1. Krishna Prem (1898)

Religious Leader

This prominent member of the Gaudiya Vaishnavism sub-movement of Hinduism established an ashram (monastery) in Mirtola, Uttarakhand, India. His published spiritual works include The Search for Truth, Initiation into Yoga,...

2. Catherine Of Siena (1347)

Religious Leader

Catherine Of Siena is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on March 25, 1347 in Italy. Tertiary of the Dominican Order who is one of the two patron saints...

3. Pope Nicholas V (1397)

Religious Leader

Pope Nicholas V is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 13, 1397 in Italy. Pope remembered for his humanism and intellect who served from 1447 until his...

4. Pope Alexander VI (1431)

Religious Leader

Pope Alexander VI is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on January 1, 1431 in Spain. Renaissance pope whose papacy was characterized by nepotism and controversy, but who was...

5. Avatar Puri (1999)

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Indian swami and yoga advocate who shares words of wisdom and information about humanitarian projects on his self-titled website. 

6. Guru Nanak (1469)

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Founder and first guru of Sikhism who is believed to have spiritually influenced subsequent leaders of the faith.

7. Edward Mooney (1882)

Religious Leader

American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Detroit from 1937 to 1958.

8. Ignatius Of Loyola (1491)

Religious Leader

Ignatius Of Loyola is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on October 23, 1491 in Spain. Founder of the Society of Jesus who acted as its first Superior General...

9. Prince Donnell IV (1996)

Religious Leader

Devout Christian best known as the Executive Vice President of the popular online ministry Sprinkle of Jesus. He is also the founder and CEO of the jewelry company Love, Carter.

10. Katharina Von Bora (1499)

Religious Leader

Katharina Von Bora is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on January 29, 1499 in Italy. Wife of Protestant Reformation leader Martin Luther. Prior to her marriage, she was...

11. Teresa Of Avila (1515)

Religious Leader

Teresa Of Avila is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on March 28, 1515 in Spain. Spanish nun, mystic, theologian and saint who co-founded the Discalced Carmelite Order. According...

12. Bartol Kasic (1575)

Religious Leader

Known as the father of Croatian linguistics, he wrote the first Croatian grammar.

13. Cardinal Richelieu (1585)

Religious Leader

This powerful seventeenth-century religious and political leader served as Chief Minister to King Louis XIII of France and was also appointed French Secretary of State. He played a major role...

14. John Harvard (1607)

Religious Leader

English minister who notably gave half of his estate and his personal library to the Massachusetts Bay Colony's New College who then turned it into Harvard college.

15. Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621)

Religious Leader

Guru Tegh Bahadur is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on April 1, 1621 in India. Remembered for his protection of Sikhs and Hindus against a seventeenth-century law that...

16. Guru Gobind Singh (1666)

Religious Leader

Guru Gobind Singh is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on December 22, 1666 in India. Sikh leader and philosopher who served as the last of the ten Sikh...

17. Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663)

Religious Leader

Jean Baptiste Massillon is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on June 24, 1663 in France. Remembered as both a preacher at the Palace of Versailles and as the...

18. Thani Bin Hamad (1980)

Religious Leader

Qatari leader who has gained prominence as a member of the Qatari royal family. He has worked as a member of the Board of Directors on the International Bank of...

19. Saqib Iqbal (1980)

Religious Leader

World renowned Islamic scholar and spiritual guide who is recognized for having founded Kanz ul Huda international. He has gone on to garner more than 650,000 followers on his personal saqibiqbal.official Instagram account.

20. Ann Lee (1736)

Religious Leader

Ann Lee is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on February 29, 1736 in United Kingdom. Known to her followers as “Mother Ann,” this English-born woman led a prominent...

21. Tracy Wilde (1980)

Religious Leader

Christian pastor best known as the leader of the Los Angeles branch of The City Church. She has gained significant attention in the media for her atypical status as an...

22. Pope Pius VII (1742)

Religious Leader

Pope Pius VII is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on August 14, 1742 in Italy. Head of the Catholic Church from 1800 to his death in 1823 who...

23. William Joseph Chaminade (1761)

Religious Leader

William Joseph Chaminade is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on April 8, 1761 in France. French Catholic priest who survived persecution during the French Revolution and founded the...

24. William Carey (1761)

Religious Leader

Remembered for his role in establishing the Baptist Missionary Society, this English minister and missionary lived and worked in Serampore, India, and was responsible for translating the Bible into both...

25. Anton Bernolak (1762)

Religious Leader

Catholic priest and author of the first Slovak language standard.

26. Robert Knopwood (1763)

Religious Leader

English-born cleric who arrived in Australia in 1804 and kept a now famous diary of his time as a chaplain and magistrate in the developing country.

27. Ram Mohan Roy (1774)

Religious Leader

Ram Mohan Roy is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on May 22, 1774 in India. Founder of one of India’s earliest newspapers, who challenged traditional Hindu culture and...

28. Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774)

Religious Leader

Anne Catherine Emmerich is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on September 8, 1774 in Germany. German nun, stigmatic, mystic, and visionary of the Roman Catholic Church. According to...

29. Lyman Beecher (1775)

Religious Leader

Presbyterian clergyman who started the American Temperance Society in Boston in 1826 and fathered several important figures in American history.

30. Carl Adolph Agardh (1785)

Religious Leader

Carl Adolph Agardh is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on January 13, 1785 in Sweden. Swedish bishop of Karlstad who was also a botanist and mathematician. According to...

31. Catherine McAuley (1778)

Religious Leader

In 1831, this Irish Catholic nun established the order of the Sisters of Mercy and dedicated the last ten years of her life to education-centered charity efforts. During her time...

32. Rosalie Rendu (1786)

Religious Leader

Daughter of Charity who was a leading advocate for the poor of 19th-century Paris during the the Industrial Revolution.

33. Pope Pius IX (1792)

Religious Leader

Pope Pius IX is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on May 13, 1792 in Italy. The head of the Catholic Church from 1846 until his death in 1878...

34. Fulton J. Sheen (1895)

Religious Leader

Fulton J. Sheen is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on May 8, 1895 in United States. American Archbishop who is considered one of the first televangelists. According to...

35. Théodore Guérin (1798)

Religious Leader

French nun who founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, a congregation of Catholic nuns, in 1840.

36. Robert Chapman (1803)

Religious Leader

Danish religious leader known as the "apostle of Love" who was a pastor of a Strict Baptist chapel and became an influential figure within the Plymouth Brethren.

37. Anton Martin Slomšek (1800)

Religious Leader

Anton Martin Slomšek is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 26, 1800 in Slovenia. Nineteenth-Century Slovene bishop, poet, author, songwriter, and founder of a publishing house called...

38. Parley P Pratt (1807)

Religious Leader

Parley P Pratt is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on April 12, 1807 in United States. Remembered for his leadership during the early years of the Latter Day...

39. Heber C. Kimball (1801)

Religious Leader

Heber C. Kimball is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on June 14, 1801 in United States. One of the original twelve apostles in the early days of the...

40. Josip Juraj Strossmayer (1814)

Religious Leader

Josip Juraj Strossmayer is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on February 4, 1814 in Croatia. Roman Catholic bishop and politician who founded the Croatian Academy of Arts and...

41. Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana (1809)

Religious Leader

Andiris Perera Dharmagunawardhana is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 19, 1809 in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan man who was the pioneer of the Buddhist revival movement....

42. Pope Leo XIII (1810)

Religious Leader

Pope Leo XIII is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on March 2, 1810 in Italy. Head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903 who...

43. Henry Ward Beecher (1813)

Religious Leader

Henry Ward Beecher is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on June 24, 1813 in United States. American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, who was known for his...

44. Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski (1822)

Religious Leader

Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 1, 1822 in Ukraine. Archbishop of Warsaw who founded the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary,...

45. Mary Baker Eddy (1821)

Religious Leader

Founder of the Christian Science movement, which came out of New England in the late 19th century and argues that sickness of any sort was an illusion that could be...

46. Ellen G. White (1827)

Religious Leader

Ellen G. White is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on November 26, 1827 in United States. American author and Christian leader who co-founded the Seventh Day Adventist church....

47. Chauncey West (1827)

Religious Leader

Remembered best for heading the Utah Territory's branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this nineteenth-century Mormon leader also participated in an LDS mission to Sri Lanka.

48. Baselios Paulose I (1836)

Religious Leader

Baselios Paulose I is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on January 17, 1836 in India. The first Catholicos of the East after its reinstatement in India from 1912...

49. Pope Pius X (1835)

Religious Leader

Pope Pius X is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on June 2, 1835 in Italy. Head of the Catholic Church from 1903 to his death in 1914 who...

50. Patrick William Riordan (1841)

Religious Leader

Patrick William Riordan is a famous Religious Leader, who was born on August 27, 1841 in Canada. Roman Catholic religious leader who held the position of Archbishop of San Francisco...