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'''Leaders''' is a curated index of founders, heads, and key figures connected to the organizations Cultopedia is currently tracking.

This page is intentionally selective. It focuses on people who were central to the leadership of the organizations in Cultopedia's current MVP scope.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Leader
! Organization or organizations
! Years in leadership
! Current situation
|-
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
| [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Agnès Callamard]]
| [[Amnesty International]]
| 1995–present
| Alive; still leads organization
|-
| [[Allison Mack]]
| [[NXIVM]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Amy Carlson (religious leader)]]
| [[Love Has Won]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Benjamin Roden]]
| [[Branch Davidians]]
| 
| Deceased
|-
| [[Bernadette Meehan]]
| [[Wikimedia Foundation]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]
| [[Rajneesh movement]]
| 1970-1990
| Deceased
|-
| [[Bonnie Nettles]]
| [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)]]
| 
| Deceased
|-
| [[Brian Tamaki]]
| [[Destiny Church (New Zealand)]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Bruce Hales]]
| [[Plymouth Brethren Christian Church]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Charles Dederich Sr]]
| [[Synanon]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Charles Manson]]
| [[Manson Family]]
| 
| Deceased
|-
| [[Clare Bronfman]]
| [[NXIVM]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[David Berg]]
| [[The Family International]] / Children of God
| 1968-1994
| Deceased
|-
| [[David Brandt Berg]]
| [[The Family International]]
| 
| Deceased
|-
| [[David Koresh]]
| [[Branch Davidians]]
| 1988-1993
| Deceased
|-
| [[David Miscavige]]
| [[Scientology|Church of Scientology]]
| 1986-present
| Alive; still leads organization
|-
| [[Doug Kunin]]
| [[Eckankar]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Edir Macedo]]
| [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Elbert "Gene" Spriggs]]
| [[Twelve Tribes communities]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Elizabeth Clare Prophet]]
| [[Church Universal and Triumphant]]
| 1959–2009
| Deceased
|-
| [[Emiliano Salinas]]
| [[NXIVM]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Hak Ja Han]]
| [[Unification Church]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Hannah Tamaki]]
| [[Destiny Church (New Zealand)]]
| 
| Alive
|-
| [[Jim Jones]]
| [[Peoples Temple]]
| 1955-1978
| Deceased
|-
| [[John Robert Stevens]]
| [[Church of the Living Word]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Joseph Di Mambro]]
| [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
| 1984-1994
| Deceased
|-
| [[Keith Raniere]]
| [[NXIVM]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[L. Ron Hubbard]]
| [[Scientology]]
| 1952-1986
| Deceased
|-
| [[Lee Man-hee]]
| [[Shincheonji Church of Jesus]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Leon MacLaren]]
| [[School of Economic Science]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Luc Jouret]]
| [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
| 1984-1994
| Deceased
|-
| [[Mads Christensen]]
| [[Greenpeace]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Marshall Applewhite]]
| [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]]
| 1974-1997
| Deceased
|-
| [[Minoru Harada]]
| [[Soka Gakkai]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Mirjana Spoljaric Egger]]
| [[International Committee of the Red Cross]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Naasón Joaquín García]]
| [[La Luz del Mundo]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Nancy Salzman]]
| [[NXIVM]]
| 
| Alive
|-
| [[Paul Nthenge Mackenzie]]
| [[Good News International Ministries]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[Paul P. Harris]]
| [[Rotary International]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Rajneesh]]
| [[Rajneesh movement]]
| 
| Deceased
|-
| [[Raël]]
| [[Raelian movement]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Robert Earl Burton]]
| [[Fellowship of Friends]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Ryan Ringnald]]
| [[Church of Wells]]
| 
| Alive; listed here as current leader
|-
| [[Ryuho Okawa]]
| [[Happy Science]]
| 1996-2023; 1986-1996
| Deceased
|-
| [[Shoko Asahara]]
| [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
| 1987-1995
| Deceased
|-
| [[Sun Myung Moon]]
| [[Unification Church]]
| 1954-2012
| Deceased
|-
| [[Warren Jeffs]]
| [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|FLDS Church]]
| 2002-present
| Alive; still regarded by followers as leader
|}

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