Martin Luther

Martin Luther

male, deceased (1546)
Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, and church reformer. Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by emphasizing the Bible...
Martin Chemnitz

Martin Chemnitz

male, deceased (1586)
Martin Chemnitz (November 9 1522 - April 8 1586) was an eminent second-generation Lutheran theologian, reformer, churchman, and confessor. In the...
Jaroslav Pelikan

Jaroslav Pelikan

male, deceased (2006)
Jaroslav Jan Pelikan was one of the world's leading scholars in the history of Christianity and medieval intellectual history. Pelikan was born in...
Paul Gerhardt

Paul Gerhardt

male, deceased (1676)
Paul Gerhardt, was a German hymn writer. He is commemorated as a hymnwriter in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on October 26 with...
Mark Hanson

Mark Hanson

male, 62 years old
Mark S. Hanson (1946-) is currently the Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, having been elected in 2001. He also serves...
Martin Stephan

Martin Stephan

male
Martin Stephan was pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Dresden, Germany during the early 19th century. He organized the Saxon emigration to the...
Samuel Simon Schmucker

Samuel Simon Schmucker

male, deceased (1873)
Samuel Simon Schmucker (February 28, 1799-1873) was a German-American Lutheran pastor and theologian. He was integral to the founding of the...
Hans Nielsen Hauge

Hans Nielsen Hauge

male, deceased (1824)
Hans Nielsen Hauge (April 3, 1771 - March 29, 1824) was a revivalist Norwegian lay preacher who spoke up against the Church establishment in...
Rudolf Otto

Rudolf Otto

male, deceased (1937)
Rudolf Otto was an eminent German Lutheran theologian and scholar of comparative religion.

Martin Niemöller

male, deceased (1984)
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known as the author of the poem "...