List of Bahá'ís
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The following list sets down the name of each member of the Bahá'í Faith
who is the subject of a Wikipedia article. For another index of individual Bahá'ís with Wikipedia articles, see :Category:Bahá'ís by nationality.
Bahá'í Faith
The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories....
who is the subject of a Wikipedia article. For another index of individual Bahá'ís with Wikipedia articles, see :Category:Bahá'ís by nationality.
Other lists
- List of Apostles of Bahá'u'lláhApostles of Bahá'u'lláhThe Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh were nineteen eminent early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. The apostles were designated as such by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, and the list was included in The Bahá'í World, Vol...
- List of the Disciples of `Abdu'l-BaháDisciples of `Abdu'l-BaháShoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, designated nineteen Western Bahá'ís as Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and 'Heralds of the Covenant':*Dr. John E. Esslemont*Thornton Chase*Howard MacNutt*Sarah Farmer*Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney*Lillian Kappes...
- List of the Hands of the Cause of God
- List of the Knights of Bahá'u'lláhKnights of Bahá'u'lláhThe title Knight of Bahá'u'lláh was given by Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, to Bahá'ís who arose to open new territories to the Faith during the Ten Year Crusade....
Family of Bahá'u'lláh
- Ásíyih KhánumÁsíyih KhánumÁsíyih Khánum was the wife of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. She is viewed by Bahá’ís as the paragon of a devoted mother and wife. She is also known by her titles of Navváb, the Most Exalted Leaf, Búyúk Khánum or Hadrat-i-Khánum. Khánum, is a title usually given to a Persian lady...
, known by her title Navváb - Bahiyyih KhánumBahiyyih KhánumBahíyyih Khánum the only daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum. She was born in 1846 with the given name Fatimih Sultan, and was entitled "Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá" or "Greatest Holy Leaf"...
- Mírzá MihdíMírzá MihdíMírzá Mihdí , given the title Ghusn-i-Athar . Mírzá Mihdí was born Mihdí Núrí in Tehran, and named after a deceased brother of his father.-Biography:...
- Shoghi EffendiShoghi EffendiShoghí Effendí Rabbání , better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957...
Royalty
- King Malietoa Tanumafili II of SamoaMalietoa Tanumafili II of SamoaMalietoa Tanumafili II, GCMG, CBE, was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or O le Ao o le Malo, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007. He was co-chief of state in 1962 and became the sole head of state on 15 April 1963...
- Queen Marie of RomaniaMarie of EdinburghMarie of Romania was Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927, as the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania.-Early life:...
Bands
- Common MarketCommon Market (band)Common Market is a hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington with members RA Scion and DJ/Producer Sabzi. The two members were individually active hip hop artists in the Pacific Northwest since 2002, but collectively combined their talents in 2005 to form Common Market.Sabzi started his career as...
- hip hop duo from the American Pacific Northwest - Seals and CroftsSeals and CroftsSeals and Crofts is a band made up of Jim Seals and Dash Crofts . The soft rock duo was one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s. They are best known for their hits "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl"...
- American soft rock duo in the early 1970s - Hidden Words - band consisting of Alden PennerAlden PennerAlden Penner is a Canadian musician, founder and member of several indie pop bands. Penner is also a producer.Penner is additionally known in the indie music community as the founder and sometimes, owner of indie record labels in addition to producing and sometimes performing on the albums of the...
, Jamie ThompsonJamie ThompsonJamie Thompson is a Canadian musician who has been the drummer for several Canadian bands, including Islands, and Th' Corn Gangg. Jamie joined The Unicorns in 2003 for the release of the band's first major album, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?...
, Eric Farr, James Farr, Neah Kelly, and Marie-Claire Saindon
Musicians
- Dizzy GillespieDizzy GillespieJohn Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...
- American jazz trumpeter - Khalil FongKhalil FongKhalil Fong was born on 14 July 1983. He is an American born, Hong Kong-based soul Mandopop singer-songwriter signed to the Warner Music Hong Kong.-Biography:...
- soul singer and songwriter from Hong Kong. - Flora PurimFlora PurimFlora Purim is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Chick Corea's landmark album Return to Forever...
- Brazilian American jazz singer - KC Porter - American multi-grammy winning producer
- Buffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-Marie, OC is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes...
- Academy Award-winning Canadian musician/composer - Russell GarciaRussell Garcia (composer)Russell Garcia, QSM was a composer and arranger who wrote a wide variety of music for screen, stage and broadcast....
- motion picture composer - Mike LongoMike LongoMichael Josef "Mike" Longo is a jazz pianist, composer, and author. He is most known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie.-Early life:...
- American jazz pianist - Dan SealsDan SealsDanny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including...
- American musician, of England Dan and John Ford Coley - Tierney SuttonTierney SuttonTierney Sutton is an American jazz singer.A three-time Grammy Nominee for "Best Jazz Vocal Album" and "a selection by Jazzweek as Vocalist of the Year in 2005," Sutton was born in Wisconsin and was educated at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut and the Berklee College of Music in...
- American jazz singer - James MoodyJames Moody (saxophonist)James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player. He was best known for his hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisation based on "I'm in the Mood for Love"; in performance, he often improvised vocals for the tune.-Biography:James Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia...
- American jazz saxophone and flute player - Jeff and Maya Kaathryn BohnhoffMaya Kaathryn BohnhoffMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff is a versatile author and performer, best known for her science fiction and fantasy works...
- folk music performers - Vic DamoneVic DamoneVic Damone is an American singer and entertainer.- Early life :Damone was born Vito Rocco Farinola in Brooklyn, New York to French-Italian immigrants based in Bari, Italy—Rocco and Mamie Farinola. His father was an electrician; and his mother taught piano. His cousin was the actress and singer...
- American singer and entertainer - Jack LenzJack LenzJack Lenz is a Canadian Bahá'í composer. He has written, performed, and produced music for film, television, and theatre, along with working on non-soundtrack album ventures. He is also the founder of Live Unity Enterprises, an organization devoted to the production of music for the Bahá'í...
- Canadian composer - Larry Robinson - songwriter and member of The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove BandThe Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove BandThe Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band, sometimes known as Mooseheart Faith, is a Los Angeles based rock band blending 1960s folk rock and psychedelia, 1970s space rock and progressive rockand a variety of influences from world music and jazz...
- Cindy BlackmanCindy BlackmanCindy Blackman is an American jazz and rock drummer. Blackman is best-known for recording and touring with Lenny Kravitz...
- American jazz and rock drummer - Tom PriceTom Price (musician)Tom Price, , is an American songwriter, conductor, and musical director best known for his work in choral and orchestral music.-Biography:...
- Conductor, composer and producer - Rachael PriceRachael PriceRachael Price is a jazz vocalist from Hendersonville, Tennessee. She is a graduate in Jazz Studies at the New England Conservatory in Massachusetts...
- Jazz vocalist - Red GrammerRed GrammerRed Grammer is a singer and songwriter. He is best known for his music for the children. His music teaches human values including truthfulness, responsibility, kindness and fairness...
- American singer-songwriter best known for children's music - Andy GrammerAndy GrammerAndy Grammer is an American singer-songwriter signed to Steve Greenberg's S-Curve Records. His debut album, Andy Grammer, was officially released on June 14, 2011.-Biography:...
- American singer-songwriter - Anousheh KhaliliAnousheh KhaliliAnousheh Khalili , born 1983, is an Iranian-American singer-songwriter. She is known for providing vocal talent and appearing in the videos for Deep Dish's "Flashdance" and "Say Hello," the latter of which was nominated for a Grammy in 2006 in the Best Dance Recording category.She recorded her...
- Iranian-American singer, pianist and songwriter.
Filmmakers
- Clark Donnelly, producer, Little Mosque on the PrairieLittle Mosque on the PrairieLittle Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...
- Mark BamfordMark BamfordMark Bamford was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised mostly in New York. He graduated from New York University in 1989 with a double major in French Literature and Linguistics and a minor in Anthropology...
, writer, director (Cape of Good HopeCape of Good HopeThe Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.There is a misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, because it was once believed to be the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In fact, the...
) - Mithaq KazimiMithaq KazimiMithaq Kazimi is a film director and producer, mostly known for his documentary film 16 Days in Afghanistan and founding member of Dawn Breakers International Film Festival...
, director, producer (16 Days in Afghanistan16 Days in Afghanistan16 Days in Afghanistan is a groundbreaking documentary about the journey of Afghan-American Anwar Hajher traveling to his homeland Afghanistan after 25 years to rediscover his country. The film is produced by Mithaq Kazimi and is the first documentary since the fall of Taliban to be shot in those...
) - Mary Darling, producer Little Mosque on the PrairieLittle Mosque on the PrairieLittle Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...
- Troy Allen Dyer, producer and film financier (Feed The Fish)
Actors
- Anthony AziziAnthony AziziAnthony Azizi is an American television actor.Born in New York City of Iranian descent, Azizi is mainly known for his television work. He has had recurring roles on 24 as terrorist Mamud Faheen , on 24 as Rafique and on Commander in Chief as presidential aide Vince Taylor...
(24) - Justin BaldoniJustin BaldoniJustin Louis Baldoni is an American actor. Baldoni has acted in films such as Wedding Daze and in the television series Everwood and Heroes.-Background:...
(Everwood) - Earl CameronEarl Cameron (actor)Earl Cameron, CBE is a Bermudian actor. He is known as one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in the United Kingdom, along with Cy Grant...
(Thunderball, The Interpreter) - Omid DjaliliOmid DjaliliOmid Djalili is a British Iranian stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer.-Personal life:Djalili was born in Chelsea, London to Iranian Bahá'í parents and is a Bahá'í himself...
- British comedian and actor - Eva LaRueEva LaRueEva Maria LaRue is an American model and actress. She is best known as Doctor Maria Santos on All My Children, and is now a cast regular on CSI: Miami, portraying Detective Natalia Boa Vista of the Miami-Dade Police Department.-Early life:LaRue was born Eva Maria LaRuy in Long Beach, California to...
(All My Children, CSI: Miami) - Barbara HaleBarbara HaleBarbara Hale is an American actress best known for her role as legal secretary Della Street on more than 250 episodes of the long-running Perry Mason television series and later reprising the role in dozens of made-for-TV movies....
- Emmy Award winner (Perry Mason) - Carole LombardCarole LombardCarole Lombard was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s...
- ranked 23rd greatest American female screen legend, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - Inder ManochaInder Manocha-Early life:Born in London to Indian parents, Manocha read Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford University and worked in international relations and as a therapist before deciding to work professionally in comedy and acting in 2001...
- British Asian stand-up comedian and actor - Alex RoccoAlex RoccoAlex Rocco is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies.-Early life:...
- Emmy Award winner (The Famous Teddy Z, The Godfather, The Wedding Planner) - Valeska SurrattValeska SurrattValeska Suratt was an American stage and silent film actress.-Early life:Born in Owensville, Indiana, she moved with her family to Terre Haute when she was six years old. In 1913 Suratt became noted for the New York Casino musical success, The Kiss Waltz...
- silent film actress - Rainn WilsonRainn WilsonRainn Dietrich Wilson is an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known for his role as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office...
(The Office, Six Feet Under...) - Lois HallLois Hall-Biography:Hall was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the daughter of Lois Grace , a teacher, and Ralph Stewart Hall, a businessman and inventor...
- American movie and television actress - Lloyd HaynesLloyd HaynesSamuel Lloyd Haynes was an African-American actor and television writer. Haynes was a member of the Bahá'í Faith.Haynes served in the Marines from 1952–1964 and during the Korean War...
- African-American actor and television writer. - Melissa OrdwayMelissa OrdwayMelissa Ordway is an American actress and model. She has modeled in many campaigns and acted in such films as 17 Again and on television in Privileged.-Background:...
, American actress - Pardis ParkerPardis ParkerPardis Parker is an award-winning director, writer, actor, and comedian.-Early life:Pardis Parker was born to an Iranian father and Sri Lankan mother in Kandy, Sri Lanka, and grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
, Canadian comedian - Rehana SultanRehana SultanRehana Sultan, is an Indian film actress best known for her debut role in the 1970 acclaimed film Dastak which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress...
, Indian Actress
Architects
- Hossein AmanatHossein AmanatHossein Amanat is an Iranian-Canadian architect. He is best known for being the architect of the Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, and the Bahá'í Arc buildings in Haifa, Israel. He is a Bahá'í.- Practice :...
(Azadi Tower, buildings of the Bahá'í Arc, House of Worship of Samoa) - Fariborz SahbaFariborz SahbaFariborz Sahba is an Iranian Bahá'í architect, now living in Canada.-Career:He has a Masters degree from Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran...
(Lotus Temple, terrace gardens of Haifa) - Louis BourgeoisLouis Bourgeois (architect)Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois was a Canadian architect who is best known as the designer of the Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, USA....
(House of Worship of Wilmette)
Writers
- Burl BarerBurl BarerBurl Barer is an American author and literary historian. He is best known for his fiction and non-fiction writings about the character Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint".-The Saint:...
- true crime genre specializing, author of The Saint, as well as Bahá'í oriented articles. - Maya Kaathryn BohnhoffMaya Kaathryn BohnhoffMaya Kaathryn Bohnhoff is a versatile author and performer, best known for her science fiction and fantasy works...
- fantasy and science fiction author in short story and longer formats - André BrugirouxAndré BrugirouxAndré Antoine Brugiroux is a French traveller and author who, between 1955 and 2005, visited every country and territory in the world, the last being Mustang. He was named "greatest living traveller on earth" in 2007 in 's list of Viajeros notables contemporaneous...
, traveller and author - Barry CrumpBarry CrumpBarry John Crump MBE was a New Zealand author of semi-autobiographical comic novels based on his image as a rugged outdoors man...
- New Zealand comic author - Robert HaydenRobert HaydenRobert Hayden was an American poet, essayist, educator. He was appointed Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1976.-Biography:...
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976–1978 - Alain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy LockeAlain LeRoy Locke was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance"...
- books on poetry, race-awareness and research in various arts - Guy MurchieGuy MurchieGuy Murchie , the son of Ethel A. and Guy Murchie Sr., was a Chicago Tribune photographer, staff artist and reporter, who had served as a war correspondent in England and Iceland from 1940 to 1942. He was briefly married to Barbara Cooney , with whom he shared two children...
- philosopher, scientific writer, aviator - Arvid NelsonArvid NelsonArvid Nelson is an American comic book writer, best known for Rex Mundi.-Biography:Nelson started writing comics while at Dartmouth College, where he also converted to the Baha'i Faith...
- comic book writer, creator of Rex Mundi. - Wellesley Tudor PoleWellesley Tudor PoleMajor Wellesley Tudor Pole O.B.E. was a spiritualist and early British Bahá'í.He authored many pamphlets and books and was a lifelong pursuer of religious and mystical questions and visions, being particularly involved with spiritualism and the Bahá'í Faith as well as the quest for the Holy Grail...
- British writer - Gholamreza RouhaniGholamreza RouhaniSayyed Gholamreza Rouhani alias Ajjeneh was a humorous poet...
, poet and satirist - Nayyer Sina, poet and Songwriter
- Adib TaherzadehAdib TaherzadehAdib Taherzadeh served as a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith, between 1988 and 2000.-Biography:...
- literary historian of Baha'i sacred texts - William S. HatcherWilliam S. HatcherWilliam S. Hatcher was a mathematician, philosopher, educator and a member of the Bahá'í Faith. He held a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee...
- mathematician, philosopher, educator - William SearsWilliam Sears (Bahá'í)William Sears was a Hand of the Cause of God, writer and a popular television and radio personality. In 2010, he was honored at the Dawn Breakers International Film Festival for achieving excellence as a professional media personality.-Personal life:Sears was married twice and had two children...
, author of multiple books - Holiday ReinhornHoliday ReinhornHoliday Reinhorn is an American fiction writer known for her short stories.She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the author of Big Cats, published by Free Press in 2005...
, writer
Other artists
- Bernard LeachBernard LeachBernard Howell Leach, CBE, CH , was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery"-Biography:...
- potter - Mishkín-QalamMishkín-QalamMírzá Ḥusayn-i-Isfahání surnamed Mishkín-Qalam , was a prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia...
- Calligrapher - Tom MoreyTom MoreyTom Morey also known by the moniker "Y" is a musician, engineer, and surfer responsible for several technological innovations that have heavily influenced modern developments in surfing equipment design....
- Musician and inventor of the bodyboard. Founder and namesake for the Morey Boogie bodyboard company - Mark TobeyMark TobeyMark George Tobey was an American abstract expressionist painter, born in Centerville, Wisconsin. Widely recognized throughout the United States and Europe, Tobey is the most noted among the "mystical painters of the Northwest." Senior in age and experience, Tobey had a strong influence on the...
- painter - Fayard NicholasNicholas BrothersThe Nicholas Brothers were a famous African American team of dancing brothers, Fayard and Harold . With their highly acrobatic technique , high level of artistry and daring innovations, they were considered by many the greatest tap dancers of their day...
- American dancer and one half of the Nicholas Brothers - Hussein BikarHussein BikarHussein Amin Bikar , is one of the most famous Egyptian portrait painters. His career, however, spanned a number of disciplines, notably caricature, teaching, journalism and art criticism....
- Egyptian painter - Anis MojganiAnis MojganiAnis Mojgani is a spoken word poet, visual artist and musician based in Portland, Oregon.Mojgani has been characterized as a "geek genius" with "fiercely hopeful word arias"...
- spoken word poet - Gwen WakelingGwen WakelingCostume designer Gwen Wakeling was a personal favourite of Cecil B. DeMille...
- Academy Award winning Hollywood costume designer
Athletes
- Nelson ÉvoraNelson ÉvoraNelson Évora is a Portuguese athlete, of Cape Verdean descent, who specializes in the triple jump and long jump. He is the current triple jump olympic and former world champion. Évora currently competes for Portuguese sports club S.L. Benfica...
- Portuguese Olympic Gold Medal (Beijing, 2008) and Gold Medal recipient for the 2007 Athletics World Championship in Osaka, Japan in Triple Jump - Cathy FreemanCathy FreemanCatherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...
- Olympic gold medal-winning runner - Khalil GreeneKhalil GreeneKhalil Thabit Greene is a Major League Baseball shortstop who is currently a free agent. He bats and throws right-handed.-High school and college:...
- Shortstop for the Texas Rangers - Miles Kasiri - Finalist in the 2004 Wimbledon Tennis Junior Championship, native of the UK.
- Armein D. Kirkland - Collegiate basketball player for University of Cincinnati 2002-2006
- David KrummenackerDavid Krummenacker' is a professional track athlete.- Background :Krummenacker graduated from Las Cruces High School in New Mexico in 1993 where he won several state track titles and also played on the basketball team....
- Track & Field World Champion in 800m in 2003, NCAA Champion (Georgia Tech) 1997, 1998. - Luke McPharlinLuke McPharlinLuke McPharlin is an Australian rules football player for the Fremantle Football Club. McPharlin was educated at Christ Church Grammar School, graduating in 1999. McPharlin is both a key back and a key forward....
- Australian footballer for the Fremantle Dockers - David F. Nti-Berko - Track & Field All-American Triple Jumper for the University of Alabama (1995), native of Ghana
- William Smith - Collegiate football player at Wake Forest University (1964), pioneer in integration in college athletics
Educators
- Ali Murad DavudiAli Murad DavudiDr Ali Murad Davudi was an Iranian Bahá'í who was a member of the national governing body of the Bahá'ís in Iran. He was a professor at Tehran University in the philosophy department...
- Tehran University professor who disappeared in 1979 - Donna DenizéDonna DenizéDonna Denizé is an American poet and award-winning teacher at St. Albans School, located in Washington, D.C. Ms. Denize is currently Chairwoman of the English Department...
- American poet and award-winning teacher - Auguste-Henri ForelAuguste-Henri ForelAuguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory...
- Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist - Phoebe HearstPhoebe HearstPhoebe Apperson Hearst was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. She was also the mother of William Randolph Hearst.-Biography:...
- first woman Regent of the University of California - Joseph Watson - Professor of Modern Irish at University College Dublin
Others
- Dorothy Wright NelsonDorothy Wright Nelson-Biography:Born in San Pedro, California, Nelson received an A.B. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1950, a J.D. from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1953, and an LL.M. from the University of Southern California Law School in 1956. She was a Research...
- Senior Judge on the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; former dean, University of Southern California Gould School of Law. - Richard St. Barbe BakerRichard St. Barbe BakerRichard St. Barbe Baker was an English forester, environmental activist and author, who contributed greatly to worldwide reforestation efforts. As a leader, he founded an organization, still active today, whose many chapters carry out reforestation internationally.-Early years:He was born in...
- English environmentalist - Lady BlomfieldLady BlomfieldLady Sara Louisa Blomfield was a distinguished early member of the Bahá'í Faith in the British Isles, and a supporter of the rights of children and women....
- early Irish-British Bahá'í - Dr Frederick D'Evelyn - first Irish born Bahá'í
- David Kelly - former employee of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Layli Miller-MuroLayli Miller-MuroLayli Miller-Muro is the Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting women from human rights abuses through the provision of legal aid and public policy advocacy...
- Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center - Lidia ZamenhofLidia ZamenhofLidia Zamenhof was the youngest daughter of Ludwig Zamenhof, the creator of the international auxiliary language, Esperanto. She was born 29 January 1904 in Warsaw, then in the Russian Empire...
- daughter of Dr. Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto - Dhabihu'llah MahramiDhabihu'llah MahramiDhabihu'llah Mahrami was an Iranian Bahá'í who was charged with apostasy from Islam and jailed in Iran. After 10 years in prison he was found dead in his cell.-Discrimination toward Bahá'ís:...
wrongfully accused Iranian Bahá'i, found dead in his cell in 2005 - Robert Sengstacke AbbottRobert Sengstacke AbbottRobert Sengstacke Abbott was an African American lawyer and newspaper publisher.-Biography:Born on November 24, 1870 in St. Island, Georgia to former slave parents. Abbott was still a baby when his father, Thomas Abbott, died...
an African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
lawyer and newspaper publisher, one of the first self-made African American millionaires of the United States. - Zhang XinZhang Xin (businesswoman)Zhang Xin is a businesswoman from Mainland China. Presently, she is the CEO of SOHO China, the largest real estate developer in Beijing.Her parents returned to China from Burma in the fifties and worked as translators at the Bureau of Foreign Languages...
and Pan ShiyiPan ShiyiPan Shiyi is a wealthy businessman from Mainland China. Presently, he is the Chairman of SOHO China, the largest real estate developer in Beijing. He co-founded SOHO China with his wife Zhang Xin in 1995. The couple was described by The Times of London as 'China’s most visible and flamboyant...
- Chinese business couple