Impostors

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

Tsar of Russia (1605–1606)

Frank William Abagnale Jr. is an American-French security consultant, author, and convicted felon whose documented crimes consist primarily of check fraud and petty theft targeting individuals and small businesses. Beginning in the late 1970s, Abagnale claimed a far more dramatic criminal past involving long-term impersonations of a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia hospital physician, and a Louisiana assistant attorney general, among other roles. These claims formed the basis of his 1980 autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, co-written with Stan Redding. The book inspired the film of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002, in which Abagnale was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

Russian-born German fraudster (born 1991)

American musician

German impostor (1849-1922)

pretender to the Russian throne

Brazilian footballer (born 1963)

king of Pergamum, imposter

Senegalese footballer

English writer (1910-1981)

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British writer, photographer and historian (1860-1913)

American Islamic minister

pretender to the Russian throne

Greek mystic and oracle (c. 105 – c. 170)

Impersonated French peasant

British soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster (1786-1845)

German circus acrobat and fantasist (1872-1958)

culture jamming activist duo and network of supporters

American transracial activist

French writer (1679–1763)

American magician (1861–1918)

Japanese composer who falsely stated he was totally deaf

American horseman

American con artist and prison escapee era uruguayo

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Spanish imposter

American geologist (1842-1901)

alleged Swedish serial killer

Australian actor (1898–1963)

French murderer

Canadian writer

American imposter

Moldovan and Italian writer

political activist

Spanish woman who falsely claimed to have been a survivor of the September 11 attacks

French serial impostor

American pop singer, glamour model and actress

French adventurer

Irish actor (1899-1978)

explorer with false claims (1847–1921)

African American enslaved person and sideshow performer

American singer (1945–1998)

Pseudo-Marius (also referred to as Amatius, Herophilus, Chamates, or the false Marius; died 13 April 44 BC) was a man who claimed to be the son of Gaius Marius the Younger, and therefore the grandson of the famous Roman general Gaius Marius. He was murdered on the orders of Mark Antony following the assassination of Julius Caesar.

Natwarlal (born Mithilesh Kumar Srivastava; 1912 — 25 July 2009) was an Indian fraudster known for his high-profile crimes and prison escapes, including having supposedly "sold" the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, and the Parliament House of India on multiple occasions. If valued today, these properties would be worth approximately ₹129 billion ($1.4 billion) in total.

Legal case that captivated Victorian England in the 1860s and 1870s

Dominican Republic baseball player

Disgraced American writer (1941–2002)

con artist (1857–1907)

14th-century Byzantine monk and imposter

Danish explorer and linguist (1881-1930)

Holocaust survivor (1929-2015)

American politician and fabulist. (1922–1966)

German conman

fictitious cancer-suffering teenager portrayed on the Internet by an American woman

German politician

Spanish impostor

German convicted murderer and impostor

Canadian author (1816-1849)