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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edwin A. Abbott
Author
20-Dec-1838 12-Oct-1926 Flatland
David Allen
Author
28-Dec-1945   Getting Things Done
Henry Armstrong
Boxing
12-Dec-1912 22-Oct-1988 Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion
Isaac Backus
Religion
9-Jan-1724 20-Nov-1806 An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty
Leo Baeck
Religion
23-May-1873 2-Nov-1956 Progressive Jewish Rabbi
Karl Barth
Religion
10-May-1886 9-Dec-1968 Church Dogmatics
Ezra Taft Benson
Religion
4-Aug-1899 30-May-1994 President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94
James Bevel
Activist
19-Oct-1936 19-Dec-2008 Civil rights activist, convicted of incest
Roy Bourgeois
Activist
1938   School of the Americas Watch
Malcolm Boyd
Religion
8-Jun-1923 27-Feb-2015 Are You Running with Me, Jesus?
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Author
3-Jun-1930 25-Sep-1999 The Mists of Avalon
George Burdi
Activist
1970   Founded Resistance Records
Tony Campolo
Religion
25-Feb-1935   Red-Letter Christian sociologist
Charles I. Clough, Jr.
Business
c. 1942   Merrill Lynch Investment Strategist, 1987-2000
William Sloane Coffin
Activist
1-Jun-1924 12-Apr-2006 Civilly disobedient chaplain
Mark Consuelos
Actor
30-Mar-1970   1-800-Missing
Thomas Cranmer
Religion
2-Jul-1489 21-Mar-1556 First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury
Randall Cunningham
Football
27-Mar-1963   Former Philadelphia Eagles QB
Peter M. Donohue
Educator
c. 1953   President, Villanova University
Gary Dorrien
Author
21-Mar-1952   The Making of American Liberal Theology
Bob Edgar
Politician
29-May-1943 23-Apr-2013 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1974-87
Edward Everett
Politician
11-Apr-1794 15-Jan-1865 Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40
Michael Farris
Activist
27-Aug-1951   Founder, Patrick Henry College
Joseph Fletcher
Sociologist
10-Apr-1905 28-Oct-1991 Situation ethics
Marjoe Gortner
Religion
14-Jan-1944   Former child preacher
Alfred Gottschalk
Educator
7-Mar-1930 12-Sep-2009 President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95
Sylvester Graham
Activist
5-Jul-1794 11-Sep-1851 Graham crackers
Romano Guardini
Religion
17-Feb-1885 1-Oct-1968 Roman Catholic theologian
Manly P. Hall
Paranormal
18-Mar-1901 29-Aug-1990 The Secret Teachings of All Ages
Poul Hartling
Head of State
14-Aug-1914 30-Apr-2000 Prime Minister of Denmark, 1973-75
John Grier Hibben
Educator
19-Apr-1861 16-May-1933 President, Princeton University, 1912-32
Dennis H. Holtschneider
Educator
14-Jan-1965   President, DePaul University
Mike Huckabee
Politician
24-Aug-1955   Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007
William H. Hudnut III
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91
Arianna Huffington
Columnist
15-Jul-1950   The Huffington Post
John I. Jenkins
Educator
17-Dec-1953   President, University of Notre Dame
Timothy Keller
Religion
23-Sep-1950   The Reason for God
Eusebio Kino
Religion
10-Aug-1645 15-Mar-1711 Jesuit missionary to Mexico
Sally Kirkland
Actor
31-Oct-1944   Jeanette in ED TV
Abner Kneeland
Activist
7-Apr-1774 27-Aug-1844 Blasphemous preacher
James Lankford
Politician
4-Mar-1968   Congressman, Oklahoma 5th
William P. Leahy
Educator
1948   President, Boston College
Meadowlark Lemon
Basketball
25-Apr-1932 27-Dec-2015 Harlem Globetrotter
Eric Liddell
Track and Field
16-Jan-1902 21-Feb-1945 The Flying Scotsman
Fernando Lugo
Head of State
30-May-1951   President of Paraguay, 2008-12
Jean-Marie Lustiger
Religion
17-Sep-1926 5-Aug-2007 Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005
Barry Lynn
Activist
1948   Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Diarmaid MacCulloch
Historian
31-Oct-1951   Reformation: Europe's House Divided
John Marston
Playwright
7-Oct-1576 25-Jun-1634 The Malcontent
Michael C. McFarland
Educator
1948   President, College of the Holy Cross
J. Miller McKim
Activist
14-Nov-1810 13-Jun-1874 Abolitionist and advocate for freed slaves' rights
Joseph M. McShane
Educator
19-Jun-1949   President, Fordham University
Thomas S. Monson
Religion
21-Aug-1927   President of the Mormon Church
Friedrich Myconius
Religion
26-Dec-1490 7-Apr-1546 German Lutheran theologian
Gregory S. Neal
Religion
c. 1967   Possible heir to Dr. Gene Scott's ministry
David M. O'Connell
Educator
21-Apr-1955   President, Catholic University of America
Joel Osteen
Religion
5-Mar-1963   Pastor of Lakewood Church, Houston
Jaroslav Pelikan
Historian
17-Dec-1923 13-May-2006 The Christian Tradition
Teddy Pendergrass
Singer/Songwriter
26-Mar-1950 13-Jan-2010 Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
Jesse Lee Peterson
Religion
22-May-1949   Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny
John Phillips
Educator
27-Dec-1719 21-Apr-1795 Founder of Phillips Exeter Academy
Homer P. Rainey
Educator
19-Jan-1896 19-Dec-1985 President of UT-Austin, 1939-44
George Rawlinson
Historian
23-Nov-1812 7-Oct-1902 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
Fred Rogers
TV Personality
20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers
Moishe Rosen
Religion
12-Apr-1932 19-May-2010 Jews for Jesus founder
Edward Schillebeeckx
Religion
12-Nov-1914 23-Dec-2009 Catholic theologian
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Religion
26-Mar-1954   Presiding Episcopal Bishop
Anna Howard Shaw
Activist
14-Feb-1847 2-Jul-1919 National American Women's Suffrage Association
Fulton J. Sheen
Religion
8-May-1895 9-Dec-1979 America's first televangelist
David Hyrum Smith
Relative
17-Nov-1844 29-Aug-1904 Son of Joseph Smith
Lois Smith
Actor
3-Nov-1930   Five Easy Pieces
Reed Smoot
Politician
10-Jan-1862 9-Feb-1941 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
Andrew A. Sorensen
Educator
20-Jul-1938 17-Apr-2011 President, University of South Carolina, 2002-08
Robert J. Spitzer
Educator
16-May-1952   President of Gonzaga University
William Archibald Spooner
Educator
22-Jul-1844 29-Aug-1930 Spoonerisms
Chuck Swindoll
Religion
18-Oct-1934   Insight for Living
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Philosopher
1-May-1881 10-Apr-1955 The Phenomenon of Man
William Temple
Religion
15-Oct-1881 26-Oct-1944 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44
Norman Thomas
Activist
20-Nov-1884 19-Dec-1968 American Socialist Party
Desmond Tutu
Religion
7-Oct-1931   Archbishop of Cape Town
Robert F. Vagt
Business
c. 1947   President of Davidson College, 1997-2007
Jack Van Impe
Religion
9-Feb-1931   Televangelist
John Venn
Mathematician
4-Aug-1834 4-Apr-1923 Venn diagrams
William Warburton
Religion
24-Dec-1698 7-Jun-1779 Divine Legation
Bernie Ward
Radio Personality
5-Apr-1951   Former KGO talk show host
Tex Watson
Criminal
2-Dec-1945   Honor student turned to Manson Family
Alan Watts
Philosopher
6-Jan-1915 16-Nov-1973 Zen beat counterculture sage
Robert A. Wild
Educator
c. 1940   President, Marquette University
David Williams
Philosopher
1738 29-Jun-1816 Founder, Royal Literary Fund
Sherwin T. Wine
Religion
25-Jan-1928 21-Jul-2007 Humanistic Judaism
Donald W. Wuerl
Religion
12-Nov-1940   Archbishop of Washington DC




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