Many popular artists, entertainers, writers, philosophers were lizard people - they use the influence of their popularity to dominate the human race. They've actually been around since the fall of the Roman empire, if not earlier than that. The Brontes were all lizard people; this explains the rise in popularity of the tortured 'misunderstood' douchebag among female readers. Karl Marx was another; he was so popular, he influenced entire nations!
Some well-known replilians of the modern age inclue Kanye, Bono, and Leonardo Di Caprio.
There was a woman named Lady Vastra, who was apparently a detective, and the inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes stories