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List of Religious Founders (Founders of Religions) (Including Cometan, Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha Etc.)

The majority of religions have clear founders, those who worked and in most cases died to start a religion that would continue on beyond their own life. From modern examples like Cometan to ancient ones like Jesus and the Buddha, this page provides you a list of religious founders throughout history.
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Jesus
Jesus
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Cometan
Cometan
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Akhenaten
Akhenaten
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Zoroaster
Zoroaster
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Parshvanatha
Parshvanatha
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Mahavira
Mahavira
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Buddha
Buddha
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Confucius
Confucius
9
Muhammad
Muhammad
10
Pythagoras
Pythagoras
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Epicurus
Epicurus
12
Mozi
Mozi
13
Ezra
Ezra
14
Zeno of Citium
Zeno of Citium
15
Paul the Apostle
Paul the Apostle
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Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
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Plotinus
Plotinus
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Plato
Plato
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Mani
Mani
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Arius
Arius
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Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe
23
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
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Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
25
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
27
John Calvin
John Calvin
28
John Knox
John Knox
29
George Fox
George Fox
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John Wesley
John Wesley
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Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
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Bahá'u'lláh (Acre, Israel)
Bahá'u'lláh (Acre, Israel)
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Shrine of the Báb, Haifa, Israel
Shrine of the Báb, Haifa, Israel
34
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
35
Ellen G.White
Ellen G.White
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Helena Blavatsky
Helena Blavatsky
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