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


This page is intentionally selective. The goal is to include people who are structurally important to understanding an organization, not every well-known member or public associate.
This page is intentionally selective. It focuses on people who were central to the leadership of the organizations in Cultopedia's current MVP scope.


Many of these pages may currently resolve to Wikipedia when Cultopedia does not yet host a local copy. That is expected for the MVP stage.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Leader
== Current focus ==
! Organization or organizations
* [[L. Ron Hubbard]]
! Years in leadership
* [[David Miscavige]]
! Current situation
* [[Shoko Asahara]]
|-
* [[David Koresh]]
| [[A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]
* [[Marshall Applewhite]]
| [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]]
* [[Luc Jouret]]
|
* [[Joseph Di Mambro]]
| Alive; listed here as current leader
* [[Jim Jones]]
|-
* [[Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]
| [[Agnès Callamard]]
* [[Sun Myung Moon]]
| [[Amnesty International]]
* [[Warren Jeffs]]
| 1995–present
* [[David Berg]]
| Alive; still leads organization
 
|-
== Scope notes ==
| [[Allison Mack]]
* Include founders, leaders, successors, and other key internal figures.
| [[NXIVM]]
* Exclude celebrity followers, peripheral members, and loosely connected public figures unless they become central to the project.
|
* Use this page as a seed list for future monthly review and import decisions.
|
|-
| [[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
|}


== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==
* [[Organizations]]
* [[Organizations]]
* [[Main Page]]
* [[Main Page]]

Revision as of 20:17, 4 April 2026

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.

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 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 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 FLDS Church 2002-present Alive; still regarded by followers as leader
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