messiah in his lifetime."</ref><ref name="cesnur.org">[http://www.cesnur.org/2003/vil2003_chryssides.htm Unifying or Dividing? Sun Myung Moon and the Origins of the Unification Church], by George D. Chryssides, University of Wolverhampton, UK. A paper presented at the CESNUR 2003 Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania.</ref>
* Anne Hamilton-Byrne (1921–2019) of [[Religion:The Family (Australian New Age group)|The Family]], born Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards.
* Jim Jones (1931–1978), founder of Peoples Temple, which started off as an offshoot of a mainstream Protestant sect before becoming a personality cult as time went on. He claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus, [[Biography:Akhenaten|Akhenaten]], the Buddha, [[Biography:Vladimir Lenin|Vladimir Lenin]] and Father Divine in the 1970s.<ref name=Jones/> He organized a mass murder suicide at Jonestown, Guyana on 18 November 1978.<ref name="raven519">Reiterman, Tim, and John Jacobs. ''Raven: The Untold Story of Rev. Jim Jones and His People''. Dutton, 1982. {{ISBN|978-0-525-24136-2}}. pp. 476–524.</ref> He shot himself after the murders were done.
* [[Biography:Marshall Applewhite|Marshall Applewhite]] (1931–1997), an {{wipe|United States}} who posted a [[Usenet]] message declaring, "I, Jesus—Son of God—acknowledge on this date of September 25/26, 1995: ..."<ref name=Applewhite/> Applewhite and his [[Philosophy:Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]] religious group committed mass suicide on 26 March 1997, to rendezvous with what they thought was a spaceship hiding behind [[Astronomy:Comet Hale–Bopp|Comet Hale–Bopp]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=CNN|title=One year later Heaven's Gate suicides leave a faint trail|url=http://www.cnn.com/US/9803/25/heavens.gate/}}</ref>
* Charles Manson (1934–2017), American criminal, cult leader, and songwriter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://crossencountersmin.com/featured-article/charles-manson-christian-response/|title=Charles Manson: His Death and the Biblical Christian Response|date=2017-11-21|work=Cross Encounters Ministries|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
* Yahweh ben Yahweh (1935–2007), born as Hulon Mitchell Jr., a black nationalist and separatist who created the [[Religion:Nation of Yahweh|Nation of Yahweh]] in 1979 in Liberty City, Florida. His self-proclaimed name means "God, Son of God". He could have only been deeming himself to be "son of God", not God, but many of his followers clearly deem him to be God Incarnate.<ref>"He identified himself as the 'grand master of the celestial lodge, the architect of the universe'"[http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/yahweh_cult/14.html Crimelibrary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417024254/http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/classics/yahweh_cult/14.html |date=April 17, 2008 }}</ref><ref>''Miami Herald'' (October 15, 2001). "the old message of self-esteem has been crowded out by one that elevates their leader to ''Grand Master of All, the God of the Universe, the Grand Potentate, the Everlasting Father and the persecuted Messiah.''"</ref> In 1992, he was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/us/09yahweh.html|title=Yahweh ben Yahweh, Leader of Separatist Sect, Dies at 71 |work=New York Times|access-date=October 22, 2009|author=Douglas Martin|date=May 9, 2007}}</ref>
* Laszlo Toth (b. 1938), Hungarian-born Australian who claimed he was Jesus Christ as he vandalized Michelangelo's Pietà with a geologist's hammer in 1972.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2565,00.html | title =  Notes and Queries: Whatever happened to Laszlo Toth, the man who smashed Michelangelo's Pieta in 1972? | access-date =June 8, 2006 | work = The Guardian | location=London
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last = Evers | first = Chia | year = 2006 |url=http://www.newsoftheodd.com/article1024.html | title = Laszlo Toth, 'Jesus Christ,' Attacks the Pieta (May 21, 1972) | work = Today in Odd History | publisher = News of the Odd | access-date =June 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060516211755/http://www.newsoftheodd.com/article1024.html  |archive-date = May 16, 2006}}</ref>
* Ji Sanbao (1939–1997), the founder and first leader of the Mentuhui, a Chinese Christian [[Unsolved:Eschatology|doomsday]] sect and secret society. In 1985, Ji proclaimed himself the [[Religion:Son of God|Son of God]] and the "Three-Redemptive Christ" (referring to the redemption of Noah, the redemption of Lot, and the redemption of Ji Sanbao).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sichuanpeace.gov.cn/sfzxdt/20210305/2395523.html|title=说说“门徒会”的“救赎”|accessdate=11 December 2023 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909141105/http://www.sichuanpeace.gov.cn/sfzxdt/20210305/2395523.html|archivedate=9 September 2021 |language=zh }}</ref>
* Wayne Bent (b. 1941), also known as Michael Travesser of the [[Religion:Lord Our Righteousness Church|Lord Our Righteousness Church]]. He claims: "I am the embodiment of God. I am divinity and humanity combined."<ref name=documentary>[http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/inside/3401/Overview#tab-Videos/05168_00 Inside a Cult] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520210712/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/inside/3401/Overview |date=May 20, 2011 }} documentary info published by the National Geographic Channel.</ref> He was convicted on 15 December 2008, of one count of criminal sexual contact of a minor and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news| title = Sect Leader Who Allegedly Sought Virgins Found Guilty on Sex Charge | newspaper = AP | location = Taos, NM| publisher = Fox News | date = December 15, 2008  |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467174,00.html | access-date =March 2, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Biography:Ariffin Mohammed|Ariffin Mohammed]] (1943–2016), also known as "Ayah Pin", the founder of the banned [[Religion:Sky Kingdom|Sky Kingdom]] in Malaysia in 1975. He claimed to have direct contact with the heavens and is believed by his followers to have been the incarnation of Jesus, as well as [[Religion:Shiva|Shiva]], and the Buddha, and [[Biography:Muhammad|Muhammad]].<ref>[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GD23Jp01.html "Escape from Islam"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060506232319/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Weekend/GD23Jp01.html |date=May 6, 2006 }}, ''Weekend Standard'', April 23–24, 2005</ref>
* Mitsuo Matayoshi (1944–2018) was a conservative Japanese [[Social:Politician|politician]], who in 1997 established the World Economic Community Party based on his conviction that he is God and Christ, renaming himself Iesu Matayoshi. According to his program he will do the [[Religion:Last Judgment|Last Judgment]] as Christ but within the current political system.<ref name=Matayoshi/><ref>"After the Upper House Election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should hand the seat of the Prime Minister to Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God."[http://cgunson.com/extras/matayoshi.html ::: cgunson.com ::: MATAYOSHI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125135648/http://cgunson.com/extras/matayoshi.html|date=November 25, 2005}}</ref>
* Tony Quinn (b. 1944), owned Yoga communes in 1970s Ireland where an orphan girl responsible for younger siblings endured a 40-day water-fast and ceased menstruation. He later created Educo which promoted the [[Biology:Ten percent of the brain myth|Ten percent of the brain myth]] and was rubbished by Professors of Psychology and Psychiatry in Ireland. It was found by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court that his allocation of shares in International Natural Energy was affirmed by a "clumsy forgery". An ex-follower sued Quinn for "assault and battery; allegedly obtaining money by false pretences; alleged fraudulent misrepresentation, intentional or careless infliction of mental suffering and suborning" in 2010.<ref name="junelevine">{{cite news|last=Levine|first=June|year=1974|title=The Amazing Irish Guru|newspaper=Irish Independent|url=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/tony-quinn-his-young-lover-eve-his-massive-fortune-and-the-prayers-for-cash-26873464.html|title=Tony Quinn: his young lover Eve, his massive fortune and the prayers for cash|author=Kim Bielenberg|date=July 7, 2012|publisher=Independent.ie|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayworld.com/style/showbiz/tony-is-sued-for-sex-assault|title=Tony Sued for 'Sex Assault'|publisher=sundayworld.com|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411060551/http://www.sundayworld.com/style/showbiz/tony-is-sued-for-sex-assault|archive-date=11 April 2017|date=11 January 2010|author=Eugene Masterson}}</ref><ref name="tv3-20/20">{{cite episode|series=20/20|date=2 March 2001|station=TV3 (Ireland)}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes-payout" >{{cite news |newspaper=Irish Times | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/quinn-payout-of-23m-on-oil-firm-shares-in-doubt-1.538128 | date=July 18, 2012 | last=Cullen | first=Paul | title=Quinn payout of $23m on oil firm shares in doubt | access-date=July 18, 2021}}</ref><ref name="McCaffrey-v-INE">{{cite court|litigants=SM LIFE VENTURES LLC v Susan Morrice, Tony Quinn, International Natural Energy LLC & Belize Natural Energy LLC|court=Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court|date=18 July 2012|url=https://www.eccourts.org/sm-life-ventures-v-susan-morrice-et-al/|quote=I will grant a declaration that the 2007 Operating Agreement is invalid and that Mr Quinn was never validly appointed to the board of INE. I will also declare that Ms McCaffrey has never been validly suspended from the INE board.}}</ref><ref name="sundayworld.com1">{{cite news|url=http://www.sundayworld.com/style/showbiz/tony-is-sued-for-sex-assault|title=Tony Is Sued for 'Sex Assault'|publisher=sundayworld.com|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411060551/http://www.sundayworld.com/style/showbiz/tony-is-sued-for-sex-assault|archive-date=11 April 2017|date=11 January 2010|author=Eugene Masterson}}</ref><ref name="minderbender">{{cite news |author=Nicola Tallant |date=20 September 2009 |title=Minder Bender, 'Messiah' Quinn's ring of steel as he tries to save crumbing reputation at stormy meeting |pages=10, 11 |newspaper=Sunday World}}</ref><ref name="independent-sued">{{cite news|newspaper=Irish Independent|title=Lifestyle guru Quinn sued for alleged sex assault and battery|author1=Ray Managh|author2=Dearbhail McDonald|date=9 January 2010|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/lifestyle-guru-quinn-sued-for-alleged-sex-assault-and-battery-26621390.html|access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref><ref name="herald.ie">{{cite news|newspaper=herald.ie|date=9 January 2010|author=Ray Managh|url=http://www.herald.ie/news/fitness-expert-quinn-accused-of-sex-assault-27938273.html|title=Fitness expert Quinn accused of sex assault - Herald.ie|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>
* Hogen Fukunaga (b. 1945) founded Ho No Hana Sanpogyo, often called the "foot reading cult", in Japan in 1987 after an alleged [[Philosophy:Spirituality|spiritual]] event where he claimed to have realized he was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ and [[Biography:Gautama Buddha|Gautama Buddha]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1087178.stm "Foot-reader fined for fraud", BBC] 25 December 2000</ref>
* José Luis de Jesús (1946–2013), Puerto Rican founder, leader and organizer of Growing in Grace based in Miami, Florida, who claimed that the resurrected Christ "integrated himself within me" in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man Who Claims To Be Jesus|publisher=CBS 4|date=September 12, 2006
|url=http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_254163721.html|access-date=February 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217095944/http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_254163721.html  |archive-date = February 17, 2007}}</ref>
* Inri Cristo (b. 1948), a {{wipe|Brazil}}ian who claims to be the second Jesus reincarnated in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inricristo.org.br/EnglishSite/SummaryINRICRISTOslife.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606052710/http://www.inricristo.org.br/EnglishSite/SummaryINRICRISTOslife.html|url-status=dead|title=Summary of INRI CRISTO's life|archive-date=June 6, 2008}}</ref> [[Engineering:Brasília|Brasília]] is considered by Inri Cristo and his disciples as the [[Place:New Jerusalem|New Jerusalem]] of the [[Unsolved:Apocalypse|Apocalypse]].
* Thomas Harrison Provenzano<ref name=Provenzano/> (1949–2000), an {{wipe|United States}} convicted murderer who was possibly mentally ill. He compared his execution with [[Religion:Crucifixion of Jesus|Jesus Christ's crucifixion]].<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/21/national/main208099.shtml Killer Who Said He Was Jesus Is Executed]. CBS News (2000-06-21). Retrieved on August 13, 2007.</ref>
* [[Biography:David Icke|David Icke]] (b. 1952), English former footballer and conspiracy theorist, who said in a 1991 television interview with Terry Wogan that he was "the son of God".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-britain/david-icke-terry-wogan-interview/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/only-in-britain/david-icke-terry-wogan-interview/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=The day David Icke told Terry Wogan "I'm the son of God" |date=9 January 2023}}</ref>
*Hasan Mezarcı (b. 1954) is a former politician and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1991–1995) who was expelled from the Welfare Party and imprisoned for his extreme view against [[Philosophy:Secularism|secularism]]. He claimed to be [[Biography:Jesus in Islam|Isa]] after his imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/kiliselerde-bulunan-resmim-duzeltilmeli-39200897|title=Kiliselerde bulunan resmim düzeltilmeli|website=www.hurriyet.com.tr|date=November 25, 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2000/11/23/g01.html|title=S A B A H O N L I N E 23.11.2000|website=arsiv.sabah.com.tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX2-qhdvYdA|title=dedim dedim inanmadınız|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
* Shoko Asahara (1955–2018) founded the terrorist Japanese religious group [[Unsolved:Aum Shinrikyo|Aum Shinrikyo]] in 1984. He declared himself Christ, Japan's only fully enlightened master and the [[Religion:Lamb of God|Lamb of God]]. His purported mission was to take upon himself the sins of the world. He outlined a doomsday prophecy, which included a [[Social:World War III|Third World War]], and described a final conflict culminating in a [[Engineering:Nuclear weapon|nuclear]] [[Unsolved:Armageddon|Armageddon]], borrowing the term from the [[Religion:Book of Revelation|Book of Revelation]] {{bibleverse-nb||Revelation|16:16}}.<ref name="kaplan">Lifton, Robert Jay, ''Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism''. New York: Macmillan (2000).</ref> Humanity would end, except for the elite few who joined Aum.<ref name=kaplan/> The group gained international notoriety on 20 March 1995, when it carried out the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. He was sentenced to death, and was executed on 6 July 2018.
* Marina Tsvigun (b. 1960), or Maria Devi Christos, is the leader of the "Great White Brotherhood".<ref>Anastasia Daugule, "White Brotherhood{{Snd}} 15 years later". "Glavnoe" Kharkiv Net Review, a1404</ref> In 1990 she met Yuri Krivonogov, the Great White Brotherhood founder, who recognized Marina as a new messiah and later married her, assuming in the sect the role of [[Biography:John the Baptist|John the Baptist]], subordinate to Tsvigun.
* [[Biography:Vissarion|Sergey Torop]] (b. 1961), a Russian former traffic officer who claims to be "reborn" as [[Biography:Vissarion|Vissarion]], Jesus Christ returned, which makes him not "God" but the "[[Philosophy:Logos|Word of God]]". Also known as "Jesus of Siberia," Torop has an appearance similar to depictions of Jesus. He dresses in all white flowing robes and has long brown hair and a beard. Before claiming to be the Vissarion, Torop worked as a traffic policeman until he was fired in 1990. He founded the Church of the Last Testament and the spiritual community Ecopolis Tiberkul in Southern Siberia in 1990. The Church of the Last Testament has been described as being a mixture of beliefs from the Russian Orthodox Church, Buddhism, apocalypticism, collectivism, and with ecological values. The church currently resides on the largest religious reservation in the world in Siberian Taiga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tiberkul-religious-settlement|title=Tiberkul Religious Settlement{{Snd}} Home of Vissarion, the "Jesus of Siberia." |publisher=Atlas Obscura |access-date=27 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/read/the-mysteries-of-the-teacher-0000099-v18n12?Contentpage=-1|title=The Mysteries of the Teacher|author=Rocco Castoro |date=Dec 19, 2011|publisher=Vice}}</ref>
* Yang Xiangbin (b. 1973), a woman referred to as "Lightning Deng" and "the female Christ" in the literature of Eastern Lightning, a Chinese Christian [[Religion:New religious movement|new religious movement]]. Eastern Lightning claims that Jesus has returned to earth as a Chinese woman, citing the Gospel of Matthew {{bibleverse-nb||Matthew|24:27}}: "For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be". Eastern Lightning is banned in the People's Republic of China due to several prolific violent crimes committed by its members; Chinese and international media have, in turn, described the group as a cult.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/13/the-murderous-chinese-cult-that-thinks-jesus-has-returned-and-shes-chinese/|title = The murderous Chinese cult that thinks Jesus has returned — as a Chinese woman|newspaper = {{wipe|The Washington Post}}|first = Terrence|last = McCoy|date = October 13, 2014}}</ref>

==21st century==
[[File:AJ & Mary Presentation 2013B.png|thumb|Alan John Miller and Mary Luck (Divine Truth)]]
[[File:David Shayler Axis for Peace 2005-11-18.jpg|thumb|175px|Delores Kane]]
* Apollo Quiboloy (b. 1950) is the founder and leader of a Philippines-based [[Religion:Restorationism|Restorationist]] church, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, Inc. He has made claims that he is the "Appointed Son of God".<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Jesus Christ FAQ |url=http://www.kingdomofjesuschrist.org/faq/101questions.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224195126/http://kingdomofjesuschrist.org/faq/101questions.html |archive-date=February 24, 2011 }}</ref>
* Mehmet Ali Ağca (b. 1959), Turkish assassin who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981. Said in 2010, "I will meet you in the next three days. In the name of God Almighty, I proclaim the end of the world in this century. All the world will be destroyed, every human being will die. I am not God, I am not son of God, I am Christ eternal."<ref>{{cite book |last=Allen |first=John L. |date=2016 |orig-year=2013 |title=The Global War on Christians: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Anti-Christian Persecution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbjZCwAAQBAJ&q=In+the+name+of+God+Almighty%2C+I+proclaim+the+end+of+the+world+in+this+century.+All+the+world+will+be+destroyed%2C+every+human+being+will+die.+I+am+not+God%2C+I+am+not+son+of+God%2C+I+am+Christ+eternal.&pg=PA211 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Random House LLC |page=211 |isbn=9780770437374}}</ref>
* Alan John Miller (b. 1962), more commonly known as A.J. Miller, a former Jehovah's Witness [[Religion:Elder (Christianity)#Jehovah's Witnesses|Elder]] and current leader of the Australia-based [[Unsolved:Divine Truth|Divine Truth]] movement.<ref>http://www.divinetruth.com/ Divine Truth; God's Way Of Love website. Retrieved March 15, 2012.</ref> Miller claims to be Jesus Christ reincarnated with others in the 20th century to spread messages that he calls the "Divine Truth". He delivers these messages in seminars and various forms of media along with his current partner Mary Suzanne Luck, who identifies herself as the returned Mary Magdalene.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/transcripts/article/-/10309969/australia-s-chilling-cult-transcript/ |title=Australia's chilling cult transcript - Sunday Night - Channel 7 - Yahoo!7 TV - Yahoo!7 TV |access-date=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505110450/http://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night/transcripts/article/-/10309969/australia-s-chilling-cult-transcript/ |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Sunday Night, 'Inside Australia's chilling new cult'. Sunday Night, Channel Seven. September 18, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2012.</ref>
* Delores Kane (b. 1965) is a former MI5 officer and whistleblower who, in the summer of 2007, proclaimed herself to be the Messiah. She has released a series of videos on [[Company:YouTube|YouTube]] claiming to be Jesus, although she has not built up any noticeable following since her claims.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 10, 2007 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nuL2m7H2B0  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/_nuL2m7H2B0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=David Shayler Mystic on C4 News 10 Aug 2007 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=July 22, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23720880-details/Meet+Delores%2C+the+former+now+living+as+a+woman+in+a+Surrey+commune/article.do |title=Meet Delores, the former now living as a woman in a Surrey commune &#124; News |publisher=Thisislondon.co.uk |access-date=July 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720065416/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23720880-details/Meet+Delores,+the+former+now+living+as+a+woman+in+a+Surrey+commune/article.do |archive-date=July 20, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* Maurice Clemmons (1972–2009), an American felon responsible for the 2009 murder of four police officers in Washington state, referred to himself in May 2009 as Jesus.<ref name="Perry1201">{{Cite news|last1=Perry |first1=Nick |last2=O'Hagan |first2=Maureen |last3=Armstrong |first3=Ken |title=Four days in May set stage for Sunday's tragedy |work=The Seattle Times |date=December 1, 2009 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010392869_shootingjustice01m.html |access-date=December 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204124641/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010392869_shootingjustice01m.html |archive-date=December 4, 2009 }}</ref>
* Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez (b. 1990). In November 2011, he fired nine shots with a Romanian Cugir SA semi-automatic rifle at the White House in Washington D.C., believing himself to be Jesus Christ sent to kill U.S. President [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]], whom he believed to be the [[Unsolved:Antichrist|antichrist]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-11-17/obama-assassination-attempt/51271096/1 |title=White House shooting suspect Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez says he's Jesus |publisher=CBS/KBOI/AP |access-date=2011-11-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223213902/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-11-17/obama-assassination-attempt/51271096/1 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/oscar-ortega-hernandez-jesus_n_1101222.html |title=Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez Thought He Was Jesus, Obama Was Antichrist |publisher=Huffington Post |date= November 18, 2011|access-date=November 18, 2011}}</ref>
* Todd Kincannon (b. 1981), former head of the South Carolina Republican Party, was arrested in 2018 for killing and mutilating his mother's dog. He claimed to police he was the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and that God had told him to do it, because “every 1,000 years there needs to be a sacrifice and blood must be spilt."<ref name="kincannon">{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/ex-leader-state-s-gop-says-he-killed-dog-god-n897281|title=Ex-leader of state's GOP says he killed dog on God's command|website=NBC News|date=August 3, 2018 }}</ref>
* Gabbie Hanna (b. 1991), an American Internet personality and singer-songwriter, went on a multi-post rant on [[Software:TikTok|TikTok]] in August 2022 claiming to be the Second Coming of Jesus.<ref name="DailyDot">{{cite web|url= https://www.dailydot.com/irl/gabbie-hanna-tiktok-sound-trend-called-out/|title=TikTokers call out those using Gabbie Hanna TikTok sounds|website=[[Company:The Daily Dot|The Daily Dot]] | date=September 14, 2022  }}</ref>
* Ezra Miller (b. 1992), an American actor who, in June 2022, allegedly referred to themselves as Jesus, the Devil, and a [[Religion:Messiah|Messiah]] to Native Americans.<ref name="VanityFair">{{cite magazine |first=Julie |last=Miller |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/inside-ezra-millers-dark-spiral-messiah-delusions |title=Ezra Miller's "Messiah" Delusions: Inside The Flash Star's Dark Spiral |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=September 18, 2022 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220918173927/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/inside-ezra-millers-dark-spiral-messiah-delusions |archive-date=September 18, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Miller later claimed to be seeking treatment for "complex mental health issues".<ref name="Brent Lang Lang Murphy 2022">{{cite web | last1=Brent Lang | first1=J. Kim Murphy | last2=Lang | first2=Brent | last3=Murphy | first3=J. Kim | title='The Flash' Star Ezra Miller Seeking Treatment for 'Complex Mental Health Issues' (EXCLUSIVE) | website=Variety | date=16 August 2022 | url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/ezra-miller-apologizes-the-flash-mental-health-issues-1235341888/ | access-date=23 January 2023}}</ref>
* Jey Rence Quilario (b. 2000), also known as Senior Agila and the president of the Socorro Bayanihan Services. Ex-members claimed that Quilario allegedly believed himself to be God, the reincarnation of the Santo Niño and the Messiah.<ref>{{cite news |title=Surigao Del Norte NGO accused of being a religious cult forcing minors into marriage and raping them, taking members' pension |url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/587192-surigao-del-norte-ngo-accused-of-being-religious-cult |access-date=30 September 2023 |work=Philstar Life |date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
*Jeff Divine aka Jeff Ayan, co-founder of [[Company:Twin Flames Universe|Twin Flames Universe]], has claimed that historical depictions of Jesus actually depict himself as "the second coming".<ref name=twinflames>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5ayg/twin-flames-universe-youtubers-monetized-heartbreak-and-trauma-netflix-amazon-prime|title=How ‘Twin Flames Universe’ YouTubers Monetized Heartbreak and Trauma}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Social:Cult of personality|Cult of personality]]
* Doomsday cult
* [[Philosophy:God complex|God complex]]
* Hong Xiuquan{{Snd}} claimed to be [[Religion:Brothers of Jesus|Jesus' little brother]]
* [[Medicine:Jerusalem syndrome|Jerusalem syndrome]]
* Jewish Messiah claimants
* List of avatar claimants
* [[Religion:List of Buddha claimants|List of Buddha claimants]]
* [[Biography:List of founders of religious traditions|List of founders of religious traditions]]
* [[Religion:List of Mahdi claimants|List of Mahdi claimants]]
* List of messiah claimants
* List of people who have been considered deities
* [[Religion:Messiah|Messiah]]
* [[Philosophy:Messiah complex|Messiah complex]]
* [[Religion:Messianism|Messianism]]
* [[Philosophy:Religious delusion|Religious delusion]]
* [[Unsolved:Unfulfilled Christian religious predictions|Unfulfilled Christian religious predictions]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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*<ref name="Jones">{{cite book | author=Galanter, Marc | title=Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion | publisher=Oxford University Press; 2nd edition | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-19-512370-8}} ([http://www.meta-religion.com/New_religious_groups/Articles/Peoples_Temple/history_of_jonestown.htm meta-citation])</ref>
*<ref name="Applewhite">''I, Jesus—Son of God—acknowledge on this date of September 25/26, 1995: 1. I am about to return to my Father's Kingdom. 1A. This "return" requires that I prepare to lay down my borrowed human body in order to take up, or reenter, my body (biological) belonging to the Kingdom of God (as I did appx. 2000 years ago when I laid down the body that was about 33 years old in order to reenter my body belonging to the Kingdom of Heaven).'' Marshall Applewhite (1995). [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.consciousness.mysticism/msg/16e80c2e5d60fe9f?dmode=source UNDERCOVER JESUS SURFACES]. alt.consciousness.mysticism. Retrieved August 15, 2005.</ref>
*<ref name="Matayoshi">"After the Upper House Election, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi should hand the seat of the Prime Minister to Jesus Matayoshi, the one true God."[http://cgunson.com/extras/matayoshi.html Cgunson] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125135648/http://cgunson.com/extras/matayoshi.html |date=November 25, 2005 }}</ref>
*<!-- Unused citation<ref name="Sergei">In an article from [https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,721088,00.html The Guardian] he states: "It's all very complicated", he starts quietly. "But to keep things simple, yes, I am Jesus Christ. That which was promised must come to pass. And it was promised in Israel 2,000 years ago that I would return, that I would come back to finish what was started. I am '''not God''' (My emphasis). And it is a mistake to see Jesus as God. But I am the living word of God the Father. Everything that God wants to say, he says through me".</ref> -->
*<ref name="Provenzano">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/06/21/national/main208099.shtml |title=Killer Who Said He Was Jesus Is Executed |publisher=CBS News |date=June 21, 2000 |access-date=February 10, 2010 }}</ref>}}

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