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Founding Figure list
List started by
darin
for the Religion domain
This type is used for individuals who were involved in the formulation of particular religions.
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| Guru Amar Das |
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Sikhism |
Guru Amar Das (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਮਰ ਦਾਸ) (5 May 1479 - 1 September 1574) was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 26 March 1552 at the age of 73 following in the footsteps of Sri Guru Angad Dev Sahib Ji, who died on 29 March 1552...
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| Guru Gobind Singh |
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Person | Sikhism |
Guru Gobind Singh (, ) (December 22, 1666 – 7 October, 1708) was the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. He was born in Patna, Bihar in India in 1666 and became the tenth Guru of the Sikhs on 11 November 1675, at the young age of nine years, succeeding his...
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| Jesus |
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Person | Christianity |
Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC/BCE—26–36 AD/CE), also known as Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity and is revered by most Christian churches as the Son of God and the incarnation of God. Islam considers Jesus a prophet, while many Hindus...
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| Gautama Buddha |
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Person | Buddhism |
Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from ancient India and the founder of Buddhism. He is generally recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (Sammāsambuddha) of our age. The time of his birth and death...
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| Guru Ram Das | Sikhism |
Guru Ram Das (Born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan on 24 September, 1534 – 1 September, 1581, Amritsar, Punjab, India) as the fourth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism, and he became Guru on 30 August, 1574 following in the footsteps of Guru Amar Das.
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| Heinrich Bullinger |
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Person | Calvinism |
Heinrich Bullinger (July 18, 1504 - September 17, 1575) was a Swiss reformer, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Zurich church and pastor at Grossmünster. A much less controversial figure than John Calvin or Martin Luther, his...
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| John Calvin |
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Person | Calvinism |
John Calvin (July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and was a central developer of the system of Christian theology called Calvinism or Reformed theology. In Geneva, his ministry both...
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| Guru Arjan Dev |
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Sikhism |
Guru Arjan Dev Ji or Guru Arjun Dev Ji (born in Amritsar, Punjab, India on 15 April, 1563 – 30 May, 1606 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) was the fifth of the Eleven Gurus of Sikhism and became a Guru on 1 September1581 following in the footsteps of Guru...
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| Pietro Martire Vermigli |
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Person | Calvinism |
Pietro Martire Vermigli, sometimes simply Peter Martyr (September 8 1499 – November 12 1562), was an Italian theologian of the Reformation period.
He was born at Florence, the son of Stefano di Antonio Vermigli and Maria Fumantina, a moderately...
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| Guru Har Rai |
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Sikhism |
Guru Har Rai (26 February 1630 - 6 October 1661) was the seventh of the Eleven Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 8 March1644 following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Guru Har Gobind, who was the sixth guru. Before he died, he nominated Guru...
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| Martin Luther |
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Person | Protestantism |
Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk, theologian, university professor, Father of Protestantism, and church reformer whose ideas influenced the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization....
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| Guru Teg Bahadur | Person | Sikhism |
Guru Tegh Bahadur (1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) became the 9th Guru of Sikhism on March 20 1665, following in the footsteps of his grand-nephew, Guru Har Krishan. Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed on the orders of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi....
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| Guru Har Gobind |
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Person | Sikhism |
Guru Har Gobind also Sacha Padshah (ਸੱਚਾ ਪਾਦਸ਼ਾਹ True King) (1595–1644) was the sixth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on 25 May,1606 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Arjan Dev. He was not, perhaps, more than eleven at his...
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| Guru Har Krishan | Sikhism |
Guru Har Krishan (7 July, 1656 – 30 March, 1664) was the eighth of the Eleven Gurus of Sikhism. He became Guru on 7 October 1661, succeeding his father, Guru Har Rai. Before Guru Har Krishan died, he nominated his granduncle, Guru Tegh Bahadur, as...
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| John Knox |
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Person | Protestantism |
John Knox (c. 1510 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish clergyman and leader of the Protestant Reformation who is considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination. He was educated at the University of St Andrews and worked as a notary-priest....
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| Guru Nanak Dev |
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Person | Sikhism |
Guru Nanak Dev (, ( Gurū Nānak (15th april 1469, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, (now Pakistan) - 22 September 1539, Kartarpur, Punjab, India), was the founder of Sikhism, and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born 15 april 1469...
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| Huldrych Zwingli |
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Person | Calvinism |
Huldrych (or Ulrich) Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland. Born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system, he attended the University of...
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| Deceased Person | Protestantism | |||
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| Abraham |
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Person | Judaism |
Abraham ( Avrohom or Avruhom ; , ; Ge'ez: , ) is a man featured in the Book of Genesis, as well as in parts of the Qur'an and Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price. Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions regard him as the founding patriarch...
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| Guru Angad Dev |
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Person | Sikhism |
Guru Angad Dev Ji was the second of the eleven Sikh Gurus. Lehna was born in the village of Sarae Naga in Muktsar district in Punjab, on March 31, 1504, he was the son of a small successful trader named Pheru. His mother's name was Mata Ramo (also...
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| Martin Bucer |
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Person | Calvinism |
Martin Bucer (or Butzer) (11 November 1491 – 28 February 1551) was a Protestant reformer whose principal ministry was in Strasbourg.
Martin Bucer was born in Sélestat (Schlettstadt), Alsace, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire. His father...
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| Thomas Cranmer |
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Person | Protestantism |
Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 – 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which...
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| Bodhidharma |
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Person | Zen |
Bodhidharma (c. early fifth century CE) was the Buddhist monk traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chán to China. Very little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend,...
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| Saint Peter |
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Person | Christianity |
Saint Peter (Greek Πετρος, "rock") (c.1-64 AD) was one of the Twelve Apostles, chosen by Jesus as one of his first disciples. His life is prominently featured in the New Testament Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles. Peter was a Galilean fisherman...
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| Muhammad |
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Person | Islam |
Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (; ; ; also spelled Mohammed(صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) or Muhammed(صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) ) (ca. 570 Mecca – June 8, 632 Medina), is the central human figure of the religion of Islam and is regarded by Muslim as the messenger and...
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| Deceased Person | Sunni Islam | |||
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| Confucius |
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Person | Confucianism |
Confucius , lit. "Master Kung," September 28, 551 BC - 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life.
His philosophy emphasized...
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| Paul of Tarsus |
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Person | Christianity |
Paul the apostle ( Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning "Saul of Tarsus", ), the "Apostle to the Gentiles" (ca 5 - 67 AD) was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries. Unlike the Twelve Apostles, there is no...
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| Deceased Person | Catholicism | |||
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| Joseph Smith, Jr. |
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Person | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 – June 27, 1844) was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure in the United States during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began to...
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| Deceased Person | Mormonism | |||
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| Oliver Cowdery |
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Person | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Oliver Hervy Pliny Cowdery (3 October 1806 – 3 March 1850) was the primary participant with Joseph Smith, Jr. in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1829 through 1836. He was one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon's...
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| Sarah |
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Person | Judaism |
Sarah ( ; Arabic: سارة, Sārah ; "a woman of high rank") is the wife of Abraham as described in the Hebrew Bible (the Book of Genesis) and the Quran.
The Hebrew word sarah indicates a woman of high rank and is sometimes translated as "princess" or...
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| Zalman Schachter-Shalomi | Person | Jewish Renewal |
Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, b. and commonly called "Reb Zalman" (pr: rǎb) is considered one of the major founders of the Jewish Renewal movement.
Born in Poland in 1924 and raised in Vienna, he was interned in detention camps under the...
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| Shlomo Carlebach |
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Person | Jewish Renewal |
Shlomo Carlebach (שלמה קרליבך) (known as Reb Shlomo to his followers) (January 14 1925, Berlin—October 20, 1994, Canada) was a Jew religious teacher, composer, and singer who was known as "The Singing Rabbi" during his lifetime. Although his roots...
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| Abraham Joshua Heschel |
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Person | Jewish Renewal |
Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972) was a Warsaw-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jew theologians of the 20th century.
Abraham Joshua Heschel was descended from preeminent European rabbi on both sides of the...
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| Zoroaster |
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Person | Zoroastrianism |
Zoroaster (Latin from Greek variants) or Zarathushtra (from Avestan Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht , was an ancient Iranian prophet and religious poet. The hymns attributed to him, the Gathas, are at the liturgical core of Zoroastrianism....
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| Bobby Henderson | Person | Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster | ||
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| Henry VIII of England |
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Person | Church of England |
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of France, from 21 April 1509 until his death. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his...
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| Monarch | ||||
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| Brigham Young |
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Person |
Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and was the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death. Young was the first governor of...
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| George Fox |
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Person | Religious Society of Friends |
George Fox (July 1624 – 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers.
The son of a weaver from rural England, Fox was apprenticed to a cobbler. Living in a time of great...
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| Margaret Fell | Person | Religious Society of Friends |
Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox (1614 - April 23, 1702) was one of the founding members of the Religious Society of Friends, and was popularly known as the "mother of Quakerism". She is considered one of the Valiant Sixty, early Quaker preachers and...
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| Robert Barclay |
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Person | Religious Society of Friends |
Robert Barclay (December 23, 1648 – October 3, 1690), one of the most eminent writer belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. He was also governor of the East Jersey colony in North America through most of the...
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| Aleister Crowley |
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Person | Thelema |
Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley was a British occultist, writer and mystic. He is perhaps best known today for his occult writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central |