The funny thing is I expected these lists to be longer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_claimed_to_be_Jesus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messiah_claimants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mahdi_claimants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Buddha_claimants
You’ll find more among some of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_have_been_considered_deities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_founders_of_religious_traditions
