Noah

Noah is considered by Christians to have been the builder of the Ark who saved mankind, and all other life forms, from the destruction of the great flood.

Did he really exist? Perhaps, but we do not know for sure. 

Noah seems a lot like Ziusundra or Utanapishtim.

It is said the the time between the creation and the great flood was 1656 years. See "The Hiram Key" page 87.

Noah is said by some to represent the ideal man.

It the story of the flood is true then all of mankind had to have developed from Noah and his children.  This would have resulted in a rather small gene pool that should have caused a serious amount of inbreeding and its related problems.