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Top 10 Famous People Who Aren’t Real

Saturday, November 29, 2014 19:11

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Here are ten famous people who we thought were real, but turned out to be fake and fiction. Some were used for suspicious marketing purposes, and other served as means to fool people into believing something

10. Robin Hood

Many people are fascinated by the search for the real people behind legends such as Robin Hood. Unfortunately, it is not really what the legend of Robin Hood is about. The character as we understand him is more the product of centuries of storytelling, contributing new and different ideas. Robin is much more a fiction than a reality. He is an ever-present figure in the pantheon of English heroes, always capturing the imaginations of historians and writers of historical fiction as much as his fans – the general public.

9. Lao Tzu

Lao Tzu is viewed as the father of Taoism and peer of Confucius. Said to have lived during the 6th Century BC, historians believe he is a mixture of different philosophers. Lao Tsu taught that all straining, all striving are not only vain but counterproductive. One should endeavor to do nothing (wu-wei). But what does this mean? It means not to literally do nothing, but to discern and follow the natural forces.

8. Jesus Christ

For 2000 years, most of the world has considered Jesus a real man who had exceptional character, leadership and power over his people. But today some are debating his existence. His resting place has never been found. The argument against Jesus’ existence, known as the Christ-myth theory, began seventeen centuries after Jesus is said to have walked the rocky hills of Judea. Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists, summarized the Christ-myth view on CNN TV Larry King Live: “There is not one shred of secular evidence there ever was a Jesus Christ … Jesus is a compilation from other gods…who had the same origins, the same death as the mythological Jesus Christ.” And how likely would God be able to impregnate a woman. Jesus may have been a common man who got on the wrong side of the law.

7. William Tell

Shooting an apple on top of his son’s head, William Tell became a Swiss hero everyone wanted to meet. There are no such names on record and the story may have been imported from Scandinavia. In fact, he is a central figure in Swiss patriotism as he was constructed during the Restoration of the Confederacy after the Napoleonic era.

6. Rosie The Rivetery

Rosie the Riveter symbolized the typical American woman who worked in the assembly line while most American men were fighting in World War II. These women worked tirelessly to make sure the war effort was as effective back home. Although women who entered the workforce during World War II were important to the war effort, their pay continued to lag far behind their male counterparts: Female workers rarely earned more than 50 percent of male wages. The term “Rosie the Riveter” was first used in a song that hit waves in 1942. It would become famous when artist J. Howard Miller was asked to design posters to help with the war effort. His most famous poster was “We Can Do It”, which would later be commonly referred to as Rosie the Riveter.

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