People who faked their own death

Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)

English occultist (1875–1947)

American novelist (1935–2001)

American professional wrestling promoter (born 1945)

Indian actress and model (born 1991)

leader of a Nigerian militant group (1973-2021)

Russian journalist

Spanish spy, double agent for the British in World War II

Israel Epstein, also known by his Chinese nickname "Aipei", was a Chinese journalist. Of Polish origin, Epstein was one of the few foreign-born members of the Chinese Communist Party.

Russian far-right activist and entrepreneur, the founder and representative member of the Russian Volunteer Corps

American businessman and author (1747–1806)

Austrian pianist and composer (1930–2000)

German boxer (1907-1943)

British politician & novelist (1925-1988)

American writer (1932-2020)

American imposter

case in which an individual leaves evidence to suggest that they are dead

Mexican drug lord (1970–2014)

Slovenian ski jumper (1919-2020)

Soviet politician (1902-1940)

German Nazi politician; SS officer (1910-1996)

American convicted sex offender who faked his own death

fictitious cancer-suffering teenager portrayed on the Internet by an American woman

Russian nobleman

early-14th-century runaway English nun

Indian activist

American fraudster and hedge fund manager