Zoroaster – Founder of Zoroastrianism
Zoroaster
Zoroaster (Latinized from Greek variants), Zarathushtra (as he is called in the Avesta), Zartosht (Persian)
(c. 628 probably Rhages, Persia (now Iran) - c.551 BC)...
Joan of Arc – National Heroine of France
Joan Of Arc, Joan of Lorraine, the Maid of Orleans. Patron Saint and national heroine of France. Femail military leaderand a Catholic saint.
Thales – First Greek and Western philosopher and scientist
Thales
Thales of Miletos
(625/624 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor (Now Balat, Turkey) - 546/545 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Philosophers
Unique distinction: First Greek and...
Herbert Spencer – Founder of Social Darwinism and Synthetic Philosophy
Herbert Spencer
(27 April 1820, Derby, Derbyshire, England - 8 December 1903, Brighton, Sussex, England) (aged 83)
Nationality: United Kingdom
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Sociologists, Philosophers, Psychologists
Specification: Associative psychology
Unique...
Buddha – The Founder of Buddhism
Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha, The Buddha (Enlightened one), Tathagata (He who has come thus)
(563 BC, Lumbini near Kapilavastu (now Nepal), India - 483 BC, Kushinagar,...
Moses – Prophet, founder and Lawgiver of Israel
Moses
Moshe (Hebrew name means "The one who draws out" or “child”),
Moshe Rabbeinu ("Moses our Teacher"), Mūsa (Arabic)
( c. 1392 BC, Goshen, Egypt -...
Gustav Fechner – Founder of psychophysics
Gustav Fechner
Gustav Theodor Fechner
(April 19, 1801, Groß Särchen, near Muskau, Lower Lusatia, (now Żarki Wielkie in commune Trzebiel, Poland) - November 28, 1887, Leipzig,...
Wilhelm von Humboldt – One of the Founders of Linguistics
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt
(22 January 1767, Potsdam, Prussia, Germany - 8 April 1835, Tegel, near Berlin, Germany)
Nationality: Germany
Category:...
Rudolf Hermann Lotze – German philosopher, psychologist and physiologist
Hermann Lotze
Rudolf Hermann Lotze
(21 May 1817, Bautzen, Germany -1 July 1881, Berlin)
Nationality: Germany
Category: Scientists
Occupation: Psychologists, Physiologists, Philosophers, Physicians
Specification: Empirical philosophy, Idealistic Monism.
Unique distinction: Founder of the metaphysical...
Martin Luther King – World Human Rights Icon
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr
(January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, United States - April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, United States) (assassination by gunshot)...
Mother Teresa – Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Mother Teresa
Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
(26/27 August 1910, Üsküb, Ottoman Empire (now Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) -5 September 1997, Calcutta, India) (aged 87)
Nationality: India
Category: Votaries...
Laozi – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Taoism
Laozi
Lao-Tsu, Lao-tse, Laotze, Laocius
(6th century BC - According to Chinese tradition) (4th century BС - Another version)
Nationality: China
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Spiritual teachers,...