20 Crazy People Who Claimed to Be God

VOICE OVER: Rebecca Brayton

These infamous individuals really thought they were special. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at twenty individuals who presented themselves as a God or Christ-like figure. Our countdown of people who claimed to be god includes Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Charles Manson, Apollo Quiboloy, Laszlo Toth, Jim Jones, and more!

  • #21: Krishna Venta
  • #20: Alan John Miller
  • #19: Hogen Fukunaga
  • #18: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez
  • #17: Ernest Norman
  • #16: Shoko Asahara
  • #15: Sun Myung Moon
  • #14: Apollo Quiboloy
  • #13: Mitsuo Matayoshi
  • #12: Laszlo Toth
  • #11: Ariffin Mohammed
  • #10: Wayne Bent
  • #9: Sergey Torop
  • #8: Delores Kane
  • #7: Inri Cristo
  • #6: José Luis de Jesús Miranda
  • #5: Marshall Applewhite
  • #4: David Koresh
  • #3: Charles Manson
  • #2: Jim Jones

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