Mason Remey

Mason Remey

male
Charles Mason Remey was an eminent and controversial American Bahá'í with a distinguished life of service to the Bahá'í Faith. In 1960 Remey clai...
Martha Root

Martha Root

female, deceased (1939)
Martha Louise Root was a prominent traveling teacher of the Bahá'í Faith in the late 19th and early 20th century. Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of th...

Rúhíyyih Khanum

female, deceased (2000)
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum, born Mary Maxwell was the wife of Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921-1957. She was appointed by hi...
William Sears

William Sears

male, deceased (1992)
William Sears was a prominent American Bahá'í teacher and writer. Sears was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi in the last co...
Ugo Giachery

Ugo Giachery

male, deceased (1992)
Ugo Giachery was a prominent Italian Bahá'í from an aristocratic family from Palermo. After World War I he moved to the United States, where he be...
Enoch Olinga

Enoch Olinga

male, deceased (1979)
Enoch Olinga was born to a Christian family of the Iteso ethnic group in Uganda. In 1952 he became a Bahá'í in Kampala. In 1953 he became the fi...

Horace Holley

male, deceased (1960)
Horace Holley was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 19...
Collis Featherstone

Collis Featherstone

male
Harold Collis Featherstone was a prominent Bahá'í from Adelaide, Australia. He became a Bahá'í in 1944, and served in the National Spiritual Asse...
Leroy Ioas

Leroy Ioas

male
Leroy Ioas was a Hands of the Cause of the Bahá'í Faith. In 1952 he was appointed to the International Bahá'í Council, precursor to the Univ...

George Townshend

male, deceased (1957)
George Townshend was born in Ireland and was a well known writer, clergyman before his conversion to the Bahá'í Faith in which he became a Hand of...