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)...
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 -...
William James – One of the founders of Functional psychology
William James
(January 11, 1842, New York City, New York, USA - August 26, 1910, Chokorua, New Hampshire) (aged 68)
Nationality: United States of America
Category:...
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,...
Anaximander – Founder of Cosmology and Hylozoism
Anaximander
Anaximander of Miletos
(610/609 BC Miletus, Asia Minor (Now Balat, Turkey) -546/540 BC, Miletus, Asia Minor)
Nationality: Greece
Category: Votaries оf Spirit
Occupation: Milesian school, Philosophers
Unique distinction:...
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,...
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...
Confucius – Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Confucianism
Confucius
Kong Qiu , Kongzi, Kong Fuzi Kong Fuzi
(September 28, 551 B.C. Lu, (now Shandong province) China - 479 B.C. Lu, China) Qufu, Zhou...
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:...
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)...
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,...
Jesus Christ – Founder of Christianity
Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, ( In Greek: Χρίστος translit. Christós - anointed, messiah)
(c.1 or 6-4 BC, Bethlehem, Judea – 30/33 AD, Jerusalem, Calvary or Golgotha Judea,...