| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Abdu'l-Bahá |
Religion |
23-May-1844 |
28-Nov-1921 |
Baha'i leader |
| Abraham |
Religion |
c. 1813 BC |
c. 1638 BC |
Father of the Abrahamic religions |
| Pope Adrian I |
Religion |
? |
25-Dec-795 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 772-95 |
| Pope Adrian II |
Religion |
792 AD |
14-Dec-872 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 867-72 |
| Pope Adrian IV |
Religion |
c. 1100 |
1-Sep-1159 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1154-59 |
| Pope Adrian VI |
Religion |
2-Mar-1459 |
14-Sep-1523 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1522-23 |
| St. Agatha |
Religion |
? |
5-Feb-251 AD |
Patron saint of Catania |
| Pope Agatho |
Religion |
c. 577 AD |
10-Jan-681 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 678-81 |
| Peter Akinola |
Religion |
1944 |
|
Anglican Primate of Nigeria |
| Giulio Alberoni |
Religion |
21-May-1664 |
16-Jun-1752 |
Powerful Italo-Spanish cardinal |
| Erasmus Alberus |
Religion |
c. 1500 |
1553 |
German humanist, supporter of Luther |
| Pope Alexander II |
Religion |
? |
21-Apr-1075 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1061-73 |
| Pope Alexander III |
Religion |
c. 1105 |
30-Aug-1181 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1159-81 |
| Pope Alexander V |
Religion |
c. 1339 |
4-May-1410 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1409-10 |
| Pope Alexander VI |
Religion |
1-Jan-1431 |
18-Aug-1503 |
Divided the New World for Portugal, Spain |
| Pope Alexander VII |
Religion |
13-Feb-1599 |
22-May-1667 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1655-67 |
| Pope Alexander VIII |
Religion |
22-Apr-1610 |
1-Feb-1691 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1689-91 |
| Richard Allen |
Religion |
14-Feb-1760 |
26-Mar-1831 |
Founder, African Episcopal Methodist Church |
| Georges d'Amboise |
Religion |
1460 |
25-May-1510 |
Prime Minister under Louis XII |
| St. Ambrose |
Religion |
c. 340 AD |
4-Apr-397 AD |
Church Father, fought Arianism |
| Nikolaus von Amsdorf |
Religion |
3-Dec-1483 |
14-May-1565 |
German Protestant reformer |
| Mother Angelica |
Religion |
20-Apr-1923 |
|
Roman Catholic evangelical nun |
| John Ankerberg |
Religion |
Dec-1945 |
|
The John Ankerberg Show |
| Johnny Appleseed |
Religion |
26-Sep-1774 |
18-Mar-1845 |
Famous apple tree distributor |
| Marshall Applewhite |
Religion |
17-May-1931 |
26-Mar-1997 |
Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide |
| St. Thomas Aquinas |
Religion |
1225 |
7-Mar-1274 |
Catholicism's leading theologian |
| Francis Arinze |
Religion |
1-Nov-1932 |
|
Congregation of Divine Worship |
| Arius |
Religion |
256 AD |
336 AD |
Founder of the Christian doctrine of Arianism |
| Thomas Arundel |
Religion |
1353 |
19-Feb-1414 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1396-1414 |
| Shoko Asahara |
Religion |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult |
| Juana de Asbaje |
Poet |
12-Nov-1651 |
17-Apr-1695 |
America's first feminist poet |
| Francis Asbury |
Religion |
20-Aug-1745 |
31-Mar-1816 |
Father of American Methodism |
| St. Athanasius |
Religion |
298 AD |
2–May-373 AD |
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD |
| St. Augustine |
Religion |
13-Nov-354 AD |
28-Aug-430 AD |
Confessions |
| St. Augustine of Canterbury |
Religion |
? |
26-May-604 AD |
First Archbishop of Canterbury |
| The Báb |
Religion |
20-Oct-1819 |
9-Jul-1850 |
Forerunner of Baha'i |
| Bahá'u'lláh |
Religion |
12-Nov-1817 |
29-May-1892 |
Founder of Baha'i |
| Michael Baius |
Religion |
1513 |
16-Sep-1589 |
Belgian theologian |
| Jim Bakker |
Religion |
2-Jan-1939 |
|
Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist |
| Tammy Faye Bakker |
Religion |
7-Mar-1942 |
20-Jul-2007 |
Cosmetics gone awry |
| Hassan al-Banna |
Activist |
14-Oct-1906 |
12-Feb-1949 |
Founder of The Muslim Brotherhood |
| Robert Barnes |
Religion |
1495 |
30-Jul-1540 |
English reformer and martyr |
| Tommy Barnett |
Religion |
c. 1937 |
|
Phoenix First Assembly of God |
| Karl Barth |
Religion |
10-May-1886 |
9-Dec-1968 |
Church Dogmatics |
| David Barton |
Activist |
? |
|
Opposes separation of church and state |
| Thomas Bayes |
Mathematician |
1701 |
7-Apr-1761 |
Bayes' theorem |
| Gregory Baylor |
Religion |
? |
|
Christian Legal Society |
| David Beaton |
Religion |
c. 1494 |
29-May-1546 |
Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews |
| Thomas Becket |
Religion |
c. 1118 |
29-Dec-1170 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-70 |
| Venerable Bede |
Religion |
c. 672 AD |
25-May-735 AD |
Ecclesiastical History |
| Henry Ward Beecher |
Religion |
24-Jun-1813 |
8-Mar-1887 |
American Congregationalist preacher |
| Lyman Beecher |
Religion |
12-Oct-1775 |
10-Jan-1865 |
American Presbyterian preacher |
| Robert Bellarmine |
Religion |
4-Oct-1542 |
17-Sep-1621 |
Italian Cardinal and theologian |
| Henry Whitney Bellows |
Religion |
11-Jun-1814 |
30-Jan-1882 |
Unitarian leader, civil reformer |
| Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo |
Activist |
3-Feb-1948 |
|
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Pope Benedict IX |
Religion |
? |
1056 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1033-48 |
| Pope Benedict XI |
Religion |
1240 |
7-Jul-1304 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1303-04 |
| Pope Benedict XII |
Religion |
? |
25-Apr-1342 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1334-42 |
| Pope Benedict XIII |
Religion |
2-Feb-1649 |
21-Feb-1730 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1724-30 |
| Pope Benedict XIV |
Religion |
31-Mar-1675 |
3-May-1758 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1740-58 |
| Pope Benedict XV |
Religion |
21-Nov-1854 |
22-Jan-1922 |
Sat out World War I |
| Pope Benedict XVI |
Religion |
16-Apr-1927 |
|
Roman Catholic Pontiff |
| Ezra Taft Benson |
Religion |
4-Aug-1899 |
30-May-1994 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 |
| Berengar of Tours |
Religion |
c. 999 AD |
10-Jan-1088 |
Early anti-transubstantiation theologian |
| George Berkeley |
Philosopher |
12-Mar-1685 |
14-Jan-1753 |
Anti-intellectual empiricist philosopher |
| St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
Religion |
1090 |
20-Aug-1153 |
Reformed the Cistercian Order |
| Annie Besant |
Activist |
1-Oct-1847 |
20-Sep-1933 |
Theosophist & Social Activist |
| Theodore Beza |
Religion |
24-Jun-1519 |
13-Oct-1605 |
Reformation leader, Calvin's successor |
| John Biddle |
Religion |
1615 |
22-Sep-1662 |
Father of English Unitarianism |
| Thomas Bilney |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
19-Aug-1531 |
English martyr, influenced Latimer |
| John Birch |
Religion |
28-May-1918 |
25-Aug-1945 |
Missionary to China killed during WW2 |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Jakob Boehme |
Religion |
1575 |
17-Nov-1624 |
German Protestant mystic |
| Reinhard Bonnke |
Religion |
19-Apr-1940 |
|
Faith healing evangelist |
| Cesare Borgia |
Religion |
Sep-1476 |
12-Mar-1507 |
Cardinal of Valencia |
| St. Francis Borgia |
Religion |
28-Oct-1510 |
30-Sep-1572 |
The canonized Borgia |
| Jacques Bossuet |
Religion |
25-Sep-1627 |
12-Apr-1704 |
Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle |
| Shmuley Boteach |
Religion |
19-Nov-1966 |
|
Shalom in the Home |
| William Bradford |
Religion |
Mar-1590 |
9-May-1657 |
Governor of Plymouth Colony |
| Bill Bright |
Religion |
19-Oct-1921 |
19-Jul-2003 |
Campus Crusade for Christ |
| Arthur Brown |
Musician |
24-Jun-1944 |
|
The God of Hellfire |
| Olympia Brown |
Activist |
5-Jan-1835 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Lady preacher and suffragette |
| Martin Bucer |
Religion |
11-Nov-1491 |
28-Feb-1551 |
German Protestant reformer |
| Buddha |
Religion |
563 BC |
477 BC |
Enlightened One |
| Heinrich Bullinger |
Religion |
18-Jul-1504 |
17-Sep-1575 |
Swiss Lutheran reformer |
| Gilbert Burnet |
Religion |
18-Sep-1643 |
17-Mar-1715 |
Bishop of Salisbury |
| Thomas Burnet |
Religion |
1635 |
27-Sep-1715 |
Telluris Tehoria Sacra |
| Hermann Busenbaum |
Religion |
1600 |
31-Jan-1668 |
Medulla theologiae moralis |
| Horace Bushnell |
Religion |
14-Apr-1802 |
17-Feb-1876 |
Nature and the Supernatural |
| Addie J. Butler |
Religion |
1946 |
|
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| Juanita Bynum |
Religion |
16-Jan-1959 |
|
Pentecostal televangelist |
| Kirbyjon H. Caldwell |
Religion |
c. 1954 |
|
Windsor Village United Methodist Church |
| Pope Callistus III |
Religion |
31-Dec-1378 |
6-Aug-1458 |
Posthumously vindicated Joan of Arc |
| John Calvin |
Religion |
10-Jul-1509 |
27-May-1564 |
French Protestant Reformation |
| John Cameron |
Religion |
c. 1579 |
1623 |
Scottish Protestant theologian |
| Wolfgang Capito |
Religion |
1478 |
4-Nov-1541 |
German Protestant reformer |
| George L. Carey |
Religion |
13-Nov-1935 |
|
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1991-2002 |
| William Carey |
Religion |
17-Aug-1761 |
9-Jun-1834 |
English Baptist Missionary Society |
| Thomas Cartwright |
Religion |
c. 1535 |
27-Dec-1603 |
English Puritan divine |
| George Cassander |
Religion |
1513 |
3-Feb-1566 |
Worked towards Christian unity |
| Adriano Castellesi |
Religion |
c. 1460 |
c. 1521 |
Secretary to Pope Alexander VI |
| St. Catherine of Alexandria |
Religion |
c. 3rd c. AD |
c. 4th c. AD |
Patron saint of virgins and nuns |
| St. Catherine of Siena |
Religion |
25-Mar-1347 |
29-Apr-1380 |
Patron saint of Italy |
| St. Cecilia |
Religion |
? |
c. 180 AD |
Patron saint of music, the blind |
| Pope Celestine I |
Religion |
? |
27-Jul-432 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 422-432 AD |
| Pope Celestine II |
Religion |
? |
8-Mar-1144 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1143-44 |
| Pope Celestine III |
Religion |
c. 1106 |
8-Jan-1198 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1191-98 |
| Pope Celestine IV |
Religion |
? |
10-Nov-1241 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1241 |
| Pope Celestine V |
Religion |
1215 |
19-May-1296 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1294 |
| Celsus |
Religion |
fl. 2nd c. AD |
fl. 2nd c. AD |
Opponent of Christianity |
| Thomas Chalmers |
Religion |
17-Mar-1780 |
30-May-1847 |
Free Church of Scotland |
| Martin Chemnitz |
Religion |
9-Nov-1522 |
8-Apr-1586 |
Lutheran theologian in Brunswick |
| Jack Chick |
Cartoonist |
13-Apr-1924 |
|
Paranoid anti-Catholic comics publisher |
| Sri Chinmoy |
Religion |
27-Aug-1931 |
11-Oct-2007 |
Meditation guru |
| St. John Chrysostom |
Religion |
c. 345 AD |
14-Sep-407 AD |
Church Father, Archbishop of Constantinople |
| St. Clare |
Religion |
16-Jul-1194 |
11-Aug-1253 |
Founder of the Franciscan Nuns |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| James Freeman Clarke |
Religion |
4-Apr-1810 |
8-Jun-1888 |
Ten Great Religions |
| St. Clement I |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 88-97 AD |
| Pope Clement II |
Religion |
? |
9-Oct-1047 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1046-47 |
| Pope Clement III |
Religion |
? |
20-Mar-1191 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1187-91 |
| Pope Clement IV |
Religion |
? |
29-Nov-1268 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1265-68 |
| Pope Clement IX |
Religion |
28-Jan-1600 |
9-Dec-1669 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1667-69 |
| Pope Clement V |
Religion |
c. 1260 |
20-Apr-1314 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1305-14 |
| Pope Clement VI |
Religion |
1291 |
6-Dec-1352 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1342-52 |
| Pope Clement VII |
Religion |
26-May-1478 |
25-Sep-1534 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1523-34 |
| Pope Clement VIII |
Religion |
24-Feb-1536 |
5-Mar-1605 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1592-1605 |
| Pope Clement X |
Religion |
13-Jul-1590 |
22-Jul-1676 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1670-76 |
| Pope Clement XI |
Religion |
22-Jul-1649 |
19-Mar-1721 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1700-21 |
| Pope Clement XII |
Religion |
7-Apr-1652 |
6-Feb-1740 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1730-40 |
| Pope Clement XIII |
Religion |
7-Mar-1693 |
2-Feb-1769 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1758-69 |
| Pope Clement XIV |
Religion |
31-Oct-1705 |
22-Sep-1774 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1769-74 |
| Doug Coe |
Religion |
c. 1930 |
|
The Family |
| Henry Sloane Coffin |
Religion |
5-Jan-1877 |
25-Nov-1954 |
Meaning of the Cross |
| St. Columba |
Religion |
7-Dec-521 AD |
9-Jun-597 AD |
Converted the Picts |
| Confucius |
Religion |
551 BC |
479 BC |
Analects |
| Kenneth Copeland |
Religion |
6-Dec-1936 |
|
Kenneth Copeland Ministries |
| Luis Cortes |
Religion |
? |
|
Esperanza USA |
| John Cotton |
Religion |
4-Dec-1585 |
23-Dec-1652 |
First Church of Boston |
| Father Charles Coughlin |
Religion |
25-Oct-1891 |
27-Oct-1979 |
Radio opponent of FDR |
| Thomas Cranmer |
Religion |
2-Jul-1489 |
21-Mar-1556 |
First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Paul Crouch |
Religion |
29-Mar-1934 |
|
Trinity Broadcasting Network |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Samuel Crowther |
Religion |
c. 1809 |
31-Dec-1891 |
African missionary bishop |
| Alexander Cruden |
Religion |
1699 |
1-Nov-1770 |
Concordance to the Bible |
| St. Cuthbert |
Religion |
634 AD |
20-Mar-687 AD |
Bishop of Lindesfarne |
| Dalai Lama |
Religion |
6-Jul-1935 |
|
14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama |
| Pope Damasus I |
Religion |
c. 304 AD |
11-Dec-384 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 366-84 AD |
| Pope Damasus II |
Religion |
? |
9-Aug-1048 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1048 |
| Pietro Damiani |
Religion |
1007 |
22-Feb-1072 |
11th c. Doctor of the Chuch |
| Father Damien |
Religion |
3-Jan-1840 |
15-Apr-1889 |
Attended to lepers at Molokai |
| Godfried Danneels |
Religion |
4-Jun-1933 |
|
Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels |
| John Nelson Darby |
Religion |
18-Nov-1800 |
29-Apr-1882 |
Father of Dispensationalism |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| St. David |
Religion |
c. 500 AD |
c. 580 AD |
Patron saint of Wales |
| Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda |
Religion |
22-Apr-1942 |
|
International Ministry Growing in Grace, Inc. |
| William Dembski |
Religion |
18-Jul-1960 |
|
Intelligent Design proponent |
| St. Denis |
Religion |
? |
c. 250 AD |
Patron saint of France |
| Dionysius Areopagiticus |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Converted by St. Paul |
| Dionysius Exiguus |
Religion |
c. 470 AD |
c. 540 AD |
6th century chronologer |
| Father Divine |
Religion |
1880 |
1965 |
Founder of the International Peace Mission |
| Thomas Dixon |
Author |
11-Jan-1864 |
3-Apr-1946 |
The Clansman |
| Creflo Dollar |
Religion |
c. 1962 |
|
World Changers Church International |
| St. Dominic |
Religion |
1170 |
6-Aug-1221 |
Founder of the Dominican Order |
| John Donne |
Poet |
1572 |
31-Mar-1631 |
Anniversaries |
| Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
| John Duns Scotus |
Religion |
c. 1265 |
8-Nov-1308 |
14th century Scottish scholar |
| Wayne Dyer |
Religion |
10-May-1940 |
|
The father of motivation |
| John Earle |
Religion |
1601 |
17-Nov-1665 |
Microcosmographie |
| Johann Eck |
Religion |
13-Nov-1486 |
10-Feb-1543 |
Martin Luther's Catholic opponent |
| Meister Eckhart |
Religion |
c. 1260 |
1327 |
German speculative mystic |
| Mary Baker Eddy |
Religion |
16-Jul-1821 |
3-Dec-1910 |
Founded Christian Science movement |
| Bob Edgar |
Politician |
29-May-1943 |
|
President of Common Cause |
| Jonathan Edwards |
Religion |
5-Oct-1703 |
22-Mar-1758 |
American Puritan theologian |
| Johann Gottfried Eichhorn |
Religion |
16-Oct-1752 |
27-Jun-1827 |
Old Testament scholar and critic |
| David Einhorn |
Religion |
1809 |
1879 |
Jewish reform movement |
| Barthélemy-Prosper Enfantin |
Religion |
8-Feb-1796 |
1-Sep-1864 |
Saint-Simonist, cult leader |
| St. Epiphanius |
Religion |
c. 315 AD |
402 AD |
Foe to Origenism |
| Stuart Epperson |
Religion |
c. 1935 |
|
Salem Communications |
| Thomas Erastus |
Religion |
7-Sep-1524 |
31-Dec-1583 |
A Treatise of Excommunication |
| Werner Erhard |
Religion |
5-Sep-1935 |
|
Erhard Seminar Training ("est") |
| Jerry Falwell |
Religion |
11-Aug-1933 |
15-May-2007 |
Television evangelist |
| Guillaume Farel |
Religion |
1489 |
13-Sep-1565 |
French Reformer, influenced Calvin |
| Louis Farrakhan |
Religion |
11-May-1933 |
|
Leader of Nation of Islam |
| Charles Grandison Finney |
Religion |
29-Aug-1792 |
16-Aug-1875 |
Second Awakening |
| George Foreman |
Boxing |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Champ knocks out the fat |
| Pope Formosus |
Religion |
c. 816 AD |
4-Apr-896 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 891-896 |
| Matthew Fox |
Religion |
21-Dec-1940 |
|
Creation Spirituality |
| John Foxe |
Religion |
1516 |
18-Apr-1587 |
Foxe's Book of Martyrs |
| St. Francis de Sales |
Religion |
21-Aug-1567 |
28-Dec-1622 |
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary |
| St. Francis of Assisi |
Religion |
1181 |
3-Oct-1226 |
Founder of the Franciscan order |
| Sebastian Franck |
Religion |
c. 1499 |
c. 1542 |
German freethinker |
| Charles E. Fuller |
Religion |
25-Apr-1887 |
18-Mar-1968 |
Co-Founder, Fuller Theological Seminary |
| Stephen Gardiner |
Religion |
c. 1493 |
12-Nov-1555 |
English bishop, statesman |
| Gerald Gardner |
Religion |
13-Jun-1884 |
12-Feb-1964 |
Founder of Modern Wicca |
| St. George |
Religion |
? |
23-Apr-303 AD |
Patron saint of England |
| Gilbert de la Porrée |
Religion |
1070 |
4-Sep-1154 |
De sex principiis |
| St. Giles |
Religion |
fl. 6th c. AD |
fl. 6th c. AD |
Patron saint of lepers and cripples |
| Doug Giles |
Religion |
c. 1962 |
|
Conservative pastor |
| Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora |
Mathematician |
20-Aug-1645 |
22-Aug-1700 |
Mathematician, historian of the New World |
| Marjoe Gortner |
Religion |
14-Jan-1944 |
|
Former child preacher |
| Billy Graham |
Religion |
7-Nov-1918 |
|
Televangelist |
| Franklin Graham |
Religion |
14-Jul-1952 |
|
Billy Graham's son |
| W.V. Grant, Jr. |
Religion |
? |
|
Televangelist convicted of tax fraud |
| Akbar the Great |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1542 |
27-Oct-1605 |
Mughal Emperor, 1556-1605 |
| Pope Gregory I |
Religion |
c. 540 AD |
12-Mar-604 AD |
Gregory the Great |
| Pope Gregory II |
Religion |
669 AD |
11-Feb-731 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 715-731 |
| Pope Gregory III |
Religion |
? |
29-Nov-741 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 731-41 |
| Pope Gregory IV |
Religion |
? |
25-Jan-844 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 827-44 |
| Pope Gregory IX |
Religion |
c. 1170 |
22-Aug-1241 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1227-41 |
| Pope Gregory V |
Religion |
972 AD |
18-Feb-999 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 996-99 |
| Pope Gregory VI |
Religion |
? |
1048 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1045-46 |
| Pope Gregory VII |
Religion |
c. 1020 |
25-May-1085 |
Lost power struggle with Henry IV |
| Pope Gregory VIII |
Religion |
? |
1187 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1187 |
| Pope Gregory X |
Religion |
c. 1210 |
10-Jan-1276 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1271-76 |
| Pope Gregory XI |
Religion |
1329 |
26-Mar-1378 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1370-78 |
| Pope Gregory XII |
Religion |
c. 1326 |
18-Oct-1417 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1406-15 |
| Pope Gregory XIII |
Religion |
7-Jan-1502 |
10-Apr-1585 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1572-85 |
| Pope Gregory XIV |
Religion |
11-Feb-1535 |
15-Oct-1591 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1590-91 |
| Pope Gregory XV |
Religion |
9-Jan-1554 |
8-Jul-1623 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1621-23 |
| Pope Gregory XVI |
Religion |
18-Sep-1765 |
1-Jun-1846 |
Papal spendthrift, hated railroads |
| Robert Grosseteste |
Religion |
c. 1175 |
9-Oct-1253 |
Bishop of Lincoln |
| Romano Guardini |
Religion |
17-Feb-1885 |
1-Oct-1968 |
Roman Catholic theologian |
| G. I. Gurdjieff |
Philosopher |
1877 |
29-Oct-1949 |
Esoteric philosopher, The Fourth Way |
| Rabih Haddad |
Religion |
1960 |
|
Deported imam, purported terrorist |
| Ludwig Haetzer |
Religion |
c. 1500 |
4-Feb-1529 |
Translator of Prophets |
| John Hagee |
Religion |
12-Apr-1940 |
|
John Hagee Ministries |
| Ted Haggard |
Religion |
27-Jun-1956 |
|
Pastor Ted |
| Matt Hale |
Religion |
27-Jul-1971 |
|
White supremacist |
| Patrick Hamilton |
Religion |
1504 |
29-Feb-1528 |
Scottish Lutheran martyr |
| MC Hammer |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Mar-1962 |
|
Can't touch this |
| John Harvard |
Religion |
26-Nov-1607 |
14-Sep-1638 |
Bequest to Harvard College |
| Kirby J. Hensley |
Religion |
23-Jul-1911 |
19-Mar-1999 |
Founder, Universal Life Church |
| George Hickes |
Religion |
20-Jun-1642 |
15-Dec-1715 |
Provoked the Bangorian controversy |
| Elias Hicks |
Religion |
19-Mar-1748 |
27-Feb-1830 |
Quaker abolitionist |
| Miguel Hidalgo |
Religion |
8-May-1753 |
30-Jul-1811 |
Father of Mexican independence |
| Hildegard von Bingen |
Religion |
16-Sep-1098 |
17-Sep-1179 |
Scivias seu Visiones |
| Gordon Hinckley |
Religion |
23-Jun-1910 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008 |
| Hincmar |
Religion |
c. 805 AD |
21-Dec-882 AD |
Archbishop of Reims |
| Benny Hinn |
Religion |
3-Dec-1952 |
|
Faith healing televangelist |
| Hippolytus |
Religion |
c. 170 AD |
235 AD |
Writer of the early church |
| Benjamin Hoadly |
Religion |
14-Nov-1676 |
17-Apr-1761 |
Anglican Bishop and controversialist |
| Melchior Hofmann |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
c. 1543 |
German Anabaptist mystic |
| Peter Hollingworth |
Religion |
10-Apr-1935 |
|
Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane |
| Li Hongzhi |
Religion |
13-May-1951 |
|
Founder of Falun Gong |
| Pope Honorius I |
Religion |
? |
12-Oct-638 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 625-638 AD |
| Pope Honorius II |
Religion |
? |
13-Feb-1130 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1124-30 |
| Pope Honorius III |
Religion |
? |
18-Mar-1227 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1216-27 |
| Pope Honorius IV |
Religion |
c. 1210 |
3-Apr-1287 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1285-87 |
| Richard Hooker |
Religion |
c. 1553 |
2-Nov-1600 |
Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity |
| Thomas Hooker |
Religion |
7-Jul-1586 |
7-Jul-1647 |
American colonial Puritan leader |
| John Hooper |
Religion |
c. 1495 |
9-Feb-1555 |
Zwinglian bishop of Gloucester |
| Samuel Hopkins |
Religion |
17-Sep-1721 |
20-Dec-1803 |
Hopkinsian, opponent of slavery |
| Pope Hormisdas |
Religion |
? |
6-Aug-523 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 514-23 |
| Fenton J. A. Hort |
Religion |
23-Apr-1828 |
30-Nov-1892 |
Translator of the New Testament |
| Kent Hovind |
Religion |
15-Jan-1953 |
|
Creation Science huckster |
| John Howe |
Religion |
17-May-1630 |
2-Apr-1706 |
The Living Temple |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Mike Huckabee |
Politician |
24-Aug-1955 |
|
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007 |
| Trevor Huddleston |
Religion |
15-Jun-1913 |
20-Apr-1998 |
Anti-Apartheid activist |
| Deal Hudson |
Religion |
30-Nov-1949 |
|
Karl Rove's favorite Catholic |
| Pierre-Daniel Huet |
Religion |
8-Feb-1630 |
26-Jan-1721 |
Bishop of Avranches |
| Rex Humbard |
Religion |
13-Aug-1919 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Television evangelist |
| Cláudio Hummes |
Religion |
8-Aug-1934 |
|
Archbishop of São Paulo |
| Jan Hus |
Religion |
c. 1373 |
6-Jul-1415 |
Czech reformer and martyr |
| Bill Hybels |
Religion |
1952 |
|
Willow Creek Community Church |
| Ignatius of Antioch |
Religion |
c. 35 AD |
c. 110 AD |
Early Church Father |
| Pope Innocent I |
Religion |
? |
12-Mar-417 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 402-17 |
| Pope Innocent II |
Religion |
? |
22-Sep-1143 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1130-43 |
| Pope Innocent III |
Religion |
c. 1160 |
16-Jun-1216 |
Pope, launched two Crusades |
| Pope Innocent IX |
Religion |
20-Jul-1519 |
30-Dec-1591 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1591 |
| Pope Innocent V |
Religion |
c. 1225 |
22-Jun-1276 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1276 |
| Pope Innocent VI |
Religion |
? |
12-Sep-1362 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1352-62 |
| Pope Innocent VII |
Religion |
1336 |
6-Nov-1406 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1404-06 |
| Pope Innocent VIII |
Religion |
1432 |
25-Jul-1492 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1484-92 |
| Pope Innocent X |
Religion |
6-May-1574 |
7-Jan-1655 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1644-55 |
| Pope Innocent XI |
Religion |
16-May-1611 |
12-Aug-1689 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1676-89 |
| Pope Innocent XII |
Religion |
13-Mar-1615 |
27-Sep-1700 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1691-1700 |
| Pope Innocent XIII |
Religion |
13-May-1655 |
7-Mar-1724 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1721-24 |
| Pope Innocent IV |
Religion |
? |
7-Dec-1254 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1243-54 |
| Irenaeus |
Religion |
c. 130 AD |
c. 200 AD |
Ante-Nicene theologian |
| Edward Irving |
Religion |
4-Aug-1792 |
7-Dec-1834 |
Holy Catholic Apostolic Church |
| Menasseh ben Israel |
Religion |
c. 1604 |
20-Nov-1657 |
Vindiciae Judaeorum |
| Daniel Ernst Jablonski |
Religion |
20-Nov-1660 |
25-May-1741 |
Worked to unite protestantism |
| Jesse Jackson |
Activist |
8-Oct-1941 |
|
Rainbow Coalition |
| Jacob |
Religion |
? |
? |
Father of the twelve tribes |
| T. D. Jakes |
Religion |
9-Jun-1957 |
|
Televangelist |
| Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati |
Politician |
1926 |
|
Head of Iran's Guardian Council |
| Cornelius Jansen |
Religion |
28-Oct-1585 |
6-May-1638 |
Father of Jansenism |
| St. Januarius |
Religion |
? |
c. 305 AD |
Patron saint of Naples |
| Warren Jeffs |
Religion |
3-Dec-1955 |
|
Head of FLDS polygamist clan |
| St. Jerome |
Religion |
c. 340 AD |
30-Sep-420 AD |
Church Father, translated Vulgate |
| Jesus Christ |
Religion |
c. 4 BC |
7-Apr-30 AD |
Carpenter, evangelist |
| John Jewel |
Religion |
24-May-1522 |
23-Sep-1571 |
Defender of Anglicanism |
| Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros |
Religion |
1436 |
8-Nov-1517 |
Ascetic Spanish Cardinal and statesman |
| Joan of Arc |
Religion |
6-Jan-1412 |
30-May-1431 |
Visionary burned at the stake |
| St. John |
Religion |
c. 6 AD |
c. 100 AD |
Author of the fourth Gospel |
| Pope John I |
Religion |
? |
18-May-526 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 523-26 |
| Pope John II |
Religion |
? |
8-May-535 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 533-35 |
| Pope John III |
Religion |
? |
13-Jul-574 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 561-74 |
| Pope John IV |
Religion |
? |
12-Oct-642 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 640-42 |
| Pope John IX |
Religion |
? |
Jan-900 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 898-900 |
| St. John of Beverley |
Religion |
? |
7-May-721 AD |
Medieval English saint |
| John of Damascus |
Religion |
c. 676 AD |
4-Dec-749 AD |
Early scholastic church father |
| St. John of Nepomuk |
Religion |
c. 1345 |
20-Mar-1393 |
Patron saint of Bohemia |
| St. John of the Cross |
Religion |
24-Jun-1542 |
14-Dec-1591 |
Spanish mystic, Doctor of the Church |
| Pope John Paul I |
Religion |
17-Oct-1912 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978 |
| Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
| John the Baptist |
Religion |
? |
c. 28 AD |
Precursor to Jesus Christ |
| Pope John V |
Religion |
? |
2-Aug-686 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 685-86 |
| Pope John VI |
Religion |
? |
11-Jan-705 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 701-05 |
| Pope John VII |
Religion |
? |
18-Oct-707 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 705-07 |
| Pope John VIII |
Religion |
? |
16-Dec-882 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 872-882 |
| Pope John X |
Religion |
? |
928 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 914-28 |
| Pope John XI |
Religion |
c. 910 AD |
936 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 931-936 |
| Pope John XII |
Religion |
c. 937 AD |
14-May-964 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 955-964 |
| Pope John XIII |
Religion |
? |
6-Sep-972 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 965-72 |
| Pope John XIV |
Religion |
? |
20-Aug-984 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 983-84 |
| Pope John XIX |
Religion |
? |
1032 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1024-32 |
| Pope John XV |
Religion |
? |
996 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 985-96 |
| Pope John XXI |
Religion |
c. 1215 |
20-May-1277 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1276-77 |
| Pope John XXII |
Religion |
1249 |
4-Dec-1334 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1316-34 |
| Pope John XXIII |
Religion |
25-Nov-1881 |
3-Jun-1963 |
Pope 1958-63 |
| Phillip Johnson |
Author |
1940 |
|
Intelligent Design theorist |
| Russell Johnson |
Religion |
? |
|
Ohio Restoration Project |
| Archibald Johnston |
Religion |
1611 |
22-Jul-1663 |
Scottish presbyterian patriot |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Joseph |
Religion |
? |
? |
Possessed multicolored dreamcoat |
| Joseph of Arimathea |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Prepared Jesus Christ's cadaver |
| Father Joseph |
Religion |
4-Nov-1577 |
18-Dec-1638 |
Confidant of Cardinal Richelieu |
| St. Joseph |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Husband of Mary |
| Judas Iscariot |
Religion |
? |
c. 30 AD |
Betrayer of Jesus Christ |
| Adoniram Judson |
Linguist |
9-Aug-1788 |
12-Apr-1850 |
Missionary, Burmese lexicographer |
| Pope Julius I |
Religion |
? |
12-Apr-352 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 337-52 |
| Pope Julius II |
Religion |
5-Dec-1443 |
21-Feb-1513 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1503-13 |
| Pope Julius III |
Religion |
10-Sep-1487 |
23-Mar-1555 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1550-55 |
| Justin Martyr |
Religion |
c. 100 AD |
c. 165 AD |
Apology |
| D. James Kennedy |
Religion |
3-Nov-1930 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church |
| Inayat Khan |
Religion |
5-Jul-1882 |
5-Feb-1927 |
Founder of Universal Sufism |
| Ayatollah Khomeini |
Religion |
24-Sep-1902 |
3-Jun-1989 |
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Kibo |
Religion |
13-Jul-1967 |
|
Titular head of Kibology |
| Martin Luther King |
Activist |
15-Jan-1929 |
4-Apr-1968 |
Pacifist civil rights activist |
| Thomas Starr King |
Religion |
17-Dec-1824 |
4-Mar-1864 |
Saved California to the Union |
| Diane Knippers |
Religion |
6-Jan-1952 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Conservative religious strategist |
| John Knox |
Religion |
c. 1514 |
24-Nov-1572 |
Scottish Reformation |
| Joseph Kony |
Criminal |
18-Sep-1964 |
|
Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| J. Krishnamurti |
Religion |
12-May-1895 |
18-Feb-1986 |
Theosophist guru |
| Lactantius |
Religion |
c. 260 AD |
c. 340 AD |
Institutions |
| Tim LaHaye |
Religion |
27-Apr-1926 |
|
Left Behind series |
| Richard Land |
Religion |
1947 |
|
Southern Baptist Convention |
| Hugh Latimer |
Religion |
c. 1490 |
16-Oct-1555 |
English Reformation |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| Greg Laurie |
Religion |
10-Dec-1952 |
|
Harvest Christian Fellowship |
| Henry of Lausanne |
Religion |
fl. 12th c. |
fl. 12th c. |
12th century French heretic |
| Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
| Bernard Law |
Religion |
04-Nov-1931 |
|
Controversial former cardinal of Boston |
| William Law |
Religion |
1686 |
9-Apr-1761 |
Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life |
| Larry Lea |
Religion |
1951 |
|
Disgraced televangelist |
| Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
| Robert Leighton |
Religion |
1611 |
25-Jun-1684 |
Archbishop of Glasgow |
| Pope Leo I |
Religion |
c. 390 AD |
10-Nov-461 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 440-61 |
| Pope Leo II |
Religion |
? |
3-Jul-683 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 682-83 |
| Pope Leo III |
Religion |
c. 750 AD |
12-Jun-816 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 795-816 |
| Pope Leo IV |
Religion |
? |
17-Jul-855 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 847-55 |
| Pope Leo IX |
Religion |
21-Jun-1002 |
19-Apr-1054 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1049-54 |
| Pope Leo VIII |
Religion |
? |
1-Mar-965 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 963-65 |
| Pope Leo X |
Religion |
11-Dec-1475 |
1-Dec-1521 |
Excommunicated Martin Luther |
| Pope Leo XI |
Religion |
2-Jun-1535 |
27-Apr-1605 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1605 |
| Pope Leo XII |
Religion |
22-Aug-1760 |
10-Feb-1829 |
Persecuted Jewry, Freemasonry |
| Pope Leo XIII |
Religion |
2-Mar-1810 |
20-Jul-1903 |
Condemned Freemasonry |
| Moses de Leon |
Religion |
? |
1305 |
Zohar |
| Hal Lindsey |
Religion |
1929 |
|
The Late, Great Planet Earth |
| Louis IX |
Royalty |
25-Apr-1214 |
25-Aug-1270 |
King of France 1229-70 |
| St. Ignatius of Loyola |
Religion |
1491 |
31-Jul-1556 |
Founder of the Jesuit order |
| Cyril Lucaris |
Religion |
13-Nov-1572 |
27-Jun-1638 |
Greek church reformer |
| Pope Lucius I |
Religion |
? |
5-Mar-254 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 253-54 AD |
| Pope Lucius II |
Religion |
? |
15-Feb-1145 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1144-45 |
| Pope Lucius III |
Religion |
c. 1097 |
25-Nov-1185 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1181-85 |
| St. Luke |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Author of the third Gospel |
| Raymond Lull |
Religion |
1232 |
29-Jun-1315 |
Catalan mystic |
| Isaac ben Solomon Luria |
Religion |
1534 |
5-Aug-1572 |
Jewish mystic |
| Herbert H. Lusk II |
Religion |
19-Feb-1953 |
|
Pro-Bush preacher |
| Jean-Marie Lustiger |
Religion |
17-Sep-1926 |
5-Aug-2007 |
Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 |
| Martin Luther |
Religion |
10-Nov-1483 |
18-Feb-1546 |
Created Protestant movement |
| John MacArthur |
Religion |
14-Jun-1939 |
|
Grace Community Church |
| George MacDonald |
Author |
10-Dec-1824 |
18-Sep-1905 |
At the Back of the North Wind |
| Mary Magdalene |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Early follower of Jesus Christ |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
Religion |
12-Jan-1917 |
5-Feb-2008 |
Transcendental meditation guru |
| Roger Mahony |
Religion |
27-Feb-1936 |
|
Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles |
| Michael Marcavage |
Religion |
1979 |
|
Founder of Repent America |
| Pope Marcellinus |
Religion |
? |
304 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 296-304 |
| Pope Marcellus I |
Religion |
? |
16-Jan-309 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 309 |
| Pope Marcellus II |
Religion |
6-May-1501 |
30-Apr-1555 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1555 |
| Pope Marinus I |
Religion |
? |
15-May-884 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 882-84 |
| Pope Marinus II |
Religion |
? |
946 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 942-46 |
| St. Mark |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st c. AD |
Author of the second Gospel |
| Virgin Mary |
Religion |
c. 20 BC |
c. 45 AD |
Virgin mother of Jesus Christ |
| Mase |
Rapper |
27-Aug-1974 |
|
Rapper-turned-pastor |
| Abu Hamza al-Masri |
Religion |
15-Apr-1958 |
|
Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque |
| Cotton Mather |
Religion |
12-Feb-1663 |
13-Feb-1728 |
Pastor at Boston North Church |
| Increase Mather |
Religion |
21-Jun-1639 |
23-Aug-1723 |
Massachusetts Puritan leader |
| St. Matthew |
Religion |
fl. 1st c. AD |
fl. 1st. c. AD |
Author of the first Gospel |
| Frederick Denison Maurice |
Religion |
29-Aug-1805 |
1-Apr-1872 |
19th c. Anglican theologian |
| Jonathan Mayhew |
Religion |
8-Oct-1720 |
9-Jul-1766 |
Congregationalist minister, anti-Royalist |
| Jules Mazarin |
Religion |
14-Jul-1602 |
9-Mar-1661 |
French Cardinal and Statesman |
| Bill McCartney |
Football |
22-Aug-1940 |
|
Colorado Coach, Promise Keeper |
| Josh McDowell |
Religion |
17-Aug-1939 |
|
Evidence That Demands A Verdict |
| Carl McIntire |
Religion |
17-May-1906 |
19-Mar-2002 |
Radio Free America |
| Brian McLaren |
Religion |
1956 |
|
Cedar Ridge Community Church |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| Charles Meade |
Religion |
1916 |
|
Meade Ministries, Inc. |
| Philipp Melanchthon |
Religion |
15-Feb-1497 |
19-Apr-1560 |
Confession of Augsburg |
| Andrew Melville |
Religion |
1-Aug-1545 |
1622 |
Scottish Reform Church |
| Justus Menius |
Religion |
13-Dec-1499 |
11-Aug-1558 |
Lutheran theologian in Thuringinia |
| Menno Simons |
Religion |
c. 1492 |
31-Jan-1561 |
Dutch Protestant reformer |
| Symeon Metaphrastes |
Religion |
fl. 10th c. AD |
fl. 10th c. AD |
Byzantine hagiographer |
| Joyce Meyer |
Religion |
4-Jun-1943 |
|
Televangelist |
| David Miscavige |
Religion |
30-Apr-1960 |
