Famous Religious Leaders - page 6

The Most Famous Religious Leaders
Name	Birthday	Nationality	Bio
Prophet Muhammad	April 22, 571	Saudi Arabian	Prophet Muhammad was the founder of Islam, one of the most widespread religions in the world
Eckhart Tolle	February 16, 1948	German	Eckhart Tolle is a well-known spiritual leader, and author
Murad IV	July 26, 1612	Turkish	Murad IV was one of the mighty Sultans in the history of the Ottoman Empire
T. B. Joshua	June 12, 1963	Nigerian	T
Russell M. Nelson	September 9, 1924	American	Russell M
Bernadette Soubirous	January 7, 1844	French	Saint Bernadette was a Christian Saint who had Marian apparitions of a small young lady who identified herself as the Immaculate Conception
Gautama Buddha	563 BC	Nepali	Gautama Buddha was a spiritual leader on whose teachings Buddhism was founded
Charles Taze Russell	February 16, 1852	American	Taze Russell was the founder of the International Bible Students Association
Nizamuddin Auliya	1238	Indian	Nizamuddin Auliya was the fourth Spiritual Successor (Khalifa) of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer
Pope Alexander VI	January 1, 1431	Italian	Pope Alexander VI was the Spanish-born 214th Pope

Akong Rinpoche was a Tibetan tulku of the ‘Karma Kagyu’ lineage, who played a vital role in establishing Tibetan Buddhism worldwide

Peter Turkson is a Ghanaian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Enoch Adeboye is an internationally known Nigerian pastor

Raphael Kalinowski was a Polish Discalced Carmelite friar who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1991

Ian Paisley was the former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and also one of the most influential leaders in the country

Sun Myung Moon was a Korean religious leader who founded the Unification Church

Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu religious leader who founded the reform movement, Arya Samaj

Sri Chinmoy was an Indian spiritual master who advocated meditation and athleticism as means of achieving inner peace

Louis Farrakhan is an active leader of the African-American religious movement, Nation of Islam