Spiritual & Religious Leaders

Anthony De Mello Anthony de Mello, a Jesuit priest and psychotherapist, is well known for his writings and spiritual conferences. Born on 4th September 1931, in Bombay, India, ...	Ayatollah Khomeini Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was a prominent clergy of Islam, and a religious leader who led the famous Iranian Revolution in 1979 and overthrew Mohammad Reza ...
Brigham Young Brigham Young was an American leader of the Latter-day Saint movement. He was popularly known as American Moses, Modern Moses and Mormon Moses, because, quite ...	Confucius Confucius is one of the few leaders who based their philosophy on the virtues that are required for the day to day living. Known as Master Kong to the Chinese, ...
Dalai Lama His Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, is the fourteenth and the present Dalai Lama. The temporal leader of Tibetans was born on July 6, 1935 and is considered to be a ...	Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu is a well-known South African activist, whose efforts to solve the issue of apartheid, during 1980s, fetched him worldwide fame. Born in 1931, in ...
Isaiah A Judean Prophet, Isaiah is believed to have indulged in the act of prophesizing, for forty-four years of his life. He is one of the main figures in the ...	John Calvin A powerful French theologian and pastor, John Calvin is one of the well known Protestants, whose name prominently figured during the Protestant Reformation. ...
John Huss John Huss (a.k.a. Jan Hus) is regarded to be one of the earliest known religious thinkers and reformers in the world. A philosopher and a Master at Charles ...	John The Baptist John the Baptist is regarded as the precursor of Jesus Christ. A very well-known preacher, he gave sermons about the proximity of God's Final Judgment. He ...
John Wesley John Wesley was the founder of Arminian Methodist movement. A brilliant organizer, he formed societies throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. One of ...	Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was a well-known spiritual leader and the founder of Transcendental Meditation technique. A disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, ...
Martin Luther Martin Luther is most popularly known as the Father of Protestantism. A German monk, theologian, university professor, priest and church reformer, Luther was ...	Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American clergyman and a well-known leader in the American civil rights movement. Born as Michael Luther Jr, he was once ...
Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science movement, was one of the most prominent spiritual leaders and writers of her time. She believed that ...	Mata Amritanandamayi Revered as a saint, Mata Amritanandamayi, more popularly called Amma, Ammachi and the Mother, is one of the most widely respected and appreciated women in the ...
Moses One of the most prominent Hebrew religious leaders, Moses is regarded as the most important prophet in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, ...	Mother Teresa Mother Teresa - God’s gift to humanity - dedicated a major part of her life to serve the poor and destitute. Born as an Albanian, getting an Indian nationality ...
Osho Rajneesh Osho was one of the most famed as well as the most controversial spiritual leaders of his time. He came to be known as ‘Acharya Rajneesh’ in 1960s, assumed the ...	Pope John Paul II John Paul II presided over as the Pope and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City for almost 27 years. Credited with being the second-longest pontificate ...
Sri Aurobindo Sri Aurobindo donned the cap of a revolutionary, poet, philosopher, writer, and spiritual master, during the course of his life. Born in Kolkata, he spent his ...	Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Honored with the double-honorific "Sri Sri", along with Guruji or Gurudeva, Ravi Shankar has become one of the greatest spiritual & humanitarian leaders of the ...
St Francis of Assisi Honored by the Catholic Church as the Patron Saint of animals and ecology, and even Italy, St. Francis was the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, more ...	St Ignatius of Loyola Saint Ignatius of Loyola is best known as the founder and first Superior General of the 'Society of Jesus'. Writer of the book 'Spiritual Exercises', Ignatius ...
St Paul A Hellenistic Jew, St Paul is known worldwide as one of the earliest Christian missionaries, along with Saint Peter and James the Just. He was also known as ...	Swedenborg A well-known scientist and inventor, Emanuel Swedenborg is one of the important persons in Swedish history. While his early life comprised of science study and ...
Zoroaster Zoroaster is famous throughout the world as the principal founder of Zoroastrianism. A pious, noble and compassionate person, Zoroaster was a great messenger ...