Taking multiple inputs with different names in python 3

I want enter multiple input like number 1, number 2, number 3, number n. But this should not be like writing all of them one by one, it is possible to try

a,b= map(input().split())

or

for i in xrange(1, 10): num.append(raw_input('Enter the %s number: '))

but it should take variable names like number1, a,b etc to make comparision with if so on.

number1 = int ( input ( "Enter number 1 " ) )
number2 = int ( input ( "Enter number 2 " ) )


if number1 < number2:
    print ( 'number1 ({}) is less number2 ({})'.format ( number1, number2 ) )
elif number1 == number2:
    print ( 'number1 ({}) is equal to number2 ({})'.format ( number1, number2 ) )
elif number1 >= number2:
    print ( "number 1 ({}) is greater or equal to number 2 ({})".format ( number1, number2 ) )
else:
    print (
        'number1 ({}) is not less than number2 ({})'.format ( number1, number2 ) )