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The list of people who have said they are a god is divided into two parts. The first contains those who have made unequivocal statements about being a god, while the second contains those whose statements are considered ambiguous and debateable, or where the person's historicity is uncertain.
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An asterisk (*) indicates they have a significant amount of followers, while a double dagger (‡) marks those who became the focus of a religion.
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* Adi Da (Franklin Jones) | File:Adi da samraj.jpg | November 3, 1939 - Present | Adi Da describes his own appearance on Earth as the result of a rare conjunction of circumstances, which he describes in his 2003 autobiography, Adi Da, that led God to appear in human form. |
Alexander the Great | 356 BC - 323 BC | Some believe he implied he was a demigod by actively using the title "Son of Ammon-Zeus." The title was bestowed upon him by Egyptian priests of the god Ammon at the Oracle of the god at the Siwah oasis in the Libyan Desert. | |
Beltway Snipers | Occurred October 2002 | Wrote on tarot cards, "Dear Policeman, I am God. Do not tell the media about this." | |
Caligula | August 31, 12 - January 24, 41 | The Roman Emperor Caligula encouraged he be worshipped as a god, although it is not known if it was Jupiter or some other god. During his lifetime he had statues of Zeus torn down to be replaced by his own likeness, and is known to have declaimed, "Let there be one Lord, one King!" | |
* Charles Manson | November 12, 1934 - Present | When asked directly in court, Manson replied "I may be Jesus Christ. I have not yet decided who I am." Manson also directly told a Father Ryan that he was Jesus Christ. | |
‡ Egyptian Pharaohs | File:Mask tut.lg.jpg | c. 3050 BC - c. 30 BC | Egyptian Pharaohs were kings and were considered by their culture to be gods. Their titles equated them with aspects of the likes of the Hawk-god, Horus, the vulture-goddess, Nekhbet and the cobra-goddess Wadjet. See List of Pharaohs. |
* Father Divine | c. 1880 - September 10, 1965 | Claimed to be the only true manifestation of God. | |
Hong Xiuquan | January 10, 1812 - June 1, 1864 | The Chinese Heavenly King of the Taiping Tianguo, son of God and younger brother of Jesus Christ. | |
Jehovah Wanyonyi | Unknown - Unknown | “I am the one who created Adam and Eve. I made their bodies and their blood,” [...] “I still use human beings by speaking through them, like I spoke through Jesus Christ until he went to Heaven.” | |
‡ Jesus | ca. 4 BC to ca. AD 29 | According to the most common Christian interpretation of the words ascribed to Jesus in the Gospels, he said he is God the Son in the Trinity and Jesus Christ in the Godhead (see also the Historicity of Jesus). | |
* Jim Jones | May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978 | Claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus, Akhenaten, Buddha, Lenin, and Father Divine. (see Jonestown). | |
* Joe Whittington | January 26, 1987 - Present | Gained notoriety as self-proclaimed prophet for Whittism, claimed stature among demigods such as Hitler, Bill Gates, singer-songwriter James Edwards, don't front, Bob Marley and da Buddha. | |
‡ Krishna | Unknown | Claimed to be an avatar according to the Bhagavad Gita. Historicity is uncertain. | |
* Lu Sheng-yen | File:Lsymst10.jpg | 1945 - Present | Living Buddha Lian-sheng - his official title - says he is the incarnation of Padmakumara, a celestial being who lives in Sukhavati, Amitabha Buddha's realm. |
Marshall Applewhite | 1945 - Present | Applewhite posted a famous Usenet message declaiming, "I, Jesus -- Son of God -- acknowledge on this date of September 25/26, 1995: .... This was two years before he and his Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide to rendezvous with a spaceship hiding behind the comet Hale-Bopp. | |
* Meher Baba | 1894 - 1969 | "These false answers — such as, I am stone, I am bird, I am animal, I am man, I am woman, I am great, I am small — are, in turn, received, tested and discarded until the Question arrives at the right and Final Answer, I AM GOD." | |
*Mother Meera | File:Meera13.png | Unknown | Claimed to be a living incarnation of Shakti, the Avatar of the Hindu Devi (Mother Goddess) |
Ted R. Kurts | 1959 - Present | Maintained a web presence promoting himself as "Ted Jesus Christ GOD" | |
* Sathya Sai Baba | 1926 or 1929 - Present | "I AM GOD, but I do not have to know I am God, for I have always been that." | |
* Suma Ching Hai | File:Ornate Master.jpg | Unknown, possible late 50s- Present | A meditation teacher who claims to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara and a living reincarnation of the Buddha and Jesus Christ. |
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