Osel Hita Torres

When he was 14 months old, the Dalai Lama declared that Osel was the reincarnation of a spiritual leader called Lama Yeshe. Now he's 24, calls himself Oz, and wants to be a filmmaker, not a monk.

Growing up, he was only allowed to hang out with other reincarnated souls. When he was 18 he went to a dance club for the first time. His reaction: "What were all those people doing, bouncing, stuck to one another, enclosed in a box full of smoke?" I bet he'd make pretty interesting movies.