Leaders: Difference between revisions

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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.

Leader	Organization or organizations	Years in leadership	Current status
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh	Rajneesh movement	1970–1990	Dead
David Berg	The Family International / Children of God	1968–1994	Dead
David Koresh	Branch Davidians	1988–1993	Dead
David Miscavige	Church of Scientology	1986–present	Alive, still leading
Jim Jones	Peoples Temple	1955–1978	Dead
Joseph Di Mambro	Order of the Solar Temple	1984–1994	Dead
L. Ron Hubbard	Scientology	1952–1986	Dead
Luc Jouret	Order of the Solar Temple	1984–1994	Dead
Marshall Applewhite	Heaven's Gate	1974–1997	Dead
Shoko Asahara	Aum Shinrikyo	1987–1995	Dead
Sun Myung Moon	Unification Church	1954–2012	Dead
Warren Jeffs	FLDS Church	2002–present	Alive, still regarded as leader by followers

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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. 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 status
-* [[Shoko Asahara]]
+|-
-* [[David Koresh]]
+| [[Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]
-* [[Marshall Applewhite]]
+| [[Rajneesh movement]]
-* [[Luc Jouret]]
+| 1970–1990
-* [[Joseph Di Mambro]]
+| Dead
-* [[Jim Jones]]
+|-
-* [[Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]]
+| [[David Berg]]
-* [[Sun Myung Moon]]
+| [[The Family International]] / Children of God
-* [[Warren Jeffs]]
+| 1968–1994
-* [[David Berg]]
+| Dead
+|-
-== Scope notes ==
+| [[David Koresh]]
-* Include founders, leaders, successors, and other key internal figures.
+| [[Branch Davidians]]
-* Exclude celebrity followers, peripheral members, and loosely connected public figures unless they become central to the project.
+| 1988–1993
-* Use this page as a seed list for future monthly review and import decisions.
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[David Miscavige]]
+| [[Scientology|Church of Scientology]]
+| 1986–present
+| Alive, still leading
+|-
+| [[Jim Jones]]
+| [[Peoples Temple]]
+| 1955–1978
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[Joseph Di Mambro]]
+| [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
+| 1984–1994
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[L. Ron Hubbard]]
+| [[Scientology]]
+| 1952–1986
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[Luc Jouret]]
+| [[Order of the Solar Temple]]
+| 1984–1994
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[Marshall Applewhite]]
+| [[Heaven's Gate (religious group)|Heaven's Gate]]
+| 1974–1997
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[Shoko Asahara]]
+| [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
+| 1987–1995
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[Sun Myung Moon]]
+| [[Unification Church]]
+| 1954–2012
+| Dead
+|-
+| [[Warren Jeffs]]
+| [[Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|FLDS Church]]
+| 2002–present
+| Alive, still regarded as leader by followers
+|}
 == Related pages ==
 * [[Organizations]]
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