Central Figures of the Bahá'í Faith

• Bahá'u'lláh
• The Báb
• `Abdu'l-Bahá
• Shoghi Effendi

Known in India as the Lotus Temple, the Bahai House of Worship attracts an average of three and a half million visitors a year. ... Baháulláh (1817–1892) (Persian: Mírzá Husayn-Alí (میرزا حسینعلی)) was the founder and prophet of the Baháí Faith. ... Shrine of the Báb at night from above in Haifa Israel Siyyid Mírzá Alí-Muhammad (میرزا علی‌محمد in Persian) ( October 20, 1819 - July 9, 1850), later to become known as the Báb (باب meaning Gate in Persian and Arabic;) was seen by Bábís (and is seen by modern Bahá... Abdul Baha `Abdul-Bahá Abbas ( May 23, 1844 - November 28, 1921) also known as Abbas Effendi, was the son of Baháulláh, the Prophet and Founder of the Baháí Faith. ... Shoghi Effendi (1897-1957) The Guardians Resting Place in London Shoghi Effendi Rabbani was the Guardian of the Baháí Faith. ...

Central Institution of the Bahá'í Faith

• Universal House of Justice

Seat of The Universal House of Justice The Universal House of Justice is the name used by Baháulláh for the elected supreme institution of the Baháí Faith, The nine-member institution administers the affairs of the Baháí community. ...

Prominent Bahá'ís Better Known to the General Public

• Queen Marie of Romania
• Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa
• Dizzy Gillespie - African-American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer.
• Dan Seals
• Jim Seals
• Dash Crofts
• Carol Bernhardt
• Carol Lombard
• Alain Locke
• Ogden Nash
• Lydia Zamenhof - daughter of Dr. Zamenhof inventor of esperanto
• William Sutherland Maxwell
• Robert Hayden - Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 - 1978
• Mark Tobey
• Count Leo Tolstoy
• Bernard Leach
• Alex Rocco
• Cathy Freeman
• Omid Djalili - British stand-up comedian and actor
• Khalil Greene - shortstop for the San Diego Padres
• The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band
• David Kelly

King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of Romania, photographed in Belgrade in 1926 at the christening of her grandson Prince Peter of Yugoslavia. ... Malietoa Tanumafili II (born January 4, 1913) is the head of state (O le Ao o le Malo) of Samoa. ... Dizzy Gillespie photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 Dizzy Gillespie ( October 21, 1917 - January 6, 1993) was born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or Black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... A trumpeter may be one of several things: A trumpeter is a musician who plays the trumpet. ... A Bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Dan Wayland Seals (born February 8, 1950 in McCamey, Texas) is an American musician. ... Carol Lombard (sic), 1920s. ... Alain LeRoy Locke (1886-1954) was born on September 13, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania He was an American educator, writer, and philosopher, and is best remembered as a leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. ... Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 - May 19, 1971) was an American poet best known for writing pithy, funny, light verse. ... Dr. Ludovic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer) Zamenhof (December 15, 1859–April 14, 1917) was a Polish-Jewish ophthalmologist, philologist, and the initiator of Esperanto, the most widely spoken planned language to date. ... Esperanto flag Esperanto is a constructed international language. ... Robert Hayden (August 4, 1913 - 1980), born as Asa Bundy Sheffey, was a United States African-American educator and poet. ... The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. ... Mark Tobey (December 11, 1890 - April 24, 1976) was an abstract American painter. ... Leo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy (Russian: Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й) (September 9 (August 28, O.S.), 1828 - November 20 (November 7, O.S.), 1910) was a Russian novelist, reformer, and moral thinker, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. ... Bernard Leach (1887-1979) was a British studio potter. ... Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born February 16, 1973) is an Australian athlete. ... Omid Djalili (born September 30, 1965) is a British stand-up comedian, born to Iranian parents. ... Richard Pryor hits the money line A stand-up comedian or stand-up comic is someone that performs in comedy clubs, usually reciting a fast paced succession of amusing stories, short jokes and one-liners, typically called a monologue. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Khalil Greene is a Bahai baseball shortstop. ... The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... For the minor league franchise in the Pacific Coast League, see: San Diego Padres (PCL). ... The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band, sometimes known as Mooseheart Faith, is a Los Angeles based rock band blending 1960s folk rock and psychedelia, 1970s space rock and progressive rock and a variety of influences from world music and jazz. ... Dr. David Christopher Kelly CMG (May 17, 1944 – July 17, 2003) was an employee of the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), an expert in biological warfare, and a former United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq. ...

Prominent Bábís in History within the Bábí Community

• Quddús
• Mullá Husayn
• Táhirih

Quddús was the name given to Mullá Muhammad Alí-i-Bárfurúsh by the Báb meaning The Most Holy. ... Mullá Husayn was the first Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement or the Bábul-Báb meaning the Gate of the Gate, a title given him by the Báb. ... Táhirih is the religious title of Fatima Baraghani ( 1814- 1820, died 1852 - birth date uncertain, as birth records were destroyed at her execution), an influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith and a revered example of courage in the struggle for womens rights. ...

See also

• Hands of the Cause of God
• Letters of the Living

The Hands of the Cause in the Bahai Faith are a select group of appointed believers whose main function is to help propagate and protect the Bahai Faith on the international level. ... The Letters of the Living was a title provided by the Báb to the first eighteen disciples of the Bábí movement. ...

External Links

• Adherents.com Listing (http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_bahai.html)