Sky Lopez (born December 23, 1975, in Stillwater, Minnesota) is a former American pornographic actress and model, who is now an aspiring hip hop artist. She is currently known by her stage name Sky Lopez. Since entering the porn industry in 1999, Lopez has both acted and directed pornographic films, as well as being employed under exclusive contracts with Vivid Entertainment (making her a "Vivid Girl") and Shane's World Studios.

Ravi Zacharias (full name Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias, born 1946) is an Indian-born, Canadian-American evangelical Christian philosopher, apologist and evangelist. Zacharias is a descendant of two rich religious traditions, first Hindu priests (of the Nambudiri Brahmin caste), and later as Christian ministers. In one of his lectures, Zacharias asserts that a Swiss-German priest spoke to one of his ancestors about Christianity, …

Patrick Sookhdeo, is a British Anglican canon. He is also the director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity and of the Barnabas Fund. Sookhdeo is an outspoken spokesman for persecuted Christian minorities around the world. He has made many media appearances in Great Britain and is an advocate for human rights and freedom of religion. Sookhdeo, a former Muslim is considered an international authority on jihadist ideology, …

Michael James Nazir-Ali (born 19 August 1949) is the Pakistani-born 106th and current Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England. He holds dual Pakistani and British citizenship.

Watchman Nee became a Christian in 1920 at the age of 17 and began writing in the same year. In 1921, he met the British missionary M. E. Barber, who was a great influence on him. Through Miss Barber, Nee was introduced to many of the Christian writings which were to have a profound influence on him and his teachings.

Pandita Ramabai (23rd April 1858, Maharashtra- 5th April 1922) was an eminent Indian Christian social reformer and activist. She was a poet, a scholar, and a champion of improvement in the plight of Indian women. As a social reformer, she championed the cause of emancipation of Indian women. A widely traveled lady, she visited most parts of India, and even went to England (1883) and the USA (1886-88). She wrote a book titled "The High Caste Hindu Woman", …

Sadhu Sundar Singh (September 3, 1889 Patiala State, India) is believed to have died in the foothills of the Himalayas in 1929. As a Christian witness he had been rejected as well as welcomed, persecuted, and even left for dead. By many missionaries and even Indian Christian leaders he had been regarded as a highly eccentric convert, totally out of step with contemporary Christianity as he wandered the roads in his yellow robe and turban.

Danny Nalliah (born 1964) is an Australian Christian evangelist pastor. He is the leader of Rise Up Australia, a prayer organisation, and the President of the Assemblies of God-affiliated Catch the Fire Ministries. Nalliah is particularly known for a case brought against him under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act by the Islamic Council of Victoria. In this landmark case, along with his colleague Daniel Scot, …

Konnie Huq is an English television presenter who is best known for being a presenter of "Blue Peter" since 1997.

Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA) is an American former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for becoming the youngest-ever male winner of a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17. Utilizing tremendous speed and strong determination, …

Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born January 17, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated English actor, of Indian origin. He is known for his roles in "The English Patient" (1996) and as Sayid in the U.S.A. television series "Lost".

Russel Premakumaran Arnold (born October 25, 1973, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent. Arnold made his Test debut against Pakistan in 1997 and his One day international debut against South Africa later in the year. Originally an opening batsmen, Arnold has since moved down the batting order. He is most famous in the pearl island as a utility and very versatile- making him ideally suitable for the limited over version of the game.

Guy Theodore Sebastian (born October 26, 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter and winner of the first "Australian Idol" TV talent competition quest in 2003. Since winning the competition, he has released three top five albums and seven top twenty singles and has sold over a million albums and singles in Australia alone. He has also had substantial success overseas with number one hits in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore.

J. David Kuo is an author and former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Kuo's book "Tempting Faith" is a political and spiritual memoir of his time in Washington working with the so-called "religious right".

Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German singer and songwriter of South African Indian descent, who sings in German and occasionally in English. He is known for his soulful voice and has collaborated with several famous artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, Deborah Cox and 3-P's Sabrina Setlur, along with the Swiss artist "Stress". His lyrics show his deep Christian beliefs. He sings in a number of styles, including R&B, soul, …

Gurmit Ottawan Singh is a popular Singaporean actor, host and comedy performer. Born to a Punjabi father and a Chinese-Japanese mother, Gurmit was brought up as a Sikh, but converted to Christianity later in his life. Making his debut in the variety show "Live On 5", he then became the host and lead actor of the comedy "Gurmit's World".

Martin Lee QC SC JP (李柱銘) (born June 8, 1938 in Hong Kong with family root in Huizhou, Guangdong) is the founding chairman (1994-2002) of the Democratic Party (DP), a pro-democracy political party in Hong Kong. He is a Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), elected by direct election from the Geographical Constituency of Hong Kong Island.

Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam (born 1926; more commonly known as "J.B. Jeyaretnam" or "JBJ") is Singapore's first ever opposition party candidate to become Member of Parliament (MP) in its first 16 years of independence. He is currently forming a new political party to challenge the ruling party, People Action Party.

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (usually referred to as Dr. K. J. Yesudas or Jesudas, Malayalam: കാട്ടശ്ശേരി ജോസഫ് യേശുദാസ് , also nicknamed "Gana Gandharvan") (born January 10, 1940) is an eminent Indian classical musician and leading playback singer of film songs in many Indian languages.

George Maxwell Alagiah (born November 22, 1955 in Sri Lanka) is a newsreader on BBC Television in the UK. He co-presents the Six O'Clock News with Natasha Kaplinsky. He has been the main presenter of BBC World's "World News Today" programme since its launch.

Sameer Samuel Bhattacharya (born August 31, 1984) is one of the two guitarists in the Texas Christian alternative rock band Flyleaf. He is Indian American of Bengali descent. He makes up a trinity of famous Indian American guitarists belonging to rock bands, the other two being Kim Thayil and Tony Kanal.

Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah is a leading social anthropologist and Harvard University professor. He specializes in studies of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Tamils, as well as the anthropology of religion and politics. He was born in Sri Lanka and is of Tamil ethnicity. His earliest published work was an ethno-historical study of modern and medieval Thailand. He then became interested in the comparative study of the ways Western categories of magic, …

Anak Agung Pandji Tisna, also known as Anak Agung Nyoman Pandji Tisna or I Gusti Nyoman Pandji Tisna or just Pandji Tisna, was the 11th generation of Padji Sakti dynasty of Buleleng, Singaraja, in the northern part of Bali, Indonesia. He succeeded his father, Anak Agung Putu Djelantik, in 1944. On the last page of Pandji Tisna's book "I Made Widiadi" written in 1955, he wrote his life-story chronologically, …

Major General Huynh Van Cao was an officer in the the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. He was born on September 26, 1927.

Daniel Ong is a Singaporean radio deejay in Singapore's MediaCorp Radio in 987FM and host. He is well known for playing the role in Singapore's television sitcom Mr. Kiasu as Kiasee. He became a Singapore Idol co-host in season 2 of the show recently.

Martin Bashir (born, in London) is a British journalist of Pakistani descent. Bashir came to wide prominence in 1995 when he interviewed (for the BBC's "Panorama" programme) Diana, Princess of Wales about her failed marriage to the Prince of Wales. Since then he has conducted interviews with, amongst others, Louise Woodward, the five suspects in the Stephen Lawrence case, Michael Barrymore, Jeffrey Archer, Major Charles Ingram, and Joanne Lees.

Dharshini David, economist and news presenter, was born and raised in London, England to parents originally from Sri Lanka. David joined the BBC network in 2000 as a economics and business reporter working on many BBC TV and radio news programmes. She can be seen presenting on "BBC News 24" in the United Kingdom, and elsewhere on its international counterpart "BBC World". She has also presented for the BBC's current affairs series "Panorama", …

Abraham Verghese, M.D., is a noted Indian-American doctor and author. His family originates from Kerala, India. He was raised in Ethiopia where his parents along with hundreds of Keralites worked as teachers. Many countries in Africa (Nigeria, Zambia, etc.) and Asia (Malyasia, etc.) witnessed similar inflows of teachers and nurses from Kerala given the absolute lack of employment opportunities in their homeland, and the relatively high levels of education amongst Keralites, …

Dr. Joy Cherian (PhD International business law) is the first Asian American and first Indian American Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commmision (EEOC). He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 in what was seen as a milestone. At the time he was the highest ranking Indian American in the US government. Appointed by a republican, but showing true unity of Indian Americans across political boundaries, …

Prakash John (born August 1, 1947) is a Canadian rock bassist. Born in Bombay, India, John immigrated to Toronto in 1960. A late bloomer, he picked up his instrument for the first time at the age of 19. He was quickly in demand as a bassist in Toronto, and began his broader career with the Canadian band Bush. Bush, the successor to Canadian band Mandala, was largely the brainchild of Canadian guitarist Domenic Troiano.

Michael Madhusudan Dutt (Datta), (1824-1873), born Madhusudan Dutt, is a famous 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in the village Sagardari, Jessore District, Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He was a pioneer of Bengali drama. His famous work "Meghnadh Bodh Kabya", is a grand heroic-tragic ballad. It consists of nine cantos and is quite unique in Bengali literature both in terms of style and content.

His Eminence Yeldho Mor Theethose is the Archbishop of the Malankara Archdiocese of North America. He belongs to the Syriac Orthodox Church.

Meitei Christians are a movement of Christianity in Manipur, India and are formally known as the Meitei Baptist Association.

Ian D'Sa, born October 30, 1975 in the United Kingdom, is the guitarist for the Canadian band Billy Talent. Of Portuguese/Indian (Goa) descent, he grew up in Ontario learning guitar at the age of 13. In highschool, he started a band called "Dragon Flower", and eventually met Benjamin Kowalewicz, Jonathan Gallant and Aaron Solowoniuk at the highschool talent show. He started a new band with them when their previous band, "To Each His Own" broke up, …

David Jeyaraj (born May 21, 1954) is a freelance Canadian journalist. His articles appear under the name D.B.S Jeyaraj.

Vinothen Bede John (born May 27, 1960, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in 6 Tests and 45 ODIs from 1982 to 1987.

Joseph J. Palackal (b. at Pallippuram, near Cherthala in Alappuzha, Kerala) is an Indic musicologist and singer, with special interests in the musical traditions of the Indian Christians. He is also the Founder-President of the Christian Musicological Society of India. Joseph Palackal wrote a doctoral thesis in ethnomusicology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2005 on Syriac (Aramaic) chant traditions in South India, …

Peter Varghese is an Indian Australian who is Director-General of the Office of National Assessments (ONA), the Australian government intelligence agency. The ONA reports directly to the Prime Minister of Australia. Previous to this he was Deputy Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Devasahayam Pillai was a Christian martyr of the 18th century, in the southern part of India. Born a Hindu in the erstwhile Travancore Kingdom, he rose to be a high official in the court of the Travancore king, Maharaja Marthanda Varma, during which time he came under the Christian influence of a former Dutch naval commander, Captain Eustachius De Lannoy, and was later martyred by Hindus.