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List of founders of major religions
The following figures are believed to have founded major religions or to have been the first codifiers or best known proponents of older traditions.
- Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Faith)
- Confucius (Confucianism)
- Jacob (Judaism)
- Jesus of Nazareth (Christianity)
- Joseph Smith (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as Mormonism)
- Lao Zi (Taoism)
- L. Ron Hubbard (Scientology)
- Mahavir (Jainism)
- Mani (Manichaeism)
- Mo Zi (Mohism)
- Muhammad (the last prophet of Islam, according to Muslims, and the founder of Islam, according to non-Muslims)
- Nanak (Sikhism)
- Siddartha Guatama (Buddhism)
- Zoroaster (Zoroastrianism)
Note that absence from this list does not imply that a religion is not major. Hinduism and Shinto, for example, have no single founder.
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