Famous British Spiritual & Religious Leaders

List of famous British spiritual & religious leaders with their biographies that include trivia, interesting facts, timeline and life history.

Spirituality and religion are considered by many to be the ways of disciplining one’s thought process and lifestyle. Spirituality has definitely helped the world in achieving that to a great extent, and religion has always been the beacon of hope for the masses. The opinions of spiritual and political leaders from Britain and other European nations have also been sought by political leaders for serious matters concerning the society. Some of the famous British religious leaders are William Davy, Anthony Anderson, Edward Leeds, Stephen Addington and Russell Lant Carpenter. Amongst the present day British religious leaders, Aga Khan IV is a well-known name in the country. These preachers have penned numerous books of great religious and spiritual importance. These books have played an important role in influencing the religious thoughts of the country’s youth. A few such literary works of religious prominence are ‘Maxims religious and prudential, with a Sermon to young People’ and ‘A System of Divinity on the Being, Nature, and Attributes of God’. Here is a collection of biographies of spiritual & religious leaders from Britain. Explore and know more about their life stories, timelines and interesting facts & trivia related to their lives.
Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell

25 April 1599

03 September 1658

Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire

Taurus

Thomas MoreThomas More

07 February 1478

06 July 1535

City of London

Aquarius

Aga Khan IVAga Khan IV

13 December 1936

Geneva

Sagittarius

Thomas BecketThomas Becket

21 December 1118

29 December 1170

Cheapside

Sagittarius

John WesleyJohn Wesley

17 June 1703

02 March 1791

Epworth, Lincolnshire

Gemini

Thomas CranmerThomas Cranmer

02 July 1489

21 March 1556

Aslockton

Cancer

BedeBede

0672 AD

26 May 0735

Jarrow

John BunyanJohn Bunyan

28 November 1628

31 August 1688

Elstow, Bedfordshire, England

Sagittarius

Matthew HenryMatthew Henry

18 October 1662

22 June 1714

Flintshire

Libra

George FoxGeorge Fox

30 June 1624

13 January 1691

Leicestershire, Kingdom of England

Cancer

Charles KingsleyCharles Kingsley

12 June 1819

23 January 1875

Holne, Devon, England

Gemini

Charles IICharles II

29 May 1630

06 February 1685

St James's Palace

Gemini

Rowan Douglas WilliamsRowan Douglas Williams

14 June 1950

Swansea, Wales

Gemini

James IJames I

19 June 1566

27 March 1625

Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh

Gemini

Elizabeth IElizabeth I

07 September 1533

24 March 1603

Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England

Virgo

Mary IIMary II

30 April 1662

28 December 1694

St James's Palace, St James's

Taurus

ColumbaColumba

07 December 0521

County Donegal

Sagittarius

Anjem ChoudaryAnjem Choudary

18 January 1967

Welling

Capricorn

Augustine of CanterburyAugustine of Canterbury

26 May 0604

Rome

Saint BonifaceSaint Boniface

0672 AD

Crediton

Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor

21 May 1832

03 June 1905

Barnsley

Taurus

Pope Adrian IVPope Adrian IV

1100 AD

01 September 1159

Hertfordshire

William LaudWilliam Laud

07 October 1573

16 January 1645

Reading

Libra

Mary SlessorMary Slessor

02 December 1848

13 January 1915

Aberdeen

Sagittarius

Gladys AylwardGladys Aylward

24 February 1902

03 January 1970

London

Pisces

Jonathan SacksJonathan Sacks

08 March 1948

London

Pisces

John SentamuJohn Sentamu

10 June 1949

Kampala

Gemini

Robert RuncieRobert Runcie

02 October 1921

11 July 2000

Liverpool

Libra

George CareyGeorge Carey

13 November 1935

London

Scorpio

Charles StuddCharles Studd

02 December 1860

16 July 1931

Spratton

Sagittarius

Michael RamseyMichael Ramsey

14 November 1904

23 April 1988

Cambridge

Scorpio

Lancelot AndrewesLancelot Andrewes

16 July 1555

25 September 1626

London

Cancer

Robert MorrisonRobert Morrison

05 January 1782

01 August 1834

Bullers Green

Capricorn

John Henry Cardinal NewmanJohn Henry Cardinal Newman

21 February 1801

11 August 1890

London

Pisces

Thomas Cardinal WolseyThomas Cardinal Wolsey

1473 AD

Ipswich

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