Most Famous American Religious figures
United States has produced 364 notable religious figures throughout history, led by Joseph Smith. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
JS
Joseph Smith American Prophet 1805 – 1844
#
880
BG
Billy Graham American Evangelist 1918 – 2018
#
1,535
BY
Brigham Young American Religious 1801 – 1877
#
3,769
MM
Menachem Mendel Schneerson American Rabbi 1902 – 1994
#
9,052
JJ
Jim Jones American Religious 1931 – 1978
#
9,059
KT
Kateri Tekakwitha American Saint 1656 – 1680
#
10,352
JF
Joseph Franklin Rutherford American Bible 1869 – 1942
#
10,560
JF
Jerry Falwell American Preacher 1933 – 2007
#
11,674
FJ
Fulton J. Sheen American Bishop 1895 – 1979
#
11,838
DL
Dwight L. Moody American Evangelist 1837 – 1899
#
16,569
FS
Francis Spellman American Priest 1889 – 1967
#
19,426
WM
William M. Branham American Preacher 1909 – 1965
#
21,215
JN
John Neumann American Priest 1811 – 1860
#
26,309
AD
Avery Dulles American Jesuit 1918 – 2008
#
27,694
NV
Nikolaj Velimirović American Bishop 1880 – 1956
#
30,206
ES
Emma Smith American Saint 1804 – 1879
#
33,899
DO
David O. McKay American Religious 1873 – 1970
#
36,101
ML
Martin Luther King Sr. American Pastor 1899 – 1984
#
36,469
TH
Ted Haggard American Pastor Born 1956
#
36,841
WJ
William J. Seymour American Preacher 1870 – 1922
#
38,252