List of Baháʼís

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The following list sets down the name of each member of the Baháʼí Faith who is the subject of a Wikipedia article. For another index of individual Baháʼís with Wikipedia articles, see Category:Bahá'ís by nationality.

Family of Baháʼu'lláh

Royalty

Artists

Bands

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Musicians

  • Mirza Abdollah - also known as Agha Mirza Abdollah Farahani was a tar and setar player. He is among the most significant musicians in Iran's history
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Broadcasters

  • Susan Audé - news anchor at WIS, Columbia, South Carolina

Filmmakers

Actors

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Architects

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Writers

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Other artists

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Athletes

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Business

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Scholarly

Educators

  • Dwight W. Allen - American professor, author, education reformer, consultant and advisor to UNESCO and the World Bank Group
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  • Alessandro Bausani - a leading Islamic studies scholar in Italy, professor Naples, Rome
  • Ali Murad Davudi (1922–1979?) - Iranian Baháʼí who was a member of the national governing body of the Baháʼís in Iran. He was a professor at Tehran University in the philosophy department. In 1979, during a wave of persecution toward Baháʼís, he was kidnapped and has been presumed a victim of state execution.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
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Journalists

Public service

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  • Payam Akhavan - prosecutor for United Nations tribunals and law professor
  • Robert B. Powers - a prominent police officer in the history of California, during which he co-established one of the earliest training programs for police in matters of race relations.

Scholars (of Baháʼí history, Baháʼí theology, apologetics, etc.)

  • Udo Schaefer - A German lawyer and prolific author, specialising in Baháʼí apologetics and theology, notably ethics.
  • Moojan Momen - historian specializing in Baháʼí history and theology
  • Peter Smith - historian and sociologist, author of a much-cited academic study of Baháʼí history, The Babi and Bahaʼi Religions: From Messianic Shiʻism to a World Religion.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Franklin Lewis - author and translator in Iranian studies, who has also published literary analyses of the works of the Báb and Baháʼu'lláh.
  • Robert Stockman - historian, theologian, apologist and biographer, noted especially for works on the Baháʼí community in North America.
  • Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl (Persian language: ميرزا أبوالفضل‎), or Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání (1844–1914) - foremost Baháʼí scholar who helped spread the Baháʼí Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States.
  • ʻAbdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari (1902 - 1972) - prominent Iranian Baháʼí scholar. He became a Baháʼí in 1927. He was a teacher in one of the Baháʼí schools in Iran, until the schools were closed in 1934. He prepared many compilations of Bahá'í writings, commentaries, apologetic works, and historic studies.

Scientists

Others

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