Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

male, deceased (1658)
Independent, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, political, member of parliament, Long (1640-49) Parliaments, Heads of state…religious persecution, Religiousconversion
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and...
Ram Dass

Ram Dass

male, 78 years old
Dharmic writer, Wesleyan University alumni, from the United States, University of California, Berkeley faculty, American metaphysics writer, Bisexual writer…Religiousconversion, religious figure
Dr. Richard Alpert, also known as Baba Ram Dass, is a contemporary spiritual teacher who wrote the 1971 bestseller "Be Here Now". He is well-known...
Martha Nussbaum

Martha Nussbaum

female, 62 years old
Brown University, ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Conversion to Judaism, Master's Degree, capabilities approach, brown…Religiousconversion, conversion
Martha Nussbaum (born Martha Craven on May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher, with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy,...
Rajeev Srinivasan

Rajeev Srinivasan

male
Shekhar Gupta, Kanchi Acharya, tsunami of December 2004, tsunami, Hindu nationalism, Islamic extremist terrorism…conversion, Religiousconversion
Rajeev Srinivasan is an Indian journalist, blogger and Hindu rights activist. He was educated at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and at...
Isser Yehuda Unterman

Isser Yehuda Unterman

male, deceased (1976)
Chief rabbi of Israel, Israeli, Lithuanian Jewish, tel aviv, second world war, yeshiva…Religiousconversion
Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (1886 - 1976) was a 20th Century Jewish religious leader, serving as the Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of the State of Israel...
Charlene Cothran

Charlene Cothran

female
Christian, Kitchen Table News, Charlene E. Cothran, Venus Magazine, LGBT, Religiousconversion
Charlene E. Cothran is the publisher of two magazines; "Venus" and "Kitchen Table News" magazines. Cothran founded "Venus" in 1995 in Atlanta,...
Johannes Pfefferkorn

Johannes Pfefferkorn

male, deceased (1523)
Jews and Judaism-related controversy, Anti-Judaism, nuremberg, libel, anti-Semitic, German…Religiousconversion
Johannes (Josef) Pfefferkorn (1469-1523) was a German Christian theologian and writer who converted from Judaism. Pfefferkorn actively preached...
John Of God

John Of God

male, deceased (1550)
Charles V, Holy Roman Empire, sebastian, Portuguese, Portuguese language, Charles V, Stigmatics…Religiousconversion, conversion, Founder of Roman Catholic religious communities
John of God (Spanish: Juan de Dios; Portuguese: João de Deus; 8 March 1495 - 8 March 1550) was a Portuguese-born friar and saint, who has become o...

Isaac Milner

male, deceased (1820)
Queens' College, Cambridge, Religiousconversion, abolitionist, slave trade, Academic of the University of Cambridge, British
Isaac Milner, mathematician and inventor. President of Queens' College, Cambridge. He was instrumental in the 1785 religious conversion of William...

Maniam Moorthy

male, deceased (2005)
mount everest, Hindu, climb, islam, corporal, malaysian…Religiousconversion
Maniam Moorthy, also known as Mohammad Abdullah, was a corporal in the Malaysian Army and a member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully...