People who asserted, or whose followers asserted, they were a messiah. This list is ordered by birth date
- Jesus Christ (c. 6 BC - c. 33 AD) - Founder of Christianity
- Menahem ben Judah
- Simon bar Kokhba
- Serene (Sherini, Sheria, Serenus, Zonoria, Saüra) (c. 720)
- David Alroy or Alrui (c. 1160)
- David Reuveni
- Shlomo Molkho
- Isaac Luria
- Hayim Vital
- Sabbatai Zevi (Alternate spellings: Shabbetai, Sabbetai; Tvi, Tzvi)
- Barukhia Russo (Osman Baba)
- Jacob Joseph Frank (1726 - 1791) - Founder of the Frankist movement
- R. Nachman of Bratslav
- Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902 - 1994)
- Sun Myung Moon (born 1920) - Founder of the Unification Church
- David Icke (born 1952), the former footballer and football commentator, became famous in the early 1990s for claiming to be the Son of God, although he was widely ridiculed for this.
See also: Jesus and Sun Myung Moon, list of people, list of people by belief