List of Bahá'ís
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| Kitáb-i-Aqdas · Kitáb-i-Íqán | |
| Institutions | |
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Administrative Order | |
| History | |
| Notable individuals | |
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Shoghi Effendi | |
| See also | |
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Symbols · Laws |
Following is a list of individuals who have WIkipedia articles who are members of the Bahá'í Faith. For another index of individual Bahá'ís with Wikipedia articles, see Category:Bahá'í individuals.
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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] Bands
- Common Market[3] - hip hop duo from the American Pacific Northwest
- Seals and Crofts[4] - American soft rock duo in the early 1970s
[edit] Musicians
- Dizzy Gillespie[5] - American jazz trumpeter
- Flora Purim[6] - Brazilian American jazz singer
- KC Porter[7] - American multi-grammy winning producer
- Buffy Sainte-Marie - Academy Award-winning Canadian musician/composer
- Russell Garcia[8] - motion picture composer
- Mike Longo[9] - American jazz pianist
- Dan Seals[10] - American musician, of England Dan and John Ford Coley
- Tierney Sutton[11] - American jazz singer
- James Moody[12] - American jazz saxophone and flute player
- Jeff and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff[13] - filk music performers
- Vic Damone[14] - American singer and entertainer
- Jack Lenz[15] - Canadian composer
- Benny Cassette[16] - TV and Hip-Hop producer
[edit] Actors
- Justin Baldoni[17] (Everwood)
- Earl Cameron[18] (Thunderball, The Interpreter)
- Omid Djalili[19] - British comedian and actor
- Eva LaRue[20] (All My Children, CSI: Miami)
- Barbara Hale[21] - Emmy Award winner (Perry Mason)
- Carole Lombard[22] - ranked 23rd greatest American female screen legend, star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Alex Rocco[23] - Emmy Award winner (The Famous Teddy Z, The Godfather, The Wedding Planner)
- Valeska Surratt[24] - silent film actress
- Rainn Wilson[25] (The Office, Six Feet Under...)
- Lois Hall[26] - American Movie and Television actress
- Lloyd Haynes[27] African-American actor and television writer.
[edit] Architects
- Hossein Amanat [28] (Azadi Tower, buildings of the Bahá'í Arc, House of Worship of Samoa)
- Fariborz Sahba[29] (Lotus Temple, terrace gardens of Haifa)
- Louis Bourgeois[30] (House of Worship of Wilmette)
[edit] Writers
- Burl Barer[31] - true crime genre specializing in Simon Templar aka The Saint, as well as Bahá'í oriented articles.
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff[32] - fantasy and scifi author in short story and longer formats
- Barry Crump[33] - New Zealand comic author
- Robert Hayden[34] - Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 - 1978
- Alain LeRoy Locke[35] - books on poetry, race-awareness and research in various arts
- Guy Murchie[36] - philosopher, scientific writer, aviator
- Wellesley Tudor Pole[37] - British writer
- Adib Taherzadeh[38] - literary historian of Baha'i sacred texts
[edit] Other artists
- Bernard Leach[39] - Potter
- Mishkín-Qalam[40] - Calligrapher
- Tom Morey[41] - Inventor of the Boogie Board
- Mark Tobey[42] - Painter
- Fayard Nicholas[43] - American Dancer and one half of the Nicholas Brothers
- Hussein Bikar[44] - Egyptian Painter
- Anis Mojgani[45] - Spoken Word Poet
[edit] Athletes
- Luke McPharlin[46] - Australian Footballer for the Fremantle Dockers
- Khalil Greene[47] - Shortstop for the San Diego Padres
- Nelson Évora[48] - Portuguese Gold Medal recipient for the 2007 Athletics World Championship in Osaka, Japan
[edit] Educators
- Donna Denizé[49] - American poet and award-winning teacher
- Phoebe Hearst[50] - first woman Regent of the University of California
- Joseph Watson[51] - Professor of Modern Irish at University College Dublin
[edit] Others
- Richard St. Barbe Baker[52] - English environmentalist
- Lady Blomfield[53] - Early British Bahá'í
- Dr Frederick D'Evelyn[54] - First Irish born Bahá'í
- Auguste-Henri Forel[55] - Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist
- David Kelly[56] - Former employee of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Layli Miller-Muro[57] - Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center
- Lidia Zamenhof[58] - Daughter of Dr. Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto
- Ali Murad Davudi[59] - Tehran University professor who disappeared in 1979
- Dhabihu'llah Mahrami[60] After 10 years in prison he was found dead in his cell. - Iranian Bahá'í who died in jail in 2005
- Steven M. Greer[61] - Founder of the Disclosure Project and CSETI
[edit] References
- ^ Bahá'í International Community. "Funeral and memorial service planned for Samoan head of state", Bahá'í World News Service, 2007-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-05-14.
- ^ Hassall, Graham; Fazel, Seena. "100 Years of the Baha'i Faith in Europe". Baha'i Studies Review 8 (3): pp. 35-44. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
- ^ Details published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. [1]
- ^ Introducing Seals and Crofts -Interview/Article by Deborah Landau, from Stereo Review Magazine January 1971
- ^ Remembering Dizzy, by Nat Hentoff, This article can be found in the September 2004 issue of JazzTimes
- ^ Melt2000: Flora Purim (bio)
- ^ Biography on Official Webpage
- ^ Russell Garcia
- ^ Interviews: JazzTrenzz: Between Sets with Mike LongoJazzTrenzz By Karl Stober
- ^ 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.
- ^ Musicians in performance - January 26, 2007
- ^ Interview with James Moody by Bob Bernotas
- ^ Official Website statement of faith
- ^ Music, faith can guide us, a singer believes - By Pat Kinney
- ^ Bahá'í Community of Canada, Canadian Bahá'ís > In the News > Jack Lenz
- ^ Hip-hop hits spiritual chords Los Angeles, 12 August 2007 (BWNS)
- ^ Mail Tribune The ‘Daze’ of his life
- ^ Veteran actor Earl Cameron brings a sense of world citizenship to UN role by Robert Weinberg, One Country, Volume 17, Issue 1 / April-June 2005
- ^ ]http://payvand.com/news/07/mar/1171.html In The Arena With Omid Djalili] By Darius Kadivar, Payvand's Iran News, 3/12/07
- ^ http://www.csiguide.com/cast.asp?csi=1888 CSI Guide
- ^ The Associated Press. "Bahai faith teaches universal acceptance of God", 2000-12-30.
- ^ The Bahá'í World 1940-1944 pp.635. Bahá'í Publishing Trust, Wilmette.
- ^ Obituary Sandie Rocco Copyright Coastal View (Carpinteria Valley, CA, USA) 2002
- ^ Research Notes in Shaykhi, Babi and Baha'i Studies, Vol. 2, no. 8 (November 1998), Summary of Julie Chanler's from Gaslight to Dawn, New History Foundation, NY 1956, by Robert Stauffer
- ^ March 19, 2007 issue of Time Magazine
- ^ Biography for Lois Hall IMBD.com IMBD biography
- ^ IMDB Biography
- ^ Bahá'í community of Canada. Hossein Amanat. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Bahá'í community of Canada. Fariborz Sahba. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- ^ Canadian Baha'i Community: Louis Bourgeois
- ^ Burl Barer, Brilliant Author author's blog
- ^ Official Website statement of faith
- ^ “ ‘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
- ^ 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 9781890688387
- ^ I am a Bahá'í by Guy Murchie, Chicago Sunday Tribune, Magazine Section, JULY 13, 1958
- ^ Lady Blomfield (2006-10-01). The Chosen Highway. Baha'i Publishing Trust Wilmette, Illinois. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- ^ Adib Taherzadeh, member of the Universal House of Justice, passes away One Country, Volume 11, Issue 4 / January-March 2000
- ^ 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 0853981523.
- ^ Sultan of surf, baron of boogie (Apr 06)
- ^ Mark Tobey. Namen der Kunst. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
- ^ Selected profiles of African-American Bahá'ís
- ^ 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
- ^ Anis Mojgani Bio
- ^ A player and more by Les Everett, Australian Rules, from the Fremantle Herald.
- ^ Dolbee, Sandi,"Passion for game, faith drives Padres' Greene", The San Diego Union-Tribune, 2004-09-20. Accessed 2007-08-10.
- ^ Baha'i World News Service - Top sportsmen find support in faith
- ^ Staff of the Kay Spiritual Life Center of American University
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Dr Frederick D'Evelyn's life.
- ^ Swiss Baha'is Celebrate 100 Years of Contributing to World Civilization Baha'i Switzerland, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Switzerland]
- ^ "Profile: Dr David Kelly" BBC
- ^ Tahirih Justice Center
- ^ John Dale - Notes on the life of Lidia Zamenhof
- ^ Doostdar, Novin (1999/2000). "Obituaries". Bahá'í Studies Review 9 (1).
- ^ U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs (2006-12-23). U.S. Condemns Iran's Persecution of Bahai Religious Prisoner. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.
- ^ Greer, Steven (2006). "Marriage Made in Heaven", Hidden Truth Forbidden Knowledge. USA: Cataloging-in-Publication (Quality Books, Inc.), 42-44. ISBN 978-0-96-732382-4.
