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| Rank | Dates | Place |
Name | Title |
| *** | - | 1 |
Abraham | r Father of Isaac and Ishmael |
| **** | 573-634 | 1 |
Abu Bakr | r Mohammad's elected (caliph) successor, branch of Sunni Muslims |
| **** | - | 4 |
Adams, John | p 6th US President |
| **** | 931 – 999 | 2 |
Adelaide | p empress of the Ottonian empire |
| @das2 | 1450 - 1750 | 1 |
Akbar | p Muslim ruler in India |
| - | - | 2 |
Alexander I, Czar | p created "Holy Alliance" to rule with Christian principles |
| **** | BC 356 - 323 | 2 |
Alexander the Great | p Macedonian emperor |
| @dap1 | - | 1 | Ali ibn Abu Talib | r Mohammad's principal deputy (imam), branch of Shia Muslims |
| **** | 849 - 899 | 2 |
Alfred the Great | p led England to drive out the Vikings |
| - | 1925-2003 | 1 |
Amin, Idi | p Ugandan Dictator |
| @hah1 | - | 2 |
Angelo, Micheal | o artist |
| **** | 1755 - 1793 | 2 |
Antoinette, Marie | p Infamous Last Queen of France |
| ** | 1? - | 1 |
Apostle Paul | r Apostle to the Gentiles |
| **** | 1750 - 1841 | 2 |
Appert, Nicholas | s Invented the modern process for preserving food |
| **** | 1224 - 1274 | 2 |
Aquinas, Thomas | r Catholic Theologian and Philosopher |
| ***** | 1929 - | 1 |
Arafat, Yassir | p Palestinian leader |
| **** | BC 287 - 212 | 2 |
Archimedes | s Mathematician, Inventor, Astronomer |
| **** | BC 384 - 322 | 2 |
Aristotle | e Greek philosopher |
| **** | 1930 - | 4 |
Armstrong, Neil | s First man to walk on the moon |
| - | 1793 - 1865 | 1 |
Asmau, Nana | p Nigerian female who led Jihad |
| - | BC 299 - 237 | 3 |
Asoka | p Buddhist Maurya ruler who promoted a non-violence |
| - | 1502 - 1533 | 3 |
Atahulpa | p Inca emperor who was killed by Pizarro |
| **** | 406 - | 3 |
Atilla the Hun | p The Scourge of God |
| **** | 1881 - 1938 | 1 |
Attaturk, Kemal | p Founder of modern Turkey |
| **** | 354 - 430 | 2 |
Augustine | r Bishop of Hippo, City of God |
| - | 980? - 1037 | 1 |
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) | s Islamic physician and philosopher-scientist |
| @jab2 | 1902 - 1989 | 1 |
Ayatollah Khomeini | p Iranian Revolutionary |
| **** | 1902 - 1970 | 2 |
Aylward, Gladys | r Foreign Devil turned Virtuous One |
| **** | 18th century | 2 |
Bach, Johanne Sebastian |
o German composer |
| ***** | 1490? - 1558 | 4 |
Bartolome de las Casas | r Dominicann Friar |
| - | 1901 - 1973 | 4 |
Batista, Fulgencio | p dictator of Cuba who was friendly with the U.S.A. |
| - | 1522 - 1603 | 3 |
Begam, Gulbadan | p India |
| **** | 505-565 | 2 | Belisarius, Flavius | p General Belisario of the Byzatine Empire |
| ***** | 1886-1973 | 1 | Ben-Gurion, David | p Israel's first prime minister |
| **** | 1907 - 1995 | 4 |
Burger, Warren E. | p Supreme Court Justice (1969-87) Roe Vs Wade |
| *** | 1815 - 1898 | 2 |
Bismarck, Otto von | p First Chancellor of the German Empire |
| **** | 1821-1910 | 4 |
Blackwell, Elizebeth | s first woman medical graduate, doctor |
| **** | 1783 - 1830 | 4 |
Bolivar, Simon | p South American Liberator |
| **** | 1906 – 1945 | 2 |
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich | r Martyr for Christ in Hilter's Germany |
| @kaw? | 1829 - 1912 1829 - 1890 |
2 |
Booth, William and Catherine | r Founders of the Salvation Army |
| **** | 1627- 1691 | 4 |
Boyle, Robert | s Chemist |
| **** | 1718 - 1747 | 4 |
Brainerd, David | r Missionary to Native Americans during colonial times |
| **** | 1773 - 1838 | 4 |
Bowditch, Nathaniel | s Homeschooled Mathematician |
| **** | 1893 - 1991 | 4 | Bradley, Omar | p General during WWII |
| **** | 1928 - | 2 |
Brother Andrew | r Smuggled Bibles behind the iron curtain |
| **** | BC 563?- 483 | 3 |
Buddah | r Taught escape from reincarnation through moral karma |
| **** | 1907 - 1995 | 4 | Burger, Warren E. | p US Supreme Court Justice (1969-1986) Roe vs. Wade |
| @peb1 | 1946 - | 4 |
Bush, George W. | p US President |
| - | - | 1 |
Bhutto, Benazir | p First Muslim female Head of state |
| ** | BC 63? - 14 | 2 |
Caesar, Octavian Augustus | p Constructed 800 Miles of Roman Roads |
| **** | BC 100? - 44 B.C | 2 |
Caesar, Julius | p Roman General who became Caesar |
| **** | 1509 - 1564 | 2 |
Calvin, John | r French Protestant Reformer and theologian |
| **** | 1761- 1834 | 3 |
Carey, William | r Missionary to India |
| **** | 1867 - 1951 | 3 |
Carmichael, Amy | r Irish missionary to India |
| **** | 1864-1943 | 4 |
Carver, George W | s Botanist who helped rebuild the south's economy after the US Civil War |
| *** | 1926 - | 4 |
Castro, Fidel | p Leader of the Cuban revolution |
| **** | 1729 - 1796 | 2 |
Catherine the Great | p Empress of Russia |
| **** | 1450 - 1750 | 2 |
Cervantes | o Author of 'Don Quixote' |
| - | BC 322? - 298 | 3 |
Chandragupta | p Founder of Mauryan empire in India |
| **** | 1869-1940 | 2 |
Chamberlain, Neville | p appeased Hitler, loathed church |
| **** | 742 - 814 | 2 |
Charlemagne | p Christian Emperor of the Franks |
| - | 1600 - 1649 | 2 |
Charles I of England | p Stuart king |
| **** | 1500 - 1558 | 2 |
Charles V | p Strongest Holy Roman Emperor |
| **** | 1371 - 1433 | 3 |
Cheng Ho | p Chinese Admiral |
| **** | 1887 - 1975 | 3 |
Chiang Kai-shek | p Chinese Nationalist General |
| ** | 1936 - | 3 |
Cho, David Paul Yonggi | r Pastor of the biggest Christian church in the world |
| @clb2 | - | 2 | Chopin | o composer |
| **** | 1650 - 1722 | 2 | Churchill, John | p First Duke of Marlborough |
| *** | 1874 - 1965 | 2 |
Churchill, Winston | p British Prime Minister |
| *** | BC 69 - 30 BC | 1 |
Cleopatra | p Queen of Egypt |
| **** | 465-511 | 2 |
Clovis | p Church assisted his Frankish rule over Gaul |
| **** | 1451 - 1506 | 4 |
Columbus, Christopher | o Italian Explorer |
| **** | BC 161 - 192 | 2 |
Commodus | p An Emperor who was a gladiator |
| *** | 1083? - 1148 | 2 |
Comnena, Anna | p Byzantine princess wrote the 11 book epic: Alexiad |
| ***** | BC 551? - 479 | 3 |
Confucius | r Chinese Philosopher and Teacher |
| **** | 280 - 337 | 2 |
Constantine | p Christian convert for emperial politics |
| **** | 1473 - 1543 | 2 |
Copernicus, Nicolaus | s The Man Who Found Our Place |
| *** | 1485-1547 | 4 |
Cortez, Hernando | o Conquistador of the Aztecs |
| - | 1389 - 1446 | 2 |
Cosimo de Medici | o Patron of the Florentine Renaissance |
| **** | 1599 - 1658 | 2 |
Cromwell, Oliver | p Lord Protector of England, General of the Ironsides |
| *** | 1820 - 1915 | 4 |
Crosby, Frances Jane | r Christian hymn writer |
| *** | 1750? - ? | 1 |
Cugoano, Quobna Ottabah | o African slave, first to write an abolistionist book |
| - | - | 2 | Churchill, John | p 1st Duke of Marlborough |
| **** | 1867 - 1934 | 2 |
Curie, Marie | s Discovered radium |
| ***** | BC 600? - ? | 1 |
Cyrus (a source) | p King of Persia |
| - | 1759 - 1794 | 2 |
Danton, Georges | p French Revolutionist |
| **** | 1809 - 1882 | 2 |
Darwin, Charles | s Father of macro evolution |
| @jot2 | - | 2 |
Da vinci, Leonardo | o cross trainer |
| - | - | 2 |
Diocletian | p divided Roman Empire |
| **** | 1821-1881 | 2 |
Dostoevsky | o Russian author of "Crime and Punishment" |
| **** | 1611 - 1660 | 4 | Dryer, Mary | r Quaker Martyr |
| **** | 712? - 770 | 3 |
Du Fu | o Chinese poet |
| *** | 1806 - 1878 | 3 |
Duff, Alexander | r Missionary to India |
| **** | 1703 - 1758 | 4 |
Edwards, Jonathan | r Theologian, evangelist |
| ***** | 1847 - 1931 | 4 |
Edison, Thomas | s American Inventor |
| **** | 1879 - 1955 | 4 |
Einstein, Albert | s Genius of E=mc² |
| **** | 1890-1969 | 4 |
Eisenhower | p Supreme allied Commander in WWII, President of the U.S.A. |
| **** | 1122 – 1204 | 2 |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | p Queen of France and England, Crusader |
| **** | 1927 - 1956 | 4 |
Elliot, Jim | r Missionary murdered in Ecuador |
| **** | 1533 - 1603 | 2 |
Elizabeth I | p Queen of England's Golden Age |
| @drg4 | BC 250 | 1 |
Euclid | s father of geometry |
| **** | 1901 - 1989 | 3 |
Emperor Hirohito | p Japan’s longest reigning emperor |
| **** | 1852 - 1912 | 3 |
Emporer Meiji | p Emporer of Japan |
| **** | 624? - 705 | 3 |
Empress Wu Zetian | p Female Monarch of China |
| @naj2 | - | - | Erasmus, Desiderius | r humanist philospher |
| **** | 970? - 1020 | 2 |
Erikson, Leif | o Viking explorer of the New World |
| **** | BC 522 | 1 |
Esther | r God used her to save His people |
| *** | BC 325 | 2 | Euclid of Alexandria | s Father of Geometry |
| - | - | 1 | Ezana, | p Christian king of Asksum, Africa |
| **** | 1863-1947 | 4 | Ford, Henry | s American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer |
| - | 1181? - 1226 | 2 |
Francis, Saint | r Founder of the Franciscan order |
| **** | 1706 - 1790 | 4 |
Franklin, Benjamin | s American inventor, writer, and Founding Father |
| **** | 1740 - 1786 | 2 |
Frederick the Great | p King of Prussia |
| @hee2 | 1856 - 1939 | 2 |
Freud, Sigmund | s Psychologist, neurologist, and physician |
| **** | 1564 - 1642 | 2 |
Galileo | s Founder of modern experimental science |
| ***** | 1469 - 1524 | 2 | Gama, Vasco da | o European explorer to India |
| **** | 1917 - 1984 | 3 |
Gandhi, Indira | p Prime Minister of India, assasinated |
| **** | 1869 - 1948 | 3 |
Gandhi, Mohandas K. |
p British trained lawyer who led non-violent protest in India. |
| 1777 - 1855 | 2 |
Gauss, Carl F. | s German math wiz | |
| **** | 1955 - | 4 |
Gates, Bill | s Founder of Microsoft |
| - | 1912 - | 3 | Giap, Vo Nguyen |
p N. Vietnam's General from the 1940s through 1975 |
| - | 4000 BC? | 1 |
Gilgamesh | r Mess a potato-ian hero |
| *** | 1859-1936 | 3 |
Goforth, Jonathan | r Used to converted more than 13,000 Chinese |
| **** | 1931 - | 2 |
Gorbachev, Mikhail | p Former president of the USSR |
| ** | 1918 - | 4 |
Graham, Billy | r Evangelist to over 210 million people |
| **** | 1537 – 1554 | 2 | Grey, Jane | p Queen of England for 9 Days |
| ***** | 1928 - 1967 | 4 |
Guevara, Ernesto Che | p Argentine revolutionary leader |
| **** | 1400? - 1467 | 2 |
Gutenberg, Johann | s Inventor of the printing press |
| ***** | BC 1792? - 1750 | 1 |
Hammurabi | p Babylonian king who set down first written code of laws |
| **** | BC 247 - 183 | 1 |
Hannibal | p Led Elephants over Alps in 2nd Punic War |
| ***** | 764? - 809 | 1 |
Harun al-Rashid | r Abassid Caliph of the Arabian Nights |
| **** | BC 1490 - 1468 | 1 |
Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt | p Daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I ruled Egypt for 21 years |
| *** | 1941 - | 1 |
Hayes, Stephen | r Training for life missionary to Africa |
| **** | 1133 - 1189 | 2 |
Henry II of England | p England's greatest midieval king |
| **** | 1491 - 1547 | 2 |
Henry VIII of England | p English king of the Anglican Reformation |
| * | 1394-1460 | 2 |
Henry the Navigator | o Father of European Exploration |
| **** | 274? - 337 | 2 |
Herodotus | o The Father of History? |
| *** | 1889 - 1945 | 2 |
Hitler, Adolf | p Villian of WWII |
| **** | 1890 - 1969 | 3 |
Ho Chi Minh | p Father of Guerilla Warfare and Free Vietnam |
| * | 1869 - 1927 | 2 |
Hoffman, Max | p German Commander |
| **** | 1903 - 2003 | 4 |
Hope, Bob | o US Comedian of the 20th Century |
| ** | 1793 - 1863 | 4 |
Houston, Sam | p General and only president of Texas |
| - | - | 2 |
Huss, John |
r 14th century Bohemian theologian |
| **** | 1937 - | 1 |
Hussein, Saddam | p Former dictator of Iraq |
| * | 14?? - 1525 | 4 |
Huayna Capac | p Inca emperor |
| *** | 1304 - 1368 | 1 |
Ibn Batuta | r Muslim traveler |
| - | 1332 - 1395? | 1 |
Ibn Khaldun | o Arab historian and philosopher |
| **** | 1451-1504 | 2 |
Isabella I | p Queen of Castile |
| **** | 1530–1584 | 2 |
Ivan IV | p Ivan the Terrible, First Russian Czar |
| ** | 1743 - | 4 |
Jefferson, Thomas | p 3rd president of the United States |
| **** | BC 4 - 30 AD | 1 |
Jesus Christ | r The Revolutionary of the Ages |
| *** | 1412-1431 | 2 |
Joan of Arc | p A French patriot who burned at stake |
| **** | 483 - 565 | 2 |
Justinian | p The Barbarian Emperor of Byzantine |
| **** | 1724 - 1804 | 2 |
Kant, Emmanuel | o German philosopher |
| **** | 1880-1968 | 4 |
Keller, Helen | o Courageous blind lady |
| **** | 1917-1963 | 4 |
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | p assassinated president of USA |
| - | 1889? - 1978 | 1 |
Kenyatta, Jomo | p Kenya's First President |
| - | - 1630 | 2 | Kepler, Johannes | s defined laws of planetary motion |
| **** | 1160? - 1227 | 3 |
Khan, Genghis | p Mongolia’s greatest hero |
| **** | 1215-1294 | 3 |
Khan, Kublai | p Grandson of Genghis in China's Yuan Dynasty |
| *** | 1491-1547 | 2 |
King Henry VIII | p Vain King of England |
| - | 1450 – 1750 | 2 |
King Louis XIV | p Recaptured Seville and Cordoba from the Moslems |
| @jop1 | - | 4 |
King, Martin Luther, Jr. | r |
| **** | BC | 1 |
King Tutankhamun | p Pharaoh of Egypt - grave robber's dream |
| - | - | 2 | King William and Mary | p England's “Glorious Revolution” |
| **** | 1900 - 1989 | 1 |
Khomeini, Ayatollah | p Iranian Revolutionary |
| @nas? | 1746 - 1817 | 2 |
Kosciusko Tadeusz | p Polish participant in the US Revolutionary War |
| **** | 1745-1803 | 4 |
L'Ouverture, Toussaint | p Liberator of Haiti |
| - | - | 3 | Lama, Dalai | r Spirtual leader of Tibet Buddhism |
| @sah4 | BC 604? - ? | 3 |
Lao-tsu | r Chinese philosopher of Taoism |
| *** | 1807 - 1870 | 4 |
Lee, Robert E. | p US Civil War General of the Confederate Army |
| **** | 1870 -1924 | 2 |
Lenin, Vladimir | p Led Russia's Bolshevik Revolution |
| *** | 1452 - 1519 | 2 |
Leonardo da Vinci | s Mona Lisa's Renaissance Man |
| **** | 1898 - 1963 | 2 |
Lewis, C. S. | r Christian Author |
| *** | 1902-1945 | 3 |
Liddell, Eric | r Missionary to China who Ran an Olympic Race of Faith |
| ***** | 1838 - 1917 | 4 |
Liliuokalani | p Last Monarch of Hawaii |
| **** | 1809 - 1865 | 4 |
Lincoln, Abraham | p US President during the USA Civil War |
| *** | 1813 - 1873 | 1 |
Livingstone, David | r Missionary to Africa |
| **** | 1632 - 1704 | 2 |
Locke, John | o English philosopher and political theorist |
| - | 1638 - 1715 | 2 |
Louis XIV of France | p French Sun King |
| - | 1754 - 1793 | 2 |
Louis XVI of France | p French king of the Revolution |
| - | - | 2 |
Loyola, Ignatius | r Founder of "The Society of Jesus" - Jesuits |
| *** | 1483 - 1546 | 2 |
Luther, Martin | r Leader of the Protestant Reformation |
| @asm4 | 1469 - 1527 | 2 |
Machiavelli, Niccolo | p Italian statesman and political philosopher |
| **** | 1135-1204 | 1 |
Maimonides | r Jewish physician and religious scholar |
| **@naj2 | 1918 - | 1 |
Mandela, Nelson | p First South African black president |
| **** | 1312 - 1337 | 1 |
Mansa Musa | r Islamic hajj gave away wealth |
| **** | 1893 – 1976 | 3 |
Mao Zedong | p Founder of the People’s Republic of China |
| **** | 1895-1991 | 1 |
Marsh, Margaret | r Missionary to Africa - teacher |
| *** | 1818 - 1883 | 2 |
Marx, Karl | o Philosopher of Economics |
| **** | 1880-1964 | 4 |
Macarthur, Douglas | p US WWII General against Japan |
| *** | 1469 - 1527 | 2 | Machiavelli, Niccolo | p amoral politician who valued power over all |
| **** | 1898-1978 | 1 |
Meir, Golda | p Former Prime Minister of Israel |
| - | - | 1 |
Melisende | p Queen of Jerusalem during time of Crusades |
| **** | 1822 - 1884 | 2 | Mendel, Gregor | s Botanist, Monk, Servant of Christ |
| **** | 1809-1849 | 2 | Mendelssohn, Felix | o German composer |
| - | 19th century | 2 |
Metternich, Prince von |
p Austrian diplomat at Congress of Vienna |
| **** | 1475- 1564 | 2 |
Michelangelo Buonarroti | o The Beautifier of the Sistine Chapel |
| - | - | 2 |
Milton, John | o Calvanist author |
| **** | 1466-1520 | 2 |
Moctezuma II | p Aztec emperor |
| *** | 1840- 1912 | 3 |
Moon, Lottie | r Baptist missionary to China |
| - | 16th century | 2 |
More, Sir Thomas |
o wrote "Utopia" |
| *** | BC | 1 |
Moses | r Biblical leader who brought Hebrews into the Promised Land |
| **** | 1756-1791 | 2 |
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | o Composer |
| **** | 1805-1898 | 2 | Muller, George | r preacher who trusted God for everything |
| *** | 570-632 | 1 |
Muhammad | r Founder of Islam |
| **** | 1883 - 1945 | 2 |
Mussolini, Benito | p Fascist leader of Itlay |
| ** | BC 480 - 440 | 2 |
Myron | o First Greek sculptor of life-like bronze |
| **** | 1769-1821 | 2 |
Napoleon Bonaparte | p Emperor of the French - Conqueror of Europe |
| *** | 1918 - 1970 | 1 |
Nasser, Gamal Abdul |
p Egyptian revolutionist |
| **** | 1903 - 1972 | 3 |
Nee, Watchman | r Christian Author and Martyr in China |
| **** | 1889 - 1964 | 3 |
Nehru | p India's first Prime Minister |
| **** | 1758 - 1805 | 2 | Nelson, Horatio | p Britain's greatest naval hero |
| *@kae4 | 54 - 68 A.D. | 2 |
Nero | p Emperor accused of burning two-thirds of Rome |
| *** | 1643-1727 | 2 |
Newton, Isaac | s Discovering the laws of motion |
| ***** | 1725-1807 | 2 | Newton, John | o ex-slave trader who wrote "Amazing Grace" |
| *** | 1820 - 1910 | 2 |
Nightingale, Florence | s Compassionate Lady of the Lamp |
| **** | 1820 - 1910 | 2 |
Nightingale, Florence | s Christian Nurse in Turkey, Crimea, and Great Britain |
| ***** | 1909-1972 | 1 |
Nkrumah, Kwame | p Dictator of independence for Ghana |
| **** | 1833 -1896 | 2 |
Nobel, Alfred | s used dynamite money to encourage excellence |
| - | - | 4 | Noriega, Manuel | p Panamanian leader deposed by President Bush in 1989 |
| **** | - | 4 |
North, Oliver | p controversial American soldier under Reagan |
| **** | 1957-? | 1 |
Osama bin Laden | o The United States' Most Wanted Terrorist |
| ** | 1913 - | 4 |
Parks, Rosa | o Sat down to stand up for her rights |
| **** | 1822 - 1895 | 2 |
Pasteur, Louis | s Outstanding scientist and opponent of evolution |
| **** | 385 – 461 | 2 |
Patrick, Saint | r Founder of Celtic Christianity |
| ***** | 1885-1945 | 4 |
Patton, George S. | p General of US in WWII |
| **** | 1881 - 1931 | 2 |
Pavlova, Anna | o Ballerina during the Russian revolution and WW1 |
| ***** | BC 495 - 429 | 2 |
Pericles | o Prince of Tyre, classical hero figure |
| **** | 1450 – 1750 | 2 |
Peter the Great | p Tsar of Russia, Ship builder |
| *** | 1054 - 1115 | 2 |
Peter the Hermit | p Crusader number one |
| - | 1304 - 1374 | 2 |
Petrarch | o Florentine scholar , "Father of Humanism." |
| - | 1527-1598 | 2 |
Philip II of Spain | p King of Spain |
| - | 1st century | 1 |
Pilate, Pontius |
p |
| * | 1476 - 1541 | 4 |
Pizarro, Francisco | p Conqistador of the Incas |
| **** | BC 427 –347 | 2 |
Plato | o Philosopher |
| *** | 1254 - 1324 | 3 |
Polo, Marco | o Described the China of Kublai Khan to Europe |
| **** | 1925 - 1998 | 3 | Pol Pot | p Leader of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge |
| ***** | 1920 - 2005 | 2 | Pope John Paul II | r First Polish Pope |
| * | 1042-1099 | 2 |
Pope Urban II | r First pope to call for crusades |
| - | BC 210 | 3 |
Qin shi Huangdi | p Emperor of China |
| - | 714 - 801 | 1 |
Rabia ad-Adawiyya | r Female religious leader in area of Iraq |
| **** | BC 1314 - 1224 | 1 |
Ramses II | p Pharoah |
| *** | 1869 - 1916 | 2 |
Rasputin | r Grigory Yefimovich Novykh, "the mad monk" |
| ***** | 1205-1240 | 3 | Razia of Delhi | p Sultana (female) of India |
| **** | 1911 - | 4 |
Reagan, Ronald | p US President |
| **** | 1924 - | 4 |
Rehnquist, William H. | p Nixon appointed ('72) Conservative Justice of US Supreme Court |
| **** | 1606 - 1669 | 2 |
Rembrandt | o Painter |
| - | 1750 – 1914 | 1 |
Rhodes, Cecil | o Explorer, investor, Tycoon |
| **** | 1758 -1794 | 2 |
Robespierre, Maximilien | p French revolutionary |
| @hae2 | - | 2 | Rommel | p German field marshal of WWII |
| **** | 1882-1945 | 4 |
Roosevelt, Franklin D. | p President of USA during WWII |
| **** | 1858 - 1919 | 4 |
Roosevelt, Theodore | p Spanish American War leader, US President |
| *** | 1752-1836 | 4 |
Ross, Betsy | o Patriotic Seamstress |
| **** | 1712-1778 | 2 |
Rousseau, Jean Jacques |
o Swiss philosopher taught man is innately good |
| **** | BC | 1 |
Ruth | r Biblical Bride of Boaz |
| *** | 1784 - | 4 |
Sacagewea | o Explorer guide to Lewis and Clark |
| **** | 975? - 1038 | 2 |
Saint Stephen of Hungary | pFirst Christian King of Hungary |
| **** | 1138? - 1193 | 1 |
Saladin | p Islamic warrior prince |
| *** | 1914- 1995 | 4 |
Salk, Jonas | s Developer of polio vaccine |
| **** | BC 811 - 808 | 1 |
Sammuramat | p Assyrian Queen |
| **** | BC 2350 - ? | 1 |
Sargon of Akkad | p Ruler of Babylon |
| **** | 1875 - 1965 | 1 |
Schweitzer, Albert | r Missionary to Africa |
| ***** | 1489-1561 | 2 |
Schwenckfeld, Kaspar | r Protestant reformer who Luther opposed. |
| - | - 1975 | 1 | Selassie, Haile | p last of the African Askum dynasty |
| - | 1750 – 1914 | 1 |
Shaka Zulu | p African warrior king |
| **** | 1564-1616 | 2 |
Shakespeare, William | o Writer |
| **** | 1928 - | 1 | Sharon, Ariel | p Prime Minister of Israel #11 |
| - | - | 1 |
Shibtu of Mari | p African Queen |
| **** | 1848-1915 | 1 |
Slessor, Mary | r Missionary from Scotland that spent 39 years in Africa |
| **** | 1723?- 1790 | 2 |
Smith, Adam | e Economist |
| *@brh2 | 1800s | 4 |
Smith, Joseph | r Founder of Mormonism |
| **** | 1629 - 1696 | 2 |
Sobieski, Jan | p Polish king who saved Vienna from the Ottoman Turks |
| ***** | BC 469-399 | 2 |
Socrates | o Philosopher |
| *** | 1961 - 1097 | 2 |
Spencer, Lady Diana | p Princess of Wales, “Queen of Hearts” |
| **** | 1879-1953 | 2 |
Stalin, Josef | p Communist ruler of Russia |
| **** | 1815-1902 | 4 |
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady | p Woman's Rights Leader |
| @jop1 | - | 4 |
Stowe, Harriet Beecher | o wrote "Uncle Tom’s Cabin", she had 9 preachers in her family |
| **** | 1912 - | 4 |
Stroessner, Alfredo | p Dictator President of Paraguay for 35 years |
| **** | 1494 - 1566 | 1 |
Suleyman the Magnificent | p Conqueror and builder |
| - | - | 3 |
Sultana Razia | p India female ruled 1236 - 1240 |
| *** | 1862-1957 | 4 |
Sunday, Billy | r Evangelist, Famous baseball player |
| *** | 1857 - 1930 | 4 | Taft, William Howard | p US President #27 |
| **** | 600-661 | 1 | Talib, Ali ibn Abu | r 4th Caliph and Leader of the Shiite sect of Islam |
| ***** | 1336 - 1405 | 3 |
Tamerlane | p Conqueror of Southern Russia and Persia, |
| **** | 1777 - ? | 4 |
Taney, Roger B. | p Justice of US Supreme Court |
| **** | 1832 - 1905 | 3 |
Taylor, James Hudson | r Missionary to China |
| **** | 1840-1893 | 2 |
Tchaikovsky, Peter llyich | o Composer |
| ***** | 1856-1943 | 2 |
Tesla, Nikola | s Inventor / scientist of Serbian origin |
| @seh4 | 1925 - | 2 |
Thatcher, Margaret | p Prime Minister of England |
| - | - | 2 |
Theophano | p Byzantine Princess, Saxon Empress |
| - | 2 | Tidmarsh, Dr. William | r Englishman who learned of the Auca Indian in 1945 | |
| - | - | 2 |
Tito, Marshall | p Yugoslavian dictator |
| **** | 1542 - 1616 | 3 |
Tokagawa Ieyasu | p Shogun of Japan |
| **** | 1828-1910 | 2 |
Tolstoy | o Russian writer |
| *** | 1896 - | 4 |
Townsend, William Cameron | r Founded Summer Institute of Linguistics, Bible Translators |
| - | - | 2 |
Trotula | s female doctor from Univ. at Salemo, Italy |
| *** | 1919 - 2000 | 4 |
Trudeau, Pierre | p Former Prime Minister of Canada |
| **** | 1820 - 1913 | 4 |
Tubman, Harriet Ross | p Leader of the Underground Railroad |
| **** | 1494 - 1536 | 2 |
Tyndale, William | r Bible Translator |
| **** | 1694- 1778 | 2 |
Voltaire | e "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd, and bloody religion that has ever infected the world," |
| **** | 1867- 1919 | 4 |
Walker, C. J. | o First African-American Millionaire, cosmetics |
| *** | 1732-1799 | 4 |
Washington, George | p First president of the USA |
| ** | 1741 - 1799 | 4 |
Washington, Martha | p Extraordinary first, First Lady |
| *** | 1948 - | 4 |
Watkins, Steve | o A Navy Seal meets God behind enemy lines |
| @hee2 | 1700s | 2 |
Wesley, John | r founder of the Methodists |
| ***** | 1759-1833 | 2 |
Wilberforce, William | p British abolitionist, Christian in Parliment |
| **** | 1027 - 1087 | 2 |
William the Conqueror | p Duke of Normandy |
| - | 1603 - 1684 | 4 |
Williams, Roger | r founder of the first Baptist church in America |
| *** | 1867- 1912 | 4 |
Wright, Wilber (and Orville) | s Invented Airplane |
| @dam4 | - | 2 | Wurmband, Richard | r Christian pesecuted in communist's prison |
| **** | 1335 - 1384 | 2 |
Wycliffe, John |
r 14th century English theologian |
| @jac2 | 3 | Yamamoto | p | |
| **** | 1887-1964 | 4 | York, Sergeant Alvin | p hero of WWI |
| **** | BC 628 - 551 ? | 1 |
Zoroaster | r Priest who converted from Iranian polytheism to monotheism |
| **** | 1371 - 1433 | 3 |
Zheng He | o Explorer from China |
| - | - 831 | 1 |
Zubaydah | p Queen in Baghdad, (Iraq) |
| **** | 1786-1828 | 1 |
Zulu, Shaka | p Zulu legend of S. Africa |
The following persons may became world famous after these interesting interviews are exposed!
Grandpa Judd (1917 - ) German, Catholic, Homesteader
in Canada
Charlotte (1921- )
Yoshinobu Tamura (1923 - ) WWII vet of Japan, with
portion of audio interview in Japanese
Edison Soto Lopez (1923 - ) One of the first evangelical
Costa Rican families, with portion of audio interview in Spanish
Albert Leo Romaneski (1927 - ) with photos!
Ann (1930 - )
Bradley, Mrs.(1932 - )
Sam James (1932 - ) Soldier for Korean war, Missionary
for Vietnam War
Daniel William Spencer III (1932- )
Ravil Hussein (1938 - ) Pro KGB, Caretaker at
a Russian Cemetery, portion of audio interview in Russian
Former Shining Path Members, Peru, with Spanish audio clip
Readers are invited to submit others for publication according to these guide lines for interviews.
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