| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Abraham |
Religion |
c. 1813 BC |
c. 1638 BC |
Father of the Abrahamic religions |
| Akhenaton |
Royalty |
c. 1380 BC |
c. 1334 BC |
Blasphemous Pharaoh |
| Marshall Applewhite |
Religion |
17-May-1931 |
26-Mar-1997 |
Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide |
| Shoko Asahara |
Religion |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult |
| The Báb |
Religion |
20-Oct-1819 |
9-Jul-1850 |
Forerunner of Baha'i |
| Bahá'u'lláh |
Religion |
12-Nov-1817 |
29-May-1892 |
Founder of Baha'i |
| Reverend Billy |
Performance Artist |
c. 1952 |
|
Church of Stop Shopping |
| Buddha |
Religion |
563 BC |
477 BC |
Enlightened One |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Confucius |
Religion |
551 BC |
479 BC |
Analects |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Father Divine |
Religion |
1880 |
1965 |
Founder of the International Peace Mission |
| Mary Baker Eddy |
Religion |
16-Jul-1821 |
3-Dec-1910 |
Founded Christian Science movement |
| Werner Erhard |
Religion |
5-Sep-1935 |
|
Erhard Seminar Training ("est") |
| Gerald Gardner |
Religion |
13-Jun-1884 |
12-Feb-1964 |
Founder of Modern Wicca |
| Matt Hale |
Religion |
27-Jul-1971 |
|
White supremacist |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| King Henry VIII |
Royalty |
28-Jun-1491 |
28-Jan-1547 |
King of England, 1509-47 |
| Kirby J. Hensley |
Religion |
23-Jul-1911 |
19-Mar-1999 |
Founder, Universal Life Church |
| Li Hongzhi |
Religion |
13-May-1951 |
|
Founder of Falun Gong |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Jesus Christ |
Religion |
c. 4 BC |
7-Apr-30 AD |
Carpenter, evangelist |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Inayat Khan |
Religion |
5-Jul-1882 |
5-Feb-1927 |
Founder of Universal Sufism |
| Kibo |
Religion |
13-Jul-1967 |
|
Titular head of Kibology |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
| Martin Luther |
Religion |
10-Nov-1483 |
18-Feb-1546 |
Created Protestant movement |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
Religion |
12-Jan-1917 |
5-Feb-2008 |
Transcendental meditation guru |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Sun Myung Moon |
Religion |
6-Jan-1920 |
|
Head Moonie |
| Prophet Muhammad |
Religion |
c. 570 AD |
8-Jun-632 AD |
Muslim prophet |
| Rael |
Hoaxer |
30-Sep-1946 |
|
UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Theodor Reuss |
Religion |
28-Jun-1855 |
28-Oct-1923 |
Founded the Ordo Templi Orientis |
| William E. Riker |
Religion |
1873 |
3-Dec-1969 |
Holy City cult leader |
| Sai Baba |
Religion |
23-Nov-1926 |
|
Sex-crazed avatar |
| Paul Schäfer |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1921 |
|
Colonia Dignidad cult leader |
| Joseph Smith |
Religion |
23-Dec-1805 |
27-Jun-1844 |
Founded the Mormon faith |
| Ivan Stang |
Religion |
21-Aug-1954 |
|
Church of the SubGenius |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| John Wesley |
Religion |
17-Jun-1703 |
2-Mar-1791 |
Founder of Methodism |
| Ellen G. White |
Religion |
26-Nov-1827 |
16-Jul-1915 |
Adventist seer of visions |
| Jemima Wilkinson |
Religion |
29-Nov-1752 |
1-Jul-1819 |
The Universal Friend |
| Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
| Father Yod |
Religion |
4-Jul-1922 |
25-Aug-1975 |
Founder and Deity of The Source Family |
| Malachi York-El |
Religion |
26-Jun-1945 |
|
E.T. leader of United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors |
| Zarathustra |
Religion |
c. 600 BCE |
c. 550 BCE |
Founder of Zoroastrianism |
