Elvis

As we all know, Elvis Presley died in August 1977. However, since then a mythology has been increasingly built up around him like most rock stars receive after "untimely" deaths, with conspiracy theories and stories about them which may never have occured.

Elvis has one thing different about him. People compete to impersonate him.

This isn't exclusive to people who do look like him, as the picture above shows, as anyone can enter. Age, race and gender do not matter, you can still take part.

In 1956, the Roman Catholic Church denounced him in its weekly magazine in an article headlined "Beware Elvis Presley." Whether they were aware such a cult following of him would be created, is unknown.