Home›Religious Founders, Prophets & Reformers›Veneration Status›Historically Significant but Not VeneratedBrowse ByHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedThis page groups historical figures by how actively they are venerated today, from figures with a living feast day and shrine to ones remembered only in scholarship. Many traditions formalize this status through a process such as canonization, which Wikipedia defines as "the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint." Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a figure with ongoing devotion apart from one preserved only in historical record.FactsHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary Academic DisciplineWell-attestedComparative Religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHistorical Figures 1Historically Significant but Not VeneratedFilter Results68 entriesTraditionAllAztec Religion (1)Buddhism (1)Cao Đài (1)Christianity (16)Eckankar (1)Goddess Movement (1)Haitian Vodou (1)Haudenosaunee Longhouse Religion (1)Hinduism (3)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Modern Satanism (1)Native American Religion (3)New Thought (8)Omoto (1)Spiritism (1)Tenrikyo (1)Theosophy (2)Wicca (1)Xhosa Traditional Religion (1)Yarsanism (1)Yorùbá Religion (Ifá) (1)EraAll1105 to 1167 (1)1400 to 1450 (1)1501 to 1556 (1)1624 to 1691 (1)1655 to 1717 (1)1735 to 1815 (1)1798 to 1857 (1)1798 to 1887 (1)1801 to 1877 (1)1802 to 1866 (1)1804 to 1869 (1)1815 to 1895 (1)1821 to 1910 (1)1824 to 1864 (1)1830 to 1907 (1)1832 to 1907 (1)1841 to 1898 (1)1844 to 1906 (1)1845 to 1931 (1)1849 to 1925 (1)1851 to 1896 (1)1852 to 1916 (1)1856 to 1932 (1)1861 to 1945 (1)1862 to 1950 (1)1863 to 1950 (1)1869 to 1942 (1)1871 to 1948 (1)1872 to 1967 (1)1878 to 1932 (1)1887 to 1951 (1)1887 to 1960 (1)1893 to 1985 (1)18th century (1)1900 to 1980 (1)1908 to 1971 (1)1909 to 1981 (1)1917 to 2008 (1)1918 to 2009 (1)1921 to 2013 (1)1923 to 2009 (1)1929 to 2018 (1)1929 to 2024 (1)1930 to 1997 (1)1930 to 2023 (1)1931 to 2020 (1)1932 to 2010 (1)1934 to 2017 (1)1941 to 2014 (1)1946 to 2012 (1)1946 to 2019 (1)Place of ActivityAllAdelaide (1)Baghdad (1)Baltimore (1)Basel (2)Berkeley (1)Bihar (1)Brazil (1)California (1)Chile (1)Cologne (1)Germany (1)Ghana (1)Haiti (1)Hawaii (1)Honolulu (1)India (2)Japan (3)Karnataka (1)London (1)Los Angeles (1)Lyon (1)Massachusetts (1)Missouri (1)Netherlands (2)Nevada (2)New York (1)New York City (1)New Zealand (1)Nigeria (1)Paris (2)Pittsburgh (1)Saint Paul (1)Salt Lake City (1)San Diego (1)San Francisco (2)Santa Monica, California (1)Sittard (1)South Africa (1)Sri Lanka (1)Strasbourg (1)Switzerland (1)Tokyo (1)Tulsa (1)Tyrol (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (13)Utah (1)Vienna (1)Zurich (1)GenderAllFemale (13)Male (55)HistoricityAllComposite figure: more than one person or tradition behind the name (1)Historically attested (66)Historicity debated (1)Manner Of DeathAllDied by accident or misadventure (1)Died by suicide (1)Died of natural causes (25)Executed (4)Killed in battle (1)Martyred (1)NationalityAllAustralia (1)Bolivia (1)Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)Federated States of Micronesia (1)France (2)Germany (4)Haiti (1)India (3)Japan (3)Netherlands (3)New Zealand (1)Nigeria (1)South Africa (1)South Korea (1)Switzerland (3)United Kingdom (2)United States (31)Vietnam (1)In GroupAllAfrican and African Diaspora Tradition Founders (5)Catholic and Orthodox Reform Founders (1)Christian Reform and Anabaptist Founders (8)East Asian New Religion Founders (6)Hindu and Dharmic Founders (3)Islamic Founders and Reformers (1)Latter Day Saint Movement Founders (2)Native American and Indigenous Tradition Founders (9)Neopagan and Wiccan Founders (2)New Age, Esoteric and Theosophical Founders (21)Protestant and Evangelical Founders (7)Syncretic and New Religious Movement Founders (3)Member OfAllChristian Broadcasting Network (1)Revered InAllCao Đài (1)Christianity (17)Eckankar (1)Haudenosaunee Longhouse Religion (1)Hinduism (3)Latter Day Saint Movement (1)Modern Satanism (1)New Thought (7)Omoto (1)Shamanism (Tradition) (1)Spiritism (1)Tenrikyo (1)Theosophy (2)Yarsanism (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Allan KardecHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedAndreas KarlstadtHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedAnton LaVeyHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedAuguste ComteHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedBalthasar HubmaierHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedBasavaHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedBlack ElkHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedBrigham YoungHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedCharles MansonHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedCharles Taze RussellHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedChoe Je-uHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedChristina GrofHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedConrad GrebelHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedDavid JorisHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedDavid UnaiponHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedDon Richard RisoHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedDutty BoukmanHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedEmma Curtis HopkinsHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedErnest HolmesHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedFelix ManzHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedGeert GrooteHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedGeorge BlaurockHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedGeorge FoxHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHal LindseyHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHandsome LakeHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHans DenckHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHarold CampingHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHawayo TakataHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHelen SchucmanHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedHenry Steel OlcottHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedJon Kabat-ZinnHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedJoseph Franklin RutherfordHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedJulia SetonHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMaharishi Mahesh YogiHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMalinda CramerHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMark HofmannHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMartín OcelotlHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMary Baker EddyHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMasaharu TaniguchiHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMau PiailugHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMichael AquinoHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMichael HarnerHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedMyrtle FillmoreHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedNakayama MikiHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedNgo Van ChieuHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedNona L. BrooksHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedNongqawuseHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedOkomfo AnokyeHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedOnisaburo DeguchiHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedOral RobertsHistorically Significant but Not VeneratedShowing 1 to 50 of 68, page 1 of 2.12Next →ConnectionsAssociated 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 1Category: Historical Figures2. 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.