Religion

77 famous people found

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  David Koresh

  American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993

  1959 - 1993
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  Jim Jones

  American cult leader, political activist, preacher and faith healer who led the Peoples Temple

  1931 - 1978
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  Martin Luther KING

  American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement

  1929 - 1968
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  Joseph SMITH

  American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement

  1805 - 1844
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  Abraham Baldwin

  American minister, patriot, politician, and Founding Father who signed the United States Constitution

  1754 - 1807
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  Al Sharpton

  American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, politician, radio talk show host, and TV personality

  1954
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  Joel OSTEEN

  American Christian televangelist

  1963
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  Edward Everett HALE

  American author, historian, and Unitarian minister

  1822 - 1909
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  Daniel WALDO

  American clergyman, Chaplain of the House of Representatives

  1762 - 1864
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  Eliza R. SNOW

  2nd Relief Society General President, one of the most celebrated Mormon women of the nineteenth century

  1804 - 1887
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  Jeremiah EVARTS

  Christian missionary, reformer, and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States

  1781 - 1831
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  Avery DULLES

  Jesuit priest, theologian, cardinal of the Catholic Church

  1918 - 2008
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  Henry Harris JESSUP

  American Presbyterian missionary, author, and a founder of the American University of Beirut

  1832 - 1910
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  Anthony W. IVINS

  Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  1852 - 1934
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  Erastus SNOW

  Member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  1818 - 1888
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  L. L. LANGSTROTH

  American apiarist, clergyman and teacher, considered the "Father of American Beekeeping."

  1810 - 1895
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  Jim BAKKER

  American televangelist

  1940
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  Tammy Faye MESSNER

  American Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show host, and television personality

  1942 - 2007
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  MOTHER MARY ALPHONSA

  American Roman Catholic religious sister and social worker

  1851 - 1926
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  Brigham YOUNG

  American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States

  1801 - 1877