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Founders of Religions

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Mary Baker Eddy (1821 - 1910)
Mary Baker Eddy was an influential American author, teacher, and religious leader, noted for her ideas about spirituality and health, which she named "Christian Science", not to be confused with either...
John Wesley, "The Methodist Co-Founder" (1703 - 1791)
Wesley (/ˈwɛsli/; 28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. Th...
Gerald Gardner (1884 - 1964)
Brosseau Gardner (1884–1964), also known by the craft name Scire, was an English Wiccan, as well as an author and an amateur anthropologist and archaeologist. He was instrumental in bringing the Contem...
Zarathustra, Founder Zoroaster Isme زرتشت‎ (c.-628 - -583)
Wikipedia: Zoroaster. Prophet Zoroaster from Medes. Zoroaster / Zarathustra (/ˌzɑrəˈθuːstrə/; Avestan: Zaraϑuštra; Persian: زرتشت‎ Zartosht, زردشت Zardosht), was the founder of Zoroastrianism. Though h...
Pharnabazus I, king of Iberia (c.-326 - -234)
There is no contemporary source for his ancestry. His father is said to have been a Georgian prince (the brother of Samara ), and his mother was a Persian woman whom Prince Teimuraz of Georgia and Patr...