Ali (c.573-634)
Fourth Caliph (see Shia Islam)

Husayn (c.626-80)
Third Imam of the Shia's.

Nasrudin (11th/14cent.?)
Wise man of Sufi mythology.

Aga Khan I (1800-81)
First Aga Khan of the Ismaili.

Bab (1819-50)
Prophet founder of the Baha'i

Baha'u'llah (1817-92)
2nd Prophet of the Baha'i

Sri Ramakrishna (1836-86)
Leader of Hindu Renaissance

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
Spiritual leader of Hinduism

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986)
Indian meditation teacher

Dalai Lama (1936-)
Leader of Tibetan Buddhism

Hsun Tzu (c 312-230 BC)
Notable Confucian scholar

Nichiren Shonin (1222-82)
Founder of Nichiren Buddhism