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David Koresh
American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993
1959 - 1993 -
Pope Benedict XVI
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013
1927 - 2022 -
Jim Jones
American cult leader, political activist, preacher and faith healer who led the Peoples Temple
1931 - 1978 -
PAPE FRANCOIS (POPE FRANCIS)
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State
1936 -
Mahatma GANDHI
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist
1869 - 1948 -
Martin Luther KING
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement
1929 - 1968 -
MAHOMET
Religious, political, and military leader
570 - 632 -
Lucien Louis BONAPARTE
French cardinal
1828 - 1895 -
JEAN-PAUL II
Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005
1920 - 2005 -
Matthieu RICARD
French writer and Buddhist monk
1946 -
Martin LUTHER
German professor of theology, composer, priest, monk and a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
1483 - 1546 -
Philippe BARBARIN
French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
1950 -
Jacques Bénigne BOSSUET
French bishop
1664 - 1743 -
Jeanne D'ARC
Folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint
1412 - 1431 -
Joseph SMITH
American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
1805 - 1844 -
Thérèse de LISIEUX
French Carmelite nun
1873 - 1897 -
RICHELIEU
French clergyman, noble, and statesman
1585 - 1642 -
ABBé PIERRE
French Catholic priest
1912 - 2007 -
Bernadette SOUBIROUS
French miller's daughter, she was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 1933
1844 - 1879 -
Abraham Baldwin
American minister, patriot, politician, and Founding Father who signed the United States Constitution
1754 - 1807