Top 10 Audacious Imposters from History Will Give You Trust Issues

There’s just something about impostors that captures the popular imagination. People who have not just the skill but the confidence – indeed, the audacity – to pose as someone else have long fascinated us. That’s why impostors have long been the protagonists of novels, plays and movies as well as fairy tales and folklore. But, sometimes real life is even stranger, and more fantastical, than fiction, and history is littered with examples of notable impostors.

In many cases, the motivations were obvious: impostors posed as princes or wealthy businessmen in order to gain wealth or power. But that’s not always the case. Sometimes the things driving an impostor are more complex. Sometimes they just want attention, Or sometimes they are simply deluded. Or maybe, just maybe, they’re not impostors at all, but telling the truth, Indeed, some notable examples of impostors from history remain the subject of fierce debate to this day.

So, out of the hundreds, if not thousands, of cases of individuals pretending to be somebody else, whether through disguise or another type of manipulation, here we present ten of the most infamous impostors of all time:

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