Occupation: Hoaxer

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Occupation: Hoaxer

LISTS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Laura Albert Novelist 1965 The infamous JT LeRoy

Rafid Ahmed Alwan Hoaxer 1968 "Curveball"

Anna Ayala Criminal 22-Dec-1965 Wendy's chili-finger woman

P. T. Barnum Hoaxer 5-Jul-1810 7-Apr-1891 Circus showman

Thomas Chatterton Poet 20-Nov-1752 24-Aug-1770 Fabricated as Thomas Rowley

Sacha Baron Cohen Comic 13-Oct-1971 Boyakasha! Respec

Janet Cooke Journalist 23-Jul-1954 Caught writing fake news

Bear Grylls TV Personality 7-Jun-1974 Man vs. Wild

Barney Hill Hoaxer 20-Jul-1922 25-Feb-1969 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee

Betty Hill Hoaxer 28-Jun-1919 17-Oct-2004 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee

William Henry Ireland Hoaxer 1777 1835 Forger of Shakespearian manuscripts

Clifford Irving Hoaxer 5-Nov-1930 Howard Hughes autobiography hoax

Norma Khouri Hoaxer c. 1970 Author of Forbidden Love

Trofim Lysenko Scientist 29-Sep-1898 20-Nov-1976 Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory

James Macpherson Hoaxer 27-Oct-1736 17-Feb-1796 So-called translations of Ossian

Phineas P. Quimby Hoaxer 16-Feb-1802 16-Jan-1866 Father of New Thought movement

Rael Hoaxer 30-Sep-1946 UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory

Joey Skaggs Hoaxer 1945 Inveterate media prankster

Alan Sokal Hoaxer 1955 Transgressing the Boundaries

Perkin Warbeck Hoaxer c. 1474 23-Nov-1499 Pretender to English throne

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