New Religious Movements (post-1800)
Further information: list of new religious movements| Name | Religious tradition founded | Life of founder |
|---|---|---|
| Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Brahmo Samaj | 1772–1833 |
| Swaminarayan | Swaminarayan Sampraday | 1781–1830 |
| Auguste Comte | Religion of Humanity | 1798–1857 |
| Nakayama Miki | Tenrikyo | 1798–1887 |
| Ignaz von Döllinger | Old Catholics | 1799–1890 |
| Phineas Parkhurst Quimby | New Thought | 1802–1866 |
| Allan Kardec | Spiritism | 1804–1869 |
| Joseph Smith, Jr. | Mormonism, also known as the Latter Day Saint movement | 1805–1844 |
| John Thomas | Christadelphians | 1805–1871 |
| Jamgon Kongtrul | Rime movement | 1813–1899 |
| Hong Xiuquan | Taiping Christianity | 1814–1864 |
| Bahá'u'lláh | Bahá'í Faith | 1817–1892 |
| Báb | Bábí Faith, predecessor of Bahá'í Faith | 1819–1850 |
| James Springer White | Seventh-day Adventist Church | 1821–1881 |
| Mary Baker Eddy | Christian Science | 1821–1910 |
| Rabbi Alfred G. Moses | Jewish Science | |
| Vallalar | Samarasa Sutha Sanmarga Sangam | 1823–1874 |
| Swami Dayananda Saraswati | Arya Samaj | 1824–1883 |
| Ellen G. White | Seventh-day Adventist Church | 1827–1915 |
| Madame Blavatsky | Theosophy | 1831–1891 |
| Ayya Vaikundar | Ayyavazhi | 1833–1851 |
| Mirza Ghulam Ahmad | Ahmadiyya | 1835–1908 |
| Guido von List | Armanism (Germanic mysticism) | 1848–1919 |
| Charles Taze Russell | Bible Student Movement and Jehovah's Witnesses | 1852–1916 |
| Wovoka | Ghost Dance | 1856–1932 |
| Rudolf Steiner | Anthroposophy | 1861–1925 |
| Swami Vivekananda | Ramakrishna Mission | 1863–1902 |
| William Irvine | Two by Twos and Cooneyites | 1863–1947 |
| Sri Aurobindo | Integral yoga | 1872–1950 |
| Mason Remey | Orthodox Baha'i Faith | 1874–1974 |
| Aleister Crowley | Thelema | 1875–1947 |
| Charles Fox Parham | Pentecostalism | 1873–1929 |
| "Father Divine" | International Peace Mission movement | ca. 1876–1965 |
| Ngô Văn Chiêu | Cao Dai | 1878–1926 |
| Guy Ballard | I AM | 1878–1939 |
| Frank Buchman | Oxford Group/Moral Re-Armament | 1878–1961 |
| Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan | Reconstructionist Judaism | 1881–1983 |
| Gerald Gardner | Wicca | 1884–1964 |
| Felix Y. Manalo | Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) | 1886–1963 |
| Frank Bruce Robinson | Psychiana | 1886–1948 |
| Noble Drew Ali | Moorish Science Temple | 1886–1929 |
| Marcus Garvey | Rastafari movement | 1887–1940 |
| Ernest Holmes | Religious Science | 1887–1960 |
| H.H. Sadguru Sadafaldeo Ji Maharaj | Vihangam Yoga | 1888–1902 |
| Aimee Semple McPherson | Foursquare Church | 1890–1944 |
| Zélio Fernandino de Moraes | Umbanda | 1891–1975 |
| Ida B. Robinson | Mount Sinai Holy Church of America | 1891–1946 |
| Wallace Fard Muhammad | Nation of Islam | 1891 – (disappeared 1934) |
| Paramahansa Yogananda | Self-Realization Fellowship | 1893–1952 |
| A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada | International Society for Krishna Consciousness | 1896–1977 |
| Ruth Norman | Unarius | 1900–1993 |
| Swami Muktananda | Siddha Yoga | 1908–1982 |
| Ikuro Teshima | Makuya | 1910–1973 |
| L. Ron Hubbard | Church of Scientology | 1911–1986 |
| Kim Il-sung | Juche | 1912–1994 |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | Transcendental Meditation | 1917–2008 |
| Samael Aun Weor | Universal Christian Gnostic Movement | 1917–1977 |
| Mark L. Prophet | The Summit Lighthouse | 1918–1973 |
| Huynh Phu So | Hoa Hao Buddhism | 1919–1947 |
| Yong (Sun) Myung Moon | Unification Church | 1920 – 2012 |
| Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar | Ananda Marga | 1921–1990 |
| Clarence 13X | The Nation of Gods and Earths | 1922–1969 |
| Mestre Gabriel | União do Vegetal | 1922–1971 |
| Nirmala Srivastava | Sahaja Yoga | 1923–2011 |
| Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson | Ásatrú | 1924–1993 |
| Sathya Sai Baba | Sathya Sai Organization | 1926–2011 |
| Anton Szandor LaVey | Church of Satan | 1930–1997 |
| Sri Chinmoy | Sri Chinmoy Centre Church, Inc. | 1931–2007 |
| Rajneesh Chandra Mohan | Osho movement | 1931–1990 |
| Mark Prophet; Elizabeth Clare (Wolf) Prophet | Church Universal and Triumphant | 1918-1973 1939–2009 |
| Franklin Jones | Adidam | 1939–2008 |
| Claude Vorilhon | Raëlism | 1946– |
| Li Hongzhi | Falun Gong | 1951– |
| Bodhisatva Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | Revival of Buddhism | 1956- |
| Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Art of Living Foundation | 1956– |
| Vissarion | Church of the Last Testament | 1961– |
| Tamara Siuda | Kemetic Orthodoxy | 1969– |
| Ben Klassen | Creativity | 1918–1993 |
| Ryuho Okawa | Happy Science | 1956- |
| Isak Gerson | Kopimism | 1993- |
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