Farrakhan, Louis (The Bronx)
Head of the Nation of Islam, 1978-
Famous Religious Figures from United States
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Fox Sisters, The
The toe-cracking teens who claimed to be spiritualists -
Held Evans, Rachel (Montgomery)
The LGBT-friendly Christian blogger who died tragically at 37 -
Hubbard, L. Ron (Tilden)
Sci-fi author and founder of Scientology -
Jones, Jim (Crete)
Christian preacher who led 908 followers to their deaths -
Koresh, David (Houston)
Founder of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas -
Muhammad, Elijah (Sandersville)
Nation of Islam leader, 1934-1975 -
Murray, Pauli (Baltimore)
The Civil Rights Era hero who became an Episcopalian priest -
O'Malley, Seán Patrick (Lakewood)
Archibishop of Boston, 2003-present -
Russell, Charles T. (Allegheny )
Founder of the Watchtower Society -
Smith, Joseph (Sharon)
Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -
White, Ellen G. (Gorham)
Seventh-Day Adventist visionary and writer -
X, Malcolm (Omaha)
Assassinated leader of the 1960s black power movement -
Young, Brigham (Whitingham)
Early Mormon leader