Folk saints

Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.

Diana, Princess of Wales was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her enduring popularity.

Santa Claus is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve. Christmas elves are said to make the gifts in Santa's workshop, while flying reindeer pull his sleigh through the air.

Tsar and Grand Duke of all Rus' from 1547 to 1584

Russian mystic (1869–1916)

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician who was the founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed the "King of Cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest conventional criminals in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by his death, while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the US in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)

first king of the Franks (c. 466-511)

first wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)

Mexican revolutionary (1878-1923)

folk hero of Switzerland

2004 terrorist attack in North Ossetia, Russian Federation

Russian Orthodox theologian, priest, philosopher, mathematician, physicist, electrical engineer, inventor and Neomartyr (1882–1937)

Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Ideologically, his worldview combined leftism with Catholic social teaching.

Romanian politician (1899-1938)

Mazu or Matsu is a sea goddess in Chinese folk religion, Chinese Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. She is also known by several other names and titles. Mazu is the deified form of Lin Moniang (), a shamaness from Fujian who is said to have lived in the late 10th century. After her death, she became revered as a tutelary deity of Chinese seafarers, including fishermen and sailors.

French-Egyptian saint

18th-century European adventurer and intellectual

Catholic cardinal (1436-1517)

Argentine singer and songwriter (1961–1996)

Mexican cult image, female deity, and folk saint

French abbot and saint

Russian soldier (1977–1996)

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Italian decanonizated saint

Wilgefortis () is a female folk saint whose legend arose in the 14th century, and whose distinguishing feature is a large beard. According to the legend of her life, set in Portugal and Galicia, she was a teenage noblewoman who had been promised in marriage by her father to a Moorish king. To thwart the unwanted wedding, she had taken a vow of virginity, and prayed that she would be made repulsive. In answer to her prayers she sprouted a beard, which ended the engagement. In anger, Wilgefortis' father had her crucified.

Brazilian preacher (1830-1897)

boy whose murder was falsely blamed on the Jews of Norwich

legendary figure

Mexican folk hero (1870-1909)

Christian holy-woman born in Brustem

Chilean riot dog

child saint and murder victim

legendary Swiss hero

Guarani leader

German bishop

Hungarian nun

English merchant and saint

Guglielma or Wilhelmina of Bohemia (; or Blažena; 1210 – 24 October 1281) was an Italian noblewoman, possibly of Czech/Bohemian origin, according to her own assertions the daughter of king Ottokar I of Bohemia. She practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity in which she predicted the end of time and her own resurrection as the Holy Spirit incarnate. She is now the unofficial patron saint of Brunate. A painting from ca. 1450 depicting Guglielma blessing Abbess Maddalena Albrizzi and an unknown donor hangs in the Church of San Andrea in Brunate. Barbara Newman has a

Spanish saint

Maximón () is a Maya deity and folk saint, represented in various forms by the Maya peoples of several towns in the Guatemalan Highlands. Oral tradition of his creation and purpose in these communities is complex, diverse, and born of the ancient Maya traditions centuries ago.

Argentine folk saint

Christian folk saint virgin from "Asiatic Ethiopia"

Brazilian saint (1844-1934)

Spanish saint

Sivali Thera (; ; ; ; ) was a revered Arahant and is widely venerated in Theravada Buddhism. He is counted among the 80 great disciples of the Buddha and praised as the foremost disciple in receiving offerings (Etadagga).

Venezuelan female deity

Luxembourg prioress (1231-1283)

Mexican drug lord (1970–2014)

blood libel in Austria

Serbian Orthodox archimandrite (1914-2003)

mythical character

civilian casualty of NATO bombing

representation of a saint or fertility deity

Portuguese physician (1843–1897)

Brazilian saint

German saint

triad Taoist deities worshiped mainly by Teochew people, and part of Hakka people in Taiwan.

Abbot and sailor

Tamanend ("the Affable"; ), historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle (Pùkuwànku) clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding peace treaty with William Penn.