Here you'll find the expected, saints, nuns, bishops/priests/ministers etc, but also people who were simply faithful, or destroyed by a religion. One thing I've learned with studying different belief systems over the years, is that religion can bring faith to the hopeless, but also lead to mass destruction, death, and war. Studying religion is not for the faint of heart, as these entries will attest to.
Entries:
Buddhism:
- Ani Pachen, Tibetan Warrior Nun who Spent Twenty-One Years Imprisoned and Tortured by the Chinese Communist Party
- Thích Quảng Đức, Buddhist Monk who committed self-immolation to bring attention to his cause
Christian:
Anglican:
- Constance Kent, Murderess Whose Case Brought Confessional Privilege to the Forefront of Criminal Law
Catholic:
- Anneliese Michel, the Real Exorcist Victim
- Father Damien, Catholic Saint who fought for the Hawaiian victims of Hansen's Disease
- Emilie Dionne, Catholic Nun and One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
- Saint Eulalia, Thirteen-Year-Old Catholic Martyr
- Mother Fidelia McMahon, Helped Expand and Innovate Arizona's First Hospital
- Saint Galgano, The Real King Arthur
- Gloria von Thurn und Taxis, German Princess (by Marriage)
- Godiva, Countess of Mercia, Legendary Defender of the Poor
- Hildegard von Bingen, Catholic Saint, Author, Composer, and So Much More
- Santa Inocencia, Catholic Child Saint/ Martyr Whose Corpse is Considered a Relic
- Isabella I of Castile, The Queen who Started the Spanish Inquisition
- Jadwiga, King of Poland and Patron Saint of Queens
- Father James Coyle, he was Murdered for Daring to Try and Protect a Young Girl from her Abusive Father
- Jane Haining, Missionary and One of Ten Confirmed Scotsmen to Have Died in a Nazi Concentration Camp
- Pope Joan, Possibly the First Female Catholic Pope
- Joan of Arc, Heavenly Warrior
- Saint Lawrence, Catholic Saint who was literally Barbecue Grilled
- Louise Siuwheem Polotkin, Apostle to Her People, the Coeur d'Alene
- Sister Lucia Santos, One of the Recipients of the Fatima Prophecy
- Lucrezia Borgia, Its Not Her Fault Her Father was an Adulterous Pope!
- Margaret Pole, Beatified Over Three Hundred Years After She was Executed as a Traitor
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Mathematician who Devoted the Last Decades of her Life to Community Service
- Marianne Cope, Catholic Saint Who Helped Those Stricken With Hansen's Disease
- Marie Dionne, Catholic Nun and One Fifth of the First Set of Quintuplets Known to Survive Infancy
- Marina the Monk, Catholic Saint
- Dr. Ruth Pfau, Medical Missionary and Catholic Nun
- Stanisława Leszczyńska, Midwife of Auschwitz and Candidate for Canonization
- Father Suitbert Mollinger,The Man Who Collected More Catholic Relics Than Any Other
- Toni Palermo, Catholic Nun, Teacher, and Baseball Player
Latter-Day-Saints:
- Helmuth Hübener, The Youngest Opponent of the Third Reich to be Tried and Executed by the People's Court
- Juanita Brooks, Stake Relief Society Leader and Historian
Other Christian Sects:
- Alveda King, Evangelist and Pro-life Activist
- Anne Askew, Protestant Martyr
- Asia Bibi, Christian Woman Sentenced to Death for Blasphemy (She was Later Acquitted)
- Guglielma, Preached a Feminized Version of Christianity
- Ka'ahumanu, Queen of Hawaii who was Converted by Protestant Missionaries
- Kayla Mueller, Christian Aid Worker Taken Captive and Murdered by the Islamic State
- Linda Lovelace, Porn Star Who Went on to Become a Born-Again Christian
- Manfreda, Papess of a Feminized Christian Sect
- Mary Magdalene, Jesus's Disciple
- Minnie Vautrin, Christian Missionary Working in China During the Rape of Nanking
- Olga of Kiev, She Began the Process of Converting Russia to Christianity (Among Other Things)
- Reverend Wade Watts, Civil Rights and Peace Activist
- Theodora I,Empress of the Byzantine Empire
Presbyterian:
- Donaldina Cameron, The Angry Angel of Chinatown
Puritan:
- Anne Hutchinson, Puritan Rule Breaker
Quaker:
- Benjamin Lay, The Vegan, Abolitionist, Dwarf, Quaker
- Mary Barrett Dyer, One of America's First Religious Martyrs
Russian/Georgian Orthodox:
- Alexandra Feodorvona, Russia's Last Tsarina
- Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Maria Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
- Tamarof Georgia, King of Georgia
- Tatiana, Nikolaevna, Romanova, Grand Duchess of Russia
Hinduism:
Islam:
- Fatima Al-Fihriya, Founded the World's First Continually Operated University (And Mosque)
- Kosem Sultan, Sufi Regent of the Ottoman Empire who Built a Mosque
- Mirhimah Sultan, Ottoman Princess who Oversaw the Building of Two Mosque Complexes
- Shajar al-Durr, Female Sultan who Defied Islamic Customs
Judaism:
- Alexandra of Jerusalem, Ancient Queen of Judaea
- Ariadna Scriabina, Devoted Zionist and Resistance Fighter in World War II
- Hannah Szenes, Devoted Zionist and SOE Paratrooper During World War II
Other Religions:
- Ahmose-Nefertari, The First God's Wife of Amun in Ancient Egypt
- Enheduanna, Moon Priestess from Sumer
- Fu Hao, High Priestess/Shaman of the Shang Dynasty (China)
- The Ice Maiden of Pazyryk, Religious Leader from the Ancient Altai Region of Russia
- Jezebel, Biblical Queen
- Kubaba, Sumerian King Turned Internationally Worshipped Goddess
- Mai Bhago, Sikh Khalsa (Warrior/Saint)
- Puduhepa, Priestess to the Goddess Ishtar
- Wang Cong'er, Leader of the White Lotus Society and Chinese Rebel Leader