List of Baháʼís
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The following list sets down the name of each member of the Bahá'í Faith who is the subject of a Wikipedia article. For another index of individual Bahá'ís with Wikipedia articles, see Category:Bahá'ís by nationality.
Central figures
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
- List of former Bahá'ís
Family of Bahá'u'lláh
- Ásíyih Khánum - known by her title Navváb
- Bahiyyih Khánum
- Mírzá Mihdí
- Shoghi Effendi
Royalty
Artists
Bands
- Common Market[3] - hip hop duo from the American Pacific Northwest
- Seals and Crofts[4] - American soft rock duo in the early 1970s
Musicians
- Mirza Abdollah - also known as Agha Mirza Abdollah Farahani was a tar and setar player. He is among the most significant musicians in Iran's history
- Cindy Blackman[5] - American jazz and rock drummer
- Jeff and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff[6] - folk music performers
- Celeste Buckingham - singer/songwriter
- Doug Cameron - Canadian musician/composer
- Vic Damone[7] - American singer and entertainer
- Khalil Fong[8] - American-born Hong Kong singer and songwriter
- Russell Garcia[9] - motion picture composer
- Dizzy Gillespie[10] - American jazz trumpeter
- Andy Grammer - American singer-songwriter
- Red Grammer - American singer-songwriter best known for children's music[11]
- Anousheh Khalili - Iranian-American singer, pianist and songwriter
- Jack Lenz[12] - Canadian composer
- Kevin Locke - Lakota musician and dancer
- Mike Longo[13] - American jazz pianist
- James Moody[14] - American jazz saxophone and flute player
- KC Porter[15] - American multi-Grammy winning producer
- Rachael Price - jazz vocalist[16]
- Tom Price - conductor, composer and producer[17]
- Flora Purim[18] - Brazilian American jazz singer
- Larry Robinson - songwriter and member of The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band
- Dan Seals[19] - American musician, of England Dan and John Ford Coley
- Tierney Sutton[20] - American jazz singer
- Louie Shelton[21] - American jazz guitarist and producer
- Charles Wolcott[22] - pianist, arranger, composer for Disney and MGM films, credited with bringing rock and roll to the movies
Broadcasters
- Susan Aude Fisher News Anchor WIS Columbia SC
Filmmakers
- Mark Bamford - writer, director (Cape of Good Hope)
- Mary Darling - producer, Little Mosque on the Prairie
- Clark Donnelly - producer, Little Mosque on the Prairie
- Mithaq Kazimi - director, producer (16 Days in Afghanistan)
- Phil Lucas - Native American filmmaker
- Harold Lee Tichenor - film producer
Actors
- Anthony Azizi[23] (24)
- Justin Baldoni[24] (Everwood, Jane the Virgin)
- Earl Cameron[25] (Thunderball, The Interpreter)
- Omid Djalili[26] - comedian and actor
- Barbara Hale[27] - Emmy Award winner (Perry Mason)
- Lois Hall[28] - American movie and television actress
- Lloyd Haynes[29] - actor and television writer
- Eva LaRue[30] (All My Children, CSI: Miami)
- Carole Lombard[31] - ranked 23rd greatest American female screen legend, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Inder Manocha[32] - British Asian stand-up comedian and actor
- Pardis Parker[33] - Canadian comedian
- Alex Rocco[34] - Emmy Award winner (The Famous Teddy Z, The Godfather, The Wedding Planner)
- Rehana Sultan - Indian actress
- Valeska Surratt[35] - silent film actress
- Travis Van Winkle[36] - American actor, The Last Ship, Hart of Dixie
- Rainn Wilson[37] (The Office, Six Feet Under)
Architects
- Hossein Amanat[38] (Azadi Tower, buildings of the Bahá'í Arc, House of Worship of Samoa)
- Fariborz Sahba[39] (Lotus Temple, terrace gardens of Haifa)
- Louis Bourgeois[40] (House of Worship of Wilmette)
- William Sutherland Maxwell (Central Tower of the Château Frontenac; he was also a Hand of the Cause)
Writers
- Sil Lai Abrams[41] - Award-winning writer and domestic violence activist, author of Black Lotus: A Woman's Search for Racial Identity
- Burl Barer[42] - true crime genre specializing, author of The Saint, as well as Bahá'í oriented articles
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff[6] - fantasy and science fiction author in short story and longer formats
- André Brugiroux[43] - traveller and author
- Barry Crump[44] - New Zealand comic author
- William S. Hatcher[45] - mathematician, philosopher, educator
- Robert Hayden[46] - Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976–1978
- Alain LeRoy Locke[47] - author or books on poetry, race-awareness and research in various arts
- Nemat Mokhtarzada - writer and poet of Afghan origin
- Guy Murchie[48] - philosopher, scientific writer, aviator
- Bahiyyih Nakhjavani
- Arvid Nelson[49] - comic book writer, creator of Rex Mundi
- Wellesley Tudor Pole[50] - British writer
- Jeffrey Reddick - creator of the Final Destination series
- Holiday Reinhorn - writer[51]
- Gholamreza Rouhani - poet and satirist[52]
- William Sears[53] - author of multiple books
- Adib Taherzadeh[54] - literary historian of Baha'i sacred texts
Other artists
- Alice Pike Barney - portrait artist
- Hussein Bikar[55] - Egyptian painter
- Amelia Collins - philanthropist
- Bernard Leach[56] - potter
- Mishkín-Qalam[57] - calligrapher
- Anis Mojgani[58] - spoken-word poet
- Tom Morey[59] - musician, inventor of the bodyboard, founder and namesake for the Morey Boogie bodyboard company
- Fayard Nicholas[60] - American dancer and one half of the Nicholas Brothers
- Rae Perlin (1910-2006) - artist
- Juliet Thompson - portrait artist
- Mark Tobey[61] - painter
- Gwen Wakeling[62] - Academy Award-winning Hollywood costume designer
- Robin White[63]-Painter,printmaker
Athletes
- Nelson Évora[64] - Portuguese Olympic gold medal (Beijing, 2008) and gold medal recipient for the 2007 Athletics World Championship in Osaka, Japan in Triple Jump
- Cathy Freeman - Australian Olympic gold medal-winning runner
- Khalil Greene[65] - shortstop for the Texas Rangers
- David Krummenacker[66] - Track & Field World Champion in 800m in 2003, NCAA Champion (Georgia Tech) 1997, 1998
- Luke McPharlin[67] - Australian footballer for the Fremantle Dockers
- Ramak Safi - Iranian footballer (soccer) who plays for the Jacksonville Armada in the NASL
Business
Scholarly
Educators
- Dwight W. Allen - professor, author, education reformer, consultant and advisor to UNESCO and the World Bank Group
- Ali Murad Davudi[69] - Tehran University professor who disappeared in 1979
- Donna Denizé[70] - American poet and award-winning teacher
- Auguste-Henri Forel[71] - Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist
- Jagdish Gandhi[72] - founder of City Montessori School, Lucknow, India
- Phoebe Hearst[73] - first woman Regent of the University of California
- Patricia Locke - Lakota Native American educator
- Joseph Watson[74] - Professor of Modern Irish at University College Dublin
Public Service
- David Kelly[75] - former employee of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Dorothy Wright Nelson - Senior Judge on the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; former dean, University of Southern California Gould School of Law
- Jacqueline Left Hand Bull[76] - Indian Health care policy administrator
- Layli Miller-Muro[77] - Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center
- Payam Akhavan - prosecutor for United Nations tribunals and law professor
- Robert B. Powers - prominent police officer in the history of California during which he co-established one of the earliest training programs for police in matters of race relations.
Scientist
- Dr. Ron McNair - physicist and astronaut; died on the space shuttle Challenger in 1986[78]
Journalism
- Robert Sengstacke Abbott[79] - lawyer and newspaper publisher, one of the first self-made African American millionaires of the United States
Others
- Leonora Armstrong - international traveler[80]
- Richard St. Barbe Baker[81] - English environmentalist
- Lady Blomfield[82] - early Irish-British Bahá'í, and a supporter of the rights of children and women
- Dr Frederick D'Evelyn[83] - first Irish born Bahá'í
- Nelson Évora[84]
- Dhabihu'llah Mahrami[85] - wrongfully accused Iranian Bahá'i, found dead in his cell in 2005
- Nossrat Peseschkian[86] - psychiatrist, psychotherapist; founder of Positive Psychotherapy
- Hilda Yen[87] - internationalist, diplomat, aviator
- Lidia Zamenhof[88] - daughter of Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto
References
- ^ Bahá'í International Community (14 May 2007). "Funeral and memorial service planned for Samoan head of state". Bahá'í World News Service. Retrieved 14 May 2007.
- ^ Hassall, Graham; Fazel, Seena. "100 Years of the Baha'i Faith in Europe". Baha'i Studies Review. 8 (3): 35–44. Retrieved 26 April 2007.
- ^ Details published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- ^ Introducing Seals and Crofts -Interview/Article by Deborah Landau, from Stereo Review magazine (January 1971)
- ^ Infantry, Ashante (7 June 2008). "Cindy Blackman's got the beat". Toronto Star. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
- ^ a b Official Website statement of faith
- ^ "Bahai News - Music, faith can guide us, a singer believes". bahai-library.com.
- ^ "The Changing Face of Cantopop: Khalil Fong". Time Out Hong Kong.
- ^ "The Time Machine Project- Russel and Gina Garcia". colemanzone.com.
- ^ Remembering Dizzy, by Nat Hentoff, This article can be found in the September 2004 issue of JazzTimes
- ^ "Red Grammer". redgrammer.com.
- ^ Bahá'í Community of Canada, Canadian Bahá'ís > In the News > Jack Lenz
- ^ Interviews: JazzTrenzz: Between Sets with Mike LongoJazzTrenzz By Karl Stober
- ^ "James Moody". melmartin.com.
- ^ Biography on Official Webpage
- ^ "rachaelprice.net". rachaelprice.net.
- ^ "Spirited choir wins encores". bahai.org.
- ^ Melt2000: Flora Purim (bio)
- ^ Dan Seals has found a sense of hope since embracing Faith by Frank Roberts, August 17, 1994, The Virginian-Pilot, Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
- ^ "Belltown Bent". typepad.com.
- ^ "Louie Shelton (1941–) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". encyclopediaofarkansas.net.
- ^ "Charles F. Wolcott, 80, Disney Film Composer". The New York Times. 30 January 1987.
- ^ Anthony Azizi. "Anthony Azizi: Bio". Retrieved 2009-11-14.
- ^ Mail Tribune The ‘Daze’ of his life
- ^ Weinberg, Robert. Veteran actor Earl Cameron brings a sense of world citizenship to UN role. Vol. 17, Issue 1 / April–June 2005. ONE COUNTRY.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ In The Arena With Omid Djalili By Darius Kadivar, Payvand's Iran News, 3/12/07
- ^ The Associated Press (30 December 2000). "Bahai faith teaches universal acceptance of God".
- ^ Biography for Lois Hall IMDb.com IMDb biography
- ^ IMDB Biography
- ^ http://www.csiguide.com/cast.asp?csi=1888
- ^ The Bahá'í World 1940-1944 pp.635. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette.
- ^ Comedian wins major award London, United Kingdom, 25 May 2004 (BWNS)
- ^ "Pardis Parker". pardisparker.com.
- ^ Obituary Sandie Rocco Copyright Coastal View (Carpinteria Valley, CA, USA) 2002
- ^ Chanler, Julie (1956). From Gaslight to Dawn, an autobiography. New York: New History Foundation. pp. 152–153.
- ^ Travis Van Winkle. YouTube.
- ^ "Rainn Wilson". Time Magazine. March 8, 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
Did being of the Baha'i faith help you understand the spirituality? As a Baha'i, I believe in all the spiritual beliefs: Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity.
- ^ Bahá'í community of Canada. "Hossein Amanat". Archived from the original on 2004-10-27. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ^ Bahá'í community of Canada. "Fariborz Sahba". Archived from the original on 2004-10-27. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ Canadian Baha'i Community: Louis Bourgeois
- ^ [1] author's website
- ^ Burl Barer, Brilliant Author author's blog
- ^ André Brugiroux author's website
- ^ " ‘Crump Flags It Away’—Profile of Barry Crump, a New Zealand Baha’i" by Tony Reid, New Zealand Listener (Wellington, N. Z.) (Nov. 20, 1982): 21-22, 25, 26
- ^ reprint of open letter to fellow students on conversion Pamphlet copyright 1965, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America, Baha'i Publishing Trust, Wilmette, Illinois
- ^ Robert Hayden by Christopher Buck, Published in Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature 2:4 pages 177-181, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004-01
- ^ Alain Lock - Faith and Philosophy, by Dr. Christopher Buck, Studies in Bábí and Bahá'í Religions, Vol 18, Anthony E. Lee General Editor, p.64 - ISBN 978-1-890688-38-7
- ^ I am a Bahá'í by Guy Murchie, Chicago Sunday Tribune, magazine section, July 13, 1958
- ^ "Arvid Nelson on "Rex Mundi's" Final Arc". Comic Book Resources. 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
I converted to Baha'i in college, so religion is interesting to me. I think it's an important part of the human experience, and will always be a important part of my writing.
- ^ Lady Blomfield (1 October 2006). "The Chosen Highway". Baha'i Publishing Trust Wilmette, Illinois. Retrieved 1 October 2006.
- ^ "Holiday Reinhorn". Why Baha'i. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. October 1, 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ Moghbelin, Farahmand. "جایگاه شعر در جامعه بهائی". pazhuheshnameh.
- ^ Plagenz, George (3 March 2006). "Saints and Sinners, Awaiting the Third Coming of Christ?" (PDF). Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
- ^ Adib Taherzadeh, member of the Universal House of Justice, passes away ONE COUNTRY, Volume 11, Issue 4 / January–March 2000
- ^ The others- A court ruling providing official recognition to Bahais has done little to ease the debate on this Israeli-based cult by Gihan Shahine, Al-Ahram Weekly
- ^ Weinberg, Robert (ed.) (1999). Spinning the Clay into Stars: Bernard Leach and the Bahá'í Faith, pp. 21 & 29. George Ronald, Oxford. ISBN 0-85398-440-9
- ^ Balyuzi, H.M. (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0-85398-152-3.
- ^ Anis Mojgani Bio
- ^ Sultan of surf, baron of boogie (Apr 06)
- ^ Selected profiles of African-American Bahá'ís
- ^ "Mark Tobey". Namen der Kunst. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
- ^ Boyles, Ann (1995). The Bahá'í World, 1994-5 (Bahá'ís and the Arts: Part II). Bahá'í International Community. pp. 243–272.
- ^ Morris, Paul (15 November 2012). "Diverse religions - Bahá'ís". Te Ara. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Top sportsmen find support in faith". bahai.org.
- ^ Dolbee, Sandi,"Passion for game, faith drives Padres' Greene", The San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 September 2004. Accessed 10 August 2007.
- ^ "Running the race of his life". bahaiworldnews.org.
- ^ A player and more by Les Everett, Australian Rules, from the Fremantle Herald
- ^ MarketWatch: Chinese Billionaire Embraces Religion (06-03-2011)
- ^ Doostdar, Novin (2000) [1999]. "Obituaries". Baha'i Studies Review. 9 (1).
- ^ Staff of the Kay Spiritual Life Center of American University
- ^ Swiss Baha'is Celebrate 100 Years of Contributing to World Civilization Baha'i Switzerland, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Switzerland
- ^ "Mr Jagdish Gandhi was inspired by following 10 persons in his life". jagdishgandhi.org. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ Effendi, Shoghi (1974). God Passes By. Wilmette: Bahá'í Pub. Trust. ISBN 0-87743-020-9.
- ^ Instonian to be UCD's Professor of Irish, UCD Press Releases
- ^ "BBC NEWS - UK - Politics - Profile: Dr David Kelly". bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Garriganm, Mary (May 28, 2007). "Left Hand Bull to lead nation's Baha'is". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
- ^ "Tahirih Justice Center". tahirih.org.
- ^ Venters, Louis E., the III (2010). Most great reconstruction: The Baha'i Faith in Jim Crow South Carolina, 1898-1965 (Thesis). Colleges of Arts and Sciences University of South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-243-74175-2. UMI Number: 3402846.
{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Robert S. Abbott and the Chicago Defender: A Door to the Masses by Mark Perry, printed in the October 10th, 1995 issue of the Michigan Chronicle.
- ^ Whatever happened to the Double Crusade?, by Glenford Mitchell, Notable Talks., Bahai-Library.com, 10–05–1996
- ^ In Memoriam, Published in Bahá'í World, Vol. XVIII: 1979-1983, by Hugh C. Locke
- ^ "U.K. Bahá'í Heritage Site: A Memorial To Lady Blomfield". Archived from the original on 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Dr Frederick D'Evelyn's life".
- ^ "Baha'i Philately". bahai-library.com.
- ^ Bureau of International Information Programs (23 December 2006). "U.S. Condemns Iran's Persecution of Bahai Religious Prisoner". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 31 October 2006.
- ^ Cope, TA (Mar 2009). "Positive psychotherapy's theory of the capacity to know as explication of unconscious contents". Journal of Religious Health. 48 (1): 79–89. doi:10.1007/s10943-008-9225-7. PMID 19229628.
- ^ Baha'i World, XV, 1968-73, pp. 476-78."In Memoriam; Hilda Yank Sing Yen 1905 - 1970" by Mildred Mottahedeh.
- ^ "Lidia Zamenhof". bahai-library.com.
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