Some of you guys need to read what actual historians and researchers say, and not merely the romanticized wafflings of fence sitters who don't want to stir up shit. Dr. Richard Carrier is a name you should be getting familiar with.
Tacitus and Josephus were not contemporaries of this alleged Jesus, and were writing about hearsay. There is not one single account from a proven contemporary that has confirmed a man attributed to the Jesus myth even existed.
Is it possible a man was martyred to give way to the formation of the myth? Hell, I would wager it isn't just possible, it's probable. But stop with the "was a real man, divine nature questionable" malarkey.
You want real famous? Look how many people think Cesare Borgia is literally what this figure even remotely looked like, when that doesn't even jive with the damned scripture. I'd say you could safely put him there with Mohammed or Julius Caesar, even if plebes are mistaking him for someone else. Though, that was kind of the point all along, wasn't it?
