Home > List of people claiming to be deities

• Alexander the Great claimed to be the son of Zeus.
• Anton LaVey started the Church of Satan and believed that each individual Satanist is viewed as his or her own god.
• The Beltway snipers wrote on tarot cards, "Dear Policeman, I am God. Do not tell the media about this."
• Caligula labelled himself a god.
• Charles Manson claimed to be Jesus Christ, who claimed to be the son of God and is an aspect of the Trinity.
• David Koresh claimed to be the Second Coming.
• Egyptian Pharaohs had godly status. (see List_of_Pharaohs.)
• Father DivineFather Divine (abo. 1880 September 10 1965), was an African-American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death. His full self-given name was Reverend General Jealous Divine and he was also known as "the Messenger" and George Baker early in his life claimed to be the only true manifestation of God.
• Hong XiuquanHong Xiuquan (, Wade-Giles: Hung Hsiu-ch'uan) ( January 10, 1812- 1864), a Hakka Chinese Christian who led the Taiping Rebellion and established the Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping, in which he was known as the King of Heaven (/Tian wang). His courtesy name w claimed to be the second son of God, brother to Jesus Christ.
• Jehovah Wanyoni reports that his divinity and birth is, "as is explained in the Bible." [1]
• Jesus Christ claimed to be the son of God.
• Jim JonesPeople's Temple portraying cult leader Jim Jones as the loving father of the "Rainbow Family". James Warren "Jim" Jones ( May 13, 1931 November 18, 1978) was the founder of the People's Temple, an originally Christian group that later mainly advocated soc claimed to be God and BuddhaBuddha ( Sanskrit, Pali, others: literally Awakened One Enlightened One from the Sanskrit: "√budh", to awaken can refer to the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama or to anyone who has attained the same depth and quality of enlightenment. Buddhism. (see JonestownAlternate uses: See Jonestown (disambiguation Jonestown was a town in Guyana established by People's Temple cult leader Jim Jones. It was located about six to eight miles (10 to 12 km) from Port Kaituma (7°44'N 59°53'W). At Jones' directions, the inhabita)
• Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey (far right) in parade Marcus Mosiah Garvey ( August 17, 1887 June 10, 1940) was a publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and international crusader for black nationalism. Garvey led the largest organized mass movement of people of African ance claimed to be God. [2]
• Mirza Ghulam Qadian claimed to be Jesus Christ, Muhammad, and Mehdi . [3]
• Paul Schaefer followers later said, "Everyone saw him as a celestial being and no one dared doubt him."[4]
• Sathya Sai Baba said, "I AM GOD, but I do not have to know I am God, for I have always been that."[5]
• Shinto practicers, the native religion of Japan, believe that everything and everyone is a deity.
• Sun Myung Moon claims to be "the savior and messiah of humanity."
• Vespasian's last words were, "Alas, I believe I am becoming a god!" ([6])

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