Jim Jones

Jim Jones

male, deceased (1978)
cult leader, Self-declared messiahs, mass suicide, socialist, Self-declared messiah, cyanide
James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978) was the American founder of the Peoples Temple group, which became synonymous with...
John Nichols Thom

John Nichols Thom

male, deceased (1838)
death by firearm in the United Kingdom, Self-declared messiah, messiah, death by firearm, Impostor, cornish…Self-declared messiahs
John Nichols Thom (1799-1838) was the Cornish self-declared Messiah who in the 19th century led the last battle to be fought on English soil.
Father Divine

Father Divine

male, deceased (1965)
Self-declared messiah, Founder of religions, African American, Cult, Spirituality, spiritual
Father Divine (c. 1880 - September 10 1965), was an African American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death. His full self-given name was...
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

male, deceased (1908)
Indian, prophet, From gurdaspur, Self-declared messiah, second coming of christ, islam…messiah, Self-declared messiahs
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, a religious figure from Qadian, India, was the founder of the Ahmadiyya religious movement in Islam. He claimed to be the...

Qadian

deceased (1908)
Indian, prophet, Religious leader, ahmadiyya, amritsar, Self-declared messiah
Qadian(ਕਾਦਿਆਂ) is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur, north-east of Amritsar, situated 18 km east of Batala city in the state of Pun...

Jung Myung Seok

male, 64 years old
sex scandal, Self-declared messiah, Religious leader, Wolmyeong-dong, Geumsan County, South Chungcheong…Self-declared messiahs
Jung Myung Seok (born February 17 1945) is a controversial Korean religious leader. He was born in the small village Wolmyeong-dong, located in...
Abu Isa

Abu Isa

male
Ovadiah, Self-declared messiah, derka derka, Issac ibn Jacob al-Isfahani, Ishaq ibn Ya'qub al-Isfahani, Second Temple…Self-declared messiahs, messiah
Abu Isa (also known as "Ovadiah", Ishaq ibn Ya'qub al-Isfahani, Issac ibn Jacob al-Isfahani) was a self-proclaimed Jewish prophet sometime in the...
Ching Hai

Ching Hai

female, 59 years old
Self-declared messiah, Quan Yin Method, Kuan Yin, Avalokitesvara, Self-declared messiahs, Incarnation
Supreme Master Ching Hai, or Suma Ching Hai ("Suma" is an abbreviation of the said title), (May 12, 1950) is a spiritual teacher of the "Quan Yin...
Hong Xiuquan

Hong Xiuquan

male, deceased (1864)
Heavenly King, Self-declared messiah, Military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, taiping rebellion, dissident, hakka…Self-declared messiahs
Hóng Xiùquán, born Hong Renkun, Courtesy name Huoxiu (火秀) was a Hakka Chinese who led the Taiping Rebellion, which established the short-l...

Theudas

ancient greek, Semitic languages, executed by decapitation, semitic, Self-declared messiah, executed…messiah
Theudas (died c. 46 AD) was a Jewish rebel who probably claimed to be the Messiah. His name, if a Greek compound, may mean "gift of God", although...