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'''David Vaughan Icke''' ({{IPAc-en|v|ɔː|n|_|aɪ|k}} {{respell|vawn|_|iyk}}; born 29 April 1952) is an English [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theorist]] and a former [[Association football|footballer]] and [[Sports commentator|sports broadcaster]].<ref name="barkun-chasing-phantoms">{{Cite book |last=Barkun |first=Michael |author-link= Michael Barkun |title=Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year= 2011 |page=72 |isbn=978-0807877692 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XAMYE8OLzu0C&pg=PA72}}</ref><ref name="conspiracy-theories-the-reptilian-elite">{{Cite magazine |url= http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1860871_1860876_1861029,00.html |title=Conspiracy Theories — The Reptilian Elite |date= 20 November 2008 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=17 December 2018 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref name="alice-walker-recommends-book-by-david-icke">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/acclaimed-author-alice-walker-recommends-book-by-notorious-conspiracy-theorist-david-icke-1.474057 |title=Acclaimed author Alice Walker recommends book by notorious conspiracy theorist David Icke |last=Doherty |first=Rosa |date=17 December 2018 |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |via=thejc.com |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="david-icke-helped-unite-labour">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/27/david-icke-unite-labours-factions-conspiracists |title=How David Icke helped unite Labour's factions against antisemitism |last=Shabi |first=Rachel |date=27 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |access-date=17 December 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="stuff">{{Cite podcast |url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/182-stuff-they-dont-want-you-t-26941221/episode/david-icke-and-the-rise-of-29623985/ |title=David Icke and the Rise of the Lizard People |date=10 February 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017 |website=stufftheydontwantyoutoknow.com |first1=Ben |last1=Bowlin |first2=Matt |last2=Fredrick |first3=Noel |last3=Brown}}</ref> He holds [[Antisemitism|antisemitic]] beliefs which are the basis for some of his conspiracy theories, and has been banned from entering several countries due to his [[Holocaust denial]] and antisemitism<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hume |first=Tim |date=2022-11-04 |title=‘Lizard Elite’ Conspiracy Theorist Banned from 26 European Countries |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d3qa8/david-icke-european-ban |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=2019-02-20 |title=Conspiracy theorist David Icke hits back after Australia revokes visa |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/20/conspiracy-theorist-david-icke-hits-back-after-australia-revokes-visa |access-date=2024-04-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-04 |title=David Icke: Conspiracy theorist banned from Netherlands |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63511142 |access-date=2024-04-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref>. He has written over 20 books, self-published since the mid-1990s, and spoken in more than 25 countries.{{sfn |Lewis |Kahn |2010 |p=75}}{{sfn |Robertson |2016 |p=121}}<ref name="PRA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.publiceye.org/Icke/IckeBackgrounder.htm |title=David Icke And The Politics Of Madness Where The New Age Meets The Third Reich |last= Offley |first= Will |publisher=[[Political Research Associates]] |date=29 February 2000 |access-date=2 August 2016}}</ref>
In 1990, Icke visited a [[psychic]] who told him he was on Earth for a purpose and would receive messages from the spirit world.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Icke|first=David|title=The Truth Vibrations|year=1991|pages=15–18}}</ref> This led him to claim in 1991 to be a "Son of the Godhead"<ref name="stuff" /> and that the world would soon be devastated by tidal waves and earthquakes. He repeated this on the BBC show ''[[Wogan]]''.{{sfn|Icke|1993|pp=192–194}}<ref name="them-adventures-with-extremists-p152">{{Cite book |last=Ronson |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Ronson |title=Them: Adventures with Extremists |publisher=Picador |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XVJPQ2-aieMC&q=Wogan&pg=PA152 |pages=152–154 |date=2001|isbn=9780743227070 }}</ref> His appearance led to public ridicule.<ref name="new-statesman-interview">{{Cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Paul |title=Interview: David Icke |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/life-and-society/2008/03/icke-world-conspiracy |website=New Statesman |date=3 March 2008 |publisher=NS Media Group |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> Books Icke wrote over the next 11 years developed his world view of a [[New Age]] conspiracy.{{sfn |Barkun |2003 |p=103}} Reactions to his endorsement of an [[antisemitic]] fabrication, ''[[The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]]'', in ''The Robots' Rebellion'' (1994) and in ''And the Truth Shall Set You Free'' (1995) led his then publisher to decline further books, and he has self-published since then.<ref name="PRA" />
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