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Below is a list of people claimed to be immortal. Please note that this list does not reference purely spiritual entities (spirits, gods, demons, angels), non-humans (monsters, extraterrestrials, elves), or artificial life (artificial intelligence, robots).
Below is a list of people claimed to be immortal. Please note that this list does not reference purely spiritual entities (spirits, gods, demons, angels), non-humans (monsters, extraterrestrials, elves), or artificial life (artificial intelligence, robots).
==Historical, mythological, and religious immortals==
==Historical, mythological, and religious immortals==
This list comprises people claimed to achieve a deathless [[existence]] on [[Earth]]. This list does not contain those people who are supposed to have attained immortality through the typical means of a [[religion]], such as a Christian in Heaven. It also does not include people whose immortality involves living in a place not on [[Earth]], such as [[Heracles]] on [[Mount Olympus]][1] or the Eight Immortals of Taoism in Mount Penglai. It also does not include people who, according to their religion, became deities or actually were a deity the whole time, such as Jesus of Nazareth (who as part of the Trinity was also God) or Parashurama (who was, according to [[Hinduism]], an avatar of Vishnu).
This list comprises people claimed to achieve a deathless [[existence]] on [[Earth]]. This list does not contain those people who are supposed to have attained immortality through the typical means of a [[religion]], such as a Christian in Heaven. It also does not include people whose immortality involves living in a place not on [[Earth]], such as [[Heracles]] on [[Mount Olympus]][1] or the Eight Immortals of Taoism in Mount Penglai. It also does not include people who, according to their religion, became deities or actually were a deity the whole time, such as [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] (who as part of the [[Trinity]] was also God) or Parashurama (who was, according to [[Hinduism]], an avatar of Vishnu).
These lists are in chronological order, though some dates are approximate.
These lists are in chronological order, though some dates are approximate.
==People who claimed to be immortal themselves==
==People who claimed to be immortal themselves==
