- Steve Death
Steve Death (19 September 1949 - 26 October 2003) was a goalkeeper with Reading Football Club. Death will always be remembered as one of the longest-serving and best-liked players ever to appear for Reading. He was an England schoolboy international who made one League appearance for West Ham before joining Reading, originally on loan, in 1969. He went straight into the team as first choice goalkeeper, … - Tom D'Eath
Tom D’Eath was an American hydroplane and racecar driver. - Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered by the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches to be a saint, with a feast day of July 22. She is also commemorated by the Lutheran Church with a festival on the same day. The Orthodox Church also commemorates her on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, which is the second Sunday after Pascha (Easter). - Saint Joseph
Joseph "of the House of David" (heb."יוֹסֵף" also Saint Joseph, Joseph the Betrothed, Joseph of Nazareth, and Joseph the Worker) was, according to Christian Gospel accounts and tradition, the husband of Mary and the legal father of Jesus of Nazareth, although Christian faith tradition holds that Joseph did not physically beget Jesus, … - Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate (Latin: Pontius Pilatus, Greek:) was the governor of the Roman Judaea Province from 26 until 36. In modern times he is best known as the man who, according to the canonical Christian Gospels, presided over the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion. Pilate's biographical details before and after his appointment to Judaea are unknown, but have been supplied by tradition, … - John Anderson
John Anderson (b. 1878) was an English footballer. Most likely born in County Durham, Anderson started out at non-league Crook Town before turning professional and joining Woolwich Arsenal in December 1896. He soon made his debut, in a Second Division match away to Darwen on January 1 1897, which Arsenal lost 4-1. He was a mainstay for the rest of the 1896-97 season, … - Brother Robert
Brother Robert was a cleric working in Norway who adapted several French literary works into Old Norse during the reign of Norwegian king Haakon IV of Norway (1217 – 1263). The most important of these, "Tristrams saga ok Ísöndar", based on Thomas of Britain's "Tristan", is notable as the only example of Thomas' "courtly branch" of the Tristan and Iseult legend that has survived in its entirety. It was the earliest Scandanavian version of the story, … - William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270-August 23, 1305) was a knight and Scottish patriot, who led a resistance against the English occupation of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence. He is considered the greatest hero in Scotland's history. Wallace was the inspiration for the poem "The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie" by the 15th century minstrel Blind Harry. The 1995 film "Braveheart" is based on the poem. - Mary
According to the New Testament, Mary (Judeo-Aramaic מרים, Maryām, from Hebrew Miriam) was the mother of Jesus of Nazareth; at the time of the Holy Spirit inspiring Mary to conceive a child she was betrothed (or engaged) to Joseph and was a virgin (had she not been considered a virgin, the child would have been conceived out of wedlock). The child was purportedly conceived by the agency of the Holy Spirit, and Mary was a virgin at the time of the birth, … - Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland along with Brigid of Kildare and Columba. Patrick was born in Roman Britain. When he was about sixteen he was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland, where he lived for six years before escaping and returning to his family. He entered the church, as his father and grandfather had before him, becoming a deacon and a bishop. He later returned to Ireland as a missionary, … - George Smith
George Smith was an early 19th century member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. He was elected as a Republican to the Eleventh and Twelfth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1813. Despite his two terms in office, remarkably little, if any, historical documentation survives regarding George Smith's life, including the years of his birth and death. - Tacitus
Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca. 56 - ca. 117) was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works-the "Annals" and the "Histories"-examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors. - David Scott
David Scott was an American politician who was elected in 1816 as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives to represent Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. There is little to no historical data regarding David Scott, including the years of his birth and death. It is only known that, for unspecified reasons, he resigned from the Fifteenth Congress before it assembled. - Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (ca. 69/75 - after 130), also known as Suetonius, was a prominent Roman historian and biographer. - Epictetus
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was probably born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived in Rome until his exile to Nicopolis in northwestern Greece, where he lived most of his life, and where he died. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the word "epiktetos" in Greek simply means "acquired." - John Phillips
John Phillips was a Federalist member of the U.S. House of Representatives who served Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from March 1821 to March 1823. Philips, who was born in Chester County, served only a single term in the Seventeenth Congress. While it was noted that he had a limited education, there is remarkably little, if any, additional documentation available about him, including the years of his birth and death. - Joseph Of Arimathea
Joseph of Arimathea was, according to the Gospels, the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus was crucified. A native of Arimathea, he was apparently a man of wealth, and probably a member of the Sanhedrin (which is the way "bouleutēs", literally "counsellor", is often interpreted in and). Joseph was an "honourable counsellor, who waited (or "was searching") for the kingdom of God" (Mark 15:43), … - Roger
Roger was the seventh Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England, from 1101 to 1102. - Elizabeth
Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheva (Arabic: إشاع) was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zacharias, according to the New Testament and the Quran. - William Wilson
William Wilson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives who served Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district from March 1815 to March 1819. Despite his four years in office, in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses, remarkably little, if any, historical documentation survives regarding William Wilson's life, including the years of his birth and death. - Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew, called in the Orthodox tradition "Protocletos", or the "First-called", is a Christian Apostle and the younger brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" (from Greek : ανδρεία, manhood, or valour), like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the second or third century B.C. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him. In the Christian bible, St. Andrew, the Apostle, son of Jonah, … - Apuleius
Lucius Apuleius Platonicus (c. AD 123/125-c. AD 180), an utterly Romanized Berber who described himself as "half-Numidian half-Gaetulian", is remembered most for his bawdy picaresque Latin novel the "Metamorphoses", otherwise known as "The Golden Ass" or, in Latin, the Aureus Asinus (where the Latin word "aureus" - golden - connoted an element of blessed luckiness). He was born in Madaurus (now Mdaourouch, Algeria), … - Herodias
Herodias (ca. 15 BC-after 39 AD) was a Jewish princess of the Herodian Dynasty. - Abraham
Abraham is an abbot and saint of the Coptic Church. His feast day in the calendar of saints of the Coptic Church is February 12. He was born in Farshut, near the modern city of Hiww. His parents, who were Christians and locally important figures, died when Abraham was twelve. The next year, Abraham tried unsuccessfully to persuade his sister to retain her virginity. Thereafter, Abraham left to join the monastery of Pachomius. - Timothy
Timothy was a first-century Christian bishop who died about AD 80. Evidence from the New Testament also has him functioning as an apostolic delegate or coadjutor. Saint Timotheos is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Eastern Orthodox Church and in addition as an apostle by the Greek Orthodox Church, with his feast day on January 22 (old style calendar). - Herod Antipas
Herod Antipas (short for Antipatros) (20 BC - after 39 AD) was an ancient leader (tetrarch, meaning "ruler of a quarter") of Galilee and Perea. Antipas was a son of Herod the Great, who had become king of Judea and Malthace, who was from Samaria. He and full-brother Archelaus and his half-brother Herod Philip I were educated in Rome, as a kind of friendly hostage situation in order to maintain Herod the Great's compliance with Augustus Caesar. - Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen (Greek: Στέφανος/Stephanos), known as the "Protomartyr" (or first martyr) of Christianity, is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, as well as in the Orthodox Church. His feast day was historically kept on August 3, commemorating the finding (Latin: "inventio") of his body during the reign of Emperor Honorius. His name means 'laurel wreath' or 'crown' in Greek. - Thomas The Apostle
Thomas, also called St Thomas, Judas Thomas or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. The Synoptic Gospels and "Acts" list this "twin" ("Toma" means "twin" in Aramaic, as does "Didymus" in Greek) among the apostles (Mt 10:3, Mk 3:18, Lk 6:15). - Samuel Smith
Samuel Smith was an early 19th century member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Smith was a Republican who served as an associate judge of Erie County, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1805. In 1805 he was elected to the Ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John Baptiste Charles Lucas. He was reelected in 1806 and 1808 to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses, … - Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev (c.1360 or 1370 - 1427 or January 29, 1430) is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of icons and frescoes. There is little information about his life. It is not known where he was born. Andrei Rublev probably lived in the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra under Nikon of Radonezh, who became hegumen after the death of Sergii Radonezhsky (1392). - Regina
Regina (born c.780) was a concubine of Charlemagne who bore him two illegitimate sons, both of which became holy men. First, she gave birth to Drogo in 801, then to Hugh in 802. They would be the last-living sons of Charlemagne, though not the longest-living: Louis the Pious lived to the age of 62. - Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes was an English dramatist, a native of Cheshire, entered Queens' College, Cambridge, in 1571. He graduated and became a fellow of his college in 1576, and was afterwards a member of Gray's Inn. He wrote "The Misfortunes of Arthur, Uther Pendragon's son reduced into tragical notes", which was performed at Greenwich in Queen Elizabeth I's presence on the February 28, 1588. - George Robinson
George Robinson was an English stockbroker and swindler of the 18th Century. Appointed the cashier of the Charitable Corporation, he not only aided several officers of the corporation in obtaining money from it under false pretenses, but proceeded to swindle them out of their gains as well. Robinson obtained a seat in the House of Commons, but was unable to sit before the affair began to come to light. He fled to France with John Thompson, the warehouse-keeper, … - King Arthur Arthur
King Arthur is an important figure in the legends of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship both in war and peace. He is portrayed as the greatest king Britain, or the world, will ever have--even in modern times he has been ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Britons of all times. Over time, the popularity of the stories of King Arthur have captured interest far beyond his being the legendary hero of one nation. - Palladius
Palladius (fl. 408-431; probably died "ca" 457/461) was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick. It is believed that he is the same Palladius that is earlier described as the deacon of Saint Germain of Auxerre. If this is the case, then he was the son of Exuperantius of Poitiers, … - Murasaki Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She was born about 978 in Kyoto, Japan. "Murasaki Shikibu" was not her real name; her actual name is unknown, though some scholars have postulated that her given name might have been "Takako" (for Fujiwara Takako). Her diary states that she was nicknamed "Murasaki" ("purple wisteria blossom") at court, … - Thomas Stewart
Thomas Stewart was an illegitimate son of King Robert II of Scotland. Thomas was one of dozens of Robert's children, and, as with his other bastards, the father earnestly sought a career for his son. In 1380, Avignon Pope Clement VII provided Thomas with the Archdeaconry of the Bishopric of St. Andrews, as well as the canonry (and prebend) of Stobo in the Bishopric of Glasgow. - Marie de France
Marie de France ("Mary of France") was a poet evidently born in France and living in England during the late 12th century. Virtually nothing is known of her early life, though she wrote a form of continental French that was copied by Anglo-Norman scribes. Therefore, most of the manuscripts of her work bear Anglo-Norman traits. She also translated some Roman literature. - Aulus Gellius
Aulus Gellius, Latin author and grammarian, possibly of African origin, probably born and certainly brought up at Rome. He studied grammar and rhetoric at Rome and philosophy at Athens, after which he returned to Rome, where he held a judicial office. His teachers and friends included many distinguished men — Sulpicius Apollinaris, Herodes Atticus and Fronto. - Prudentius
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348. He probably died in Spain, as well, some time after 405, possibly around 413. The place of his birth is uncertain, but it may have been Caesaraugusta Saragossa, Tarraco Tarragona, or Calagurris Calahorra. Prudentius practised law with some success, and was twice provincial governor, perhaps in his native country, …
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