Notable academic fakers?

[Katrina Gulliver]

I mentioned him on the Krug thread. That kind of thing (fudging results) seems to be a LOT more common than outright claiming a degree that doesn't exist (see also: Michael Bellesiles)

[Diogenes]

John Anthony Glynn was a popular science writer who claimed fake PhD credentials and lied to the world about having a professorship at all. 

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/john-glynn-journalist-academic-fraud-exposed/

[marshwiggle]

John Anthony Glynn was a popular science writer who claimed fake PhD credentials and lied to the world about having a professorship at all. 

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/john-glynn-journalist-academic-fraud-exposed/

What's hilarious is that he wrote for "Skeptic"!! You can't make this stuff up!!!

[apl68]

John Anthony Glynn was a popular science writer who claimed fake PhD credentials and lied to the world about having a professorship at all. 

https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/john-glynn-journalist-academic-fraud-exposed/

Looks like he didn't get all that far--just a handful of popular science articles.  The magazine did the right thing in detailing how they found out about him, and taking down his online articles.

[lightning]

Rick Joyner, who also has a fake university to go along with his fake PhD
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2016/02/10/joyners-fake-degree-and-fake-university/