Honza, I didn't want to hijack your thread & make it just about famous past lives, but I was trying to figure out why there are so many people who claim certain famous past lives. I'm not saying that you WEREN'T Billy the Kid....but I'm certain there are other people out there who are saying the same thing.
Here, I found an article about claiming famous past lives....the person who wrote it claims to have been William Shakespear:
http://home.earthlink.net/~shakespea...will/id19.html
I'd be interested in reading other people's thoughts on this subject.