List of Bahá'ís
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Shoghi Effendi |
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Following is a list of members of the Bahá'í Faith who are in some way prominent.
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[edit] Central Figures
[edit] Other lists
- List of Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
- List of the Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá
- List of the Hands of the Cause of God
- List of the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh
[edit] Family of Bahá'u'lláh
- Ásíyih Khánum, known by her title: Navváb
- Bahiyyih Khánum
- Mírzá Mihdí
- Shoghi Effendi
[edit] Royalty
[edit] Artists
[edit] Musicians
- Common Market - a hip hop duo in the Pacific Northwest.
- Seals and Crofts - a popular American soft rock duo in the early 1970s, artists Dash Crofts and Jim Seals.
- The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band - a Los Angeles based rock band in the 1970s.
- Russell Garcia - a motion picture composer.
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Mike Longo
- Khalil Fong
- Anoushiravan Rohani
- Dan Seals
- Tierney Sutton
- James Moody (Saxophonist)
- Jeff and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff - filk music
[edit] Actors
- Justin Baldoni
- Earl Cameron
- Omid Djalili, British comedian and actor
- Eva LaRue
- Barbara Hale, portrayed Della Street on Perry Mason.
- Carole Lombard
- Alex Rocco
- Valeska Surratt, silent film actress
- Rainn Wilson
[edit] Architects
[edit] Writers
- Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl - philosophical and religious books
- Gholamreza Rouhani - Iranian Poet and Writer
- Burl Barer - true crime genre specializing in Simon Templar aka The Saint, as well as Bahá'í oriented articles.
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff - fantasy and scifi author in short story and longer formats (as well as filk music)
- Barry Crump - New Zealand author comic novels
- John Esslemont - author of perhaps the most well known introduction of the Bahá'í Faith
- Robert Hayden - Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 - 1978
- Alain LeRoy Locke - books on poetry, race-awareness and research in various arts
- Guy Murchie - philosopher, scientific writer, aviator. Author of "The Seven Mysteries of Life" and "Music of the Spheres."
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani - academic and fictional books
- TK Ralya - Teen as well as standard fiction
- William Sears - a variety of religious books
- George Townshend - religious and historical books
- Joseph Sheppherd - academic and fictional books
See also Bahá'í Faith in fiction
[edit] Other artists
- Bernard Leach - Potter
- Mishkín-Qalam - Calligrapher
- Tom Morey - Inventor of the Boogie Board
- Mark Tobey - Painter
[edit] Athletes
- Luke McPharlin - Australian Footballer for the Fremantle Dockers
- Khalil Greene - Shortstop for the San Diego Padres
[edit] Educators
- Donna Denizé - American poet and award-winning teacher
- Phoebe Hearst - first woman Regent of the University of California
- Joseph Watson - Professor of Modern Irish at University College Dublin
[edit] Others
- Richard St. Barbe Baker - English environmentalist
- Dr Frederick D'Evelyn - First Irish born Baha'i
- Auguste-Henri Forel - Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist
- David Kelly - Employee of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Heman Marion Sweatt - law student who paved way for Brown vs. Board of Education
- Layli Miller-Muro - the Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center
- Lidia Zamenhof - daughter of Dr. Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto
