Editing List of impostors (section)

===False royal heritage claims===
{{See also|Pretender#False pretenders|l1=False pretenders}}
[[File:Frits Vilhelm Holm 1916.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Frits Holm]] (1881–1930), Danish adventurer and self-styled "Duke of Colachine"]]
* [[Count Alexander of Montenegro]] (d. 1648) claimed to have been a brother of [[Mehmed III]]
* [[Maddess Aiort]] claimed to have been [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia]]
* [[Granny Alina]] claimed to have been [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia]]
* [[Michelle Anches]] claimed to have been [[Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia]]
* [[Anna Anderson]] (1896–1984), who may have really believed she was the [[Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia]], daughter of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
* [[Bardiya]] (d. 522 BC), ancient ruler of Persia, widely regarded as genuine but was claimed to be an imposter by his successor
* [[Mary Baynton]] (fl. c.1533), pretended to be Henry VIII's daughter, [[Mary I of England|Mary]] at a time many considered that her father should be deposed in her favour
* [[Bhawal case]], concerning a "resurrected" Indian prince who may have genuinely believed he was who he claimed to be
* {{ill|Calixtus Ottomanus|ru|Баязид Осман (самозванец)|la}} (d. 1496), alleged half-brother of [[Mehmed II]], he was in contact with [[Pope Callixtus III]] and Holy Roman Emperor [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]] amongst others<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPxC6rO7vvsC|title=Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time|pages=238, 325|author=Franz Babinger|date=1978 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9780691010786}}</ref>
* [[Natalya Bilikhodze]] (1900–2000), appeared in the year 1995 and went to Russia in the year 2000 where she tried to claim the "Romanov fortune" as [[Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia]], daughter of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]]
* [[Marga Boodts]], claimed to have been [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia]]
* [[Helga de la Brache]] (1817–1885), claimed to have been the secret legitimate daughter of [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]] and [[Frederica of Baden]]
* [[Alexis Brimeyer]] (1946–1995), Belgian who claimed connection to various European royal houses
* [[Mary Carleton]] (1642–1673), who was, amongst other things, a false princess and bigamist
* [[Count Dante]] (1939–1975) is the assumed name of John Keehan, who claimed to be descended from Spanish nobility. In his campaign to promote his system of martial arts, he also claimed victories in various secret deathmatches in Asia, and mercenary activity in Cuba, none of which was proven.
* [[Suzanna Catharina de Graaff]] (1905–1968), was a Dutch woman who claimed to be the fifth daughter of Nicholas and Alexandra, born in 1903 when Alexandra was reported to have had a "hysterical pregnancy". There are no official or private records of Alexandra giving birth to any child at this time.
* [[Pseudo-Constantine Diogenes]], pretended to be a son of Byzantine emperor [[Romanos IV Diogenes]]
* [[False Dmitriy I]] (c. 1581&nbsp;– 1606), [[False Dmitriy II]] (died 1610), and [[False Dmitriy III]] (died 1612), who all impersonated the son of [[Ivan the Terrible]]
* [[Harry Domela]] (1905&nbsp;– after 1978), who pretended to be an heir to the German throne
* [[Anna Ekelöf]] (fl. 1765), claimed to have been [[Gustav III of Sweden|Crown Prince Gustav of Sweden]]
* [[Anthony Gignac]] (1970), falsely took on the identity of [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] prince [[Khalid bin Salman Al Saud|Khalid bin Al Saud]] to entrap victims in investment scams and other schemes, currently serving an 18 year jail sentence<ref>{{cite news |title=Fake Saudi prince Anthony Gignac jailed for $8m fraud |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48483286 |access-date=6 August 2022 |work=BBC News |agency=BBC |publisher=BBC |date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
* [[Michael Goleniewski]] (1922–1993), was a [[CIA]] agent who in the year 1959 claimed to be [[Tsarevich Alexei of Russia]]
* [[Anna Gyllander]] (fl. 1659), claimed to have been [[Queen Christina of Sweden]]
* [[Anatoly Ionov (Romanov claimant)|Anatoly Ionov]] claims to be the son of [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia]]
* [[Tile Kolup]] (d. 1285), also known as Dietrich Holzschuh, an impostor who in 1284 began to pretend to be the [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Frederick II]]
* [[Eugenio Lascorz]] (1886–1962), who claimed connection to the royal house of the [[Byzantine Empire]]
* [[Terence Francis MacCarthy]] (born 1957), styled himself [[MacCarthy Mór]] and "Prince of Desmond"
* [[Šćepan Mali]] (d. 1773), who claimed to be Peter III of Russia, and managed to rule Montenegro
* [[False Margaret]] (c. 1260–1301), who impersonated the Maid of Norway
* [[Emperor Norton]] (1818–1880) self-proclaimed "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico"
* [[Pierre Plantard]] (1920–2000), the mastermind behind the [[Priory of Sion]] hoax who claimed to be [[Merovingian]], a pretender to the throne of France
* [[Princess Tarakanova]], claimed to be the daughter of [[Alexei Razumovsky]] and Empress [[Elizabeth of Russia]]
* [[Yemelyan Pugachev]] (c. 1742–1775), who claimed to be Peter III of Russia
* [[Raiktor]] (fl. 1081), an Eastern Orthodox monk who assumed the identity of Byzantine Emperor Michael VII
* [[Frederick Rolfe]] (1860–1913), better known as Baron Corvo
* [[Lambert Simnel]] (c. 1477&nbsp;– c. 1525), pretender to the throne of England
* [[Eugenia Smith]] (1899–1997), another woman who claimed to be the [[Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia]]
* [[Charles Stopford]], claimed to be the [[Earl of Buckingham]]
* [[Heino Tammet]], claimed to be [[Tsarevich Alexei of Russia]]. He died in 1977 in Vancouver, Canada.
* Pseudo-Theodosius (fl. c.605), claimed to be Byzantine Emperor [[Theodosius (son of Maurice)|Theodosius]] and was supported by [[Khosrow II]] leading to the [[Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628]]
* [[Larissa Tudor]], appeared strikingly similar to [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia]] but never actually claimed to be the former grand duchess. Many people who knew Larissa strongly suspected that she was the former grand duchess of Russia.
* [[Nadezhda Vasilyeva]], appeared in the 1920s in Russia and claimed to be [[Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia]]. She died in a psychiatric ward in 1971 in Kazan, Russia.
* [[Perkin Warbeck]] (c. 1474&nbsp;– 1499), pretender to the throne of England
* [[False Olaf]], who claimed to be [[Olaf II of Denmark]]