Most Famous Religious figures in the World
There are 7,999 notable religious figures in the dataset, with the most coming from France and Italy. Pope John Paul II holds the top rank. Based on a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 notable people throughout history.
Category All
Citizenship All
PJ
Pope John Paul II Polish Priest 1920 – 2005
#
91
M
Muhammad Saudi Arabian Prophet 570 – 632
#
152
MT
Mother Teresa Serbian Nun 1910 – 1997
#
175
PB
Pope Benedict XVI German Priest Born 1927
#
191
J
Jesus Palestinian Preacher -4 – 30
#
205
FO
Francis of Assisi Italian Religious 1182 – 1226
#
211
1D
14th Dalai Lama Chinese Bhikkhu Born 1935
#
252
PT
Paul the Apostle Roman Apostle 5 – 67
#
278
PF
Pope Francis Argentine Church Born 1936
#
295
JO
Joan of Arc French Kirche 1410 – 1431
#
304
PP
Pope Paul VI Italian Priest 1897 – 1978
#
611
SV
Swami Vivekananda Indian Monk 1863 – 1902
#
638
HO
Hildegard of Bingen German Benedictine 1098 – 1179
#
707
PJ
Pope John XXIII Italian Priest 1881 – 1963
#
714
PA
Pope Alexander VI Spanish Priest 1431 – 1503
#
738
PJ
Pope John Paul I Italian Priest 1912 – 1978
#
819
RK
Ruhollah Khomeini Iranian Marja 1902 – 1989
#
855
JS
Joseph Smith American Prophet 1805 – 1844
#
880
GR
Grigori Rasputin Russian Mystic 1869 – 1916
#
919
M(
Mary (Mother of Jesus) Judean Jesus Born ?
#
930