Elmer W. Heindl (June 14 1910 - July 17 2006) was an American US Army chaplain during the Second World War. Enlisting in 1942, Heindl served in the Pacific theatre, including Guadalcanal, New Britain, Bougainville, Manila and the Philippines. He became one of the most highly decorated chaplains of the conflict.

Clark V. Poling (7 August 1910 - 3 February 1943) was a Dutch Reformed minister and lieutenant in the United States Army, who became famous during the Second World War as one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives to save other soldiers during the sinking of the USAT "Dorchester" following an attack by the German submarine U-223 in the mid-Atlantic.

Isaac Klein (1905-1979).Rabbi Isaac Klein was born in Hungary in 1905, and emigrated with his family to the United States in 1921. After earning a BA from City College in New York in 1931, As he was nearing ordination at the Yeshiva's REITS he transferred to the Jewish Theological Seminary of America where he was ordained in 1934. Rabbi Klein subsequently earned a PhD from Harvard.

Rev. John Weir Foote, VC, CD (May 5, 1904-May 2, 1988) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Major Foote is the only member of the Canadian Chaplains' Services ever to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

Maurice Cardinal Roy (January 25, 1905-October 24, 1985) was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Quebec from 1947 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

Sergio Cardinal Pignedoli (June 4, 1910-June 15, 1980) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1973 to 1980, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973.

Alexander D. Goode (10 May 1911 - 3 February 1943) was a chaplain in the United States Army during the Second World War who was killed in action when the troopship USAT "Dorchester" was sunk by the German submarine U-223 during the battle of the Atlantic.

Father Aloysius H. Schmitt was a Roman Catholic priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque, who served as a chaplain in the United States Navy during World War II.

Yves Marie Joseph Cardinal Congar (April 8, 1904-June 22, 1995) was a French Dominican priest and theologian. Born in Sedan, in northeast France, in 1904, Congar's home was occupied by the Germans for much of World War I. During this time he kept extensive diaries recording the occupation. He spent several years as a prisoner of war during World War II after being drafted into the French army as a chaplain.

THOMAS MALCOLM LAYNG (1892-1958), Deputy Chaplain-General to the forces and Archdeacon of York Thomas Malcolm Layng was the son of Dr Henry Layng of Swatow, China, and nephew of Thomas Layng, headmaster of Abingdon School. He entered Abingdon School (1900-06) and transferred to Clifton College (1906-11) entering Balliol College, Oxford.

John P. Washington (18 July 1908 - 3 February 1943) was a Roman Catholic priest and a lieutenant in the United States Army who found posthumous fame as one of the Four Chaplains who died administering to their soldiers on the sinking USAT "Dorchester" during the Second World War.

Alfred Wallace (Wally) Downer (May 1 1904 - August 1994) was a Canadian politician and long time member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. A vicar and then a canon in the Anglican Church of Canada, and a member of the Conservative Party, Downer was first elected to the legislature as the member for Dufferin-Simcoe in the 1937 election. He served as Member of Provincial Parliament until 1975, winning a provincial record of ten consecutive elections.

The Reverend William Thomas Ross Flemington CC (1897 - 1971) was president of Mount Allison University from 1945-1962 and from 1967-1971 the first New Brunswick ombudsman. He was head chaplain of the Canadian Army overseas during World War II. In 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

Robert McGrady Blackburn (12 September 1919 - 17 March 2002) was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972.

Herschel Schacter is a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and a prominent student of the Rav, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He is also the father of Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, the former director of the Soloveitchik Institute. He graduated Yeshiva University in 1938 and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary in 1941. During World War II, he was a chaplain in the Third Army's VIII Corps.

George L. Fox (15 March 1900 - 3 February 1943) was one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives when the troopship USAT "Dorchester" was hit by a torpedo and sank on February 3, 1943 during the battle of the Atlantic during World War Two.

Edward Gonzalez Carroll (7 January 1910 - 1 January 2000), was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972.

Louis Isaac Rabinowitz (in Hebrew, Levi Yitzhak Rabinowitz) (1906-1984) was an Orthodox rabbi, historian and philologist of the twentieth century. Rabbi Rabinowitz was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and served as rabbi in several London synagogues, including those in Shepherd's Bush, South Hackney, and Cricklewood.

Father William J. Menster (February 10 1913 - April 14, 2007) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Menster was best known as the first member of the clergy to visit Antarctica. Born in Cascade, Iowa, Menster was the son of Joseph and Frances Menster. He attended St. Martin's School in Cascade and Loras College in Dubuque. Menster studied for the priesthood at St. Mary's Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio. Menster was ordained a priest on June 11, 1938. Fr.

The Rev. Dr. William T. Ingram (1913-2001) was the first President of Memphis Theological Seminary, serving from June 1, 1964 to September 1, 1978. Prior to that he was Dean of Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary from 1962 to 1964 while the institution was located in McKenzie, Tennessee. He also served as Professor of Missions, Cumberland Presbyterian Theological Seminary, from 1946 to 1964, and as a professor at Bethel College, McKenzie, Tennessee, …