David Icke

English professional conspiracy theorist and former soccer player and sports broadcaster. A mystic, he had a spiritual awakening in 1990-1991 and began his Earth healing. He is the author of over 20 books and numerous DVDs and has lectured in over 25 countries, speaking for up to 10 hours to audiences.

Icke combines New Age philosophical discussion about the universe and consciousness with conspiracy theories about public figures being reptilian humanoids and paedophiles. He argues in favour of reincarnation; a collective consciousness that has intentionality; modal realism (that other possible worlds exist alongside ours); and the law of attraction (that good and bad thoughts can attract experiences). In The Biggest Secret (1999), he introduced the idea that many prominent figures derive from the Anunnaki, a reptilian race from the Draco constellation. In Human Race Get Off Your Knees: The Lion Sleeps No More (2012), he identified the Moon (and later Saturn) as the source of holographic experiences, broadcast by the reptiles, that humanity interprets as reality. Icke also thinks climate change is a hoax.

As of 2003 the reptilian bloodline is claimed to include all American presidents, three British and two Canadian prime ministers, several Sumerian kings and Egyptian pharaohs, and a smattering of celebrities. Key bloodlines include the Rockefellers, Rothschilds, various European aristocratic families, the establishment families of the Eastern United States, and the British House of Windsor. Icke confirmed to Andrew Neil in May 2016 that he believes the British Royal Family are shape-shifting lizards.

He was the middle of three boys, and married Linda on 30 September 1971; daughter Kerry was born on 7 March 1975, and son Garth on 12 December 1981. He was a football/soccer player until his career ended abruptly in July 1973 with his total paralysis from rheumatoid arthritis.

In August 1973 Icke made his debut as a sportscaster.