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FAITH LEADERS
Louis Farrakhan
May 11 1933 - Present (Modern Era)
Louis Farrakhan Sr. was born Louis Eugene Walcott and known as Louis X. Following Warith Deen Muhammad's disbanding of the Nation of Islam, Farrakhan revived the name and began rebuilding the organization. He organized the Million Man March in 1995 and...
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
January 12, 1918–February 5, 2008 (Modern Era)
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was born Mahesh Prasad Varma in January 1918. He was a disciple and assistant of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati and credits Brahmananda with inspiring his teachings. Maharishi became known for introducing Transcendental Deep Meditation to...
Mahatma Gandhi
October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948 (Modern Era)
Mahatma Gandhi grew up on the Western Indian coast, where world trade has continued for 3,000 years, and his father was a prominent government minister. He was deeply influenced by his mother’s Pranami tradition of Hinduism, which reveres a small...
Mahavira
6th century BC
Mahavira, also called Vardhamana was the 24th tirthankara who revived Jainism. A tirthankara is a savior and spiritual teacher of the dharma in Jainism. The term literally translates to \'ford maker.\' They provide bridges for others to follow to liberation....
Maimonides
1135-December 1204 (Late Medieval)
Maimonides was born in Cordoba, Spain in the 1130's. When he was a teenager, Muslim fundamentalists conquered Spain and forced many Jews and Christians to convert. Maimonides family fled repeatedly, but evidence suggests that eventually they were forced to...
Marianne Williamson
July 8 1952 - Present (Modern Era)
Marianne Deborah Williamson was born in Houston, Texas in 1952. She attended Pomona College and went on to write 12 books, four of which topped the New York Times bestseller list. She founded Project Angel Food in 1989 in order to support HIV/AIDS patients...
Mark Burnett
1960 -
Mark Burnett is a British television producer and the current chairman of MGM Worldwide Television Group. He’s best know for creating and producing the reality show “The Apprentice,” along with “Survivor,” “The...
Martin Luther
November 10, 1483 - February 18, 1546 (Reformation)
Martin Luther was an Augustinian Catholic monk who loved the faith. He never intended to cause a schism—his goal was to move the Church away from corrupt practices. If Catholic authorities had responded more quickly and reasonably to Luther’s...
Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968 (Modern Era)
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a PK—a preacher’s kid. His father was pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church (where Junior would eventually preach as well) and head of the local NAACP chapter in Atlanta, Georgia. When King was a junior in high school,...
Mary Baker Eddy
July 16, 1821--December 3, 1910 (Great Awakening)
Mary Baker Eddy was born Mary Morse Baker in New Hampshire in 1821. She was the youngest of six children and was frequently ill as a child. She experienced near invalidism as a child and seems to have suffered from an eating disorder. One of her bouts of...
Max Lucado
January 11, 1955 - Present
Max Lucado is a Christian author and pastor who regularly appears on national bestseller lists including the coveted New York Times Best Seller List. For his prolific writing and incredible way of touching the hearts of people of all ages, Lucado has been...
Meister Eckhart
1260-1328 (Late Medieval)
Eckhard is believed to have been born in the Landgraviate of Thuringia in modern day Germany. The first solid evidence found for his life comes from April 1294 when he spoke as a lecturer on "Sentences" by Peter Lombard. In the early 1300's, Eckhart was made...
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