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...
Sabbatai Zevi

Sabbatai Zevi

male, deceased (1676)
turkish, Non-traditional Kabbalah, charismatic religious leader, morea, kabbalist, rabbi…Self-declared messiahs
Sabbatai Zevi, was a Jewish rabbi and Kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. He was the founder of the Jewish Sabbatean...
Michael Travesser

Michael Travesser

male, 68 years old
second coming, son of god, Self-declared messiahs, Former Seventh-day Adventist, New religious movements, Abrahamic religions
Michael Travesser was born Wayne Bent in 1941. He is the spiritual leader of the sect, Strong City, which consists of about 77 people living in...
Solomon Molcho

Solomon Molcho

male, deceased (1532)
Sephardi Jew, Self-declared messiah, Dreams, kabbalah, Christian, preacher…Self-declared messiahs
Solomon Molcho (Shlomo Mol'kho, meaning "Solomon His Angel"), originally Diogo Pires was a "New Christian" who converted back to Judaism, declared...
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
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...
David Reubeni

David Reubeni

male, deceased (1535)
Jewish, Almeirim, explorer, Clement VII, goa, jewish history…Self-declared messiahs
David Reubeni (1490-1535/1541?) was a Jewish false messiah, described by the "Shengold Jewish Encyclopedia" as "half-mystic, half-adventurer."...

Sayyid Muhammad Jaunpuri

male, deceased (1505)
Muslim, preacher, mahdi, Islam in India, Self-declared messiahs, Islamic calendar
Sayyed Muhammad ibn Sayyed Abdullah al-Jaunpuri in (September 9, 1443 - April 23, 1505, 847 - 910 Hijri) was an Indian religious figure, seen as...

Joseph C. Dylkes

male
Self-declared messiah, Self-declared messiahs, charismatic religious leader, bible, camp meeting, Ohio Country
Joseph C. Dylkes, also referred to as the Leatherwood God, was a messianic figure in the early Ohio Country colonization. Very little is known...
Jacob Frank

Jacob Frank

male, deceased (1791)
king david, Frankism, Jewish Messiah, messianic, Hassidism, christian bible…Self-declared messiahs
Jacob Frank was an 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi, and also...

Chad Gabriel Dekoven

male
middle east, armed robbery, American, pardon, God, prisoner…Self-declared messiahs
Chad Gabriel DeKoven is a U.S. felon and prison inmate who took the US federal government to court because he was not treated as a God. He claims...