Home›Religious Founders, Prophets & Reformers›Nationality›United StatesBrowse ByUnited StatesThis page groups historical figures by nationality, the country or people they are identified with. Wikipedia defines nationality as "the legal status of belonging to a particular nation," though for figures who lived before modern states existed the atlas records the closest historical equivalent. Browsing this way lets a visitor see every notable figure from one country or region gathered together.FactsUnited StatesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1United StatesFilter Results49 entriesGenderAllFemale (15)Male (31)TraditionAllChristianity (4)Goddess Movement (1)Latter Day Saint Movement (3)New Thought (7)HistoricityAllHistorically attested (49)Member OfAllChristian Broadcasting Network (1)PTL Club (2)Trinity Broadcasting Network (2)In GroupAllEast Asian New Religion Founders (1)Latter Day Saint Movement Founders (4)Native American and Indigenous Tradition Founders (5)Neopagan and Wiccan Founders (2)New Age, Esoteric and Theosophical Founders (18)Protestant and Evangelical Founders (11)Syncretic and New Religious Movement Founders (6)Revered InAllChristianity (9)Manner Of DeathAllAssassinated (1)Died of natural causes (4)Disputed (1)Office HeldAllFirst President of the Theosophical Society, 1875 to 1907 (1)Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (1)Senior pastor, Angelus Temple, Los Angeles (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 49Aimee Semple McPhersonUnited StatesAnton LaVeyUnited StatesBlack ElkUnited StatesBobby HendersonUnited StatesBrigham YoungUnited StatesCharles FillmoreUnited StatesCharles Harrison MasonUnited StatesCharles MansonUnited StatesCharles Taze RussellUnited StatesChristina GrofUnited StatesDon Richard RisoUnited StatesEllen G. WhiteUnited StatesEmma Curtis HopkinsUnited StatesEmma Hale SmithUnited StatesErnest HolmesUnited StatesGreg Hill (Malaclypse the Younger)United StatesHal LindseyUnited StatesHandsome LakeUnited StatesHarold CampingUnited StatesHawayo TakataUnited StatesHelen SchucmanUnited StatesHenry Steel OlcottUnited StatesJim BakkerUnited StatesJon Kabat-ZinnUnited StatesJoseph Franklin RutherfordUnited StatesJoseph SmithUnited StatesJulia SetonUnited StatesKenekukUnited StatesKerry Thornley (Lord Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst)United StatesMalinda CramerUnited StatesMark HofmannUnited StatesMary Baker EddyUnited StatesMichael AquinoUnited StatesMichael HarnerUnited StatesMyrtle FillmoreUnited StatesNona L. BrooksUnited StatesOral RobertsUnited StatesOscar IchazoUnited StatesPat RobertsonUnited StatesPaul TwitchellUnited StatesPhineas Parkhurst QuimbyUnited StatesRichard AllenUnited StatesSmohallaUnited StatesStarhawkUnited StatesTammy Faye MessnerUnited StatesWilliam MillerUnited StatesWilliam Quan JudgeUnited StatesWodziwobUnited StatesZsuzsanna BudapestUnited StatesConnectionsAssociated WithAfrica, Continents Well-attested This source names Africa directly: "founders of colonial and postcolonial Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Americas, Continents Well-attested This source names Americas directly: "Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, and the twentieth century's new religious movements."Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Wikipedia: Comparative religiontier 2WikipediaComparative religion, opening definitionQuote, Comparative religion, opening definitionComparative religion is the branch of religious studies that systematically compares the doctrines, practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the worlds religions.View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.